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Chapter 93: Never Falling in Love!
TL: Etude
After dealing with the website and leaving the inexplicably joined QQ group, Jiang Qi hungry and opened his room door to ask his mother for a meal.
Yuan Youqin looked up at the clock, realizing it was diime. She went into the kit and prepared two dishes: stir-fried garlic shoots with eggs and spicy shredded potatoes, apanied by two cold steamed buns.
“I could choose dishes when the holiday just started, but now this is all I get?” Jiang Qin protested.
Jiang Zhenghong passed the chopsticks to Jiang Qin, “Dare to pin about the food your mother makes? You must not be that hungry. Find someone who cook for you if you .”
“…”
Jiang Zhenghong was showing his loyalty to Yuan Youqin, but Jiang Qin heard it differently: “Dad, I should warn you, I might never fall in love. Don’t you and mom ever push me into it.”
“Yes, fog on your studies is important. It’s correct to prioritize your education,” Jiang Zhenghong agreed, thinking his son, oeen, was too young for such matters.
“No, what I mean is I might never fall in love in my lifetime.”
Yuan Youqin came out with the pe, “You wrote love letters in high school, and now you say you won’t fall in love? Do you think I’d believe that?”
“That was youthful folly. I’ve realized now that everything is false, only money is real,” Jiang Qin asserted fidently.
“Son, what exactly have you lear uy?”
“I studied finance.”
“What else?”
“A bit of foot massage, a little.”
Jiang Zhenghong coughed, “You don’t have to decre your resolve here. You’re a uy student; if you want to date, we won’t overly interfere.”
Jiang Qin sat up straight, uo resist asking, “Dad, if you had to choose, would you pick a fun soul or a pretty face?”
“I choose your mom.”
“I’m serious. ’t you stop always looking at mom’s face?”
“I still choose your mom.”
Jiang Zhenghong, seasoned by a lifetime of marriage, knew how to maintain family harmony. Looking for a different answer? No ce! This is a skill honed by an adult man through the long years of matrimony, tougher than any armor! (TL: Hahaha good man)
Yuan Youqin, familiar with all of Jiang’s tactics, showed ion. Instead, she frow Jiang Qin, “What do you mean by a fun soul and a pretty face?”
“A fun soul weighs over 200 pounds and wants a car and a house. Mom, which should I choose?” Jiang Qin tossed the question back.
Yuan Youqin pondered and asked, “Isn’t there anyone who has a fun soul, looks good, doesn’t want a car or a house, and is gentle?”
“No, but there are plenty of fun souls who weigh over 200 pounds and still want a car and a house.”
After hearing this, Yuan Youqin and Jiang Zhenghong exged looks, feeling their son’s thoughts were somewhat off, too ive: “Jiang Qin, we sent you to school for you tress, not to indulge in these whimsical thoughts.”
“It’s okay, I just like to ponder over things. I’ll stop doing that,” Jiang Qin quickly ged the subject, knowing his parents were getting worried.
“That won’t do, Jiang Qin. Tell us the truth, what are you really thinking?”
Jiang Qin fell silent for a moment, “I was thinking, if I stay single for life, you won’t have to pay a 300,000 yuan bride price et me a house. It’s more fortable that way.”
Jiang Zhenghong’s face darkened, “That would be great. I’d be too ashamed to face our aors even ih.”
Yuan Youqin suddenly stood up, took a bankbook from the room, and smmed it oable, “I won’t say much, but today I’ll make it clear: we have savings. It’s not much, but your father and I still earn. Stop obsessing over money!”
“Mom, it’s not about the money. I just wao let you know my pns for the future.”
After dinner, Jiang Qin found the shredded potatoes quite tasty, thinking Feng Nanshu would like this fvor. But it was already the fifth, and she hadn’t returned from Shanghai, probably missing the ce to try it.
After dinner, Yuan Youqiuro the bedroom and nudged Jiang Zhenghong with her elbow, whispering, “Are the living expeoo little?”
“Huh? Yoing to increase my allowance?” Jiang Zhenghong’s eyes gleamed.
“I’m talking about Jiang Qin’s living expenses!”
Jiang Zhenghong’s face fell, but he seriously sidered it: “Five hundred a month is indeed not much. Old Hu’s daughter, a junior in college, gets ht hundred a month and often asks for more to buy clothes.”
After some thought, Yuan Youqin made a decision: “The’s give him eight hundred from now on.”
“…”
Jiang Zhenghong was stunned for a moment, then turned serious, “Wife, I have something to tell you. I’ve been feeling quite ively as well.”
“Stop it, go wash your feet and sleep. You read the neers all day, ag like a diplomat, but I haven’t seen any major issues that require your involvement,” Yuan Youqied sarcastically.
The m, Jiang Qi home after getting dressed. He first bought a wool coat at the mall, then a set of tea utensils from Taoxuan Residence.
The wool coat was something his mother had always wanted, and the tea set was something his father had been wanting to repce. But giving them money wouldn’t work; they wouldn’t spend it on themselves and would just save it. So, Jiang Qin decided to buy these himself, tearing up the receipts so they couldn’t be returned. It was a ‘like it or lump it’ situation.
In the evening, Jiang Qin arrived home with two bags. Before he could even ge his shoes, his parents pulled him to the sofa.
“Jiang Qin, your dad and I discussed it and decided to increase your living allowao eight hundred.”
Jiang Qin looked baffled, “Did you discuss raising my allowah me? I disagree!”
“??????”
Jiang Zhenghong gave his son a look, implying that if he didn’t want it, he could give it to his old man: “If we tell you to keep it, you keep it!”
Yuan Youqin was firm in her decisions, not allowing for objes: “Eight hu is. Spend it however you like, just don’t get into trouble and study hard.”
“Alright then.” Jiang Qin accepted the eight hundred yuan and handed over the bags.
“What’s this?”
“Gifts for you.”
Yuan Youqin and Jiang Zhenghong took them, peeked inside, and their expressions ged instantly, “Where did you get the moo buy these?”
“I ear w part-time as a boss at uy.”
Jiang Qin said the word ‘boss’ a bit quieter, pnning to gradually let his parents accept this fact.
As expected, his parents didn’t catch the word ‘boss’ and focused on the part-time job.
“Part-time job? So, you’re not short of money?”
“It’s okay. I afford a disted wool coat and tea set,” Jiang Qin deliberately added the word ‘disted’.
Yuan Youqin looked at her son with a puzzled face, “What was the point of everything you said st night?”
“The point is, I’m not ied in dating, and it’s very likely I never will. You two should get used to it in advao avoid being uo accept it ter. I mean what I say, so you’d better take it seriously.”
After speaking, Jiang Qin took out his phone, which started vibrating. He saw the i of a little rich dy boung and couldn’t help but smile, a glimmer of pleasure in his eyes.
“I mean what I say, I will never fall in love!”
Jiang Qied the senteheuro his bedroom with his phone, leaving his parents looking bewildered.
“Did he… fall in love?” Yuan Youqin turo Jiang Zhenghong.
Jiang Zhenghong was also a bit dazed, “I don’t know, but that expression just now seemed like it.”
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