Qin Suxin looked apologetically toward the two people across from her and said, "This kid just doesn’t get it, his head is filled with nothing but those experiments of his. Please don’t take offense; I’ll have a good talk with him later."
Aunt Huang glanced in the direction where Sheng Yeli had left and said, "Who doesn’t know your two sons are very promising? It’s good for young people to be ambitious, but they also can’t focus solely on their work. People always say, ’Set up a family and establish a career,’ but you need to set up a family first before dedicating oneself to a career. I’m not just bragging, but my niece has been a breeze to raise since she was little, good at her studies and with a nice personality. If it weren’t for the many years of friendship between us, I wouldn’t be willing to introduce this girl to your family."
"Absolutely, I took a liking to this girl as soon as I saw her," Qin Suxin said with a beaming smile.
Yet her son was not cooperating.
On the way back, Qin Suxin asked her younger son, "What did you think of the girl just now?"
Sheng Yeli: "Not much!"
Upon hearing this, Qin Suxin glared at him and said, "How can you know she’s not up to much when you didn’t even take a good look at her?"
Sheng Yeli: "Since you know I didn’t take a good look, what else do you expect me to say?"
"You..." Qin Suxin then realized her son had outmaneuvered her and, frustrated enough to consider smacking him, said, "You little twerp, I’m doing all this for you. An’an is already dating, and you’re her young uncle. You don’t even have a partner yet. Aren’t you ashamed?"
Sheng Yeli didn’t feel ashamed, nor did he see dating and marriage as necessary milestones in life.
He felt one could live well alone.
Or else raising a dog wouldn’t be a bad idea either.
He didn’t like overly complicated interpersonal relationships. Dating and marriage would mean he’d always have to consider the other person’s feelings, always worry about their thoughts and emotions, and even take their family and friends into account.
Too troublesome, much simpler to stick to the lab.
But there was no need to say this in front of his mother.
It was that girl though, it seemed her recent dating success had gone to her head, now even managing to meddle in his "private affairs." He thought it was time to give her something else to occupy her mind.
Getting out of the car, Sheng Yeli looked in the direction of Sheng Ning’an and said, "The laboratory is quite busy this year, I might only get a break on New Year’s Eve. My brother’s company is also busy, and his return to our hometown today might be late. Someone needs to tidy up the house there in advance. Since Uncle Shen and Aunt Shu Ran are getting on in years and it’s inconvenient for them, why don’t we let this girl go back first? She could also spend some more time with the elderly."
She knew her young uncle was petty, he would definitely take his revenge.
This was him dispatching her back to the old house to clean.
"Young Uncle, I can explain."
Sheng Ning’an felt, given the affection they had shared over so many years as uncle and niece, it was necessary to salvage their precarious relationship. They shouldn’t let it be ruined over such a trivial matter.
Sheng Ning’an earnestly and sincerely said, "I didn’t mean to help grandma deceive you, I only found out after leaving the house that grandma had arranged a blind date for you."
"So what?" Sheng Yeli gave her a cool glance.
Sheng Ning’an: "At most, I just failed to report what I knew!"
"Hmph!" Sheng Yeli gave her a cold look.
Since she was going to return home sooner or later, and it wasn’t a matter of a day or two, it seemed her young uncle was not easily going to forgive her. So, Sheng Ning’an quickly packed her things and went back to her grandparents’ house.