Chapter 415

Near noon, Xia Nuannuan called.

"Brother, come over to our house for lunch!"

"Now?"

"Yeah, my dad came back last night, and Third Uncle's family is all coming over today, so they asked me to call you over to eat together."

"Brother-in-law, brother-in-law, hurry over to eat!!"

On the other end of the phone, after Xia Nuannuan explained, another girl's cheerful voice came through.

This was Xia Nuannuan's cousin, Xia Xue, whom Qin Tian had an impression of.

He had met her at Xia Nuannuan's graduation banquet and had even made plans to play together when they were free, but Xia Xue's family didn't live in Yucheng, so they went back after attending the banquet, and he hadn't been able to see her again during the summer break.

"Mom, Nuannuan is calling me over to eat."

Qin Tian cast an inquiring look at his mother not far away.

"Then hurry over, bring Nuannuan over here to eat in the evening."

Tang Xiuxia said with a smile.

Celebrating the Little New Year naturally required the family to eat together. In previous years, it was only the two of them, mother and son, but this year there was an extra future daughter-in-law, so naturally, she had to prepare a few more good dishes.

"Brother, ask Auntie to come over too!"

Xia Nuannuan hurriedly invited.

The phone was on speaker, and Tang Xiuxia heard it too, so she said loudly with a beaming smile: "Nuannuan, I still have to clean up and prepare dinner, so I won't go over. Come over to eat in the afternoon."

"Alright!"

Hearing this, Xia Nuannuan didn't insist anymore.

After hanging up the phone, Qin Tian tidied himself up a bit and prepared to go out.

"Mom, I'm going then!"

"Mm, go ahead. They have guests at their house, right? Remember to be polite when you go over, and greet people more!"

"Got it, then thank you for your hard work cleaning!"

Qin Tian said with a grin.

Tang Xiuxia rolled her eyes at him and shooed him away unceremoniously.

"Hurry up and go. I'll go buy groceries in a bit; remember to come back a little early to cook."

"I have to cook too?"

"Nonsense, if it were just me and you, that would be one thing, but Nuannuan is coming over in the afternoon, and your cooking is so good—you want me to do it?"

"Alright, I'll cook, I'll cook."

Qin Tian smiled bitterly and helplessly.

"Go, go, go, don't be annoying here."

Tang Xiuxia waved her hand with a look of disdain.

Qin Tian smiled and shrugged his shoulders, then turned and left.

Xia Nuannuan's house was very lively today.

Old Man Xia and his two sons were sitting in the living room chatting, while their three wives were in the kitchen preparing a sumptuous lunch together.

As for Xia Nuannuan and her cousin Xia Xue, they were playing in her room after finishing the phone call.

"Sister, tell me, how far have you and brother-in-law progressed?"

Xia Xue was sitting in front of the computer playing a racing game, and while operating the keyboard, she asked out of the blue.

Xia Nuannuan was stunned for a moment when she heard this, and she blushed, pretending not to understand.

"What do you mean how far?"

"Don't play dumb. I heard that you both bought houses in Jiangcheng, and you even bought them together, just like Grandpa and Grandma and your family, right across the hall."

"So what?"

"Sister, are you still playing dumb?"

Xia Xue, who had just finished a round, showed a mischievous smile and looked at her cousin sitting next to her with a meaningful gaze.

"In my opinion, you might as well have just bought one house. Doing it this way is redundant, and the purpose is too obvious, okay!"

"What are you talking about!"

Xia Nuannuan blushed and raised her hand to pinch her cheeks.

"Ouch... was this your idea, or brother-in-law's?"

Xia Xue asked somewhat indistinctly while her cheeks were being pinched.

"Neither, okay! The house was a birthday gift from Old Xia and the others; Brother just happened to buy one at the same time!"

"That must be brother-in-law's bad intentions, hehehe..."

"Hehe your head!"

Xia Nuannuan let go of her cheeks, made a fist, and tapped her lightly on the top of her head.

"That's why I'm asking, how far have you and brother-in-law specifically progressed? Have you done *that*? Otherwise, you'd better be careful. Once you move in, brother-in-law might start revealing his true nature."

Xia Xue curled her lips into a wicked smile, with an expression on her face that said, "I've already seen through everything."

Xia Nuannuan listened in a daze, and it took a while for her to come back to her senses.

"What are you talking about? I don't understand at all."

"Fine, sister, keep playing dumb. Looking at you, you probably haven't done *that* yet. When you get eaten later, don't blame me for not reminding you."

After saying this, Xia Xue took a milk candy from the side, put it in her mouth, and started the next round of the game.

Xia Nuannuan sat on the side in a trance, her thoughts becoming complicated. She thought back to the experience at the hotel on New Year's Eve and the words Qin Tian had said.

I don't know if the air conditioning was turned up too high, but she suddenly felt a bit hot, and her pretty face became flushed.

The more she thought about what her cousin had just said, the more she felt it actually made some sense.

"Xiaoxue, aren't you only in the third year of middle school? How do you know so much?"

Xia Nuannuan glanced at her cousin on the side and asked, trying to remain calm.

"Come on, what era is this? This is nothing. There are several couples in our class who are dating, including one of my best friends who often chats with us about these things. All boys in the world are the same; they are all very lustful and only think about that stuff in their heads."

Xia Xue stared at the computer screen and answered casually while concentrating on her operation.

Xia Nuannuan listened, dumbfounded.

Her cousin was also born in the nineties, and she was more than four years younger than her, so why did it feel like she knew so much more than her?

If Qin Tian were here, he would probably be the same, and his mood would be even more complicated.

He, a man with a mental age of over thirty, had his thoughts completely guessed by this little middle school girl.

"Xiaoxue, you aren't dating anyone, are you?"

Xia Nuannuan asked suspiciously.

"What? Stop joking. Those boys in our class are all too childish; I don't look down on them at all, including my best friend's boyfriend—I find him annoying just looking at him."

Xia Xue curled her lips and said.

"That's good, that's good."

Xia Nuannuan felt a sense of relief in her heart.

If her cousin were really dating, she wouldn't know what she should do, or whether she should help keep it a secret.

"However, if there were still boys like brother-in-law, I wouldn't mind chasing after him."

Xia Xue said something shocking.

Xia Nuannuan's eyes widened slightly, and she looked at her in astonishment.

Xia Xue turned her head to look at her, then suddenly burst into loud laughter.

"Pfft... Hahaha... Sister, your expression is too funny, hahaha..."

"What the hell are you laughing at!"

Xia Nuannuan gave her another punch in shame and anger.

Xia Xue rubbed her head and said while suppressing her laughter: "Sister, don't worry, I'm just joking. I won't steal your man; look how scared you are."

"Joke, I'd be scared by you? I was just surprised, okay? With you like this, you're going to steal him from me?"

Xia Nuannuan looked down and smiled quite disdainfully.

"Ah!"

Xia Xue protected her chest with both hands and glared at her angrily: "I'm still young, I haven't started growing yet! Who will be stronger in the future is still uncertain!"

"Tch, then I had already won by too much when I was in the third year of middle school."

Xia Nuannuan held her head high and smiled triumphantly.

Xia Xue looked at hers, then looked down at herself, and drooped her little head dejectedly.

Xia Nuannuan stood up with a bright smile and raised her hand to pat her head.

"Don't be too sad, being a little smaller has its benefits too."

"Go away, hurry up and go!"

"Heehee... then you play, I'm going out to help serve the dishes!"