"What? Are you going to Xia Nuannuan's house at noon tomorrow?"
Zhang Peng exclaimed in disbelief.
Many high school seniors who had just finished school were alerted and cast curious glances at the two of them.
"Keep your voice down, what are you calling?"
Qin Tian glared at him angrily.
Zhang Peng nodded vigorously, lowered his voice and asked: "Brother Tian, are you two in trouble?"
The corner of Qin Tian's mouth twitched a few times, showing a look of disgust: "What are you talking about? Your brain was caught in the door?"
"Uh...sorry, sorry."
Zhang Peng smiled coquettishly and said seriously: "It's not Xia Nuannuan's father who wants you to see his family's strong financial resources, and then let you back out of trouble, right?"
"You are overthinking it. You just invited me to have a meal to express your gratitude for Xia Nuannuan's recent improvement in her grades."
Qin Tian disagreed.
"I think your thinking is too simplistic, Brother Tian, you need to pay more attention to it!"
Zhang Peng spoke in a serious tone and continued with a solemn face:
"Look, we just met his father last night, and you were invited to her house for dinner today. It's obvious that his father knows that you are interested in his precious daughter and wants to attack you."
"Aren't there a lot of plots like this in those TV dramas, where a wealthy young man falls in love with a grassroots heroine, and then his family objects, using various means to force the heroine to give up her unwanted thoughts and so on."
"It's obvious that you two are just the other way around!"
After listening to this guy's speculation, Qin Tian rolled his eyes speechlessly: "I never noticed it before, how can you be so clever? I think you can write a novel."
Zhang Peng curled his lips and said: "Anyway, I feel that we are inseparable. Brother Tian, it will be difficult for you to pass this test tomorrow!"
Qin Tian stopped talking nonsense to him, and a thoughtful look appeared on his face.
Zhang Peng had some exaggerated ideas, but he didn't take them to heart.
No matter what, the mother-in-law should still be on his side. If it were true as Zhang Peng said, there would be no such invitation at all.
Of course, he also knows that tomorrow's lunch will not taste good.
Even if it was the mother-in-law's idea, the future father-in-law would not be able to let him enjoy a delicious lunch in a relaxed and happy manner.
I did talk to my girlfriend in my previous life, but I never came to see my parents.
I didn't expect that this level of rebirth would come so quickly and suddenly.
"Forget it, I don't want to think about it anymore. It was decided before. Just let nature take its course."
Qin Tian really has no experience in this area, and he really can't imagine what problems he will face tomorrow.
Ever since, he simply gave up thinking.
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After separating from Zhang Peng, Qin Tian returned home together.
His mother asked him to sit in his room and watch TV for a while, then got up and went to the kitchen behind to cook him a bowl of frozen dumplings as a midnight snack.
Qin Tian was thinking about whether to tell his mother about going to Xia Nuannuan's house. He picked up a dumpling with chopsticks, dipped it in some vinegar, opened his mouth and ate it in one bite.
"Huh...huh..."
Absentmindedly, I breathed out from the hot dumplings.
"Xiaotian, what are you thinking about?"
Tang Xiuxia noticed that her son was worried and frowned and asked.
"Ah? It's nothing!"
Qin Tian subconsciously pretended to be stupid, grinning and chewing the hot dumplings in his mouth.
"Yeah?"
Tang Xiuxia crossed her arms and looked at him with profound eyes.
This was the meat she had shed during her ten-month pregnancy, and she had raised it alone for more than ten years. How could she not see that her son was not telling the truth?
"Okay, okay, I confess."
Qin Tian was a little frightened by his mother's eyes that seemed to be piercing people's hearts, so he simply showed off his cards.
Tang Xiuxia leaned back on the sofa, with a faint smile on her face.
"Tell me, what surprise have you prepared for me?"
The surprise last night was a bit too big, and she was still a little bit confused now.
She was afraid that her son would give her another sudden blow, so she had better sit still.
"Ahem."
Qin Tian clenched his fist and put it to his mouth and cleared his throat. After thinking for a few seconds, he looked at his mother sitting opposite with some uneasiness and spoke cautiously:
"Mom, it's like this. I have a girl I like, and I'm going to have dinner at her house tomorrow at noon."
After the words fell, the room fell into silence for a long time.
Tang Xiuxia's eyes widened slightly, and her whole body seemed to have been cast by monkey monkey, turning her into a sculpture and sitting there motionless.
Qin Tian thought about what happened last night and moved the bowl of dumplings on the coffee table in front of him to his arms. He blinked and looked at his mother quietly, waiting for her to come back to her senses.
After a while, seeing that his mother still didn't respond, Qin Tian continued to eat the dumplings with great enthusiasm.
I ate two more dumplings leisurely and was about to eat the third one.
Very suddenly, my mother’s voice sounded like she was gritting her teeth:
"Are you enjoying your meal?"
Qin Tian froze, holding the dumplings in his chopsticks and stopped in mid-air. He opened his mouth wide and slowly raised his eyes to look at the opposite side.
"Give me."
Tang Xiuxia pointed to the bowl in front of him.
Qin Tian moved his head like a rattle, showed a pitiful expression, and said vaguely: "Mom, I only ate three, and I'm not full yet!"
After saying that, he was so busy that he stuffed the dumplings on the chopsticks into his mouth.
"Shut up!"
Tang Xiuxia shouted loudly.
Qin Tian's movements were stagnant again.
"Put it back for me. Don't eat any of it until everything is explained clearly."
Tang Xiuxia pointed to the bowl in front of him and gave an unquestionable command in her tone.
"oh!"
Qin Tian lowered his head and put the dumplings back honestly.
In front of the respected mother, no matter how old he is, he is still a baby.
"Tell me, tell me clearly. Don't hide anything anymore. I want to see today what good things you, a brat, did in school."
Tang Xiuxia said expressionlessly.
"Mom, what you said is too serious, I didn't violate any discipline!"
"Cut the nonsense and get to the point. Who is that girl? Why do you have to go to someone else's house for dinner?"
"Don't be anxious, I'll say it right now, I'll say it right now!"
Qin Tian did not dare to go around in circles anymore, and told his mother the ins and outs of the matter like beans poured out of a bamboo tube.
During this process, the expression on Tang Xiuxia's face kept changing, which was quite exciting.
"That's how it is."
After Qin Tian finished speaking, he looked down at the dumplings in the bowl and looked at his mother opposite with questioning eyes.
Tang Xiuxia's eyes twitched and she asked: "So, it's this... girl Xia Nuannuan's mother who invites you to her house for dinner?"
"Uh-huh!"
Qin Tian nodded like a chicken pecking at rice.
"Just to thank you for helping her daughter with her studies?"
"Uh-huh!"
"Then are you two in love?"
Qin Tian subconsciously wanted to nod, but luckily he reacted in time and shook his head in panic.
"No."
"Um?"
Tang Xiuxia frowned.
"Not yet."
Qin Tiansan smiled and added: "I made an agreement with her, after the college entrance examination... that... you know."
"Don't wink at me."
"oh!"
Qin Tian immediately calmed down his expression and sat upright.