"Hmph, I'm going to sleep now, goodbye!"
Hearing his wife hang up the phone with a haughty air, Jiang Xia smiled silently.
Their relationship is starting to resemble the way it used to be, but it's unclear when they'll be able to fully return to their most intimate days.
Perhaps we should wait until after we get married?
The thought of being able to hold her soft, fragrant body and sleep every night fills me with excitement.
But there are still a few years before we get our marriage certificate. Does living together before marriage count? If he makes some unreasonable demands, will his wife agree?
He grinned foolishly, his thoughts wandering for a long time. Looking up at the vast night outside the window, Jiang Xia gently rubbed his temples, took out his drawing paper, and began to draw the storyboard for the thirteenth episode of Tom and Jerry.
Although he gave everyone else a break, Qitian Animation Company is only just getting on track. If even he, the boss, chooses to shut down, the company will have a hard time going far.
It wasn't until the bright moon hung high in the sky and the night was deep and quiet that Jiang Xia slowly put down his pencil, yawned, went back to bed, turned off the light, and went to sleep.
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Time flies like sand through an hourglass; it's already Saturday, June 27th. It's also the first day for high school graduates in the entire Chongqing area to fill out their college application forms, a process that will last for three days, until the 29th.
Xia Shanshan asked while eating noodles, "Is today the day to fill out college applications?"
"Okay, I'll go to her house later so the two of you can have a good talk about which school is the best for her to apply to," Jiang Xia said.
Xia Shanshan nodded gently. Now that things had come to this, she couldn't change her son's mind. Besides, with their grades, they could apply to quite a few universities. In any case, it was better for them to be together than to be apart.
"Do you want to come back for lunch?"
"Forget it, I won't come back. I'll just buy some groceries on the way and take them with me," Jiang Xia said casually.
Xia Shanshan's face twitched slightly. They've only just started dating, and the young couple is already planning to live their own lives?
“Here’s what we’ll do: you call them over, I’ll cook, you can discuss college application with Yanwan, and Xiaoman has her final exams next Monday, I’ll give her some extra help with her review.”
"Mom, Aunt Ji is home today. Would you like to invite her and her family over for dinner?"
"Then forget it. It'll be a meal between both sets of parents, unless you two are engaged." Xia Shanshan paused, then looked at her son with a strange tone, "You know her mother will be home, yet you're still going?"
“Now is the time to show your worth. Let me tell you, once your status as a son-in-law is subtly accepted, the matter is settled. Are you still worried that your daughter-in-law will run away?” he said with a smile.
"You've got some nerve. Most people are afraid to meet their parents when they're dating, but you've gone and offered yourself up."
"Hehehe, I feel just as close to her mother as I do to you, so what's there to be afraid of?" Jiang Xia said confidently.
Xia Shanshan glanced at him: "So, you've called her 'Mom' before?"
"Cough cough..."
Jiang Xia choked on his noodles, and Xia Shanshan, seeing his embarrassed expression, immediately knew she had guessed correctly.
This young couple is really something else. They haven't even offered tea to each other's parents yet, but they're already calling each other's parents so readily. If that's the case, does that mean they won't even need to prepare red envelopes for their wedding?
Xia Shanshan thought to herself.
"Mom, I'm full! I'm going now." Jiang Xia put down her bowl and ran off.
"Wait a minute, come back here."
Xia Shanshan took out 200 yuan from her wallet and handed it over: "How can you go to your mother-in-law's house empty-handed? Buy some good food."
"Mom is right."
Jiang Xia happily accepted it. With his mother's support, he felt confident and went back to his room to grab the college application guide before leaving.
Passing by the market, he bought a bunch of vegetables, including ribs, fish, pork belly, and chicken legs, as well as a bucket of oil and a carton of milk. It looked a bit like a New Year's gift, but it didn't seem like a big problem to give it to his mother-in-law in advance.
You can give a gift anytime if you're willing to do it.
After struggling to carry the huge pile of things upstairs, Jiang Xia took a deep breath to calm herself down before knocking on the door.
"Who is it? Coming, coming."
Ji Wanqiu, wearing an apron, opened the door and was slightly taken aback when she saw Jiang Xia: "It's Xia Xia! Oh, why are you carrying so many things? Come in quickly."
She quickly took the plastic bag and called back into the house, "Yanwan, are you up yet? Xia is here."
Jiang Xia chuckled and said, "Aunt Ji, my mom went on a business trip today and asked me to come over for a meal."
"You too, you came all this way, why did you buy so much stuff? Don't do this again next time."
"Of course, otherwise I'd feel embarrassed to come to my aunt's house for meals every day."
Ji Wanqiu: "..."
You shamelessly go looking for my daughter every day, and now you know how to be embarrassed?
"I'm about to cook noodles. Has Xia eaten breakfast yet?" Ji Wanqiu asked as she put the meat into the refrigerator.
Jiang Xia smiled and said, "Although I've already eaten at home, I can still eat another bowl if it's Auntie's fragrant noodles."
"Ha, then let's eat some more."
As the two were chatting, Lin Yanwan came out of the room with her hair all messy.
Seeing her daughter wearing only a light nightgown with most of her legs bare, Ji Wanqiu's eyebrows twitched slightly.
When a guy comes over, you don't even bother to dress up properly. Even if you're in a boyfriend-girlfriend relationship, you should at least wear a bra, right? Your clothes are so obvious, what kind of behavior is that!
"Since you're up, don't wear your pajamas anymore. Go change your clothes!" Ji Wanqiu said irritably.
"oh."
Lin Yanwan nodded gently, knowing that her mother was referring to her not wearing underwear in front of others. But she used to change clothes in front of Jiang Xia, so he had seen her body all along. At least she was wearing a nightgown now.
Jiang Xia pretended not to understand, glanced at her subconsciously, and then followed his mother-in-law into the kitchen.
"Auntie, let me help you wash the vegetables."
"No, no, go outside and watch TV. Do you want some chili in your condiments?"
"You can eat a little."
"Okay, then I'll put less chili oil in it for you."
A little while later, Lin Yanwan came out of the bedroom after changing into a more comfortable t-shirt and loose trousers. She looked at Jiang Xia and said, "Why are you here?"
Jiang Xia blinked: "Wife, I'm hungry, I need food."
Lin Yanwan couldn't help but roll her eyes at him: "If you're so capable, go say that to my mother."
"Hehehe, definitely next time."
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(Sorry for the two-day hiatus. I've been drinking a lot these past two days and it's giving me a headache. Yesterday, a few of us downed 6 jin of baijiu (Chinese liquor) and didn't get home until 4 a.m. From now on, I will not eat, drink, or sleep; I will just keep writing, day after day, night after night.)
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