Chapter 265: The Parents’ Attitude
Su Peng felt like he was being watched by a tiger.
He couldn’t even eat anymore, sitting stiffly while studying the expressions of the two people next to him. He glanced at An Han for help, but helplessly found that An Han had already been scared into silence and didn’t even look at him.
He had to admit, this family was really scary…
Each one of them could change their expression as fast as An Han.
Su Peng tried hard to think of a solution. He could tell that An Han’s parents truly liked the gifts he brought, but obviously, those gifts weren’t enough for them to “sell off” their daughter.
He noticed a bit of regret in the mother’s eyes, and also realized that as long as they didn’t mention anything about An Han, the atmosphere at the table wouldn’t become tense like before.
After thinking for a moment, he felt he should give another reason for the gifts.
Then Su Peng suddenly noticed a blind spot. He turned his head and said to An Han’s mother,
“Auntie, since I’m already here and I already brought the gifts, isn’t it strange for you to put them back in my car?”
He continued, “That was just a small greeting gift. And after all, you two invited me to this meal…”
The mother firmly shook her head.
Su Peng’s smile froze again. He could only lower his head and continue eating as An Han’s friend, not as her boyfriend.
Seeing that he no longer mentioned anything about An Han, her mother smiled again. She kindly put food into Su Peng’s bowl and asked him about his family from time to time.
She asked about his grades, his plans for the future, and how An Han behaved at school…
Su Peng answered honestly. After seeing her sudden expression change earlier, he didn’t dare to act recklessly anymore.
“When are you planning to leave?” the mother asked with a gentle smile.
She was telling him to go…
Su Peng understood what she meant. He looked at An Han in hesitation, and saw her give a small nod.
“After I finish eating. I still have something to do,” he replied.
Both parents let out a breath of relief and became even more friendly.
Looking at them, it felt like they were guarding their family treasure. Anyone who tried to take a look would instantly make them alert.
Su Peng sighed quietly in his heart. In just ten minutes, he finished lunch, put his bowl and chopsticks into the sink, and turned back to say goodbye.
“Uncle, Auntie, I’ll get going now.”
“Be careful on the road,” her mother said with a smile.
An Han also hurried to finish eating and was ready to run upstairs to avoid her parents’ questions, but Su Peng gave her a look.
She paused, then looked up at her parents who were watching her closely. Under the table, she lightly kicked her little sister’s leg.
The sister looked up in confusion, but when she met An Han’s eyes, she instantly understood. Like usual, she loudly ran off.
“You haven’t finished your food!”
“Not eating anymore!”
…………………………
Lunch ended. Her mother cleaned the dishes with a blank face.
Her father finished most of the leftovers. At this rate, he felt like when he had to travel abroad again, he would be at least ten kilograms heavier.
He had to handle the leftover food almost every meal, just like a walking food waste bin…
Holding his overly full stomach, he slowly walked to the living room, but his eyes were immediately drawn to the two gifts on the table.
“When did these come back?”
“What?”
An Han’s mother wiped her hands with a cloth and hurried to the living room entrance. When she looked inside, she froze.
On the table were the cosmetics and alcohol that Su Peng had given them. She clearly told the little sister to put them back in the car, but somehow, without noticing, they had returned again.
An Han had gone upstairs right after eating, so she wasn’t the one who did it.
“An Siqi!”
The father, full of anger, wanted to go find the little sister and scold her, but the mother quickly grabbed his arm.
“What is it?” he stopped and looked back, only to see a gentle smile already on the mother’s face.
“Forget it. Who knows where that child ran off to.”
“That child?” the father corrected her, “That brat!”
An Han’s mother put down the cloth she was holding, walked forward, picked up the cosmetics she had liked for a long time but never bought because they were too expensive. Her smile became even sweeter.
“I think Su Peng is actually a pretty good kid.”
“……”
Sitting on the stairs on the second floor, listening secretly, An Han couldn’t help muttering in her heart.
Bribed, but not completely bribed.
Her mother’s thoughts were too complicated. She really couldn’t guess them.
At first, it seemed like her mother let Su Peng stay for dinner because she was bribed. Later, it looked more like she wanted to save face. And now… maybe it was a mix of both?
Su Peng had barely opened a small crack in her mother’s defenses. Maybe he should keep pushing?
But her father was still the hard one...
From the balcony, An Han leaned forward and listened. She could faintly hear her mother speaking downstairs.
“He looks decent, his family seems okay, and he is polite and well-behaved… He’s not as bad as I imagined.”
“Not bad my foot! No man is a good thing!” the father complained loudly, dropping himself onto the sofa.
Even though he was also a man, that only made him feel even more qualified to say it.
“Good-looking and from a good family, that kind will definitely fool around outside in the future!”
He kept complaining angrily, “He doesn’t look like an honest person at all! If An Han marries into that family, she’ll definitely suffer!”
Why are we already talking about me getting married??
Listening secretly on the stairs, An Han rolled her eyes.
She only wanted to complete the task, she just wanted her parents to agree to her dating Su Peng. But to her parents, it sounded like Su Peng came to propose marriage.
She quickly sent a message to Su Peng on her phone to update him on the situation at home.
“My mom is starting to soften a little. You still need to think of something for my dad.”
She was acting as the “inside informer,” and after sending the message, she continued nervously listening to her parents.
“These little gifts bought you off?” the father complained unhappily at the mother. “If you like it, I’ll buy it for you!”
The mother lifted her head happily, her eyes almost shining.
“Really?”
“How much does it cost?”
“Adding them up… about ten thousand yuan? A full set costs tens of thousands.”
The father froze. Spending ten thousand wasn’t impossible, but for a normal family, even spending over a thousand needed real thought.
“This Maotai is expensive too, right?”
The mother reached out to pick up the bottle, but the father snatched it away.
“Don’t touch it with your clumsy hands! If you drop it, can you afford to pay?”
“Give it back to him next time he comes. It’s too expensive.”
Grumbling, the father let out a sigh and carefully hid the two bottles of alcohol deep inside the cabinet.
If he didn’t accept the gifts, he could still confidently scold Su Peng. But now that the gifts were accepted, it felt wrong to be rude…
All because that little sister betrayed them.
The father felt uneasy. He didn’t want to change his attitude just because of some gifts, it would feel like he was selling his daughter.
“No, I have to talk to that brat properly.” He lifted his head and shouted upstairs, “An Han! Stop eavesdropping! Come down!”
“Coming, coming!”
An Han rushed downstairs, excited.
Her mother glanced at her happy face and muttered under her breath.
“I’ll deal with you later… going to meet Su Peng’s parents behind our backs…”
An Han’s smile instantly disappeared.