Chapter 42: Forced Blind Date
The next day, the four of them returned to Cannes together.
Knowing that Ruchu came back today, Ru's father and Ru's mother went to the largest vegetable market in Cannes early in the morning for more than two hours, what kind of meat, seafood and the like as long as Ruchu's father and mother bought it, just wait for Ruchu to go home for dinner. Carrying a few large bags of things, the neighbors didn't ask when they saw it, and they knew that Ruchu was coming back today!
At dinner in the evening, the stomach that was propped up as early as the beginning was rounded. Ruchu sat on the sofa with a satisfied face, enjoying her favorite fruit cut for her by her mother, chatting with Ru's mother about interesting things that happened at work, chatting and chatting about the change of painting style, Ru's mother asked, "Ruchu, have you talked about your boyfriend in Shanghai?" ”
Ru's mother suddenly asked this topic, which scared Ruchu, and the fruit in her mouth slipped into her throat and choked Ruchu coughed. Ruchu coughed for a while before spitting out the fruit. Ru's mother was so excited when she saw Ruchu's reaction, and asked, "Did you talk about this reaction?" ”
Ruchu didn't understand why Ru's mother thought so, and said, "No, why are you suddenly asking this?" ”
For example, my mother said, "What do you mean by asking this suddenly, you will be twenty-six after the New Year, and it is time to find a boyfriend"
Hearing what Ru's mother said, Ruchu remembered that he had been out of school for four years, and Ruchu had always regarded himself as a child. As at the beginning, he said, "If you don't say it, I forgot, oops, it's not in a hurry"
Ru's mother saw that Ruchu didn't take this matter to heart at all, and was a little worried about Ruchu, and said, "Don't worry, what's not in a hurry, you played soy sauce when I was your age, and you don't even have a boyfriend now!" You're not in a hurry at all, you really plan to live with us for the rest of your life! ”
Ruchu looked unconcerned, and said, "Doesn't my soy sauce show that I have been smart and independent since I was a child?" What does it have to do with getting married and finding a boyfriend, besides, isn't it good to live with you for the rest of your life? Isn't it okay for me to pay for food? ”
Looking at the attitude of avoiding problems at the beginning, such as a mother who is angry. At this time, Ru's father also came out, and Ru's father asked, "Do you have a girlfriend downstairs?" ”
He said, "No, don't you know?" ”
For example, Dad said, "Oh, yes." Does Lin Xuan have a girlfriend? ”
Ruchu didn't understand why Ru's father asked this, and said, "No, what's the matter?" Why do you ask this? ”
For example, my mother said, "I have always thought Lin Xuan is very good, I think you two are very suitable."
Hearing Ru's mother say this, Ruchu finally understood what Ru's father meant by asking just now, and it turned out that he was waiting for himself here. Ruchu immediately denied it and said, "Impossible, I am friends with him" Hearing Ruchu's attitude, it seems that what Ruchu said is true.
For example, the mother said, "In this case, you can go on a blind date!" ”
"Blind date? I heard me right, you told me to go on a blind date? My dear mother, have you been a little worried? Ruchu said in surprise
For example, Dad said, "You heard it right, it's going on a blind date." Before you came back, someone mentioned this to me and your mother, and we were worried that you would talk about it in Shanghai, so you didn't go back, since you didn't talk about it, then from tomorrow, let's go on a blind date! ”
Ruchu looked at Ru's father's expression and didn't look like he was joking, Ruchu immediately refused and said, "I'm not going, I'm going to you go"
In the past, as long as it was something that was insisted on at the beginning, in the end, Ru Dad and Ru Ma would always agree to come by Ru Chu's temperament, but this time Ru Dad and Ru Ma's attitude was also very tough. For example, my mother said, "You can't do this, you have to go." Tell me about you, you're twenty-six years old, you don't even have a boyfriend, and you're free all day long."
Ruchu refused to give in, saying "It's useless for you to say anything, I don't care anyway, I just won't go"
Ru's father and mother looked at Ruchu's attitude was also very tough, knowing that it was useless to be tough at Ruchu, so they turned to gentle offensives.
For example, my mother said, "Xiao Chu, we let you go on a blind date for your own good, we hope that you can find someone who loves you, can accompany you when you need it, take care of you, my father and I are old, we can't accompany you for a lifetime, you always have someone to replace us to accompany you all the way"
Ru's mother's gentle offensive made Ruchu a little unbearable. But as early as ever, he insisted "I'm not going"
Seeing that Ruchu was soft and hard and didn't eat, Ru's mother was about to cry, and the tears were about to be squeezed out. Seeing Ru's mother with an expression of wanting to cry, Ruchu immediately surrendered. Don't just say that people don't like you like your parents when the time comes, at most, you will be told a few words. If I make my mother cry, then according to my father's character of spoiling his wife, then I don't want to have a good time this year, I thought silently. But you can't be at the mercy of your father and mother, as you say, "It's okay for me to go, but I also have the conditions"
Ru's father and mother heard Ruchu say that they agreed to go, and immediately changed their attitude, such as mother, she immediately took back her tears and said, "As long as you are willing to go, any conditions will do"
As early as he said, "Just this time, if you don't fall in love, forget it, don't force me in the future!" ”
If the mother is still thinking about it, as early as the beginning, she said, "If you don't agree, forget it", and after saying that, she will get up and leave
For example, Dad said, "Yes, we promise you, if you don't get in the match this time, we won't force you in the future, but you also have to promise us that you have to go on a blind date seriously, and you can't deliberately do something to destroy the blind date"
As always, I readily agreed to "deal"
For example, my mother said that the boy had not come back yet, and he had to wait until the 28th of the lunar month to come back, so I wanted to ask for time and booked it until the 29th of the lunar month. The exact time will be discussed until that day.
As at the beginning, they went home on the twenty-sixth, and they said that they would go to Lin Xuan's house to visit Grandma Lin on the twenty-seventh. In the past few years, Hu Zheng and Lin Xuan have not been there, as long as Ruchu and Wen Yuan come back, they will go to see Grandma Lin. As before, from the bottom of my heart, I already regarded Grandma Lin as my own grandmother. Grandma Lin is the same, she can't be better than ever.
said that they would accompany Grandma Lin all day, so as before, they came to visit early in the morning with the gifts they bought for Grandma Lin.
Grandma Lin looked at Hu Zheng and they all came, and she was very happy. Lin Xuan returned to China this year, and Lin's father and Lin's mother also came back early, and Lin Xuan's family suddenly became lively.
Lin Xuan's family has a characteristic, that is, the men in their family can cook. According to Grandma Lin, when Lin Xuan's grandfather was still alive, the family was basically cooked by an aunt, and when Grandpa Lin was not busy, he would personally cook for Grandma Lin. When Father Lin was young, he watched Grandpa Lin cook in the kitchen, and he also became interested in cooking, and after marrying Mother Lin, he often cooked for Mother Lin. Although Grandma Lin and Mother Lin can cook, and their cooking skills are not bad, they have not shown much performance.
Speaking of this, Wen Yuan immediately remembered that when they first came to Lin Xuan's house, it was Lin Xuan's cooking, but as early as the beginning, he took the initiative to ask Ying to help and said that he wanted to help, but the more he helped, the more he helped. Hearing Wen Yuan mention these old things, Ruchu was a little embarrassed and said, "Is there any?" That must be young and ignorant! But I do now."
Wen Yuan said very facelessly, "You called it a meeting?" ”
As if the heart was weak, he stopped talking. Grandma Lin looked at Ruchu from the side, and said with a smile, "Xiao Chu, it's okay, no, I won't be able to do it, won't I just find a boyfriend who can cook in the future!" ”
Ruchu was very grateful to Grandma Lin for relieving her, and proudly said to Wen Yuan, "Yes"
Grandma Lin asked Ruchu, "Xiaochu, do you have a boyfriend now?" Grandma Lin knew that Ruchu didn't have a boyfriend, so she just wanted to test it for Lin Xuan
As before, I was asked about the sore spot again, and said "not yet"
Grandma Lin pretended to ask again, "Then your parents are not in a hurry?" ”
Ruchu said, "Why aren't you in a hurry, you forced me to go on a blind date last night?" ”
Hearing that Ruchu said that she was going on a blind date, Grandma Lin was anxious and asked, "Then you agreed?" ”
Ruchu said helplessly, "I don't dare not agree, if I don't go, I feel that my parents will not let me have a good year"
Grandma Lin was a little worried and asked, "What about that boy, do you know?" ”
Ruchu said, "I don't know, he hasn't come back yet, I'll talk about it when he comes back"
"Oh" Grandma Lin looked at Ruchu and didn't care about the blind date, and said with a little relief, "Next time I must tell your parents well, tell them not to force you to go on a blind date, this kind of thing is purely voluntary, you don't want to go, what's the point of forcing you?"
Hearing Grandma Lin say this, Ruchu seemed to have got a big savior, and said, "Thank you, grandma, you must tell my dad and them well, tell them to stop forcing me, I'm still young!" ”
In order to make Ruchu happy, Grandma Lin also said, "That's it, we're just a little girl at the beginning."
"Well, it's really grandma the best" Ruchu hugged Grandma Lin excitedly and kissed her, making Grandma Lin laugh. Father Lin and Mother Lin looked at Ru Chu's ghostly appearance, which made Grandma Lin laugh so happily, and they also had a good impression of Ru Chu from the bottom of their hearts.
After eating, Hu Zheng and Ruchu helped Mother Lin go to the kitchen to clean up, Grandma Lin and Wen Yuan also talked about feelings, Grandma Lin said that Hu Zheng has experienced so many things, and asked Wen Yuan to be more patient with Hu Zheng, there is no stone in this world that is not hot, not to mention that Hu Zheng is not a stone, and she is also a little girl who needs to be loved. Wen Yuan was not surprised at all that Grandma Lin knew her feelings for Hu Zheng, after all, Grandma Lin had seen too much. Wen Yuan told Grandma Lin that he would definitely be patient, and he had been very patient for so many years.
Grandma Lin looked at Wen Yuan's firm attitude, knowing that sooner or later Wen Yuan would get her wish. In Grandma Lin's heart, Ruchu, Hu Zheng, and Wen Yuan, like Lin Xuan, are all her grandchildren. Grandma Lin felt sorry for the four of them from the bottom of her heart, and hoped that the four of them could live happily.
After returning home, Ruchu's mother said to ask Ruchu if she was okay tomorrow, and Ruchu said that it was okay. Ru's mother asked Ruchu to accompany her to go shopping tomorrow, and Ruchu agreed.
The next day, after having lunch at home, Rudad went out to a party with his friends. Ruchu and Ru's mother simply packed up and prepared to go out. Ruchu took her salary card and prepared to reimburse Ru's mother for her expenses for the whole day. Seeing that Ruchu is so filial, Ru's mother is happy in her heart.
Although it was to accompany Ru's mother to go shopping, the result was that Ru's mother didn't buy much by herself, but bought a lot for Ruchu. I also took Ruchu to do hair and nail art, and finally went to the beauty salon to do a full body maintenance before returning home. Ruchu watched Ru's mother staring at herself with a satisfied smile, and felt as if she had been tricked. I originally thought that I was going to spend money on Ru's mother, but although the money was not spent, I felt that I was sold.
On the twenty-ninth day of the lunar month, I forgot to promise that my mother was going on a blind date. When eating, my mother said, "Today at five o'clock in the afternoon, I will order coffee." I'll go with you."
Ruchu looked confused, "Why are you going to order coffee at the west?" Why don't you just drink coffee and order takeout? Why do you want to go out? ”
Hearing Ruchu say this, Ru's mother thought that Ruchu had repented again, and said, "Why are you like this, you won't go if you don't go on a blind date that you have promised well?" ”
"Oh, I forgot, you're talking about a blind date," suddenly realized
Seeing that Ruchu didn't care about the blind date at all, Ru's mother was angry. Ruchu originally wanted to go at half past four, but it was just half an hour from home to the pastry coffee shop, and Ru's mother had to go out at four o'clock, saying that she would arrive early to show her sincerity. As early as the beginning, it is very unacceptable for her mother to express her sincerity. But due to the obscenity of his parents, Ruchu obediently drew the makeup that would only be put on during work hours, put on high heels and went out an hour early.
Ruchu was still thinking about how to greet people in a very embarrassing way when the boy came after a while, and how to use very vague language to imply that the family would reject him in front of his mother. As a result, what Ruchu didn't expect was that people came earlier than him. It seems that people should have been here for a while, and the first sentence that Ruchu originally thought of was useless. When Ruchu walked in front of the boy, the second thing that Ruchu didn't expect also happened, that is, the boy himself was Liu Yuyang, who helped him go through various procedures in the UK when he was in his third year of high school.
Seeing that the boy who came on a blind date was someone he knew, he was a little more relaxed as before. Accompanying Liu Yuyang was Liu Yuyang's mother, Liu's mother had a very good temperament, and she couldn't tell that the two of them were mother and son when she sat with Liu Yuyang. Liu's father has seen it before, but Liu's mother has seen it for the first time. Liu's mother and Ru's mother both knew each other, so after Liu Yuyang and Ruchu saw the above, the two mothers found a reason to leave first, saying that they wanted to give Ruchu and the two of them enough space
Only Ruchu didn't know that the boy who was on a blind date with him was Liu Yuyang, and Liu Yuyang had long known that the girl who was on a blind date with him was Ruchu. Fortunately, the two have known each other before, so it's not awkward to chat
In the process of chatting, Ruchu learned that Liu Yuyang had been working in a hospital in the UK for three years after getting an MD from Cambridge University. Now that he wants to return to China for development, he has already contacted several large hospitals in China when he is in the UK, and as long as he returns to China, he can go to work at any time.
Liu Yuyang asked Ruchu: "Actually, I've always wondered, why did you suddenly say that you wouldn't go to the UK before?" ”
Thinking of this, Ruchu still felt a little guilty about Liu Yuyang, and said, "It's just that I'm suddenly scared, I'm afraid that a lot of things will change as soon as I go, don't you know, during the time when I was still hesitating, I had nightmares every night, which was a particularly terrible kind."
Listening to Ruchu's unreliable reason, Liu Yuyang smiled and said, "Is it as terrifying as you say?" ”
Ruchu said very seriously, "There really is, so ah, I have always admired you people who study abroad alone, and you must have experienced a lot of problems outside alone, right?" ”
Liu Yuyang recalled that when he first arrived in the UK, he was surrounded by strangers, and he couldn't eat or live well, and suddenly he understood why he was scared when he said it at the beginning. Looking back at the experience now, I don't know what to say. Liu Yuyang could only say "okay" to Ruchu
Ruchu asked Liu Yuyang, "Then which hospital are you going to work in?" ”
Liu Yuyang said: "What do you think? Any suggestions for a better one? ”
Ruchu thought about it and said, "I really don't understand this, you are studying medicine, and my industry is completely two circles." ”
"Now I prefer four hospitals, one in Beijing, one in Shanghai, and two in Hangzhou and Hong Kong. ”
As before, "Wow, amazing, it's all first-tier cities." There is plenty of room to grow. You can go anywhere."
"Well, if it's you, where are you going back?" Liu Yuyang looked at Ruchu and asked
Ruchu thought about it and said, "If it were me, I should go back to Hong Kong."
Liu Yuyang said, "I thought so too, so I decided, I will go to Changxin Hospital in Shanghai"
Liu Yuyang turned so quickly that he didn't keep up with his rhythm as before. Liu Yuyang explained, "The surgery of Changxin Hospital is very famous in China, and I have a senior brother who also went there after returning to China, and he told me several times to tell me to come back and go to him. ”
As early as he said, "Oh, so that's the case, then it's good for you to go to Changxin, it's a lot more convenient to have acquaintances here"
Li Yuyang smiled and said, "Yes, you have been in Shanghai for so many years, can you be my tour guide and take me for a good walk in Shanghai when the time comes?" ”
As before, he said, "Of course it's okay."
Halfway through the coffee, Liu Yuyang offered to invite Ruchu to dinner. As early as he said, "I'll invite you, the previous incident caused you so much trouble, I always wanted to thank you but I didn't have a chance, so this time I'll invite you"
Liu Yuyang didn't insist that he would invite him to dinner later, and Lin Xuan came when Ruchu and Liu Yuyang were about to leave the West Point Coffee Shop. Seeing Lin Xuan suddenly appear here, Ruchu was a little surprised.
Lin Xuan saw Ruchu's surprised expression, and before Ruchu could ask, Lin Xuan pretended to be surprised and said, "Why are you here?" ”
Ruchu said that he didn't know how to say that he was on a blind date here, so he said, "I'm here to see a friend, I haven't asked you why you're here?" ”
Lin Xuan said, "My cousin lives in a building in front, and he asked me to come over today to accompany him to buy some materials for the graduate school entrance examination, and I will go back just as I am about to buy a cup of coffee!" I didn't expect to meet you here."
Ruchu didn't doubt whether what Lin Xuan said was true, and introduced him and Liu Yuyang to know each other
Lin Xuan stretched out his hand and said, "Hello, my name is Lin Xuan"
Liu Yuyang shook hands with Lin Xuan and said, "Hello, Liu Yuyang"
Ruchu looked at it and saw that it would be five o'clock, thinking that Lin Xuan might not have eaten yet, so he said, "We're going to have dinner, have you had dinner?" Why don't you come with us for dinner? I'm in for a treat! ”
"Okay, it just so happens that I haven't eaten yet, and I've been shopping with my cousin for so long, and I'm starving to death," Lin Xuan said