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Chapter 670 This is Romance
When Lin Mo came here before, Ms. Cheng was quite restrained because their relationship hadn't been officially confirmed yet, fearing that her enthusiasm might frighten the child. Last time she came, Yuan Guocheng was there, and her daughter was away on a business trip, so she didn't have time to prepare any clothes. But this time, she was definitely going to let loose.

On this special day of the Gregorian New Year, the daughter brought her boyfriend home for the holiday. This in itself is a signal, and both of them know exactly what's going on, so why bother to restrain themselves?

Ms. Cheng no longer needs to worry about being too enthusiastic and ruining her daughter's plans; of course, she can be as happy as she wants.

Hello, Uncle.

As Lin Mo entered the living room on the first floor, he greeted Liu Zhengyuan, who was drinking tea on the sofa.

This time he didn't call him Uncle Liu. After all, Uncle Liu was a bit too polite. He wasn't here as a business partner, but as a junior, his daughter's boyfriend, so naturally he should call him Uncle.

"Hmm~ Come and sit down~" Liu Zhengyuan did not get up, but nodded slightly with no expression on his face. He spoke indifferently and then placed the teacup on the tea tray on the coffee table.

No sooner had he finished speaking than a slap landed on the back of his head.

"What are you 'hmm' for? Stop pretending to be so profound. Hurry up and pour Xiaolin a glass of water to warm her up. Who are you trying to impress with this act!" Ms. Cheng spat.

Liu Zhengyuan's eyes immediately cleared after being slapped. He stopped pretending to be deep and smiled, saying to Lin Mo, "Hey, Lin, come on, come sit down and have a cup of tea to warm up."

As he spoke, he gestured with one hand and poured a cup of tea with the other.

The contrast between before and after made Lin Mo's lips twitch.

However, he didn't dare to laugh. After all, they were elders, and it was their business if the couple did some performance art. We should just keep quiet.

Lin Mo had just sat down and taken a sip of tea when Ms. Cheng brought over some fruit and dried fruit, placed them on the coffee table, and said with a smile, "Xiao Lin, have some fruit. Don't be shy, make yourself at home!"

"Thank you, Auntie, don't bother," Lin Mo said with a smile.

If this were his own home, he would be lying on his bed in his bedroom right now, why would he be sitting here so politely?

"Hey, it's nothing. I knew you and Xiao'e were coming back today, and I didn't know what you liked to eat, so I asked the housekeeper to make some of her specialties. Just don't mind, it's definitely not as good as your cooking!" Ms. Cheng said with a smile.

Lin Mo's restaurant is still quite famous in Jiangning's wealthy circles. A meal there costs hundreds of thousands of yuan. Not to mention the housekeeper, even professional chefs can't compare to him.

Lin Mo smiled and shook his head: "No way, I'm not picky about food, I can eat anything!"

He didn't come here specifically to eat. Besides, he and Liu Ruyan don't eat fancy meals every day at their place; most of the time they eat ordinary food.

Just then, Liu Ruyan walked in looking a bit disheveled, carrying several bags. Lin Mo was about to get up to help, but Ms. Cheng pressed him down. She then turned to Liu Ruyan and said, "Well, just put the things on the table, and then go to the kitchen and get me the peeler so I can peel an apple for Xiao Lin!"

Upon hearing this, Lin Mo quickly said, "Auntie, no need, really no need, don't trouble yourself!"

Apple peeled? He'd never received that treatment before. When he was a kid, his mom would even peel apples for him and let him eat the peels instead.

Sure enough, going to your partner's house significantly elevates your status!
Hearing this, Liu Ruyan quickly tossed her hair behind her ear, glared at the three of them, took a deep breath, strode over, snatched the teacup from Lin Mo's hand, and drank the tea in one gulp. She then sneered, "Peeling an apple? No need for all that trouble, watch me!"

As she spoke, Liu Ruyan picked up an apple, opened her mouth, and took a bite. Soon, a half-eaten apple appeared in her hand. She then gestured for Lin Mo to catch it with his hand, and finally, to the astonishment of the three, she opened her mouth and spat out the food.

Liu Zhengyuan:
Ms. Cheng:
Lin Mo:
Looking down at the apple peel in her palm, and then at Liu Ruyan who was eating the apple with a smug look on her face, Ms. Cheng paused for two seconds, then suddenly stood up and slapped Liu Ruyan's bottom: "You still dare to bully people? I'll teach you to bully Xiaolin and teach you to give the apple peel to someone else to eat!"

You treat us like this in front of us, so how do you bully us in private?

"Ouch~ no~ Mom, stop hitting me, it hurts~ little brother, little brother, say something!" Liu Ruyan pleaded while eating an apple.

Lin Mo and Liu Zhengyuan exchanged a glance and smiled somewhat awkwardly.

Especially Liu Zhengyuan, who initially wanted to give Lin Mo a hard time, since as a father, he naturally felt uncomfortable seeing a pig robbing his own cabbage.

Although his daughter will eventually get married, he still needs to support her and maintain the proper attitude.

But when he saw his eldest daughter spit the apple peel from her mouth into Lin Mo's hand, it was Old Liu's turn to feel a little embarrassed.

He knew his daughter's temperament and personality quite well. She was capable, but he hadn't expected her to be this capable. This was just too much.

When he got married, things were so difficult for him that his wife never offered him apple peels, which made him, as her father, feel a little embarrassed and only sympathetic.

"Ahem, Xiao Lin, quick, throw away the apple peel. Ignore them, let's have some tea, just the two of us." As she spoke, she gave him a knowing look, a look that showed how tough it is for men.

Seeing this, Lin Mo couldn't help but smile wryly. He casually threw the apple peel into the trash can and continued drinking tea with Liu Zhengyuan. He didn't take it seriously, since Liu Ruyan had never bullied him except for taking his essence.

Five minutes later, Lin Mo held an apple that Liu Ruyan had nibbled on and a quarter of which was eaten. He smiled awkwardly. Ms. Cheng, who was standing next to him, couldn't help but say, "Little Lin, don't be too honest. If Xiao'e bullies you again, just tell Auntie, and Auntie will teach her a lesson!"
"What era are we living in? They're still feeding us apple peels, and imported ones at that!"

"Mom, you don't understand, this is romance!" Liu Ruyan said, turning to the side on the sofa and rubbing her bottom.

Ms. Cheng: "Pah, get lost! Romance? You're just insulting people. Xiao Lin, don't listen to her manipulative tactics, understand?"

Lin Mo:
No wonder she's a well-maintained wealthy woman; even at her age, she still knows how to use psychological manipulation. But her personality is really similar to Liu Ruyan's. He seems to see Liu Ruyan's future self in Ms. Cheng.

"It's okay, Auntie. Sister Ruyan was just joking with me. She's not usually like this, and she hasn't bullied me," Lin Mo thought for a moment and decided to explain on behalf of his girlfriend.

But clearly, neither Liu Zhengyuan nor Ms. Cheng believed it. It wasn't that they didn't believe Lin Mo, but rather that they knew all too well what kind of person their daughter was. Neither of them refuted it, except that Ms. Cheng gave her daughter a fierce glare.

Liu Ruyan didn't care; it was her own home, and she was very relaxed.

Soon, the four of them started chatting, mostly about what Lin Mo usually did, the restaurant's operation, his studies of traditional Chinese medicine with Professor Li, and even his cooperation with the police in finding missing children.

Lin Mo doesn't have many other qualities, but he has too many topics to talk about. Even the incident a while ago when they went to a hot spring, and he was falsely accused by a woman of secretly taking pictures of him, was mentioned by Liu Ruyan.

Ms. Cheng and her husband listened from the side, but they weren't angry. They knew their daughter was capable of handling this kind of thing, but they also sighed that young people really do have a lot of fun to offer.

They also knew a little about the trouble Miss Yuan caused in their area.

Soon it was lunchtime, and Ms. Cheng invited the four of them to the restaurant for a meal.

Although there were only four people, the table was full of dishes, including everything that flies in the sky, runs on the ground, and swims in the water. They were fried, boiled, steamed, stewed, and stir-fried, and there was everything. Although it was cooked by the family's housekeeper, the dishes were delicious and visually appealing. If she didn't have something to offer, she wouldn't have been hired by the Liu family as a live-in housekeeper.

"Come on, Xiao Lin, don't be shy, eat more. You've lost weight again," Ms. Cheng said as she served food to Lin Mo.

Lin Mo nodded repeatedly, indicating that he would do it himself, but Ms. Cheng felt that he was too reserved and insisted on serving him food.

Unable to bear it any longer, Liu Ruyan exclaimed, "Mom~~ He hasn't lost weight, he's gained muscle, he just looks thinner than before!"

Because of the arm strength trainer, Lin Mo now has some muscle on his body, but he doesn't look thinner; it's just the two of them's illusion.

"Xiao Lin still exercises? Then you should eat even more. It's good for young people to exercise. Don't follow your uncle's example. He has such a big belly now, he looks like he's about to get pregnant," Ms. Cheng said with a smile.

Liu Zhengyuan, standing to the side, also looked a little awkward: "Ahem, when I was young, I was no worse than Xiaolin, it's just that I haven't been exercising much in recent years!"

"You have the nerve to say that? Have you ever exercised since we met? In the first few years, it was alright that you had to run around and do the work yourself, but in the later stages, it was all the subordinates doing the work while you sat in the office drinking tea and alcohol with people?" Ms. Cheng rolled her eyes at him and said.

Lunch was very plentiful. Because Ms. Cheng kept putting food on his plate, Lin Mo ate until he was stuffed and his belly was round. Ms. Cheng even praised him for his good appetite, saying that the young man could eat a lot and was very healthy!
After dinner, on the table on the living room balcony, Liu Zhengyuan took out a chess set and said, "Xiao Lin, do you know how to play? Want to play a couple of games?"

Lin Mo was taken aback. Chess? Chess is still chess, and Eagle's move didn't mention any specific game. It seems like there's potential here.

"Sure!" Lin Mo said excitedly.

He was about to utterly defeat Old Lin, but he was still too young. Other people's new sons-in-law, let alone beating their fathers-in-law, didn't even dare to win at mahjong. Yet Lin Mo was thinking of showing off Liu Zhengyuan's power.

But he soon realized that he was no match for Comrade Lao Liu. After a little thought, he understood that Comrade Lao Liu was not yet sixty years old and could not be selected at all.

Meanwhile, Ms. Cheng and her daughter were washing fruit and whispering to each other in the study.

"Mom, I really didn't bully him, why don't you believe me?" Liu Ruyan said while washing the strawberries.

Upon hearing this, Ms. Cheng rolled her eyes at the girl: "Nonsense, do you think I don't know you didn't bully him? I'm just giving you a heads-up."

Also, Xiaolin looks like an honest kid. I know what kind of person you are. If you're going to date, then date properly. Although our family is better off than his, we can't treat him badly.

This is our house. If we went to Xiaolin's house and his mother saw this, she would feel terrible!

Who is Ms. Cheng? She can understand the situation of the two young people with just one glance.

The reason I did this today was simply to support Lin Mo, to tell him not to be nervous and to relax.

From the very beginning, when he pulled Lin Mo inside and let Liu Ruyan carry her own things, to everything that happened afterward, it was all the same.

But to be honest, she was also afraid that her daughter wouldn't know her place and might bully others, so naturally she had to do something about it.

"Oh, how could that be? Besides, even if we do something like that sometimes, it's just for fun. I'm not stupid. Of course I have to act like a good girl when I go to his house. I have to at least pretend!" Liu Ruyan said confidently.

Ms. Cheng nodded: "Remember what you said. Before we get married, I don't care how you two behave, but if you go to Xiaolin's house and see his parents, you have to pretend to be a well-bred lady. After we get married, you can raise the child however you want. If you don't like taking care of the child, I like it, I'll take care of him!"

If Lin Mo heard what Ms. Cheng said, he would definitely shake his head and smile bitterly. This mother and daughter are practically cut from the same mold.

"That's still a long way off," Liu Ruyan said somewhat shyly.

Ms. Cheng didn't urge them to have a baby. Instead, she cautiously peeked outside, then lowered her head and whispered, "Hey, Xiao'e, does Xiao Lin really have muscles?"

"Of course, abs, and a bit of pecs, looks just like a model, gulp~ awesome!" Liu Ruyan swallowed hard, her neck hunched, and smiled like a little fox who had just stolen a chicken.

Seeing this, Ms. Cheng couldn't help but sigh, "You brat, you really got to eat well. You're so full that your complexion is quite rosy. Tomorrow I'll have your dad go to exercise too, and I'll hire a fitness coach for him. Maybe he can regain some of his youthful good looks."

"Huh? No, Mom, don't let my dad's old bones get burned," Liu Ruyan said speechlessly.

Ms. Cheng: "That's none of your business!"

Liu Ruyan:
(End of this chapter)