He simply nodded with a faint smile, if they were of the same age or close then he would have ignored her.

They got out of the elevator together but he got her call as soon as he came out of the elevator.

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"Are you there yet?" She asked over the phone

"Yes, I just got out of the elevator," his voice sounded like he was talking to someone he is very close to.

Mrs Huo frowned upon hearing him as she leaned closer to whisper into her husband's ears.

"Seems like he already has a girlfriend, I was hoping to get his contact for Yu Yan," she whispered, he scrunched his face in annoyance.

"You want to introduce my daughter to a stranger?"

She pouted her lips hearing his tone of disapproval.

"But why do you always say 'your daughter', did you have her with another woman,"

"What do you think?" With that, he walked faster to get ahead of her, she sighed in annoyance then walked faster to catch up with him.

They soon got to the apartment leaving the young man behind.

By the time he got to her unit, he looked around but couldn't find them so he guessed they must have entered theirs.

He entered the passcode then entered.

He was surprised to see the lights on, he entered into the parlours with careful steps but stopped when he heard the sound of footsteps.

"It's not just one person," he remarked in a whisper, he gently let the boxes to the ground then he walked closer towards the kitchen where he heard the footsteps from and the clinking of metals.

He picked up a kitchen towel hanging on the rack before rushing into the kitchen catching then unawares, he wrapped the towel around the neck of the nearest person then pulled him in for a choke.

"Aargh!" He heard a woman scream, he raised his brow recognising the woman to be the woman in the elevator then who is the person he is choking...

He gasped as he quickly unwrapped the towel around his neck.

He almost collapsed but his wife quickly helped him stand straight.

"How did you get in?" He questioned with his guard still up, he looked around the kitchen that had already been filled with kimchi boxes and other side dishes yet to be placed in the refrigerator.

Mrs Huo was still busy trying to get her husband to catch his breath when she turned to him with a deep glare in her eyes.

"This is my daughter's apartment and you are asking us how we got in, I should call the police," she dipped her hand in her bag to bring out her phone, she dialled the line with her wary eyes fixed on him.

"Her parents, what are you-" his eyes widened realising what she just said.

"Her parents!" he exclaimed.

"You are my in-l...I mean surgeon Yu Yan's parents?" he questioned again, if only he could drop to the ground and wail while tumbling on the floor, he just planned to visit her parent yet he has already ended himself.

From the tone of his voice, they could tell that they know each other so she cut the call for the meantime, Mr Huo had already recovered from the choke, he is just waiting for the young man to identify himself before he pounces on him.

"And who are you?"

"Ah---I am her fi- I mean her junior colleague," he lied, he certainly doesn't have the boldness to tell them he is their soon to be son-in-law.

They didn't quite believe him yet but they remembered he was pulling some boxes with him so it piqued their curiosity and suspicion.

"Why would her junior colleague visit her apartment with his luggage?" her mother queried as she folded her arms on her chest, he kept his head lowered and his hands folded together to appear as a responsible young man.

"Don't tell me you are living with my daughter-"

"Of course...not!" he quickly interrupted her father, remembering what Yu Yan said about her dad, he smiled realizing that he just raised his voice at them.

He quickly racked his brain for a good lie despite knowing the cat will be out of the bag soon enough.

"She had a problem with the water system which ended up flooding her house so she moved her things to the hospital, now that the apartment is fine, she asked me to help her bring it here," he explained, trying his best to make it sound like the truth.

Mr Huo just couldn't help feeling that the young man is suspicious, after all, he has disapproved of him the moment his wife mentioned introducing him to Yu Yan, after what Chen Kai did to his precious daughter, he just can't let her be with any random man or he will rather have her living in his house forever.

Both of them kept quiet each with their own thoughts in their mind as they thought over his answer but it was really making him anxious, he could feel his knees almost giving way, he realised he has to get out of there otherwise, there is no knowing how much damage he will cost.

"Hmmn...I will take my leave now, he turned around and quickly scurried away before they had the chance to call him back.

As he shut the door behind him, he ran his hands through his hair in a frenzy then dropped on his knees, if only tears could come then he will really be crying right now.

"I-I choked my father-in-law..." even the thought of it makes him want to faint and wake up realising it was all a dream, now he realised what it means to be nervous in front of your in-laws.

Her father might not have said much but he could see the murderous look in his eyes, waiting for him to say anything displeasing, the fact that he just got choked did not seem to bother him but the thought of him getting involved with his daughter...

"I am doomed," that was all he could say, he stood up from the ground with both hands still raking his hair, he walked towards the elevator, anyone who sees him will definitely think his soul has left his body.

He shut the door to the car then he places both hands on the steering wheel, he sighed again thinking of the lies he told then, frustrated, he slammed his hands on the steering wheel.

He has already damaged his image before even meeting them formally.

He drove back to the mansion hoping Yu Yan has already ended her shift and there is no emergency case that would require her to stay at the hospital this night.

If there is anyone who knows her parents well then it is Yu Yan and Jia Yu.

As he steered the wheel around, he dialled Jia Yu's number on the car system, surprisingly she picked the call in no time.

"Hello, brother,"

"Jia Yu- -well, how well do you know Yu Yan's parents?" He asked cutting to the chase, hoping she says things that are in his favour.

"Are you finally going to visit them with Yu Yan?" Her voice was filled with excitement not knowing the big mess he got himself into, he has faced all sorts of challenges as a soldier but the one before him seems too hard to solve.

He pinched his forehead knowing she is going to start blabbering.

"Just tell me what you know, what is their prospect son-in-law?"

"Well...as for her mom, she wants someone who is handsome, tall, has a good job and is capable of caring and providing her needs for her but her dad...no one is good enough for her, too handsome, too tall, too rich, too ugly, too poor, too ordinary, everything is not good enough for his daughter, you might not know this but Yu Yan is the pampered last born of the family, she just didn't turn out rotten,"

He looked into the mirror, realising that the first three has already disqualified him.

"What of her brothers?" he didn't think she might have much to say but if only he knows.

"Her brothers! they are even worst than her dad, they beat up any guy that gets close to Yu Yan, even Chen Kai got beaten up by them so Yu Yan had to lie to them that she broke up with him years ago, if only they know what he did then he certainly wouldn't get away with it and neither would she, even her Dad never accepted Chen Kai, he just let her remain as her boyfriend but he made her know that he will never accept Chen Kai as his son-in-law but her mom was totally against it,"

He didn't think that the woman he loves has such a protective family, now he doesn't know if it is a good thing or not, he can take the beating as long as they let him marry her.

"But brother, none of that matters, there is one thing they all hate in the family..." she put him in suspense for a while, he raised his brows, wondering what that thing might be that makes it seem so forbidden.

"That is..."