"Hello, Uncle. My name is Su Lexuan. I came to ask Shen Lang out to have some fun."
Outside Room 302, Su Lexuan carried armfuls of bags, repeatedly reciting the opening lines she had copied from Douyin about meeting a boyfriend's parents. Her nervousness was obvious to the naked eye.
Click. The door opened.
Cheng Lijuan looked at the delicate-faced, slender girl standing at the door and asked curiously, "Miss, who are you looking for?"
"This must be Shen Lang's mother!"
Su Lexuan immediately became extremely nervous. The opening lines she had recited several times vanished completely from her mind, leaving her brain blank. Even the smile on her face had scrunched up as she stammered incoherently.
"Hello, Auntie. My name is Su Lexuan. I came to ask Uncle out to have some fun."
"Huh?"
Cheng Lijuan stared at the pretty girl in disbelief, looking her up and down. "Girl, did you come to the wrong place?"
"Heh, it's your first time at my place, and you're already trying to break up my parents?"
Shen Lang walked over and teased the panicked Su Lexuan, barely able to hold back his laughter.
"Th-this is the friend you mentioned?"
Cheng Lijuan froze for a moment, then immediately understood. Her gaze fell upon Su Lexuan's delicate face as though she had been gifted some priceless treasure from heaven.
"Oh my, girl, come in, come in!"
Cheng Lijuan was grinning from ear to ear. She hurriedly took out a pair of shoes from the shoe cabinet, bent down, and placed them at Su Lexuan's feet. "These will do."
"Th-thank you, Auntie. You don't have to go to so much trouble."
Su Lexuan smiled, flattered beyond measure. She quickly changed into the clean slippers and nervously followed Shen Lang inside.
"What the hell is that