Chapter 202 Yes, I have no objection

The next morning, the family was eating breakfast at the dining table.

Xia Anruo drank some soy milk and suddenly said, "Dad, I won't be back for the New Year this year."

"Are you going to be on the Spring Festival Gala again?" Xia Jianjun frowned when he heard that.

Last year, Xia Anruo did not go home for New Year’s Eve because of the Spring Festival Gala.

This was the first time in many years that Xia Anruo didn’t have New Year’s Eve dinner at home.

"No, I'm going to Chu Ze's house to celebrate the New Year." Xia Anruo explained without any concealment.

"Go to Xiao Chu's house to celebrate the New Year?" Wang Yandan on the side was also stunned.

Xia Jianjun looked at Chu Ze. Chu Ze touched his nose, not knowing what to say.

"You haven't even gotten married yet, why are you going to Xiao Chu's house to celebrate the New Year?" Xia Jianjun's tone clearly showed that he didn't agree.

"What does that matter?" Xia Anruo didn't care.

"What does it matter? You're not even married yet. Is it appropriate for you to go to someone else's house to celebrate the New Year without any legal status?" Xia Jianjun put down his chopsticks, his face stern.

"Dad, why are you so old-fashioned? Which law says that you have to be married before you can go to your boyfriend's house for the New Year?" Xia Anruo looked unhappy.

Xia Jianjun snorted: "The law doesn't stipulate this, but this is the most basic etiquette and the tradition left by our ancestors."

This is called conforming to Zhou rites.

Chu Ze was eating the cake, thinking that young people nowadays are all reformists and don’t use glue... No, they don’t care about these rules and regulations.

"Yes, at least wait until you get engaged." Wang Yandan also advised.

Although she has never objected to Xia Anruo and Chu Ze's relationship, after all, going to the man's house to celebrate the New Year is something that a future daughter-in-law should do.

Logically speaking, it is usually appropriate to do so at least after engagement.

"Then let's get engaged now." Xia Anruo curled her lips.

Xia Jianjun was amused by this: "You guys are just playing house, getting engaged just like that..."

"Yes, at least we need to sit down and discuss the engagement with Xiao Chu's parents." Wang Yandan agreed.

"Then let's make an appointment and discuss it with Chu Ze's parents." Xia Anruo said, nudging Chu Ze with her elbow, "Is that ok?"

"My parents will definitely be fine." Chu Ze nodded.

"Where are you?" Xia Anruo looked at her parents again.

Xia Jianjun frowned and thought for a while: "I'm busy before the New Year. I don't have time. If we want to discuss it, we have to wait until after the New Year."

"Then let's do it after the New Year. I'll let Chu Ze invite his parents to meet and talk with you." Xia Anruo made the decision.

Xia Jianjun ate his breakfast without saying a word of objection.

It was not until Xia Anruo and Chu Ze left the villa that Xia Jianjun suddenly came to his senses.

Something seems to be wrong...

"Wait, why are we already discussing engagement? When did I agree to let this guy be my son-in-law?" Xia Jianjun finally figured it out and slammed his chopsticks on the table.

This girl is trying to trick him!

"Alright, alright, finish eating quickly and go to work. Your daughter's vegetable leaves are almost turning yellow because of Xiao Chu's pushing of them, and you still expect others to be your son-in-law?" Wang Yandan rolled her eyes at him unhappily.

"..."

Xia Jianjun was speechless and had to bring up the past: "It was you who invited the wolf into the house when you rented it."

"If I don't recruit this intruder, will you be satisfied if Ruoruo finds you a young handsome guy?" Wang Yandan retorted.

"I... forget it. I can't argue with you."

Xia Jianjun was choked and couldn't speak, so he continued to eat his breakfast.

Chu Ze and the other person got in the car and drove out of the villa.

Chu Ze sighed: "It seems that the plan to spend the New Year together has fallen through. We have to wait until next year."

"Why wait until next year?" Xia Anruo asked calmly.

"Didn't your father disagree?"

"What does it matter whether he agrees or not? It's not like he's going to your house to celebrate the New Year." Xia Anruo glanced at him with a smile.

Although Xia Jianjun did not agree with Xia Anruo spending the New Year at Chu Ze's house, Xia Anruo had never listened to her father's opinion. She just wanted to inform her family.

"So you're going?" Chu Ze was excited.

"If you don't want me to go, then forget it." Xia Anruo said deliberately.

"No, no, I'm so happy."

……

A few days later, when the company was on holiday, Chu Ze and Xia Anruo drove back to Ancheng.

Because she had been here once, Xia Anruo knew the way and quickly drove to the gate of Chu Ze's community, found a parking space and stopped.

In this kind of old-style residential area, the vehicles that usually come and go are all civilian cars. If a luxury car suddenly arrives at this time, it will easily attract the attention of nearby residents.

Xia Anruo and Chu Ze got out of the car, took the gifts Xia Anruo bought from the trunk, and each of them carried a pile of gifts and walked into the community and went upstairs.

"Hey, the guy who got off the car is Huiqin's kid, right?"

"look like."

"Is the woman next to him his girlfriend?"

"Of course he is. Look, he's carrying a gift basket. He's coming to celebrate the New Year."

"Did you see the girl's face clearly?"

"I'm wearing a mask, so I can't see. But seeing how tall she is and how fair her skin is, she must be very beautiful."

"Huiqin is so lucky that her son has found such a beautiful girlfriend."

"What's so beautiful about it? Have you seen this car?"

"what happened?"

"This car doesn't look cheap at first glance. My friend's son's car, which costs hundreds of thousands of dollars, doesn't look as good as this one."

"So this car costs millions?"

"I think it's about the same."

"His girlfriend is a rich woman? Tsk, Huiqin's son is so capable?"

The neighborhood aunties gathered on the roadside and talked about the matter. It seemed that it wouldn't be long before the news that Jiang Huiqin's son had a rich girlfriend would spread throughout the community.

The person involved, Chu Ze, naturally had no idea that his reputation as a gigolo was about to become a household name. He and Xia Anruo just carried their things upstairs and arrived at the door of their house.

I took out the key and opened the door. I originally wanted to give my family a surprise, but when I opened the door, I found the house was deserted.

The Dragon King has returned, why is there no one to greet him?

"Dad? Mom? Qingqing?"

Chu Ze walked in and called around, but still no one answered.

"They are out, right?" Xia Anruo also followed in and said when she saw that the room was empty.

"Hey, that's quite a coincidence. Let me ask."

Chu Ze put down what he was holding, took out his cell phone and called Jiang Huiqin: "Hello, Mom, where are you?"

"Where else can you be? At home." The voice coming from the other end of the phone was Chu Mingtao's.

It was Chu Mingtao who answered the phone.

"At home?" Chu Ze looked around in confusion.

where?

Am I not at home?

Where are you? You are not even on Shenyang Street! Where the hell are you hiding?

"I'm at home now, you guys are not here." Chu Ze asked puzzledly.

"Oh, we are in our new home." Chu Mingtao said.

"New home?"

"Yes, we moved."

Chu Mingtao said something very extraordinary in a very nonchalant tone.

???ha?
"No, you were moving without telling me?" Chu Ze was dumbfounded.

I haven’t been back for half a year, and my home is gone?
Has the online joke become reality?

"I just forgot it. You know people tend to forget things when they get older." Chu Mingtao said slowly.

You are not forgetful, you are stupid!

At this time, Jiang Huiqin snatched back the phone: "Aze, don't listen to your father's nonsense, we are out buying New Year's goods."

"Oh, that's what I thought. I was so scared. I thought you really moved and forgot about me." Chu Ze breathed a sigh of relief.

I looked around again and found that the furniture in the house was still neatly arranged and had not been moved out, so it really didn't look like anyone had moved.

Just now, I was fooled by Chu Mingtao's confident tone.

"You believe what your father said? If we really moved, how could mom forget you?" Jiang Huiqin said with a smile.

"Yes, you certainly can't."

But it’s not certain that Lao Deng is capable of doing such a thing.

A loving father and a filial son.

"Are you home now?" Jiang Huiqin asked.

"Yes, I just got home." Chu Ze said.

"Have you eaten yet?" Jiang Huiqin asked again.

"not yet."

"If you're hungry, there are some vegetables in the refrigerator. Just help yourself to something to eat. We're in the supermarket and won't be back for a while." Jiang Huiqin instructed.

"Oh, okay." Chu Ze said.

Just as he was about to hang up, he remembered something: "Oh, I almost forgot to mention that An Ruo is here too."

"An Ruo is here?!" Jiang Huiqin was stunned.

"OK."

"Then we'll be right back!"

Jiang Huiqin's tone suddenly became excited, and she hung up the phone without waiting for Chu Ze to continue speaking.

Chu Ze looked at the phone screen and scratched his head.

When he heard that I was home, he let me eat something. When he heard that Xia Anruo was here, he came back to entertain her immediately.

This distinction is too obvious.

Chu Ze put away his phone and looked at Xia Anruo who was already sitting on the sofa: "Sit down first, my parents will be back soon."

"Tell them not to be so anxious." Xia Anruo said.

Chu Ze hummed, sat next to her, looked down and asked, "Are you hungry?"

"It's okay, I'm not hungry." Xia Anruo touched her stomach.

"Really? I remember you didn't have breakfast today." Chu Ze was a little unconvinced.

"Then if I say I'm hungry, can you still help me cook now?" Xia Anruo looked at him with a sweet smile.

Chu Ze was speechless and said: "...I can help you order takeout."

"Then thank you very much." Xia Anruo rolled her eyes at him and asked, "Are you hungry?"

"Kind of."

Chu Ze's stomach growled.

I got up early in the morning and went to the supermarket with Xia Anruo to buy gifts. Then we drove all the way from Jiangcheng to here. It was already half past eleven. I ate two buns on the way in the morning and digested them early.

"Then wait, I'll do it for you." Xia Anruo got up from the sofa very decisively.

"That won't do. How can I let you cook..." Chu Ze subconsciously grabbed her when he heard it.

It would not be appropriate for her to cook when Xia An came to her house.

"Why, are you still being polite to me?" Xia Anruo said with a smile, "I don't know who eats my rice every day at home."

"This is my house now." Chu Ze said.

"So you mean you don't consider me a member of your family? Then I, an outsider, will go back first." Xia Anruo pretended to be displeased, turned around and left with an expressionless face.

"No, no, no, this is mine, you are not a outsider..." Chu Ze quickly held her and smiled embarrassedly.

Indeed, they are an old married couple, why do they still have to say such polite words?

"If I'm not an outsider, then what am I?" Xia Anruo asked with a straight face.

"You are my wife." Chu Ze nodded affirmatively.

Xia Anruo's stern face finally couldn't hold back anymore, she chuckled and pinched Chu Ze's old face: "I'm glad to know, do you have any vegetables in your refrigerator?"

"My mother said yes, I don't know either." Chu Ze said.

Xia Anruo then walked to the refrigerator, opened the door and took a look. There were still quite a lot of vegetables, enough to cook several dishes.

While she was thinking about what to cook, she took out the necessary ingredients from the refrigerator and then asked, "Have your parents eaten yet?"

"Probably not." Chu Ze thought about it.

"Okay, then I'll just cook them all together. They can be eaten when your parents come back." Xia Anruo thought about it and went into the kitchen with the dishes.

"Come and help me wash the vegetables." She waved to Chu Ze again.

"okay."

About twenty minutes later.

Jiang Huiqin and her friends returned home. As soon as they opened the door, Chu Ze came over to help them carry their things into the house.

"Why didn't you notify me in advance when you came back?" Jiang Huiqin complained while changing her shoes.

"I wanted to give you a surprise, but it turned out to be such a coincidence." Chu Ze shrugged.

"Why are you alone? Where is An Ruo?" Chu Mingtao asked.

"Yes, where is my sister-in-law?" Chu Wanqing looked around the living room in confusion, but did not see Xia Anruo.

Chu Ze was about to answer when Jiang Huiqin twitched her nose: "What smells so good? Who is cooking in the kitchen?"

"Of course it's An Ruo, who else could it be?" Chu Ze spread his hands.

"Oh, you little brat, how can you let your girlfriend come to your house to cook?" Jiang Huiqin clapped her hands when she heard that, cursed Chu Ze and rushed into the kitchen.

Then they saw a struggle inside, and Jiang Huiqin was pushed out of the kitchen by Xia Anruo with a helpless look on her face.

Jiang Huiqin looked at Xia Anruo busy in the kitchen and sighed, "Aze, if you don't treat such a good wife well in the future, I will be the first to beat you."

"Tsk tsk tsk, you are so virtuous and blessed." Chu Mingtao patted Chu Ze's shoulder with an inexplicable tone.

"Tsk tsk tsk, you are so virtuous and blessed." Chu Wanqing also patted Chu Ze's other shoulder, imitating the tone of Comrade Lao Chu.

Chu Ze glanced at Chu Wanqing and said, "Why are you joining in the fun?"

After a while, a table of exquisite dishes was served.

"It's delicious. An Ruo's cooking skills are really good!"

"Sister-in-law, this stir-fried pork is so delicious!"

"As long as it tastes good, Qingqing, eat more."

At the dinner table, the family praised Xia Anruo's cooking skills, and Xia Anruo responded modestly.

Chu Ze said while eating: "An Ruo wants to spend the New Year at our house this year."

Chu Mingtao and Jiang Huiqin were stunned, while Chu Wanqing showed surprise: "Really?!"

"Qingqing is not welcome?" Xia Anruo said with a smile.

"Welcome, welcome! Wuhu!" Chu Wanqing cheered with his hands raised.

"So will An Ruo be staying here for the next few days?" Jiang Huiqin and the others also reacted and showed joy on their faces.

"Yes, I'm sorry to bother you, uncle and aunt." Xia Anruo said apologetically.

"It's okay, it's okay. This is not a disturbance. Do your parents agree?" Chu Mingtao waved his hands.

"They...of course agreed." Xia Anruo paused and said with a smile.

Xia Jianjun: Yes, I have no objection.

(End of this chapter)