Chapter 259: Matchmaker: Bang Geng? Hard to Put in Words!

About half an hour later.

Liu Haizhong and Yan Bu Gui were sitting in the front courtyard playing chess.

Yi Zhonghai sat to the side watching.

Not long after.

Bang Geng strode in with a dark face, followed a few meters behind by a matchmaker and a young woman.

Yan Bu Gui frowned and asked:

"What are you doing, Bang Geng?"

"Why that expression?"

Liu Haizhong laughed: "He's always like that, as if the whole world owes him."

"Just like his mother, definitely her son, inherited."

Hearing this, Bang Geng's face grew even darker.

Just then, the matchmaker and the young woman walked over.

"Oh, Matchmaker Wang has arrived."

Yan Bu Gui greeted her.

Liu Haizhong heard and quickly turned his head.

Yi Zhonghai let out a soft sigh, looked at Matchmaker Wang, and asked:

"Aunt Wang, what is this?"

After greeting them, Matchmaker Wang immediately pointed at Bang Geng and said:

"I've come to introduce him to a potential partner."

Yi Zhonghai jumped to his feet, excited, and asked:

"Really?"

Yi Zhonghai was indeed somewhat excited.

He still preferred to believe that Bang Geng was his biological son.

Matchmaker Wang nodded and said: "Yes, Qin Huairu has asked me several times; it just so happens I have a suitable young woman, so I brought her to meet them."

Yi Zhonghai hurriedly said: "Then go ahead, go ahead."

"Bang Geng, oh, that's Jiageng—his family lives in the central courtyard."

Matchmaker Wang laughed: "Lao Yi, you make it sound like I've never been here before."

"I know the Qin Huairu family very well."

"It's just that this Bang Geng kid seems to have a rather big temper."

"I don't know what happened just now, but he got angry and has kept a dark face."

Bang Geng then felt depressed.

However, he still forced out a faint smile and said:

"Aunt Wang, you've misunderstood."

"I'm not angry."

"This is just my expression—I look the same whether I'm happy or not."

Liu Haizhong nodded and said:

"Exactly, exactly, I'm the Second Elder of this courtyard, miss—I can vouch for that."

"Bang Geng is just like that—whether he's happy or not, his expression stays the same."

"Just like his mother, she's always wearing a stern face."

The young woman involuntarily let out an "ah" and said:

"Well, um, never mind—let's talk first and decide later."

She never took a liking to Bang Geng anyway.

It was Aunt Wang who said that even if she didn't like him, she should go through the motions to be polite.

So she had no choice but to come.

Seeing her lack of enthusiasm, Bang Geng became unhappy.

Consequently, he kept a dark face all the way.

Now hearing that Bang Geng's mother, Qin Huairu, is also like that—always wearing a stern face.

The young woman had just wanted to say that being with a mother-in-law like that would be too exhausting.

Better not to see this match at all.

Just thinking about what Aunt Wang said earlier, even if she doesn't like him, she should go through the process to be polite.

In the future, if she wants to find a partner, she'll still have to rely on Aunt Wang.

So she doesn't want to offend Aunt Wang either.

The words rose to her lips but she swallowed them back.

And when Bang Geng heard her words, he became even unhappier, his face growing darker.

Yi Zhonghai looked on, couldn't help sighing, and shook his head.

In his heart he muttered: "How did my son turn out like this?"

"Qin Huairu, I'm just no good at raising children."

Aunt Wang smiled and said: "Exactly, exactly, let's just talk first."

"You guys keep playing chess; we'll go ahead first."

Yan Bu Gui said: "Mm-hmm, go ahead—wait, no, Bang Geng, today is your blind date, why don't you share some happiness candy with the grandpas?"

Bang Geng said in a muffled voice, "Whose grandfather? My grandfather died long ago."

Upon hearing this, Yan Bu Gui and Liu Haizhong exchanged a glance and scolded, "You little brat, what are you saying?"

"Is this cursing us?"

Yi Zhonghai's face changed, "Bang Geng, how are you speaking?"

Bang Geng pouted and said, "I'm telling the truth, my grandfather really did die early."

"My mother often teaches me to be an honest child and not to lie."

Yi Zhonghai: "What nonsense, your third grandfather's talk about grandfathers refers to us three."

Bang Geng: "Oh, is that so, Third Grandfather, I misheard, sorry."

He actually didn't mishear.

He had never liked Yi Zhonghai and the others, and just now Liu Haizhong had said something that displeased him.

He was just looking for an opportunity to curse them.

Yan Bu Gui snorted and said, "If that's the case, why not give the elders some wedding candy to share in the joy?"

Hmph, just knows how to take advantage.

I won't indulge your bad habit.

Bang Geng thought, then said, "Third Grandfather, you just love taking advantage—you haven't even written a single stroke of the eight characters, it's just a meeting."

"You already want the wedding candy?"

Yan Bu Gui became unhappy: "How are you speaking? What do you mean I like taking advantage?"

"You kid, no wonder you're still unemployed and single to this day."

"It's all because Shazhu spoiled you."

Bang Geng got angry: "Can't you speak properly?"

"What does it mean to be spoiled by Shazhu?"

"Who is Shazhu? Just an idiot."

"I have nothing to do with him."

Yi Zhonghai frowned, then said, "Enough, enough, don't say more—go home and have a look."

Bang Geng let out an "ai" and walked off on his own.

Wang Shen and the young lady exchanged a glance and whispered:

"This child, sigh, hard to put into words."

"Alright, you brothers go play chess; I'll take the young lady for a walk, that counts as completing the task."

Yi Zhonghai quickly said, "No, Mrs. Wang, actually this boy Bang Geng is pretty good."

"Just let the young lady spend more time with him."

"The longer you spend together, the more you'll discover his strengths."

Wang Shen smiled, looked at the young lady, and said, "Young lady, let's go."

"Hopefully we can eat before we leave."

After saying that, she took the young lady away while Yi Zhonghai, Liu Haizhong, and Yan Bu Gui stood stunned.

After a moment of stunned silence, Liu Haizhong asked:

"Why did the matchmaker say that?"

"Could it be she thinks we won't get to eat this meal?"

Yan Bu Gui snorted, "Old Liu, I'm not saying this to blame you, but can't you turn your mind a bit?"

"Bang Geng is already like this, and you're not unaware of his temper."

"And there's even more terrifying Jia Zhangshi in their family."

"With this grandfather and grandson pair, I reckon they'll blow up at the slightest disagreement."

"This meal might very well end up uneaten."

Yi Zhonghai: "No way, this concerns Bang Geng's big marriage matter; Jia Zhangshi won't be unaware of it."

Yan Bu Gui: "You guys still don't believe me? Forget it, I'll just say a couple less."

"So Jia Zhangshi doesn't come back to settle scores with me."

"I can't afford to provoke her."

Liu Haizhong opened the "Eight Trigrams Soul":

"Come on, just us three old brothers, what are you afraid of?"

"We won't tell anyone."

Suddenly.

Yan Bu Gui looked at Yi Zhonghai and said:

"Old Yi, you seem off."

Yi Zhonghai stared: "What's wrong? How am I off?"

Yan Bu Gui: "You used to pay no attention to Bang Geng, but now I notice you seem to be defending him."

"What's going on?"