Chapter 321

Extra. Wang Dongqing's proposal process

Xu Airu, who thought so, also said as such.

Saying he made a stunning debut, the Xie family expressed unanimous approval.

Initially, Old Master Xie urged him to find a girlfriend; he said he already had one, which made Xu Airu and Xie Wenmo also quite pleased, allowing him time to bring her back to meet them.

They had all prepared the betrothal gifts.

As it turned out, he actually brought back a robot, nearly making Old Master Xie explode with anger.

Afterward, Old Master Xie simply stopped urging him, gave up, and let things take their natural course.

They realized that an unenlightened mind would be useless even if you gave him a craniotomy; the second daughter-in-law/second granddaughter-in-law should just go with the flow.

With Xie Jingzhou doing that, the Xie family became even busier, after all they had two weddings to attend to.

The urgent matter was to calculate the dates, first go to the Cheng family to present the betrothal gifts and discuss the marriage.

After all, they were already lacking in etiquette, but they still needed the bride's family to feel at ease entrusting their child to the old Xie family.

After getting the lay of the land, Xu Airu began to arrange various matters.

As the eldest sister-in-law, Tushan Jiu also joined in.

Finally, the date was set; the second son's wife still had to handle the family company's affairs, and since they had already registered their marriage, the wedding wasn't urgent— they'd discuss it again in the second half of the year.

So right now it's the third son, Xie Jingting's wedding.

Although the time was tight, for the Xie family even just one week of preparation was more than enough to arrange a grand wedding.

Tushan Jiu did not act as the husband's family; instead, she accompanied Fang Qingyi all the way to see her off to her wedding.

Likewise, Cheng Cheng, whom they had already met, was also there.

Because of their personalities, the three sisters-in-law unexpectedly got along well.

The three little ones also all took part, serving as flower children.

After the wedding, not only the bride Fang Qingyi was exhausted, but even Cheng Cheng, who followed her, was worn out.

Tushan Jiu and Fang Qingyi joked with Cheng Cheng, telling her she should also get ready, because the next one to be worn out would be her.

Cheng Cheng gave a noncommittal response, after all, in just a little over half a year it would really be her turn.

Throughout the whole year, the Xie family members hardly had any idle time.

Only after finishing the weddings of Xie Jingzhou and Cheng Cheng did the three Xie brothers each have their own little home to belong to.

The elders could finally rest easy, as the three children's major life events were settled; Xu Airu and Xie Wenmo directly took Old Master Xie on a world tour.

After the new year, when Tushan Jiu returned to the office to work, she heard another piece of good news.

This good news was none other than Maomao and Wang Dongqing's.

Maomao—she's pregnant!

That's right, it's a pregnancy, not a marriage—because not long after Tushan Jiu gave birth to Tushan Yao, Wang Dongqing proposed to Maomao.

But their wedding was held two years ago.

Because Maomao's reflex arc is too long, after that one confession experience, Wang Dongqing now says whatever he wants to do straight out, with no beating around the bush.

It's said that even their first kiss, he straightforwardly told Maomao:

"Mao Sis, I see that couples kiss, I also want to kiss, okay?"

Maomao: "...... Okay."

Afterwards, every request he made was said this directly, doubling the efficiency.

But even so, Maomao's reaction ability in this regard remained slow.

That day, at the office, everyone was busy writing the case closure report.

A few days ago, an evil cultivator used techniques to harm people; this case their team had been monitoring for several days, and they discovered it wasn't just him alone but a small organization.

This organization set up a website that ostensibly offered free Bazi fortune-telling, but in reality it sought out people with good luck, grabbed their birth dates and casually borrowed their fortune.

The scale was not small, and the number of involved cultivators was not few, so they investigated for several days, and in the process also teamed up with the cyber police to shut down several such fraudulent websites.

Thus the workload of compiling the case closure report was not small either, because it had to include each cultivator's information, the final penalties, and also be reported to the underworld; after death they wouldn't get a good ending.

They spent a whole morning writing it, and only then did the five of them finish.

Everyone turned off their computers one after another and began to chat.

Maomao asked: "Finished work, what should we eat later?"

Actually, it was still early for mealtime; they usually habitually decide in advance what to eat, then go straight there after work, which is more efficient.

Mumu: "Then shall we go to that newly opened shopping district?"

Tushan Jiu nodded in agreement: "Sure, sure, we haven't been there yet; perfect for a stroll."

Work should balance labor and rest; we've been busy for several days, so relaxing a bit is still necessary.

Maomao: "Alright, I've also heard it's pretty good there, so let's decide on that."

Mumu stretched out her hand and said, "My nail style is outdated; I want to redo it, you two should also do one, let me show you—I recently saw a very popular style online, and that custom nail shop happens to be near that shopping district, so let's do it together."

Saying that, Mumu took out her phone and showed them the pictures: "This, this, I feel this suits Mao Sis, and this, this suits Jiu Sis."

"Wow, it's really pretty, indeed it suits me, I really like this light color, then I'll follow Mumu's advice and do one like this." Tushan Jiu thought Mumu's eye for style was indeed good.

Since she started learning makeup, she's become a refined little doll, fragrant from head to toe every day, adorably vain.

Maomao also thought it looked good, and moreover her hands were pretty; Mumu often let her do nails and helped her choose styles.

She pointed at one of the pictures and said, "Then I'll do this one."

Seeing that they all liked it, Mumu also became happy and began to show off more of her collected treasure pictures.

The three of them were engrossed in their discussion, making Wang Dongqing beside them impatient.

Xiang Yichu, upon seeing that, curled his lips in a smile.

Wang Dongqing looked helpless, gave a light cough, and said, "Xiao Jiu, Mumu."

Mu Mu was in the middle of explaining when she heard Wang Dongqing call them; she turned her head and asked him, "What's up?"

Tushan Jiu and Maomao also looked over together.

Wang Dongqing tapped his watch and said, "It's about time."

Tushan Jiu and Mu Mu exchanged a look, "Heh, we've got something big to do today."

Maomao asked, "What time—are there any other activities later?"

After Tushan Jiu and Mu Mu exchanged a series of meaningful looks, they promptly put away their phones and pulled Maomao outside.

Tushan Jiu thought about it, but really couldn't remember the lines from a few days ago, so she casually came up with an excuse:

"Anyway, there's still a while until mealtime; Bai Yu told me he recently appeared in a comedy film and asked us few to go support him, also wanted me to take photos, threatening me that this is his comedy debut and if we don't go watch he'll kick up a fuss."

Mu Mu blinked, "Is this line in the script?"

Forget it, lines or not, the point is just to get Maomao to the cinema.

Given Maomao's slow reflexes, if she can react after all the ceremonies are over, that's already good.

So she quickly chimed in: "Right, right, right, Bai Yu also told me, I even said he's not a newcomer—he's just playing himself."