Qin Hanyue followed Qiao Ying upstairs, and couldn't help but sigh: "Uncle and Auntie's love is really enviable, seeing each other only seven times in their lifetime yet still so steadfast.
Qiao Ying said: "You're calling them so intimately."
Qin Hanyue smiled and said: "What do you think Auntie meant when she said 'it's a bit difficult' to Uncle? Why did Auntie choose to spare Uncle again and again?"
Qiao Ying impatiently said: "Don't know."
Qin Hanyue smiled brighter and quickened his steps two steps to catch up with her: "Maybe I can guess, do you want to hear it?"
Qiao Ying: "Don't want to."
Qin Hanyue continued on his own: "I think Auntie is the same as you, took a liking to Uncle's face, so she couldn't bear to make a move again and again. In this regard, you two are really alike."
Qiao Ying glanced at him: "Hmph, you're really good at flattering yourself. I didn't like your face at first sight at all, it was never love at first sight."
Qin Hanyue: "Never mind, as long as you like it now."
As he spoke, he suddenly put his arm around Qiao Ying's waist and carried her horizontally. Qiao Ying instinctively hooked her arm that was in her pocket around his neck, his breath was so close.
Qin Hanyue: "It's a bit far to walk back to the room, let me carry you there."
Qiao Ying glanced at him, recalling last night, her ears grew hot.
He carried her and walked to the room, his sexy voice whispered in her ear: "Nuan Nuan." It made her ear tingle. Qin Hanyue looked at her, his eyes full of tenderness: "This nickname suits you very well."
Qiao Ying expressionless: "How does it suit me?"
Qin Hanyue: "Just by hearing it, it sounds cute. Many young girls in Suzhou and surrounding areas are called by this name."
Qiao Ying: "Beauty is in the lover's eyes, but this is really far-fetched. Apart from that Ye Si, only you can associate the word cute with me."
Qin Hanyue: "Although I don't get along with Mr. Ye, we do coincide in this inadvertently."
Qiao Ying pulled the corner of her mouth.
Qin Hanyue lowered his head, his thin lips touched her temple: "In the future when we have a daughter, let's call her by this nickname too, what do you think?"
Qiao Ying replied with a hum: "Hmph-"
Qin Hanyue: "Then it's happily decided. Shall we stay here to spend the new year before going back home?" He asked for her opinion.
Qiao Ying didn't say anything, which implied consent.
That night,
Lin Guli was pacing back and forth in the corridor outside Qiao Ying's room.
After pacing for a long time without taking action, just when he was about to leave, the door opened and Qin Hanyue came out: "Mr. Lin?"
Lin Guli quickly turned back: "Mr. Qin."
His eyes followed and looked inside the room.
Qin Hanyue: "Just call me by my name."
Lin Guli: "Okay -" his eyes looked inside the room again: "Did she, did she go to bed?"
Qin Hanyue: "Not yet, still early. Are you looking for Ying?"
Lin Guli: "No, not looking for her. I'm looking for you. Do you have time? I want to teach you how to take care of that orchid, and also, I want to ask about some things regarding Nuan Nuan." This was the main point.
Qin Hanyue readily agreed: "Of course I have time. Please give me a moment, I'll go downstairs to get something for her."
Lin Guli: "What are you going to get, I'll go with you."
Qin Hanyue: "I saw the grapes in the fruit platter at dinner looked very fresh, I'm going to get some for her."
Lin Guli quickly asked: "Does Nuan Nuan like to eat grapes?"
The two chatted as they walked.
Qin Hanyue thought for a moment, and smilingly told him: "I didn't know if she liked them before, but now she does like them."
Lin Guli: "Does she like sweet or sour grapes? What kinds of grapes does she like? There don't seem to be many grapes left at home. I'll have someone buy more. But the soil here in Country C is not suitable for growing grapes, the local ones don't taste very good either, and the imported ones lack freshness. How about when we get back home, I'll build a grapevine orchard for her? Other than grapes, what else does she like to eat? Her mother liked cherries, would she also like them?"
Qin Hanyue smiled as he listened to him speak.
Lin Guli: "Am I asking too many questions?"
Qin Hanyue: "No, ask whatever you want to know. I will tell you everything I know. Nuan Nuan is close to very few people. I'm more than happy to have more people care about her."
He also added: "Nuan Nuan said to stay here and spend the new year before going back home."
Lin Guli: "Really? Spend the new year? I haven't celebrated new year for many years. Will Nuan Nuan spend new year with me?"
Qin Hanyue: "Yes."
Lin Guli was overjoyed: "Great, that's wonderful."
Lin Guli accompanied Qin Hanyue downstairs to get grapes. Qin Hanyue was very considerate and let Lin Guli hold the grapes.
Qin Hanyue brought the grapes into the room and said a word to Qiao Ying before following Lin Guli to the tea room.
Last time the tea was made by Lin Guli, this time, Qin Hanyue took the initiative. The tea hadn't heated up yet when Lin Cheng also came.
Lin Cheng: "Too excited to sleep."
Uncle and nephew both had smiles on their faces.
Lin Guli drank the tea poured by Qin Hanyue, recalling the last time he called Qin Hanyue to the tea room to probe him, he couldn't help but laugh: "Just a few days ago I was still regretting and sad over Lin Cheng's romantic and friendly affairs, but unexpectedly, one became my daughter and one became my son-in-law."
Lin Cheng also felt unbelievable: "Yes, it's really a wonderful surprise that she turned out to be Nuan Nuan, my little sister."
Lin Cheng looked at the cup of hot tea handed over by Qin Hanyue, smilingly took it, then sat up straight, taking a feather for an arrow, and assumed the posture of a big brother-in-law: "The prestigious Master Qin, even became my brother-in-law, and is pouring tea for me to drink."
He inexplicably felt a smug thrill of the lowly bird soaring to the skies.
Qin Hanyue thought of Lin Cheng's difficulties these past days, frightened by him and Qiao Ying all day long, and didn't mind lowering himself a bit: "It's just a cup of tea, it's appropriate."
Lin Cheng realized belatedly: "It seems I'm the one taking advantage, but it looks like the ones at a disadvantage are actually me and Nuan Nuan."
Qiao Ying woke up in the middle of the night, groping the empty bed space beside her, then turned over and continued sleeping.
The next early morning.
Qiao Ying got up, went downstairs, and bumped into the three chatting men in the hallway.
She didn't know she had so much to talk about, with the three big men actually chatting enthusiastically all night, all still looking quite spirited and not the least bit tired.
Qin Hanyue: "You're up."
The other two were much more awkward with her than Qin Hanyue and her were natural. After a night it seemed they were even more stiff, both wanting to greet her yet hesitating.
Especially Lin Cheng.
Not knowing whether for physical reasons or some stimulus, the way he looked at Qiao Ying, full of amazement, also heartache.
Qin Hanyue pulled Qiao Ying along: "Come with me back to the room to wash up, I have something to show you."
Qiao Ying was pulled by him back towards the room again.
Qiao Ying: "What did you talk to them about? They're looking at me like I'm a ghost."
Qin Hanyue: "I told them the story of how we met and fell in love, talked about some of your deeds, said you're the genius hacker X, genius doctor Seely, talked about some things that happened to you at Akmola in the M Continent, they're probably a bit shocked.
Qiao Ying: "Were you drinking?"
Qin Hanyue admitted: "Chatting about you liking to drink, Lin Cheng brought out the wine, we drank a bit."
Qiao Ying: "Quite a chat."
Qin Hanyue smiled and took out his phone: "Let me show you some photos of you as a kid, taken by Lin Cheng. You were a soft dumpling, Uncle naming you Nuan Nuan was so right."
Qin Hanyue followed Qiao Ying upstairs, and couldn't help but sigh: "Uncle and Auntie's love is really enviable, seeing each other only seven times in their lifetime yet still so steadfast.
Qiao Ying said: "You're calling them so intimately."
Qin Hanyue smiled and said: "What do you think Auntie meant when she said 'it's a bit difficult' to Uncle? Why did Auntie choose to spare Uncle again and again?"
Qiao Ying impatiently said: "Don't know."
Qin Hanyue smiled brighter and quickened his steps two steps to catch up with her: "Maybe I can guess, do you want to hear it?"
Qiao Ying: "Don't want to."
Qin Hanyue continued on his own: "I think Auntie is the same as you, took a liking to Uncle's face, so she couldn't bear to make a move again and again. In this regard, you two are really alike."
Qiao Ying glanced at him: "Hmph, you're really good at flattering yourself. I didn't like your face at first sight at all, it was never love at first sight."
Qin Hanyue: "Never mind, as long as you like it now."
As he spoke, he suddenly put his arm around Qiao Ying's waist and carried her horizontally. Qiao Ying instinctively hooked her arm that was in her pocket around his neck, his breath was so close.
Qin Hanyue: "It's a bit far to walk back to the room, let me carry you there."
Qiao Ying glanced at him, recalling last night, her ears grew hot.
He carried her and walked to the room, his sexy voice whispered in her ear: "Nuan Nuan." It made her ear tingle. Qin Hanyue looked at her, his eyes full of tenderness: "This nickname suits you very well."
Qiao Ying expressionless: "How does it suit me?"
Qin Hanyue: "Just by hearing it, it sounds cute. Many young girls in Suzhou and surrounding areas are called by this name."
Qiao Ying: "Beauty is in the lover's eyes, but this is really far-fetched. Apart from that Ye Si, only you can associate the word cute with me."
Qin Hanyue: "Although I don't get along with Mr. Ye, we do coincide in this inadvertently."
Qiao Ying pulled the corner of her mouth.
Qin Hanyue lowered his head, his thin lips touched her temple: "In the future when we have a daughter, let's call her by this nickname too, what do you think?"
Qiao Ying replied with a hum: "Hmph-"
Qin Hanyue: "Then it's happily decided. Shall we stay here to spend the new year before going back home?" He asked for her opinion.
Qiao Ying didn't say anything, which implied consent.
That night,
Lin Guli was pacing back and forth in the corridor outside Qiao Ying's room.
After pacing for a long time without taking action, just when he was about to leave, the door opened and Qin Hanyue came out: "Mr. Lin?"
Lin Guli quickly turned back: "Mr. Qin."
His eyes followed and looked inside the room.
Qin Hanyue: "Just call me by my name."
Lin Guli: "Okay -" his eyes looked inside the room again: "Did she, did she go to bed?"
Qin Hanyue: "Not yet, still early. Are you looking for Ying?"
Lin Guli: "No, not looking for her. I'm looking for you. Do you have time? I want to teach you how to take care of that orchid, and also, I want to ask about some things regarding Nuan Nuan." This was the main point.
Qin Hanyue readily agreed: "Of course I have time. Please give me a moment, I'll go downstairs to get something for her."
Lin Guli: "What are you going to get, I'll go with you."
Qin Hanyue: "I saw the grapes in the fruit platter at dinner looked very fresh, I'm going to get some for her."
Lin Guli quickly asked: "Does Nuan Nuan like to eat grapes?"
The two chatted as they walked.
Qin Hanyue thought for a moment, and smilingly told him: "I didn't know if she liked them before, but now she does like them."
Lin Guli: "Does she like sweet or sour grapes? What kinds of grapes does she like? There don't seem to be many grapes left at home. I'll have someone buy more. But the soil here in Country C is not suitable for growing grapes, the local ones don't taste very good either, and the imported ones lack freshness. How about when we get back home, I'll build a grapevine orchard for her? Other than grapes, what else does she like to eat? Her mother liked cherries, would she also like them?"
Qin Hanyue smiled as he listened to him speak.
Lin Guli: "Am I asking too many questions?"
Qin Hanyue: "No, ask whatever you want to know. I will tell you everything I know. Nuan Nuan is close to very few people. I'm more than happy to have more people care about her."
He also added: "Nuan Nuan said to stay here and spend the new year before going back home."
Lin Guli: "Really? Spend the new year? I haven't celebrated new year for many years. Will Nuan Nuan spend new year with me?"
Qin Hanyue: "Yes."
Lin Guli was overjoyed: "Great, that's wonderful."
Lin Guli accompanied Qin Hanyue downstairs to get grapes. Qin Hanyue was very considerate and let Lin Guli hold the grapes.
Qin Hanyue brought the grapes into the room and said a word to Qiao Ying before following Lin Guli to the tea room.
Last time the tea was made by Lin Guli, this time, Qin Hanyue took the initiative. The tea hadn't heated up yet when Lin Cheng also came.
Lin Cheng: "Too excited to sleep."
Uncle and nephew both had smiles on their faces.
Lin Guli drank the tea poured by Qin Hanyue, recalling the last time he called Qin Hanyue to the tea room to probe him, he couldn't help but laugh: "Just a few days ago I was still regretting and sad over Lin Cheng's romantic and friendly affairs, but unexpectedly, one became my daughter and one became my son-in-law."
Lin Cheng also felt unbelievable: "Yes, it's really a wonderful surprise that she turned out to be Nuan Nuan, my little sister."
Lin Cheng looked at the cup of hot tea handed over by Qin Hanyue, smilingly took it, then sat up straight, taking a feather for an arrow, and assumed the posture of a big brother-in-law: "The prestigious Master Qin, even became my brother-in-law, and is pouring tea for me to drink."
He inexplicably felt a smug thrill of the lowly bird soaring to the skies.
Qin Hanyue thought of Lin Cheng's difficulties these past days, frightened by him and Qiao Ying all day long, and didn't mind lowering himself a bit: "It's just a cup of tea, it's appropriate."
Lin Cheng realized belatedly: "It seems I'm the one taking advantage, but it looks like the ones at a disadvantage are actually me and Nuan Nuan."
Qiao Ying woke up in the middle of the night, groping the empty bed space beside her, then turned over and continued sleeping.
The next early morning.
Qiao Ying got up, went downstairs, and bumped into the three chatting men in the hallway.
She didn't know she had so much to talk about, with the three big men actually chatting enthusiastically all night, all still looking quite spirited and not the least bit tired.
Qin Hanyue: "You're up."
The other two were much more awkward with her than Qin Hanyue and her were natural. After a night it seemed they were even more stiff, both wanting to greet her yet hesitating.
Especially Lin Cheng.
Not knowing whether for physical reasons or some stimulus, the way he looked at Qiao Ying, full of amazement, also heartache.
Qin Hanyue pulled Qiao Ying along: "Come with me back to the room to wash up, I have something to show you."
Qiao Ying was pulled by him back towards the room again.
Qiao Ying: "What did you talk to them about? They're looking at me like I'm a ghost."
Qin Hanyue: "I told them the story of how we met and fell in love, talked about some of your deeds, said you're the genius hacker X, genius doctor Seely, talked about some things that happened to you at Akmola in the M Continent, they're probably a bit shocked.
Qiao Ying: "Were you drinking?"
Qin Hanyue admitted: "Chatting about you liking to drink, Lin Cheng brought out the wine, we drank a bit."
Qiao Ying: "Quite a chat."
Qin Hanyue smiled and took out his phone: "Let me show you some photos of you as a kid, taken by Lin Cheng. You were a soft dumpling, Uncle naming you Nuan Nuan was so right."
