Chapter 67: The pig-headed boy is not simple

Qin Tian seemed as steady as a rock.

In reality, after walking into the residential complex with Xia Nuannuan, he started to panic a little inside.

"Nuannuan, which building is your house in?"

"Over there, we're almost there."

"Oh."

After a long silence between the two, Xia Nuannuan turned her head to look at him and asked tentatively: "Qin Tian, are... are you okay?"

"No, I'm fine? What could be wrong with me?"

Qin Tian shook his head in denial, feigning calmness.

Xia Nuannuan raised her finger to point at her own forehead and took a pack of tissues out of her pocket to hand to him.

"Wipe your sweat!"

"Ah, oh, oh!"

Qin Tian hurriedly took it and explained forcefully: "The weather today is a bit hot, huh!"

A smile of embarrassment appeared on his handsome face as he pulled out a tissue to wipe the sweat on his forehead.

Xia Nuannuan almost couldn't hold back her laughter.

Spring hadn't even passed yet, and there was no sun today; when the wind blew in their faces, one might even feel cold if they weren't wearing enough.

Wasn't this just talking nonsense with eyes wide open!

"Ahem, I'm wearing a bit too much."

Qin Tian also realized he had said the wrong thing and made a fool of himself, so he hurriedly tried to save face.

Xia Nuannuan looked him over, the expression on her pretty face somewhat subtle.

A thin jacket with a T-shirt underneath—did that count as wearing too much?

"Don't be too nervous. It's just a meal. Mom and I will both help you."

Xia Nuannuan comforted him with a smile.

Qin Tian was stunned for a moment, nodded with a dry laugh, and said nothing.

When passing by a fruit shop in the complex, he ignored Xia Nuannuan's dissuasion and went in to buy two large bags full of various fruits.

When his mother was instructing him in the morning, she had also considered whether to let him buy something.

In the end, she gave up on that idea, telling him to just treat it as going to a classmate's house for a meal; being too formal might have the opposite effect.

But Qin Tian was, after all, a mature soul; visiting someone else's house for the first time without carrying anything felt uncomfortable.

"I told you not to buy anything, yet you still bought so much. We already have a lot of fruit at home, and my mom is going to scold me again later."

Xia Nuannuan looked at the shopping bags in his hands and complained with a helpless expression.

Qin Tian smiled and said: "It's fine. I've been eating the lunches your aunt made for several days now, and now I'm coming over to freeload again; it would be embarrassing not to bring something."

"What's there to be embarrassed about, really."

Xia Nuannuan pouted her little mouth in annoyance, reached out, and said: "Let me help you carry one!"

"No need, it's heavy!"

"Looking down on me? I'm quite strong, okay?"

As she spoke, Xia Nuannuan flexed her arm to show off her non-existent biceps, her actions and expression very playful and cute.

"Haha..."

Qin Tian couldn't help but be amused, and most of the nervousness in his heart faded away.

Xia Nuannuan gave a sweet smile and reached out her left hand.

"Then I'll carry this one with you."

"Mm!"

The moment their fingers touched, ripples stirred in both their hearts.

……

……

Before long, the two walked out of the elevator and arrived at the door of Xia Nuannuan's house on the sixth floor.

"Wait!"

Seeing Xia Nuannuan take out her keychain to open the door, Qin Tian suddenly lowered his voice to stop her.

Xia Nuannuan looked at him with a puzzled gaze.

"Wait a few seconds."

Qin Tian smiled, then took two long, deep breaths, nodded with a serious expression, and said: "Okay, now it's fine."

Xia Nuannuan couldn't help but laugh and confirmed: "Really okay?"

"Mm, no problem."

Qin Tian nodded again, composed.

Xia Nuannuan had also been a bit nervous, but now she just felt that this Qin Tian was too interesting, making her even look forward to what would happen next.

Of course, this also stirred up her protective instinct.

No matter what, she couldn't let Qin Tian be bullied by her dad.

While thinking this, she found the door key, inserted it, and opened the door.

In the living room, Xia Zhengping, who was sitting on the sofa, and Su Xia, who was busy in the open kitchen wearing an apron, both heard the movement.

"Dad, Mom, I'm back, and Qin Tian is here too."

Xia Nuannuan's voice came from the entryway.

"Eh!"

Su Xia hurriedly answered and urged Xia Zhengping, who was looking at the living room: "Old Xia, why are you still sitting there? Go and greet them; I'll be there in a second."

"Got it."

Xia Zhengping stood up reluctantly, walked to the entryway with a straight face.

Then, he saw his daughter taking a pair of his slippers out of the shoe cabinet and placing them under the feet of that pig-headed boy, just like a virtuous wife.

This scene made his eyes twitch violently, and he almost broke his composure right then and there.

This was treatment he hadn't enjoyed in a long time.

He glared at the pig-headed boy with sharp eyes, and after seeing the boy's face, which was even more handsome and dashing than his own when he was young, the hostility in Xia Zhengping's heart deepened.

Why do men have to be so handsome?

There were indeed many pretty boys who relied on their looks these days; he had seen plenty when dealing with some female bosses in the business world.

But he wouldn't even deign to look at such pretty boys directly.

"Dad!"

Xia Nuannuan called out immediately upon seeing her father, then introduced him to Qin Tian beside her: "Qin Tian, this is my dad."

"Hello, Uncle, sorry to bother you."

Qin Tian hurriedly smiled and greeted Xia Zhengping, his demeanor steady, neither humble nor pushy.

Xia Zhengping was slightly stunned, feeling that this boy looked very familiar, as if he had seen him somewhere before.

"Uncle, we met once the night before last when you came to pick up Xia Nuannuan from school."

Qin Tian noticed his confusion and explained with a light laugh.

"I remember now."

Xia Zhengping nodded in sudden realization; wasn't this the boy who had nodded and greeted him at the time?

Because the light at the school gate was dim at the time, and the boy had turned and left after a casual greeting, he hadn't had time to see the boy's specific face clearly.

Now that Qin Tian mentioned it, he remembered immediately.

At the same time, his gaze toward Qin Tian became somewhat complex.

This boy knew his identity at the time, and with a luxury car worth millions parked right next to them, he had dared to calmly and actively greet him under those circumstances.

Was it simple youthful ignorance, or was it the fearlessness of the younger generation, possessing great spirit?

Based on the discernment he had honed after so many years in the business world, it didn't seem like the former.

But he was also very unwilling to admit it was the latter.

If he were just a pig-headed boy who was young and ignorant, he would be easier to deal with.

"Dad!"

Xia Nuannuan frowned and reminded him, seeing that her father had been staring at Qin Tian, which was a bit impolite.

Xia Zhengping snapped out of it, nodded nonchalantly, and said: "Xiao Qin, right? Hello, come in, sit in the living room."

After saying that, he turned and headed to the living room.

"Dad is really... Qin Tian, don't mind him!"

Xia Nuannuan looked at Qin Tian with an apologetic gaze and said.

"I won't."

Qin Tian shook his head with a smile.

"Xiao Qin, you're here. Why did you buy so much fruit? Nuannuan, what did I tell you?"

Su Xia also came over from the kitchen with a gentle smile to welcome him, but upon seeing the two bags of fruit in his hands, she frowned and blamed her daughter.

"Mom, I really told him not to buy it, but he wouldn't listen!"

Xia Nuannuan wore an innocent expression and looked at Qin Tian with resentful eyes: "See, I knew it." ===== CHAPTER 68 =====