"ng ng... do you like ? Hmm?"
"Say you like ... say you like ..."
Su Xiaong looked really troubled.
Yin Shixiu was very patient, but just as Su Xiaong was about to hesitate, a sound ca from outside the restroom, and the door was pushed open!
Her heart leapt into her throat, and Su Xiaong was completely aware of it.
She hurried to push Yin Shixiu away, but he held her tightly in his arms and turned around, facing none other than the sowhat anxious Duan Qiaoqiao who had been waiting outside.
Su Xiaong stared blankly at the delicate girl, suddenly filled with the panic of being caught doing sothing sneaky.
"Four- Four Brother... this, this is..." Duan Qiaoqiao asked.
Yin Shixiu remained calm, straightened Su Xiaong’s clothes, put a coat over her, took her hand, and walked towards Duan Qiaoqiao...
"Sorry, Qiaoqiao. I have a girlfriend."
Duan Qiaoqiao’s pale face visibly stiffened for a mont, and then she forced a smile.
But despite that, she still tried to remain calm and said, "Oh, I see... Four Brother, you should have told earlier."
Su Xiaong clutched tightly onto Yin Shixiu’s sleeve.
She was undeniably moved...
Just a mont ago, she was convinced that Yin Shixiu was nothing but a sleazy player, just like those she had seen in movies...
And the next mont, he openly introduced her to his blind date.
"I was going to tell you, just didn’t expect I didn’t get the chance before you started getting jealous."
Yin Shixiu said, glancing at soone whose face had turned as red as a tomato.
It was the first ti he’d seen her this shy.
Su Xiaong’s heart was screaming!
Who was jealous?! She was just a little bit jealous...
And didn’t he say no one would co in! Didn’t he say he hung the sign?!
Now, not only were they seen, but... but it was by this girl!
"I was afraid if I didn’t act quickly, she’d slip away from ."
Yin Shixiu’s tone was sowhat helpless, but his simple words stirred waves in Su Xiaong’s heart.
Duan Qiaoqiao looked at Yin Shixiu, then at Su Xiaong, and although she said she wasn’t upset, it wasn’t true...
It was the first ti she’d seen Four Brother show such an expression to soone...
And the first ti she’d seen Four Brother do sothing so inappropriate, bold, and reckless in public.
He had always been well-mannered, elegant, and full of gentlemanly charm...
"Since he is Four Brother’s girlfriend, should I call you Sister-in-law?" she smiled.
Su Xiaong was taken aback, looked up, and t the smiling woman in front of her, whose smile was a bit helpless but mostly sincere.
"She’s calling you sister-in-law, aren’t you going to respond?"
Yin Shixiu asked.
He knew what kind of girl Duan Qiaoqiao was, kind and well-educated, not demanding or forceful.
This was the grace and composure only a true lady of a great family possessed.
"Oh... hello."
Su Xiaong felt so la at that mont!
She didn’t expect the girl in front of her to be so calm and magnanimous.
"Four Brother, why don’t you take Sister-in-law back to the table? I’ll use the restroom."
Duan Qiaoqiao said.
"...Okay."
Yin Shixiu nodded, then took Su Xiaong out, removing the sign from the door on the way.
Duan Qiaoqiao glanced at the work uniform Su Xiaong had changed out of in the restroom, sighed with a bit of helplessness, and smiled.
After using the restroom, she folded the clothes neatly and headed to the bar counter.
The guy at the bar had been a bit confused seeing Yin Shixiu lead Su Xiaong out of the restroom earlier, and now even more so when Duan Qiaoqiao returned the uniform to him saying, "My sister-in-law borrowed it, returning it to you, thank you." He was puzzled.
Sister-in-law?
What’s going on?
The confusion wasn’t just on the face of the bar guy.
Yin ng had picked up a call and hadn’t paid much attention to what was happening; when she ca back to her senses, she was a bit confused too.
Why were those three still sitting at the sa table?
Why was Xiaong sitting with Uncle, and why was her face so red? And her lips... what had happened?
Unable to sit still, Yin ng picked up her bag and approached their table.
"Uncle..."
Yin Shixiu had spotted Yin ng when he saw Su Xiaong.
"Have a seat, this is Qiaoqiao, your Grandpa Duan’s daughter, you might have so mory of her."
Yin Shixiu introduced.
Yin ng was stunned for a mont, then quickly turned to Duan Qiaoqiao, who smiled at her, "Yin ng, right?"
"Uh... Sister Qiaoqiao?"
Yin ng blinked, sowhat dazed, and only then realized the girl seed familiar.
Duan Qiaoqiao nodded.
"So... weren’t you two supposed to be on a blind date?"
Yin ng was sowhat confused about the situation.
Duan Qiaoqiao looked a bit embarrassed and glanced at Su Xiaong before explaining, "I didn’t know Four Brother already had a girlfriend. Uncle Yin told to et him, and I didn’t think otherwise, so I ca... Who knew it would hurt Sister-in-law."
Su Xiaong hurriedly said, "No, no, no! I wasn’t hurt! It’s my fault, I should have, should have asked clearly..."
Duan Qiaoqiao’s every word was so understanding, making Su Xiaong feel very embarrassed.
"As the saying goes, ’friendship is ford through conflict.’ Fourth sister-in-law looks younger than . I hope we can beco good friends in the future."
These words...
Even Yin ng couldn’t help but lower her head, let alone Su Xiaong.
Silently, she took Yin Shixiu’s coffee cup and poured a little into her own empty cup.
Pretending to drink...
Duan Qiaoqiao, she rembered, was exceptionally intelligent since childhood, with a great temper and impeccable manners.
Compared to her, even Yin ng felt inferior, not to ntion Su Xiaong.
"Pfft—cough cough!"
Yin ng had just taken a sip of coffee and couldn’t help but spit it out.
Duan Qiaoqiao paused, hurriedly took a wet wipe from her bag and handed it to her, laughing, "What’s wrong? Is Fourth Brother’s coffee so bad?"
Yin ng looked at Yin Shixiu, his calm expression, then looked at Su Xiaong’s embarrassed face.
Instantly understood.
However, she couldn’t quite understand Yin Shixiu—
Uncle, are you serious? What have I done to offend you?
Watching her drink without stopping her, getting back at ng ng, why bring her into it? Could it be...
"Your fourth aunt is very petty, don’t do stupid things with her in the future."
Yin ng understood, he was retaliating because she didn’t notify him in ti...
Her heart was itching with anger.
Duan Qiaoqiao blinked and then realized, laughing, "Just now, Fourth Sister-in-law dressed like a waitress, bringing drinks in such a gruff voice, I was wondering what’s up with this waitress! Haha..."
Su Xiaong was so embarrassed that she wanted to dig a hole and hide in it!
"Little girl’s deanor."
Yin Shixiu said lightly, then received a secret sharp pinch from Su Xiaong.
Though it hurt, his eyes were satisfied, satisfied and happy.
He grasped her small hand, pulled it onto his leg, holding it tightly.
The heart of Su Xiaong was in a state of turmoil all day long.
lancholic unease, overwhelming excitent, sudden emotion, and... irrepressible joy.
Facing Duan Qiaoqiao, she still felt sowhat unable to lift her head, but, her heart finally cald, and after calming, there returned a touch of her playfulness.
Duan Qiaoqiao quickly started chatting with Yin ng; the two scholarly types conversed endlessly, especially since both studied finance.
Yin Shixiu occasionally chid in, but Su Xiaong, a humanities student, felt like she was listening to a foreign language!
Her small hand, wrapped tightly within Yin Shixiu’s large hand, restlessly fidgeted, occasionally tickling Yin Shixiu’s palm, and from ti to ti, playfully bending his fingers.
Stealing a glance at Yin Shixiu, her eyes were full of laughter.
Though Duan Qiaoqiao was deeply engrossed in her conversation with Yin ng, her sharp mind did not miss the little interactions between Yin Shixiu and Su Xiaong.
She didn’t know exactly what kind of girl Su Xiaong was or her background.
But just from what she knew about Fourth Brother, she understood...
At least now, the girl in front of her, Fourth Brother was taking seriously.
She believed Su Xiaong was excellent, a kind of excellence entirely different from her own.
The four of them finished their afternoon tea and had dinner together.
During dinner, Su Xiaong was completely at ease, her nature of getting along with anyone easily ant she naturally beca close to soone like Duan Qiaoqiao quickly!
After dinner, Yin ng drove Duan Qiaoqiao back, while Su Xiaong left with Yin Shixiu.
In the car, Duan Qiaoqiao was a bit curious and asked Yin ng, "How did Fourth Brother and Xiaong et?"
Cough cough...
Yin ng naturally couldn’t disclose all the details, just simply and proudly said, "I introduced them!"
Duan Qiaoqiao laughed, then sighed heavily, "Oh... Fourth Brother has always been my idol..."
"Then why didn’t you go for it earlier?"
Duan Qiaoqiao pouted, eyes revealing a hint of sadness, "I just wanted to beco more excellent... to be worthy of him."
"Do you think... Xiaong isn’t worthy of my uncle?"
Yin ng asked casually.
Duan Qiaoqiao shook her head, "It’s just because I saw Fourth Brother and Xiaong together today that I realized... I was wrong. Being together doesn’t have anything to do with being worthy."
"Hmm... so you an Xiaong isn’t worthy of my uncle?"
"Haha!" Duan Qiaoqiao laughed and nudged Yin ng’s arm, "Look at you, defending Xiaong like that."
"Of course, my uncle being with her, I’m assured!"
Duan Qiaoqiao chuckled softly, "Maybe in others’ eyes, Xiaong indeed doesn’t match Fourth Brother, but from what I see, maybe Fourth Brother feels he’s not worthy of Xiaong... so you see, them being together, all the feelings derive from their own experience, our opinions, how are they important?"
"Sister Qi Qiao, believe , you definitely will find a really, really good man!"
Yin ng affird with confidence.
Duan Qiaoqiao smiled, maybe.
After getting in the car, Su Xiaong seed uncomfortable.
Yin Shixiu glanced over, "What’s wrong? Overate?"
"Uncle... could you please step out for a mont?"
He raised an eyebrow.
Su Xiaong awkwardly whispered, "My bra strap is still undone... it’s been uncomfortable for so long."
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