Chapter 263: Temptation
An Han rushed out of the house. Before Su Peng arrived, she planned to continue acting like an ostrich hiding its head in the sand, so her mother wouldn’t catch her at home.
Her father, as a man, somehow scolded all men, including himself.
How harsh was that…
Her mother was probably even more extreme.
The more she thought about it, the more she worried that Su Peng might not even be able to get inside their house. Maybe the moment he put one foot inside, her parents would break his legs with a stick and throw him out.
She really couldn’t understand why their protectiveness had become so strong. She only became a woman, but her parents treated her as if she were a little kid all over again.
Back when she was a man, her father had to remind her to take living expenses, and her mother told her to ride a bike to school on her own back in second or third grade. At that time, they never protected her this strictly.
An Han could already imagine her little sister’s future suffering. That poor future brother-in-law would probably go through the same hardships as Su Peng right now.
Walking on the street, she looked around, planning to find an internet café.
The internet cafes in small towns couldn’t compare to large cities, the facilities and service weren’t as good. But they still shamelessly changed the name “internet bar” to “internet café.” Just one word changed on the signboard, yet the price per hour could be several yuan higher.
There were still cheap ones, maybe three yuan an hour, but the environment was too messy. Now that she was a girl, An Han didn’t dare to go there.
If only the system would reward me with something like “master of martial arts.” That would give me some ability to protect myself.
But no! It keeps giving me strange and useless things!
………………
Su Peng drove a BMW worth several hundred thousand yuan into the town.
His family actually owned more expensive luxury cars, but BMW was well-known and would make the future father-in-law and mother-in-law feel proud.
“Care about face, huh…”
He muttered softly, thinking about how to walk into An Han’s home with confidence.
He knew the future mother-in-law disliked him. He could understand it from her point of view, but it still hurt when it happened to him.
He felt a bit nervous. His breathing was faster than usual. Following the address An Han gave him, he drove into the busy commercial area of the small town, carefully moving through the crowds.
He didn’t drive often, so in this complicated environment, he had to focus all of his attention. He was afraid he would hit someone before even reaching An Han’s house.
After a few minutes of driving on the narrow street, Su Peng spotted An Han standing by the roadside, holding a grilled sausage.
Beside her was a small food stall selling grilled sausages, milk tea from a big metal bucket, and even hand-rolled sushi. These kinds of stalls had almost disappeared in big cities but were still everywhere here.
Su Peng drove up to her, rolled down the window, and smiled nervously, “Get in, show me the way.”
“I’m not getting in. It’s just up ahead.”
An Han leaned in through the window curiously, her small head turning left and right as she looked at the car’s interior.
“Why did you change your car? This one looks nicer than the last one.”
“You said your parents care about face, right? So I changed to a better car.”
“Oh, I see…”
An Han showed a happy and cute smile. She patted Su Peng’s shoulder, cheering him on. “Everything depends on you now!”
“Huh?”
“I believe you can convince my parents!”
“And what about you?”
“I’m going to hide in the bedroom and play on the computer, so I won’t get hurt if you start fighting.”
“......”
Su Peng became even more nervous. His smile was so stiff that he couldn’t even smile properly.
“Relax~ They’re not that unreasonable. I was just scaring you.”
Probably... After all, her father was the type who could insult everyone, including himself. No matter how you looked at it, it was impossible for him to be reasonable about this.
“Do they know I’m coming?”
“I wanted to tell them at first...” An Han felt a bit guilty. “Looks like everything depends on you now.”
Letting Su Peng handle the whole situation wasn’t very kind, but she really didn’t know how to help.
In daily life, even mentioning Su Peng would make her mother look angry, let alone Su Peng coming to their house directly.
At eleven in the morning, Su Peng drove into the small alley.
Not far ahead, her mother was sitting at the door with no expression, picking vegetables. Her father stood beside her, looking very angry about something. Her little sister had already noticed the car and was staring curiously at the car logo.
The car windows had tint, so none of them noticed Su Peng inside.
An Han appeared from behind the car.
“Sister! Sister!” Her little sister’s eyes lit up, and she ran over quickly. “Mom said she’s going to beat you to death!”
Already nervous, An Han froze on the spot. She quickly noticed the sharp, slicing glare her mother threw at her. Her feet were already starting to move backward, ready to run.
When she was five, she could run around the whole commercial street while being chased by her mother, and she finally escaped by hiding in a billiards hall. Now she was already in her early twenties, running a few rounds was no problem, right?
But after hiding half a day, she still got beaten badly when she went home.
“If it’s trouble, you can’t escape it...”
An Han sighed and prepared herself.
Anyway, Su Peng was here to draw their attention. He was probably the one who would get beaten.
The car slowly moved forward and stopped right at their door, in front of her parents.
At first, her parents thought the car was just passing by. They were stunned for a moment, then looked toward the door.
Su Peng forced himself to open the door, exposing himself to his future in-laws. He gave them a polite but awkward smile.
“Hello, Uncle, Auntie! I brought gifts for you!”
He could feel the hostility in their eyes. Before they could kick him out, he hurriedly grabbed the gifts from the passenger seat.
He had left in such a hurry that he had to secretly take two bottles of Moutai and a bottle of French wine from his father’s wine cabinet, plus some unopened cosmetics from his mother’s dressing table.
As for the beating he would get when he went home later, he no longer cared. Surviving this moment was more important.
“These are cosmetics for Auntie. I carefully picked them out.” Su Peng bowed a little like a loyal dog. “Does Uncle like to drink? Here’s Moutai and Château Latour.”
An Han’s parents were stunned.
They instinctively accepted the gifts. Her mother looked at the brand written on the cosmetics box and her eyelid twitched. Her father, on the other hand, happily patted Su Peng’s shoulder and said,
“Good kid~ Stay and eat with us?”
Seeing them getting along so well, An Han carefully walked over and introduced,
“Dad, this is Su Peng, my classmate...”
Before she even finished, her father’s expression changed the moment he heard the name. He looked up at Su Peng, who had the look of a typical playboy, and waved his hand with dislike.
“Return these. Leave now.”
Even in front of Moutai and French wine, he held onto his principles!
At this moment, her mother frowned and said,
“You already asked the kid to stay for lunch. If you chase him out right away, won’t it sound terrible if people hear about it?”
Her mother... had already fallen to the temptation of the expensive cosmetics.