"Listen to what I said, I didn't say anything at all!" Ning Yizhan was secretly delighted. His mother was too shrewd; this really wasn't something he had arranged beforehand.

"This is too hasty, we were completely unprepared." Qiu Hu was somewhat flustered.

"So grand, baby, you really value me!" Ning Yizhan looked at her with a smile and gave her a loving kiss on the cheek. "No need to prepare anything, they all know you! They'll be happy just by you going!"

At six o'clock in the afternoon, Ning Yizhan took Qiu Hu, who was dressed in a well-behaved manner, out the door. Looking at Qiu Hu's outfit, he felt more approachable. "Are you nervous? This is not your style of dressing! It looks like you are 19 years old."

Nineteen-year-old Qiu Hu always dressed very modestly. Except for the first time we met, when she wore a black dress, she always dressed like this when we met her.

"Mind your own business!"

"Okay, okay," Ning Yizhan replied with a smile in his eyes, opened the passenger door for her, and she got into the car with an air of haughtiness without even glancing at him.

Oh! Some woman won't tell you.

The Ning family's house was located in the west of the city, not too far from them. It took about half an hour to get there. The car drove into the Ning family's old house. Lian Zhi looked around and even stood on tiptoe to see if any cars were coming. When she saw their car arrive, she even pulled Ning Yijia to the door to greet them.

Qiu Hu: So grand?

While she was still wondering what to do later, Ning Yizhan pulled her out.

"We're here, Ah Hu, get out of the car!" Ning Yizhan got out of the car and gentlemanly opened the passenger door for her.

Qiu Hu got off the car and was pulled in front of the Ning family by Ning Yizhan. When he saw Lian Zhi, he immediately recognized her and greeted her politely, "Hello, Auntie!"

"Hello Ah Hu, I'm so happy to see you here!"

The Ning siblings looked at Ms. Lianzhi's kind smile, and their lips twitched slightly. Their mother was different today; her tone was unusually gentle.

Qiu Hu was just wondering whether to greet Ning Yijia, but before she could speak, Ning Yijia spoke first, "Hello."

When Ning Yijia greeted her, she responded in surprise, "Hello."

In the end, it turned into Lady Lianzhi leading Qiu Hu in front, with the Ning siblings acting as "left and right protectors" behind them.

Ning Yizhan: That's my wife. If anyone should be holding her hand, it should be me.

Ning Yijia: He was just holding my hand a moment ago, good grief!

This time, Qiu Hu wasn't kept chatting with Lian Zhi for a long time because she was in the kitchen watching people cook and wouldn't allow any mistakes.

"Ning Yizhan, take Ah Hu for a walk around the house," Lian Zhi called out from the doorway.

"knew".

After Ning Yizhan took Qiu Hu to greet Grandpa Ning and Ning Shuzai, he pulled her away, saying he was taking her to get acquainted with the place.

Ning Yizhan immediately led her to his room, opened the door, and took Qiu Hu's hand as they went in. He showed her around the room, and finally sat her on the edge of the bed, looking up at Qiu Hu standing not far away. "How is it? This isn't your first time here, is it? Has anything changed?"

"Oh, the room is brighter now!"

"Oh, the curtains are drawn back!" Ning Yizhan recalled the scene when he first came to Qiu Hu. Three years have passed, and the room has not changed much.

Qiu Hu was also curious, "How long were you depressed back then?" She still hadn't forgotten the first time she came to the Ning family to apologize to Ning Yizhan. When she went to his room, it was pitch black all around.

But Ning Yizhan didn't understand what Qiu Hu was saying. "What do you mean by decadent?"

"...When you came back from Lake Creek Island, didn't you lose your position as heir? Weren't you depressed for a long time? I came to your house to apologize to you. You even drew the curtains in your room and spent the night on the sofa. I remember you had such dark circles under your eyes."

"What?! I just played video games all night back then."

"..." Qiu Hu felt that he had been guilty for nothing these past few years. "You have a good attitude."

"You think I was giving up on myself back then? Maybe a little! After all, it was the first time something like that had happened to me." Ning Yizhan really hadn't expected Qiu Hu to think that way, and tried to smooth things over for her. "I was a bit down back then, otherwise I wouldn't have played games all night, right!"

"If you don't have it, you don't have it!"

Ning Yizhan pulled Qiu Hu's hand and made her sit down, stroking her hand as he said, "So you started caring about me back then. You came to see me so many times. I thought you were just feeling guilty! Turns out it wasn't all that!"

"No, I just feel guilty. I wouldn't have come if Grandpa hadn't asked me to!" Qiu Hu said, trying to cover up his mistake.

"Oh, but you still came," Ning Yizhan said, touching Qiu Hu's little face. "It's so nice to touch!"

She started reminiscing again, and said with a sneer, "Hmph, you have no idea how wonderful you were the first time we were on Lake Creek Island!"

He's praising her again? Qiu Hu was a little confused by his train of thought. Before she could even think, the man's hand was on her waist again.

"Don't touch me like that, what are you doing!" Qiu Hu tried to pull his hand away, but he pinched her face, making her pout.

"So cute, may I kiss you?" Ning Yizhan's eyes were filled with love, as if he were looking at a sky full of stars.

"No... um," before she could refuse, the man silenced her with a kiss, his touch gentle and tender. She opened her eyes and looked at the man kissing her so passionately, then silently closed her eyes and savored the moment.

After a long while, the man finally released her, looked at her moist lips, and then kissed her forehead. "Look! You're still beautiful!"

"What are you saying?"

"I'm praising you!" Ning Yizhan rubbed her face again.

"If you keep rubbing, I'll get angry!"

"Unable to understand romance," Ning Yizhan eventually let go.

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