Chapter 458

In the spacious restaurant, a delicate red mahogany solid wood table was placed, the decoration simple yet revealing an antique charm.

"Welcome."

Yukino's father greeted Lin Ye with a smile.

"Hello, Uncle."

As a prefectural assemblyman, Yukino's father carried a sense of dignity, but his momentum was much worse than Yukino's mother's. And now he had a kind, gentle, and scholarly temperament. With this image, it was hard to connect him with his status as a prefectural assemblyman and the president of a construction company.

"Come, sit down! Dinner will be ready soon."

Yukino's father appeared enthusiastic.

After Lin Ye took his seat, Yukino's mother also appeared, and she sat beside her husband.

And Yukinoshita Yukino sat on Lin Ye's left hand side, while Haruno sat on the right side of her mother.

Dish after dish of cuisine was placed on the dining table.

Classic Japanese cuisine.

Very sumptuous,

Piping hot sukiyaki, fragrant Wagyu steak, golden crispy tempura, fresh sashimi, and beautifully made sushi.

Just the ingredients alone were definitely top-tier ingredients.

Using top-tier ingredients to entertain him, a 'special' guest, could also be considered experiencing the importance the Yukinoshita family placed on him.

Lin Ye took a bite of the steak and immediately felt the difference in texture. This was better than the high-grade Wagyu that Nanase Ren had treated him to before.

The ingredients were different, and the difference in taste and texture was quite obvious.

Of course, the chef who cooked the cuisine tonight was probably also a high-level chef invited by the Yukinoshita family!

During the meal.

Yukino's father occasionally asked about Lin Ye's situation at school, his plans for the future, and whether he would return to the Xia Kingdom in the future.

"If I return to the country, I think I will have to go back one day,"

"But I am young now, taking advantage of being young, I think I can struggle for a few more years here."

Lin Ye thought for a moment and gave an answer.

"Struggling is good! The future belongs to you young people. You are the rising sun, the future will be brilliant, and the future is boundless."

"Uncle, you are over-praising."

"Haha, Uncle believes you have this strength and potential, really."

He picked up his wine glass, "A toast to you."

After finishing, Yukino's father drank it all in one gulp. He was drinking sake, and the alcohol content wasn't high.

Lin Ye was drinking pure freshly squeezed fruit juice,

He was a minor, and Yukinoshita Yukino, who was sitting beside him, was the same, drinking freshly squeezed fruit juice.

Haruno was very quiet, just like the tea party in the afternoon, she drank silently, and had already drunk several cups of sake, her face stained with a slight blush.

"Yukino almost had an accident last time. Fortunately, you were there to protect Yukino and saved Yukino. My wife and I express our gratitude to you."

Yukino's father picked up another cup of sake, and Yukino's mother also toasted a glass with a smile.

Both husband and wife drank.

Lin Ye returned the courtesy, and looked at Yukinoshita Yukino beside him with a smile and a touch of envy, "Classmate Yukino, your parents love you very much. Having parents who care for you and love you is enviable."

In an instant,

The cold long-haired girl suddenly understood something.

Her parents asking her to invite Lin Ye to their home as a guest this time was purely to express their gratitude to Lin Ye, because she was their daughter, their precious treasure.

Her parents just wanted to alleviate the grief and lingering fear of almost losing her through the way of gratitude.

After realizing this, the warm current and emotion that flooded Yukinoshita Yukino's heart, which had been as calm as a lake, kept overflowing.

As an insider, she hadn't seen this point clearly, but Lin Ye, an outsider, had seen it clearly.

"Mm."

"Cough cough cough, Lin-kun is too much. I also care about Yukino very much. Not including me, isn't that too much."

Haruno spoke for the first time in the dinner party. She looked slightly dissatisfied, her eyes revealing unhappy emotions, but the corners of her eyes were raised, her smile intense,

"On the day Yukino had the accident, I was the first to treat you to a meal to express my gratitude. Lin-kun hasn't forgotten, right!"

That day you came to recruit me and cooperate with me.

Gratitude for Yukinoshita was entirely secondary.

"No, your sister also cares about you very much. Probably here, except for me, everyone else cares about you and loves you sincerely."

"Ah hahahaha..."

Yukino's father laughed, "How could that be! If Lin-san didn't care about Yukino, how could he have stepped forward to protect Yukino!"

"How could..."

"You all care about me, Father, Mother, Sister, and Classmate Lin, you all care about me, thank you."

Saying this, Yukino picked up the cup of juice and drank it all in one gulp.

Haruno clearly felt the change in her sister.

She was a little more sensible, but there was a little bit of regret. If Yukino were completely spontaneous, that would be even better.

Yukino's father and mother looked at each other, and seeing Yukino's mother nod slightly, Yukino's father understood.

"I heard from Haruno that Lin-san once confessed to Yukino?"

It's here,

It finally came.

Lin Ye shouted directly in his heart.

Facing her sister's stinging gaze, Haruno indicated 'I didn't say it', 'I really didn't say it', 'Yukino, you have to believe me'.

This day, she had carried quite a few black pots for her father and mother.

But she couldn't explain, and could only silently accept these few black pots.

"Ah, sigh, yes, but it's a pity, Classmate Yukino refused."

"Maybe it was because Yukino didn't know Lin-san very well at that time."

"Maybe! But please rest assured, I won't use the kindness of saving her to pester Classmate Yukino and add unnecessary trouble to Classmate Yukino's daily life and studies."

This answer made Yukinoshita Yukino look at Lin Ye a few more times.

But it sounded different to Yukino's father and mother.

"What pestering or not pestering? In high school, romantic feelings between men and women, liking, confessing, and dating are actually very normal things. I won't hide it from you, I also liked a girl in my class in high school, and I also confessed."

Yukino's mother indicated she had never heard of this.

The two Yukinoshita sisters had also never heard of it at all.

The mother and three daughters all looked at this relative.

This put a bit of pressure on Yukino's father, but he quickly adjusted his mentality.

"Uncle, and then! You are so talented and capable, you must have succeeded, right!"

"Refused, mercilessly refused, resolutely refused without a shred of possibility."

Yukino's father's emotions were slightly regretful.

That painful experience, he hadn't forgotten it even now.

"After that, did you give up?" Lin Ye had more resonance.

"No, didn't give up, continued to pursue, but unfortunately, it still didn't work."

That was a memory belonging to his youth.

Yukino's father also had stories when he was young.

"Haha, Uncle, if you don't like it, you don't like it. Pursuing further has no meaning, it's just spending more time for nothing."

"Yes."

Yukino's father agreed.

But Yukino's mother frowned,

The turn of the topic was wrong. Wasn't this a disguised way of agreeing with Lin Ye to stop the further relationship with Yukino?

But facing the reassuring gaze cast by her husband, Yukino's mother temporarily suppressed the doubt in her heart.

"Later, I was heartbroken and didn't think about this aspect anymore. I entered society and became a working person, until I met Fumino at a certain banquet."

That was the mother of the Yukinoshita sisters, the gray-haired, dignified kimono lady in front of Lin Ye.

"Because of an accident at the banquet, we had an intersection, we started to contact, we set an engagement, Fumino and I were engaged first, then cultivated feelings, and finally married and became a family."