Sheng Ning’an hugged her phone as she received a message from Tang Dou, "Ahhh, Sheng Ning’an, you’re really with God Xu."
Sheng Ning’an replied, "I told you so."
"I thought you were kidding me." Who could have guessed that these two would get together so quickly? Just a while ago, this girl was swearing that it was impossible, complaining that he was much older than her. Yet suddenly, they ended up together.
"But the photos online haven’t affected you, have they? Does your family know?"
Sheng Ning’an responded, "They probably don’t know yet." Family members weren’t the type to surf the internet, and they definitely wouldn’t be this quiet if they knew. But even if they didn’t know, someone around them was sure to tell them eventually.
This secret wouldn’t stay hidden for long.
However, Sheng Ning’an wasn’t worried about it, as her family usually didn’t interfere with her decisions. Plus, Xu Weiran was only a bit older than her; her parents wouldn’t have a reason to object.
If anything, she was more worried about not matching up to him.
The Sheng family might not be fond of going online, but Mother Xu was always surfing the net with 5G. And there it was—as soon as the photos hit the trending search, Mother Xu came across them.
"Mr. Xu, come over here and look, is that our brat?" It wasn’t that Mother Xu couldn’t recognize her own son; it just seemed unlikely given the trending search barely related to her son, which made her doubt her eyes.
Without much interest, Mr. Xu glanced over and said, "It’s clearly a couple, and you know your son is single. It must be someone who just looks like him."
Indeed, the thoughts of the couple were very much aligned.
Mother Xu was uncertain for the same reason.
"No, it’s not like that, you forgot. The brat mentioned before that he had a girlfriend and was planning to go on a date this weekend?" Mother Xu also thought it was unlikely, but the man in the photo looked too much like her son.
Recalling her son’s previous words, could it be that it wasn’t just an excuse he made up to avoid a blind date?
"Do you think, have we misunderstood him? Maybe the brat is really in a relationship?"
They studied the phone for a while, and even dug out old photos they had taken of their son to make a careful comparison. Eventually, they confirmed that the person in the photo was indeed their son.
"And that girl next to him, she looks somewhat familiar too; I feel like I’ve seen her somewhere before." As Mother Xu kept looking at the photo of Sheng Ning’an, the girl became more familiar, "I remember now, isn’t that the same girl from before? I knew the brat had his sights set on her, and it turns out to be true."
"Your son really has got some skill. So he was not dating all this time, just waiting for the young lady to come of age. If he had told me earlier that he had taken a fancy to the girl, would I have disagreed? Would I have forced him to go on blind dates?"
Listening to his wife’s ramblings, Mr. Xu chuckled along.
Their son having someone he liked was something to be happy about. His wife didn’t have to worry about their son not being able to find a wife anymore.
However, Mr. Xu looked at Mother Xu and said, "But I remember you said the girl was only 18 years old?" Before he thought his son was just bluffing, but now it turned out he had really found such a young girlfriend?
Mother Xu was quite easygoing about it, "18 or not, as long as the brat is willing to date, that’s good enough." They had waited for so many years already; a few more wouldn’t make a difference.
She had always worried that her son would never get married and remain a bachelor for life. Comparatively, marrying a few years later wasn’t a big issue at all.
Once she understood this, Mother Xu felt particularly relieved and picked up her phone chirpily to call her son.