In previous years, Zhou Chi would usually wait until close to the Chinese New Year to return home, but this year he returned exceptionally early, right at the start of the winter break.

Qin Hanshu looked at him suspiciously, "You're back so early, is something wrong?"

Zhou Chi said helplessly, "Mom, don't you welcome your son coming home early?"

"Welcome is welcome..." Qin Hanshu raised an eyebrow. Something was definitely amiss.

While packing Zhou Chi's luggage, Qin Hanshu found two concert tickets.

A rock band's song, the date is the day after tomorrow.

Could it be that you came back early specifically to see the concert? Two tickets, with whom?

Qin Hanshu called Zhou Chi over and deliberately asked, "How did you know Mom likes this band? You didn't come back just to accompany Mom to the concert, did you?"

Zhou Chi paused for a moment and said, "I didn't know you liked this band. This is a ticket I bought for Peipei."

Peipei? Qin Hanshu glanced at Zhou Chi's expression. His calm demeanor made it difficult for anyone to think too much about it.

However... intuitively, Qin Hanshu still felt that something was not quite right.

But Peipei likes Qi Lang!

Qin Hanshu looked at her son with a complicated expression. He always had a calm demeanor, whether happy or angry, he was always mild-mannered. She wondered what he would be like when faced with unrequited love.

Qin Hanshu, with a mischievous urge to watch the show unfold, felt a surge of anticipation.

She handed the ticket to Zhou Chi and smacked her lips, saying, "I thought you were being filial to your old mother."

Zhou Chi looked guilty and said, "Then I won't go. You and Peipei can go together."

Um?

Qin Hanshu was stunned. What was going on? Had she guessed wrong?

Zhou Chi stuffed the concert tickets into Qin Hanshu's hand, showing no sign of acting.

Qin Hanshu was stunned for a long time before sighing.

Zhou Chi is already in his twenties and his romantic history is still blank. Is there something wrong with that?

***

"You already have a ticket?" Qin Hanshu asked. "Did you buy it yourself?"

Peipei said, "Brother Qi Lang gave it to me."

Qin Hanshu said "Oh" and then said, "Then I won't bother you. I'll ask Mengmeng to go with me."

Peipei was taken aback for a moment, then quickly said, "No, no, you misunderstood. Qi Lang bought the tickets for me. I'm going to see it with my classmates."

Then, Peipei invited, "Let's go together then, it'll be more fun with more people."

Unexpectedly, on the day of the concert, the classmate who had promised to go with Peipei suddenly had something come up and couldn't go.

It was Qi Lang who arrived.

Qin Hanshu consciously observed Qi Lang and Pei Pei, and she did indeed sense something unusual between them.

Peipei wasn't sure, but Qi Lang's gaze towards her was definitely not innocent.

Qin Hanshu sighed inwardly; Liu Ercui's worries were not unfounded.

When the concert ended, Zhou Chi drove to pick them up.

Zhou Chi looked around and asked, "Why are there only the two of you? Where's Peipei? Didn't she come?"

Qin Meng pointed behind her and said, "She's waiting for Qi Lang in the back. Qi Lang went to buy it for her."

Zhou Chi paused in his hand as he pulled the car door shut.

In the distance, Peipei and Qilang walked over side by side.

Peipei was wearing a white down jacket and a white woolen hat, looking like a little snowman from a distance. Qi Lang, who was standing next to her, was strong and muscular, and he would protect her from being bumped by the crowd from time to time.

Peipei held a string of candied hawthorns in each hand, while Qi Lang held a string of candied hawthorns in his hand, which he hadn't eaten, clearly holding it for Peipei.

Zhou Chi narrowed his eyes and casually asked, "Who's the person next to Peipei?"

Qin Hanshu replied, "Qi Lang is your Uncle Qi Feng's son."

Zhou Chi unconsciously clenched his fist.

Qin Meng waved and called out, "We're here."

Hearing the sound, Peipei looked around a few times. When she saw this side, she was startled at first, and then she immediately ran over on her two legs.

"Little Chi! When did you get back?"

Zhou Chi smiled gently and said, "I came back the day before yesterday. I visited Aunt Cui yesterday, but I didn't see you."

Peipei said, "Maybe it's because I just happened to be out."

Zhou Chi nodded. "That's what Aunt Cui said too."

It was cold, so Qin Hanshu told everyone to get in the car first.

"Send Peipei and Qilang off first. Mengmeng, don't go home today. Stay at your aunt's house. I'll call your dad later."

Qin Meng happily agreed.

Qi Lang didn't get in the car, saying, "I'm going back to my own place, no need to see me off."

Peipei said, "Why don't you go home today? It's been so long since you've been back. Uncle Qi has been talking about you for ages."

Qi Lang paused for a moment, then said, "Let's do it another day. I'll find some time to go back and see him another day."

Seeing that he insisted, Peipei said nothing more.

Qi Lang stood by the roadside, watching the car drive away.

Zhou Chi looked at Qi Lang in the rearview mirror until the other person became a small black dot.

Qin Meng and Pei Pei chattered excitedly in the car about the concert they had just attended, while Qin Hanshu, sitting in the passenger seat, glanced at her son a few times and then suddenly smiled.

That brat is so secretly flirtatious, he almost fooled her too.

***

Zhou Weiguang was sitting on the sofa reading the newspaper when Qin Hanshu leaned over and took his arm, asking excitedly, "Are you free?"

Zhou Weiguang looked around in slight panic, and only breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that no one else was in the living room. He said in a low voice with a sense of helplessness, "We haven't had dinner yet. Let's talk about it upstairs after dinner."

Qin Hanshu, in her forties, seemed more enthusiastic and persistent than when she was younger, perhaps because she no longer had work to expend her energy. Zhou Weiguang naturally liked this, but he was over fifty and busy with work, sometimes feeling overwhelmed.

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