Belated Romance (Mu Tongrui)

The Lu family dining room was a bustle of activity as everyone sat down for a full-course meal. Mr. and Mrs. Lu gazed at Xinghe raptly; the more they looked at this prospective son-in-law, the more attractive he seemed. Furthermore, he was easy on the eyes!

Jiahe had not been home for over a month, but tonight, her parents were not paying attention to her at all. They were too busy playing Xinghe with food during dinner. She sat there speechless and feeling left out.

Mrs. Lu asked enthusiastically, "Chi, what do you think of my cooking?"

Xinghe's table manners were excellent to the point of elegance, which only enhanced his standing in Mr. and Mrs. Lu's eyes.

"You're an amazing cook, Mrs. Lu. I really love the food."

Mrs. Lu found it hard to conceal her pleasure at Xinghe's compliment. "Well, in that case, you should eat more then. Don't stand during the ceremony! Here, have some more of these ribs. Young people like you should eat more so you can have energy for all that hard work."

"Thank you, Mrs. Lu."

"My goodness, we're practically family. There's no need to thank me! You'll have to look after Honey for us in the future, after all."

Jiahe eyed her mother narrowly. "Mother, am I your daughter, or am I not? Why are you trying to pawn me off?"

Mrs. Lu laughed and gave her a look. "Silly girl, what nonsense is this? Come, come, let's eat."

After a while, Mr. Lu asked, "Chi, we've heard Honey mention you a lot, but…I don't believe we know what you do yet."

Their Honey was a graduate of North City Medical University, an extremely prestigious institution. Currently, she was interning at the hospital, but she would eventually be on staff. Mr. Lu did not require any prospective son-in-law to earn a lot of money, but he had to be at least someone of good character who would be a worthy match for Jiahe. This way, both of them would have more common ground.

Xinghe's expression was calm and earnest. Putting down his chopsticks, he looked straight at Mr. and Mrs. Lu and replied, "I'm a doctor like Jiahe."

Mr. Lu was pleased. Both of them were doctors; that was a good thing!

Honey in the

Xinghe nodded.

her lips and thought to herself, He's

and father strongly approved of doctors, teachers, lawyers, and programmers for whatever reason. Perhaps it was because their mentality was more conservative since they were from a small town and had not been exposed to much of the world, but they invariably considered these secure jobs. When Jiahe had chosen the universities she wanted to attend and the courses

able to cure diseases and help people. Only after she was admitted to North City Medical College did she discover that medicine was not the glamorous field everyone made it out to be; in fact, it was an extremely punishing course. Not only

from other departments were able to go to karaoke lounges and participate in sports after their classes, but the medical students had to go and dissect

the family.

immediately protested, "Touch

Her countenance was gentle, and there was warmth in her gaze. Perhaps her positivity and motivation was the result of being raised in a warm and loving

Lu cut up some fruits, and Jiahe took the

the office chair beside her computer table, and

not need to crane his neck too far to look up at her. As he studied her, he smiled and accepted

are you going home?" Jiahe asked as she helped herself to some of

up. "I haven't even finished

finished eating, you probably should hurry up and find a hotel to stay. Our small town isn't like the city; we don't

Half-jokingly, he asked, "Won't your parents

have two rooms in this house. Where are

the office chair rolling forward until he reached the bed. Patting the mattress, he replied,

there. Instead, she retorted brusquely, "Lovely! If you sleep there, where am I going to sleep? I'm the host here, you know. You're the guest! Since when do guests

was…I'll be sleeping with

was staggered. You

to ball up a fist and punch

expected her to suddenly hit him