Chapter 148: Live Streaming System from the Sky (23)

At this moment, Hu Qinqin's peripheral vision swept over the two children intently digging in the sand in front of the beach chairs.

Her gaze paused, and not knowing what she was thinking, she asked with a strange expression:

"Hey, Xie Yang, you wouldn't happen to be acting as someone's stepmother, would you?"

Immediately after, she looked around, her tone faintly revealing a sense of schadenfreude:

"Don't tell me you're here on your honeymoon too? Your partner is going a bit too far, isn't he? How can you bring children along on a honeymoon! It's just like carrying two bright, shining Electric Lamps with you; how can you have any fun like that!"

Xie Yang looked at her speechlessly.

This Hu Qinqin, back when they lived in the same dormitory, had often been passive-aggressive toward her; she hadn't expected that even after graduation, she would still be this way. She really had only grown in age.

"Auntie."

Xie Jilin suddenly stood up.

He had sharp ears; unlike his younger sister who was just playing, he still kept a portion of his attention on the surrounding environment.

Hearing someone disparage his aunt out of the blue, he immediately acted like a little beast whose territory had been violated, pursing his small lips tightly, glaring fiercely at Hu Qinqin, and walking to Xie Yang's side to lean against her.

"What's wrong, Linbao? Are you thirsty?"

Xie Yang picked up his portion of green coconut juice, handed it to his lips, and also opened a pack of wet wipes to wipe his hands and face, telling him to rest on the lounge chair for a while.

Hu Qinqin looked surprised: "He calls you Auntie? He isn't... so he's your nephew?"

She looked at Xie Jilin and found him somewhat familiar, always feeling like she had seen him somewhere before.

However, Xie Yang and Xie Ci did not look alike; to be precise, one looked like their mother, and the other like their father.

During her university years, Xie Yang had never revealed that the protagonist of the missing person notices posted in the most prominent advertising spots in the busiest commercial districts of major cities across the country was her brother.

Therefore, apart from the relevant departments and the relatives who knew about the matter at the time, others did not know that she was the spendthrift sister who had spent tens of millions over seven years and sold off her family assets to pay for advertisements to find her older brother.

Hu Qinqin thought for a long time but couldn't remember, assuming she had seen this nephew of Xie Yang's during university, which was why he felt familiar, so she sheepishly added: "Your nephew doesn't look much like you."

"It's enough that he looks like my brother." Xie Yang wiped her nephew's little face and hands clean, then called out to her niece, "Jinbao, come have some water too."

"Auntie, look at the Cabin Xiao Jinbao built."

The little one showed off her masterpiece, which she had been busy with for over half an hour, as if presenting a treasure.

"Xiao Jinbao is amazing."

Little Jinbao smiled happily, her eyes squinting.

Hu Qinqin now knew she had misunderstood; both children called Xie Yang "Auntie," so they were definitely not the stepchildren she had assumed.

She gave two dry laughs: "By the way, Xie Yang, are you married yet?"

As soon as she finished speaking, she noticed that Xie Yang's ten fingers, as delicate as scallion whites, were not wearing any rings, which showed she wasn't married yet.

Her mood improved significantly:

"Cheng Ping has been getting urged by her family to go on blind dates recently, and Lao Fu hasn't made a move yet. Looking at it this way, I'm actually the first one in our dorm to get married... Oh my, if it weren't for my family urging me so urgently, I would have wanted to play for another year or two before deciding."

"But then again, for us women, getting married too early is bad for your health, but if you don't find a partner after twenty-five, it becomes hard to find one later; your golden years are just these few."

"I have a colleague who is forty-three this year and still not married. Her peers are all accompanying their children through the College Entrance Examination, but she's fine; she can go on a Set Off Immediately trip whenever she wants. Don't look at how carefree she is now; once she gets older, she'll know the bitterness of being alone..."

Xie Yang interrupted her slightly excited chatter: "Marriage is like drinking water; only the person drinking knows if it's cold or warm. Since you aren't the person involved, it's better to make fewer judgments."

Hu Qinqin felt that Xie Yang was intentionally making her lose face and said unhappily: "I didn't say anything!"

"I didn't say anything either. I'm just advising you to gossip about others behind their backs less."

Xie Jilin added with a serious little expression: "Those who bring tales of others are themselves the ones who create the tales."

"..."

"..."

Xie Yang almost laughed out loud.

Hu Qinqin was choked with anger, and seeing her husband return with drinks, she stood up abruptly:

"I was originally being kind by chatting with you, but it makes me look like a gossip. Forget it, I won't say anymore. We booked a table at a seafood restaurant. That restaurant is very popular; we booked three days in advance and couldn't even get a private room, only a two-person booth in the main hall. I'm not sure if there are any seats left if we book now, otherwise, we could have gone together..."

"No need, our room type includes meals. A seafood buffet bought separately costs 468, so it would be a waste not to go. We won't join you." Xie Yang adjusted her sunglasses and declined with a faint smile.

Hu Qinqin: "..."

The seafood restaurant she booked only cost a little over 300 per person, and even then, she had pestered her husband for a long time.

He thought it was expensive and wanted to go to the seafood market to pick out fresh seafood and find a street food stall to have it processed, which would save at least half.

But she felt that since they were on their honeymoon, they couldn't be calculating every meal; they had to enjoy themselves occasionally.

And yet, what did Xie Yang say?

A 468 seafood buffet? And it was included in the room rate?

Then how expensive must that room rate be!

She suddenly remembered that this beach belonged to the resort hotel... and then remembered that renting a lounge chair required a room card...

Hu Qinqin bit her back teeth, her face burning like a monkey's bottom as she dragged her husband away from this beach.

"Auntie."

Xie Jilin leaned against Xie Yang, his eyes as bright as obsidian filled with anxiety:

"My sister and I are troubling Auntie to take care of us, but have we delayed Auntie's lifelong event?"

"Pfft..." Xie Yang couldn't help but laugh out loud, gently scraping the tip of the little one's nose with her index finger, "At such a young age, why do you always love worrying about adult matters?"

"But..."

"Baby, before you two came, Auntie lived alone for seven years. During the New Year and holidays, I was all by myself; it was so lonely. Your arrival has added so much joy to Auntie's life; Auntie is too happy to even have time for that. You are Auntie's little joys!"

Is that so?

Xie Jilin blinked.

But he heard that woman just now say that if you don't find a partner after twenty-five, it will be even harder to find one later, and Auntie is exactly twenty-five this year...

"Auntie, then please find us an uncle as soon as possible!"

"Pfft—"

Xie Yang was almost choked by the coconut water.

"Linbao, marriage is not child's play. You know it's better to be single than to settle, right?"

The comments beneath the Sky Screen kept scrolling:

【I thought the aunt was at most seventeen or eighteen! I didn't expect her to be twenty-five! You really can't tell.】

【Do people in the Heavenly Palace marry so late? A woman of twenty-five and still not married? Wouldn't that make her an old maid?】

【Where we live, if you're not married after twenty, you basically can't get married anymore. Unless you become someone's second wife, and even then, the man has to be willing to have you.】

【The girls where we live get married at fifteen! If you're not married by twenty-five, you're mostly likely a nun practicing while keeping your hair.】

【That glib woman mentioned earlier that early marriage is bad for the body. I suddenly remembered my cousin; she married at fourteen and died in childbirth at sixteen. Could it be related to marrying too early?】