Chapter 221 : Living Room Lecture to Mother
Chapter 221: Living Room Lecture to Mother
To soothe his cousin for getting beaten again today and for losing her wealthy life, Lin Mo, as the generous cousin, treated her.
Not treating her was out of the question — his cousin’s resentment right now could have supported ten demonic sword-immortals; it was just that this was the End-of-Dharma Era, otherwise, when spiritual energy revived, black smoke would have been curling off her body.
There was no helping it: this kind of instinctive rejection had nothing to do with money — dislike was dislike. Even if she lived in a villa and drove luxury cars every day, she still wouldn’t be happy; that was within the bounds of a normal person.
It was precisely because of the contrast provided by his cousin Su He that Lin Mo admired all those very pretty young women who nevertheless could marry an extremely ugly, very old but extremely rich man.
Those people truly had a ruthless streak — they could be that harsh even to themselves. Such people, even if they didn’t marry, and instead focused on their careers, were by no means ordinary.
After dinner, Su He drove him to the neighborhood gate.
“How about it, cousin — want to come up to my place for a bit?” Lin Mo invited.
His cousin Su He waved her hand and said, “Forget it, another day. I still have to go back and explain things to your aunt. Ugh, my place is going to be lively tonight.
No, I must talk to her properly. If she introduces me to any more men with terrible looks, I won’t stay at home — I’ll go straight back to Jiangning!”
With that, Su He floored the accelerator and drove off. Watching the taillights recede, Lin Mo shook his head. Fortunately he was still young and not yet being pressured to marry; otherwise he would probably be the one feeling miserable.
He then turned and entered the complex. His newly bought car was parked in an empty spot under the building. Just as Lin Mo was about to go upstairs, the car’s lights flashed on and the window rolled down; his mother Zhou Min’s voice came from inside the car: “The son’s back!”
The sudden illumination startled Lin Mo. “No, Mom — what are you doing in the car? Isn’t it hot in there?”
He was sure the car hadn’t been started and was still off. In midsummer, the temperature inside a shut car was obvious; even though the sun had set, it was still stifling. He couldn’t understand why his mother was in the car.
“It’s just that the new car had him a little excited. Mom had driven it out for a spin; before she went upstairs she saw you had come back,” his mother Zhou Min said, opening the door with a smile.
Hearing that, Lin Mo didn’t expose his mother’s little scheme — after all, for an ordinary family, buying a new car was a reason to celebrate, especially for his mother, who had never expected to have her own new car.
“All right, you can gush about it tomorrow. Let’s go upstairs first. You stayed in the car without even turning on the air conditioning — aren’t you uncomfortably stuffy?” Lin Mo said with a smile.
His mother Zhou Min reluctantly closed the car door and pressed the lock button on the key fob, then walked over and said, “Running the air conditioner wastes fuel, and I heard that long-term idling causes carbon buildup; it’s bad for the car.”
Lin Mo: .
He had to admit, whoever it was, people tended to be more careful with a new phone or a new car.
Soon the mother and son went upstairs. It was just the two of them at home; Old Comrade Lin didn’t get off work until midnight, so he would be back in the dead of night.
“Son, who did you go to dinner with just now?” in the living room, his mother Zhou Hui asked.
Lin Mo took a sip of water. “My cousin. She had a blind date today, but it didn’t seem to go well.”
He didn’t mention that his cousin had been beaten — he was afraid of stirring up his mother’s emotions again. He had barely calmed her down; he didn’t want her to get upset over the car and end up getting beaten again!
“Su He had a blind date? Who set that up?” Zhou Min blinked in surprise and asked.
Lin Mo: “Who else but Auntie? Didn’t she start working at a marriage agency?”
“You know, my memory is terrible — I almost forgot. So your aunt set someone up, and Su He didn’t like him?” his mother slapped her forehead and said.
After all, they were sisters and lived in the same county; a bit of news like this was natural to know.
“Of course. My cousin complained about it to me for ages.”
Lin Mo then briefly described Su He’s two blind-date prospects over the past two days. After listening, his mother frowned.
“Your aunt must be anxious, but even if she’s in a hurry she shouldn’t just pick anyone. Girls don’t have to look for a very handsome man, but they shouldn’t only look at conditions either. Let me tell you, Su He is pretty, has a good job, and is well-educated — what is there to rush for?” Clearly, as a voice of reason, his mother was speaking up on behalf of her niece from a bystander’s perspective.
Hearing this, Lin Mo’s mind suddenly lit up.
“Mom, I’m in my senior year now. Haven’t you thought of introducing someone to me, so I could get married early?” Lin Mo asked curiously.
Hearing that, his mother Zhou Min frowned and looked at him, spitting, “How old are you? You’re still young — why go on blind dates? Wait until you graduate and your job is stable. You’re in college; relationships are fine. If you have the ability, date on your own — graduate and get married and I wouldn’t object. If you don’t have the ability to get a partner, then go and cultivate yourself more.”
Whether it was because he was young or because his mother hadn’t considered his marriage at all, Zhou Min seemed neither concerned nor anxious about the matter.
Upon hearing this, Lin Mo immediately grew indignant. “Mom, how old am I this year and I’m still single? I’m twenty-one by actual age, twenty-two nominally, almost twenty-three, practically twenty-five — I feel ancient. I lie awake every night, my studies are foggy, I live like this and I don’t want to be single anymore.
You’re my mother — how can you sit there doing nothing? How can you still eat? How can you still sleep? You always ask about my studies and future work plans — can’t you care about your son’s love life for once?
You say I’ve earned so much money and yet I have no wife, no child — who am I supposed to spend it on? If I get old and go to a nursing home, I’ll be bullied. I’m already so miserable, and you just watch? Do you even have a heart for your son?!”
His mother Zhou Min: ???
“Wait a minute — those were my lines! Also, why blame me if you can’t get a partner? I’m your mother — I can’t get one for you!”
“Then can’t you learn from my aunt? Where there’s a will, there’s a way; where there’s no will, teaching won’t help. I want an attitude. Besides, the school already approved my joining the Party — I had submitted my application. Standing in front of you now was a prospective Party member, so watch your attitude, Comrade Zhou Min.
Do you think you were just finding a partner for your son? You think you were just doing this for your child? You’re doing a service for the organization. Your current lazy attitude is a serious dereliction of duty to comrades.”
Lin Mo seemed to have found a breakthrough and spoke more and more smoothly, increasingly worked up, as if he were deeply aggrieved. In his own house he launched a full-blown 【Living-room Lecture to Mother】.
His mother Zhou Min was dumbfounded, her head spinning.
Was this right? Normally in families the mother crazily pressured to marry and the son strongly resisted. How had the pressure suddenly shifted onto her?
“So I’ve decided. Mom, you’re not yet fifty — you’re at the age to take risks. Tomorrow go see my aunt and take a part-time job after work. First, you could help your son solve his lifelong problem; second, you could add an income to the family.
Look at my aunt — she arranged seven blind dates during a seven-day leave for my cousin. Whether they succeed or not, at least there was an attitude.
Me? I lazed around at home during breaks, wasting days away. I’m lonely. So that’s decided!” Lin Mo waved his hand grandly, assigning his mother a part-time job.
Besides, he would be leaving in a few days anyway; what could she do? Could she even arrange blind dates all the way in Jiangning?
Just as Lin Mo was congratulating himself on his cleverness, his mother Zhou Hui finally reacted and grabbed a clothes-drying rack to thrash him.
“Hey, you dare lecture your mother — I’ll beat you to death!”
Lin Mo: .