Chapter 418: Song Qiuyun's Parents! Worry!

After leaving the airport, under Song Qiuyun's lead, Xu Jingming followed along to the center of Rongcheng and went on a major shopping spree.

Part of it was the formal attire needed for tomorrow's Ceng Zufu birthday banquet.

The other part was gifts prepared for Song Qiuyun's parents, on behalf of Ceng Zufu.

Throughout the whole process, Song Qiuyun kept trying to pay.

Holding 4.4 billion in funds, and it being his first visit, Xu Jingming naturally would not agree.

So in the end, it took roughly 1 billion Great Xia coins before all the gifts were ready.

The bulk of it, naturally, was three portions of S-grade heavenly materials and earthly treasures.

A little past five in the afternoon, after finishing all the shopping, Xu Jingming and Song Qiuyun drove away from the Rongcheng mall together.

"Qiuyun, what are your parents' personalities like? Do I need to make any special preparations?"

In the car, Xu Jingming could not help but ask, his tone quite nervous.

In his past life, having just graduated from grad school, he had never even had a girlfriend, let alone something like meeting the girl's parents.

This could be called a first in both his past and present lives; being nervous was perfectly normal.

And, most crucially, he did not only have Song Qiuyun as a woman — there was also Jiang Chuxuan.

Although Great Xia did not prohibit this kind of behavior, and even encouraged rare ability awakeners to have multiple spouses.

Still, putting oneself in the other's shoes, her parents might not exactly be pleased.

"Don't worry, my parents are very easygoing."

Seeing this, Song Qiuyun could not help but say with a smile, "I've told them about Sister Chuxuan too, and they don't have much objection.

So just treat it normally, no need for any special preparations."

A faint trace of novelty sat on Song Qiuyun's pretty face.

Come to think of it, this was the first time since she'd known Xu Jingming for so long that she'd seen this kind of emotion on his face.

"Is that so? Alright then, got it." Hearing this, Xu Jingming also let out a breath of relief.

At the same time, he felt that going to kill a sixth-tier fierce beast seemed to have made him less nervous than this......

The sports car sped along, twisting and turning through the city streets, and finally drove into an enormous estate.

Having searched for information the night before, Xu Jingming naturally knew.

This was the Song family's luxurious estate, covering an area of over a hundred mu — the size of ten football fields!

"Alright, we're here. This is my home."

After the sports car entered the estate, it finally stopped in front of a modern villa.

Song Qiuyun stepped out of the sports car first, introducing with a smile all over her pretty face.

The villa's front door was wide open; after the introductions.

Song Qiuyun pulled Xu Jingming inside, calling out in a clear, crisp voice:

"Dad, Mom, we're back~~"

Similar to the modern exterior of the villa, the entire interior hall was also built extremely luxuriously.

The ceiling featured elegant, classical-style paintings, and exquisite ornaments were placed throughout the hall.

Some rare flowers and exotic plants were even used directly as potted plants placed inside the hall.

The faint, refreshing fragrance they gave off made one feel comfortable all over from just a light sniff.

"Xiaoyun's back."

At that moment, accompanied by a graceful, pleasant voice, a beautiful woman walked out from the villa's living room.

This woman's looks were seventy to eighty percent similar to Song Qiuyun's, but even more gorgeous and charming, with a mature air.

Xu Jingming had always wondered where Song Qiuyun's young-married-woman air came from.

Having seen Song Qiuyun's aunt Zhou Ying before, and now seeing this beautiful woman, he immediately understood.

It was all inherited down the line.

"Mom, let me introduce — this is the boyfriend I mentioned before, Xu Jingming."

Song Qiuyun nestled up beside her mother Zhou Tong, introducing him with a touch of shyness.

"Hello, Auntie." Xu Jingming hurriedly greeted her respectfully.

At the same time, he could not help feeling secretly astonished inside.

Although Song Qiuyun's mother had not released her aura, judging from the aura passively detected by his Heart Web.

She was at least a seventh-tier Grandmaster-level ability user.

Of course, ordinary members of these great ability-user families were one thing.

But someone like Song Qiuyun's father, a figure on the level of clan head — his spouse was basically impossible to be a mere ornament.

"Worthy of being the only SS-grade ability awakener in our Great Xia in the last several decades.

Truly astonishing talent — at such a young age, you've actually reached fifth tier!"

After scanning him up and down and sensing Xu Jingming's aura, Zhou Tong could not help but exclaim softly in admiration.

Meanwhile, Song Qiuyun beside her was somewhat dumbfounded hearing this.

Fifth tier?

Jingming... since when did he reach fifth tier?

Song Qiuyun's talent was actually not low — from childhood she had taken all sorts of heavenly materials and earthly treasures to nourish her body.

The effects gradually showed after reaching adulthood; now, not yet twenty, she was already a peak second-tier ability user!

But compared to Xu Jingming, who was the same age as her, she could not even come close.

Therefore, although her spiritual power could sense that Xu Jingming was very strong, she did not know how strong exactly.

Only now that her mother Zhou Tong mentioned it did she suddenly realize.

Her own man had, without her even realizing it, already become a Tier-5 esper!

"You're too kind, Auntie." Xu Jingming said with a modest smile.

"You're quite humble. If it were anyone else, reaching Tier 5 at your age, their tail would probably be sticking up to the sky."

After her exclamation, his mother Zhou Tong said, a satisfied expression on her face:

"Alright, don't stand on ceremony. We're all family here.

Once you're here, it's just like being home. Go sit in the living room and rest for a bit first."

Although before this, Song Qiuyun had already told her parents about Xu Jingming's existence, and the two of them hadn't shown any sign of opposition.

Only at this moment did Song Qiuyun finally set her mind completely at ease, and she pulled Xu Jingming into the living room with a beaming smile.

"Oh? Where's my dad? Wasn't he right here before I left?"

"He was called away by your eldest uncle two hours ago. They said he'd be back before dinner."

"Oh, alright then."

"......"

Not seeing Song Qiuyun's father in the living room, Xu Jingming was happy to be at ease.

With Song Qiuyun keeping him company, it wasn't boring at all, and soon over half an hour passed.

When it was almost six o'clock, Song Qiuyun's father Song Feng finally returned from outside.

Song Feng was an eighth-tier mid Weida Master Zongshi, yet his aura differed vastly from Hearing Ling Shuang, who was also eighth-tier mid.

However, he also carried a kind of dignified aura naturally formed from holding a high position for a long time.

"Hello, Uncle." Seeing Song Feng, Xu Jingming quickly rose from the sofa.

"Mm, I've heard about you from Xiaoyun long ago, and I've also seen many reports about you in the news.

Something came up this afternoon that held me up, sorry to keep you waiting. Sit, let's eat first."

Song Feng nodded slightly and led Xu Jingming and Song Qiuyun to the dining room to take their seats.

Just as Song Qiuyun had said, her father Song Feng and her mother Zhou Tong both had very easygoing personalities and weren't difficult to get along with.

Added to the fact that Xu Jingming's emotional intelligence wasn't low either, he was very measured in conversation.

Therefore, throughout the entire dinner, the atmosphere was extremely harmonious, without the slightest awkwardness.

"Mom, Dad, I'll take Jingming to see his room for tonight first."

After dinner, Xu Jingming presented the S-grade heavenly materials and earthly treasures he had prepared in advance, and Song Qiuyun said with a beaming smile.

Without waiting for her parents' response, she directly pulled Xu Jingming away.

"This girl... sure enough, a grown daughter can't be kept."

At this, his mother Zhou Tong was naturally a little caught between laughter and tears.

After the two had both disappeared from sight, she finally looked toward her husband Song Feng and asked casually:

"What did Eldest Uncle want with you? Took you that long?"

"It's still about Grandfather's injuries."

Song Feng's previously relaxed brow had already furrowed tightly as he said worriedly:

"Eldest Uncle said Grandfather can hold on for at most another two or three months, and told us to make plans and arrangements early."