Su Jiang took a deep breath, "Ningning’s cooking skills, if she could come to our Southern region, I would have her lead a Song and Dance Troupe alone."
"Get out." The old man was displeased, "I see you’re used to snatching people away, now you even dare to snatch my own person."
"Exactly, Dad. Ningning just told you not to mix personal matters with business, so why are you still ?" Su Huai’an seized the opportunity to add fuel to the fire.
Su Jiang didn’t get angry, and lit a cigarette for himself, only to realize the old man was still there! He quickly put it out. "You boy, I heard you’ve started dating someone?"
Su Huai’an was drinking water, and almost sprayed it out on hearing this, coughing for a long time before he recovered. "How’s that possible? Who told you that?"
"Yeah, I heard about it too. They said you’ve fallen for the Boss Flower of your school, who also goes by the nickname Mr. Chen. My big nephew, your taste isn’t bad! If you have a son in the future, he’s sure to be tough."
"Don’t worry about who I heard it from, just tell me if there’s any truth to it."
"Of course not!" Su Huai’an’s face turned red, whether from embarrassment or the coughing.
"Then why are you hanging around her all the time? Even though she’s your student, if you really like her, I’d approve," said Su Jiang, giving Sheng Ning, who had come in with dishes, a wink to show he was an open-minded father.
"Son, I’ve never been strict with you since you were young, I owe you a lot. This time, go after whoever you like, it’s okay. Even if she is your student, even if she has a rough personality, even if her family background isn’t good, it doesn’t matter."
At this, Su Huai’an’s clear and handsome face could no longer maintain its calm expression, and turned dark with displeasure. "Let’s eat!" He glared at his father and stood up to help wash hands and serve dishes for Sheng Ning.
If it weren’t for concern about Chen Huaying’s reputation, he would have blurted out her preference for women. Forget it, even if he had to bear it himself, he couldn’t ruin Chen Huaying’s reputation.
Sheng Ning walked out and immediately heard such an explosive topic, her eyes rolling in amusement. She hadn’t noticed before, but now that everyone was talking about it, she realized that Su Huai’an and Chen Huaying did match quite well.
A professor with his own student, it sounded scandalous no matter how she thought about it.
"I know!" Sheng Ning put down the braised pork she was holding and said with a smile, "The person Cousin likes is my friend, Chen Huaying!" The source of thɪs content is ɴovᴇl_Firᴇ.ɴet
Hearing this, Su Huai’an helplessly shook his head. Well, considering this was the first time the girl had called him Cousin, he wouldn’t hold it against her.
"It’s Yingzi, huh? That’s even better!"
"So close to our home, this girl is great! I was just thinking who would be lucky enough to marry such a Yingzi. Turns out our family has snagged a great bargain." The old man took his seat at the head of the table after washing his hands with his walking stick, glancing at his grandson and suggesting, "I’ll go propose marriage tomorrow."
"Dad, you’d better wait until the rice is cooked into a porridge before you propose, otherwise we might be thrown out."
Su Hai’s bad idea made Su Huai’an’s ears turn red. He finally understood that his father and uncle were teasing him on purpose! Sigh... He suddenly felt empathy for Chen Yingjie and Shen Jianguo; now he felt like he might not be their own flesh and blood either.
The family dinner made everyone very happy. Even the old man, who usually had little appetite, ate an extra bowl of rice. In the end, only fear of indigestion stopped them from allowing the old man to have a third bowl.
The old man watched the dishes on the table decrease with distress, urging them to save some so he could warm it up and have another meal the next day. Eventually, Sheng Ning couldn’t take it anymore and promised to make him a meal on the second day of the new year, her day off, which finally placated him.
Su Jiang loved braised pork, and after dinner, he made a special request for Sheng Ning to cook an extra portion to take back with him to the Southern region.