Chapter 266: Gu Yifan: It Turns Out I Was the Clown

After hearing what his mom said, Gu Yifan was silent for a moment.

To be honest, he just didn’t know what to say.

However, after thinking about it, he realized his mom had a point.

He had been overlooking this one thing all along.

His current situation with Su Qinghe could be described as cohabitation. While it wasn’t uncommon for people to live together before marriage these days, they were, after all, still young and in school.

If word really got out, it wouldn’t be good for Su Qinghe’s reputation.

But!

If they were engaged, that would be a different story!

As Gu Yifan’s fiancée, there would be no problem with her living with him.

Even if other people found out, they couldn’t really gossip about it. After all, it’s perfectly normal for an engaged couple to live together!

Seeing Gu Yifan remain silent, Chen Dongmei said irritably, “Hey! What’s with the silence, kid? Let me be clear: I’ve already decided that Qinghe is my future daughter-in-law, and you two are definitely getting married! If anyone but Qinghe becomes my daughter-in-law, then I’ll just pretend I don’t have a son!”

After a thought, she added, “Wait a minute, don’t tell me you’re planning on being like that scoundrel Chen Shimei from the TV dramas? Let me tell you, if you really do something like that, your old lady here will break your damn legs!”

Gu Yifan: “…”

Meanwhile, Su Qinghe was so shy she wished she could shrink her head into her shoulders.

What Gu Yifan’s mom said made her both happy and terribly shy.

Her face was burning hot; she felt like she was about to cook from the inside out.

Gu Yifan glanced at his mom, then turned to look at the extremely shy, silly dork Su Qinghe. He made a decision right then and there.

“Mom~”

“Come on, listen to yourself!”

“What’s all this about Chen Shimei!”

“Don’t you know what kind of person your son is?”

Gu Yifan said to his mom, exasperated.

“Hey, don’t be a smart-aleck!”

“We’re talking about serious business!”

Chen Dongmei shot Gu Yifan a glare and said grumpily.

“Okay…”

“Serious business.”

“Mom, you’re right.”

“I really was being inconsiderate about this.”

“If Qinghe has no objections, we’ll get engaged during winter break!”

Gu Yifan first glanced at Su Qinghe, who was sitting beside him, then turned back to his mom on the video call and spoke with a serious expression.

He, of course, had no objections to this.

He had just been shocked by what his mom had said earlier.

In Gu Yifan’s heart, Su Qinghe was destined to be his wife.

Nothing and no one could ever change that.

Hearing her son say this, Chen Dongmei finally nodded in satisfaction.

After a moment’s thought, she turned to Su Qinghe and asked softly, “Um… Qinghe, are… are you willing?”

“Huh?”

The news was too sudden.

Su Qinghe’s heart began to race, pounding away—THUMP-THUMP-THUMP. It felt like a small deer was ramming against her chest, leaving her completely flustered.

“I… I…”

Su Qinghe was so nervous she was momentarily speechless.

Gu Yifan didn’t say anything either, just watched her quietly.

Su Qinghe’s grip on the little kitten, Yiyi, grew tighter and tighter.

Watching the little kitten Yiyi start to struggle in Su Qinghe’s arms, Gu Yifan was afraid his silly dork would accidentally strangle the poor thing!

“Um… Su Hanhan, you should let go of Yiyi. If you keep squeezing, it’s going to die…”

Gu Yifan couldn’t help but remind her.

“Ah~”

As if waking from a dream, Su Qinghe looked down at the little kitten Yiyi, which was now struggling in her arms.

Her face instantly turned an even deeper shade of red, and she quickly loosened her grip.

‘I wish I could find a hole to crawl into!’

‘This is so awkward, so humiliating!’

But Gu Yifan’s interruption had eased her nerves.

“So… how about we get engaged this winter break?”

Gu Yifan asked Su Qinghe softly.

He felt it was more appropriate for him to be the one to ask.

Su Qinghe snuck a quick glance at Gu Yifan, then quickly looked away.

“I… o… okay…”

Su Qinghe nodded, her head lowered, her voice barely a whisper.

A happy smile instantly blossomed on Chen Dongmei’s face.

The corners of Gu Yifan’s mouth also curved up slightly, unable to hide the giddy delight in his heart.

“Good, good, good!”

Chen Dongmei said it three times, a happy smile on her face.

Now that Su Qinghe had agreed, the matter was completely settled.

‘My future daughter-in-law isn’t getting away now!’

Chen Dongmei was truly fond of Su Qinghe, a girl who had suffered a great deal since she was young.

She also knew that Su Qinghe had endured even more hardships than she could imagine.

‘What a poor child!’

“Son!”

“Qinghe is a good girl. You’d better not let her down in the future!”

Chen Dongmei said to Gu Yifan in a heartfelt, serious tone.

“Er…”

Gu Yifan was taken aback for a second.

‘Hasn’t Mom already told me this over and over again?’

But he didn’t say much in response.

“Mom, I know. Don’t worry.”

“Your son takes after Dad. I’ll be a wife-doting man in the future, too, so you can rest assured!”

Gu Yifan said with a perfectly straight face.

“Er…”

“You little rascal, stop with the sweet talk!”

Chen Dongmei rolled her eyes at Gu Yifan and said irritably.

“Hehehe…”

Gu Yifan just chuckled and didn’t respond.

Meanwhile, Su Qinghe, who was sitting to the side, had a face that was already flushed completely red.

“Auntie, I… I’m going to take a shower now,”

she said in a small voice.

After saying that, she bolted.

There was no other way.

It was just too embarrassing!

“Er… taking a shower in the middle of the day???”

Chen Dongmei couldn’t help but chuckle and say, “Ah, what a silly girl!”

“Hehehe…”

“Alright, it’s about time. I have a meeting to go to this afternoon.”

“Later, tell Qinghe that you two should come home when you have time.”

“Also, you must be careful. Don’t go making a baby!”

Chen Dongmei instructed.

“Mhm…”

“I know!”

Gu Yifan nodded.

But as soon as the words left his mouth, he realized what his mom was implying.

He looked up at his mom…

“What are you looking at?”

“When you were home before, you and Qinghe slept in the same room. Did you really think your old mom here didn’t know?”

Chen Dongmei said, rolling her eyes at Gu Yifan.

Gu Yifan: “…”

This… this was awkward!

Gu Yifan had always thought his mom didn’t know about it.

‘Turns out, I was the fool all along…’

“Alright, it’s fine for you two to be together, but…”

“You have to know your limits!”

“After all, at your age, if you were to really have a baby or something, it would be a huge problem…”

“Even though your mom here would love to have a grandchild, now is not the right time for you two. So, you be sensible about it!”

Chen Dongmei said slowly.

Gu Yifan: “…”