"Mother!"
"Yo! You actually come back?"
Benjamin was not angry. Looking at his mother, who in her pajamas, he said with a smile, "Are you going to sleep?"
"What do you expect? Do you think I am waiting for you?" His mother snorted and rolled her eyes at him.
Benjamin was amused, "I came back after staying aboard for a long time. Are you going to treat me in this way?"
"What do you think? Should I prepare a sumptuous banquet for you? Or should I let off firecrackers to welcome you? Do you think you're an honoured guest?"
Benjamin's mother glared at him with annoyance, "Don't even think about it! Look at what you've done!"
"What have I done?" Benjamin sat on the sofa and felt helpless.
"Aren't you embarrassed to ask me?" His mother was even angrier as she spoke, "Look at how old you are! What are you going to do if you don't get married? Your father and I got married late. Look at you! Are you really going to get married when you're old?"
"I'm busy, aren't I? You know that I have so many businesses to deal with in the company. How can I have time to date?"
"Stop making excuses. I don't like to hear it." Benjamin's mother leaned on the sofa in frustration, "If you should focus on making money, just forget it. But look at how successful your business is now! Let me tell you. Don't think that you are still young just because you haven't become a middle-aged man! You have to accept the fact that you're getting old."
Benjamin's face darkened.
If it weren't for the fact that his parents were not young, he really didn't like to come home. When he came back, his mother always chattered constantly, but he couldn't lose his temper. Alas!
Moreover, what was she talking about? Accept the fact that he was getting old? Was he old?
"You really let me down! You said you're busy with work and business, but you always go on business trips, don't you? Just like this time, you've been out for more than two months. Didn't you meet a girl you like? You may say that the women you meet in the business world are not simple and shrewd. Don't you often take planes? The stewardesses on the planes are so beautiful. Why don't you start conversations with them? I'm pissed off by you!"
Everyone said that she had a perfect life. Her two sons were both promising and handsome. However, one of them didn't return home all year round, and the other... was not in a hurry to get married in his thirties! She couldn't be more disturbed.
"I'm not that kind of person." How could he start a conversation with a beautiful woman as long as he saw her? He was not a playboy.
"What about you now? You have no girlfriend to care about you! You poor b*stard!"
Benjamin was very helpless, "Mother!"
"Don't be mad!" His mother snorted, "I haven't got angry yet. What qualification do you have to get mad? I'm telling the truth. Look at others. They all got married early and have had children! You're a weirdo!"
"I have inquired about it. It's said that you don't like go to bars and clubs, and you don't like others to introduce girls to you, but you are an adult! Shouldn't you get married? Can you have a child on your own?"
Benjamin closed his eyes, "Mom, just stop. This is too ridiculous."
"If you think I'm nagging, you have to put it into action! Do you think I like to meddle in your affairs? Do I have nothing to do all day long? Let me tell you. If you weren't my son, I wouldn't even bother to look at you!"
Benjamin didn't want to continue this topic, "Where's father?"
"He's sleeping. He doesn't want to see you!"
His mother looked at it carefully and found that he was right! She quickly threw the photo aside and picked up another one.
"This lady has just come back from studying aboard. She's quite beautiful, isn't she?
"What?" Benjamin sighed helplessly, "Her smile is very fake and stiff!"
"What about her? She looks good, right? I saw her when she was a child. She has been a beauty since childhood. She is very gentle."
Benjamin said, "She's so short!"
"Short?" His mother stared at the photo. In the end, she could only glare at Benjamin angrily, "Hey! Can you chat with me in a nice way? Can you tell that she is short from her sitting posture?"
"This is my estimation!"
"Benjamin!" His mother roared, "If you don't want to go on a blind date, just say it directly! Do you think it's interesting for you to find fault with them?"
Benjamin took a sip of water leisurely, "I told you on the phone that you don't have to worry about my marriage. I also said that I wouldn't go on a blind date. Since you've done this for me, I have to show you some respect and look at the photos together with you." That was why he looked at the photos with patience.
"Ha-ha..." His mother was furious, "Is this how you respect me?" He found fault with every girl. How could he say that he showed her some respect shamelessly?
"What do you want from me? Do you want me to go on a blind date?"
"It's not impossible!" His mother pointed at the photos on the coffee table, "I've chosen them for you. Why don't you pick a few girls that you like?"
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