As soon as Qiao JiaYue's voice fell, Qiao Yin recovered.
"Dad." She said with a nonchalant smile as if she hadn't noticed Qiao JiaYue at all. Her gaze was fixed on the old man. Her expression was no longer one of surprise, she actually seemed quite happy. "Why didn't you notify me that you were coming over? You caught me unprepared."
Qiao JiaYue's expression became a bit ugly when the other party clearly ignored her.
"I wasn't worried that you wouldn't be home," Qiao XinZhong responded, also quickly changing his expression, with a smile now on his face, he looked at Xiao Yang next to Qiao Yin and asked, "This one is?"
"Xiao Yang, my boyfriend, he lives across the hall." Qiao Yin said as she casually took Xiao Yang's hand and smiled up at him. She squeezed his fingers a little, seemingly suggesting that there was no need for him to be too nervous, "This is my dad, Qiao XinZhong."
As she said this, her mind was turning quickly, thinking about how to get Xiao Yang out of this situation - although people at their age will eventually get to the point of talking about marriage, they only started dating a few days ago and now suddenly meeting her parents was too much. She could not make it awkward for him.
However, Xiao Yang gently squeezed Qiao Yin's hand back and then released it. He calmly reached out his hand to Qiao XinZhong and nodded: "Uncle."
Qiao Yin was stunned, what did that mean?
"Little Xiao, hello, hello." Qiao XinZhong quickly responded, shaking his hand. His hair was already gray, but his memory was still very good. He had a pair of smiling big eyes framed by a pair of gold-wired glasses, it seemed this trait was passed down to Qiao Yin, “I’ve heard YanZi say that you're working in the City Criminal Police Brigade, right?” After that, he pulled Qiao JiaYue over and introduced her with a smile, “This is my younger daughter, Qiao JiaYue."
**(Note: YanZi here is a nickname Qiao XinZhong calls Qiao Ying's mother.)**
"Did you break up with Zheng Zihao?" Qiao Jiayue asked when she was finally remembered, her face had been becoming more and more stinky. She didn't even greet Xiao Yang and simply stared at Qiao Yin unblinkingly, not forgetting to smile sarcastically, "After all, you have a lot of money, you can change men so fast."
The words were terrible, not only was it directed at Qiao Yin, but it also poured dirty water on Xiao Yang. Qiao XinZhong was really annoyed, and immediately nudged Qiao Jiayue's arm, even though he did not lecture her in front of outsiders, his sullen expression was very scary.
"Qiao Jiayue." Qiao Yin's smile quickly disappeared as she swept her gaze towards her half-sister and warned with a calm tone, "Don't show off your upbringing, it will only make you lose your own face."
This is also the harshest thing Xiao Yang had ever heard Qiao Yin say so far. However, Qiao Jiayue didn't seem bothered by it all, it was only when she met Qiao Xinzhong's eyes that she slightly closed her mouth.
It was at this moment that Xiao Yang chose to say: "Qiao Yin was about to come to my house for dinner, uncle come in and sit down too."
Xiao Yang's words made Qiao Yin's cold expression turn into surprise. She glanced at his profile and saw that he was still calm and could not read any emotions. She didn't even understand his plan. It felt quite familiar, just like when they met Zheng ZiHao's family in Rich Hometown that time, she was thinking about how to get out of it, but surprisingly Xiao Yang had generously agreed to sit down first.
Thinking of this, Qiao Yin settled down. Although she did not know what kind of medicine Xiao Yang's gourd was selling, he was always seemed to have thought things through before doing things, so she just followed along.
**(Note: Basically, she doesn't know what he was planning)**
Qiao XinZhong was simply being polite: "That's not going to be a bother, would it?"
"You're being too polite." Xiao Yang simply said, he was not the kind of person who enjoyed exchanging pleasantries, so his words were neither light nor heavy, and his eyes were flat. "I live alone, so it's cold and cheerless, I hope you guys don't mind."
He probably understood the other person was not one to exchange pleasantries, so Qiao Xinzhong simply nodded in agreement. After being taken into the apartment and dragging Qiao Jiayue to sit on the sofa, Qiao Xinzhong just wanted to talk to Qiao Yin while Xiao Yang went into the kitchen to make tea, but then he saw that Qiao Yin followed him in.
Qiao Xinzhong felt a little uncomfortable in his mind, but he could understand how his daughter felt. So he turned his head and whispered to Qiao Jiayue.
As soon as they stepped into the kitchen, Xiao Yang took out two boxes of tea leaves from a cabinet as he said, “The only tea leaves I have are Long Jing and Tie GuanYin. What do you think your father would like?”
"Tie GuanYin." Qiao Yin responded as she went forward to take the tea box from his hand, "I'll make the tea, do you have any boiled water?"
He handed her thermos and took out a set of tea sets, and then let her mess with it, while he went to the refrigerator to take out the ingredients for the meal. Qiao Yin made a tea while thinking about what Qiao JiaYue said just now. She was still a little worried that Xiao Yang would be offended so she said, "The little girl always talks rudely, so don't worry about her."
"Got it." Xiao Yang lightly responded, already started on cleaning the oysters, "Does your dad eat spicy food?"
"Mmm, he has pretty strong tastes." Qiao Yin responded, after making the tea, she leaned over to look at the white and tender oysters in the basin, and watched his articulate fingers in the basin dexterously removing the impurities in the oysters, she couldn't help giving him a quick kiss on his cheek, "I'll come over and help you later."
Xiao Yang glanced at her with a slightly raised eyebrow, "No need, it's alright." He said with not much of a change in expression as he turned his gaze back to the oysters, "Go to the living room and talk to the old man. He is here to find you, not here for dinner."
This was true, so Qiao Yin didn't insist, "Then I'll talk to him for a while, it's always the same thing anyway."
When she came to the living room with the tea, Qiao Xinzhong was still whispering to Qiao Jiayue. Seeing Qiao Yin coming out, he looked up and confirmed that Xiao Yang did not follow her, so he nudged Qiao Jiayue: "Apologize to your sister!"
Qiao Jiayue didn't even look at Qiao Yin and glanced off to the side. In fact, she was not a girl that easy to discipline. She had long hair that was neither dyed nor permed, neatly combed into a ponytail, no makeup on her face, and was wearing a simple cyan dress. She looked just like a good student. But her expression was indeed quite disdainful, let alone asking her to apologize, she most likely did not regret her words at all in her heart.
"It's no longer necessary to apologize. She'll apologize every time, and do it again later." Qiao Yin said, putting the tea tray on the coffee table, and sitting down by herself, "Apologize to Xiao Yang later."
Qiao XinZhong couldn't speak for Qiao JiaYue anymore, so he just nodded and craned his neck in the direction of the kitchen, and asked Qiao Yin, "Are you leaving him be busy by himself?"
"He told me to come out." She said handing him a cup of tea.
"Then, you go and help your Big Brother Xiao, I'll talk to your sister." The old man said taking the teacup and nudging his little daughter to beckon her to get up. Seeing her turning her head with a look of reluctance, he raised his eyebrows and increased his tone: "I have told you that you have to be diligent when you visit someone else's house!"
The dullness in Qiao JiaYue's eyes was suppressed a little, and she actually stood up and walked towards the kitchen.
When Qiao JiaYue entered the kitchen, Qiao XinZhong turned his attention to Qiao Yin again, with a hesitant tone, he asked "...When did you break up with little Zheng?" This father and daughter pair did not live together all year round and after Qiao Yin started working, they didn't have much time to talk. Qiao XinZhong often wanted to contact her to ask about her current situation but was worried about interrupting her work, so he rarely contacted her, and gradually a gap formed between the father and daughter pair. Even when she broke up with her boyfriend of four years, Qiao XinZhong didn't know until now.
He always felt that he was not a qualified father, so he had always treated her carefully.
"It happened more than two months ago." Qiao Yin responded, she no longer felt sad speaking about Zheng ZiHao now. She simply poured herself a cup of tea for herself as Xue Qing's face slowly appeared in her mind, "He got back together with his first love, they even met his parents, most likely there will be a wedding very soon."
"Oh, I originally thought he was a good child." Her father commented, shaking his head, "When did you start with little Xiao?"
After hesitating for a moment, Qiao Yin answered honestly, "This Monday."
"Ah? Isn't that just a few days?" Qiao XinZhong exclaimed as his eyes widened in surprise, and then he realized with a slap on his thigh, "Not good, I shouldn't have agreed to come for dinner just now. You only met for a few days and he let your parents come to eat at his home. Not appropriate."
Qiao Yin smiled when she saw his reaction and comforted, "You're already here."
At this point, Qiao XinZhong could only sigh, he thought for a while, and remembered another thing: "Your mother doesn't know about this, right? I remember she didn't want you and little Xiao..."
"I want to tell her later, for now, let's just see if Xiao Yang and I are a good match together first." Of course, Shen YanFang's attitude could not be forgotten, but Qiao Yin seemed to have planned it all long ago and was not at all anxious. She blinked her pair of big eyes and there was something strange in the smile as she said, "Dad, just pretend you don't know about this yet."
"Alright, you have your own thoughts in your heart." After drinking his cup of tea in one gulp, Qiao XinZhong pursed his lips, looked up at her again, lowered his voice, and earnestly said, "JiaYue's matter... she has spent money pretty quickly recently. It's not that she didn’t ask for her next month's allowance in advance, but I wanted to control the amount of money she spends, so I didn’t give it to her. She asked you for money due to her impatience, don't be angry at her."
Qiao Yin did not answer him, she simply took the empty teacup in his hand, swept her gaze at the thin wrinkles at the corner of his eye, lowered her head, and refilled his cup, the smile on her mouth was blocked by the strands of hair hanging down from her ears as she quietly said, "I understand."
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YukkiMuch: Update two for today~~ Hahaha~ looks like Qiao Yin wants to keep this a secret from her mother~~ Wonder if the dad will really keep it a secret... What do you guys think? What's your impression of the father so far?
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