Chapter 162: Xia Nuannuan's Flattery

"Xiao Tian, Nuan Nuan, come out and sit, it's time to eat."

His mother's voice came from outside.

Qin Tian led Xia Nuannuan out of the room and saw his mother placing two dishes on the dining table in the main hall.

"Auntie, let me help you serve the dishes!"

Xia Nuannuan called out hurriedly, making a move to follow her into the kitchen.

"No, no, no. Xiao Tian, you greet Nuan Nuan and have her sit down first. I'll go get the bowls and chopsticks; you two start eating the dishes!"

Tang Xiuxia looked at her son and instructed.

"Alright!"

Qin Tian nodded with a smile and pushed Xia Nuannuan toward the dining table.

"Don't push me! I'll sit in a moment; let me help serve the dishes first!"

"You're a guest today; there's no reason to let a guest work."

"But..."

"Alright, there will be plenty of opportunities for you to help in the future. Next time you come over, you can help as much as you want, okay? Today, just sit obediently and focus on eating."

Qin Tian interrupted her with a chuckle and pressed her down into a chair.

Xia Nuannuan rolled her eyes at him and had no choice but to sit as told.

At this moment, Tang Xiuxia brought over three sets of bowls and chopsticks.

"Come, come, you two start eating."

"Thank you, Auntie!"

Xia Nuannuan hurriedly took the bowls and chopsticks and thanked her.

"Try it, hurry and try it. These are all the dishes Xiao Tian said you like. Of course, they definitely aren't as good as what your mom makes; I heard from Xiao Tian that your mom is a great cook."

Tang Xiuxia said with a face full of smiles.

"No, that's not true!"

Xia Nuannuan shook her head and praised with a sweet smile, "Auntie, the dishes you made look delicious!"

"That's good, eat, eat, don't be polite, just treat this like your own home!"

After Tang Xiuxia finished speaking, she went back to the kitchen to serve the rest of the dishes.

Xia Nuannuan watched her walk hurriedly to the back room, sitting upright and feeling too embarrassed to pick up her chopsticks.

"Hurry and eat, don't be so formal. My mom is right, it's your own home!"

Qin Tian grinned and placed a garlic shrimp into her bowl.

Hearing this, Xia Nuannuan's pretty face flushed with two blushes, and she cast him a shy, sideways glance.

"What? Do you want me to peel the shell for you?"

Qin Tian asked with a chuckle.

"No!"

Hearing this, Xia Nuannuan hurriedly picked up her chopsticks to deal with the shrimp in her bowl.

This was her first time visiting, and she was too embarrassed to be overly intimate with Qin Tian in front of his future mother-in-law.

"How is it, Nuan Nuan, is it okay?"

Tang Xiuxia came over with two more dishes and, seeing Xia Nuannuan eating the shrimp, asked with a beaming smile.

"Mm-hmm, it's very delicious, I like it a lot."

Xia Nuannuan hurriedly looked up to answer.

"Then eat more. Xiao Tian, you take good care of her!"

Tang Xiuxia set down the two dishes and gave another instruction.

"Don't you worry!"

Qin Tian smiled confidently.

Before long, Tang Xiuxia had brought all the dishes she had been busy with all afternoon to the table.

There were only three people, but there were quite a lot of dishes.

A full seven dishes and one soup, just enough to make a lucky number.

Qin Tian went to the refrigerator, took out a bottle of orange juice he had bought that morning, poured three glasses, and after sitting down, raised his glass and called out, "Come on, let's toast. Thank you, Mom, for making such a table of food; you've worked hard, you've worked hard."

"Thank you, Auntie, you've worked hard, Auntie."

Xia Nuannuan put down her chopsticks and raised her glass with a beaming smile.

"No, no, I just made a few things."

Tang Xiuxia said with a beaming smile.

After the three of them clinked glasses, they continued to feast.

Xia Nuannuan sat between Tang Xiuxia and her son; she didn't need to pick up food for herself at all. Before she could finish what was in her bowl, someone on either side would immediately place more food into it.

While this made her feel flattered, she also felt a sense of relief in her heart.

It seemed that Qin Tian's mother's first impression of her was quite good.

While eating, the three of them chatted quite casually.

Tang Xiuxia was responsible for finding topics, Xia Nuannuan responded politely, and Qin Tian would chime in from time to time, enlivening the atmosphere just right.

Gradually, Xia Nuannuan's nervous emotions began to fade.

The meal was quite harmonious, and under the "feeding" of the two, Xia Nuannuan unconsciously ate a bit too much.

"Nuan Nuan, eat some rice? Otherwise, you'll get hungry later."

Tang Xiuxia suggested with a gentle smile.

"No, no, Auntie, I really can't eat any more."

Xia Nuannuan smiled bitterly and waved her hands repeatedly to decline.

Tang Xiuxia didn't force her either, but nudged her chin toward her son, who was shoveling rice into his mouth over there, and teased, "Look at his eating style. When he went to your house to eat before, it wasn't like this, was it?"

"Pfft!"

Xia Nuannuan looked at Qin Tian and couldn't help but cover her mouth and laugh out loud.

"Mom, you can't talk about your own son like that!"

Qin Tian looked at his mother with a resentful expression, his mouth stuffed with food, making his speech a bit slurred.

Tang Xiuxia rolled her eyes and said to Xia Nuannuan, "I'm already used to it. If he's like this next time he goes to your house to eat, you're responsible for secretly reminding him; don't lose face for me."

"That won't happen!"

Xia Nuannuan hurriedly waved her hands and said, "My mom and dad like him very much. Only when he eats happily will my mom be even happier!"

"Xiao Tian has been talking to me about it, saying how nice your mom is, how pretty she is, and how delicious the food she makes is."

"Auntie, you're the same; you're pretty, and the food you make is delicious too."

This bit of flattery made Tang Xiuxia very pleased, and she laughed until her eyes curved.

After Qin Tian finished eating, Tang Xiuxia told him to take Xia Nuannuan into the room to sit and watch TV.

Xia Nuannuan, however, insisted on helping to clean up the tableware.

Then Qin Tian said that since they were family anyway, they should just clean up together!

Xia Nuannuan's face turned red with shyness, and Tang Xiuxia agreed with a beaming smile.

After the three of them finished cleaning up the tableware together, Tang Xiuxia cut some fruit, and they went to the front room to sit down, eating fruit and watching TV while chatting.

Tang Xiuxia became more and more enthusiastic as they talked, and looking at her glowing face, it was as if she already considered Xia Nuannuan half a daughter.

Unknowingly, the sky outside had turned completely dark.

"Mom, it's getting a bit late, I'll take Nuan Nuan back first!"

Qin Tian said.

"Right, it's not early anymore. Auntie, I have to go back."

Xia Nuannuan hurriedly agreed.

Tang Xiuxia was holding one of Xia Nuannuan's little hands, and after checking the time, she said with a look of surprise, "It's already 8:30? Time flies so fast. Alright, alright, let Xiao Tian take you back."

As she spoke, the three of them stood up, and Qin Tian prepared to leave with Xia Nuannuan.

"Nuan Nuan, wait a moment!"

Just as the two walked out of the room, a voice called out from behind.

Xia Nuannuan turned her head with a puzzled look and saw a large red envelope being handed over.

"Nuan Nuan, you've given Auntie gifts twice, and I haven't prepared anything. Take this red envelope!"

Tang Xiuxia said with a beaming smile.

"No, no, no, Auntie, I don't want it!"

Xia Nuannuan refused in a panic.

Tang Xiuxia didn't give her a chance to decline, but stuffed it directly into her son's hand on the side.

"You help hold it, and give it to Nuan Nuan when you get there!"

"Got it!"

Qin Tian nodded with a smile and agreed.

"Qin Tian..."

Xia Nuannuan glared at Qin Tian with an anxious face, signaling him desperately to return it to his mother.

"A girlfriend visiting for the first time, how can there be no red envelope? This shows that my mom likes you very much and is very satisfied with you. You have to accept this red envelope."

Qin Tian helped out with a smile.

"That's right, that's right."

Tang Xiuxia nodded with a smile.

Seeing this, Xia Nuannuan didn't know how to refuse for a moment. ===== CHAPTER 163 =====