After dinner, Jiang Xia spent a long time chatting with his father-in-law about the company's development plans. Before they knew it, it was already nine o'clock in the evening.

A light rain was falling outside. Ji Wanqiu closed the window and turned to look at Jiang Xia with a bright smile, saying, "Xiaxia, are you not going back tonight?"

Lin Yanwan froze. Was her mother really serious? Or did she already tacitly approve of them sharing a room?

She forced herself to ask, "Mom, if he doesn't go back, where will he sleep? He can't possibly sleep on the sofa in this cold weather, can he?"

Just as Lin Gaoyuan was about to say that sleeping on the sofa wasn't so bad, he heard Ji Wanqiu casually say, "You can sleep at Xiaoman's place, and Xiaxia can sleep in your bed. That's fine."

Jiang Xia was stunned. This works? No wonder she's his mother-in-law; she's arranged everything perfectly for him.

By letting him stay the night while separating the two, it must be said that experience truly matters.

The problem is, what's the point of sleeping in your wife's bed if you can't hold her while you sleep?

Jiang Xia refused with righteous indignation. He stood up and said, "Mom, there's no need for that. I'll go home to sleep. It's not far anyway."

"Hmm...that's fine. It's raining right now, so it's not convenient to walk. Lao Lin, why don't you drive Xiaxia home?" Ji Wanqiu said.

"Okay." Lin Gaoyuan nodded.

Lin Yanwan blinked, looking at Jiang Xia with eyes full of smiles: "Then take care, I won't see you off. The roads are slippery from the rain, be careful."

Seeing her gloating expression, his eye twitched slightly. He really wanted to pick her up and spank her, but considering that his mother-in-law and father-in-law were there, he decided to give up.

There will be plenty of opportunities to punish her with a whip in the future, and she will be whipped until the sound of the whip cracks.

"We're all family, no need to see us off," Jiang Xia chuckled.

It means, just wait and see after we get back to the capital!

"Bye-bye~" Lin Yanwan waved, her smile deepening.

Afterwards, Jiang Xia and Lin Gaoyuan walked out of the door, took the elevator, and went directly to the parking lot on the basement level.

The room quieted down. Ji Wanqiu silently took a sip of hot water, then sat down next to her daughter and asked, seemingly casually, "Yanwan, are you and Xiaxia living together?"

Lin Yanwan was startled by the sudden question and subconsciously denied it in a low voice: "No."

Seeing her daughter's expression, Ji Wanqiu knew she had guessed correctly. She sighed softly, "Yanwan, you rarely lie, so when you lie, your expression is different from usual. Tell Mom what's going on."

Lin Yanwan's unprepared lie was immediately seen through by her mother. Her voice softened and she asked in a very soft voice, "Mom, how did you know?"

"I guessed. You and Xiaxia looked strange just now," Ji Wanqiu said calmly.

Lin Yanwan swallowed hard, her face flushed, and said, "Because I often work overtime, the dormitories are usually closed when I go back to school, so I rented a place near the company."

Worried that her mother might overthink things, she quickly added, "Mom, we don't really live together in the true sense. We rent a two-bedroom apartment, and we each have our own room. I usually stay in my dorm, and I only go to the rented apartment when I work overtime at night."

Ji Wanqiu looked at her daughter's blushing cheeks, trying to discern the truth of her words from her face. She didn't want to think in the worst possible light, but if both parties were in love and alone in a room, who would believe that nothing had happened?

"Have you ever..."

Before she could finish speaking, Lin Yanwan shook her head vigorously: "No!"

Seeing her daughter's subconscious reaction, it seemed like she wasn't lying.

Ji Wanqiu breathed a slight sigh of relief. It was good that they hadn't slept together yet. She was really worried that the young couple would be so engrossed in their relationship that they would forget everything else and stay up all night. Although it was very common for young people to book rooms while dating, it was still not a good thing.

The problem now is that the two started living together less than half a year into university, and there are still three and a half years left in university. As their relationship deepens, can they really maintain their current respectful relationship?

This issue cannot withstand close scrutiny. There are too many possibilities that could lead them to engage in forbidden fruit. If they don't take proper precautions, it would be troublesome if they got pregnant, affecting both their studies and their reputation.

Girls are at a natural disadvantage in this regard.

"Mom believes Xiaxia is a good boy and that he will marry you openly and honestly in the future. But Yanwan, love can easily make people lose their minds. Therefore, as a girl, you must learn to love yourself."

Ji Wanqiu said earnestly, "If this is unavoidable, I hope you two can take appropriate measures."

Lin Yanwan blinked, not expecting her mother to say such a thing: "Mom, what you're saying..."

Ji Wanqiu glared at her: "I'm not agreeing to you two consummating your marriage. I'm just worried that, in case, if you and Xiaxia get too carried away and can't stop each other from having sex..."

She coughed softly: "Do you still have the little umbrella that Mom put in your bag before?"

"Hmm..." Lin Yanwan blushed, "His mother also gave him a box."

Ji Wanqiu was stunned for a moment, then couldn't help but laugh. The two mothers, who were worried that their children would do bad things in advance, had actually thought of the same thing.

"Yanwan, you've always been very sensible and obedient. That's all I'll say to you today. You've grown up now and you have your own considerations when you do things. I hope you'll think things through before you act." Ji Wanqiu sighed softly.

"Yes, I will."

Lin Yanwan pursed her lips and said softly, "Mom, could you please not tell Dad about this? I'm afraid he'll get angry and take it out on Jiang Xia again."

Ji Wanqiu smiled slightly: "Don't worry, I won't tell him."

"Thank you, Mom."

“Xiaxia is really an outstanding child. I feel very relieved that you are with him.” Ji Wanqiu couldn’t help but think of how Jiang Xia had made up various excuses to get Yan Wan to hand over the design drafts to her when she was drawing the peripheral design sketches.

She asked with a smile, "You two never had a fight in Beijing, right?"

"No, he treats me very well and does everything I ask for," Lin Yanwan said, shaking her head.

"Has he ever said anything like he wants to marry you?"

Lin Yanwan blushed and nodded: "Mm."

"when?"

He said that after graduating from university, we would go to the Civil Affairs Bureau and get our marriage certificate.

"That brat's in a hurry."

Ji Wanqiu laughed and scolded, "The year we graduated from university, we were both just 22 years old, which met the requirements of the marriage law."

She gently patted her daughter's hand and said slowly, "Yanwan, Mom won't object to you living together now. Live well with Xiaxia, discuss things, don't quarrel, respect and understand each other. Mom will bless you for the rest of my life."

(End of this chapter)