In Mo Xuan's own perception, he should be quite capable of gaining the favor of middle-aged couples, such as Zhu Yuan's parents. He had already imagined the two elders' affection for him to a great extent. But during the meal, he still felt a big sense of being overwhelmed.
Auntie Zhu kept putting food in Mo Xuan's bowl. He had just taken a few bites, and Auntie's food came again, making him unable to keep up. But the scary part was yet to come.
Auntie Zhu placed a large shrimp on a plate, then personally peeled its shell, removed the vein inside, and placed it on the empty plate in front of Mo Xuan. Her gaze was so kind.
"Mom, what about me?"
Zhu Yuan couldn't watch this anymore. She had forgotten when she had last had this treatment. Was it in elementary school?
"Go find your dad."
Auntie Zhu said with a huff, then peeled a second shrimp for Mo Xuan. Mo Xuan began to look at Zhu Yuan with a pleading gaze. He was extremely scared now.
"I'm your biological daughter, right?"
Zhu Yuan looked at her dad and asked. She felt that the world had subverted her common sense overnight. She was clearly the biological daughter, but her treatment was not as good as Mo Xuan, an outsider.
"Ahem, you know, your mother has always wanted a son, but our family doesn't have one, so she has her eyes on someone else's son."
Uncle Zhu coughed dryly and said somewhat euphemistically. Then he began to peel shrimp for Zhu Yuan. His foot under the table touched his wife's, meaning for Auntie Zhu to restrain herself a little. Why was she in such a hurry?
"That can't be right. Isn't this scaring Mo Xuan?"
Zhu Yuan did not understand the meaning of the phrase 'having her eyes on someone else's son'. She simply thought that her mother had never been in contact with a young man. For this, she could only complain helplessly.
"I'm actually fine. Thank you, Auntie."
Mo Xuan was very panicked in his heart, but he still politely thanked Auntie Zhu, who kept putting food for him. Although he didn't know why, he seemed to be very popular with middle-aged women.
After Mo Xuan's stomach visibly expanded, this lunch was finally over. Zhu Yuan very caringly brought him some digestive tablets after the meal. They usually ate together. Zhu Yuan knew how much he ate. Today, he was completely fed like a pig by her mother.
"Yuan-yuan, ah, what are you planning to do this afternoon?"
Auntie Zhu called Zhu Yuan into the kitchen and asked her daughter with a beaming smile.
"I'm going for a stroll with Mo Xuan."
Zhu Yuan said honestly.
"Good! That's a great idea. Where are you going?"
Auntie Zhu was very satisfied with her daughter's initiative. Isn't this still some distance from being a block of wood? She didn't know when she would be able to notice Mo Xuan's intentions.
"Just walking around the nearby neighborhood, seeing if there are any hooligans or anything, and seeing if anyone needs help."
Zhu Yuan still said honestly. But she didn't notice that her mother's eyes had changed. They were not pleased at all, but rather a little dangerous.
"Is this different from your usual work?"
Auntie Zhu asked.
"Not much different, just lacking the contact from headquarters."
"You come over here. How long has it been since Mom taught you a lesson?"
Auntie Zhu's face was stern. She raised her hand and pinched Zhu Yuan's ear. This made the tall female officer have to bend down to listen to her mother's scolding.
"Not since I joined the Public Security Bureau. Mom, what are you doing?"
Zhu Yuan asked with confusion.
"Do you even know how to write the word 'holiday'? Is that what you should be doing on a holiday? Are you going to show off your 87-day compensatory leave to me again?"
The more Auntie Zhu said, the more unhappy she became. Originally, a girl on holiday should find a boyfriend to go shopping and watch a movie. This daughter of hers was good. She had exchanged all her holidays for overtime on workdays. It was one thing when she didn't have a partner before. Now that she had finally met a suitable one, how could Auntie Zhu let her continue like this?
"I didn't! Why are you wrongly accusing me?"
Zhu Yuan said with a wronged expression. She clearly hadn't said anything, but her mother had suddenly flared up. Even though she was the superhuman of New Eridu, the annual Best Public Security Officer, in front of her mother, she could only be obedient.
"There's a movie theater near our house. You and Mo Xuan will go there to watch a movie this afternoon. You're not allowed to come out until night."
Auntie Zhu said seriously. Looking at her, if Zhu Yuan were to resist, she might get a spanking today. So she obediently agreed.
"Oh, okay."
Zhu Yuan actually didn't mind watching a movie with Mo Xuan. She had thought before that since they were both from the Public Security Bureau, walking around on their day off was also in line with their work. Since her mother had strongly requested it, she had no choice.
By the time Mo Xuan recovered from being overstuffed, Zhu Yuan had already changed her shoes and was ready to go out with him. Mo Xuan was led out of the house by her in a daze, then left the residential area and came to the street, walking towards the movie theater.
"You watch a lot of movies usually, right?"
Zhu Yuan said to Mo Xuan while they were walking. She didn't know much about movies because she was usually too busy with work and had no time to watch them. But she remembered that Mo Xuan was very familiar with the owner of the video store. He must be an old hand at watching movies.
"Quite a lot."
Mo Xuan nodded and said. There were not many entertainment options in this world, or rather, he didn't have much interest in passing the time. He usually liked to watch movies while working out. It was just that his taste was a bit unique. He didn't watch anything about friendship, love, or family. Other than tokusatsu films, he quite liked bizarre ones.
Belle always said he had a heavy taste. For example, that Sharknado. That movie could be summarized in eight words: sharks in a frenzy, sharks in a daze.
"Then you can pick the movie to watch today."
Zhu Yuan said. When her footsteps stopped, she and Mo Xuan were already standing at the entrance of the movie theater.
"W-watch a movie?"
Mo Xuan asked with a surprised expression. He never thought that he could progress to the three-piece date set with Zhu Yuan. As everyone knows, the three-piece date set is eating, watching a movie, and getting a room. He was afraid that Zhu Yuan would ask him later if he had brought his ID. That would be embarrassing. He hadn't brought it.
"You don't like it?"
Zhu Yuan asked.
"I love it! Friendship or romance?"
Mo Xuan immediately took Zhu Yuan's hand and went into the movie theater, as if he were afraid she would change her mind. The female officer's face only showed a faint smile, and she had no unhappy thoughts because of his touch.
"So cliché. Let's get something more exciting."
Zhu Yuan was not interested in friendship or romance. It wasn't that she didn't have friends, but that they were depicted too beautifully, too far from reality.
"How about tokusatsu? The box office of the Star-Emblem Knight is always at the top of the charts."
Mo Xuan pointed to the promotional poster of the Star-Emblem Knight in the movie theater and said. Although he always pointed fingers at this pirated knight from the high ground of a Rider, in a world where there were no other tokusatsu Riders to watch, he could only watch this knight to satisfy his craving.
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