Female Novel
Chapter 361
"What are you thinking?" asked Crystal.
She and Christina were about to go shopping, but she looked very odd.
Christina had been absent-minded since she left home. Walking on the flat road, she even bumped her
head against the concrete pillar, and her forehead was immediately bruised.
She rubbed the bruise and mumbled, "I have got good news and bad news."
"What?"
Crystal felt as if she had encountered something bad.
Christina showed a complicated expression. She pursed her lips and said nothing.
Crystal knew her temper. It was useless to force Christina to say anything that she didn't want to say.
The stronger you were, the more she resisted.
Crystal gently started to talk about her own thing. "Yesterday, Chandler and I went back to the
Stephenson family. Ah, I really don't know where to put myself. It was so embarrassing."
She just said it directly. "Chandler's parents, as well as his two uncles, are sitting in the living room
waiting for us to go back. After we are in the hall, they hold a meeting for questioning, which makes me
so embarrassed. I think I'm really unworthy to seek connections with them. Besides, Chandler and I
don't have any profound affection. It was just a moment of confusion that we slept for no reason. I was
sick that day, and I couldn't think straight!"
The more Crystal said, the sadder she became. She felt that she had done something outrageous.
"Why should I go with him to get the marriage certificate on impulse?"
As she spoke, she thought to herself, "Christina, can I deny this certificate? I suddenly want to buy a
plane ticket and run somewhere else to hide from the thing."
Christina saw that she was under too much pressure and even wanted to run away from the marriage.
"What did Chandler say?"
When it came to Chandler, who was a real refined rascal, Crystal Zhu had a problem with it!
"When I discussed with him before, he said that I can do whatever I want. But when I returned to the
Stephenson family with him, everything became different. After all, so many elders with so many pairs
of eyes looked straight at me in that meeting!"
Crystal was about to explode.
"I was so nervous that I didn't know how to deal with it. Then Chandler's father asked when we were
together. Chandler was so straight that he didn't even give me any face and said directly, 'we went to
bed and got the marriage certificate later.' Oh my god, it was so embarrassing. He really went too far!"
Damn it, she was schemed by that refined rascal again.
Christina looked at her angry expression and suddenly wanted to laugh.
The more Crystal said, the more excited she became. She was furious. "Do you know what he went the
most overboard?"
"It doesn't matter to be examined by his elders yesterday. However, Chandler even asked Geoffrey to
come and chat with us. Every time little Geoffrey looked at me, his innocent little eyes seemed to blame
me for robbing his mother's seat. Ah, I'm so ashamed. I feel sorry for him."
Crystal walked to a corner of an alley. She leaned against the wall and was so depressed that she
didn't want to go.
"I think Geoffrey likes you," said Christina.
Crystal sighed. "Christina, you don't understand. Children are very sensitive. You see, no matter how
bad Erica is to Geoffrey, he is her own child. After all, blood is thicker than water."
Hearing this, Christina was in a daze and her eyes were thoughtful. "Blood is thicker than water."
They were standing in the corner of the bustling commercial street. The new year was around half a
month away, so there were a lot of people in the streets and alleys. Shops and small stalls in the corner
were filled with all kinds of goods. It was noisy and festive.
Christina came back to her consciousness. She found a familiar little figure who was looking at them at
the corner across the street.
Christina soon recognized the boy, reaching out to wave at him and shouted, "Geoffrey."
Geoffrey was dressed in a handsome black suit. His face was white and tender, and his facial features
were exquisite. He was very handsome and charming. Some of the little sisters who went shopping
couldn't help but tease him.
Founded out by Christina, Geoffrey was a little embarrassed. Then he walked out directly, and behind
him was an elder holding his little hand.
Crystal stood opposite Christina, so she did not see the situation clearly. Hearing the shout, she
immediately turned around and looked back, standing straight in surprise.
What a coincidence!
"Mrs. Stephenson."
Crystal looked at Chandler's mother and greeted her politely.
Christina did not know Chandler's family. Hearing Crystal call her that, she also called out to her, "Hello,
Mrs. Stephenson."
Chandler's mother was a professor at the university, mainly engaged in the study of ancient
hieroglyphics of Egyptian writing. She had a dignified and delicate appearance with curved eyebrows.
There was also a smiling expression on her face. And her conversation and behavior had a gentle
temperament of a scholarly family.
"You are the granddaughter-in-law of the Hopkins family, right? Last time my husband and I went to the
Hopkins family, we met from afar."
Mrs. Stephenson smiled and shook Christina's hand.
Christina smiled gently. She stood beside Crystal and looked at Chandler's mother. She felt that this
woman should be very kind and easy to get along with by the first impression. No matter what, it must
be much easier to get along with her than cold mothers-in-law like Laurie and Judy.
Crystal used to like this woman very much when she was a nanny in Chandler's house. She came from
a scholarly family, and she was knowledgeable and kind to get along with.
But now, to be honest, Crystal was still not used to the sudden change from a nanny to a daughter-in-
law of the Stephenson family. She only felt awkward now. She had only met her yesterday.
Holding his grandmother's hand, Geoffrey greeted very lovelily with his big eyes sparkling. "Aunt Zhu,
Mrs. Hopkins."
Crystal glanced at the little guy and habitually ignored him. She looked at Mrs. Stephenson and smiled
awkwardly. "What a coincidence. You're out for shopping too?"
Mrs. Stephenson smiled lovingly and reached out to rub the little head of her grandson. Then she
looked at Crystal and told her very directly.
"Geoffrey said he wanted to follow you."
"Grandma!"
Geoffrey immediately protested.
"A man has to be brave. What did you tell me before? Didn't you say you were afraid that Aunt Zhu
would run away? I didn't even eat lunch when you pulled me out. You kept saying that you should
follow closely. You were afraid that you would lose track of her or be discovered."
Mrs. Stephenson's words were humorous and amusing, teasing her grandson with a gentle smile.
"I didn't."
Although with a flush face, Geoffrey refused to admit it.
Crystal knew Geoffrey's temper very well. She was speechless that he even dragged his grandmother
out with him. She really defeated because of him.
As an outsider, Christina was happy for Crystal from the bottom of her heart when she saw them. The
Stephenson family was really a good family. Although they were not among the richest families, they
were wealthy enough, knowledgeable, and harmonious. It was much better than living in rich families to
suffer from so many intrigues. Such a simple life was really good.
Mrs. Stephenson said she didn't have lunch. Christina and Crystal decided to find a restaurant to eat at
before going shopping.
In order to take care of the elders' taste, they chose a quiet restaurant. It was past lunchtime at 2 pm,
so there were few people in the restaurant. The lobby of the restaurant was very clean and spacious.
Mrs. Stephenson said that it was not necessary to go to the private room. So, they sat down at a table
in the lobby and had their lunch.
This restaurant was famous for its soup dumplings and barbecued pork buns. Crystal ordered a few
and she also ordered borscht for Geoffrey.
"I don't want to eat this."
Geoffrey immediately refused to eat the carrot soup.
Crystal immediately taught him a lesson. "Do you think I don't know? Your kindergarten teacher has
told me so many times that you secretly buried the carrots in the flowerpot every time. Now drink this."
When Crystal was a nanny of the Stephenson family, the kindergarten teacher told her about the bad
behavior of the little guy all day long.
When Mrs. Stephenson heard this, she just smiled and said nothing.
Geoffrey really didn't like carrots. He thought carrots were the worst food in the world. He wasn't anovelbin
rabbit. Why did he have to eat carrots?
The little guy struggled desperately and pushed the plate of borscht away, intending to get past the
problem.
Crystal instantly acted like a stepmother and scolded him. "Geoffrey, you are so picky now. Your IQ will
not be on the rise in the future."
However, at this moment, Mrs. Stephenson said in surprise, "Miss Dickens, why do you only eat the
skin and not the meat?"
Christina looked up. The three of them were staring at her with six pairs of eyes. She was very
embarrassed.
"I... I don't like eating stuffing." She explained hesitantly.
"There's something stuffed in the bun. Don't you want it?"
"I don't eat meat dumplings either. If it's shrimp dumplings, I'll eat some. I'll just eat steamed bread."
Mrs. Stephenson and Geoffrey were very curious about her strange picky eating behavior.
"I think it strange that the meat is chopped into pieces," Christina explained.
Crystal looked at her friend agonizingly.
Originally, she wanted to teach Geoffrey a lesson so that he wouldn't be so picky, but she forgot that
Christina was the most difficult one to deal with.
Little Geoffrey had a natural admiration for Christina. In order to show his manliness, he finally drank
the borscht.
After dinner, they went to the counter to pay the bill and were about to leave when they met a
Stephenson family relative.
A young woman in her 30's, pushing a stroller, was walking up to greet warmly when she saw Mrs.
Stephenson and Geoffrey.
Mrs. Stephenson held Crystal's hand and chatted with the relative casually. "This is my daughter-in-
law."
"When did Chandler get married again?" The woman was a little surprised.
"They've got the marriage certificate. If young people like to keep a low profile, just let them do it.
Having a good life is more important."
Crystal Zhu obviously didn't expect to meet some relatives so suddenly. She was a little nervous. Mrs.
Stephenson finally accepted her face to face. And Geoffrey was standing close to Crystal. The young
woman smiled and didn't ask much.
Christina stood by and did not interrupt. She kept fixing her eyes on the baby in the stroller.
At this moment, she felt that little creatures like babies were really magical. They were small, white, and
tender, with small hands and always screaming.
Although she was once pregnant, she did not face a living life on her own. She felt that these babies
were very strange and weak.
Christina wondered if her twin sons were also so strange.