Chapter 161: The Future Mother-in-Law is Very Satisfied

"Nuan Nuan, look, that's my house up ahead."

Qin Tian pointed toward the house that was now visible within their line of sight.

Xia Nuannuan followed the direction of his finger with curious eyes, then looked around the surroundings and said, "The environment here feels very nice; it's much quieter than our residential complex."

"Yeah, it's quite far from the city center. If you cross that bridge over there, it's not far to the countryside. My maternal grandparents' house is over there."

"Mm-hmm, our ancestral home is also in a village over there. But when my mom and dad got married, they bought those two apartments, so my grandparents moved to Yucheng with us. We only go back to the countryside during the Spring Festival to pay respects to our relatives."

"Same for us."

Qin Tian nodded with a smile.

His maternal grandparents' home wasn't far away, and the two elders were very kind.

However, the fellow villagers in the village weren't all simple and kind-hearted. In the early years, when his mother returned to the village alone while pregnant with him, there had been quite a lot of gossip in the village.

Perhaps worried that he might accidentally hear it and have it negatively affect his psychological development, after his mother brought him to Yucheng, she basically only took him back to the ancestral home during the Spring Festival, or she would sneak back alone to visit her parents.

In his past life, it was only after hearing his uncle talk about this that Qin Tian understood his mother's painstaking efforts.

Thinking of this, Qin Tian suddenly had a very good idea. He could make those who gossiped behind his mother's back shut their mouths, and he could also win some glory for his mother.

In Yucheng, families with students who get good grades after the College Entrance Examination usually hold a celebration banquet.

Qin Tian felt that he could perhaps choose to hold his celebration banquet in his ancestral home.

Once inside the house, Xia Nuannuan's little face immediately tightened, and her steps became a bit stiff.

Qin Tian couldn't help but smile, handing her the gift he had been helping to carry.

Xia Nuannuan took the bag without delay.

"Don't be nervous, rest assured, I'm here!"

Qin Tian raised his hand to her head and ruffled her hair, offering a gentle, comforting smile.

Xia Nuannuan nodded, her expression softening slightly as she took a slow, deep breath to calm her nervous and uneasy heart.

Without calling out, Qin Tian led Xia Nuannuan directly to the back of the house and into the kitchen.

His mother was busy at the stove and didn't notice the movement behind her at first.

"Mom!"

Qin Tian called out softly.

"Ah!"

Tang Xiuxia was startled and instinctively turned her head to scold.

Upon seeing the pretty girl beside her son, she reacted instantly, her face changing as she put on an enthusiastic smile.

"Hello, Auntie!"

Xia Nuannuan greeted her somewhat flusteredly.

"Nuan Nuan, welcome to our home."

Tang Xiuxia walked over quickly, her bright eyes scanning Xia Nuannuan.

She had seen photos of Xia Nuannuan on her son's phone, but the person in real life was even better-looking than in the photos, and she had a great figure too.

This brat really has an eye for things!

Tang Xiuxia sighed happily in her heart, then glared at her grinning son with a straight face, chiding him, "What were you thinking, bringing Nuan Nuan to the kitchen? It's so smoky. Wouldn't it have been better to just call me from the front room?"

"Mom..."

Qin Tian gave a bitter, aggrieved smile.

"It's okay, it's okay, Auntie. It was my idea; I was afraid of disturbing you while you were cooking!"

Xia Nuannuan said hurriedly.

"How could you disturb me? I'm almost done; this is the last dish."

Tang Xiuxia looked at Xia Nuannuan with a beaming smile.

She was pretty and sensible, and the key was that she was so good to her son; she was even more satisfied now.

Xia Nuannuan smiled shyly, then suddenly remembering something, she handed over the bag she was carrying with both hands.

"Auntie, Qin Tian and I picked this out for you together."

"Huh?"

Tang Xiuxia glared at her son fiercely again, blaming him, "What's wrong with you? Last time it was skincare products, and now you're taking Nuan Nuan to buy gifts again. What did I tell you?"

Qin Tian had nothing to say and could only scratch his head with a sheepish smile.

"Auntie, this was my idea too. Please don't blame Qin Tian!"

Xia Nuannuan said hurriedly.

"I'll settle the score with you later."

Tang Xiuxia shot her son a look, then smiled as she took the bag from Xia Nuannuan's hand, saying, "Then Auntie will thank you. I didn't prepare any gifts, so I feel quite embarrassed."

Xia Nuannuan shook her head vigorously, then didn't quite know what to say.

"Mom, is there anything I can help with?"

Qin Tian decisively took over the conversation.

"No need, no need. You take Nuan Nuan to the front room to watch TV; we'll be eating soon."

Tang Xiuxia replied immediately.

"Alright!"

Qin Tian nodded with a smile, pointed toward his room, and looked at Xia Nuannuan, asking, "That's my room over there. Do you want to go take a look?"

"Is that okay?"

Xia Nuannuan's eyes brightened slightly, and a look of anticipation appeared on her face.

"Of course it is, go on, go on!"

Tang Xiuxia said with a beaming smile, cutting in.

Afterward, Qin Tian led Xia Nuannuan out of the kitchen.

Tang Xiuxia watched the well-matched backs of the two children, her eyes curving into crescents as she went back to cooking.

"This is my room; it's quite simple."

Qin Tian led Xia Nuannuan into his room and said with a smile.

Xia Nuannuan looked around like a curious baby, nodding with a sweet smile, "It's quite nice. So, a boy's room can actually be quite tidy!"

"Uh... it was actually quite messy before."

Qin Tian smiled awkwardly.

It was only after his rebirth that he developed the good habit of tidying his room; before that, his mother would come in every few days to clean it up.

There really wasn't much to see, so after a brief look, Qin Tian led Xia Nuannuan to the front room and also showed her his mother's room.

Xia Nuannuan's attention was soon drawn to the photo on the coffee table.

It was exactly that photo taken when he was a child, after he had been mocked by classmates for being a "wild child without a father" and was sulking with his mother.

"Want to see?"

Qin Tian noticed her interest and asked with a light laugh.

"Mm-hmm!"

Xia Nuannuan nodded like a chick pecking at rice.

Qin Tian walked over, picked up the frame, and handed it to her, saying with a hearty smile, "This is a photo of me and my mother when I was little. I was young and ignorant back then, and I was sulking with my mom!"

He didn't mention the reason for the sulking; he didn't want Xia Nuannuan's happy mood to be affected right now.

Xia Nuannuan didn't ask either. In her view, children have too many reasons to sulk with their parents, and it's all too childish.

Just like when she was little, she once sulked for several days and refused to talk to her father just because Old Xia ate a jelly she had put in the refrigerator.

Now, when the family chats, her parents still occasionally bring up those embarrassing stories from her childhood.

"Qin Tian, you were so cute when you were little!"

Xia Nuannuan poked the cheek of "little Qin Tian" in the photo with her slender, onion-white index finger, her eyes curving into crescents.

"When you're little, everyone is cute!"

Qin Tian chuckled in agreement.

"That's not necessarily true!"

Xia Nuannuan shook her head and took her phone out of her pocket.

"What are you doing?"

Qin Tian paused, looking at her with a wary gaze.

"Hee hee..."

Xia Nuannuan blinked her big eyes playfully at him and opened the phone's camera function.

"Don't!"

Qin Tian shouted to stop her, making a move to grab it.

However, Xia Nuannuan was already prepared; she turned around to dodge and, with lightning-fast movements, took a photo and saved it. ===== CHAPTER 162 =====