What if the mishap never happened?
The bad premonition Jiang Zhi vaguely felt was just an illusion. He gently touched the little girl's forehead, which was reciprocated by the girl who quickly turned to look at Jiang's Mother. He then held Jiang Yan more affectionately as they walked to the car.
They safely got into the car.
Jiang Zhi successfully eloped with his little girl.
However, just halfway through their journey, Jiang's Mom called. At that time, Jiang Yan was still sadly munching on chocolate, caught off guard by the call.
Jiang Zhi, who was driving, teased her, "Go on, answer it. Where was this timidity when you kissed me in front of our mom?"
He knew Jiang Yan had kissed him deliberately. Before the kiss, he was looking into Jiang Yan's eyes and noticed her eyes trembling slightly, with his mother's figure reflected in her black pupils.
But how could he refuse when his little girlfriend took the initiative to kiss him?
Thinking about it later, Jiang Zhi felt that Jiang Yan still lacked a sense of security, which was why she did that.
So it was his fault. He had been both a brother and a boyfriend, yet failed to give his little girl a sense of security.
Therefore, when he brought up this incident again, it was in jest and with the intention of making Jiang Yan feel at ease.
Jiang Yan, puffing her cheeks, answered the call and then, very respectfully, held out the phone to Jiang Zhi's ear.
From the phone on speaker came Jiang's Mom's deliberately cold voice. She didn't even say "Jiang Jiang" but just said, "You get carsick, tell Jiang Zhi to bring some motion sickness medicine. Don't eat anything weird when you're out. Clothes... you didn't bring any, ah, you should have bought a few before leaving. Do you have enough money? I'll transfer some to you. When you're out, spend Jiang Zhi's money, you know?"
"I know, I know, Mom," Jiang Zhi assured loudly. "Don't worry, how could I let our little girl suffer?"
Jiang's Mom immediately couldn't hold back anymore. A string of scolding words, though without profanity, burst towards Jiang Zhi, frightening Jiang Yan who quickly took back the phone and timidly called out, "Mom."
Hearing Jiang Yan's timid call, Jiang's Mom abruptly suppressed her scolding of Jiang Zhi. After a moment of silence, she finished giving all the necessary instructions and finally said, "You two, be careful out there. When you've had enough fun, come home obediently."
"Come home to be scolded?" Jiang Zhi tried to lighten the mood.
However, his mother didn't play along and directly hung up the phone.
It wasn't that Jiang's Mom couldn't accept their relationship, it was just that both of them were her children. The previous turmoil with her two daughters had already made her heart ache for a long time. She felt guilty and sympathetic towards one, worried and afraid for the other...
She actually just felt that the two were too young. If something were to happen in the future, it would hurt their relationship. The family had just become whole with much difficulty.
In the car, Jiang Yan frowned, sulking in silence.
Jiang Zhi comforted her, "My mom just hasn't come to terms with it. She's afraid that if we have conflicts in the future and break up, she'll be caught in the middle."
Jiang Yan really didn't want to make Jiang's Mom angry. Believing Jiang Zhi's words, she turned to him with worry and promised, "We will never get angry in the future, we won't break up, we'll never separate..."
Although these words were said lightly, coupled with her little girlfriend face, she looked more like a naive young lady with nothing but a pretty face, irresponsibly making grand promises to coax others.
When Jiang Zhi agreed without hesitation, he realized that he might be a bit love-struck.
He said, "In the future, every time we argue, I'll definitely be the first to apologize."