The playful banter ended, and Zhou Huaxu chuckled, "Alright, let's not talk outside anymore. Let's go in."
He then looked at Wu Tian and said, "There's nothing for you to do here."
"Just find a hotel and stay for now. You can pick up my daughter later."
Wu Tian was stunned upon hearing this.
What did he mean by that?
Wasn't he here as Zhou Qian's boyfriend? Why did it seem like he had no part to play?
Zhou Qian knew her father had mistaken Wu Tian.
She quickly said, "Dad, what are you talking about? Wu Tian is my boyfriend. How can you ask him to stay in a hotel?"
"What? This is your boyfriend?"
Zhou Qian's words stunned both Zhou Huaxu and Li Lanfang.
Zhou Huaxu stammered, "Daughter, isn't this your driver? How did he become your boyfriend?"
Wu Tian's eyes twitched slightly.
So, he had become a servant.
Zhou Qian said unhappily, "What driver, Dad? You're mistaken. This is my boyfriend."
"Didn't you always want me to bring a boyfriend home?"
"Now that I've brought him home, why are you saying this?"
"This is really your boyfriend?!"
This time, Zhou Huaxu's tone became surprised.
The couple sized Wu Tian up a few times, seemingly not too satisfied.
Li Lanfang pulled Zhou Qian aside and whispered, "Daughter, you're not joking with us, are you?"
"How can this be your boyfriend?"
Zhou Qian replied, "No, why can't Wu Tian be my boyfriend? Do you think he's not good enough?"
Zhou Huaxu and Li Lanfang fell silent.
But from their shifting gazes, Wu Tian could tell that they truly felt he wasn't quite suitable.
The atmosphere suddenly became awkward.
However, the couple didn't say much more and soon ushered Zhou Qian inside.
Seeing that they completely ignored him, Wu Tian felt a headache coming on.
Alas, this role-playing was proving to be more difficult than he thought.
Once seated on the living room sofa, Zhou Huaxu and Li Lanfang doted on Zhou Qian, completely ignoring Wu Tian as if he didn't exist.
Wu Tian felt extremely awkward about this.
But what could he do?
Since they didn't like him, he couldn't just shamelessly impose himself.
Zhou Qian, being more perceptive, noticed Wu Tian being sidelined.
She immediately ended the current topic of conversation and changed it, saying, "Dad, Mom, didn't you always want to see my boyfriend?"
"Now that Wu Tian is sitting here, why are you ignoring him?"
Upon hearing Zhou Qian bring up Wu Tian, the smiles of Zhou Huaxu and his wife froze.
The awkward atmosphere engulfed them once more.
Perhaps feeling that it was indeed inappropriate, Zhou Huaxu gave a dry laugh and said to Wu Tian,
"Young man, your name is Wu Tian, right?"
"How did you and Qianqian meet? How long have you been together?"
Wu Tian immediately replied, "Uncle, Qianqian and I met by chance. I was selling medicinal herbs at her shop, and that's how we met."
"As for how long we've been together..."
Wu Tian thought for a moment and then casually made up a story, "Qianqian and I have been together for over a year."
"Over a year..." Zhou Huaxu pondered for a moment, then asked, "What is your profession, Wu Tian?"
Wu Tian replied, "I am a doctor."
"A doctor?" Hearing this, Zhou Huaxu and Li Lanfang's eyes widened in surprise.
It seemed Wu Tian's profession had exceeded their expectations.
Being a doctor was a respected profession. Zhou Huaxu continued, "Being a doctor is good, a noble profession of saving lives and healing the wounded."
"Are you practicing medicine somewhere? Do you have a formal position?"
Wu Tian was an honest person, so he answered Zhou Huaxu's questions without any concealment:
"Uncle, I don't have a formal position. I am just an ordinary village doctor."
"A village doctor?!"
Wu Tian's answer caused Zhou Huaxu and his wife's expressions to change once again.
If this were a stock market, it would be like turning red and then plummeting to green.
Zhou Huaxu's face turned somewhat displeased. He directly said, "So you're just a village doctor. I thought you might be some renowned surgeon."
"What kind of proper profession is a village doctor? Speaking of which, it probably doesn't require much expertise, does it?"
Wu Tian felt a bit unhappy upon hearing this.
However, out of respect for Zhou Qian, he didn't speak too aggressively and said with a cold expression,
"Uncle, what you said is a bit unfair, isn't it?"
"Village doctors also need to be licensed to practice. How can you say there's no expertise?"
Zhou Huaxu's eyes were filled with a hint of disdain. "Young man, to be honest, I know quite a few doctors."
"But those are all quite famous doctors. In their eyes, someone like a village doctor isn't even considered a peer."
Wu Tian said coldly, "They are saving people, and I am saving people."
"We just save people in different places. What's the difference?"
Zhou Huaxu said indifferently, "The difference is huge. They are not even in the same league."
"Don't try to elevate yourself to their level. It's useless."
"Since you're here today, I won't say too much. I'll be direct with you."
"Although I don't know why Qianqian likes you, I am very displeased with your background and talent."
"Let's part on good terms. You should leave now."
Zhou Huaxu spoke in a consistently indifferent tone, completely looking down on Wu Tian.
Wu Tian had never anticipated such a situation.
He had been thinking about how to pretend, but now,
They didn't even need him to pretend. Before he could even start performing, they wanted to kick him off the stage.
Zhou Qian also did not expect this turn of events.
She said angrily, "Dad, how can you drive him away? Aren't you going too far?"
"Too far?" Zhou Huaxu said coldly, "Aren't you going too far?"
"You never wanted the family to find a boyfriend for you. Fine, I'll let you find one yourself."
"But look at what you've found?"
"Don't say I look down on rural people, but what is our family's status, and what is his status? Do you think he's worthy of you?"
Zhou Qian's pretty face turned red with anger, "What do you mean worthy or not worthy? Wu Tian is clearly so outstanding. Why can't you see it?"