Chapter 82 Sweet Eighth Day: The Daily Life of a Young Couple (8)
Despite Xiang Di's strong insistence, the photo was ultimately not released.
She chose a photo taken by Liang Qianqian of her and Bai Jiangxin's backs during a trip to Universal Studios during the National Day holiday.
In the photo, Xiang Di is wearing a cartoon headband she bought at the movie theater. Bai Jiangxin is walking next to her, also wearing a matching headband. He is carrying her backpack on one shoulder, holding a fox paw-shaped popsicle in one hand and a butterbeer drink in the other, feeding the drink to Xiang Di's mouth.
She was looking down and drinking her beverage intently. Bai Jiangxin looked at her, a smile curving his lips. With the lively Zootopia background behind them, Liang Qianqian was particularly proud when the photo was taken, marveling that she could become a photographer herself.
Xiang Di posted the photos along with an official announcement text that she had specifically searched online.
"There are two shadows under the sun, one is mine, and the other is also mine."
Not long after the post was published on WeChat Moments, it immediately garnered nearly a hundred likes. She excitedly showed it to Bai Jiangxin, eager to show off her success.
"See, I chose my photos and captions better, they're almost catching up with your likes."
Bai Jiangxin took her phone, glanced at it, and suddenly asked, "Why is it only partially visible?"
“Oh, right,” Xiang Di said, “I’ve blocked my family.”
Bai Jiangxin: "Why?"
"Why..." Xiang Di blinked, "There's no why, it's normal, isn't it?"
After saying that, she looked at her friends, seeking their approval.
Wang Sichen was the first to say, "That's normal."
Liang Qianqian nodded: "Usually, when posting these kinds of lovey-dovey posts on WeChat Moments, you should definitely block the elders in your family, otherwise it would be so embarrassing if they saw it."
"I agree," Ye Minjia said. "I feel it's best not to let your family know about your relationship too early, otherwise what if things change later?"
Bai Jiangxin: "What variables?"
Ye Minjia chuckled: "What other variables could there be? A breakup. Of course, I don't mean to curse you to break up, I'm just saying in case."
Bai Jiangxin frowned slightly and asked Xiang Di, "Will we break up?"
Xiang Di immediately pledged his loyalty: "Of course not."
"Then you still have partial visibility?" Bai Jiangxin asked in a deep voice. "Am I not presentable enough?"
Xiang Di's eyes widened, and she quickly said, "How could that be... Um, didn't you block your family members?"
Bai Jiangxin handed her his phone directly. Sure enough, his post was visible to everyone. Xiang Di even saw a pair of elderly couples with a lotus pond under the moonlight among the profile pictures that had received likes.
“This is…” she asked, pointing to the two profile pictures.
Bai Jiangxin said, "My grandparents."
"..."
"My grandpa said you should come visit him for a couple of days during your winter break," Bai Jiangxin asked casually. "Do you want to go?"
"..."
Everyone present suddenly fell silent.
Xiang Di also fell silent.
Would anyone visit their boyfriend's grandfather's house right after starting college?
She looked at her friends, confused. Was this right?
Liang Qianqian and Wang Sichen said, "I'm single, I don't know anything about chickens."
Ye Minjia shook his head and sighed, "You're finished. His grandparents know about you now. You're completely trapped by him."
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As a result of being trapped, Xiang Di actually went to Bai Jiangxin's grandfather's house during the winter break of her freshman year.
She visited her boyfriend's grandfather's house during her freshman year of college. She didn't dare tell her parents about it, let alone Xiang Sheng. She only told them that she had made plans to travel with her classmates.
Her parents gave her some travel money. Xiang Di looked up travel guides online, bought some gifts suitable for the elderly, and boarded a flight to Bai Jiangxin's grandfather's house.
At first, I was quite nervous. When I got home, the two elderly people came out to greet me. As soon as they saw me, they smiled and said, "This child is so pretty, even cuter than in the photos."
To make a perfect first impression on the elderly, Xiang Di dressed very well today, wearing a warm down jacket, with a fluffy hat and scarf, revealing a small face the size of a palm, with bright, round almond-shaped eyes.
Standing next to her tall grandson, she appeared petite and quiet. She already had the kind of adorable looks that were hard for straight men and elders not to like, and with this outfit today, she was even more endearing.
Xiang Di had prepared a whole bunch of answers, just waiting to be asked by the old man at the dinner table. But the old man didn't ask her any questions. He just told Bai Jiangxin to show her around and have fun, and not to let his girlfriend pay for anything. He, as her boyfriend, would pay for all the food, drinks and entertainment.
"Is the money your dad gives you enough to live on?" the old man said. "If it's not enough, I'll give you some."
Bai Jiangxin said that was enough, and the old man recommended some more attractions to Xiang Di, telling her to have fun without worry, and that Bai Jiangxin would cover all the expenses.
Later, after the meal, when the servants were clearing away the dishes, the old man thanked Xiang Di.
"I called you over mainly to thank you in person," the old man said kindly. "Thank you for being so understanding of our Xin'er."
Xiang Di immediately understood what the old man meant by tolerance, and smiled, saying, "He's very good, there's nothing about him that I need to tolerate."
After having a great time in the coastal city for a few days, Xiang Di listened to Bai Jiangxin tell many stories about his grandparents.
Xiang Di thus learned that Bai Jiangxin's expertise in mind reading came entirely from his grandfather.
Even the principle that bodily fluid contact cancels out slight physical contact, which relates to biological and physical contact conditions, was something the old man figured out himself when he was young, and was only confirmed after several experiments.
"So the reason why Grandpa figured out so many patterns of mind reading was because he figured them out from Grandma?"
Bai Jiangxin: "Otherwise what?"
Xiang Di fell silent, her expression suddenly becoming somewhat subtle.
How she and Bai Jiangxin privately tested the conditions for triggering mind reading—doesn't that mean that her grandparents also figured it out in the same way when they were young?
I never knew my grandparents were so fun-loving when they were young...
"..."
That little pervert, he's practically driving his car right into the faces of those two old folks.
Bai Jiangxin smiled and immediately slapped her forehead: "Respect the elderly."
Xiang Di immediately replied guiltily, "I respect that."
...
After a few happy days in the coastal city, Xiang Di couldn't resist having a heart-to-heart talk with Bai Jiangxin's grandmother before leaving.
She had long known from Bai Jiangxin that her grandfather had kept the fact that he could hear her thoughts a secret from her grandmother his whole life, because he was afraid that she would resist him if she found out. However, in the decades they had spent together, her grandmother had actually noticed it long ago, but she just didn't expose her grandfather.
Xiang Di didn't quite understand why her grandmother didn't talk to her grandfather about it. After all, if they talked it out, her grandmother wouldn't have to pretend not to hear her husband's true feelings anymore, and her grandfather wouldn't have to worry about his wife being resistant to him after knowing the truth.
"It's no fun if we talk about it out loud," Grandma said. "It's more fun if your grandpa doesn't know."
Xiang Di didn't understand, so Grandma explained, "For example, if I sometimes want to buy something, I won't say it out loud, but I'll deliberately say in my heart that I really want it. Grandpa will think that I don't know anything and secretly buy it for me. Then I'll act really surprised and happy. When Grandpa sees my surprised and happy face, he will feel a great sense of accomplishment. The next time I want something, Grandpa will be more willing to buy it for me. It's a win-win situation."
"For example, sometimes Grandpa makes me angry. You don't know, when your grandpa was young, he was very stubborn, even more stubborn than Xin'er. At that time, I would deliberately mutter to myself, 'Oh, life is so boring. I might as well live alone.' Your grandpa was afraid that I would really abandon him, so he could only obediently come over and apologize to me."
The old lady said meaningfully, "Child, although we are the ones being mind-read, it doesn't mean we can only be in a passive position. Sometimes you have to learn to use your own feelings. Men are just like children. As long as you give them the right emotional value, they are easy to coax."
As she spoke, the elegant old lady adjusted her expensive shawl and gave her a smug wink.
Xiang Di stared in disbelief, admiring the old lady.
A master. This is what it means to have a man in your grasp.
It may seem that Grandpa tied Grandma to his side for life, but in reality, Grandma knew perfectly well that he was catering to Grandpa's preferences, and they walked hand in hand happily and lovingly for decades.
"Don't tell your grandfather," the old lady instructed. "If he finds out that I've been tricking him for decades, he'll be hard to fool."
Xiang Di nodded vigorously, determined to keep this secret for the sake of her grandparents' marital happiness in their later years.
“But Grandma…” Xiang Di scratched her face, looking troubled. “My situation is different from yours. I’ve already talked things out with Bai Jiangxin. I can’t trick him.”
The old lady said, "Oh yes, that's a pity."
Xiang Di pursed her lips regretfully, and after a while, she asked again, "Grandma, don't you ever have moments when you can't help but think about something in front of Grandpa?"
The old woman didn't understand: "What do you mean?"
Xiang Di explained that it was because her thoughts were too scattered. Even though she knew her innermost thoughts would be heard, she sometimes couldn't help but think about them, and then Bai Jiangxin would complain that she was thinking about random things again.
She can control what she says, but she can't control what she thinks.
"Hey, if you sometimes don't want Xin'er to know what you're thinking, just reduce physical contact," the old lady joked. "What, can't the young couple stand not being together all day and being all lovey-dovey?"
Xiang Di blushed and muttered, "...No, but isn't there also... bodily fluid contact? We can hear that anytime, unless we never meet."
How could we not see each other? We're in the honeymoon phase; I feel restless if I don't see each other for even a day.
Moreover, ever since that time at the hotel when Bai Jiangxin licked her without using plastic wrap, he started to find plastic wrap annoying and rarely used it anymore.
Xiang Di felt she still needed some privacy and wanted to use plastic wrap as a barrier, but Bai Jiangxin always coaxed her, saying that without plastic wrap, it would be more comfortable for her to lick. Xiang Di was easily swayed, and since she liked it herself, she always gave in and let Bai Jiangxin succeed.
The old lady had no idea that young people these days were so playful; she thought Xiang Di was referring to saliva as bodily fluid.
Based on her own observations over the past few decades, saliva has a limited lifespan; it can't be heard continuously unless...
The old lady raised an eyebrow and laughed even more heartily: "Are you and Xin'er so close that you can't stand not kissing for a day?"
Xiang Di: "..."
Seeing the little girl's shy expression, the old lady was really surprised. She had always thought that Xin'er was a very restrained and sensible person. After all, he was quite similar to his father in personality, and rarely showed concrete emotions on his face.
He seems quite aloof in front of outsiders, but I never expected him to be so affectionate with his girlfriend in private.
Xiang Di knew that her grandmother had misunderstood, but she couldn't explain it.
It's even more inexplicable that saliva no longer serves to convey their innermost thoughts to her and Bai Jiangxin.
Grandpa never told Bai Jiangxin about this; Bai Jiangxin discovered it himself.
Logically speaking, as long as they don't have sex and their nerve endings come into contact, once the secretions have stopped working, Xiang Di will be the person with the most privacy in the world in front of Bai Jiangxin.
Yes, theoretically that's all there is to it, but...
Xiang Di blushed.
She felt she was addicted, addicted to Bai Jiangxin.
She had told herself not to indulge, but as long as Bai Jiangxin seduced her a little and asked her, "Don't you want to do it with me?" she would follow him in a daze.
Beauty can be a curse, Xiang Di sighed. If only she could hear Bai Jiangxin's thoughts, at least she would have some hope of turning things around.
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While the old lady was imparting her experience in manipulating men to her future granddaughter-in-law, the grandfather and granddaughter were also discussing matters related to bodily fluids.
Although it's a bit embarrassing to talk about, it's a family disease after all, so I have to get to the bottom of it.
Fortunately, the old man was a decent person and didn't ask his grandson what he had done to the young girl that caused even his saliva to become ineffective.
Unlike back then, when holding hands between men and women was considered indecent, young people today learn everything so quickly and dare to do anything.
The older generation still holds relatively traditional views on sex. Although the old man has never tried it, it doesn't mean he doesn't know about it.
The old man said, "I've discussed this with experts. Different bodily fluids in humans have different levels of DNA and protein, and it's related to those levels."
Female secretions have higher protein and DNA content than saliva, thus the biological linkages they produce have a higher priority, directly weakening the linkage effect brought about by saliva.
In short, the deeper the connection, the higher the body's tolerance. After the vaginal secretions play their connecting role, saliva loses its function. Simple saliva exchange will no longer create biomolecular connections.
Bai Jiangxin asked, "So, is protein the key link, or is DNA the key link?"
In terms of DNA content, secretions are the most abundant, but in terms of protein, they are a different kind of secretion.
However, Xiang Di has not yet done so.
The old man blushed slightly and was somewhat speechless: "How would I know? I haven't done any clinical trials. You've done more research than I have. You're asking me, but I'd like to ask you the same thing."
With a slight blush on his handsome, fair face, Bai Jiangxin felt somewhat embarrassed and remained silent.
He never expected to become addicted to licking, mainly because the feedback someone gave him was always so good that it got all over his mouth.
"If you really want to figure it out."
The old man coughed lightly, suddenly unsure of what to say.
"...Once you get married to that child and have kids, you'll know once you taste it."
Bai Jiangxin: "..."
He's a bit more than his grandfather.
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