Xia Wan's eyes reddened.
"Cui Ziqi?"
She spoke cautiously.
Her lips were bitten, and Cui Ziqi heard her voice. He froze for a second, then grabbed her even more frantically.
Half an hour later.
When Xia's parents got up and saw the extra man in the living room, they exchanged a bewildered glance.
Xia Wan found one of her father's clothes, took it out, and handed it to Cui Ziqi.
"These are my dad's clothes. Go to my room and change into them first."
Cui Ziqi looked somewhat disheveled. Although her trench coat was black, it was covered in sticky dirt and looked like it had been cut by a knife.
Cui Ziqi took the clothes, glanced at Xia's parents, and wanted to say something, but Xia Wan pushed him into the room.
After closing the door, Xia Wan turned to look at her parents.
After clearing his throat, he spoke with a hint of pride:
"Mom and Dad, he's my boyfriend. I was planning to break up with him after I came back to develop my career, but I didn't expect him to come after me..."
Before Xia Wan could finish speaking, a muffled sound came from inside the door.
"Not boyfriend, husband."
Xia Wan stood frozen in place, mouth agape, watching her parents' eyes widen in disbelief.
She quickly replied, "A nickname, a nickname between lovers."
Xia Wan pulled her parents to sit on the sofa.
Xia's mother glanced worriedly at Xia Wan's bedroom door and asked, "You used to ignore our urging to date, but now you have a boyfriend and you didn't even tell us."
Xia Wan felt a little guilty.
"Isn't this unstable? That's why I didn't tell you."
"They've come knocking on your door and you still say it's not stable? Is your boyfriend reliable? What does he do? He's dressed in rags, and he smells of blood. Is he a beggar?"
Xia's father looked rather unwell.
Xia Wan felt even more guilty.
Surely we can't explain that Cui Ziqi came from the book, can we?
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