The Song family soon known what had happened in the school.
Lydia's mother was worried and tried hard to persuade Lydia, saying that John was not suitable for her.
Old Master Song smiled happily and seemed to be very satisfied. He even asked John to come to their house.
Everyone sat in the living room and questioned John one by one. John answered them smoothly and insisted that he wanted to marry Lydia.
"John, you are several years older than Lydia. You have lived abroad for so many years, so you two have different living habits. Moreover, Lydia is my only daughter. We didn't allow her to go abroad because we didn't want her to leave us." Lydia's mother looked disturbed. "She is only 20 years old, and she's too young."
John understood her, but he didn't want to give up. He replied sincerely, "Aunt, although I lived aboard in the past few years, I came back every year. Now I have returned home, and I will stay here in the future. You don't have to worry about our living habits. Lydia is young, but I can wait for her. As for the marriage, I can wait until she finishes her studies."
"John, I often heard your father talk about you, and I know that you are very excellent. Now you're not young anymore, and it's time for you to get married." Lydia's father said, "Even if we don't have any objections, will your family support you if you have to wait until Lydia graduates?"
"My parents said that everything is up to me, so you don't have to worry about this."
There were many relatives of the Song family in the living room. Lydia was the youngest child in their family, and everyone liked her very much. Of course, they asked John many questions.
John's attitude was modest and polite. He answered their questions with great patience gracefully.
But Lydia couldn't stand it anymore. She stood up and said, "Mom, dad, could I talk to John alone?"
She took him to the small garden, but she stared at the ground without saying a word. With her hands held together, she looked a little hesitant.
John smiled gently. He reached out to rub her hair and asked in a doting tone, "Why did you ask me to come out?"
"Well..." She glanced at him quickly, "I'm sorry. I shouldn't have said that to you that day. You were asked so many questions." She scratched her hair with depression, "I didn't think so much at that time. Believe me."
"You said these words that day." He slightly bent over so that their eyes were level, "But I was very happy. Today, they asked me the questions, and I didn't think it was inappropriate. It was because they cared about you, and they were afraid that I would do something bad to you."
"But you looked so pitiful just now." She sighed with a pair of misty eyes, "If I were you, I wouldn't be able to answer so many questions. I would be scared when I saw so many people." Therefore, she felt that he was very pitiful, but at the same time, she felt that he was awesome.
John was stunned for a moment, and he was amused by her. No wonder she stared at him from time to time in the living room with a sullen expression. It turned out that... she thought he was pitiful.
But even so, he felt warm in his heart.
He coughed softly, "But I've answered them all, haven't I?" Moreover, they seemed to be very satisfied with his answers.
"Are you sure you want to marry me? You're not joking?"
John nodded, "Yeah, I'm serious." He sighed softly. How could he joke on such a thing?
"But why do you like me?" She still couldn't understand.
After he said those words in the car that day, she was truly shocked, but she didn't think much and thought that he was joking with her. However, she knew that he was serious after he came to her house that day.
But why did he like her? Her grades were not good. She liked to sleep and eat, and she didn't like reading books. Sometimes she even had a bad temper, and they hadn't known each other for a long time.
"Do you just think I'm good-looking?" This was the only reason she could think of.
John smiled, "This is one of the reasons. You have many remarkable advantages."
Comments
The readers' comments on the novel: I Only Want You