This, I Can Handle, Right?

"Yangyang, when are you bringing Panpan home for dinner?" Chen Liping asked.

Su Yang thought for a moment and said, "No rush. We'll have plenty of time later. We'll talk about it after I get back from Europe."

"Fine, then. You're not getting any younger. It's time to start thinking about the important matters in life."

"Mom, I'm not even twenty-five yet. How am I old?"

"Twenty-five isn't old? In the countryside, people are already raising children by that age." Chen Liping spoke as she cleared the dishes.

Su Yang stood up and helped her clean up. "Exactly. You said it yourself—that's in the countryside. We're in the city now."

"Don't give me that. It's the same everywhere. The sooner you get married, the better. You don't care, but girls have to give birth. The older they are, the more dangerous it is. Understand?"

"Oh, Mom, Panpan is only twenty-four too. But don't worry. I'll definitely get married before I turn thirty, okay?"

"Thirty? By the time you're thirty, Panpan will be twenty-nine. That won't do. You have to do it earlier."

"Fine, fine, I know." Su Yang smiled as he pushed Chen Liping out of the kitchen.

Su Dagang, on the other hand, never urged Su Yang about these things. He sat alone on the sofa, leisurely drinking tea and watching television.

Chen Liping shook her head and sat down beside him. "All you know how to do is watch TV. You don't even help me talk to him."

Su Dagang looked up. "Young people have their own ideas. We shouldn't interfere too much."

Hearing that, Su Yang gave Su Dagang a thumbs-up from behind Chen Liping.

"Forget it. Talking to you is pointless anyway."

Su Yang sat down between them with a grin. "Hehe, Mom, I'm not a