Chapter 277: Pressured to Marry Again! Gu Yizhou: I’ve Been Getting Pretty Close to a Girl Recently

Chapter 277: Chapter 277: Pressured to Marry Again! Gu Yizhou: I’ve Been Getting Pretty Close to a Girl Recently

"Huh?"

Gu Yizhou asked casually.

"Have you seen the young lady living next door?"

Chen Dongmei asked.

"Next door?"

"A young lady??"

"What the heck???"

Gu Yizhou said, looking completely lost.

’Does someone even live next door to me?’

’Oh, right!’

He had seen a new lock on the door of 306 and figured someone had moved in.

But after all this time, he had never seen anyone, so he’d forgotten all about it.

However, Gu Yizhou did remember that suspicious-looking older woman.

’She did mention her daughter had moved in next door,’ he recalled.

’But why is Mom suddenly asking about this?’

’It doesn’t seem to have anything to do with our family, does it?’

"Oh, I remember now. It seems someone did move in next door, but I’ve never seen them."

"Mom, why are you suddenly asking about this?" Gu Yizhou asked, a little confused.

"It’s nothing, really. When I came by your place today, I ran into that young lady at the door. I chatted with her for a bit and even gave her a box of dumplings."

Chen Dongmei explained, "The young lady is about your age. She’s so lovely, very pretty, and has such a great air about her! Even those big stars on TV don’t seem as classy as she does."

"Er..."

Hearing this, Gu Yizhou was at a loss for words.

’Striking up a conversation with a stranger and even giving them dumplings...’

’That was definitely something my mom would do,’ he thought.

"Oh, right. I also asked her if she had a boyfriend."

At this, Chen Dongmei glanced at her son again and said meaningfully, "The young lady said she doesn’t have a boyfriend yet."

Gu Yizhou: "..."

Hearing this, how could Gu Yizhou not understand what his mother was getting at with this long speech?

’So she’s trying to play matchmaker for me again!’

But still!

’Mom is really something else!’

’She doesn’t even know the girl, has no idea what she’s really like.’

’And her first instinct is to try and set us up...’

’This is just setting people up blindly!’

’Seriously!’

Gu Yizhou had no idea what to say.

Gu Yizhou remained silent, but his mother, Chen Dongmei, continued, "Ah, what a shame. The girl left in a hurry this morning, and I forgot to ask for her contact information. Otherwise, I could have helped you ask her out for a meal to get to know her!"

Gu Yizhou: "..."

"Stop, stop, stop!"

"Hold on, Mom. Where are you even going with this?!"

"You just met her for the first time. Why are you bringing all this up?!"

He said with a look of exasperation.

"What do you mean, ’where am I going with this’?"

"I just think the young lady is very nice and wanted to introduce you to her!"

Chen Dongmei said.

"Alright, alright."

"Mom, I know you mean well, but you don’t even know what she does for a living. Can you please stop trying to set people up blindly, okay?!"

Gu Yizhou said helplessly, "Mom, when it comes to me finding a girlfriend, just don’t get involved, okay? I know what I’m doing!"

As soon as she heard that, Chen Dongmei blew her top.

"Hey, what’s that supposed to mean?"

Chen Dongmei glared at Gu Yizhou and let him have it. "I’m working my butt off thinking about your future, and you say something like that to me?"

"If you weren’t so hopeless—in your mid-twenties and still no girlfriend!—would I even have to be like this?!"

Gu Yizhou: "..."

’Great.’

’Here we go again.’

’It’s been like this for years.’

’Every time this topic comes up, Mom inevitably blows her top.’

’Sigh...’

Gu Yizhou was exasperated.

「...」

Meanwhile, Yan Luoxi, who had been hiding on the sofa, had at some point crept over to Gu Yizhou’s side.

Because Gu Yizhou was playing the video call on speaker,

Yan Luoxi had heard the entire conversation between mother and son.

When she first heard Gu Yizhou’s mom mention seeing her that morning, Yan Luoxi’s heart couldn’t help but skip a beat.

She thought, ’Don’t tell me I said something wrong or gave something away, and his mom found me out.’

She nervously perked up her ears and started to eavesdrop, afraid of missing a single word.

As it turned out,

Yan Luoxi realized she had been overthinking it.

Gu Yizhou’s mom hadn’t discovered anything. In fact, she had even praised her for being pretty and classy.

This made her feel a little secretly delighted.

’Does this count as getting the ’approval’ of that jerk’s mom?’

Then she heard Chen Dongmei say she forgot to ask for her contact info and wanted to arrange a meal for her and that jerk.

Now, not only had the jerk figured out his mom wanted to introduce and matchmake them, but Yan Luoxi had figured it out too.

’Looks like I didn’t just get the Auntie’s approval; she must really like me.’

Yan Luoxi thought to herself.

But as she kept listening, Yan Luoxi noticed something was off.

That jerk seemed very annoyed, and his tone was starting to get sharp.

’You jerk.’

’Don’t you dare start a fight with your mom!’

So, she quickly ran to Gu Yizhou’s side, stretched out her small, pink paws, and pawed at his clothes, trying to get him to calm down.

"Meow~"

Noticing the movement, Gu Yizhou looked down at the cat pawing at his clothes. He didn’t understand what Yan Luoxi meant and didn’t say anything.

Instead, he turned back to his mom and said with a helpless expression, "Okay, Mom, I was wrong. I misspoke just now. I was wrong, alright?"

"You were wrong?"

Chen Dongmei glared at him and said huffily, "Wrong my ass! Weren’t you being pretty cocky just a minute ago?"

"Er..."

"Mom, I really know I was wrong!"

"Please, calm down and listen to me, okay?"

Gu Yizhou spoke again, "I was serious about what I said earlier, Mom. When it comes to me finding a girlfriend, you really don’t need to worry so much!"

"Hm?"

Chen Dongmei raised an eyebrow slightly. "Not worry? You don’t have a single girl you’re even remotely close to. What reason do I have not to worry?"

As she spoke, she suddenly remembered Su Qianqian, whom she had met before.

So she said, "Before, there was that young lady with the surname Su. Anyone with eyes could see that girl liked you!"

"But you just had to insist you had no feelings for her!"

"And look what happened! She’s gone abroad now. Even if you wanted to have feelings, you can’t!"

"..."

Seeing his mom bring up Su Qianqian again,

Gu Yizhou was truly at his wit’s end.

He had only revealed that Su Qianqian went abroad a while ago after being endlessly tagged and pressured in the family group chat.

However.

If you don’t like someone, you don’t like them. If you have no feelings for them, you have no feelings for them.

’You can’t force love!’

Gu Yizhou didn’t want to force things, nor did he want to just settle.

So, even if he could do it all over again, he would still reject Su Qianqian and let her go abroad.

"The second I bring this up, you go mute. Weren’t you quite the talker just a moment ago?"

Seeing Gu Yizhou playing dead and not saying a word, Chen Dongmei snapped again, "Speak up! What reason do I have not to worry right now?!"

Hearing this, Gu Yizhou got defiant.

’Oh, for crying out loud!’

’She’s really testing my temper!’

He looked at his mom and blurted out, "Who says I don’t have anyone? Actually, I’ve been getting pretty close with a girl recently. I just haven’t told you about it!"

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