The air suddenly became deathly silent.

Ji Wanqiu stared blankly, Lin Yanwan's eyes widened, and Jiang Xia was as stiff as a dead person.

What to do, what to do!?

Realizing he had said the wrong thing, Jiang Xia felt like dying.

Lin Xiaoman stared blankly at the group, her little head filled with big question marks. She couldn't understand how they, who had been chatting and laughing just moments before, had suddenly all stopped moving.

"I understand, Mom, sister, you're playing 'Statues' and you're not allowed to move, right? Xiaoman wants to play too!" Lin Xiaoman said, crossing her arms and remaining still.

The silence was broken when Jiang Xia awkwardly dug out an underground parking lot with his toes.

"I'm so sorry, Auntie. My mom has the exact same dress as you. The flashlight was a bit too bright, and I thought I saw my mom."

Upon learning that the relationship wasn't what she had imagined, Ji Wanqiu quickly regained her composure.

"I see."

She secretly breathed a sigh of relief and smiled, "It's so late, thank you for taking Yanwan home. By the way, are you classmates?"

"No, she's in Class 1, and I'm in Class 6," Jiang Xia answered honestly.

Ji Wanqiu nodded: "Xiaoman told me everything that happened this morning. She said that a kind brother saved her when she was bitten by a dog and immediately took her to the hospital for a check-up. I was thinking of finding a time to thank you properly, but I didn't expect to meet you so soon."

Jiang Xia laughed and said, "No need at all, Auntie. The situation was urgent at the time. I think anyone with a conscience would have acted immediately, let alone Xiaoman who is so cute."

"You said it yourself, the situation is urgent, and in today's society, most people are indifferent to things that don't concern them. There aren't many people with your conscience anymore."

Ji Wanqiu patted her daughter's head, her eyes full of affection: "If Xiaoman suffers any irreparable harm, I, as her mother, may feel guilty for the rest of my life."

"Luckily you're here." She looked up at Jiang Xia and said earnestly.

Jiang Xia was a little embarrassed by what his mother-in-law said. From his perspective, wasn't it only right to save his sister-in-law?

"Come on, it's cold outside at night, let's go upstairs to talk," Ji Wanqiu said.

Lin Yanwan was dumbfounded. What was going on?

It's one thing that this guy called her by the wrong name earlier, but why are these two chatting now, and even going home? Doesn't this mean that her relationship with Jiang Xia is becoming increasingly complicated?

What a terrible thing!

"Mom, don't you even look at the time? There's no electricity, what are you going upstairs in the dark? Other people need to go home, and if they get back late, their families will definitely worry," Lin Yanwan immediately stopped her.

"Oh dear, look at my memory, how could I forget that?" Ji Wanqiu said with a helpless expression. "In that case, let's do it next time. By the way, I haven't asked you your name yet."

Jiang Xia subconsciously looked at Lin Yanwan, hesitated for two seconds, and then slowly said, "Auntie, my name is Jiang Xia, Jiang as in Jiangnan, and Xia as in summer."

"A very nice name."

Ji Wanqiu took out five hundred-yuan bills from her pocket and handed them over, smiling as she said, "Jiang Xia, this is a small token of my appreciation on behalf of Xiaoman. I am truly grateful to you for saving my daughter, so please accept it."

"Auntie, really, you don't need to." Jiang Xia quickly waved his hand. He absolutely couldn't accept the money. What kind of son-in-law takes money from his mother-in-law?

Watching the mother and son-in-law from their past lives going back and forth about refusing the money, Lin Yanwan almost laughed in anger. She grabbed the money and slapped it hard into Jiang Xia's hand.

"Enough with the nonsense, just accept it if my mom tells you to!"

His face twitched violently.

I was thinking to myself, "Don't blame me when things get complicated between the two families."

"Well... thank you, Auntie." Jiang Xia sighed helplessly, clenching her fist and pulling it back.

Ji Wanqiu chuckled and said, "That's only right."

She took out her phone to check the time and continued, "It is indeed getting late, Xiao Jiang, where do you live?"

"In Hongyun Garden."

"Oh, that's far away. How about this, Auntie will drive you back."

Seeing that he was still planning to refuse, Ji Wanqiu immediately said, "There's no use in refusing. It's settled then. You wait here for a while, I'll go get the car."

"...Since you've put it that way, do I have any room to refuse?" Jiang Xia said with a wry smile.

Ji Wanqiu smiled and gave a peace sign.

"Xiaoman, let's go with Mommy, let's drive there!"

Ji Wanqiu led her daughter away, and only after they were out of sight did Lin Yanwan stare at him with wide eyes.

"Were you doing that on purpose?! I clearly warned you!"

The thought of that incredibly pleasant "Mom" made her heart clench; it sounded even better than when she called out to her.

"Would you believe me if I said I just happened to have a brain fart back then?"

Jiang Xia's eyes twitched. He couldn't understand why the word "Auntie" that he had been thinking about for a while turned out to be "Mom".

This is absolutely outrageous, it's outrageous to the extreme.

"You've gotten used to saying it, and you can't change it, right?"

Lin Yanwan couldn't help but snort softly: "Comrade Jiang Xia, let me remind you again, she's my mother now, not your mother yet. Please watch your words in the future."

Hearing this, Jiang Xia felt inexplicably annoyed: "Isn't this your fault? If I had gone back directly, nothing would have happened."

Lin Yanwan was stunned for a moment, opened her mouth, and found that she didn't know how to refute it. It seemed that she was indeed the one who strongly urged him to be a good person to the end, and this blame could not be pinned on him no matter what.

"never mind."

She rubbed her temples, feeling that things were gradually deviating from her expectations. They had agreed not to cross paths again, but what happened now?

My sister and mom had already met him beforehand and had developed a good impression of him.

To some extent, their relationship did not become distant; on the contrary, it grew closer.

What kind of situation is this?

What a terrible thing!

"Here's the money." Jiang Xia took out the money and handed it to her.

"What? This was given to you by my mom, I don't want it." Lin Yanwan put her hands behind her back, took a step back to create distance, and looked wary.

“In my heart, Xiaoman is my sister-in-law, and your mother is my mother-in-law. Take it if you want, but I feel this money is too hot to handle.” He practically had “You’re my wife” written all over his face.

Is it necessary to get so hung up on this?

"have."

"..."

Lin Yanwan was speechless for a long time before reluctantly taking the money back: "I've noticed that you can be quite shameless sometimes."

Is this the first day you've met me?

"..."

She was speechless, and couldn't help but think of the various outrageous things this guy had done when he was pursuing her in her past life.

Just as he was about to say something, two bright beams of light suddenly pierced the darkness.

The next second, an Audi with four rings stopped in front of the two.