Seeing Li Yan mention this, Jiang Cheng's eyes darted around as he asked, "By the way, Mom, I kept hearing them talk about their grandparents just now. I don't recall ever seeing mine. Do I not have any?"
Li Yan kept her head down, looking at messages in her sisters' group chat, and answered absentmindedly, "Who said you didn't..."
But she stopped there. Catching Jiang Cheng in her peripheral vision, she looked at her phone unnaturally and immediately changed the subject.
She handed her phone to Jiang Cheng. "How about this one? Her father is the director of a Shanghai Hospital, and she's just started university. She's very sweet-looking and is even studying male reproductive medicine, specializing in infertility and such. She could even give you a check-up later on."
Jiang Cheng looked at Li Yan, speechless. "Mom, can you be more realistic? What if she's checking other people every day?"
Li Yan's expression stiffened at his words, and she swiped to another photo. "What about this one? She's in the legal field; her family owns a law firm. And this one, the daughter of the Mayor of Jincheng? She's quite pretty too. And this one..."
Jiang Cheng's brow slowly furrowed. "Mom, where did you find all these people?"
"Didn't I tell you? They were introduced in my sisters' group chat. If you like any of them, I'll get their wechat so you two can chat first."
Jiang Cheng shook his head. "None of them seem that great."
"Your standards are quite high, aren't they? I'll ask around for more then. If those don't work, I'll broaden the search; they don't have to be from nearby."
"Forget it. Look at their backgrounds; would they even be interested in me?"
"Why wouldn't they be? You're handsome and talented; they should be the ones begging you for a chance."
Jiang Cheng thought for a moment and said tentatively, "Mom, let's be practical. A hospital director, a lawyer, a mayor? What's Dad's status? Let's not try to punch above our weight."
Seeing Jiang Cheng say this, Li Yan got worked up again. "What's wrong with Old Jiang? His status is not for them to pick apart. Why are you belittling yourself like this?"
Jiang Cheng feigned a sigh. "I call this recognizing reality."
Li Yan looked at Jiang Cheng with a complex expression.
She sighed and said, "Son, for all these years, your father and I have never had high expectations for you. Whether it's academics or other achievements, we don't mind."
"Because your father and I experienced all that when we were young. We only wanted you to be an ordinary child and grow up healthy."
"But now that you've grown up and have your own thoughts, sometimes I think you're fine as you are, and other times I feel we should give you a bigger stage."
"Sigh, I can only say that everything has its pros and cons. Hearing you talk like that just now has made me waver a bit. Just remember, once you're out there, your parents will always have your back..."
Jiang Cheng was about to say something else when Li Yan's phone rang.
The atmosphere that had been building up was suddenly interrupted.
Li Yan looked at the phone and answered, "What's wrong? Why aren't you back yet?"
Jiang Jianmin's voice came from the other end. "I'm on my way. Are you home?"
"Yeah, I'm at home introducing girls to your son."
"He's only just started university. What's the rush?"
"What's wrong with being in university? Have you forgotten that we got together when we were in university too?"
"Alright, don't say such things in front of the kid."
"What's wrong with saying it? He's not a child anymore. I don't care. Look at Wang Lian; she's only a year older than me and already has a grandson. Even if he's not exactly a 'legitimate' grandson, her family can afford to raise him, and so can ours. I don't care, as long as he's ours. I need to hurry up and find a few more for him to see."
"Oh, just stop worrying about these young people's business. Do you want some late-night snacks? I'll bring some back for you."
"I want the mixed wontons from the International Hotel. Do you want any?"
Li Yan turned her head and asked Jiang Cheng.
Jiang Cheng shook his head, indicating he didn't want any.
Seeing that Jiang Cheng wasn't eating, Li Yan continued talking on the phone as she walked toward her room.
Jiang Cheng saw this and shook his head helplessly.
He knew that he wouldn't be able to get anything more out of Li Yan even if he tried to bait her now.
He opened the system and checked the 2.2 billion he had just received from using the Descendants Card!
Looking at the 2.2 billion, the corners of Jiang Cheng's mouth curled up as he silently clicked to withdraw.
Everyone knows that PUBG is fun, but Jiang Cheng is probably the only person in the world who could get 2.2 billion just by playing it.
Ding! Congratulations Host... Card used successfully!
You should know that a normal man's ejaculation volume is 2-5 mL.
And in one milliliter, there are 20 million little guys ready to move.
So, unsurprisingly, one time can produce about fifty million to a hundred million little swimmers.
At this moment, Jiang Cheng only wanted to say: could I have a few more of these cards in the future?
...For the next few days, Jiang Cheng stayed at home, occasionally going out for meals with his family or going shopping with Xiao Xia to build up their familiarity.
As for Zhou Ying, after hearing that Jiang Cheng wouldn't be attending the class reunion, she didn't return to Chengdu either.
A few days later, Jiang Cheng took his admission notice and a small bag and went straight to the Chengdu airport.
Three hours later, the plane arrived at the Shanghai airport.
Jiang Cheng drove straight to the entrance of Shanghai University of International Business and Economics.
Today was the first day of the semester. Not only was the school gate crowded with people, but there were also a ton of cars.
Jiang Cheng applied the brakes helplessly. As expected, no matter how expensive the car was, it still got stuck in traffic when it was time to be stuck.
Jiang Cheng looked at the crowd helplessly and picked up his phone to reply to Wang Yuyan's wechat.
He had asked Wang Yuyan to wait for him over by the boys' dormitory.
He didn't expect her to arrive so early; she had already entered the campus an hour ago, while he was still stuck in traffic here.
Looking out the car window, Jiang Cheng noticed several women with good figures and looks standing by the school entrance.
These people seemed to be walking around casually, but their eyes were scanning the luxury cars, looking very much like they were on the hunt... These couldn't be the legendary "water-selling" girls, could they?
Well, they were indeed quite decent. No wonder Qi Yuan and the others were always so keen on placing water.