Shi Yao chuckled awkwardly, "I feel like I'm not good enough for you. To be honest, I wish you were just an ordinary girl."
Hearing Shi Yao say that, He Qinqin was quite annoyed, as she had only nominally returned to the Si family.
But neither the car nor the black card have returned, and their every move is still under Si Jiuyin's watchful eye, so she can't be intimate with Shi Yao yet.
"Time will tell, Qinqin. If you keep going, you'll definitely win them over."
Seeing He Qinqin frown, Shi Yao gently smoothed her furrowed brows and comforted her, "Besides, your grandma is here to help you. Okay, don't worry, let's go eat."
“Okay!” He Qinqin pulled Shi Yao along and followed the map navigation to this Cantonese restaurant.
The Cantonese restaurant had an elegant ambiance and looked quite upscale. Looking at the dishes on the customers' tables, which were beautifully presented and smelled delicious, Shi Yao swallowed hard.
"Qinqin, let's get a private room."
"Ah, why isn't it just the two of us?"
He Qinqin was somewhat puzzled; she wasn't worried about money.
Aunt Ling gave her a card containing Aunt Ling's savings over the years. Although it wasn't enough for her to shop at luxury stores, it was more than enough for her to eat.
Shi Yao said mysteriously, "Qinqin, today is our big day, of course I can't not have prepared a surprise."
Upon hearing this, He Qinqin was pleasantly surprised and immediately asked the waiter for a private room.
Sitting in the private room, He Qinqin looked at Shi Yao with a happy smile.
She was filled with anticipation, not knowing what the surprise would be.
Just as He Qinqin was looking towards the door, the waitress led the Shi family into the private room.
Congratulations! Congratulations!
The Shi family of four entered the private room, offering their congratulations.
He Qinqin was stunned, not expecting that the surprise Shi Yao mentioned would be like this.
She was still thinking of flowers, gifts, and a ring, so she and Shi Yao could have some alone time together.
He Qinqin was still a little scared when she saw Shi Yao's aunt.
After the basement leaked, they had nowhere to live and no one knows how it was eventually resolved.
But as soon as Shi Yanping saw He Qinqin, she warmly took He Qinqin's hand and said, "From today onwards, you are my niece-in-law."
Shi Yao's uncle, Li Bai, chimed in, "Your aunt comes from the countryside, doesn't have much education, and her thinking is outdated."
Shi Yanping said with remorse, "There were some things that Auntie didn't do very well in the past, please forgive me, Qinqin."
Shi Yanping's show of weakness made He Qinqin feel respected as the head of the family. She shook her head and said, "No, Aunt, I should thank you. You taught me many life lessons and trained me to cook and do housework. I have become a capable and virtuous girl, no longer the delicate and rich girl I used to be."
"Now that you're my niece-in-law, let's skip the formalities. Here, this is a wedding gift from your aunt. See if you like it." Shi Yanping took a velvet box out of her bag and handed it to He Qinqin.
When He Qinqin opened it, she found a bright green jade bracelet inside. The moment she saw the jade bracelet, all the resentment she felt towards the Shi family disappeared.
He Qinqin said with tears in her eyes, "Aunt and Uncle, thank you."
Her brother, the president of the Si Group, said he would give her a gift, but when she opened it, all she found inside was a teddy bear. Meanwhile, the Shi family, who were struggling financially, gave her a jade bracelet. He Qinqin felt that Shi Jia had given her the very best, just like giving her the most spacious room in the basement.
"No need to thank me. From now on, we're family. Family doesn't need to be so formal."
She picked up the menu on the table: "Come on, Qinqin, order whatever you want to eat. Auntie is treating today."
When Li Bai heard his wife say this, his heart skipped a beat. When did his wife become so generous?
Jade bracelets are just counterfeit goods sold at street stalls; they can be easily passed off as genuine by putting them in a nicer box.
Inviting so many people to dinner is going to be a real pain.
The next moment he heard He Qinqin say, "How can we let our elders treat us?"
"I've already told Shi Yao that this meal is on me, so it's on me."
He Qinqin handed the menu to Li Bai: "Here, Aunt and Uncle, just tell the waiter what you want to eat. Today is my big day, so please eat whatever you like."
Li Bai breathed a sigh of relief. He took the menu and began to look on with envy.
At this moment, Shi Xin walked up to He Qinqin and placed a large bag of candy on He Qinqin's table: "Congratulations, sister-in-law, I specially prepared wedding candy for you."
“I also made mistakes in the past. I didn’t have experience in taking care of people, so I didn’t take good care of you when you were sick.”
He Qinqin immediately realized how thoughtful her younger sister was; she hadn't even thought of preparing wedding candy: "Xin, you're so kind, thank you."
Shi Xin turned around and glared at her younger brother, Shi Hang, who was furiously typing on his phone.
She urged, "Shihang, didn't you also prepare a gift? Hurry up and take it out."
"Okay, okay, what's the rush?"
Shi Xin walked over and took Shi Hang's phone away. Shi Hang reluctantly put the bag in his hand on the table. "Brother and sister-in-law, I asked my good friend to get two sets of your high school uniforms."
"Here, this is the school badge."
He took two school badge brooches out of his pocket and placed them in front of the two of them.
Then he turned around and whispered to Shi Xin, "This school badge cost me ten yuan. These two little things are so expensive, it's a rip-off."
As for the school uniform, it was a used uniform that he picked up from a graduate and washed.
"Sis, you're a restaurant owner now and you're rich, you can't possibly not reimburse me for this little bit of money, right?"
Shi Xin gained popularity by appearing on He Qinqin's show, and with her witty younger sister persona, she has now successfully transitioned into a beauty blogger with a good income.
Shi Xin has some money in hand, and recently she partnered with a friend to open a new mala tang (spicy hot pot) restaurant, which operates both offline and delivery services.
Shi Xin rolled her eyes at Shi Hang, who was so lowly, and said, "Say less."
He Qinqin covered her mouth in surprise when she saw what Shi Hang took out.
"My goodness, the uniforms and badges of Yunqi High School."
Scenes of her youthful days with Shi Yao during her school days played out in He Qinqin's mind.
When she fed Shi Yao, when she brought him shoes, when Shi Yao taught her to smoke for the first time, when Shi Yao took her to skip class...
At that moment, she couldn't stop her tears from falling; she felt surrounded by happiness.
"Qinqin, don't cry, take care of yourself."
Shi Yao quickly wiped away He Qinqin's tears. He picked up the school uniform and helped He Qinqin stand up: "Qinqin, let's go to the bathroom to change into the school uniform."
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