bayedsolid Chapter 197 Internet-Addicted Old Lady
Chapter 197 Internet-Addicted Old Lady
"It's fake! It's absolutely fake!" An Ling quickly denied. "It's all just a joke, how could something like this be true!"
"I see..." Xuan Rui seemed a little relieved.
"Alright, people online are just looking for fun, so naturally they'll say all sorts of things. You actually believe that?"
Pei Jinwen didn't know what was wrong with her daughter-in-law today, but she didn't want An Ling to continue to be troubled, so she tried to change the subject.
The "melon-loving constitution" means that as long as you follow An Ling, you can get juicy gossip, which fits the general public's desire to watch the drama unfold.
On the bright side, some people might be afraid to approach Anling because of this, since everyone has secrets they don't want others to know.
Everyone wants to be a gossipmonger, but nobody wants to be the gossipmonger.
It's one thing to joke about things online, but it's ridiculous if your own family members have concerns about Anling because of such things.
"Instead of wasting your time, you should pay more attention to Mingyu's dating life. She's almost thirty and hasn't even had a boyfriend. She can't spend her whole life with the piano, can she?"
Pei Jinwen was referring to Pei Siyuan and Xuan Rui's eldest son, Pei Mingyu, who is also An Ling's cousin. He is a pianist who is so devoted to music that he has never been in a relationship.
They also have a younger daughter named Pei Jiyue, who is now working at Pei's company and is also a lifelong single.
This really worried Pei Jinwen. Her friends, who were about the same age as her, were all enjoying the happiness of four generations under one roof, while she had neither great-grandchildren nor great-great-grandchildren.
Pei Jinwen even wondered if there was something wrong with the feng shui of his house.
Pei Mingyu, who was caught in the crossfire for no reason: ...
He said weakly, "It's not impossible..."
"What did you say?" Pei Jinwen instantly perked up. "Are you going to date a piano or marry one? You'd better go on blind dates next month! And Ji Yue too! You both need to go on blind dates!"
“I don’t want to,” Pei Mingyu weakly protested again. “I want to find love based on fate, not blind dates. If I’m going to get married, it will definitely be for love, not just for the sake of getting married.”
Pei Jiyue: "Me too."
“So what if he went on a blind date?” the old lady continued. “Your parents met through a blind date. If I hadn’t made your dad go on a blind date, would he, with his blockhead head full of research ideas, have been able to find such a good wife as Xiao Rui, or have you two little things?”
Since the issue of urging marriage had already been brought up, Pei Jinwen simply went all out.
"And Xiao Chong, you too. You're not much younger than Mingyu, you need to hurry up too. You said back then that if you had a girlfriend, would you have run into something like Guan Zhengyan?"
An Chong: ...
"And Xiaoyun..." Grandma Pei hesitated for a moment, "Why don't you just forget about her for now?"
An Chong: ...
【puff! 】
Grandma's been surfing the internet and gossiping a lot lately, haha.
"And Chu Yao," Pei Jinwen's tone softened considerably when facing Pei Chu Yao, "It's not that your mother is forcing you, but ten years have passed, you have to look forward, right?"
Pei Chuyao used to have a boyfriend named Wei Qinghui with whom she had a very good relationship. The two were already talking about marriage, but Wei Qinghui was swept away by the waves while trying to save someone and then completely disappeared.
Ten years have passed, and he remains unaccounted for, neither alive nor dead.
Most people thought he had already drowned and his body had probably been eaten by fish. Only Pei Chuyao never gave up and kept sending people to search for him in various places.
"I believe he is not dead."
Pei Chuyao simply said one sentence with a blank expression, and Pei Jinwen couldn't bear to say anything more to her, so he could only turn his attention to the other juniors.
"Anyway, if I ask you to go on blind dates later, none of you are allowed to run away. None of you are good at dating, and you don't want to go on blind dates. What, are you preparing to compete for the title of 'Widow King'?"
An Yun, a "survivor" who escaped being pressured to get married due to previous romantic setbacks, stepped in with a laugh to smooth things over.
"Grandma, you even know about the widowed king? That's so fashionable!"
[How could my grandma not be fashionable? She stays up all night scrolling through Douyin (TikTok), surfing the internet even more enthusiastically than we are.]
The Pei family: ? ? ?
They knew the old lady was addicted to the internet. In order to monitor her sleep, they even had the housekeeper check her phone usage time every morning and evening. She shouldn't be staying up late playing on her phone anymore, right?
To avoid being discovered by my uncles and grandma, she even bought a backup device specifically for playing at night. This won't do...
The Pei family: !!!
Oh, so that's what you're up to with these little tricks!
They were so worried about the old lady's health, but she didn't take it seriously at all! No wonder her dark circles under her eyes just wouldn't go away!
The people at the table squinted at the internet-addicted old woman, their eyes filled with speechlessness.
Especially the three younger relatives who had just been bombarded with marriage pressure, now stood up straight and their gazes were no longer wandering, making Pei Jinwen feel increasingly guilty.
[How about I buy Grandma a sleep monitoring watch so the housekeeper can check her sleep time every day? That way she won't be able to avoid being checked!]
Pei family: OK, arranged!
Pei Jinwen: The sky has fallen!
Knowing that her online time was going to be cut again, she lost interest in bringing up the marriage proposal and could only sadly mourn for her backup computer.
Seeing her like this, the people at the table suppressed their laughter and didn't say anything.
After a brief moment of silence, Xuan Rui launched into a barrage of questions at An Ling:
"Xiaoling, you said you secretly did the paternity test? What kind of sample did you take? Hair? Did you take it from your parents' comb? How much hair did you take? I saw that paternity tests require hair with follicles. Does the hair you took from the comb meet the requirements?"
Anling: ...
other people:……
Isn't Xuan Rui's curiosity a bit too much? Is it necessary to be so concerned about such details?
It made it seem like she was thinking of seeking advice from Anling and then getting a paternity test done herself.
"Mom, why are you asking all this nonsense?" Pei Jiyue was really puzzled.
The people at the table all looked at her speechlessly.
Both An Ling and Qiu Nian, the two parties involved, are here. Why do we have to bring up the paternity test?
With so many people watching, Xuan Rui realized she might have asked too many questions, and awkwardly chuckled dryly:
"I was just curious, I was just asking, just asking."
"I'm sorry, Xiaoling, your aunt was being nosy. I won't ask if you don't want to talk about it."
My aunt seems a bit strange today.
Or should I do it...?
An Ling was about to investigate why Xuan Rui was behaving so strangely when she was interrupted by a sudden voice.
"Happy Lantern Festival, sis! We rushed over to see you as soon as we got off the plane!"
"Oh my, my in-laws are here too! Have you all started eating? I'm so sorry we're late. I'll punish myself with three drinks later. Happy New Year and Happy Lantern Festival!"