Early the next morning, Zhou Yi ate breakfast, changed into a white T-shirt, jeans, and sneakers, picked up his backpack, and got ready to leave.
"Stop right there." His mother's call instantly made Captain Zhou pull his hand back from the door. He turned around in surprise.
What's going on? Didn't I already tell you both about this?
I'm just going to Liaoyang for a classmate's birthday party!
"Have you prepared a gift?" Guo Dongmei asked, looking at her son with a complicated expression.
"Yes." Zhou Yi breathed a sigh of relief. He had thought something serious had come up, but that was all?
"Well, make sure the gift you chose is appropriate. It's best not to give her the wrong idea!" Guo Dongmei weighed her words, then gave her son a slightly more direct warning.
The wrong idea? About what?
Zhou Yi froze for a moment, then understood what his mother meant.
After a brief silence, he said with a wry smile, "Don't worry! I understand! I just got her a stuffed toy."
"Nothing else, right? Then I'm off. I'll come back early tomorrow."
Watching her son leave and close the door, Guo Dongmei sighed softly. She truly worried that he did not understand the situation and might end up losing even their friendship.
"I have to say, there was no need to tell him any of that." Mr. Zhou walked over with a long face, looking thoroughly angry.
"What do you know? Do you have any idea what Jian Shuyue's family is like... are they people we can possibly aspire to?" Guo Dongmei snorted and raised her voice as she snapped back.
"My son's no slouch either. He's handsome, he's tall, and he has a good job. Besides, what's all this nonsense about marrying above our station? People