Free Web NovelChapter 388: Chapter 288: First Experience with an Otherworld Spiritual Artifact
Su Chen was speechless. ’What a thing to say,’ he thought. ’If she were a stranger, I would’ve just called her. But she’s my daughter... my own flesh and blood. That’s why I’m overthinking this so much.’
"Forget it. It’s so late already. I’ll call her when I have time," Su Chen said, placing his phone back on the nightstand.
"Oh, you! I know our daughter told you she can live her own life independently and asked you not to call her all the time, asking if she needs this or that... but you’re her father, after all. Isn’t it perfectly normal to check in on how she’s doing and whether she’s happy? You shouldn’t be so hesitant..."
Su Chen thought for a moment and realized his wife had a point.
Before she went to university, his concern had indeed been a bit excessive. That was why after she started, she told him not to meddle in her affairs and insisted on handling everything herself.
"BEEP... BEEP... BEEP..."
Persuaded by his wife, Su Chen dialed his daughter’s number.
"Dad?"
"Xiaoyue! I was in the shower just now and missed your call. Your mom told me you wanted to borrow that Flying Spiritual Artifact for a bit?"
"Yes."
"I’ll make a call back home in a minute and have someone deliver it to you tomorrow morning..."
"Thanks, Dad!!!"
"Silly girl, you don’t need to thank your dad! By the way, I’m here in the Capital City on business, and a friend gave me some wild ginseng.
"Tomorrow morning, I’ll have your mom mail it to you. You can use it to make some soup and nourish your body."
"Dad, I’m young and healthy! I don’t need wild ginseng. You and Mom should eat it yourselves!"
"My friend gave me quite a lot of wild ginseng. Your mom and I can’t possibly finish it all by ourselves..."
"Alright then!"
The father and daughter chatted for a while before hanging up. By this time, Zheng Qiuyi, who had a face mask on, had also finished watching her variety show.
She peeled the mask off her face and, looking at her beaming husband, couldn’t help but roll her eyes at him...
"Look at you, all smiles... What if Xiaoyue told you right now that she has a boyfriend and wants to get married right away... how would you answer?"
Su Chen was still basking in his happiness. When he heard his wife’s words, the smile on his face immediately froze. He then said, looking conflicted,
"Xiaoyue is old enough to have a boyfriend, but if she says she wants to get married right away, I won’t allow it."
"She can date, but she can’t get married? What kind of logic is that?" Zheng Qiuyi asked with a smile.
"Who gets married right after they start dating? You have to date for at least two or three years, observe the other person carefully during that time, and then decide whether to get married..." Su Chen said.
"Observe them for two or three years, huh? What if the person Xiaoyue wants to marry is that young man she’s known for three or four years, the one named Lin Li?" Zheng Qiuyi asked with a smile.
"Him? Er..." When Su Chen heard his wife mention Lin Li, the image of his daughter’s radiant smile as she met the young man at the district entrance immediately flashed through his mind.
His daughter had always kept a certain distance from the opposite sex, so for her to treat that young man named Lin Li with such an attitude was clearly unusual.
"Even if it’s that young man, he still has to get my approval before I’ll agree to let Xiaoyue marry him," Su Chen said.
"There aren’t many young men who can earn your approval these days! Aren’t you just making things difficult for that young man, Lin Li? I think as long as Xiaoyue likes him, and he genuinely likes her back, that’s all that matters. It’s not like our family requires him to come from a wealthy background. As long as he and Xiaoyue can live a happy life together, that’s enough..." Zheng Qiuyi said.
"We’ll cross that bridge when we come to it! The way things are now, Xiaoyue isn’t even dating anyone. Marriage is still a long way off!" Su Chen said, clearly not wanting to discuss the topic of his daughter getting married.
"That’s true. Although I haven’t interacted much with that young man, Lin Li, from the few times I have, I can tell... he’s not the type to proactively pursue girls. If our daughter likes him, and she doesn’t take some initiative, it’ll be difficult for them to get together..." said Zheng Qiuyi.
"Have Xiaoyue chase after him? Are you kidding me? My daughter, Su Chen’s daughter, has the looks, the figure, and the family background! Why on earth should she be the one chasing a boy?" Su Chen said, sounding annoyed after hearing his wife’s words.
"What are you so angry about? I was just making a casual comment." Zheng Qiuyi shook her head and said, "Alright, let’s not talk about it. Get to bed. Don’t you have an important government meeting to attend tomorrow?"
Seeing that his wife didn’t want to talk about their daughter anymore, Su Chen dropped the subject.
He then lay down in bed, pulled the covers up, and closed his eyes to sleep.
But he wasn’t the least bit sleepy. His mind kept racing, ’If it’s really as Qiuyi said, and that young man named Lin Li makes my daughter chase him, I’ll definitely teach that kid a lesson.’
...
「Rongcheng, Ping’an Garden District.」
A silver van drove into the district. After it was parked in a space, Lin Li got out.
He didn’t open the back of the van to unload the large pile of groceries he had bought at the supermarket earlier, because the cargo area was completely empty.
"DING"
The elevator doors opened. Lin Li stepped out and unlocked the door to his apartment.
