The loafer somewhat understood what his mother was thinking. Just from the way the two elders treated him and Qin Shiqing, he could tell they had interpreted the meaning of his words.
This was also intentional by Su Zelin, with a bit of "you figure it out yourself" implication, ambiguously revealing a few things, giving the two elders a heads-up in advance, lest they keep trying to matchmake him with Qin Shiqing, and then one day find several daughters-in-law, leading to him getting a good scolding.
Of course, in their eyes, he might still be very much a scoundrel, but as long as he wasn't scoundrelly to Qin Shiqing, everything was negotiable. At least, breaking ties wouldn't happen.
It's not like if I don't want to date Qin Shiqing, they'll disown me, right? That clearly wouldn't make sense.
Zhao Lixia became quite worried, glancing at the good daughter, Qin Shiqing, then at her own rascal son, suddenly feeling that Su Zelin was unworthy.
