Chapter 73

Yan Qing stayed in the crew from the end of January until June. The main timeline of this drama is in winter. Summer came, and her birthday came, and Yan Qing finally moved out of the crew.

The female lead Fang Yi was the last to finish filming, and Yan Qing also waited until the end, as that day also happened to be her birthday.

Fang Yi finished his last line and performed his last scene.

Zhou Jiaxing stood up and said, "Congratulations on wrapping up."

After receiving the flowers from the staff, Fang Yi and Yan Qing bowed and thanked them: "Happy birthday, Teacher Yan."

Yan Qing was also holding two bouquets of flowers in her arms, as she had just finished filming.

In the evening, the crew held a wrap-up party for Fang Yi and also bought a cake to celebrate Yan Qing's birthday. She quickly ate a piece and left.

Sitting in the car going to the airport, Yan Qing felt relaxed both physically and mentally.

"I thought I'd see snow. It's all your fault."

Yan Qing smiled and looked at the people around him: "There will be many days of snow in the future. I'm really worried that you, a southerner, can't stand the snow on the grassland. It's too cold."

"You really underestimate me."

He is so arrogant. Yan Qing plans to wait until winter to let him take a closer look.

Yang Mingzhou sat drowsily in the back seat, listening to the two people talking. He opened his eyes and stood up. He rubbed his eyes and interrupted them: "Did you two forget that I was in the car?"

"I wouldn't have come to Haicheng if I had known. We agreed to go back and play games, but you guys have to go back to meet your parents."

He kept on complaining about his dissatisfaction.

Yan Qing smiled and said, "I'll bring you some beef jerky when I come back."

Yang Mingzhou pressed the issue further: "At least three months' supply."

Ming Xu spoke up to condemn him on behalf of his girlfriend: "We are not raising pigs, so you should eat less."

When they arrived at the airport, he threw the car keys to Yang Mingzhou, and the two left without looking back.

Original city.

Mother Yan anxiously looked in the direction where the crowd came from, checking the time and the electronic screen from time to time: "Why haven't they come out yet? They just landed."

"Okay, don't worry. The wait at the turntable is going to be long. It's summer vacation, so there are a lot of people."

Looking at the crowded crowd, Yan's mother kept staring at the exit.

Suddenly, her eyes lit up and she pulled her husband's arm: "It's coming out, it's coming out."

Yan Qing also saw his parents at the door and raised his arm to wave in their direction.

"Hello uncle and aunt, I am Ming Xu."

"Xiao Xu, are you used to our place?"

Mingxu answered truthfully: "It's much cooler than Haicheng. It's very comfortable."

During the few months that Yan Qing was with the crew, Yan's mother also came to visit her daughter once, and Ming Xu also happened to be visiting the crew at that time.

At first, Yan's mother was a little uncomfortable with how to get along with her daughter's boyfriend, but Mingxu was a person who was liked by the elders, and within two days, the two of them were like friends who had known each other for many years.

When Yan Qing was busy, Mingxu would accompany her mother out. He was patient and good at talking, and sometimes Yan's mother didn't even care what her daughter was busy with.

After returning, Yan's mother couldn't help but praise: "Xixi's boyfriend is very good at dealing with people. He is very pleasant to talk to and do, and he treats Xixi well. I feel relieved."

Father Yan didn't think so: "It's only been a few days and you've been bribed?"

Seeing her husband's sour words, Yan's mother was furious: "You are just jealous of me. My son-in-law treats me well, and you are resentful. That's why you keep saying bad things about him."

"Look at you, I just said a few words and you started speaking for an outsider."

"What outsider? That's Xixi's boyfriend."

"I haven't agreed yet." Father Yan snorted, crossed his legs and changed the TV channel.

Yan's mother no longer paid any attention to him. He was just jealous that she got to visit her son-in-law on set this time.

Seeing his wife's enthusiasm, Father Yan tugged at the corner of her clothes. Mother Yan turned around and asked, "What's wrong?"

Glancing at his daughter walking in front, Father Yan cleared his throat and said in a low voice, "What you said before, I don't think there is any problem now."

What did you say before?

Yan's mother rolled her eyes at him and spoke in hindsight.

Father Yan looked at Mingxu pulling his daughter's suitcase, the two walking hand in hand in front, and suddenly stopped.

"What are you doing?"

"I suspect my daughter's boyfriend is a rental."

What she thought was really what she wanted. Yan's mother didn't want to be with this man for a moment.

As soon as he finished speaking, he received a roll of the eyes and his wife quickened her pace.

When they got to the car, Yan urged, "You two should sit in the back row."

The two of them put their things in the car and got into the car, looking confused. Yan Qing looked at his father who was still walking slowly, exchanged a glance with Ming Xu, and said in lip language: "My dad made my mom angry again."

Father Yan was abandoned by his wife, but he remained calm as he watched the three people busy around the car.

Yan's mother got into the car, closed the door and started the car.

Ming Xu glanced out the window and couldn't help asking, "Hasn't my uncle gotten in the car yet?"

"Never mind him."

Seeing the car driving out of the parking space, Father Yan was still unhurried. These three people couldn't just not wait for me.

"Hey, hey, hey, I haven't gotten in the car yet."

Yan Qing looked back at her father, who had run two steps before stopping and panting, and sighed, "Mom, are you really not going to wait for Dad this time?"

"He's no longer a member of our family."

When the three of them returned home, Yan's mother greeted Mingxu warmly. Mingxu seemed to have been there many times and didn't treat Yanqing as an outsider at all. Yanqing was stunned: "Is this really your first time coming to my house?"

Mingxu gave her a look of course.

Half an hour later, the door opened.

Father Yan came in sweating profusely: "It's only June, and it's so hot. Xixi, you don't care about your father, and just watch me being abandoned by you."

Yan Qing stuck out her tongue, glanced at her mother who was cutting fruit in the kitchen, and gestured to her father.

Seeing this, Yan's father went into the kitchen and closed the door.

"My parents quarrel every day, just get used to it."

Mingxu's eyes moved to his girlfriend, and he looked her over. "It seems you didn't inherit this gene from your parents."

Yan Qing understood: "Why? You want to be scolded too?"

After a simple dinner at home, Yan Qing drove Ming Xu back to the hotel.

Yan's father and mother walked them all the way to the car. Yan's mother said to Mingxu, "Go home and have a good rest tonight. We've booked a restaurant for lunch tomorrow. Xixi will pick you up then."

When they arrived at the hotel, Mingxu sat in the car and refused to get out.

It wasn't until the car behind honked that he reluctantly got out: "I want to stay with you for a while longer."

Yan Qing shook his head: "Then my father will come to kill me immediately."

When she got home, Yan's father was watching TV in the living room. When he saw his daughter come back, he looked at his watch and was very satisfied.

This son-in-law is not frivolous.

Fortunately, I said it in my heart, otherwise if Yan's mother heard it, I would get another cold shoulder.

The next day, Yan Qing slept in for the first time ever.

When I opened my eyes, it was almost eleven o'clock.

I hurriedly changed my clothes and left the bedroom, only to find that no one was home. I opened my phone and saw that my father had sent me a photo.

The picture above shows Mingxu and his mother in the supermarket.

[Yan Qing]: Why are my parents with you?

Hearing his phone ringing, Ming Xu took it out and after seeing the name on it, he calmly took a step back and replied to the message.

[Ming Xu]: My uncle called me this morning and said he would take me shopping.

[Yan Qing]: Send me the address and I’ll go there now.

[Ming Xu]: You go directly to the hotel, we are coming too.

Yan Qing turned off his phone and couldn't help but complain: Nonsense.

When they arrived at the hotel, the waiter led Yan Qing to the reserved private room. It was empty. Just as she was about to make a phone call, she heard her father's hearty laughter.

When she came out of the box, she saw her boyfriend talking and laughing with her father.

Mingxu saw her the first time and walked up to her with quickened strides. The two looked at each other, but before they could say anything, they were interrupted by the happy Yan's father beside them: "Xixi, you're here."

As he said that, he called Mingxu in.

Yan Qing grabbed Ming Xu and lowered her voice: "When did your relationship become so good?"

Ming Xu raised his eyebrows: "I taught my uncle some fishing skills."

Family members arrived one after another.

Because of the incident with the big screen at the previous concert, almost everyone in Yan Qing's family had seen the photo of Ming Xu, but after seeing the real person, everyone still gasped.

I exclaimed: It looks better than the photo.

As soon as my cousin came in, she quietly pulled her aside and said that her aunt had talked to grandpa for a long time last night, warning him not to educate people in the same way as before.

Yan Qing laughed: "Aunt always works so hard."

My cousin spread her hands and said, "Grandpa has no other shortcomings except that he loves to educate people."

At the dinner table, Yan Qing's grandfather kept a stern face, but he didn't say anything preachy. He just asked a few basic questions about Ming Xu.

Suddenly, Grandpa coughed and stared at Mingxu: "When are you planning to get married?"

Seeing this, Yan Qing pulled Ming Xu and signaled him with her eyes not to speak, and she would speak.

Ming Xu quietly squeezed her hand under the table to comfort her, then looked at everyone and said, "We are both in the rising stage of our careers and are usually quite busy, so we don't have any plans this year. If we are not busy next year, we will put marriage on the agenda."

"Well, you're not young anymore, get married soon."

"It's started again." Yan Qing muttered softly, and the others also sat up straight, afraid that their grandfather would say something inappropriate to the occasion.

Grandpa: "I've heard about your work from Xixi's parents. I don't understand it either, but being together less and apart more often is not conducive to the development of a relationship."

Seeing that grandpa didn't say anything else, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

Seeing this, my aunt took over and asked, "When will the two families meet? I'd like to go to Haicheng for a visit."

When Yan Xiang heard that her mother was also trying to urge her to get married, she quickly interrupted, "Mom."

At this time, Yan's mother also looked at Mingxu. She had the same idea. The two children had met their parents, and they were also very satisfied with this marriage. It would be good if it could be settled.

Mingxu's parents had this idea a long time ago, but Mingxu kept stopping them because he didn't want to put too much pressure on Yan Qing.

Seeing everyone looking at him questioningly, Ming Xu said, "Listen to Xixi."

Seeing that the hot potato was thrown to him, Yan Qing simply went all out: "Next month, there will be a Nadam Festival, and it's a good opportunity to invite uncles and aunts to come and have fun."

At this moment, we heard Grandpa clear his throat. Everyone looked over at the same time. Grandpa coughed twice in embarrassment and pointed at a dish in front of him and said, "It's too spicy."

When Ming's mother heard that her daughter-in-law and her family invited her to Yuancheng, she was so happy that she couldn't sleep all night.

Every day I take my husband to buy local specialties and clothes.

In mid-July, Mingxu took his parents on a plane to Yuancheng.

As soon as the parents of both sides met, they forgot about their two children. The two mothers were like real sisters, arm in arm, and made plans to travel together. The two fathers also seemed to have known each other for a long time, holding hands and having endless things to say.

Within a week, Mingxu's other family members in Haicheng also arrived one after another.

The two families sat together to discuss the marriage of their two children.

Yan Qing and Ming Xu held hands and watched the conference that was about to begin.

Ming Xu was a little curious: "Why is no one from your family participating?"

Yan Qing: "My family are all scholars."

They are not good at fighting, but they are good at talking. Fortunately, they have become much more stable now. This is the Yan family when they were young.

Looking at the lively scene in front, Yan Qing talked about the interesting things that happened when she came to the Nadam Festival as a child, and Mingxu teased her from time to time.

Zhou Mingshu returned to Yuancheng the day before the conference ended. Seeing Mingxu, he dared to tease him directly: "I heard that you two are getting married next year."

"Well, I'll give you a separate table with nine male models."

As soon as he finished speaking, Zhou Mingshu's ears turned red, and Yan Qing was laughing beside him.

After the conference, Mingxu's family returned to Haicheng one after another, and he wanted to wait for Yan Qing to go back together.

The night before leaving, Yan's father got drunk and held his future son-in-law's hand and chattered all night long. Yan Qing and Yan's mother had no idea what they were talking about.

"You kept Xiaoxu from going back to sleep, and the two of you sat in the living room all night." Yan's mother blamed her husband for being too tactless.

Father Yan's eyes were filled with suspicion: "Are you talking nonsense? How could I not let someone sleep all night?"

This matter was confirmed by Yan Qing. Yan's father still didn't believe it, but when he saw Ming Xu didn't wake up until lunch, with two huge dark circles under his eyes and a tired face, he stopped talking.

Even a little embarrassed: "Xiao Xu, uncle drank too much last night."

Mingxu understood and comforted him: "I know."

After returning to Haicheng, their lives continued as usual.

Mingxu rarely stayed in B&Bs anymore, and Yan Qing was planning his next travel life.

In the evening, Ming Xu returned home and saw Yan Qing sitting on the sofa playing games.

He came forward and asked: "What are you playing?"

Yan Qing didn't even turn his head: "You bought it a few days ago. I tried it. It's quite fun."

Seeing his girlfriend absorbed in games and ignoring him, Ming Xu sighed and said, "Then I'll use this graphics card myself."

Catching the key words, Yan Qing quickly put down the handle and looked at the box in the cart at the door. Yan Qing exclaimed: "When did you buy it?"

Ming Xu smiled as he watched his girlfriend flipping through the things on it, without saying anything.

Yan Qing muttered, "This is so expensive now."

"Do you like it?"

"like."

When Mingxu returned home the next night, he couldn't find Yan Qing in the living room.

In the study, Yan Qing sat in front of the computer with her legs crossed. The computer was assembled by the two of them overnight.

Seeing Ming Xu coming back, Yan Qing sighed, "I suddenly don't want to travel anymore. My computer will be lonely at home when I leave."

The game on the computer screen was starting up. Ming Xu sat on the chair next to him and looked at Yan Qing: "Finally, I can return your things to you."

Yan Qing looked at the Ming preface and suddenly realized.

After three years, the long-silent character is online again.

Yang Mingzhou was fighting with someone in the wild when he suddenly saw the prompt of the guild channel. He panicked for a moment and the screen turned gray. Ignoring other people's greetings, he quickly opened the friend list, and those two names actually lit up.

Yan Qing looked at the familiar yet unfamiliar character, and the past scenes seemed to return to her. Suddenly, she lost the excitement she had before logging into the game. "Why do I have to level up again? Hey, why does my name have a suffix?"

[I love eating coal briquettes and want to trade with you]

Yan Qing looked at him doubtfully.

"Helicopter Pill."

"And you?"

"Of course I'll go online if I buy the appearance."

The two came to the map where they last appeared together. The tree that was once bustling with people no longer had the same scene.

Ming Xu took out all the outer clothes in the warehouse and traded them to Yan Qing, watching her put them on.

Looking at the no longer bustling map, Yan Qing suddenly felt a little nostalgic: "I loved this place the most back then. Back then, everyone was AFK here, setting off fireworks and planting flags."

Suddenly, my eyes lit up.

[Lost in the heavens, far from the world, awakening from a sweet dream, the sky is ablaze with lights. The river of light turns nine times, the sound and shadow approach, a glance and whisper linger. Time follows the flowing water, but the flowing water never forgets time. News from the Jianghu is coming! The knight "Coal Ball Lover" uses the legendary "Ten Thousand Lights" on the Ming Cult hero "Just Eat Spicy Hot Pot 1@Hidden Return." I searched for him a thousand times, but when I turned, there he was, in the dim light. Unwavering thoughts will surely resonate. Among the dim lights, if I see the person I've decided to pursue my whole life, I can't help but stop and stare...]

Countless sky lanterns rose from under our feet and fluttered in the sky.

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