Chapter 155 What inappropriate words?
Xue Ling secretly learned to smoke from him, and by the time they found out, it was too late to stop her.
Moreover, this girl is going through a rebellious phase and is hanging out with shady characters. Her mother doesn't dare to be too strict with her, otherwise it will backfire.
How could Joey tolerate her smoking?
She went to show off to her group of friends that she could smoke, but they laughed at her. When she got angry, she started a fight with them.
To prevent her from continuing to associate with that group, Joey kept praising her, saying how cool she looked smoking, and that those people had no taste and she shouldn't hang out with them anymore.
Xue Ling agreed wholeheartedly and started smoking. Now, after a while, Qiao Yi slowly began to stop her from smoking.
Although the effect was not significant, at least Xue Ling would restrain herself a bit. However, she would always use the phrase "Brother smokes too" to shut her up, which gave Qiao Yi a lot of headaches.
Qin Ce's words, "I've given it up," have completely baffled the two of them.
"Quit, quit?" Joey's eyes widened. "Am I getting old and hallucinating?"
She had tried to persuade Qin Ce to quit before, but he had completely ignored her.
Qin Ce started the car, reversed it out, and then said, "I've really quit."
"Oh my god!" Xue Ling's mouth dropped open in astonishment. Wouldn't she have no excuse to smoke anymore?
Joey touched her face, and to make sure she wasn't hallucinating, she turned to Qiao Xing and asked, "Xingxing, he said he quit smoking, is that true?"
Qiao Xing nodded somewhat shyly, "Yes, it's true, I've abstained for two days."
Joey's lips twitched, and she couldn't help but burst out laughing. "Two days?"
"Um……"
Is two days considered quitting smoking?
“Xingxing, you two are so much fun.” Joey’s tone changed, and she added, “Xingxing, tell me quickly, how did you two get together, and how did you get married?”
"Let me tell you, CeCe has absolutely no sense of romance. When girls used to pursue him, do you know what he said?"
Qiao Xing stole a glance at Qin Ce's back and asked in a low voice, "What did you say?"
"He said she had cerebellar hypoplasia, and also said he didn't like girls with high resolution settings, oh, and..."
Joey was still complaining when Qin Ce suddenly interrupted her, "Mom!"
Joey covered her mouth and laughed, "Look, he's getting anxious. Oh my, he still knows how to maintain his image in front of his wife. Tsk tsk, Xingxing, you're really amazing. Auntie admires you so much. Come on, secretly teach Auntie some tips on managing a stinky man."
Qiao Xing maintained a stiff smile. This aunt's topics always jumped around so much that she didn't know where to begin.
All she could ask was, "What does it mean to set the resolution too high?"
Xue Ling chimed in, "It's ugliest, so ugly it's impossible to tell."
Qiao Xing's lips twitched slightly. This is acceptable.
Yang Han had told her before that Qin Ce had made the girl who was pursuing him cry, but she didn't quite believe it. Now that these two people are witnessing it, she has no choice but to believe it.
Compared to before, his self-assessment of "not bad" doesn't seem so depressing anymore.
"So that's how it is."
Joey linked arms with her and said with a smile, "My dear wife, tell me, how did you win him over?"
"I..." How could she say it? Could she say that she got married by mistake, thanks to Grandpa Qin's matchmaking?
Seeing her hesitation, Joey immediately feigned sudden realization, "Oh, I get it, the legendary one-night stand?"
What kind of insolent and rabid words are these?
"……no."
Qin Ce, who was in front, couldn't help but twitch at the corner of his eye, and he took the initiative to change the subject.
"Mom, shouldn't you go see Grandpa first?"
Joey paused, a slight unease creeping onto her face. "Is he alright?"
“He lives alone now and doesn’t have much contact with the other side. He’s in good health.”
"Let's go take a look then." Joey tossed her hair, seemingly losing half of her earlier enthusiasm, and stopped asking Qiao Xing questions.
Qiao Xing could finally breathe a sigh of relief.
She glanced at the woman beside her. Although she was over fifty, she still retained her charm and looked no different from the woman she had seen in the video.
Joey crossed his arms and looked out the window, seemingly lost in thought.
Qiao Xing could vaguely see the fine lines at the corners of her eyes; time had indeed left its mark on the beauty's face.
After about ten minutes, Joey recovered.
She said to Qiao Xing, "By the way, Xingxing, Auntie brought you a gift. I'll give it to you when I get back."
Qiao Xing was a little flattered. "Thank you, Auntie."
"Hmm?" Joey raised an eyebrow, pretending to ponder. "I remember what we said in the video last time?"
She said she wanted to hear Qiao Xing call her "Mom" in person.
Qiao Xing stiffened his neck, opened his mouth, and struggled for a long time before finally managing to utter the word.
Seeing her like this, Joey couldn't help but laugh again.
She reached out and pinched Qiao Xing's cheek. "Okay, okay, I was just teasing you. Look how worried you are. You're so cute."
Qiao Xing felt like crying inside, but on the surface she still had to keep smiling.
Why didn't Qin Ce tell her she was coming sooner... I wasn't prepared at all!
Soon, the car arrived at the apartment building. Qin Ce parked the car inside the complex and turned around to say, "We're here."
Joey pouted, sighed, and squeezed Qiao Xing's hand. "Xingxing, let's get off the bus."
Qiao Xing nodded and got off the car with them.
Joey asked Qin Ce to open the trunk, and she took the suitcase out from inside. She then squatted down and opened the suitcase.
The suitcase was filled with bags of all sizes. As she rummaged through them, she said, "These are gifts Mommy brought for you, but I'll give them to you when we get back."
As he spoke, he pulled out a box from the bottom and handed it to Qin Ce, saying, "This is for your grandfather."
Qin Ce caught the box, glanced at it casually, and it seemed to be calcium tablets.
Joey closed the box again and then instructed Qin Ce to put it back in the trunk.
After taking everything out, the four of them went upstairs to Grandpa Qin's house.
Qin Ce knocked on the door, but before the door inside could be opened, the door next door opened first.
He Fen came out of the house carrying a shopping bag given to her by the mall. When she saw the group of people, her eyes lit up.
"Stars, you're back! And who are these two?"
She sized up the two people; they were dressed very fashionably, and she could smell their perfume even from this distance. They were obviously wealthy.
Joey took the initiative to introduce herself, "Hello, I'm Cece's mom, and you're Xingxing's mom?"
She had heard Qin Ce mention before that Qiao Xing lived next door to the old man, so she subconsciously made that connection.
When her aunt heard that she was Qin Ce's mother, she was first shocked. How could this mother be so young?
My aunt has dark skin, wrinkles all over her face, and a lot of gray hair mixed in with her hair.
They were the same age, but compared to Joey, the difference between them was like that of a generation. Joey could call her "Mom" without it feeling out of place.
After the initial shock, the aunt's smile returned. "Oh, no, I'm Xingxing's aunt. But Xingxing grew up in our family, so she's practically like my own mother. In that case, we're in-laws."
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