“No matter when you come back, there will always be a light left on for you at home, and your dad and I will be waiting for you to come back.”

When Yu Shu saw Yan Jin cry, he also felt bad.

In all the time he had known Yan Jin, this was the first time Yu Shu had seen her cry. His heart almost shattered from Yan Jin’s crying. He hurriedly hugged her and kept comforting her, “Don’t cry, don’t cry.”

Before Yu Shu could kiss away the teardrops on Yan Jin’s eyelashes, he heard the suspicious voice of Yan Jin’s mother on the phone, “Yuan Yuan?”

Yu Shu’s movements stiffened.

Yan Jin’s mother, who had originally been crying on the phone with Yan Jin, immediately perked up, “Xiaoxiao, is Yuan Yuan by your side?”

Although Yan Jin’s mother asked this, she had already determined in her heart that Yuan Yuan was by her daughter’s side. Even if Yuan Yuan’s voice turned to ashes, she could still recognize it.

Yan Jin’s original sadness was instantly blown away by her mother’s excitement, replaced by a feeling of not knowing whether to laugh or cry, “It’s not strange for him to be by my side, because the Yuan Yuan you like has now become your son-in-law.”

“I knew that was Yuan Yuan’s voice! I knew it!” Yan Jin’s mother was overjoyed, “Mom hasn’t seen fresh Yuan Yuan for a week, I miss you to death, hurry and let mom see you.”

Yu Shu, who was hugging Yan Jin, had his ears turn red from Yan Jin’s mother’s blunt words, and buried his face in Yan Jin’s neck, too embarrassed to lift his head.

Xiaoxiao’s mother, his mother-in-law, was too enthusiastic.

Yan Jin was exasperated, “Have you still not reacted to what I just said?”

“Didn’t you just say that Yuan Yuan became my son-in-law… Son-in-law?!” At first, Yan Jin’s mother was very calm, but at the end of her words, the two people inside the room could even hear Yan Jin’s mother’s scream from outside.

[I guessed right, just now Xiaoxiao’s mother indeed put all her attention on Yu Shu’s voice and didn’t react to the main point of what Xiaoxiao said.] [Yan Jin’s mother’s excitement just now was the excitement of a mommy fan; the excitement now is the excitement of a mother.]

Yan Jin regained her usual calmness, “Yeah, I told you this from the very beginning.”

“But just now, I thought you were joking with me.” Yan Jin’s mother smiled so much she couldn’t close her mouth, “Such a cute and obedient Yuan Yuan will be a part of our family in the future. I actually have a sensible and considerate child now, well done, Xiaoxiao.”

Heaven knows how much of the obedience and consideration she didn’t get from Xiaoxiao, she got from Yu Shu.

Thinking that in the future, Yu Shu would look into her eyes and obediently call her “Mom”, Yan Jin’s mother felt incredibly pleased.

Although the original little cotton-padded jacket often let in the cold, the military coat the little cotton-padded jacket brought home was thick and considerate!

She had been envious of other families’ little cotton-padded jackets who could act spoiled for many years, but she finally waited for the good-tempered and sweet-talking Yuan Yuan.

Yu Shu noticed that Yan Jin’s mother truly liked him. Although he still felt very embarrassed inside, he still raised his head, his face flushed red, and greeted Yan Jin’s mother, “Hello Auntie, I am Yu Shu.”

“Hello, hello.” Yan Jin’s mother said cheerfully, “I am Xiaoxiao’s mom.”

Although Yu Shu had full marks in social skills, now facing Yan Jin’s mother, no matter how much he usually felt at ease in social situations, he couldn’t help but feel uncomfortable at this moment.

After greeting Yan Jin’s mother, Yu Shu found that his mind was actually completely blank.

The promises he had originally made in front of the deity statue to Yan Jin’s parents were all completely forgotten.

Yu Shu was so anxious that beads of sweat involuntarily appeared on his forehead.

Yan Jin, who was beside him, saw Yu Shu’s discomfort and spoke up to relieve the situation, “You’re too enthusiastic, you scared him.”

Yuan Yuan was even sweating on his forehead from being scared by her mother.

“No, no! I wasn’t scared by Auntie!” Yu Shu was racking his brains thinking about how to chat with Yan Jin’s mother when he suddenly heard this sentence from Yan Jin beside him, scaring him so much that he even stuttered.

Yu Shu muttered softly in his heart: Auntie was not very familiar with him in the first place, and with Xiaoxiao saying something like this, she would definitely misunderstand him as a delicate person, and then she would definitely be unwilling to let Xiaoxiao be with him.

“Listen, Yuan Yuan himself didn’t say he was scared by me, it’s just you being startled.”

As Yan Jin’s mother spoke, it seemed as if she thought of something, and left a sentence “Wait for me for a bit, I’ll send a video request over”, then hurriedly hung up the phone.

Video?

Although they couldn’t meet in person, with video, it wasn’t much different from meeting.

Yan Jin and Yu Shu looked at each other and saw excitement and anticipation in each other’s eyes.

The difference was that there was more apprehension in Yu Shu’s eyes. He even couldn’t help wanting to get up and make himself look more energetic and neat.

But he was still stopped by Yan Jin, “The lotus rises unsullied from the water, natural and unadorned.① Yuan Yuan, you look very good like this.”

“Really?” Yu Shu was uneasy, “But I’m not wearing makeup, will I look very lackluster with a bare face?”

Yan Jin analyzed seriously, “My mom is your mommy fan, if you look lackluster with a bare face, it might stimulate her maternal love even more.”

[Don’t worry, don’t worry. The ugly son-in-law always has to meet the in-laws, let alone you look so good.] [Even though it’s not me meeting the parents, I actually got nervous along with them.]

Yan Jin’s mother’s video request came through very quickly.

After connecting, Yan Jin’s mother saw her daughter and Yu Shu sitting intimately together on the screen. Anyone could see that their relationship was out of the ordinary. Yan Jin’s mother was a little dazed for a moment.

Yu Shu, whom she had seen countless times on TV and was extremely familiar with, was now sitting upright and seriously like an elementary school student.

Yan Jin’s mother saw the apprehension involuntarily revealed in Yu Shu’s eyes and her heart softened.

As expected of her cloud-raised son, he looked different, with one word exuding from his entire body: obedient!

Looking at her daughter again, she was poised and confident. Sitting together with Yuan Yuan, just two words: well-matched!

Not to mention, Yan Jin’s mother felt extremely gratified by Yu Shu’s little glances, “Good children, they’re all good children.”

Sigh, Xiaoxiao had never looked at her with this kind of gaze.

Although Yan Jin’s mother always felt that something was a little off, the excitement of knowing that Yuan Yuan was together with her daughter overshadowed everything else.

Hearing Yan Jin’s mother’s praise, Yan Jin still had no reaction, while Yu Shu shyly pursed his lips and smiled, looking a little younger than his actual age.

Seeing this scene, Yan Jin’s mother finally remembered why she had felt that something was off just now.

Yuan Yuan was still one week away from turning eighteen!

Xiaoxiao had taken him away before Yuan Yuan had even come of age!

Author’s Notes:

After the happiness, excitement and thrill, Yan Jin’s mother who suddenly remembered that Yuan Yuan was not an adult yet: Guilty, not daring to move.