Chapter 1245: Chapter 1245: Extra Story of the Eel 82 Su Man ultimately didn’t get to see Li Li. Maybe he felt embarrassed, or maybe he was blaming Su Man in his heart. After all, this matter had something to do with her—if he hadn’t been driven mad with anger by her, he wouldn’t have stormed out and cursed at people. In any case, Li Li locked himself in his room and refused to see anyone. Su Man ended up eating a closed-door soup, and her opinion of Lu Yuwen grew increasingly favorable. She felt that Li Li still had an air of immaturity about him—pulling stunts like locking himself away and refusing visitors? How childish! Another day passed, and Su Dad was finally discharged from the hospital. Su Man and Su Mom went together to pick him up and bring him home. After nearly two months apart, the family of three finally managed to sit down and share a meal together. After spending some time in the hospital, Su Dad had plumped up quite a bit. Smiling cheerfully, he asked his daughter, “So, how are things progressing with Xiaolu lately?” Su Man blushed and stammered, “Progressing? What progress?” “Aren’t the two of you having dinner together every single day?” Su Dad said. “And staying out until eleven or twelve o’clock at night before coming back?” “It’s not eleven or twelve!” Su Man refuted, her face flushed red. “He’s worried about affecting my sleep and always sends me home before eleven!” Su Dad sighed emotionally. “So protective already, huh.” Su Man stiffened her neck and argued confidently, “I’m not protecting him; I’m just stating the facts.” Su Dad casually picked at the food with his chopsticks, nodding as he said, “Right, right, you’re just stating the facts… So, Li Li—are you still considering him? If you want things to go far in the future, relationships between men and women can’t be all over the place…” Suddenly, she felt her dad was way too nosy… Su Mom immediately chimed in, “What nonsense are you saying? Those two grew up together—they’re practically like siblings. What’s there to even consider? Manman, don’t listen to your dad. Xiaolu is a good person; you should get along well with him. You were so busy with work before that you didn’t even have time for matchmaking. Now, since you’re suspended, it’s the perfect time to settle things quickly if possible.” “So, by your logic, Manman being suspended is actually a good thing now?” Su Dad retorted with clear displeasure. “She still needs to be criticized when it’s called for…” “Criticized for what? If it weren’t for you arranging for her to work as a traffic cop, would your daughter have encountered those kinds of troublesome people on the street?” Su Mom shot him a glare, even more displeased than Su Dad. “Getting up early and working late, and not a kind word from you—now you want to criticize her?” Su Dad said, “That’s not what I meant…” Su Man quietly put down her bowl and chopsticks, coughed gently, and said, “… I’m done eating. I’ll go upstairs first.” The couple, as if they hadn’t heard her, continued arguing endlessly about her job. Su Dad thought Su Mom spoiled their daughter too much, while Su Mom felt Su Dad didn’t care about her enough. The two bickered back and forth without end. As Su Man headed upstairs, she could still hear the conversation downstairs transitioning from her career to her love life. “I’m not saying Xiaolu isn’t good—I just think they haven’t known each other for very long yet…” “Not long? How long exactly isn’t ‘long’? Are we waiting for another decade like the neighbors to call it long enough?” “Don’t be too harsh on Li Li—that kid doesn’t have a bad nature. We’ve watched him grow up and know him inside and out…” “Am I being harsh? Look at all the things he’s done! When he was injured, he treated Manman like a nanny. Once he recovered, he had the nerve to call her a dog! It made me so angry… If we hadn’t known him for so many years, I’d have marched straight over to the neighbors and confronted his mom!” “Alright, alright, calm down. He did apologize afterward and even got punished for it. Just let this matter go. Maybe after this, he’ll learn to be more mature. Boys growing into men sometimes need a turning point—I understand this very well…” “Save it! My daughter already has a perfectly good man chasing after her—why should she waste her time waiting for him to grow up? Got too much time on her hands?” “… Sigh. Xiaolu is great, I’ll admit that, but he’s living so far away. If it were Li Li, at least when your daughter gets married, we’d be able to see her often. If she marries someone far away, it’ll be hard to even meet her…” Follow current novels on 𝘯𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘭⚑𝓯𝓲𝓻𝓮⚑𝕟𝕖𝕥