Since the person secretly causing trouble is known, Liu Chen is no longer worried. After all, to be honest, what Du Liu did was obviously not the act of a smart person.
Who would admit to wrongdoing on QQ, and use their main account at that? For the money transfer, they didn't use someone else's account but directly used Du Liu's own online banking…
Liu Chen raised an eyebrow and sat on the sofa with his legs crossed, typing rapidly on his phone with his thumbs. Occasionally, he would let out a silly laugh.
Liu Fang turned her head, intending to ask her precious little Zhu Zhu if she was dating. The sight that greeted her was this scene. She pursed her lips, but couldn't help but ask,
“Chen Chen, are you… dating?”
Liu Chen, who was currently chatting with Ren Yu, looked up instinctively at his mother's voice.
“Hmm?”
Seeing the confusion in Chen Chen's eyes, Liu Fang opened her mouth and continued, “I mean… you're already a university student. If you're in a relationship, I won’t object…”
“I’m not dating.”
“Then why are you smiling foolishly at your phone?”
“Am I smiling foolishly?”
“Yes.”
“Oh, then it's probably because I find my phone fun.”
“Liu Chen, do you really think your mom is so foolish that she'd give birth to you as a simpleton? What, is the person you’re dating someone you can’t introduce?”
Hearing this, Liu Chen closed his mouth and smiled at Liu Fang.
“Mom, you know your daughter is a boss now. Is it really okay for you to try and trick me like this?”
Liu Fang turned her head away, pretending indifference, and started randomly flipping through channels with the remote. Her eyes weren’t on the TV, but her peripheral vision was on Liu Chen on the sofa behind her.
Liu Chen, on the other hand, lay back on the sofa, holding his phone above himself, completely preventing Liu Fang from peeking.
At this moment, Chen Long, having just finished his shower, heard the conversation between mother and daughter. Wearing thermal underwear and a flannel robe, he walked over, holding a face mask.
“Afang, come here, lean back on the sofa. I’ll put on a mask for you. Staying in the underfloor heated room all day makes you prone to dehydration.”
With the mask covering her face, Liu Fang was inconvenienced from speaking further. She could only glare at Chen Long, thinking he was here to rescue Liu Chen!
“Chen Chen, your mother has me to keep her company. You go out and have fun. You’re young, it’s boring to stay home all the time. The car keys are by the door, drive whichever car you want.”
Hearing this, Liu Chen immediately flipped over and sat up from the sofa, turning off his phone screen.
“A few days ago, Sister Siyu’s parents were here helping her draw the landscaping plans. They’re flying back this afternoon. I’m going to have dinner with my teacher.”
“Such a big thing, and you’re only telling me now?” Liu Fang's voice came from under the mask. Although her mouth couldn't open wide due to the mask, Liu Chen understood her.
“It’s fine. These past few days, Brother Jiang Di has been taking them sightseeing. Brother Jiang Di doesn’t know Sister Siyu has congenital autism. He thinks she’s just shy, and they’re getting along quite well.”
Yes, Jiang Di still didn't know He Siyu was autistic. Of course, a large part of the reason was that He Siyu’s current state was much better than before. At least, He Siyu now truly seemed like a relatively reserved adult.
She was so well-behaved that Professor He Long was willing to stay and let Jiang Di take him and his wife, He Siyu, to visit those uninteresting tourist spots.
“What? Your senior has autism?”
Liu Fang propped herself up with one hand, turning her body to the right to look at Liu Chen, who was heading upstairs to get clothes.
“Is that true?”
Liu Chen didn’t turn back. “Of course, it’s true. When I brought my senior to C City to play back then, my doctoral supervisor didn’t agree, and it was my supervisor’s wife who gave permission for her to come.”
Seeing Liu Chen go upstairs without even a backward glance, Liu Fang tore off the mask from her face. Her eyes widened slightly, and she instinctively shrunk her neck, muttering,
“Oh no, the other day when Big Sister asked me, I thought Big Sister was probably hoping that Jiang Di would pursue her…”
Chen Long, hearing Liu Fang say this, placed a hand on his wife’s shoulder and patted it twice. “Don't worry. Since they've been with their parents these past few days, Jiang Di will know what he's doing.”
Jiang Di knowing what he was doing wasn't about He Siyu's condition, but rather about himself.
Seeing her son about to leave again to take Liu Chen's senior and her family sightseeing, Liu Fen quickly came out of the kitchen holding a spatula and addressed Jiang Di, who was wearing an old black down jacket.
“Why are you wearing this again? Mom bought you a new outfit yesterday, it’s on your bed. Why aren’t you wearing it?”
Jiang Di bent down to put on his shoes and said,
“I thought it was a new outfit for the New Year. Alright, Mom, I have to go. It’s not good to keep guests waiting. Chen Chen might even be here soon by car.”
Before he could finish speaking, Jiang Di pulled open the anti-theft door and walked out, leaving Liu Fen standing in the house with the spatula.
Liu Fen closed the anti-theft door and couldn’t help but mutter,
“He goes out wearing old clothes every day. How could a girl possibly fancy him?”
Grandmother Yang Shu, who had been sitting in the living room without a word, heard this. She put down the remote, stood up, and walked to the kitchen doorway, looking at Liu Fen as she returned to the kitchen.
“Liu Fen, don’t even think about it. Our child is the best in our eyes, but if he were to be matched with that girl, our family is not worthy.”
Liu Fen, who had just served out scrambled eggs with tomatoes, heard this and put down the half-emptied wok. She untied the bow of her apron from behind her and turned around, her eyes filled with tears.
“Mom, what do you mean by that? You think we don’t have enough money to be worthy of their family?”
Yang Shu looked at her elder daughter’s wronged expression and sighed deeply, patting the countertop.
“Liu Fen, Mom knows what you're thinking. You probably feel that because the girl is from Tsinghua University and is highly educated, it would be prestigious to have her as a daughter-in-law. But are they here for a blind date with us?
They are just chance acquaintances. It’s simply that Jiang Di has been acting as a driver for a few days, and Chen Chen paid him for it. Have you considered how awkward it would make Jiang Di feel to have you thinking like this?
If you were the girl’s parents, how would you feel knowing that Jiang Di had such intentions?”
Hearing this, Liu Fen raised her hand and wiped the tears from her face with the back of her hand. She then turned around and continued to serve the remaining half of the scrambled eggs with tomatoes into a plate.
After serving the dish, Liu Fen, holding the plate, placed the food on the dining table. She then sat down at a dining chair and let out a sigh, as if all the air had been let out of her.
“Then Mom, what do you think we should do about Jiang Di's future marriage?”