The flight booked by Zhuang Yan's parents was supposed to arrive at the airport at 2:5 p.m., but it was delayed halfway. It was almost [-] p.m. when Zhuang Yan and Xie Ning picked them up.

"I kept you waiting for a long time." Ms. Qiao wore a pair of sunglasses, and her clothes were always elegant and fashionable.

Xie Ning smiled, "Not too long."

Ms. Qiao Xie Ning has met him several times, and she has always treated him very well. Now she didn't say anything when she saw the hands of the two of them. Instead, she put her hand to her lips and smiled slightly.

Zhuang Yan's father was a little stranger, and looked at Xie Ning with complicated eyes, but there was no dissatisfaction in it.

The attitudes of both of them were very kind, and the tension in Xie Ning's heart dissipated a little.

The palm held by Zhuang Yan seemed to be scratched, Xie Ning remembered what Zhuang Yan said in the morning, asking him to call his parents.

He opened his mouth, but couldn't yell out.

It was too abrupt, he found a reason for himself, later... let's talk about it.

The driver brought the luggage to the home first. Ms. Qiao took off her sunglasses, rubbed her eyes, and asked, "It's getting late, shall we go eat first?"

Zhuang Yan glanced at the watch on his wrist and frowned: "It's too late to go home and make an estimate. Which restaurant can still get a reservation at this time."

Ms. Qiao took a good look at him: "The day lily must be cold when I order it now. Fortunately, I have the foresight to order it in advance."

I booked a very emotional restaurant for dinner, the overall environment is elegant and generous, and at night there is a band playing on the stage in the middle of the hall.

When the group arrived, the restaurant was already overcrowded, and Ms. Qiao reserved a seat that happened to be able to see the band's performance without being too loud.

"It's a band from abroad." Ms. Qiao introduced after sitting down, "It's not an internationally renowned band, but it's pretty well known."

Zhuang Yan's father helped her put the bag away, and sat down next to her: "Your mother likes to do these fancy things."

Ms. Qiao gave him a dissatisfied look: "This is called sentimentality."

Zhuang Yan's father covered his mouth and coughed.

Xie Ning smiled, thinking that Zhuang Yan could have so many romantic feelings and emotional style, Ms. Qiao should have contributed a lot.

They chatted and ate, and Xie Ning found that Zhuang Yan's father was actually the most talkative person. Whether it was talking about movies, music or painting, he could add a few words, and he even spoke logically.

Before this, Xie Ning had always thought that he was the kind of calm patriarch who had been in the mall for a long time and was powerful.

Ms. Qiao seemed to see Xie Ning's thoughts, and when Zhuang Yan's father finished speaking, he swallowed the food in his mouth and said softly: "He seems to be incomprehensible, but he is actually very particular about These artistic sentiments cover a wide range, otherwise why do I have so many suitors, but I just fell in love with him."

Zhuang Yan's father held back his smile: "Isn't it because you like these things that I ran to learn them?"

Ms. Qiao glanced at him and said nothing.

After all, it's in front of the juniors, so it's not good to keep showing affection. Ms. Qiao changed the subject and said to Xie Ning: "I missed your birthday before, so I can only send you a gift. Did you get it? Do you like it?"

Speaking of gifts, Xie Ning was very grateful to Ms. Qiao for her thoughtfulness, and remembered that Zhuang Yan had given an extra gift that day, so he couldn't help but smile: "I received it, I like it very much."

"I knew you would like it." Ms. Qiao's lips twitched, "I asked a well-known British designer to customize it for you."

Xie Ning felt warm in his heart, and said in a low voice, "It's just...too precious."

"What is this?" Ms. Qiao laughed, "We are all a family, don't worry about it."

When she said this, Xie Ning didn't know what to say, so he could only eat with a blushing face.

Zhuang Yan's family... are really nice people.

The people in the dealer's house are well-educated. Seeing that Xie Ning was eating slowly, Ms. Qiao asked with concern if the dishes he ordered didn't suit his taste, and then blamed Zhuang Yan: "I don't know, forget it, why don't you order some of his dishes?" love to eat."

Xie Ning shook his head quickly: "No, they are all quite delicious."

Zhuang Yan was inexplicably blamed: "That's how he is, he eats slowly."

Then Xie Ning found that Ms. Qiao and Zhuang Yan's father both slowed down their eating speed. They didn't do it deliberately, but they seemed to be waiting for him.

Everyone finished eating almost at the same time, avoiding embarrassment.

Ms. Qiao wiped her mouth with a napkin and asked, "Do you have any plans for tonight?"

Zhuang Yan picked a piece of pineapple from the after-dinner fruit and gave it to Xie Ning: "He will go to the hospital to accompany grandpa later."

"You reminded me." Ms. Qiao said, "Your father and I should also go to see Mr. Xie. Your grandfather is worried about him being hospitalized. If he is not afraid of disturbing his cleanliness, he probably has to go there in person. See you at the hospital."

Zhuang Yan nodded: "Then together?"

Ms. Qiao thought for a while: "Yes, but it's not good to go empty-handed, you have to buy some gifts first."

Xie Ning interjected from the side, "It's okay...just find a fruit shop and buy a basket of fruit."

Ms. Qiao thought for a while, but she didn't retort: ​​"It's fine, I remember that the fruit shop on Kunshan Road is still open."

When he arrived at the fruit shop, Xie Ning realized that Ms. Qiao was indeed the one who could give birth to Zhuang Yan. Even if she was buying fruit, she had to find a high-end fruit shop and buy pure imported ones.

"The cherries here are delicious." Ms. Qiao said to him while choosing, "They are all imported. They are big, with delicate flesh and a lot of juice. Although the price is a bit expensive, you can't buy them in other fruit shops. It tastes so sweet, you can buy some and take it home."

Zhuang Yan really picked out a few: "Ningning also likes this kind of sweet and sour fruit."

"Really." Ms. Qiao said happily, "Then buy more."

The group then went to the hospital.

Mr. Xie didn't seem surprised at all by the arrival of Zhuang Yan's parents. After a few greetings, he chatted a few words about Grandpa Zhuang's recent situation.

"Dad's body is still strong, but he always misses you." Zhuang Yan's father said.

It happened to be Xie Jing and Xia Wan's turn to come to the hospital today, but fortunately Song Qingqing didn't come, saying that she had an appointment tonight.

Because of this, Xie Ning quietly breathed a sigh of relief. Even though he and Song Qingqing had no ambiguous relationship, he still didn't want Zhuang Yan's parents to misunderstand.

Xie Ning felt that the relationship between him and his parents could be regarded as ups and downs.

When he was a child, he felt that his family was happy, his life was happy, and his parents loved him very much. However, all these seemed to disappear overnight.

What's even more ridiculous is that Xia Wan attributed this sudden change to Xie Ning's sexual orientation, as if as long as he could change his sexual orientation, they would be able to return to the past.

But Xie Ning knew that they would never return to the past.

And after the 18-year-old incident, Xie Ning was taken back to the compound, and their attitude towards Xie Ning became like walking on thin ice again.

Maybe Xia Wan felt guilty, which made the four years of Xie Ning University clean.

But time is a terrible thing, as each day passed, Xia Wan's sense of guilt gradually became lighter and lighter.

Maybe it's because Xie Ning University hasn't dated a boy in the past four years, which gave Xia Wan hope again, and she began to repeat the old tricks—but the methods became softer.

So the family relationship dropped to freezing point again.

So far the ice and snow have not melted.

When seeing Zhuang Yan's parents, Xia Wan was stunned for a moment, then turned to look at Xie Ning, just in time to see Zhuang Yan who was leaning against him.

Xie Ning's attitude was very cold, but fortunately, they also knew Zhuang Yan's parents, so no introduction was needed.

"You guys are here to visit the old man." Xia Wan's voice was a little slow.

Ms. Qiao smiled at her: "Yes. I happen to have something to talk to you about."

Xia Wan seemed to realize something, her hands trembled: "What do we... have to talk about?"

"Of course it's about the two kids," Ms. Qiao said.

Xia Wan has always been a very imposing person, but in front of Ms. Qiao, her aura seems to have dwarfed.

"It's nothing to talk about," she said with a frown.

Ms. Qiao smiled: "I think there are many things that need to be discussed... For example, their wedding date, the venue, and the guests to be entertained, these cannot be handled by our dealer alone."

"Of course," Ms. Qiao continued, "If you don't want to talk about it, it's the same for us to talk about it with Xie Jing. If you feel that you can't decide... Our old man is also willing to come forward and talk to Mr. Xie in person, but we If you can handle it, you must do it yourself, and it’s not easy to alarm them.”

Xia Wan was silent for a while, her eyes were very complicated, revealing a little sadness.

Ms. Qiao opened the door first: "I'm afraid of disturbing Mr. Xie's cleanliness here, let's find a quiet place to talk."

Xia Wan glanced at Xie Ning, as if she wanted to say something, but felt that it was not appropriate to say anything at this time, and finally followed Ms. Qiao out without making a sound.

Xie Ning wanted to follow, but was stopped by Zhuang Yan: "The elders have their own way of talking, we don't need to intervene."

Mr. Xie also said beside him: "That's right, Ningning, you can just wait at ease."

After hesitating for a moment, Xie Ning sat down again.

Zhuang Yan picked an apple from the fruits he bought and cut it aside, while Xie Ning picked up the book on the bed cabinet and continued to read "The Little Prince" to Mr. Xie.

I don't know what the four elders talked about, but Xie Ning felt that it would not be too pleasant.

He knew Xia Wan well, it was impossible for her to have a happy conversation with Ms. Qiao - especially if Xie Ning and Zhuang Yan were in a relationship.

The facts also proved his guess, because Xia Wan didn't come back with them in the end, Xie Jing said that she was not feeling well, so he went back first.

Ms. Qiao's expression was very calm, as if she had quarreled with Xia Wan.

A nurse came in to change the medicine bottle for Mr. Xie, and reminded: "It's time to take the medicine, don't forget to take the medicine."

Xie Jing quickly took out the medicine, poured another glass of water, and helped Mr. Xie up to feed the medicine.

After taking the medicine, Mr. Xie felt a little tired and fell asleep shortly after closing his eyes.

The others retreated quietly.

When Xie Jing left, he looked at Xie Ning for a long time, as if he wanted to say something to him.

But Xie Ning didn't give him this chance.

Whether it's Xia Wan or Xie Jing, Xie Ning doesn't feel that he needs to care about them anymore.

Their opinions and attitudes no longer matter.

Xie Ning suddenly understood, and finally understood why Mr. Xie directly transferred the shares to him when he was an adult.

Not to make amends, but to tell him.

You are already an independent person. You have repaid the life your parents gave you, and you have the ability to repay the money they gave you.

From now on, you no longer owe them anything.

They can no longer interfere in your life, can no longer make decisions for you, and can no longer force you to do things you don't want to do.

You are an adult and you are free.

The author has something to say: The locked chapter is trying to unlock it, if you haven’t read it, just... comment on this chapter and give everyone a red envelope to compensate qaq

By the way, I quietly chatted about my e-sports brainstorming, "What's wrong with the trumpet star chasing", the specific outline: Gong Weibo trumpet was hacked, and found that it was full of all kinds of flattery.Overnight, everyone knew that he was a fan of Shou.E-sports background, I haven't thought about anything else yet.

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