Yan Shu stepped forward and took off her coat. "Are you tired?"
Yan Qiao shook her head, "I'm not tired, just a little cold. Ying Tiantian said that the overall plan is still in the planning stage, and the official start of construction should be after the New Year."
Yan Yaoyao spoke up first: "Yan Qiao, when did construction officially start? Are you going to renovate the house?"
Yan Qiao gave her a strange look but did not answer her question.
What are you doing here?
Before Shen Zhou could speak, Yan Yaoyao interrupted, "Shen Zhou and I got back together, so I brought him here to meet Mom and Dad. Before, Mom always told me to keep my eyes open when looking for a boyfriend. Now that I've finally found the right one, of course I have to bring him here for her to take a look."
His words and actions revealed his close relationship with Yan Shu.
Having been mother and daughter for nineteen years, the people and things we've shared are irreplaceable by Yan Qiao in just a few days.
Yan Yaoyao just wanted to remind her that even if she left, she couldn't replace her living in this house.
Yan Qiao glanced at Chen Zhou, raised her eyebrows and said, "You can still be together like this? You're such a sucker."
Yan Yaoyao intertwined her fingers with Shen Zhou's and said provocatively, "This only proves that Shen Zhou and I are truly in love and couldn't break up as you wished. You must be disappointed."
Yan Qiao rested her chin on her hand and leaned lazily back in her chair.
After thinking about it carefully, I realized that both of them are opportunistic people, and there is no true love between them.
She suddenly laughed, "Shen Zhou, you don't think that as long as you marry Yan Yaoyao, the marriage agreement between the Shen and Yan families will be fulfilled, and you're trying to win Grandpa Shen's favor, do you?"
Her words hit the nail on the head, successfully striking at the hidden secrets in Shen Zhou's heart.
That's exactly what he thought.
Yan Yaoyao noticed that Shen Zhou was trying to pull his hand away, so she tightened her grip on his hand with her fingers.
“We’re just setting things right. The engagement was originally meant for me and Shen Zhou to get married. The engagement was broken off before because the other person was you, and he was unwilling to enter into a marriage he didn’t want to do. Now that the other person is me, things are different.”
Chen Zhou stood up straight; he didn't need to feel guilty in front of Yan Qiao.
"Yes, I think Grandpa would be very happy to see me with Yan Yaoyao."
Otherwise, why would Yan Qiao think he's stupid and doesn't understand Old Master Shen at all?
Nobody's a fool. Who would be fooled and then happily pay someone for their money?
"Suit yourself. Just say what you have to say. I'm not familiar with you. Next time, try to send a message instead of making a phone call. If you can make a phone call, try not to come to my door."
Chen Zhou said, "I want to know who saved me back then? You must know!"
Yan Qiao scoffed, "Is that important?"
"Important! Extremely important to me!"
Yan Qiao tapped her forehead. "If you knew who it was, what would you do?"
After a moment's consideration, Shen Zhou said, "Of course, I will repay her to the best of my ability."
Yan Qiao: "..." There's no need for that.
“I do know who it is, but she asked me to tell you that she doesn’t want to have anything to do with you. Not bothering each other is the best way to repay her.”
Shen Zhou said anxiously, "Give me her contact information, I want to talk to her myself!"
Yan Qiao spread her hands, "No, please leave."
Just as Shen Zhou was about to lash out, Yan Yaoyao pressed him down.
"Mom, you used to say that if I brought my boyfriend home, you would definitely prepare a big feast to entertain me. Now that I've brought him home, aren't you going to invite us to stay for a meal?"
Yan Shu suppressed her impatience and said, "It's inconvenient."
"How could it be inconvenient? I don't think Yan Qiao would mind. My relationship with my parents over the past nineteen years can't be easily replaced by anyone else. Yan Qiao, can you understand me?"
Yan Yaoyao looked around the room with a wistful expression.
“Look at everything in this house. Even though the layout has changed, I recognize everything. The vase on the coffee table has a chipped corner; I broke it by accident. This massage chair was the first gift I bought for my parents after I started earning money. The sunflowers on the balcony were planted by my mother because I like them. Just because you're here, do you think you can easily erase my presence in this house? Even if you could, could you replace the nineteen years I spent with my parents?”
Her words silenced everyone.
A short while later, the door opened and Song Yinsheng walked in.
"Honey, it's snowing outside. Look what I bought... What are you all doing here?"
His expression changed the moment he saw Shen Zhou and Yan Yaoyao.
Yan Yaoyao smiled and said, "Dad, I brought my boyfriend to meet you and Mom. Aren't you happy?"
Song Yinsheng was more ruthless than Yan Shu: "That title is inappropriate. You have your own father. Don't call him 'little dad' everywhere."
Yan Yaoyao: "..."
After Song Yinsheng finished speaking, he took out the flowers he had bought.
"The florist said this is a juice balcony. Didn't you plant it but it hasn't bloomed yet? So I bought a bunch for you and Qiaoqiao."
Yan Shu said reproachfully, "You're so stingy, giving one bouquet of flowers to two people?"
Song Yinsheng laughed and said, "There's also a bunch of daisies here, which can be used as decoration. So, it barely counts as two bunches of flowers."
As he spoke, he took out a brand new vase.
“Qiaoqiao, Dad bought you the gilded vase you mentioned last time. Let’s put it on today.”
Yan Yaoyao's face turned deathly pale, and tears immediately welled up in her eyes.
Song Yinsheng hadn't come in yet when she spoke, so it was impossible for him to have known in advance that she had bought a vase.
It can only be said that they had already planned to throw away this vase before this incident.
Yan Yaoyao bit her lip. "Didn't you say we should keep this vase? It's a fragment of my growth."
Song Yinsheng was taken aback; he seemed to have said something like that before.
Yan Yaoyao was only ten years old at that time, a naturally innocent and carefree age.
“Yaoyao, let me give you some advice today. You need to learn to look forward. Those words were spoken to my innocent and lovely biological daughter, not to you. My daughter’s name is Yan Qiao. She likes this style of vase and she likes roses.”
As Song Yinsheng spoke, he removed the original vase, replaced it with a new one, and filled it with fresh and vibrant fruit juice.
Is it pretty?
Yan Qiao smiled brightly, "It looks great, Dad has excellent taste."
Song Yinsheng said with a hint of pride, "That's right. It's winter now, so the flowers will last longer. When they wither, Dad will buy you more."
"Thank you, Dad!"
Yan Yaoyao was green with envy; these things should have been hers!
Yan Shu asked, "Did you look at the furniture I asked you to look at a couple of days ago?"
"I've looked at them, I took some pictures, let me show you some, choose the ones you like." Song Yinsheng brought up the pictures.
Yan Shu pointed to the massage chair next to her: "Let's throw this away. It's in the way and we've hardly ever used it."
Song Yinsheng nodded. "Okay, you decide."
Yan Yaoyao bit her lip hard. Her boasting just now felt like a joke, and she felt incredibly embarrassed.
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