On the way there, Ren Qingzhou kept asking Su Tang, "What kind of reaction do you think your parents will have? Will they not like me? Or will they be dissatisfied with me?"
Su Tang said he was really a curious cat with too many questions.
And her answers were all the same - "I don't know."
Being bombarded with his questions, Su Tang also felt nervous.
The two of them did a lot of mental preparation before entering the door. But when they finally pushed it open, Su's father and mother seemed quite amiable.
To welcome their future son-in-law, Su's mother had tidied herself up specially, and Su's father had rushed back from school.
Before Su Tang and Ren Qingzhou came back, the two of them had made all kinds of guesses about their future son-in-law.
For example, how tall was this young man? What did he look like? What was his job?
Their daughter was so unreliable that she had revealed no information at all, leaving them to guess.
When the two finally entered the door, Su's mother took a furtive look. The young man was quite tall and looked thin. As for what he looked like, she couldn't tell for the moment.
Ren Qingzhou took off his mask, hat and sunglasses after entering the door, and greeted Su Tang's parents, "Hello, Uncle. Hello, Aunt."
Maybe he was too nervous, and he even bowed involuntarily.
Su's mother was a bit taken aback for a moment. Why did this young man look so familiar?
"Come in and sit down." Seeing that he was carrying a lot of things, she couldn't help scolding gently, "You child, you don't need to bring anything when you come."
When the four of them finally sat down face to face on the sofa, Su Tang felt as if she was being interrogated.
But for some reason, her mother's reaction today always surprised her. This matter didn't seem as difficult as she had imagined. Had she made a wrong judgment before?
Just as she was lost in thought, Su's mother had already started scolding her, "You child never do things in an orderly way. You've been in the door for so long, and you haven't even introduced this young man to us. What's his name? How should we address him?"
Only then did Su Tang realize that she had been so preoccupied with her mother's reaction that she had forgotten to introduce them to each other.
She had no experience and didn't know how to start. So she just said dryly like she was making an introduction at work, "Mom and Dad, this is my boyfriend, Ren Qingzhou. He's from City S and now works in the capital."
"This is my dad and this is my mom. One of them was my junior high school teacher and the other was my high school teacher."
"Ren Qingzhou? Is it Xiao Ren? I always thought you looked like the poster hanging in her room. Now your names seem a bit similar too." Su's mother really couldn't remember the name of the boy in the poster in her daughter's room. But she always saw it when she cleaned the room. As soon as Ren Qingzhou took off his mask, she thought this young man looked familiar.
She thought Su Tang couldn't possibly find the real one for her. So did her daughter just find someone who looked like the entertainer she liked?
"Mom... It's not like. He really is..." Su Tang interjected weakly.
Emmmmm, Su's mother fell silent, and so did Su's father.
Su's mother had been thinking that she had seen quite a few young men, but this one was really too handsome.
Previously, she thought Dr. Fang was quite good-looking. But now seeing Xiao Ren, she realized that there really was someone who looked like they had stepped out of a painting, but was even more handsome than the person in the painting.
"I remember you're a singer, right? How did you two meet?" Su's mother started to inquire about their love story.
This young man obviously was the type that girls would like. That also meant that many girls would like him.
Su's mother was worried that Su Tang couldn't handle this young man at all.
Her daughter was really bold when it came to finding a boyfriend. Either she refused to find one at all, or she found a national idol right away.
"My childhood friend Jiang Bai is her college classmate. We were introduced by him." Ren Qingzhou and Su Tang had agreed on this story. The story of their encounter at the airport sounded very romantic, but it might seem unreliable to the parents.
"You were introduced by a friend. I've never heard you mention this Jiang Bai."
"He's closer to Fang Ting. We were all in the same department in college, and we've been in the same circle after graduation, so we've had some interactions. He used to work in Luda, but then he quit and started his own business. Fang Ting and I are now working with him in the capital." Su Tang took the opportunity to explain her job change.
"Speaking of your job, I really have to scold you. You changed your job without even discussing it with us. You're really too opinionated now." Su's mother couldn't help scolding her a few words, but then she remembered that the focus today was on her boyfriend, not her job, so she stopped in time.
"Wasn't it because you always thought City S was too far away from here? It's closer to home for me to work in the capital." Su Tang stuck out her tongue.
"Since you've already changed it, weren't you also not satisfied with her previous job? It's good that she's finally willing to change." Su's father quickly smoothed things over.
"Let's not talk about your job for now. What are your plans for the future? Can you tell us?" Su's mother started to worry about her daughter's marriage again. "Xiao Ren, isn't your job a bit unstable? I feel that your job as an actor is quite hard. You're always on the move all year round. It seems that you can't take care of your family very well."
Ren Qingzhou didn't know how to answer. In fact, Su's mother was right.
He could also feel that Su's mother didn't seem very satisfied with his job.
Parents always hope that their children's marriage will be happy. The news from the entertainment industry always makes people feel that many people in this circle have very unhappy marriages.
"I don't mean to say that your job is bad. As the saying goes, every profession produces its own leading authority. As long as you like your job, it's a good job. But from our perspective, shouldn't you have some plans for your future? That way we can feel more at ease."
"Uncle, Aunt, I'm here today to apologize to you first."
"Su Tang and I have been in a relationship for almost a year. Because of me, we haven't announced our relationship publicly before, and I haven't had the chance to visit you. In fact, she's suffered a lot of grievances by being in a relationship with me. I'm really not a qualified partner. I can't give her a peaceful life. Sometimes I even put her in the whirlpool of entertainment."
"But we really like each other. After a long time of getting along, we're sure that the other is the one worth entrusting our lives to."
Hearing his words, Su Tang also felt a lot of emotions. Unconsciously, they had known each other for so long.
This relationship had been full of twists and turns. From not daring to imagine a future at the beginning to now hoping that it would bear fruit.
Neither she nor Ren Qingzhou had ever brought anyone back to meet their parents. She had always thought that meeting the parents was a very sacred thing. After all, everyone hoped that their relationship could be blessed by their parents.
"Actually, it's not all his fault. It's mainly because I always thought you might not be satisfied with him, so I didn't dare to tell you about this." Su Tang admitted that some of it was also her own problem.
"Parents should indeed care about their children's relationships, but they shouldn't interfere too much. After all, you have to live your own lives in the future. It's most important that you two think you're suitable for each other. Our opinions are just for reference."
"But before you make a decision, you must think about the things you might face in the future. For example, with Xiao Ren's job, although we don't pay much attention to the entertainment industry, we know that people in this industry often neglect their families."
"What you really need to do is ask yourself if you're ready to face the possible things and a series of problems. Now you're just in a relationship. In the future, you might get married. Marriage life is not as simple as you think."
"Maybe one day the love in your hearts will be covered by some trivial things in life, and the problems you have to face might be much more than those of an ordinary couple."
Su Tang's parents were actually very open-minded. They could only give some advice when it came to their daughter's marriage. It was definitely not okay not to care, but it was also a problem to interfere too much.
After all, they had to live their own lives in the future. No one could replace them to bear everything in the future.
All along, they had hoped that Su Tang could marry a man with a stable job who was mature and steady, because they thought such a marriage would be easy to be happy.
After all, most people's lives were like this.
But all of this was not as important as her love. They couldn't break up a young couple who were in love just because of so-called suitability.
After all, a marriage without love was also a tragedy. Moreover, Ren Qingzhou didn't seem to be an unreliable person.
To be honest, Su's mother was quite satisfied with him.
So this trip to meet the parents ended without any major problems.
Before returning to the capital, Su Tang specially asked her mother, "Mom, why did you agree so easily?"
Hearing this, Su's mother wanted to hit her, "In your eyes, am I such an unreasonable mother who wants to plan your life and interfere with your decisions?"
Then Su Tang heard her say, "I remember you've liked him since you were 18. I thought a little girl's love couldn't count for much at that time. It was just a passing enthusiasm. Who knew you liked him for so long, and finally even brought him home."
"You said you wanted to marry him at that time. Now your dream has finally come true. To be honest, I even feel..."
"Mom, I was too young and naive at that time. It was just a joke." Su Tang couldn't believe that a casual remark she made when she was young had been remembered for so many years. She couldn't help laughing.
Who would have thought that after so many years, things had come full circle. A casual remark she made back then had actually come true.
It turned out that in a blink of an eye, she had liked him for so many years.