Chapter 135: 107 The Ugly Daughter-in-law Has to Meet the In-Laws Sooner or Later (1 update)_1 Chapter 135: 107 The Ugly Daughter-in-law Has to Meet the In-Laws Sooner or Later (1 update)_1 Just as Bai Dingkai ran out of patience waiting for Lu Han’s reply, hoping he’d quickly make his way to Old Tan’s, Lu Han replied, “Driving, let’s talk when I’m home.”

Bai Dingkai: “…”

What’s that supposed to mean, wait until he’s home to talk?

For that single sentence of his, he traveled all the way from Beijing to Hua City, and neither he nor Bai Dingxian, half-hosts of Hua City, are coming to keep him company on his first day here?

What’s the meaning of this?

“Hold on, don’t hang up,” Bai Dingkai shouted loudly.

But his loud voice wasn’t as quick as Lu Han’s, who had already hung up the phone.

Tang Su heard a garbled yell through the receiver, a bit distorted, so she couldn’t make out what was being shouted.

Tang Su: ???

The other person didn’t seem to finish speaking, yet Doctor Lu just hung up the phone. Isn’t that a bit impolite?

“We’re going to pick up Little Douding now, then head back?” Lu Han said, seemingly unaffected, as he turned to Tang Su.

“Mhm.”

Having not seen Little Douding for two days, Tang Su nodded vigorously.

Lu Han drove back to the pet shop near the hospital. With the wind blowing fiercely outside, he asked Tang Su to wait in the car while he went to fetch Little Douding quickly.

Lu Han was also worried about Little Douding getting grumpy and scratching someone.

After all, the little guy was a stray cat before this.

Whether it truly was a stray cat, Lu Han wasn’t sure. It all started one late night when he heard the little cat meowing nonstop in the grass near his apartment complex, probably hungry.

He kindly bought some cat food to feed it and got wrapped around its little paw. The cat waited for him every day on his way home. After a few days, seeing no sign of an owner and that it wasn’t chased out of the complex, he decided to adopt it.

Anyway, one more in a single-person household wouldn’t make it too noisy.

Upon seeing Lu Han, Little Douding meowed excitedly, exhibiting neither grumpiness nor aggression, only longing and a sense of grievance.

Lu Han consoled it all the way back to the car where it clung to Tang Su’s embrace, and after she coaxed it for a long while, the little one fell asleep in her arms.

Watching the little guy rest its head against Tang Su’s chest, Lu Han sneered, “Huh, this critter sure knows how to enjoy itself.”

Tang Su: “…”

Huh?

What’s up with Doctor Lu? The little guy was just crying so pitifully; why not pamper it a bit instead of being so cold and harsh?

Before they set off, Lu Han couldn’t resist. He moved Little Douding’s head from Tang Su’s chest to her arm. The drowsy kitten protested with a meow, disturbed in its sleep.

It opened its sleepy, aggrieved eyes, glanced at its master, and seeing nothing amiss, turned its head and dozed off again.

These past few days, it had really been lacking sleep.

Little Douding was quiet, and Tang Su, after petting it for a while, couldn’t bear to disturb its sleep anymore. She looked up at Lu Han, “Lu Han, this weekend, my godmother’s husband, Director Jiang, is having a birthday. Shallow is organizing something small, not many people. She wants us to go and show support for my godmother. Can you get time off?”

“No need to take time off. I’ll leave work early and go with you,” Lu Han considered it and then agreed.

“Okay.” Tang Su nodded. As long as they could go, she wasn’t particular about the details.

“I’ve scheduled Old Wu’s surgery for that morning. It won’t take too long after the surgery,” Lu Han added after thinking for a moment.

“Alright.” Tang Su smiled broadly. She really didn’t mind, “Is there a high risk for Grandpa Wu’s surgery?”

She was quite concerned, after all, Grandpa Wu was Wu Jie’s grandpa.

And Wu Jie was both her good friend and a valued employee.

“The only risk is his cooperation. That old man is stubborn and is currently upset with me.”

“Heh heh…”

A grumpy old child, basically.

“”

“There’s another thing. Next month, my uncle might bring my grandma back from abroad. By then, the film crew will be shooting, both shops will be closed for a break, and my parents are taking their annual leave. We’ll have to go to Beijing for a few days.”

Lu Han’s eyes flickered slightly, “Next month we’re going?”

“Mhm.” Tang Su nodded.

“Great, we can have fresh-roast Peking duck in Beijing. My parents are there, too. How about I also take my annual leave, and we two families…”

“Lu… Lu Han,” Tang Su stuttered, visibly shocked by Lu Han’s words, her cheeks flushing a bright red before she could finish speaking.

“What’s wrong? Did I scare you?” Lu Han said, meaning to suggest that it was only a proposal and if she didn’t agree, it would remain just that.

“No, it’s just that it feels a bit too soon?”

“I don’t think it’s too soon at all, but if you think it is, I respect that,” Lu Han said with a smile. “You can pretend I never mentioned it.”

Tang Su: “…”

But he did say it, how could she just pretend he hadn’t?

Afterward, the two rode in silence. Tang Su held Little Douding and reflected on her own thoughts.

She had settled a relationship with Lu Han, who had already met her parents. Shouldn’t she also prepare herself to meet Lu Han’s parents sooner?

As the saying goes, an ugly wife has to meet her in-laws sooner or later.

She couldn’t just think about having a longer relationship with Lu Han and ignore everything else, could she?

After all, neither of them were young anymore. Lu Han was twenty-eight, and she was twenty-four this year. Even if they immediately started discussing marriage with both families, the wedding wouldn’t be until next year at the earliest.

And giving birth, she had a fear of childbirth, but as her mother had said, once she got married, setting aside whether Lu Han’s family would rush her to have kids or not, her grandmother was like the commander of a procreation urging army.

Unless she was unable to give birth.

For the past twenty-four years, she had remained chaste and lived a regular life, being proper and careful during her monthly periods, not eating cold food or touching cold water.

Therefore, living as regularly and as healthily as she did, the chances of her being unable to conceive were not very large.

Besides, her fear of childbirth seemed to have cured itself in the face of Lu Han.

In the quiet of the night, she actually didn’t reject the idea of having a handsome son who looked exactly like Lu Han.

Doctor Lu was so busy, working while studying, and in the future when he wouldn’t be able to accompany her at home, having a little one whose brows and eyes closely resembled his would also offer a different kind of comfort.

Soon, Tang Su figured it out, and then they arrived at Tingzhu Building.

Lu Han took off his coat and draped it over Tang Su before allowing her to get out of the car holding Little Douding.

Tang Su wasn’t actually cold, but she was reluctant to take off the coat that was filled with Lu Han’s warmth and scent.

After sending Tang Su and Little Douding upstairs, Tang Su wanted to invite Lu Han in to sit for a while, but since he had other matters to attend to, he declined.

The next second, Tang Su’s eyes showed a change—she was worried that Lu Han might be angry with her for not agreeing to let their parents meet just now.

Lu Han knew this girl was sensitive, so he reached out and pulled her into his arms, “There’s a drunken fool from Beijing at Old Tan’s place that I need to check on, and that guy is quite shameless. Even if you weren’t ready to meet him, he’ll definitely insist on seeing you.”

“We’ll wait for him to sober up and for you to be ready, then I’ll arrange for you to meet him.”

“Someone from Beijing?”

“Hmm?”

“It’s not someone with the surname Bai, right?” Suddenly, Tang Su remembered the neurotic Bai Dingkai she had met on Culture Street that morning.

Just now in the car, she hadn’t recognized Bai Dingkai’s voice since they weren’t familiar.

The phone’s microphone also tended to distort sounds.

“…You’ve met?” Lu Han’s eyes flickered, knowing that this guy must have gone to Culture Street to settle the venue issue, and since Tang Su’s shop was there, a chance encounter was very likely.

“He’s really Doctor Bai’s cousin, huh?” Tang Su nodded, thinking of the misunderstanding from the morning, and she felt a slight unease within.

“Yes, he’s also my cousin.” Since she’d already met him, Lu Han simply disclosed his relationship with the two brothers from the Bai Family to Tang Su.

“Huh? Then you and Doctor Bai…”

“He’s my cousin, born a day after me.”

“…”

So, she had just been refusing to go to Beijing to meet Lu Han’s parents, but she had already met his relatives, hadn’t she?

Thinking about it more carefully, Tang Su understood even more why Lu Han had asked her two days ago how long a courtship she wanted; to satisfy her young girl’s desire to have a longer period of romance, Lu Han’s sacrifice was quite significant.

“Are you angry I kept these things from you?”

Tang Su shook her head, “Not angry, just a bit surprised.”

Lu Han bent down and touched her face with his lips, “As long as you’re not angry, it’s all good. Don’t worry, I won’t force you to meet the future in-laws before you’re ready, and the Bais won’t either.”

“…Should I go with you to help out then?”

“No need. It’s too cold outside, and that guy’s just talking nonsense while he’s drunk. We’ll talk about it another day when he’s sober.”

“Okay, then drive safely, and message me when you’re done. I’ll go to sleep after I see your message.”

“Hmm.” Lu Han acknowledged.

After seeing Tang Su inside, Lu Han turned to change his clothes before heading out.

He didn’t take the car, opting for a motorcycle instead.

Riding the motorcycle with a cool, passionate demeanor to the little bar, Bai Dingxian arrived promptly after wrapping up an emergency case, and the two bumped into each other at the entrance of the bar.

“Why would my second brother suddenly come here?” Bai Dingxian approached, looking puzzled at Lu Han.

“Your aunt, my mom passed a message to him, and that was enough to get him here,” Lu Han said, hanging his helmet on the handlebars of the bike.

“Hmm? What message?”

“Shen Tian doesn’t suit the role of the female lead.”

“What is all this nonsense? Who’s Shen Tian? What female lead?” Bai Dingxian, who had just finished a befuddling shift at work, was completely baffled.

“A minor character that once made Tang Su uncomfortable.”

“…Minor character?” Bai Dingxian repeated.

A minor character worth the attention of the young master of the Lu Family for intentional targeting?

Eh?

No, that’s not the point. The emphasis isn’t on the last three words, but on the prefix—made Tang Su uncomfortable?

What had that woman done to offend Tang Su?

Bai Dingxian understood, but what puzzled him now was this younger cousin of his born just a day after himself.

The ever-principled, scholarly gentleman who could, for a woman, overturn his own principles and bottom line—how incredible.

And that Shen Tian woman, truly clueless.

Of all people to offend, why mess with the woman Lu Han treasured in his heart?