Chapter 226: Her Figure Has Developed Really Well
"Mom’s staying to take care of us?" Chen Mo’s face twisted into an exaggerated expression. "Who’s taking care of whom, exactly?"
Chen Mo still remembered when he was twelve or thirteen. His mom had come home, claiming she was there to "take care of him" for a while.
In the end, she just shook him awake first thing in the morning and made him cook her breakfast.
Then she ordered him around, making him clean the house and prune the plants.
And at the end of the day, she’d collapse onto the sofa in a state of utter exhaustion, as if *she* were the one who had been working all day.
Whenever he thought about it, Chen Mo felt his mom was just unbelievable.
Still, it was thanks to his mom’s "supervision" that he had learned to be self-sufficient from a young age.
Whether it was cooking or handling household chores, he had learned to do it all quite capably.
’Thinking about it that way, maybe Mom isn’t just pure lazy,’ he mused. ’She was the one who carefully guided me while I learned to make several of my best dishes.’
But the moment he remembered that her idea of "taking care of him" was just ordering him around, a wave of mental and physical exhaustion washed over him.
Seeing Chen Mo’s miserable expression, Chen Xi immediately strode over and pinched his cheek. "You little brat, what’s with that face? You got a problem with your mother taking care of you?"
"N-No..." How could Chen Mo dare to have an opinion about the true head of the household?
"I’m just... so moved, that’s all," Chen Mo quickly added, laying it on thick.
"Hmph. At least you have some conscience." Satisfied, Chen Xi finally let go. Seeing the mother and son teasing each other so playfully, Su Yuqing couldn’t help but smile, a pang of envy in her heart.
"By the way, where are you two staying this time?" Chen Mo suddenly asked.
"This tiny little place of yours is only big enough for you two lovebirds. We’ll just stay back at Lanting Garden," Chen Xi said, glancing around Chen Mo’s apartment.
"Aren’t you going to visit Grandpa and Grandma’s house?"
"Duh. You think you’re the first person we came to see? Of course we went to see your grandparents first. I’m just not used to staying at the old house, so we came back overnight."
After she finished, Chen Xi suddenly sat down next to Su Yuqing. "However... the villa at Lanting Garden hasn’t been lived in for a long time. It would take a while to get a cleaner to come over. We got back late today, so it’s too late to call someone. It won’t be good to stay there tonight. I’ll just crash here with you guys for one night."
"Crash here? How? This place is tiny. You guys should just get a hotel," Chen Mo said, rolling his eyes.
"You little brat, you think hotels are free? You ungrateful child! Your mom and dad have nowhere to stay, and you’re not even willing to let us stay for one night? Waaah, I raised an ungrateful wolf... BOO HOO HOO..."
Seeing his mom starting her usual performance, Chen Mo slapped his forehead in resignation. "Alright, alright! Yuqing is still here. Can’t you act a little more like an elder? Fine, you can stay, but you’re sleeping on the sofa. I’m not giving you my bed."
"Who asked you to? I’ll be perfectly fine sleeping in the same room as Qingqing." Chen Xi smiled, grabbing Su Yuqing’s small hand and patting it.
At the same time, she was observing Su Yuqing’s expression. If Su Yuqing seemed troubled by the idea, Chen Xi would say she was just joking.
But if she wasn’t troubled, just shy, then the matter would be settled.
’I’m just helping my son observe his future daughter-in-law’s sleeping habits in advance.’
As expected, Su Yuqing was merely a bit bashful. After all, Chen Xi was Chen Mo’s mother and very likely her future mother-in-law.
She was naturally a bit reserved and shy around Chen Xi.
Even though Chen Xi had done her best to act in a way that wouldn’t make Su Yuqing feel the imposing pressure of an elder, Su Yuqing still held a deep sense of respect and reverence for her.
"No way! You two, hurry up and go to a hotel. We need to rest," Chen Mo said, trying to shoo them out.
"I’m not staying in your room, so what are you getting so worked up about? Qingqing, what do you say?" Chen Xi shot Chen Mo a glare, then her expression changed in a flash as she turned a gentle face to Su Yuqing.
"If... if you don’t mind, Auntie, I... I’m okay with it," Su Yuqing replied shyly in a low voice.
"That’s great! Well then, Sanshui, you can go get a hotel room by yourself. I’m staying here with Qingqing for the night," Chen Xi said, glancing at Chen Miao.
"How could you just abandon me at a hotel by myself?" Chen Miao retorted, speechless.
"It’s only for one night without me. You can’t bear to be apart from me that much?" Chen Xi immediately teased.
This made Chen Miao blush instantly. After all, the two "kids" were watching.
An old married couple acting like newlyweds—how embarrassing. Chen Miao’s expression immediately turned serious. "What are you talking about? I’ll find it more spacious by myself. It’s just what I wanted."
"Then I’ll leave your mom here. I’m heading out. You two get some rest soon," Chen Miao said to Chen Mo.
"Okay. Be careful on your way." After seeing his dad out, Chen Mo came back to find that Chen Xi had already wheeled her suitcase into Su Yuqing’s room with her.
It was boring to stay in the living room alone, so Chen Mo went back to his own room. His thoughts, however, had already drifted across the apartment to Su Yuqing’s room.
He had no idea what his mom and Su Yuqing would talk about in there.
What Chen Mo worried about most was his mom revealing some of his embarrassing childhood stories.
’How could I ever show my face again?’
Meanwhile, inside Su Yuqing’s room, in the bathroom, two stunningly beautiful bodies—as exquisite, fair, and delicate as pink jade carvings, completely bare—were amicably scrubbing each other’s backs.
"Qingqing, your figure has developed quite nicely," Chen Xi praised with a smile as she scrubbed Su Yuqing’s back, secretly craning her neck forward to peek at Su Yuqing’s high and perky chest.
Su Yuqing blushed and instinctively turned to glance at Chen Xi. ’My future mother-in-law’s figure is the truly top-tier one.’
After getting this close, she realized Chen Mo’s mother was even more beautiful than she had appeared in the photo albums she’d seen at his house before.
’She’s so beautiful in person,’ Su Yuqing fretted. ’I’m worried Chen Mo might have developed aesthetic fatigue from seeing his mom so often.’
With such a beautiful mother, it would be almost impossible for any girl to win Chen Mo over with looks alone.
Su Yuqing had a bit of an inferiority complex by nature, but she was still aware that she was in the "pretty" category.
Based on this, she originally had a sliver of confidence that she could attract Chen Mo.
But after seeing Chen Xi’s beauty in person, Su Yuqing was no longer so confident in her original assessment.
Su Yuqing’s looks were actually on par with Chen Xi’s. It was just that her upbringing had suppressed her self-esteem so much that she subconsciously felt she fell short of others. It made her feel insecure.
"By the way, Qingqing, I’ve noticed that you sometimes stiffen up a little when I call you that. Are you not used to it? I can call you something else if you’d like." Chen Xi was a very perceptive person; she had noticed Su Yuqing’s subtle reactions while scrubbing her back.