Chapter 478: The Charm of a Middle-Aged Uncle

"You're right, so what should we do? I have to give this kid a talking-to, otherwise, no matter how good Nuan Nuan's personality is, she'll still feel jealous inside!"

Tang Xiuxia could certainly guess that there was likely nothing between her son and that girl, but there absolutely couldn't be even the slightest sign of it!

What's more, that girl even chased him all the way to the floor above to buy an apartment; what is she trying to do?

With such a young and pretty girl hovering before his eyes every day, thinking of ways to throw herself at him, and with her son being young and full of vigor, could he really remain completely untempted?

Even if the future daughter-in-law trusts her son, what about those two future in-laws?

Thinking of this, Tang Xiuxia became a bit anxious.

"We'll be heading back to Yucheng together in a couple of days, we can find an opportunity then!"

Qin Hongwen suggested.

Tang Xiuxia on the other end paused, then asked in astonishment: "Together?"

"Yes, it's also thanks to Little Xia speaking up; they were already planning to go back over the weekend, so it just so happens they're taking me along."

Qin Hongwen answered with a smile.

"Good, good!"

Tang Xiuxia was also extremely happy, calling out 'good' twice, then added: "No, the two of us have to think of a way; such a good daughter-in-law, we absolutely cannot let any trouble arise, not even the slightest sign of it."

Qin Hongwen: "..."

"I'll listen to you and hold back for now; once you get back, find an opportunity to properly give that brat a talking-to."

Tang Xiuxia said in a deep voice.

"I don't think Little Tian has any of that intention toward that girl at all, it should be fine."

Qin Hongwen offered a word of comfort.

"That won't do either; you don't know how formidable young girls are these days, she's even chased him by moving to the floor above, who knows what other tricks she might pull."

"If you bring this up, he'll definitely guess that I was the one who complained."

"Rest assured, I'm not that stupid; let me think carefully about how to give him a talking-to."

The next afternoon, Qin Hongwen called Xia Nuannuan to invite them to dinner.

Under Xia Nuannuan's inquiring gaze, Qin Tian did not refuse, letting her accept the invitation.

After consulting with Qin Hongwen, Xia Nuannuan decided on hot pot near Jiang University.

Qin Hongwen didn't let them drive to pick him up, and instead just took a taxi over.

The three of them met at the school gate and headed toward the hot pot restaurant Xia Nuannuan had mentioned.

Many students nearby saw this scene and began to discuss it curiously.

For some men, their charm increases year by year as they age.

Qin Hongwen undoubtedly belonged to this category.

With his outstanding height and looks, now that he had reached middle age, the mature, steady, refined, and easygoing temperament he carried only grew better.

For many girls who like mature men, the attraction is very strong.

At this very moment, there were quite a few girls nearby sizing him up.

"Who is that handsome uncle? My god, he's exactly my type."

"He feels a bit like Qin Tian, doesn't he? Could he be his father?"

"Now that you mention it, he really does; they look just like family!"

"That's not right, I read that report about Qin Tian being the top scorer in the college entrance exam, isn't he from a single-parent family? It seems he was raised by his mother alone."

"Right, right, I read that news too."

"Then who is this person?"

"Could it be a long-lost father and son reunion? Their looks and temperament are just too similar!"

"..."

Qin Tian and Xia Nuannuan were already used to these attentive gazes.

"Are you two very famous at school?"

Qin Hongwen noticed the situation around them and asked with some curiosity.

Hearing this, Xia Nuannuan thought of the reasons they had caused a stir at school several times, and immediately blushed with embarrassment.

"Brother was the perfect-score top scorer in the college entrance exam last year, wasn't he? On the day military training ended, the school leaders had him go up to give a speech, so many people recognized him."

"I see, that explains it."

Qin Hongwen nodded in realization, his eyes filled with gratification as he looked at his son.

When he was young, he was also an undisputed super academic, a 'child of other people,' but he hadn't managed to get top scorer in the college entrance exam.

Let alone an unprecedented perfect-score top scorer.

He had been absent from his son's life for twenty years, yet his son had already grown up to be even more outstanding than himself.

All the way to the hot pot restaurant, after each ordered some dishes, Qin Tian remained silent, scrolling through his phone, while Xia Nuannuan on the side chatted casually with Qin Hongwen.

"Class Monitor, Class Monitor?"

A voice came over.

Xia Nuannuan looked toward the sound and saw two girls from her class, along with a boy she didn't know, sitting at a table not far away.

"Class Monitor, who is this uncle?"

The girl who called out to her smiled and gestured toward Qin Hongwen.

Xia Nuannuan let her gaze wander over the faces of the father and son, then replied: "This is Uncle Qin."

Upon hearing this form of address, the two girls understood immediately.

After glancing at Qin Tian, who was keeping his head down and remaining silent, the two of them had the good sense not to ask any more questions, merely greeting Qin Hongwen politely.

"Hello, Uncle Qin..."

"Hello!"

Qin Hongwen nodded in response, his refined and gentle smile causing the two girls to be momentarily dazed.

The mature charm of a middle-aged uncle like him was highly lethal to young girls like them.

The boy sitting opposite the two girls saw this and hurriedly found a topic to chat with the girl he was pursuing, shifting her attention.

This boy felt very weary at heart.

Not to mention Qin Tian, who had inadvertently raised the difficulty level for the boys of their year to find a girlfriend.

What was up with this Uncle Qin who had suddenly appeared?

The restaurant was doing great business, with most of the customers being students from Jiangcheng University out for a treat, so the food was served very quickly.

The waiter first brought the soup base and several meat dishes, asking how the pot should be placed.

Xia Nuannuan had ordered a tomato and spicy yin-yang hot pot, with a tomato soup base on one side and a spicier beef tallow soup base on the other.

Having already learned that Qin Hongwen could not eat anything too spicy, she had the waiter place the tomato pot on his side.

"Uncle Qin, let's go prepare our dipping sauces!"

Xia Nuannuan said to Qin Hongwen.

"Alright!"

Qin Hongwen nodded in agreement and stood up to follow.

Qin Tian made a move to stand up as well.

"Brother, you just stay seated here; I know how you like yours, I'll prepare it for you!"

Xia Nuannuan tilted her head and said to him.

Qin Tian nodded and abandoned the idea of going along.

After the two returned with the dipping sauces, the soup base had also come to a boil.

Qin Hongwen took the communal chopsticks and began putting meat into the pot, placing most of it into the beef tallow soup base side.

The meat cooked quickly, and the three of them soon began to feast heartily.

Qin Tian quietly kept his head down eating, occasionally picking up some food for Xia Nuannuan's bowl.

"Uncle Qin, do you still have meetings tomorrow?"

Xia Nuannuan asked.

"I finished my work today, but I have a lecture at your school tomorrow."

Qin Hongwen said with a smile.

"A lecture?"

Xia Nuannuan's face showed a look of surprise.

Qin Tian also looked up at him.

"Yes!"

Qin Hongwen nodded and explained, "Vice Principal Chen of your school was my classmate in university; he invited me to give a lecture, and I agreed."