Chapter 224 The World After Rewind 20 (Bonus Chapter for Donations)

Miao Lan has been very happy lately because her eldest son seems to be in a better mood. He even smiled when he went back to the old house last weekend.

This had never happened before, and all these changes were because of the second child.

So, as soon as the company gave her a holiday before the New Year, she discussed with her three children in the family group chat: It's almost Chinese New Year, do you want to go home or stay at the apartment? If you stay at the apartment, then your dad and I will come over.

If she were to return to the old house, she would need to prepare in advance.

Shi Qingyu's first reaction was that he didn't want anyone to enter his and Ning Yan's territory.

Moreover, his room now contains many of Yan'er's things. If his biological mother finds out, he's afraid she'll look at Ning Yan with strange eyes, or even develop a dislike for her.

Shi Xiaofeng shared the same idea, so the three of them went back to the old house together.

The old house is a three-story villa. Originally, the eldest son lived on the third floor, while the second son and his parents lived on the second floor.

The former leader was just indifferent; he could take care of himself.

The second child, who was prone to mood swings and needed care, lived on the same floor as the first child.

Miao Lan was delighted and had the servants thoroughly clean the second and third floors.

The bed sheets and duvet covers were all changed, and the three of them drove two cars back to the old house together.

Watching the three children enter the living room, Miao Lan's face was full of smiles. Ning Yan was such a good child; since she got together with the second child, Xiao Feng hadn't had a relapse in a long time.

"Yanyan, come here quickly. A few days ago, Mom bought a rare green diamond at an auction. Take a look and tell me what kind of jewelry you want to have made. Mom will call a designer over right away."

Miao Lan presented the box containing the green diamond to Ning Yan as if it were a treasure.

"Mom, this green diamond must be over ten carats, right?"

Colored diamonds, especially high-purity colored diamonds, are extremely rare, and those exceeding one carat can be auctioned.

Moreover, this piece, weighing over ten carats, is already cut, which is truly rare.

"11.23 carats. I think young girls like sparkly things. This green diamond is also a square-cut diamond, so I took a picture of it."

Of the set of pink diamond jewelry, Ning Yan chose the square design and had it made into a ring.

It can be said that Miao Lan put in a lot of effort.

"Mom, you're so good to me. Let's make this diamond into a ring. As for the design, let the designer decide."

She already has several rings on her hand, and the styles are no longer unusual.

"Okay, okay, leave it to Mom. I'll bring it to you when it's done."

Shi Han also chatted with his two sons. He noticed that his eldest son was more talkative than before, and his demeanor had changed; he was no longer as aloof as before.

"By the way, a batch of seafood is being airlifted over this afternoon. Xiaofeng, why don't you and Yanyan go to your father-in-law's house and let them have a taste of the fresh seafood too?"

Ning Yan: "Thank you, Mom. I've been quite busy at the end of the year and haven't had time to go home, so I'm going back to visit today."

Shi Qingyu, who had been paying attention to this side with half his attention, darkened his eyes. Xiaofeng could accompany her back to her parents' home, but he couldn't.

After having lunch at home, the seafood arrived around 1 p.m. The maid put the items into Ning Yan's trunk, and Shi Xiaofeng drove the car out of the old house gate.

Shi Qingyu stood at the window on the third floor, watching the car leave. It would be a lie to say he wasn't feeling lonely.

Just then, his phone rang.

He slowly walked to the coffee table, picked up his phone and glanced at it. The caller was not saved in his contacts; it was a number he knew all too well.

He answered the phone immediately, "What's wrong?"

Ning Yan's voice came through the phone, "We're waiting for you outside the yard, hurry up."

Shi Qingyu's hand tightened slightly. "What are you waiting for me for?"

"Xiaofeng said that since you're also my parents' son-in-law, we should bring you along to show your face. What, you don't want to?"

"Are you planning to tell your families about our relationship?" President Shi felt more nervous than when he was dealing with billions of dollars; his palms were sweating.

"What, you can't?"

He wondered what would happen if the Ning family of three objected to them being together.

"I'm coming right now."

After hanging up the phone, Shi Qingyu hurriedly left the room. When he met his parents downstairs, he only told them that he had something to do before leaving the villa.

Miao Lan looked at her son's retreating figure in surprise and asked, "Why didn't you drive, eldest son?"

Shi Han: "Was it Assistant Zhang who came to pick him up?"

Miao Lan: "Perhaps."

...

As soon as they stepped out of the villa, their younger brother's car was parked not far from the gate. Shi Qingyu opened the back door and got in.

The journey was silent. The forty-odd-minute drive wasn't too far, but it felt exceptionally long to Shi Qingyu.

Carrying the seafood, Shi Qingyu took the elevator to the twentieth floor and suddenly felt that it might be a bit too impolite of him to just show up like this. He hadn't even prepared a gift.

Besides that, she was mostly nervous. How would she introduce him?

I pressed the doorbell, and someone came to open the door very quickly.

When Ning's mother saw that it was her daughter and son-in-law returning, she was very surprised: "This child, why didn't you call when you got back? Come, come, Xiaofeng, and President Shi, come in quickly, it must be cold outside."

Ning Yan entered the house, and her father just came out of the bedroom. "I was going to call you tomorrow and ask you to come home for the pork stew, but let's just have it tonight. None of you need to go back."

"Okay, fine, I'll go back then. By the way, where's my brother?"

"I went to the library with my classmates. Xiaofeng, and also, Mr. Shi..."

"Uncle and Auntie, you can just call me Qingyu."

Ning's mother smiled and said "yes" twice, but she had a strange feeling in her heart. Her daughter and son-in-law came back, but why did her brother-in-law also come?

Ning Yan could tell that she was suspicious, so she didn't hide anything and pulled Shi Qingyu to say to the two elders, "Mom, just call him by his name. He is also your and Dad's son-in-law. If you need anything in the future, just tell him."

Ning's mother swayed, feeling a momentary dizziness. "Yanyan, what did you say?"

Ning's father suspected there was something wrong with his ears.

Shi Qingyu was even more nervous, and Shi Xiaofeng was also somewhat uneasy.

"Mom, it's just what you heard. My eldest brother and Xiaofeng are both sons-in-law in our family. They are the same. Now the three of us live together."

Ning's mother looked at Shi Xiaofeng, then at Shi Qingyu, then at her own daughter, and pinched Ning's father's face hard. Ning's father cried out, "Ouch, ouch, ouch! Let go!"

Ning's mother murmured, "It hurts? Then I'm not dreaming!"

Ning's father was also a little confused. Was the national policy really that open? Did they even allow one wife to have two husbands?

Ning Yan knew this news was somewhat shocking, but they were bound to find out sooner or later, weren't they?

"Big brother, call Mom and Dad."

Shi Qingyu: ...Really, he was both surprised and delighted. He was surprised because he was afraid that his father-in-law and mother-in-law would be too shocked and something bad might happen if he said it so bluntly.

What's gratifying is that she cares about him and is willing to make their relationship public in front of his parents.