"""
These aunts and great-aunts don't like him, and he couldn't care less about them.
But the one who just spoke was Qin Keren's mother, so Su Chen naturally didn't dare to take it lightly.
He immediately nodded seriously: "Auntie is right."
"Mom, my boyfriend is visiting after a long time, can you all not treat it like an interrogation?" Qin Keren pouted, holding onto the woman.
Seeing her daughter act coquettishly, a trace of affection flashed in the woman's eyes, mixed with a hint of relentlessness.
Eventually, she waved her hand: "Let's not just sit around, let's eat first."
The dining table was an extra-large one, probably capable of serving thirty-four people at the same time.
Thirty-four people eating at one table, it truly was a grand scene.
"Mom, why hasn't dad come back?" Qin Keren looked at her mother, somewhat puzzled.
"Your father, well..." Qin's mother sighed, hesitating to continue.
Qin Keren sensed something was amiss.
"Keren, the reason I asked you to come back this time is there's something very important... I hope you are mentally prepared."
"What kind of mental preparation?" Qin Keren frowned slightly.
"Actually, your dad asked you to come back not to meet your boyfriend, but…" Qin's mother struggled to finish her sentence.
"It's to arrange your engagement!" Aunt Eight blurted out.
"Engagement? But, I've only just started with Su Chen recently; arranging an engagement, this... isn't it too soon..." Qin Keren panicked.
She and Su Chen were only pretending to be boyfriend and girlfriend.
Dating was naturally no big deal.
But once engaged, it would be announced to the whole family.
By then, everyone would know she is Su Chen's fiancée, wouldn't she be forced to marry Su Chen?
"This isn't quite right!" Su Chen was also startled upon hearing this.
What a joke.
Pretending to be Qin Keren's boyfriend was no problem.
But an engagement? Keeping it a secret from Lin Xi would be absolutely impossible.
Moreover, Qin Keren's engagement party might even invite Lin Xi.
That would be interesting.
"Kid, what are you getting worked up about? It's not your engagement!" Aunt Eight scoffed.
"Oh." Su Chen was reassured.
As long as it wasn't his engagement, that was fine.
Then he suddenly realized.
Damn it, if he's Qin Keren's boyfriend and it's not his engagement, then whose is it?
He didn't care, but what about Qin Keren?
Indeed, Qin Keren trembled upon hearing this.
Not an engagement with Su Chen...
Could it be, that person?
As if to confirm Qin Keren's thoughts, Qin's mother nodded.
"Mom, didn't I already tell you I have a boyfriend? Why do you want me to get engaged to someone else, I don't want to!" Qin Keren clenched her teeth, tears swirling in her eyes.
She thought that having a boyfriend, her father would no longer force her to marry a man she didn't like at all.
Actually, she had met that man before.
He wasn't ugly.
He was quite nice to her too.
But she couldn't accept the fact that her man was a Dongyin person.
Back then, the people of Dongyin invaded Huaxia and committed many terrible deeds.
This made her inherently resistant to Dongyin people from a psychological standpoint.
But her father thought differently.
He wanted to leverage the other party's influence to elevate their family to a new level.
Qin's father even threatened to sever their father-daughter relationship to coerce Qin Keren.
"""
Because of this matter, Qin Keren went to the bar alone that night to drown her sorrows.
Then she met Su Chen.
She thought this matter was over, but unexpectedly, it was brought up again today.
Qin Keren finally understood why almost all her relatives showed up today.
It turned out they were here to get her engaged!
Her father had never given up on this.
"So, you understand now, right? It's not that we are targeting this young fellow, but if he doesn't have enough strength, he better leave early to avoid getting slapped in the face." Auntie Bajiu humphed.
Qin Keren was completely stunned.
Letting Su Chen pretend to be her boyfriend wasn't a big deal.
But letting him compete with that man?
She couldn't even dare to think about it.
That man was an heir of a major family from Dongyin, and in Huaxia, he also owned a substantial enterprise.
Su Chen was just a minor employee in a company, and moreover, he was her subordinate. How could he compare?
No comparison at all!
"Su Chen, you should go back first..." Qin Keren's expression slowly faded, and she emotionlessly said to Su Chen.
At this point, Qin Keren knew.
She must face it head-on; having someone impersonate her boyfriend was not going to work.
Even if Su Chen managed to get past this time, with the capabilities of the Dongyin people, let alone Su Chen being just a minor employee, even if he were a CEO, he would probably still have to kneel.
Since the outcome would be the same, why should she let Su Chen stay here to be humiliated?
Seeing Qin Keren's ashen face, Su Chen felt a pang of heartache.
He finally understood why a woman of such celestial beauty chose to get dead drunk in a bar.
And then let him, who looked every bit the loser, pick her up...
Su Chen obviously knew why Qin Keren asked him to leave.
She didn't want him to stay and get humiliated.
He slowly reached out and held Qin Keren's hand.
He calmly looked at Qin Keren and then said word by word, "I am your boyfriend, why should I leave?"
Qin Keren looked somewhat incredulous.
This guy, when he just saw her with so many relatives earlier, didn't he want to run?
So why isn't he running now?
"Do you know who you are facing?"
"I don't know who I am facing, I only know, I am your boyfriend, I can't leave."
Su Chen's expression was very calm, with a faint smile on his face.
That smile made Qin Keren's heart skip a beat.
Qin Keren willingly let Su Chen pick her up, it wasn't just because she was drunk.
There were other reasons.
This man possessed a certain quality that was very appealing to her.
Like now, knowing he was about to face a formidable opponent, yet he didn't retreat.
"Young man, bravery is commendable, but unfortunately, in this world, many things can't be solved just by bravery. I just saw the gift you brought, it's worth at most two or three hundred thousand, right?" Auntie Bajiu said indifferently.
Surprisingly, this woman had accurate judgment.
She actually recognized the value of the gift Qin Keren purchased at a glance.
She pointed to an object on a table not far away and continued, "Go and see for yourself what others have brought, do you think your item can compare?"
Su Chen walked over, his gaze landing on the table.
On the table was a piece of calligraphy.
It was Zhao Mengfu's running script of "Luoshen Fu"!
If this was the original, its value could be tens of millions!
No wonder everyone looked so disdainful when they saw him bring a gold pen and Jade Bracelet.
Others had brought something worth tens of millions, and you only brought something worth a few hundred thousand?
How could it compare?