Mother Zhou looked at her somewhat nervous daughter with a smile. "Sit down. What are you so nervous about? Tell us what happened."
"What happened?" Zhou Xiaobai blinked her big eyes innocently.
"Playing dumb, are you?" Father Zhou said. "You had Xiao Liu look into that Wang Yan this afternoon. Did you think I wouldn't know? You came back late, barely touched the ground before rushing around, packed up more than a dozen books, and left again. It's been... forty minutes now."
Father Zhou looked at the clock in the house and stated the time with precision before continuing, "If you're dating, then date. You know the rules in this family. If you've made up your mind, your mother and I won't say anything. The country encourages free love now—we should support it. Go on, tell us."
With her parents taking that attitude, how could Zhou Xiaobai keep hiding it? So she told them everything, from how she had met Wang Yan up to now—a total of only eight days.
She did not hide the fact that Wang Yan had fought and caught Little Bastard, sending him to the police station either. After all, Wang Yan had done something even more ruthless this time.
Zhou Xiaobai felt somewhat uneasy. Even though she had made up her mind, it would still be far more troubling if her parents disapproved.
But to her surprise, Father Zhou smiled and nodded after hearing it all. "Not bad. He's got backbone, and he'd make fine soldier material too."
In fact, he knew much more than Zhou Xiaobai did. Most importantly, last Monday night, Wang Yan had sent several dozen people to orthopedics. Father Zhou had realized that Wang Yan was truly ruthless—and truly dared to be ruthless.
Knowing what had happened last time, he understood