54 Parents Call (1/2)

”What did you say...?” Guan Dong asked calmly, clearly in more shock that he thought he would be. He knew of such possibility but he didn't think the worst-case scenario that he thought of actually happened.

”I said I have a boyfriend,” Dongmei repeated clearly, a bit louder than before so that her father would understand her this time. With the way she said it, they knew that she wasn't joking.

Instead of getting frustrated like her husband, Guan Mei smiled at her daughter and called out happily, ”That's great! To think that my daughter finally found herself a boyfriend. Who is the lucky one? Do we know him? You never mentioned that you have someone in your eye.”

”You don't know him yet… Unless you guys got informed by my guards already. If that's the case, I bet you know who I am talking about.” Dongmei shook her head but then she squinted her eyes as she stared at her father, trying to figure out if they knew anything.

”Okay, I have to admit, we know about your boyfriend already. I won't lie to my daughter.” Guan Mei spilt the beans, preferring to keep an honest attitude with her daughter. The worse case would be when they began lying to each other. To get a good conclusion from this situation, good communication was the key.

Hearing her mother, Dongmei smirked as she stared daggers at her father, ”I knew it… Was it father that ordered to screen him? Can't he even trust your own daughter judgement?” The accused Guan Dong could only look to the side while whistling, admitting to it without saying anything. His daughter knew him well so it was pointless to lie.

”Dongmei, he did it cause we love you and we want the best for you. I wanted to call you first but he insisted on checking out your boyfriend background first so we have some understanding of who we are dealing with. You need to understand that we are a very influential family. There were no scandals involving our family before and it would be devastating to have one in the near future. Especially with the great pressure that our family is facing right now due to... you know what.” Guan Mei explained their stance with her motherly tone, only holding herself back at the end, recalling Wuxing was inside the apartment.

”I know and don't worry, Wuxing is inside the kitchen, preparing dinner for us. He won't hear our conversation unless you shout.” Dongmei assured them after looking towards the kitchen with a gentle smile. She wanted them to know how close they were together.

Guan Dong became irritated when he heard how happy she is when she talks about Wuxing but didn't say anything under his wife's glare. Guan Mei continued with a surprised question, ”Oh, he can cook?”

”Mhmm, he is great. His pancakes in the morning were so tasty. We just went for a romantic walk and now he is preparing fish and some other seafood for us. Not only that, but he is also handsome and kind. He knows how to take care of me… What else can I ask for a boyfriend?” Dongmei described Wuxing in simple words, smiling goofily while staring at him from the distance.

”Ah, that sounds great. Indeed, it sounds like you got yourself a nice boyfriend there. Now even I want to meet this gentleman.” Guan Mei smiled, satisfied with her daughter happiness. Just as she said, if her daughter was happy, she didn't care about anything else.

This time Guan Dong couldn't hold himself back and commented with a snort, ”Tsk, is that such a big deal? He can cook? Is that going to pay for your bills and provide for you in the future? I think you should think more about your future instead of just playing around.”

Just as Guan Mei wanted to scold him, Dongmei answered him first, clearly expecting such comments from her daring father, ”As if we need more money? Just with my savings alone, we can live a luxurious life until we die. I thought you don't care about money? Anyway, I already decided that he is going to be my man so you can keep your sarcastic comments to yourself.”

The whole time Dongmei kept glaring at her father and her voice turned ice cold, knowing that nothing else would work on him. Her reaction clearly startled him as he tried to respond to her but couldn't find words. His daughter rarely behaved like this and it was mostly when she was really mad at him.

Guan Mei quickly called out to save the situation, ”Dongmei… Sweety… Your father is just frustrated as another man is trying to steal away his precious daughter. You can't blame him for that…” She couldn't scold him anymore as it seemed that Dongmei was already unhappy with their conversation. It would only prolong the nervous atmosphere.

”It was he who started this…” Dongmei pouted, not looking at her father anymore as she knew he wouldn't understand.

”Okay, okay, let's calm down, both of you. Sweetheart, you can meet with whoever you want and as long as you are happy, mommy will support you.” Guan Mei called out warmly after calming the two people she cared the most about before adding, ”Can we maybe see him? You can call him to come to talk to us.”

”Now I don't want to… Father will only scare him away.” Dongmei looked towards Wuxing's bare chest and shook her head, deciding to introduce Wuxing later on. They still had time.

She didn't expect that her father would suddenly burst and call her out, ”Ha! He better be scared. You have not even been together for two days and you are already in love? Don't be so naive! He is just using you to get out of prison!”

Both Dongmei and her mother were shaken by his words and Dongmei even had an urge to crush the watch onto the wall but Guan Mei reacted first and hit her husband on the head, crying out angrily, ”Dong! Get out!”

”What?! I'm just speaking the truth! He only plays with her! When he is out of prison, he will definitely break up with her and hurt her! I'm protecting her! There is no way I am allowing her to ruin her life with him!” Guan Dong argued once again while pointing at Dongmei, not happy with the fact that he couldn't even speak the truth and that his wife was clearly in favour of Wuxing. She didn't understand the complications that would fall on them after the public learnt that their son-in-law is a nobody.

Hearing the baseless accusations, Dongmei got really angry this time as she shouted, even alerting Wuxing who was cleaning fish under that sink water, ”Dad! You are not the one who decides when, where or who I'm meeting with! If you do anything to him, I will not call you father ever again!” She didn't wait for her father to reply and simply ended the call before throwing the watch away.

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