Chapter 551: Embarrassed Enough to Want to Ascend on the Spot

"Don't, don't mess around, I'm cooking!"

A blush spread across Xia Nuannuan's pretty face as she twisted her body slightly.

"You do your cooking, I'll just give you a hug."

Qin Tian leaned toward her ear and said softly in a voice full of magnetism.

Xia Nuannuan's face turned even redder, and for a moment, she didn't know what to say.

"Woof!"

"Ahem!"

Following Xiatian's bark, a somewhat familiar coughing sound suddenly rang out.

Both of them were startled.

"Who's there!"

Qin Tian turned around instantly and shouted angrily, only to be dumbfounded the next second.

He saw his future father-in-law standing there with a cold face, his gaze fixed on him like a knife.

"Uncle Xia? Why are you here?"

Qin Tian was stunned, turning his head to look at Xia Nuannuan with a bewildered expression.

"My dad came suddenly; I was busy cooking and forgot to send you a message."

Xia Nuannuan explained with a blushing face.

"I was sleeping in the guest room for a while!"

Xia Zhengping said with a dark face.

"Oh, oh, Uncle Xia, why didn't you say anything in advance if you were coming!"

When Qin Tian turned back to look at his future father-in-law, his face had changed as if by magic, revealing a bright, smiling expression.

Thinking that Lao Xia had seen his actions just now, he felt so embarrassed he just wanted to ascend on the spot and go live on Mars.

"What? Not welcome?"

Xia Zhengping asked with a cold, sharp look in his eyes.

"No, no, no, how could that be? Of course I welcome you if you're coming. I meant that I neglected you; if I had known you were coming today, I definitely would have gone to buy some good wine and food."

Qin Tian explained hurriedly.

Hearing this, Lao Xia's expression softened slightly.

"I just happened to be passing by, so I came in to see if you were home, and Nuan Nuan happened to be home cooking."

"I see!"

Qin Tian nodded in realization.

Afterward, neither of them knew what to say, and the atmosphere became awkward and subtle once again.

"Woof!"

Xiatian barked again, completely unable to read the room.

"How about I take over the cooking, and you and Uncle Xia go sit in the living room for a while?"

Qin Tian suggested with a chuckle.

"No, I'm almost done."

Xia Nuannuan shook her head and refused decisively.

In this situation, she was so embarrassed that even her toes were curling up, okay!

She only had herself to blame; she was so used to it being just the two of them at home that she had completely forgotten about her dad, who was sleeping in the guest room.

"Xiao Qin, come, let's go to the living room and talk; there are some things I want to say to you."

Lao Xia spoke up.

"Ah? Okay, okay."

Qin Tian nodded repeatedly, feeling a bit flustered, and walked out of the kitchen to follow him.

The two of them arrived in the living room and sat down on the sofa.

Qin Tian sat with his legs together, very upright, putting on the attitude of a naughty child who had made a mistake and was prepared to honestly accept criticism.

The dog also followed, rubbing its head against his calf to curry favor with its master.

However, Qin Tian blamed the guy for not warning him in time and pushed it away with his foot.

The dog whimpered softly, looking up at him with aggrieved eyes.

"Xiao Qin..."

"Uncle, I was wrong!"

Just as Xia Zhengping was about to speak, Qin Tian had already smoothly admitted his mistake and apologized.

Lao Xia was left a bit bewildered, with black lines of frustration hanging down his forehead.

He didn't want to bring up what just happened at all, okay!

It would have been easier for him to just turn a blind eye and pretend he hadn't seen it.

Yet this brat insisted on bringing up the topic himself.

"I..."

"Uncle, I really know I was wrong!"

"Can you wait for me to finish speaking? I wasn't talking about what just happened!"

Lao Xia glared at him, almost through gritted teeth.

"Ah?"

Now it was Qin Tian's turn to be confused.

Lao Xia took a slow, deep breath, trying his best to calm his emotions, and said, "I saw that post Nuan Nuan made on her social media."

"Oh, you mean that!"

Qin Tian let out a sigh of relief, as if a heavy burden had been lifted.

Lao Xia rolled his eyes with a dark expression, then added, "Nuan Nuan's mother and I are both very happy that you have this intention; it shows that you are extremely good to our Nuan Nuan."

"This is what I should do; Nuan Nuan is also very good to me."

Qin Tian said with a smile.

"But her mother and I discussed it and feel that spending several million on a car as a birthday gift is a bit too extravagant. You are still young; it would be better to keep this money on hand for investments. You could just buy her a car worth a few hundred thousand for getting around; it's the same thing."

Lao Xia said earnestly.

"Uncle Xia, the car purchase contract has already been signed, the deposit has been paid, and the gift has already been given. I will not change it."

Qin Tian looked at him with a solemn expression.

Xia Zhengping looked up toward his daughter in the kitchen and said, "Little Qin, you know that Nuan Nuan wouldn't care about these things. I'll talk to her in a moment; she will definitely agree with this suggestion."

"No, Uncle Xia, please don't."

Qin Tian shook his head and said seriously, "To me, what is mine is Nuan Nuan's. If I don't spend the money I earn on her, who else would I spend it on? Please just listen to me. Besides, the news of this gift has already spread throughout our school, and I have to follow through with it. Otherwise, wouldn't that be a slap in my own face?"

"Then let's do this: I will give you the money for the car!"

Xia Zhengping immediately changed his tune.

"Uncle Xia, if you and Auntie consider me family, please don't say that again. I won't accept it, and if you keep at it, I'm really going to be hurt."

Qin Tian's expression was incredibly earnest.

Seeing him like this, Xia Zhengping didn't know what else to say, so after a moment of silence, he changed the subject.

"That internet cafe of yours is doing well; it's considered second to none in Jiangcheng now, right?"

"Mm, it's mainly because Brother Zhao is capable; I just got lucky and coasted to success!"

Qin Tian nodded with a chuckle.

"Coasted to success? That's an interesting term, but you don't need to be overly modest; luck is also a form of strength. Besides, I've inquired a bit about your internet cafe's operating model—hosting gaming tournaments, collaborating with live-streaming platforms, and so on—these must have been your ideas, right? It's very hard for our generation to think of these tactics."

Xia Zhengping looked at him with deep meaning.

Qin Tian nodded with a smile.

"So, your internet cafe needs quite a lot of capital to continue expanding. By spending several million right off the bat, haven't you been a bit reckless?"

Lao Xia steered the conversation back again.

"Uncle Xia, please rest assured. The money for the car has nothing to do with the internet cafe. As for the cafe's continued expansion, the liquid capital I have on hand is more than enough."

Qin Tian said with a confident smile.

"Still stock investments?"

Lao Xia asked in surprise.

"Mm, and another investment as well, with a pretty high rate of return."

"What kind of investment? Can you talk about it?"

"Of course. Uncle, have you heard of Bitcoin?"

Qin Tian asked with a light laugh.

"Bitcoin?"

Xia Zhengping was stunned for a moment, then suddenly thought of something and nodded, saying, "I've heard a little about it. A friend of mine who is always into Stock Trading called me a while ago and said he's been following this 'Bitcoin' thing lately, saying it's risen quite outrageously. You bought some of this too?"

"I bought some!"

Qin Tian nodded with a smile.