Celebrity Neighbor: My girlfriend is a big star?
Chapter 80. The Older Ginger Gets the Spicier (Please follow and read! Please follow and read!)

Chapter 80: 80. The Older Ginger Gets the Spicier (Please follow and read! Please follow and read!)

"Dad."

On reflection, this seemed to be the first time Liu Xin’an had called his own father since he had come to this side of the world.

He usually called his mother, and the main reason for calling his father was that his mother wasn’t answering her phone...

So, when the man on the other end of the phone heard Liu Xin’an’s voice, he quickly responded, "She’s right beside me, I’ll hand her the phone."

"No no no, I’m looking for you! Not mom!"

Liu Xin’an didn’t know whether to laugh or cringe, but he hurriedly spoke up before his old man could hand the phone over to his mom.

"Ah? You’re looking for me?"

"Who?"

"Your son."

"My son is looking for you?"

"I find it strange too."

Liu Xin’an could clearly hear the bewildered exchange between his mom and dad on the other side of the phone, which made him facepalm.

After a while, it seemed like his own dad had moved to another spot, as he could hear footsteps.

"In need of money?"

"...What kind of impression must I have left on you, for you to have such a poor image of your own son?"

"Cough, when have I ever seen you call me? Can you blame me for thinking that?"

"Then do you even know where we keep things around the house?"

His father fell silent. After a long pause, he coughed again and forcefully changed the subject.

"Out with it, what do you want? If you need money, don’t call me, I don’t have any."

Liu Xin’an chuckled softly, knowing exactly what his father was implying.

He was just afraid that his son and wife would conspire to pilfer his secret stash of money.

Without asking, he was fully aware of where his father hid his private savings in the house!

"I’m not asking you for money, I wanted to ask you about something concerning mom."

"...Are you still hooked on that mess?"

As soon as Liu Xin’an brought it up, his old man understood what his son meant.

From the moment Liu Xin’an had first mentioned wanting to travel, he had suspected it might come to this. He just never thought that after so many years, the unlucky kid still hadn’t given up.

Indeed, every year on family-reunion festivals like Mid-Autumn, Park Jinsuk’s smiling face always seemed to betray a hint of sadness.

After all, she had left her homeland and her nation to marry and come here.

And due to certain conflicts with her family in the past, she had completely cut off contact with them...

But relatives are still relatives, and although Park Jinsuk rarely mentioned it, Liu Zhengjiang knew that his wife had a younger brother with whom she once shared a close relationship.

The look of loss and nostalgia that occasionally crossed her face was mostly for that brother.

Liu Xin’an hadn’t noticed these things when he was very young.

But as he grew older and his thinking matured, he gradually realized it and felt that he should do something for his beloved mom.

The year he graduated from college, he had talked to his old man, Liu Zhengjiang, about it, but back then, Liu Zhengjiang had rejected the idea saying he was "too young and inexperienced."

This time, though, the kid had smartened up. He’d said he was going traveling, but in truth, he was still on the quest to find Park Jinsuk’s relatives...

Of course, this was also thanks to Liu Xin’an’s patience over the years.

If he hadn’t stopped bringing up the issue all these years, Liu Zhengjiang probably wouldn’t have guessed the true purpose of his trip there even now.

"Dad, you’ve seen how mom looks every New Year’s. She’s your wife. Don’t you want to do something for her?"

"Don’t start with me. Your mom is upset because you, my boy, are 28 and still not married. Don’t try to deflect the issue here!"

"Uh... I won’t deny that’s a factor, but can you say it has nothing to do with what I’m talking about?"

"...Alright, we’re glad you care so much, but that’s all water under the bridge now. You don’t need to worry about it."

"How can that be? I’m a member of this family too. Why shouldn’t I care about something that involves you and mom?"

Liu Xin’an had argued with his dad over this belief more than a few times.

As a father, he always felt that his paternal dignity was unchallengeable, and he often instinctively negated and lectured on Liu Xin’an’s ideas.

The son always wants to impose what he believes to be the more modern and correct ideas on the other, fearing that the tides of time will wash away this old antique who clings to conventions.

Clashes of ideas have made arguments the norm.

But precisely because both father and son are clear that they love each other too deeply, even their quarrels won’t hurt their feelings.

In a sense, this is still the case at the moment.

However, this time the discussion might not be face to face, which left Liu Zhengjiang, the old father, feeling somewhat awkward.

So after a few seconds of silence, he sighed helplessly.

"I didn’t tell you before because I was afraid you’d fuss over nothing, but honestly, what happened to your mother back then wasn’t a big deal, and it was resolved many years ago. Your mother doesn’t have any problems now, and there’s no need for you to worry about her."

"Then why can’t you tell me?"

"Uh... We didn’t tell you because we were afraid you’d bother them. How about this, when you can bring a girlfriend home, I’ll tell you everything. Is that okay?"

Knowing Liu Xin’an’s character, Liu Zhengjiang knew it wasn’t realistic to reason with this kid, so he decided to make a deal with Liu Xin’an instead.

However, Liu Zhengjiang didn’t seem to have updated his information base.

He thought this condition, which could be compared to a finishing blow, would give Liu Xin’an a headache so great he wouldn’t be able to respond, but who would have thought that his son, who never ventured out, would actually end up in a love affair that came barging in like a robbery?

Uh... to be precise, it probably couldn’t even be considered a robbery.

Because he and Bae Juhyun communicated through the air on the balcony.

If you round it up... does this count as online dating?

No, no, now’s not the time to think about that.

Realizing that there was a disparity in information between himself and his father, Liu Xin’an’s face lit up with excitement, but his voice remained calm.

"Are you making it difficult for me?"

"I don’t care about that, if you can do it, I’ll buy you a house and a car on the spot!"

"No need for that, can you really tell me about my mom’s issue?"

Liu Xin’an, ever perceptive, immediately sensed something odd in his father’s words.

With his current popularity, he could afford a house and a car on his own... as long as he wasn’t aiming for those top-tier cities.

So those things weren’t a big problem for him, and what was more important to him at this moment was naturally the past of his own mother.

"If you can bring someone back, what’s the harm in telling you?"

"Deal, is it a promise?"

"Yes, but don’t think about renting a girl to come back, I may be old, but I am well-versed in all these young people’s stuff."

"... We young people wouldn’t do that kind of thing, okay?"

"The word’s out anyway, if you want to know the insider story, just bring your girlfriend home."

"So defiant?"

"That’s how defiant it is."

"Is it a promise?"

"It’s a promise!"

After the call ended, the two men, separated by thousands of miles, both held their phones and showed excited expressions simultaneously.

However, in this showdown between father and son, one must say that as the son, Liu Xin’an was already at a loss.

He, believing he had the upper hand due to information asymmetry, thought he was holding the winning cards.

But he forgot that, in the end, whether or not he brings a girlfriend home, the winner is actually his dad.

If Liu Xin’an brings a girlfriend home, Liu Zhengjiang might get a daughter-in-law, and in a few years, perhaps even a grandchild.

And if he doesn’t bring one home, even though life will continue as usual, at least he can use the story of his wife’s past to keep his son in line for another year.

It can only be said that the old are indeed cunning.

Liu Xin’an, still unaware of these facts, excitedly clenched his fists, cheerfully celebrating at home.

Because he was so deeply attached to his family, as soon as he realized his mother always suffered due to conflicts with her own family, he always wanted to help her out.

Maybe he didn’t have any particularly great abilities.

But if his mother was wronged back in the day, he would definitely make those so-called relatives who wronged her pay.

Don’t think that he’s nearly thirty this year; in front of Park Jinsuk and Liu Zhengjiang, he’s always the naughty son.

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