"That's simple enough. A' Jue is single now, and so are you. You've known each other since you were kids, so you know each other inside out. Wanting a cute kid? That's a piece of cake."
Mrs. Zhan said meaningfully as she looked at Gong Beibei and smiled.
Gong Beibei knew exactly what she meant. Blushing, she turned to glance at Zhan Beijue.
Zhan Beijue had just finished an email and was engrossed in his phone upon entering. He hadn't heard his mother's words. When Gong Beibei looked over, his expression was still blank.
Thinking her son was deliberately avoiding the topic, his mother took a couple of steps forward, reached out to snatch his phone, and reprimanded him, "Don't think about work after hours. Look at you, you're so busy all day that you don't even have personal time. Put down your phone. It's rare for Beibei to visit, so we should spend some quality time with her today."
Zhan Beijue dodged slightly, locked his phone screen, and replied, "Got it."
Today's kindergarten homework was to write the numbers 6-10, along with the characters for "above" and "below." For the two children, it was a piece of cake. Zhan Beijue wasn't paying attention to their homework. He ordered them to put down their schoolbags, and the three of them continued their competition to assemble Transformer models.
The three, big and small, sat on the living room floor, heads bowed and busy. Mrs. Zhan and Gong Beibei sat on the nearby sofa, chatting.
Gong Beibei sighed, "When we were in school, I didn't interact much with A' Jue. I always thought he was arrogant and difficult to talk to, but I didn't expect... he's such a good father."
Seeing them enjoying their family time, Mrs. Zhan was very satisfied with the current scene. "Yes, this child, he never gave me much to worry about since he was young. He was outstanding in every aspect compared to his peers. I'm very proud to have a son like him. The only thing that worries me is..."
Gong Beibei blinked her large eyes and looked at her, "What is it?"
She pouted. "His emotional intelligence isn't high, especially when it comes to romance..."
When this was mentioned, Gong Beibei became curious. She looked at Zhan Beijue and said, "A' Jue, haven't you met anyone suitable all these years? I heard from Dad that you've been single. Could it be that after seeing the vast ocean, anything else is just a passing cloud, and nothing else compares to the moon over Mount Wu?"
Suddenly being addressed, Zhan Beijue paused. Jiang Nanfang's face flashed through his mind.
It was true that he had been single for many years, but was she the vast ocean? Nonsense!
She was merely a female demon who had made herself mentally and physically unhealthy.
If he were like other men, whose adrenaline surged at the sight of a beautiful woman, he would have been happy.
Zhan Beijue honestly replied, "I'm not that deeply emotional."
"Then you..."
"Haven't met anyone suitable."
Gong Beibei was silently pleased and said indirectly, "You navigate the business world every day, meeting countless people, yet you haven't met anyone you fancy. Could your standards be too high? Tell me what kind of person you like. Perhaps I have friends who are suitable and can play matchmaker for you."
Zhan Beijue was not interested.
Birds of a feather flock together. He wasn't interested in Gong Beibei's personality, and he figured her friends would be the same type. He didn't like sweet and naive girls.
However, with his mother watching, a direct refusal would only lead to more nagging. So, he said, "I don't have high requirements for appearance, just like Audrey Hepburn."
"..." To be like Audrey Hepburn, and you say the requirements aren't high??
"I don't have much requirement for personality either, just someone complementary to me, like Marilyn Monroe."
"..."
"As for figure... a combination of the two. Not too fat, not too thin. Curvy where she should be, perky where she should be."
What bizarre requirements! It was as if he were deliberately teasing them. Mrs. Zhan's face turned cold, and she was about to scold him, but Gong Beibei smiled.
"I didn't realize A' Jue could be so humorous. Alright, I understand all this now. If you were to meet someone like that, how would you want her to interact with you?"
"She should be sensible, not too clingy, but not completely detached either. If I don't message her, she's not allowed to bother me, but whenever she receives a message from me, she must appear immediately."
"...And about how often would you message her?"