The company's first team building activity ended on the same day after the college entrance examination. Jiang Xia talked about the future development of Qitian Animation, making one pie in the sky after another. When they got excited, all four of them swapped their cola for beer.

After the dinner, Wang Ming, emboldened by the alcohol, boldly offered to take Shen Ying home, and surprisingly, she did not refuse.

Jiang Xia secretly gave a thumbs up.

"Baby, do you think that blockhead might impulsively confess to Shen Ying tonight?" Breathing in the still scorching air outside, he turned his head and saw his wife, who had drunk a little, with hazy eyes and a face as red as a sunset.

He really wanted to sneak a kiss.

Leaning forward, his mouth slowly approaching, Lin Yanwan just happened to raise her hand to gently brush away the wind-blown hair from her ear, and his plan to ambush her immediately failed.

Jiang Xia couldn't help but feel a little regretful.

"Are you trying to say that alcohol emboldens even bears?"

Thinking of Wang Ming's drunken confession, Lin Yanwan couldn't help but chuckle.

"That will most likely fail. What girl likes it when her boyfriend confesses his love to her while he's drunk?"

Jiang Xia thought about it and agreed. In his previous life, when he confessed to Lin Yanwan, although he didn't do anything particularly grand, he had still planned it carefully for a long time.

However, the two already liked each other, so the confession came naturally.

Should we take a taxi or walk back?

"Let's walk around; we need to digest our food."

The two strolled slowly down the street, hand in hand, enjoying the night breeze from the riverbank, which gradually dispelled the summer heat.

Shortly after, the two returned to the Jinxiu Huacheng residential complex and ran into the mother-in-law taking out the trash. They quickly separated their hands.

Ji Wanqiu saw this but remained calm and composed: "Oh, the two scholars have returned after the exam?"

Hello, Auntie.

Jiang Xia quickly stood up straight, and the slight intoxication instantly sobered him up.

"Yan Wan had a little bit of alcohol, and I saw that it was getting dark, so I brought her back."

Ji Wanqiu secretly twitched her eye, thinking to herself, "Even if Yan Wan doesn't drink, you still come over to visit all the time, don't you?"

"I'm really sorry to trouble you, Xia." She said with a faint smile, "Why don't you come upstairs and sit for a while? Have some tea and sober up a bit."

"Okay, Mom."

Ji Wanqiu: "???"

She stared at Jiang Xia in shock, then at her daughter. Could it be that the two of them had already tasted the forbidden fruit?

If calling her "Mom" for the first time a few months ago was a slip of the tongue, then wouldn't this time be considered a drunken revelation?

Lin Yanwan glared at Jiang Xia fiercely, "Are you also acting crazy because of the alcohol?"

He was incredibly embarrassed and quickly corrected himself: "Mom, no, Auntie, please don't be surprised, I had a little to drink and my mind is a bit unclear."

Hearing Jiang Xia call out again, Ji Wanqiu felt somewhat numb.

"...Don't be surprised?"

"Don't mind it!"

Lin Yanwan sighed and rubbed her forehead. Did this guy even know what he was saying?

"Stop talking and go back now."

"Okay, goodbye Auntie." Jiang Xia took the opportunity to leave without hesitation, afraid that if he stayed any longer, he might say something wrong.

"Xia, wait a minute." Ji Wanqiu quickly called out to him, "You're so drunk, why don't I drive you home?"

"No need, Auntie, I'm not that drunk, I'll be fine." Jiang Xia said, and immediately took a few steps in front of them, but unfortunately, she couldn't walk in a straight line.

"Mom, don't listen to him. He drank a lot of alcohol for me today." Lin Yanwan quickly went over to help him.

The underlying meaning is: Mom, you go drive, I'll watch over things here.

Ji Wanqiu's lips twitched slightly. Her daughter had really grown up; her elbows were starting to turn outwards.

"Okay, you guys wait here for a bit, I'll go get the car."

Watching her mother leave, Lin Yanwan pinched Jiang Xia's waist hard and said fiercely, "Did you do that on purpose?"

"No way, my tongue was just a little numb, and I got nervous seeing my mother-in-law and blurted it out," Jiang Xia said helplessly.

"I think you're doing this on purpose!" she snorted. She was always causing trouble for her mother, and she'd probably have to explain to her mother later.

A little while later, the mother-in-law pulled up in front of them in her Audi with four rings. Lin Yanwan helped him into the car, and after thinking for a moment, she got in herself.

"Speaking of which, how did you two do on your exams?" Ji Wanqiu glanced at the two of them through the rearview mirror.

"Not bad." Jiang Xia opened the window a little, letting the wind blow in, and his mind instantly became much clearer.

"What about Yanwan?"

"Just play your best."

Ji Wanqiu breathed a slight sigh of relief. Her daughter said that if she performed normally, then she did quite well on the exam. Based on her usual grades, her score would at least not be low.

However, Jiang Xia is ultimately studying art, and after the results come out, there is a high chance that the two will not be in the same school. Can such a relationship really last?

The three of them remained silent for the rest of the time. After dropping Jiang Xia off at her apartment complex, Ji Wanqiu decided to probe her daughter's thoughts.

"Yanwan, you two are dating, right?" she asked bluntly.

Lin Yanwan stiffened, remained silent for a moment, then looked at the night outside the window and softly replied, "Mm."

Hearing this answer, Ji Wanqiu was not surprised. After all, she wasn't blind, and the two of them clearly had a very loving relationship.

To her surprise, her daughter agreed so readily.

"Actually, Mom found out a while ago, but I didn't ask about it because I was afraid it would affect your studies." Ji Wanqiu sighed softly. "Mom isn't an unenlightened person, but daughter, have you really thought this through?"

Lin Yanwan couldn't help but think of her failed marriage in her previous life. In the last few days, all she did was argue and have a cold war with him. Would she really not repeat the same mistake in this life?

"I don't know." She shook her head gently.

“I know Xia is a very outstanding child, but you study humanities and he studies art. To be honest, the chances of you getting into the same university are very low. I don’t know how many couples have failed on the road of long-distance relationships.”

Ji Wanqiu continued calmly, "Whether it's you or him, every day of your four years of university is full of uncertainties."

Lin Yanwan fell silent. She had thought about this as well. If Jiang Xia wanted to develop better, she would have to choose a famous art academy in China, but that wasn't an option for her.

Does this mean that these two parallel lines, which have already intersected, will continue to extend indefinitely after university and never intersect again?

"Happiness is your own. As long as you make a decision, your mother will naturally not object. But I just hope that you will think it through carefully before making a decision, otherwise, you will only hurt yourself in the end."

"I understand, thank you, Mom."

Lin Yanwan stared blankly at the neon lights outside the window, lost in thought.

...

(I went out to run some errands today, there will be another chapter later.)