Chapter 319

Under Grandpa Sun's explanation, Qin Tian finally understood what was going on and couldn't help but feel torn between laughter and tears.

Of course, regarding the matter of showing off that his granddaughter's boyfriend was the top scholar, the Xia patriarch naturally denied it flatly, pretending that he was old and his memory was failing, and he didn't remember any such thing.

The Xia patriarch wasn't short on money, and his fishing gear was very complete. He chose a spot just a little bit away from them to sit down.

"Xiao Qin, come over and chat with Grandpa!"

The old man beckoned with a happy smile.

"Alright!"

Qin Tian agreed and said to Grandma Liu, "Grandma, I'm going over there to sit for a while."

"Go ahead!"

Grandma Liu nodded with a kind smile.

Qin Tian got up, moved his chair, and sat down next to the Xia patriarch, asking casually, "Grandpa, is Nuannuan up yet?"

"Not yet. That girl, she's prone to sleeping in on holidays; she was like that when she was little."

The Xia patriarch said with a smile.

"It's the same for me. I just woke up too, and Grandpa Sun dragged me over here to hang out. I didn't expect you and Grandpa Sun to know each other; what a coincidence."

"It's normal. Yucheng is only this big. Many of us old guys who have nothing to do and like to fish and play Go all day know each other."

"That's true!"

"I heard from your Auntie Su that you and our Nuannuan bought a house together in Jiangcheng? And you earned the money yourself?"

The Xia patriarch asked curiously.

"Yes, I earned some money from stock trading. When I heard from your son and daughter-in-law that they wanted to buy a house for Xia Nuannuan, I just bought one at the same time. It's the same as yours—two adjacent units on the same floor."

Qin Tian replied with a smile.

"Good, good, good."

The Xia patriarch praised him repeatedly, saying with a gratified smile, "Our Nuannuan really has a great eye. You're so young, not only are you good at studying, but you're also very capable. When Nuannuan's dad was your age, he still had to rely on my help when he was out making his way in the world."

"Times are different. I was just lucky to earn a little money. Uncle Xia started from scratch and is so successful now; there's still a lot I need to learn from him!"

"Hahaha... good lad, humility is a good habit."

"That's for sure, otherwise, if you were as fond of showing off as Old Man Xia here, it wouldn't be good!"

Grandpa Sun interjected out of the blue.

He had been secretly listening to their chat the whole time, and Grandpa Sun was also very shocked to hear that Qin Tian had actually bought a house in Jiangcheng.

"Heh... you Old Man Sun, I'm talking to my granddaughter's boyfriend, what business is it of yours?"

The Xia patriarch glared at him in embarrassment and anger.

"How is it not my business? Xiao Tian is someone I watched grow up; do you understand? He's like my own grandson."

"Pah, you Old Man Sun, trying to take advantage of our Xiao Qin, are you? Just because you watched him grow up, he's your own grandson? Then how many grandsons and granddaughters must I have?"

"Can't be bothered to talk to you."

"I don't care to talk to you either. Don't speak; you're disturbing me from chatting with my granddaughter's boyfriend."

"Alright, alright, Grandpa, Grandpa Sun, you're both my grandpas, don't argue!"

Qin Tian said with a bitter smile to mediate.

Both old men snorted coldly at the same time and turned their heads away like old children.

Grandma Liu sat there smiling without a word, clearly accustomed to this situation.

"Xiao Qin, don't listen to that Old Man Sun's nonsense; he just likes to babble. I'm a person who never shows off. Look at our Nuannuan—her personality is great, right? That's all learned from me."

The Xia patriarch said seriously.

Qin Tian laughed in spite of himself and said "Mm," though in his heart, he didn't believe it at all.

In his view, Xia Nuannuan's great personality was mostly thanks to his future mother-in-law.

"Old Man Xia, who is this handsome young man? Your grandson?"

Just then, two old men passing by with fishing gear saw Qin Tian sitting next to Old Man Xia, and one of them asked with a smile.

"You two just arrived!"

The Xia patriarch greeted them with a beaming smile and introduced him: "This is my granddaughter's boyfriend; I told you about him last time."

"Oh! I remember now, the top scholar in the college entrance exam!"

The old man slapped his forehead and said with a look of shock.

"He was even a perfect-score top scholar; it was in the newspapers."

The other old man beside him was also full of surprise and corrected him.

"That's right!"

The Xia patriarch nodded with a beaming smile and said casually, "Just yesterday, he and my granddaughter came back from school for the holiday. They've only been in university for a month, and a few days ago, they even bought a house in Jiangcheng. Xiao Qin earned the money himself through stock trading."

Grandpa Sun beside them rolled his eyes, his full disdain evident on his face.

Upon hearing this from the Xia patriarch, the two old men were naturally shocked again.

"What a promising youth," "truly a hero among boys"—all sorts of exclamations and praises followed. Even with Qin Tian's thick skin, he couldn't quite handle it.

"Old Zhang, Old Wang, if you keep talking here, all the fishing spots will be gone."

Grandpa Sun reminded them.

The two old men finally realized and hurried off to find fishing spots.

The Xia patriarch glared at Grandpa Sun, his expression clearly showing he hadn't had enough.

"Never show off?"

Grandpa Sun said with a look of disdain.

The Xia patriarch looked at Qin Tian beside him and retorted without changing his expression: "They asked, didn't they? I just chatted a bit; how is that showing off?"

"Heh!"

"Heh my foot, don't talk to me!"

Just as Qin Tian was about to mediate again, his phone rang in his pocket.

He hurriedly took out his phone, discovered it was a call from Xia Nuannuan, looked at the old man, answered the call, and put it on speaker.

"Hello, Nuannuan!"

"Brother, what are you doing? I thought you hadn't woken up yet since you didn't reply to my messages."

"Oh, I wasn't looking at my phone. It's past ten, how could I not be up? I'm by the river watching Grandpa and the others fish!"

Qin Tian said with a smile.

"Ah? Why are you with Grandpa?"

Xia Nuannuan was stunned.

Qin Tian explained the situation.

"Is that so? What a coincidence!"

Xia Nuannuan said with some surprise.

"Not a coincidence at all, Nuannuan. This just shows that our family and Xiao Qin are very fated!"

The Xia patriarch interjected loudly.

"Grandpa!"

Xia Nuannuan's shy, chiding voice came through.

"Nuannuan, are you going shopping today?"

Qin Tian changed the subject with amusement.

"Yes, Su Yan, Jiajia, and I have already agreed to go shopping this afternoon. It's a pity Mu Nan and Liao Juan didn't come back from Shanghai, so it'll just be the three of us."

"Don't need me to tag along?"

"I already said it's a girls' day out! If you have nothing to do, go find Zhang Peng to hang out!"

"Alright, then be careful; there are a lot of people on the streets today."

"I know, I'm going to eat now, hanging up!"

"Okay!"

After saying that, Xia Nuannuan hung up the phone.

"Xiao Qin, if you have nothing to do today, just hang out here. I'll teach you how to fish."

The Xia patriarch suggested with a happy smile.

Qin Tian showed an apologetic smile and politely declined: "Grandpa, I'm afraid I can't today. Since I'm back, I want to go find some classmates to hang out with."

He certainly couldn't spend the whole day here; he had no interest in being a young fisherman for now.

"Alright, it's good to go and get together!"

The Xia patriarch nodded with a smile, indicating he understood.