"Mom, calm down, let's just calm down first."
Qin Tian appeased her with a strained smile, his heart in a panic.
"I can't calm down!"
Tang Xiuxia glared, raised her free left index finger, pointed at the flowers and gift box in her son's hand, and commanded, "Put the things down first. What are you trying to do by still holding them?"
"Oh, oh, right, calm down, don't get worked up!"
Qin Tian responded as he fumbled to place the items on the ground, then straightened his back and sat up properly.
"Pfft!"
Beside him, Xia Nuannuan couldn't help but laugh when she saw him like this.
The three parents all looked at her in surprise upon hearing the laughter.
"Nuannuan, don't rush, don't be angry. I will absolutely make this brat confess clearly. If he dares to do anything unfaithful to you, you don't have to lift a finger, I'll chop off his dog head!"
Tang Xiuxia, mistaking Xia Nuannuan's laughter for anger, immediately declared with a serious expression.
Her solemn tone and serious expression left no doubt that she was capable of it.
Qin Tian rolled his eyes speechlessly, his mind brimming with unspoken complaints.
This was his own mother, why couldn't she trust him more!
He didn't know that Tang Xiuxia, of course, trusted him. Her current demeanor was largely intentional.
It was precisely because of this that Old Xia's expression had softened considerably.
As for Su Xia, she had already felt that there was something strange about the matter and was quietly waiting for Qin Tian to explain.
Xia Nuannuan was once again amused by her future mother-in-law's words. She waved her left hand, barely suppressing her laughter, and said, "Auntie, it's not like that. You've misunderstood. I'm not angry."
"Ah? Not angry?"
Tang Xiuxia was taken aback.
Xia Nuannuan couldn't help but nod, suppressing a giggle.
"Nuannuan, do you know who this Ms. Lu is?"
Su Xia asked curiously.
"Well, if I'm not mistaken."
Xia Nuannuan replied, glancing at Qin Tian beside her, and added, "There was indeed a girl named Lu Yaoyao pursuing brother before, but brother has already clearly rejected her. That girl... how should I put it, she's quite unique."
"Is she from your school too?"
Su Xia asked again.
"No."
Xia Nuannuan shook her head.
Hearing this, Tang Xiuxia and Xia Zhengping frowned slightly.
"Brat, you've got guts, seducing girls from outside the school, haven't you?"
Tang Xiuxia feigned outrage and glared at her son.
"Mom, what are you talking about!"
Qin Tian gave a bitter smile and explained, "I'm really not familiar with that girl. We've only met twice. She found me by looking up my information through a license plate number and then came looking for me. I didn't even know who she was before."
"She even went to your school?"
Tang Xiuxia questioned with a frown.
"The first time was in the morning, she drove to their dormitory building and made quite a scene. Later, when brother's internet cafe branch opened, she brought friends to support it, and we played a few games together."
Xia Nuannuan, with a smile on her face, chimed in to answer.
"Playing games together? Nuannuan, what are you thinking? You're too open-minded!"
Old Xia looked at his daughter with confusion, completely baffled by her actions.
Both he and his wife knew how much their daughter valued Qin Tian.
Logically, their daughter would never let a love rival like that get close to Qin Tian, so why was she playing games with her?
"Dad, there are plenty of girls who like him. This kind of thing can't be completely prevented, and I believe in brother!"
Xia Nuannuan said with a sweet smile.
"What do you mean plenty of girls like him, I..."
"Alright, Old Xia, you stop talking for now."
Su Xia interrupted her husband, who was about to say more, and looked at Qin Tian with a gentle smile, asking, "Xiao Qin, did you clearly reject that girl?"
"Yes!"
Qin Tian nodded emphatically.
"He even killed that girl many times in the game. It was too cruel, we felt a little unbearable watching."
Xia Nuannuan added with a laugh.
"And then, wasn't that girl angry?"
Su Xia asked with a surprised expression.
"No, she even said that brother played games very well and she liked boys who played games well."
Xia Nuannuan chuckled.
"Good heavens, it seems she's not simple!"
Su Xia muttered thoughtfully, then asked, "How old is this girl?"
"I don't know. She looks about our age."
Xia Nuannuan replied.
Su Xia nodded slightly and looked towards the outside of the private room.
"When we came just now, you didn't see her?"
"No."
"Then Nuannuan, do you think these flowers and peace fruits were really sent by her?"
"Well... I think it's a bit strange!"
"How do you say that?"
Tang Xiuxia looked at her with a puzzled expression.
"She knows that doing so will only make brother dislike her more, so she shouldn't have done this."
Xia Nuannuan calmly stated her thoughts.
Su Xia looked at her daughter with a smile, her eyes filled with relief.
In her opinion, her daughter had truly grown a lot.
"Then what's the deal with these flowers and peace fruits? Could there be another Ms. Lu?"
Old Xia's questioning gaze turned to Qin Tian.
"No, no, absolutely not."
Qin Tian vehemently denied it, shaking his head like a rattle drum.
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...
At the same time, in the private room across the way.
Watching Zheng Ji return to his seat, pick up his chopsticks, and continue eating the dishes at a leisurely pace, Wang Chao and the others exchanged bewildered glances, all looking confused.
"Why did it take so long? Ji Ge, you didn't go to the restroom, did you?"
The young man sitting next to Zheng Ji asked with a strange smile.
"What business is it of yours?"
Zheng Ji glanced at him indifferently and retorted unpleasantly.
"Alright, it's none of my business. I was being nosy, okay!"
The young man's smile vanished, he picked up his glass and took a deep drink, remaining silent.
"Okay, don't start arguing again. Let's eat."
Wang Chao said with a smile to ease the tension.
The phone beside him suddenly dinged, and he quickly picked it up to check.
It was a message from his cousin, Wang Hao, a string of numbers forming a phone number.
It was none other than Qin Tian's.
When Zheng Ji didn't return for a long time, Wang Chao felt something was wrong and had messaged his cousin for Qin Tian's phone number.
Wang Chao copied the phone number, pasted it as the sender, and began to edit the text message.
"Chao Ge, who are you texting?"
A girl asked.
"A girl I hooked up with a while back. You guys almost all have partners, and now even Yaoyao has a target. I can't be single forever, right?"
Wang Chao replied with a smile.
"Oh ho, Chao Ge, from what you're saying, didn't you also like Yaoyao before?"
The girl teased with a knowing smile.
Zheng Ji, who had been burying his head in his food, looked up at Wang Chao.
"Hey, hey, hey, don't talk nonsense. Lu Yaoyao isn't my type at all. I like gentler girls."
Wang Chao calmly and collectedly denied it.
"Are you saying our Yaoyao isn't gentle?"
"Do you have a misunderstanding of the word 'gentle'?"
"Hahaha..."
Everyone at the table, except for Zheng Ji, burst into laughter.