Zhang Chengyuan held Xiao Jing in his arms and asked Zheng Xiuyan, "You're going to make your debut this year, right?" ”

Zheng Xiuyan said: "Yes! ”

"When?"

"It's probably the middle of the year, maybe July, maybe August."

Zhang Chengyuan said: "You are ready to debut in the form of a group, right?" Are the members of the group decided? ”

Zheng Xiuyan said: "It's not completely decided, but it must be selected from our group of sisters, and the number of people selected will be about ten, so I will definitely not lose the selection." ”

From the perspective of strength, Zheng Xiuyan, who has been training for seven years, even if her comprehensive strength is not the first, it is almost the same, and it is impossible to fall to the bottom of the list. In addition, with the support of her parents and the help of Zhang Chengyuan, Zheng Xiuyan will definitely not be forced to quit automatically due to various factors. So her debut this year can be said to be a certainty.

Zhang Chengyuan said: "So sure? Beware of losing the election again as in previous years. A few years ago, Zheng Xiuyan, as a preparatory member of "Heavenly Zhixi", was brushed off when she was preparing to make her debut.

Zheng Xiuyan argued: "That's because I was young at the time. ”

Zhang Chengyuan questioned: "That's it? ”

Zheng Xiuyan said a little embarrassed: "Well, the quality in all aspects was not very good at that time, but now it is different!" ”

Zhang Chengyuan said: "No matter what your current strength is, you must show a modest and cautious attitude at all times, don't think that you have a great grasp, just slack off on practice, and be arrogant, understand?" And when you make your debut, in the face of the seniors in the circle, the smile on your face should be cheerful, not as cold as usual. Zheng Xiuyan often maintains an iceberg-like face, which makes Zhang Chengyuan a little worried that she will be misunderstood and offended after her debut.

Zheng Xiuyan responded: "Brother, I know the truth!" But I thought in my heart: "When you debuted before, you weren't several times more cold-faced than me." I just don't smile much in front of outsiders, and you only smile once or twice once or twice in front of a few people. ”

Zhang Chengyuan asked again: "Xiuyan, you will be in the third year of high school next month, and you will take the college entrance examination at the end of the year, what are your plans for academics, and what university are you going to apply for?" ”

As soon as he heard Zhang Chengyuan's words, the little crystal leaning on Zhang Chengyuan's arms stuck out her tongue at Zheng Xiuyan and said silently: "Sister, you are dead!" She also had a gloating smile on her face, but it was still cute.

Zheng Xiuyan glared at Xiao Jing, and said hesitantly: "Brother, I'm not going to apply for college!" With her head down, she didn't dare to look at Zhang Chengyuan, for fear that Zhang Chengyuan would scold her.

But to her surprise, Zhang Chengyuan did not yell at her as she imagined, but just asked lightly: "What are you doing?" ”

Jung so-yeon replied cautiously, "I want to concentrate on being a singer, and I don't want to waste time reviewing my homework or going to school." And even if I was admitted to the university and got a college diploma, it didn't help me! ”

If Zheng Xiuyan only wants to be an artist wholeheartedly, then a general college diploma is really useless, after all, you don't need any diploma to be a singer or actor, of course, the degree and diploma of a famous university is an exception, but Zheng Xiuyan's grades are not very top-notch, and it is estimated that she will not be admitted to a famous university.

Zhang Chengyuan said: "You should know that in society, people who don't have a college diploma will be discriminated against by many people, don't you mind?" It is precisely because of this kind of discrimination that all walks of life, including the entertainment industry, will have those incidents of falsifying high academic qualifications and high diplomas.

Zheng Xiuyan said: "I won't mind! And I'm sure as long as I'm successful in the music world, then no one will mind this thing anymore. ”

Zhang Chengyuan bowed his head and said: "I respect your choice, but I hope that you can strengthen your belief at any time and will not regret your decision today!" ”

Zheng Xiuyan nodded solemnly.

Seeing that Zhang Chengyuan didn't blame Zheng Xiuyan, Xiao Jing was a little unhappy, and complained: "Brother, how can you be like this?" In her opinion, not studying well is a big mistake, but Zhang Chengyuan did not criticize her sister for this, which made her very puzzled.

Zhang Chengyuan touched her forehead and said comfortingly: "If you don't want to go to college in the future, my brother will also support you!" ”

Xiao Jing said unhappily: "I don't want it, I must go to college, the same university as my brother, the best university in Korea, so that others will know that I am as smart as my brother." ”

Zhang Chengyuan smiled when he heard this, and neither encouraged nor attacked her arrogant words.

Zheng Xiuyan suddenly begged: "Brother, can you help me persuade Dad?" ”

"Persuade what? Persuade him to agree that you don't have to go to college? ”

"Hmm!"

Zhang Chengyuan shook his head and said: "It's not good for me to meddle in this matter, since it is your own decision, then you have to find a way to persuade your father, let him understand your thoughts, and support you!" ”

Zheng Xiuyan said: "Then can I tell my father that you also support my decision." "Father Zheng attaches great importance to Zhang Chengyuan, if he knows that Zhang Chengyuan supports Zheng Xiuyan, then he may not oppose Zheng Xiuyan's decision again.

Zhang Chengyuan looked at Zheng Xiuyan's sincere request, suddenly softened, and sighed: "Okay, just tell him like that." He knew that once he agreed, it would be equivalent to agreeing to help her persuade Zheng's father, because as soon as Zheng's father heard Zheng Xiuyan say this, he would definitely call him, ask him for confirmation and ask him why he wanted to support Zheng Xiuyan. After this conversation, what is the difference between persuading Zheng's father?

After asking what he wanted to ask, Zhang Chengyuan didn't stay in the kitchen anymore, and walked out of the kitchen with the two sisters, telling Zhang Donghu that everything he should prepare was ready, and waiting for him to go in and cook the vegetables. In this family, Zhang Donghu is in charge, and Zhang Chengyuan is just a kitchen helper and a handyman.

Zhang Donghu looked at the time, and saw that it was about half past ten in the morning, and it was not long before lunch time, so he asked Zhang Chengyuan to take his place and chat with Cheng Youli and others, and he went into the kitchen to start cooking.

Zhang Chengyuan sat down, and was about to have a good chat with Cheng Youli, but he didn't want Cheng Youli to get up and follow Zhang Donghu into the kitchen, and give him a hand, as a prospective daughter-in-law, how could she do nothing, just wait for her father-in-law to cook for her?

Zhang Chengyuan glanced at the kitchen dissatisfied, and thought: "In the future, I should take Sister Youli home less, at home, I can't talk to her if I want to." He sighed a few times, and reached over the little crystal, lest she also leave him and run to the kitchen to join in the fun.

At the moment, he chatted with the two Zheng sisters without saying a word, asking questions, telling interesting stories, and then watching TV to pass the time. More than an hour later, Zhang Donghu cooked all kinds of dishes and beckoned everyone to lunch.

Zhang Chengyuan hasn't eaten at home for a long time, and after eating this time, he found that Zhang Donghu's craftsmanship is much stronger than at the beginning of the year, thinking that his father must have studied recipes very diligently this year, and even went to a professional school to study, otherwise, his cooking skills would not have made such great progress. I used to be about the same as him at most, but now I've dumped him a few streets.

Zhang Chengyuan was a little moved, and Zhilu said that his father would learn this for the sake of Cheng Youli, and he was not much interested in cooking before. And the reason why his father loves Cheng Youli is not because Cheng Youli is his wife, so, in the final analysis, his father's favorite thing is actually him.

After being moved, Zhang Chengyuan made a decision in his heart: in the future, he would no longer care about Cheng Youli's intimate gesture of holding his father's arm.

Under the praise of the women, everyone finished the lunch lively. After eating, Cheng Youli took her leave first, and she had to go home to help prepare tonight's Chinese New Year's Eve dinner. Zhang Chengyuan didn't send her back, but watched her drive away at the door, and then he put on makeup and took the Zheng sisters and drove around.

Because of the Chinese New Year, the streets of Seoul are much deserted, many amusement parks, shopping malls, supermarkets and other places are closed, and there is no place to go, so Jang Sung-won took the hands of the two sisters and walked along the Han River. Although the cold wind is cold and the cold air is blowing on the riverside, there is no need to be afraid of the cold with Zhang Chengyuan here!

After walking for a short time, he suddenly found dozens of public bicycles for citizens on the side of the road, and Xiao Jing immediately became interested and shouted to ride. After renting a tandem bike and a single bike, the trio rode up the bike lane.

Zheng Xiuyan rode a single bicycle to open the road first, while Zhang Chengyuan and Xiao Jing followed behind on a tandem bicycle, Xiao Jing in front and Zhang Chengyuan in the back. After riding for a while, when he was familiar with the performance of the tandem bike, Xiao Jing muttered: "Brother, I want to chase my sister!" ”

Zhang Chengyuan said: "Do you want me to help?" ”

Xiao Jing said: "No, brother, you just need to use a little strength, I have to rely on my own ability to chase after my sister." If it weren't for Zhang Chengyuan's weight being too heavy, and she was working too hard alone, she wouldn't want Zhang Chengyuan to work hard.

At the moment, these two competitive sisters have launched a fierce competition in order to outperform each other, and Jang Sung-won is the only spectator and referee. In order to make the competition between the two sisters more fair, Zhang Chengyuan also tried his best to control the amount of force he pedaled on, so that this force only offset the negative impact of his weight on Xiao Crystal, and would not help Xiao Jing increase the speed of the car additionally.

After more than half an hour of competition, the youngest little crystal won the victory. I have to say that light is better than physical fitness, Zheng Xiuyan, who is a sister, is far away, although she has also practiced the exercises taught by Zhang Chengyuan, although she is five years older than Xiao Crystal, but after a competition, Xiao Crystal is still full of energy, but Zheng Xiuyan is already out of breath.

But this is also normal, Xiao Jing's original innate quality is far better than Zheng Xiuyan, and she has received special care from Zhang Chengyuan, when she was young, she strengthened her muscles and bones several times, unblocked the meridians, and in terms of physical fitness, she is definitely the strongest one among Zhang Chengyuan's sisters, but her body has not grown up yet, so the advantages in this area are not very prominent, otherwise, she would not have won more than half an hour to win Zheng Xiuyan.

After the competition, Zhang Chengyuan saw that Zheng Xiuyan was too tired to ride a bicycle, so he asked Xiao Jing to switch places with her, and Xiao Jing rode a single bicycle, while he and Zheng Xiuyan rode a tandem bicycle together. After that, the two bikes continued on their way, but much slower, and it was like a walk. Looking at the beautiful scenery by the river all the way, blowing the cold wind that is no different from the autumn wind in their feelings, the mood of the three of them is very happy, especially Zheng Xiuyan, at this time she leaned on Zhang Chengyuan's arms, feeling the masculine and warm breath exuded by his whole body, only felt very comfortable and sweet, thinking that this was the first time she leaned on Zhang Chengyuan like this.

In the evening, Zhang Chengyuan sent the two sisters back to Zheng's house, stayed at Zheng's house for a while, and then returned to his hometown.

As soon as I entered the house, I just saluted and sat down, and I heard Zhang Donghu say: "You can prepare today's dinner, I'm a little tired, go back to the room to rest first!" "Turn around and go.

Originally, it was no big deal for his son to prepare dinner for Lao Tzu, but compared to Zhang Donghu's diligent cooking for his daughter-in-law at noon, but treating his own son so coldly, Zhang Chengyuan was more or less unfair, but what could he say in the face of his own Lao Tzu? I can only obediently make the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner.

Although there are only two people in the family, the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner has a relatively fixed dish, but it is not sloppy, there are all kinds of pancakes, mixed vegetables, steamed pork ribs, stir-fried beef, grilled fish, various kimchi, rice cakes and rice cake soup and other dishes, there are always more than ten or twenty dishes, from the preparation stage of cutting and washing to the completion of the most difficult time, it usually takes several hours.

Zhang Chengyuan entered the kitchen, glanced at it, and secretly screamed bitterly in his heart, because the kitchen was empty, and nothing was prepared.

After some hard work, Zhang Chengyuan finally prepared the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner, set it on the table, and called out his father Zhang Donghu. The two sat down and began to eat, just after a few bites, Zhang Donghu had a look of displeasure on his face, and said: "Why hasn't your skills grown at all, how will you cook for Youli in the future?" ”

Zhang Chengyuan felt strange and said, "Dad, it should be Sister Youli who cooks for me!" "It is a Korean custom for wives to cook for their husbands.

Zhang Donghu said: "What age is it now, you still hold the old way, you must know that in China, many young men take turns cooking with their wives and love their wives." A woman as good as Youli, if you run away in anger, I have to kick you out of the house! Zhang Donghu used to work in a foreign trade company, he used to stay in China for a long time, and he had some understanding of China's customs and new atmosphere, but he didn't know it very exactly.

Zhang Chengyuan said: "In China, husbands and wives take turns cooking? This is a great step forward for humanity. However, what does this have to do with Sister Yuri? There's no way Sister Youli left me because my cooking wasn't very delicious or I didn't cook for her! Dad, don't worry, no matter what, it's impossible for Sister Youli to leave me! ”

Zhang Donghu scolded angrily: "You arrogant stinky boy! Are you so sure that Youli will be with you for the rest of your life? Messing around outside like you and bringing a whole bunch of women home, what woman would want to follow you? ”

It turned out that Zhang Donghu was really dissatisfied with Zhang Chengyuan because of this, and he accused Zhang Chengyuan of cooking unpalatablely, just to use the topic to teach Zhang Chengyuan a lesson. After all, although he and Zhang Chengyuan are father and son, they have not been very close since they were children, and if they scold their son too harshly for misbehaving in terms of women, he is afraid that it will hurt the feelings between father and son, so he wants to persuade Zhang Chengyuan side-by-side and let him be kind to Chengyou. However, at this time, Zhang Chengyuan was angry, and he didn't bother to hide it anymore, so he scolded directly and made the matter clear.

Zhang Chengyuan was stunned for a moment, and then said lightly: "Dad, don't worry about the affairs of me and Sister Youli." If you don't want to see other women other than Sister Yori, I'll ask them not to come back in the future. He didn't want to talk about such things with Zhang Donghu, about love and marriage, he would look at it himself, and he wouldn't look at Zhang Donghu's face. In addition, he was also a little angry, originally so that Zhang Donghu would not be too lonely, so he asked his sister and sisters to take the time to visit Zhang Donghu, but he didn't want Zhang Donghu to seem to appreciate it.

Zhang Donghu said: "How can I not care about Youli's affairs? She's my future daughter-in-law! Let me ask you, what is the relationship between Hyo-ri, Joo-hyun, Lee Jin and others? Among Zhang Chengyuan's sisters, these three daughters are the most diligent, have the best relationship with Cheng Youli, and look at Zhang Chengyuan's eyes the most gently, so Zhang Donghu suspects that these three daughters are also his son's women.

Zhang Chengyuan was not afraid that Zhang Donghu would know what would happen if he said it, and said frankly: "I tell you frankly, they are also my women!" As for whether you treat them as your daughters-in-law or not, that's your business, and I don't care. ”

Zhang Donghu said worriedly: "Does you know about the situation of Lu Dao?" He was more worried about Cheng Youli being hurt.

Zhang Chengyuan said with a normal face: "Of course she knows the way!" In fact, the five of us have been together for a long time, and letting Sister Youli marry me and be your daughter-in-law is also the common opinion of the three of them. In other words, Sister Youli will marry me in the future, not actually on behalf of her personally, but on behalf of the four of them. ”

Zhang Donghu was taken aback when he heard this, and asked, "Are they all willing?" ”

Zhang Chengyuan said: "Naturally! In his understanding, the fourth daughter will naturally be willing to follow him for a lifetime.

Zhang Donghu was silent, stunned for a while, and sighed: "You kid, you really have some skills!" In addition to Youli, Hyo-ri, Ju-hyun, and Lee Jin are all good girls, especially Li Zhen is even kinder and more considerate than Yoo-ri! If they really want to be with you, it's really cheap! He had to be convinced that his son's ability to chase women was a hundred and ten times better than him!

Suddenly, his brows furrowed, and he said, "It's just modern laws and morals, how can you be allowed to be together?" Are you really happy when you are so reluctant to be together? ”

Zhang Chengyuan said indifferently: "At most, if you don't register your marriage." As for whether we will be happy or not, it is our own business, as long as we feel happy! ”

Zhang Donghu hurriedly said: "I don't care if you and other women will get married, but you must marry Youli and hold the wedding openly." ”

Zhang Chengyuan nodded and said, "Of course!" ”

Zhang Donghu breathed a sigh of relief, as long as there is no problem with the relationship between Cheng Youli and Zhang Chengyuan, as long as Cheng Youli is still willing to be his daughter-in-law, he doesn't care how many women Zhang Chengyuan has in secret. Zhang Donghu said: "In the future, I will treat Xiaoli, Zhu Xuan, and Li Zhen as my daughters-in-law." Uh, the other girls can't be your women too, right? ”

Zhang Chengyuan said lightly: "Dad, you think too much!" I'm full, go up and rest! I really didn't want to talk to Zhang Donghu about it, so I simply didn't eat it, and just put down the chopsticks and left.

Zhang Donghu said casually: "Have a good rest!" He didn't pay attention to Zhang Chengyuan, and thought: "Those little girls are afraid that they have a lot to do with this stinky boy, even if they are not his women now, sooner or later they will be!" This bastard, why don't you find so many women! Sometimes he really doubts that the current Zhang Chengyuan is still not his son, and his personality is too far from when he was a child! I used to be afraid that he was scared to death, but now he is very assertive, and he won't listen to his advice at all in many things, just now if he wants Zhang Chengyuan to break off relations with other women, he is afraid that Zhang Chengyuan will break off relations with him first. Because of this, he didn't want to take care of it, lest the father and son be at odds.