419 In a Pickle (1/2)
Han Chu always thought Ye Shuang was great, great as a talented underling.
No matter her intelligence, combat ability, and other skills, Ye Shuang undoubtedly had tremendous growth potential although she was lacking experience. If trained properly, it was hard to tell if Ye Shuang could surpass Han Chu in achievement.
There ought to be talents among people, but talents were usually only good in one or two fields. However, Han Chu had never seen anyone who had Ye Shuang's potential. A person who had the same logical thinking ability as she did might not have her combat ability. A person who could fight like she could might not have the great cooking skills that she possessed. Alright, those aside, Ye Shuang could play music instruments and paint. She remembered everything she saw. Was that something that an ordinary person could do?
Han Chu had calculated that when he had nothing to do. He realized that this lady was basically a multipurpose machine who could adapt to all events if she was trained well.
It was even rarer that she could change her form. She could go to places that men could not and places that women could not. Okay, that was not actually an advantage, but it was quite useful.
Therefore, Han Chu was a little dumbstruck when Ye Shuang said that she was planning to get married.
Why the hell would an adventurous, young person want to get married after all her achievements? It would be great if she could be out in the world doing whatever she wanted.
Hence, Han Chu was against the idea of Ye Shuang wanting to get married and have children. Unfortunately, it was not his place to call the shots.
”Brother Han, why do you look so terrible?” Ye Shuang asked to lessen the awkward atmosphere, realizing that Han Chu was quiet for a long time.
Han Chu pursed his lips. ”I'm in a bad mood.”
He spoke subsequently without planning to explain the reason for his bad mood. ”If I go home with you, do I have to do that again in the future, or do I only have to do this for a while until you find the chance to tell your mom that we broke up?”
Ye Shuang did not know what to say. ”Let's just get this over with, and we'll see what to do in the future.”
Han Chu finally felt a little better now. No matter what, if Ye Shuang had no plan of getting anyone else to be in the act with her, he would still have a say.
All that he had to do was 'stay in the relationship'. He would not have to spare time for dates, nor did he have to worry that Ye Shuang would get married and have children with someone else. It was just a few meals at her home.
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Han Chu realized that he was being too naive.
”Xiao Han, when did you start dating our Xiao Shuang?” Mother Ye could not stop talking at the dining table. Although Ye Shuang and Han Chu were close whereby she would not have to use her power as the mother-in-law to ask about the family and his job, she could still ask about other stuff. ”Xiao Shuang never told me about the two of you dating. How long were you guys going to hide this from us if I didn't press her?”
Han Chu could not eat. He picked up the bowl and answered Mother Ye's question in all seriousness. ”W-We started dating when the time was right. I think we fell for each other over time.”
Mother Ye was not done just yet. ”What do you like about our Xiao Shuang? She's lazy, always eating, and changes her form… Ahem! I mean, are you guys being serious, or are you guys just fooling us?”
Han Chu redirected the subject calmly, answering Mother Ye's crucial question that came out of nowhere. ”There are still many good things about Xiao Shuang.”
”Oh… Mother Ye finally seemed relieved. She stopped talking and ate feeling happy. But then she spoke again all of a sudden when everyone was finally relieved. ”Do you like Xiao Shuang as a man or as a woman?”