When she walked over, she saw Cheng Jinyu cooking in the kitchen, and Momo was pacing back and forth at his feet.
He had probably not seen Cheng Jinyu for a long time, so he was also extremely excited.
Hearing the movement behind him, Cheng Jinyu turned to look over and directly asked: “Is pasta okay?”
Meng Chu was about to ask why he was not making fried eggs, then remembered that it was already noon.
“Sure, what kind of pasta are you making?” Meng Chu asked.
“I was just about to ask you,” Cheng Jinyu replied.
Meng Chu directly said: “The person cooking has the right to decide everything.”
At this moment, Momo was still around Cheng Jinyu’s feet. Even if he moved a single step, it followed closely without letting go.
“Take Momo out to play for a while,” Cheng Jinyu said.
Meng Chu also saw that Momo really made it inconvenient for him to walk here, so she called: “Momo, come here.”
Unexpectedly, the dog, who usually listened obediently when she called, completely ignored her now.
Momo only cared about circling around Cheng Jinyu.
“Let it stay here. It hasn’t seen you for so long, it must miss you a lot,” Meng Chu took the initiative to say.
Cheng Jinyu seemed to sense it too, so he no longer made it go out.
Meng Chu took the opportunity to use her phone and sent a message to her assistant Jiang Xinya, saying only that she had not gone to the company in the morning and would go over in the afternoon.
Unexpectedly, Jiang Xinya directly called her.
“What’s wrong?” Meng Chu answered the phone and asked.
Jiang Xinya said in a low voice: “This morning, CEO Gu saw that you did not come, so he asked me where you had gone. I said you were not feeling well today and might come later.”
She now understood why Jiang Xinya had called.
It turned out she had actually lied to Gu Ting for Meng Chu. Naturally, Meng Chu would not make things difficult for her.
Meng Chu suddenly smiled: “Okay, I won’t let it slip in front of CEO Gu. And thank you.”
“It’s fine, it’s fine. It’s what I should do,” Jiang Xinya quickly said.
After saying that, Meng Chu hung up.
This time, Cheng Jinyu not only made pasta, but also pan-fried steak and made salad.
Meng Chu watched him continuously take fresh ingredients out of the refrigerator, and suddenly wondered, were these things usually here too?
“Are you off today?” After the two sat down, Meng Chu asked.
Cheng Jinyu nodded: “I just came back from a business trip. I’ll rest for a few days.”
Meng Chu nodded, then heard him say slowly: “After all, if a capitalist like me is not tired, the team also gets tired.”
Meng Chu opposite him was immediately amused.
“Do you still have to go to the company this afternoon?”
Cheng Jinyu asked.
Meng Chu was hesitating. There was only half a day left anyway, and today was Friday. She did not seem to want to go to the company that much.
Sure enough, even a workaholic like her had times when she did not want to go to work.
“How about not going? It just so happens that we can prepare,” Cheng Jinyu suggested when he saw her hesitate.
Meng Chu was puzzled: “Prepare what?”
Cheng Jinyu put down the fork in his hand and looked at her seriously: “Let’s go to your home tomorrow.”
“So soon?” Meng Chu was surprised.
Cheng Jinyu looked straight at Meng Chu, the corners of his lips lightly curved, and he drawled slightly: “Yes, I am rather anxious. I cannot help but want to see my mother-in-law.”
Meng Chu listened to his tone, and there was an indescribable feeling in her heart.
‘No.’
‘With that tone, are you anxious to see your mother-in-law?’
‘You are clearly anxious…’
Meng Chu quickly suppressed the thought in her mind.
In the afternoon, Meng Chu still called her mother in advance.
“You two are coming home tomorrow?” Xu Qingying said in surprise.
Meng Chu quickly comforted her: “He just wants to see you, Mom. There’s no need for it to be grand. Just make a few dishes.”
Xu Qingying asked: “What does he like to eat?”
Meng Chu: “His taste is quite light. Just make whatever you think is good.”
“What time are you two coming back tomorrow? Why didn’t you tell me in advance? I haven’t even tidied up the house,” Xu Qingying suddenly became anxious.
Clearly, she was not prepared for her future son-in-law to suddenly come to the door.
“Mom, Mom,” Meng Chu quickly called in a low voice twice.
Xu Qingying’s originally somewhat anxious emotions were called to a stop.
Meng Chu comforted her: “If our coming back makes you so anxious, then we can go back some other time.”
Xu Qingying: “How can that be? They already said they are coming.”
“So just treat it as an ordinary visit. After all, you are the elder, his mother-in-law. He is the one who should come to win your favor,” Meng Chu said with a light laugh.
When Xu Qingying heard the word mother-in-law, she really felt a little dazed.
Although before, she had especially wanted Meng Chu to date and find a boyfriend.
Meng Chu was also very obedient and really found one.
Now it had actually developed to the point of meeting the parents.
Xu Qingying really felt both expectant and nervous, but she immediately promised: “Mom doesn’t need him to curry favor with me. As long as you two are happy together, that’s enough.”
“But there is one thing I want to tell you,” Meng Chu thought about it and decided to tell Xu Qingying in advance.
Xu Qingying saw her serious tone: “Go ahead, Mom is listening.”
Meng Chu: “Just don’t ask about his family matters when the time comes. His mother passed away from illness a few years ago.”
Xu Qingying let out a surprised “Ah” on the other end.
“It was also breast cancer,” Meng Chu lowered her voice, even though she was calling from her own room.
Xu Qingying was silent for a moment, clearly not expecting this situation either.
Meng Chu asked again: “Mom, is that okay?”
“Don’t worry. I won’t ask too much,” Xu Qingying immediately said.
Meng Chu knew her mother always kept her word.
If she promised not to ask too much, she really would not.
The next day, after they got up, they tidied up a little and drove back directly.
When going downstairs, Meng Chu asked: “Really no need for a driver to take us?”
She had not expected that this time Cheng Jinyu actually planned to drive to her home himself.
Cheng Jinyu curved the corners of his mouth: “Do you doubt my driving skills?”
Meng Chu looked at him: “I am worried you will be tired. Don’t shift the blame.”
“Okay,” Cheng Jinyu happened to walk to the car.
He opened the passenger door for Meng Chu to get in.
As Meng Chu walked past him, her wrist was suddenly gently pulled by him.
Cheng Jinyu leaned in and dropped a kiss on her cheek: “Thank you for your concern, wife.”
Along the way, aside from the navigation voice, the two of them rarely spoke.
After all, it was a highway. Meng Chu was afraid that if she spoke too much, she would distract him.
This time Cheng Jinyu was still driving that Aston Martin SUV.
The car sped smoothly on the highway.
The original trip of more than two hours felt very quick because there was no traffic jam like during National Day.
Meng Chu had told Xu Qingying in advance that they would arrive home around noon for lunch.
Now it looked like they would arrive home before eleven o’clock.
After arriving downstairs, Meng Chu directed Cheng Jinyu to park the car, then led him upstairs.
Because there was no driver following this time, Cheng Jinyu carried the things himself.
Fortunately, yesterday Meng Chu had stopped him from buying a huge pile of things. He had only bought her mother silk scarves and such.
When the door opened, Xu Qingying was wearing an apron, looking surprised.
“Mom,” Meng Chu called.
Only then did Xu Qingying quickly let them into the home.
Today Cheng Jinyu was not wearing a suit and leather shoes.
After all, that was too serious and suitable for business occasions, not for coming to his mother-in-law’s home.
He had specially worn a light gray long trench coat, with a crisp cut, slightly open, not a single button fastened.
It made his whole person look tall and slender.
Xu Qingying glanced at him several times. In the end, Cheng Jinyu took the initiative and asked gently: “Auntie, let me change shoes first.”
“No need to change shoes, no need. Just come in directly,” Xu Qingying said.
Meng Chu, however, said: “Let him change shoes. How can you come home without changing shoes?”
Only then did Xu Qingying not stop him.
At this moment, Meng Chu finally took the initiative to introduce him: “Mom, this is my… boyfriend, Cheng Jinyu.”
“Hello, Auntie. I am Cheng Jinyu,” Cheng Jinyu again took the initiative to say his own name.
Xu Qingying had been looking at him just now.
Now that Cheng Jinyu took the initiative to greet her, she instead felt a little embarrassed: “Hello, Jinyu. Come sit down quickly.”
Although Xu Qingying was in a small city, she was not completely without experience.
She could tell that Cheng Jinyu’s outfit was low-key but tasteful. Moreover, the first time he had given her a bracelet, it was worth seven figures.
So naturally she would not directly call him Little Cheng.
To show closeness, she directly called him by his name.
“Why didn’t you tell me in advance? I haven’t even cut the fruit,” Xu Qingying said to Meng Chu in a lowered voice.
Meng Chu chuckled: “There’s still time. Don’t be nervous.”
Xu Qingying invited Cheng Jinyu to sit down and hurried to the kitchen.
Meng Chu said quietly: “Sit down first. I’ll go to the kitchen to comfort my mother, so she won’t be too nervous.”
Cheng Jinyu nodded slightly.
Meng Chu entered the kitchen. Xu Qingying said: “Why aren’t you keeping Jinyu company?”
“It’s fine. You are the one who needs company more,” Meng Chu said with a smile.
Xu Qingying glanced outside and said in a lowered voice: “Why didn’t you tell me either?”
“Hm? Tell you what?” Meng Chu asked back.
Xu Qingying: “He is so handsome.”
Meng Chu burst out laughing. Xu Qingying quickly wanted to cover her mouth: “Keep your voice down.”
“I just didn’t expect that you would also care about a boy’s appearance,” Meng Chu said.
Xu Qingying gave her a look: “Mom’s eyes are not blind.”
“No, I thought you would not care about this,” Meng Chu had never expected to hear this.
Xu Qingying said: “If there’s none, caring is useless. I could only comfort myself that as long as he treats my daughter well, that’s enough.”2
Meng Chu was almost amused again.
So parents were all so accommodating.
“Looks like you don’t need to comfort yourself anymore,” she lightly raised an eyebrow.
Xu Qingying nodded: “You never showed me a photo before. I really was a little worried. After all, you are so good-looking. Few boys could be worthy of you.”
Meng Chu was shocked: “So in your heart, I actually hold such a high position.”
Xu Qingying glanced at her: “My daughter has been pretty since she was little. I always knew that.”
“Okay, okay. Hurry and take the fruit out,” Xu Qingying quickly urged, afraid of leaving Cheng Jinyu alone outside for too long.
After Meng Chu brought the fruit out, she sat beside him and asked: “Do you want to know what my mom said to me?”
Cheng Jinyu’s eyelashes moved slightly, and he smiled: “I want to.”
“Kiss me, and I’ll tell you.” Meng Chu looked at him and said in a low voice.
Cheng Jinyu immediately raised an eyebrow, curved his lips, and said word by word: “Are you sure?”
Meng Chu was just about to speak, but the person opposite had already kissed her.
His eyes glanced toward the kitchen. Fortunately, Meng Chu’s home had a glass door.
At this moment, Xu Qingying was facing away from them, busy. But from Meng Chu’s angle, she could not see her mother.
So all at once, she instead felt uneasy.
She had thought this kiss would be just a taste, but Cheng Jinyu seemed to be challenging her heartbeat rate.
He lightly hooked her lips, kissing gently and meticulously.
Yet this kind was the most torturous.
Meng Chu’s scalp was about to explode. Her ears were constantly listening to the movements from the kitchen.
That taboo feeling of possibly being caught by her mother at any moment had almost driven her heart to explode.
Suddenly Cheng Jinyu pulled away the distance between them.
With an unchanged expression, he slightly sat up, drew a tissue from the coffee table, and gently wiped the corner of his own mouth.
Only then did he look up and say to Xu Qingying, who was coming over: “Auntie, thank you for the fruit.”
As he spoke, he glanced at Meng Chu’s lips.
“Really sweet.”