Friends remembered Qin Yueru mentioning earlier that she had seen an acquaintance and had gone to greet them, combining that with what Qin Yueru said earlier, he immediately guessed that Qin Yueru knew that girl and could not help but ask: "Is she Jifeng’s..."
While speaking, the hands resting on the edge of the table made a gesture hinting at being a young couple.
"Almost there," Qin Yueru sighed softly, "This girl used to visit our home often and she is quite sincere. Jifeng is also not getting any younger; it’s time to consider personal matters."
Friends also laughed: "I think she is not bad; she and Jifeng make a fine match together."
Qin Yueru smiled upon hearing this.
"So how is her family background? Didn’t you say Jifeng is about to get a promotion after the New Year? If he can secure a director position now, it might be more challenging in the future. You have to be very careful in selecting his marriage partner."
Qin Yueru’s smile faded slightly, and she spoke softly, "You are not unaware of our family situation. If we choose someone from too high a social standing, I’m afraid Jifeng’s life will be difficult. Rather than be subject to others’ whims, it’s better to choose someone supportive. Even if she can’t help Jifeng much, at least she can take good care of him at home, and besides—"
Pausing, Qin Yueru continued: "No matter how well I choose, it ultimately depends on whether Jifeng likes her."
"That is indeed the case," his friend nodded in agreement.
Qin Yueru’s gaze then moved back toward Tang Li. Since October, Tang Li had not visited the Han Family again. Even when Qin Yueru visited her at school, Tang Li hadn’t replied to her letters. Although she didn’t know what happened, Qin Yueru was certain that Tang Li liked Han Jifeng.
In Qin Yueru’s heart, her son indeed was outstanding enough. If it weren’t for Mr. Han’s troubles, Han Jifeng would have already been the Lai Family’s son-in-law by now.
Thinking of Lai Shengxia, Qin Yueru felt a sense of regret.
She had met Lai Shengxia.
That summer vacation, Han Jifeng brought Lai Shengxia home. Wearing a sky-blue dress and a ponytail, she stood there prettily holding Han Jifeng’s hand and shyly called her "Auntie." Later, after Mr. Han’s trouble, Han Jifeng also broke up with Lai Shengxia.
In terms of family background, Tang Li is somewhat inferior compared to Lai Shengxia.
However, Qin Yueru preferred a daughter-in-law like Tang Li who wouldn’t be commanding and whose presence would ease the mother-in-law-daughter-in-law relation while being completely devoted to Han Jifeng and not causing trouble within the marriage.
Moreover, now, even without a prestigious father-in-law, Jifeng could climb the ladder on his own.
Qin Yueru understood her son.
Han Jifeng was reserved, preferring to keep things bottled up. When he broke up with Lai Shengxia, he didn’t tell her, his mother. Instead, he just kept working overtime until it landed him in the hospital. Only later did she learn from the news that Lai Shengxia was engaged to a young master of the Qin Family.
In the past two months, whenever Han Jifeng came home from work, he asked about Tang Li more than once.
Although he skirted around the issue, asking if anyone had visited their home today, Qin Yueru knew her son just wanted to hear about Tang Li through her.
Like that time she planned to visit Tang Li at Art College, her son didn’t say much but afterwards placed a gift box on the dining table without explicitly saying it was for Tang Li, only mentioning that girls liked such porcelain dolls; he later deliberately visited her room that evening after work.
Even though he was restrained, his actions made Qin Yueru reminisce about the days when he first started dating Lai Shengxia.
It was for these reasons that she was sure about Tang Li as her daughter-in-law.
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