187 Father Yes Parenting Skills (1/2)

An arranged marriage?

At that moment, the term appeared in Ye Shuang's mind, and following that was a period of speechless that extended for a long time. She was only twenty-five years old. What was the rush‽ Why was she pushed toward marriage so early‽ Was this even necessary‽

Mother Ye looked at Ye Shuang with certainty in her eyes. The conviction and determination expressed her meaning with clarity. Yes, it is necessary! Very necessary!

After a normal girl had an accidental kiss with a boy, even without the racing heart, the flushed cheeks, the wandering thoughts, at least she would feel embarrassed, right‽

But what about her daughter‽ The girl's first reaction was to beat the man up without any filter or a second thought. After the beating, she suddenly realized the gender swap had been delayed for a day. After tracing back the memory, she only then remembered the accidental kiss.

Because Ye Shuang treated it with such insouciance that Mother Ye could not find the opening to ask about any gossip, she was led down the path by Ye Shuang's acceptance of the events that had transpired. Therefore, from that event, one could see clearly how difficult it was for Ye Shuang to have romantic thoughts about members of the opposite sex. She might have paid special focus to this problem, but her personality did not have the qualification to be in love or kickstart a relationship!

In that case, what could Mother Ye do‽ Be it romantic hints or direct confession, as long as that person did not tackle her daughter directly to the ground—if someone could tackle her to the ground—then every advance would be naturally neutralized before Ye Shuang.

Therefore, other than setting up dates and an arranged marriage, what other solution was there‽

”As you know, it is New Year, and many younger gentlemen are home to accompany their families for New Year.” The more Mother Ye thought about it, the more she found it difficult to resist the urge to sigh. Therefore, she let out a very long sigh and patted Ye Shuang's arm as they walked back to the house. ”There are quite a few good kids in the neighborhood. They have been working overseas or in other states, but they will return on the second or third day of New Year. So, try to find some boys to kiss over the next few days, and we'll go and meet them when the time comes.”

If any outsiders heard Mother Ye's advice, they would have been so confused, but Ye Shuang got it instantly. Her mother wanted her to maintain her female sex throughout the New Year so that she could attend those dates in her female form. ”But aren't we going to visit our grandparents?”

”There's no need for you to visit them this year!” Mother Ye announced firmly. ”Nothing is more important than this. After the few days of New Year holiday, most of the kids will go back to work, so who are going to go on dates with then‽ By the way, I also have a few friends. Previously, they were busy with work, but these few days, they should have the time to bring their children around…”

Why are you doing this to me‽

After the consensus had been forced to be made between the mother and daughter, the male members of the Ye family finally welcomed the women back home. Without wasting her saliva to explain the situation, Mother Ye strode into the kitchen with her head raised. Ye Shuang, on the other hand, planted herself quite despondently next to the window to flip through the television channels. There was nothing interesting on; the television programs on the first day of New Year were mostly reruns of the shows on New Year's Eve.

Anthony hugged his own laptop and was up to his own schemes. As he typed on the keyboard, he raised his head to ask joyfully, ”Xiao Shuang, Han is inviting us to go to his place to play for a few days, you coming with?”

”I can't.” Ye Shuang turned to look into the kitchen before turning back to answer in a serious tone. ”I'll be going on dates over the next few days.”

Father Ye and Little Brother Ye choked and coughed at the same time.

”Wow!” Anthony's eyes glistened and shone as a happy and passionate expression that seemed to say 'This is so exciting!' appeared on his face. He hugged his laptop as he scooted over to take the seat beside Ye Shuang. ”I hear easterners get married at an early age. Is it time for you as well? Can you bring me along with you for your dates? I want to go and take a look!”

”Have you seen people bring friends of the opposite sex to dates?” Ye Shuang rolled her eyes at the man. Then again, she honestly did not have high expectations for the children of her mother's friends.

It was not that she looked down on them, but if the guys agreed to go on these set-up dates, normally, there were only be several types. One was like her, who actually did not want to go to these functions but had to agree because of their parents. The other type was more than willing. Why were they willing‽ Either their personality or appearance had certain disadvantages, such that they were unable to attract female in a normal setting, or they did not have any intention of getting into a relationship. Their time and effect were solely focused on other things and only treated this as a mission that needed to be completed before everything was settled.

In any case, neither of the prospects were particularly exciting for Ye Shuang. Little Brother Ye gasped like he had been struck by lightning. ”Dates‽ Sis, you actually agreed to this‽”

Unlike the other two, Father Ye recovered very quickly. He connected it to how excited his wife had been to investigate the situation of other people's children during the earlier conversation with other families. After a moment's silence, he coughed like this was nothing important. ”Actually, it might not be so bad to settle down. In any case, this is just a normal date. There's no need to rush into a marriage.”

Teetering between the unwillingness to marry his daughter and the fact that his daughter would not settle on a fixed gender without getting married, Father Ye decided to stand by the sidelines and patiently watch how things unfold.

…

Failing to fight for the right to observe the date, Anthony got on the plane with a stomach full of grievances and dissatisfaction to fly to Beijing. That afternoon, Ye Shuang also paid visits to several elders who she was closest with at the Go association. When she had the chance, she sought several kisses from one of their grandsons and managed to acquire the ability to delay her gender swap for another day.

On the third day of New Year, Mother Ye planned to bring Ye Shuang out for the dates, but unfortunately, Yao Zhixing's call came to disrupt the plan. It was because he was unable to find Fang Mo during their schedule appointment and wanted to ask Ye Shuang if she knew where the man was.

Ye Shuang was finally free on the fourth day of New Year, but Mother Ye was not. There might have been people who came to visit during New Year. Since a group of Father Ye's students decided to come pay their teacher a visit, the pair of mother and daughter had to put their aprons back on to busy themselves in the kitchen. The fifth day and sixth day… they were all ruined by accidental intervention by outsiders. By the seventh day of New Year, Mother Ye had still been unable to bring her own daughter out to any of the dates.

”Mom, just let it be.” Ye Shuang was tired. She cracked her knuckles before continuing to prepare the suitcases for her parents. ”I've kissed about all the boys under five in the neighborhood, and you're going to visit the grandparents with father tomorrow. How about we just change the time for the dates‽ Push it to a later date?”

New Year was indeed a time for families to gather. All the younger generation came home to visit their parents and grandfathers. However, New Year was also the busiest time for Chinese. Visits were happening left and right. Hoping to find a date during this period of time was indeed a bit too hard.

Mother Ye pulled on Ye Shuang's arm with dissatisfaction. ”Don't worry, your mother still has a few old friends…”

Then she stopped to glance at Father Ye, who was watching television in the living room. She leaned in closer to Ye Shuang to say in a lowered voice, ”After we come back from your grandparents', I'll take you to meet an uncle. His son is not bad, but don't tell your father about this.”

”Why can't I do that‽” Ye Shuang was confused.

Mother Ye coughed awkwardly. ”Mainly, it's because… your father has a little misunderstanding with the man.”

With Father Ye's personality, he would not have minded if it was just a normal misunderstanding. This meant that it should be something serious in Father Ye's eyes. However, Mother Ye did not seem to share Father Ye's opinion. If anything, even though she knew of the disagreement between them, she did not seem to mind having a relationship with the man. After arranging all the information in her mind, Ye Shuang came up with a series of speculations. After removing all the impossible options, there was only one final conclusion.

”It was a former pursuer‽” Ye Shuang nodded with understanding. ”The kind that was very loyal, who fought very hard with dad‽”

Mother Ye gasped with horror and surprise. Looking at Ye Shuang, she almost elicited a scream. ”How did you know that‽”

No, wait!

When she realized she should not have reacted in such a manner, admitting to the truth, Mother Ye realized it was already too late. It was already too late to take back what she had said. Mother Ye was quite embarrassed being stared at by Ye Shuang's interested gaze. She coughed drily. ”It happened so many years ago. Now both of us already have families and children… Your father just likes to get worried for no reason.”

”Hmm, you're right! Dad should be more accepting. As the winner, it is indeed not good to hold onto grudges for so long. By the way, for how many years did that uncle chase you?”

”About five to six years, but we've known each other since we were young…” Stopping abruptly, Mother Ye angrily yelled, ”How can you try to trip your own mother with your words‽”

Due to Ye Shuang's extremely natural tone and the sudden switch in the topic of conversation, Mother Ye did not have time to put her guard up and accidentally revealed the truth to her daughter.

After being kicked out of Mother Ye's room, she accepted the confused gaze from Father Ye. ”What's happening in there? Why did Xiao Qin scream earlier‽”

”It's nothing.” Thinking about the truth that was revealed, Ye Shuang felt like she could understand her father's feeling. Childhood friends and a man who had pursued his lover for five to six years—even though this was more than twenty years ago, even though his wife was now more than fifty years old and already had a son and daughter, the shadow of this man still had not dissipated. And now his wife planned to introduce their daughter to the man's son…

Of course, he couldn't be able to accept this easily!