Chapter 441: Nuannuan Is a Little Angel

After Qin Hongwen finished one bowl of dumplings, he actually asked for another, completely ignoring the disgusted gaze from across the table.

"Xiaotian, what about you? Do you want more?"

Tang Xiuxia took the bowl handed over by Qin Hongwen, stood up, and asked her son.

Qin Tian shook his head and said pointedly: "No need. I'm not like some people, shamelessly mooching off food and drink without any self-awareness."

Qin Hongwen's face turned red, and he cast his gaze toward the commercial on the TV, pretending not to hear.

He was very clear that if he wanted to save his family and make up for his absence all these years, it would be impossible without a thick skin.

Tang Xiuxia gave her son a reproachful look and walked out of the room.

Qin Tian quickly finished the remaining two dumplings and took a large sip of soup from the bowl.

After putting down the bowl and wiping his mouth with two tissues, he looked at Xia Nuannuan beside him and said: "I'm full. Nuannuan, let's go, I'll take you back."

"Huh?"

Xia Nuannuan was stunned.

"Everything that needed to be said has been said. Let's go. I hope that when I come back, I won't have to see people I don't want to see again."

Qin Tian stood up and said.

Xia Nuannuan could only stand up and politely say goodbye to Qin Hongwen.

"Uncle, I'm heading back now."

"Oh, oh, okay, take care!"

Qin Hongwen nodded with a refined smile.

Although this was his first time meeting his future daughter-in-law, his impression of her was excellent.

"Let's go!"

Qin Tian grabbed Xia Nuannuan's wrist and led her out of the room.

"Auntie, I'm heading back now."

Xia Nuannuan shouted toward the back room.

"Huh? Leaving so early?"

"Hmm!"

"Mom, I'm taking her back!"

"Alright then, drive slowly on the road, be safe."

"I know!"

On the way back, the atmosphere in the car was a bit too quiet.

Qin Tian didn't know what he was thinking.

And Xia Nuannuan in the passenger seat kept stealing glances at Qin Tian, wanting to say something several times but stopping herself.

"Nuannuan, if you want to say something, just say it!"

Qin Tian actually noticed her actions and, seeing her look at him again, took the initiative to break the silence.

Xia Nuannuan was stunned, then gathered her courage and said: "I just wanted to ask, what are you thinking, Brother?"

"What do you mean, what am I thinking?"

Qin Tian asked, knowing the answer.

"Alright, Brother, you know I'm definitely on your side."

Xia Nuannuan added a disclaimer first.

Qin Tian nodded slightly, signaling her to continue.

"But I also hope that you and Auntie Tang can be happy. You should be able to see that Auntie Tang still likes Uncle Qin."

Xia Nuannuan changed the subject and said cautiously.

Qin Tian remained silent, unable to refute.

How could he not know? In fact, he had known for a long time.

If it weren't for the fact that she was still thinking about this man, there would have been quite a few good men pursuing his mother over the years, but his mother had never been moved.

Moreover, all these years, although his mother had never mentioned anything about this man in front of him, some of her inadvertent actions at certain times revealed her longing for him.

For example, he would occasionally see his mother leaning on the sofa in a daze, as if recalling some beautiful thing, with an uncontrollable happy smile on her face.

Or, for example, one time when his mother was too tired from work, when Qin Tian returned home from school, she was fast asleep on the sofa, muttering something in her sleep and shedding tears.

Qin Tian was still young at the time and thought his mother was dreaming of something bad, so he woke her up.

It wasn't until he was older that he realized his mother might have been dreaming of that man at the time.

"Actually, after hearing what happened just now, I feel that while Uncle Qin was certainly wrong back then, it can't be blamed entirely on him. He was also in a very difficult position."

Seeing that he remained silent, Xia Nuannuan continued to express her view.

"How could he be in a more difficult position than my mother? My mother was bullied by those two women, left the Imperial Capital while pregnant with me, and was pointed at and gossiped about behind her back after returning to the countryside. If my mother hadn't been so strong, and if she had been someone with a weaker character, who knows what would have happened? Maybe I wouldn't even be in this world."

Qin Tian said indignantly.

"You can't say it like that."

Xia Nuannuan looked troubled and thought for a moment before saying: "Let's put it this way: put yourself in his shoes. Suppose Auntie Tang was also that kind of paranoid mother who wouldn't accept me no matter what, and she also had a health condition where she couldn't get too angry. You'd be in a very difficult position caught in the middle, right?"

"I..."

Qin Tian was speechless for a moment and frowned: "That's not the same thing. There's no such 'suppose'."

"See? You've actually already experienced Uncle Qin's difficulty at the time."

Xia Nuannuan spread her hands.

"Then, as a grown man, if he couldn't handle his family and his own feelings, and knew that his paranoid mother would likely look down on my mother, why did he start it in the first place?"

Qin Tian still harbored resentment.

"I think Uncle Qin was carrying too much back then. In his world, maybe only love was free, something he wanted to choose for himself."

Xia Nuannuan paused for a while after saying this, her expression sad: "It's just that Uncle Qin didn't expect that the difficulty of insisting on freedom for the first time would be so great, and the price would be so high."

Qin Tian remained silent.

Until the car drove into the residential area and parked, Xia Nuannuan didn't say anything more.

"I'll take you up!"

Qin Tian turned off the car.

"No need, I can go up myself."

Xia Nuannuan declined directly. After unbuckling her seatbelt, she leaned over, opened her arms, hugged him, and said in a gentle voice in his ear: "Brother, you aren't the kind of person who would be controlled by resentment. Look forward. I only hope you can be happy!"

"With you by my side, I am happy enough."

Qin Tian said softly.

"That's not enough. Parental love, happiness from a family—I hope you can have those too."

After saying this, Xia Nuannuan kissed him on the cheek.

"Alright, I won't say anymore. I'm leaving."

"Hmm!"

Qin Tian nodded blankly.

Xia Nuannuan opened the car door and got out. After closing the door, she stood outside and waved goodbye to him.

Qin Tian also waved with a smile.

Xia Nuannuan headed toward her building. After walking a distance, she suddenly turned around.

He saw her raise both arms high above her head, then slowly bend them, placing her hands vertically on her head with the backs of her hands facing each other, making a big heart shape at him with a sweet smile.

In the car, Qin Tian, seeing this scene, couldn't help but laugh happily and honked the horn twice.

"*Beep! Beep! *"

Xia Nuannuan knew he was urging her to go back, so she blew him a flying kiss from a distance before turning and running into the building.

"Where did this girl learn all this? She's like a little angel; she's too cute!"

Qin Tian shook his head with a smile, started the car, made a U-turn, and drove home in a happy mood.