After leaving his wife's house, Jiang Xia, carrying a bag, saw Jiang Wende's taxi parked on the side of the road at the entrance of the residential area.
"Dad." He opened the car door and sat in the passenger seat, feeling a little guilty.
"Hmm, are you hungry?"
"kind of."
"Your mom should have already prepared dinner at home, so you can eat as soon as you get back."
Jiang Wende glanced at him indifferently. Ever since he learned that he had spent the whole day at someone else's young lady's house, his concerns had inexplicably changed.
I'm afraid that one day I'll go from being a dad to a grandfather. After all, boys and girls who are just beginning to experience love are most likely to get carried away at this time, and are also most likely to cause death due to a lack of basic common sense.
"Even though you're on vacation now, you shouldn't keep going to girls' houses. It's not a good thing."
Jiang Xia's lips twitched: "...I understand."
But I'll do it again next time.
With his wife right here, where else would he run to?
"Have you met Yan Wan's parents?"
"I have met my mother."
Seeing Jiang Wende turn around with a strange expression, Jiang Xia immediately changed her words awkwardly: "I meant, Yan Wan's mother."
Jiang Wende's face twitched. Good heavens, you really did call me "Mom" after all. The way you've been doing it is so practiced. Anyone who didn't know better would think you'd been doing it for seven or eight years.
"Hey! Dad! The car! The car! Don't look at me! Look ahead!"
Jiang Wende calmly regained his senses, looked at the oncoming car, and unhurriedly tapped the brakes lightly, then slowly straightened the steering wheel.
“Your dad has been driving for decades and has seen all sorts of complicated road conditions. This is nothing.”
Upon hearing this, Jiang Xia pouted. "Your driving skills are good, but you can't escape the momentary lapse in concentration when you're driving while fatigued. Otherwise, how did you cause an accident in your past life?"
But he dared not say that.
"Did Yanwan's mother find out you two are dating?" Jiang Wende asked casually.
"You should...know, right?" Jiang Xia scratched his neck.
Both sets of parents aren't stupid. Even Wang Ming, that simpleton, could see it at a glance. His mother-in-law probably sensed it the first time he called her "Mom."
"What do you mean by 'should'? Does that mean her mother agreed?"
"Maybe, perhaps, probably."
Jiang Xia pondered that his mother-in-law had liked him quite a bit in his past life, so it should be similar in this one. His father-in-law was a bit difficult, but in the end, under the influence of alcohol, they became sworn brothers.
One calls him "brother," and the other calls him "father-in-law." They each use their own terms, and there's no conflict.
“Sometimes feeling good about yourself isn’t accurate. Yan Wan is beautiful, has good grades, a gentle personality, and is polite, but you run to her house like a scoundrel every day. How can her mother like you?” Jiang Wende glanced at him.
Jiang Xia said speechlessly, "Dad, it's true that she's outstanding, but your son isn't bad either, okay?"
"Whether it's good or bad is not up to me to decide."
Jiang Wende suddenly remembered his wife's instructions and warned her with a serious expression: "Also, I'm warning you, you're an adult now. Dating is fine, holding hands and hugging are no problem, but you have to be clear about some things. Don't do anything out of line, you know?"
"Hey Dad, what are you thinking? Yanwan and I are still just boyfriend and girlfriend."
"I'm telling you right now, if you dare to mess around, I'll break your legs!" Jiang Wende glared at him fiercely.
"...Since you've put it that way, even if I had a hundred lives, I wouldn't dare."
"Stop grinning at me."
"yes!"
When the father and son returned home, Xia Shanshan had already prepared the cured meat soup, and the pressure cooker was hissing and steaming.
Jiang Xia went back to her room first to put away the contracts and other documents, and then went to the kitchen to help.
"Serve the rice first, we'll eat right away." Xia Shanshan glanced at him and continued stir-frying the garlic sprouts and shredded pork. The aroma wafting through the air was incredibly enticing.
"oh."
He brought the food to the table, and Xia Shanshan then brought out a large bowl of cured meat soup. The living room was air-conditioned, so even in the sweltering summer heat, the hot soup didn't feel too hot.
"How long until the college entrance exam results are released?" Xia Shanshan asked during dinner.
"Around the 20th, I think," Jiang Xia said after thinking for a moment.
"That'll be soon." She nodded. It's June 13th now, so there's about a week left.
“You have one more week of good luck. If you don’t do well on the exam, you’ll have to repeat a year. We don’t have the extra money at home to let you go to a useless vocational college,” she said.
"impossible."
Jiang Xia, on the other hand, was full of confidence. Compared to the constant struggle during exams in her previous life, she felt that she could solve almost all the problems in this life. So this is what it feels like to be a top student.
"By the way, Yanwan said you've been very busy lately. What have you been busy with?" Xia Shanshan suddenly asked.
Jiang Xia never thought she could keep this a secret from her parents forever, and had already come up with an excuse to deal with it.
"I'll take a part-time job during the summer vacation."
"Do you really think your parents are idiots? You think I believe you?" Xia Shanshan said irritably. What kind of part-time job involves running to your girlfriend's house every day? A part-time husband?
Jiang Xia's eyelid twitched, and she explained, "Didn't I start by learning to paint from Teacher Li?"
"who?"
"Li Weiya, Wang Ming's mother."
"Okay, continue."
“She works at an animation company and has been very busy lately. Since Wang Ming and I both studied drawing, I became her assistants and got a salary of 600 yuan a month.”
"oh……"
Xia Shanshan nodded, remembering that her son had called her yesterday, saying he was having dinner at Wang Ming's house, which was probably what he was talking about.
Moreover, his words were so detailed and believable that they didn't seem fake.
"The problem is, if it's work, shouldn't you be going to Wang Ming's house? Why are you going to Yan Wan's place instead?" She astutely seized on the loophole.
"Looking at my beautiful girlfriend makes me feel great, and my work efficiency doubles." Jiang Xia readily admitted. It has to be said that his skin is different after being reborn; it's really thick-skinned.
Xia Shanshan and Jiang Wende: "..."
With a beautiful woman by your side, shouldn't you be more distracted?
The elderly couple exchanged a glance, both seeing the speechlessness in each other's eyes. When did their son become so shameless?
"Alright, everyone has their own way of working. As long as you don't interfere with Aunt Li's work, it's fine."
"How could that be? She even praised my drawing skills as being better than Wang Ming's."
Jiang Xia suddenly looked at her mother with a wary expression: "Mom, you're not thinking of confiscating my salary, are you? That's my hard-earned money, earned stroke by stroke."
"Go away, who cares about your little bit of money?"
Xia Shanshan couldn't help but roll her eyes: "A part-time job is a small matter, I'm just afraid you'll cause trouble for others and affect their work. I heard that animation requires a high level of skill in terms of art style."
"Don't worry about that. Being an assistant isn't like being a lead artist."
"That's good. The amount of money is a small matter. What's important is to learn more from your Aunt Li."
The mother gave her instructions.
...
(There will be another chapter before 12 o'clock)
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