translator: Oyen
It was lunchtime when he came to the Qin’s family house. Li Xiang parked his car in the garage on the side of the villa and took out large and small gifts from the trunk. Xiao Han also took things with him, both of them looked at each other at the gift they bought and laughed at the same time.
Li Xiang leaned on Xiao Han’s ear and whispered, “Being the husband of the Qin family is really not easy.”
Xiao Han immediately made a hush sound: “If this is heard by god Ye, you have to kneel on the keyboard tonight.”
Li Xiang laughed, “Yeye is actually had a hard mouth but soft heart, everyday his mouth said to let me kneel on the washboard, in fact, never willing to let me kneel. I think Xiao Mo is softer than Qin Ye, so I certainly don’t want to let you suffer, so feel free to relax, there’s still me on Qin’s family side.”
“Did the family know about you and god Ye’s affair?” Xiao Han asked softly.
Li Xiang explained. “Grandfather doesn’t know yet. After all, he can’t stand the stimulation at 80 years old and doesn’t dare to tell him. But Qin Ye’s parents all know. Qin Ye has been relatively independent since childhood, and his parents don’t care much about him. At the beginning, his parents really didn’t want to accept me. However, in recent years, I have come to Xi’an from time to time to get familiar with them and show filial piety to his parents as my own parents, and the two elders are slowly growing to accept me. I think it depends on time. Qin Mo’s father, I heard, has a tough character. You have to take your time, don’t worry, and brush more favors.”
“Receive the advice.” Xiao Han nodded seriously.
Li Xiang and Xiao Han whispered there. Qin Ye glanced at the two sneaky people, raised his eyebrows gently and said, “Taking a bottle of wine for ten minutes? Would you like me to carry it for you?”
Both of them immediately brought up the gift quickly, pretending that nothing had happened.
Qin Ye glanced at Li Xiang and asked, “What bad idea do you give to Xiao Han?”
Li Xiang gave ‘hehe’ and said, “No, it’s just that I haven’t seen Xiao Han for a long time, so I had a casual chat.”
Naturally, Qin Ye didn’t believe it, and was too lazy to pursue it. He turned around and pulled Qin Mo into the house.
Qin family’s villa was three stories high, with a building area of more than 500 square meters, but the interior decoration wasn’t luxurious, but had a strong ancient style. The living room was full of mahogany furniture, and the solid wood screen carved with exquisite patterns separates the guests from the dining room. In the study next to the dining room, a whole bookcase in front of it was densely filled with the most famous works. As soon as Xiao Han entered the room, he felt the low-key and simplicity of a scholarly family.
Qin Mo introduced, “My grandfather used to be a university professor, and was very particular about it. Our Qin family started a business, and was first brought by my eldest uncle. My eldest uncle had a good opportunity back then and started his own real estate business, which turned out to be a big success. My dad later started his own company to do business, but my grandfather didn’t like them to do business very much. Every year when family gatherings and drinking, my grandfather would also issue a poem and drink. Every time I was a child, I was clueless every time my family celebrated the Spring Festival, because I didn’t understand what they said at all.”
Xiao Han imagined little Qin Mo who was clueless among a group of adults. The more he thought about it, the more adorable it became.
Born in such a family environment, Qin Mo always retained his pure and kind-hearted nature no matter what he encountered later or how much he changed.
Xiao Han quite liked the style of the Qin family. The large amount of mahogany furniture added a heavy sense of history to this place. He followed Qin Mo to the living room and saw that the living room was full of people.
Sitting in the middle of the sofa was obviously grandfather Qin, gray-haired, but looked very energetic. Go was placed on the table. He was playing with Qin Yu, Qin Mo’s father, with several middle-aged men with slightly similar facial features watching.
Seeing the four people entering the house, Qin Yu temporarily stopped and smiled, “Father, Qin Ye and Qin Mo are here.”
Grandfather Qin gave a faint ‘En’ and looked up at the two.
Qin Ye was his nephew. The Qin family celebrated the New Year together with the big family every year. Qin Ye and Li Xiang came year after year. When he saw them, he cordially greeted him, “Xiao Ye’s journey is exhausting, I heard that it is Li Xiang that drove all the way from Changsha?”
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He greeted the oldest man in the Qin family, and then went to greet Qin Ye’s parents. Xiao Han happened to be close. When he heard him calling father and mother in a low voice, he couldn’t help but envy.
It seemed that the Qin family had recognized Li Xiang, and everyone was very familiar with his attitude.
Qin Ye and Li Xiang went to the side, Qin Mo braced himself and walked forward, “Happy Lunar New Year, Grandfather.”
He glanced at him and said, “Xiao Mo hasn’t come to Xi’an for the New Year for several years, right?”
Qin Mo lowered his head guiltily, “I’m sorry grandfather, I’ve been too busy these years, so I haven’t gone back to my hometown…”
Grandfather Qin replied, “You don’t have to be so polite. We all know about your injury. You just need to know what to do with your life. How’s your hand now? It seems that you have recovered after your father said you went to play again?”
“En, it has completely recovered.” Grandfather’s concern warmed Qin Mo’s heart slightly, and then he took the initiative to pull Xiao Han to his side and introduced, “Grandfather, this is Xiao Han, the vice captain of our team. His father went to Beijing on business during the New Year. He didn’t want to go back to his hometown, so I asked him to come to our home for the New Year.”
Xiao Han immediately came forward and bowed respectfully to grandfather Qin with a bright smile, “Happy New year grandfather. Meeting for the first time, I don’t know your preferences. It’s my little intention to bring you some new year gifts. I hope you don’t dislike it.”
He put the bag on the table next to him and put it up one after another. The elders of the Qin family glanced at it and knew that these gifts cost tens of thousands of yuan, and just two bottles of Maotai were worth a lot.
Qin Mo’s elder and younger uncles were a little confused—— this young man came to pay New Year’s greetings and unexpectedly bought such a valuable gift. Were Qin Mo’s friends so rich?
Grandfather Qin didn’t mind what gift Xiao Han brought, but smiled slightly and said, “Thank you”. Then he carefully looked at the young man in front of him and said, “Are you a mixed-race?”
Xiao Han nodded, “En, China-USA mix, my father is Chinese.”
Grandfather Qin touched the stubble and smiled, “No wonder, the color of the hair is not dyed, and the facial features are not pure oriental looks.”
Qin Mo’s elder aunt especially liked handsome little fresh meat like Xiao Han, smiling and saying, “Mixed-race, no wonder you are so handsome!”
Zhou Lan, Qin Mo’s mother, said proudly, “Xiao Han is indeed good-looking, he is my godson!”
Xiao Han smiled politely and went to Zhou Lan and said, “Godmother, I also bought you a New Year gift.” He took out a delicate and beautiful red coral necklace, which could be worn on the outside of a sweater as an accessory when wearing a sweater in winter. It was both beautiful and noble.
Zhou Lan accepted the jewelry in surprise. Her eyes were hot. She patted Xiao Han’s hand and said, “You… it’s too expensive…”
Xiao Han smiled and said, “This is nothing. I have made money and naturally I have to spend it for my godmother!”
Everyone in the house laughed together and praised Zhou Lan for accepting a good godson.
Qin Ye stood by and watched the scene, raising his lips gently and humming, “Xiao Han’s EQ is not low, and he has already gained a lot of favorability from Qin Mo’s mother. He unexpectedly recognised Qin Mo’s mother as a godmother early, so he could think about it.”
Li Xiang put his arms around Qin Ye’s shoulder with a smile, and leaned over and whispered, “This also proves that Xiao Han really likes Xiao Mo, so he will be fully prepared.”
Qin Ye raised eyebrows. “Why do you always speak for Xiao Han?”
Li Xiang looked at Qin Ye innocently and said, “No, I’m just stating the facts.”
Qin Ye rolled his eyes and snorted, “I think you’re helping him as a senior. You thought it was too hard to chase me. You wanted Xiao Han to take less detours, right?”
Li Xiang hurriedly explained, “No, no, no, I don’t dare to think it’s hard. As long as I can catch you, the process is worth the hard work. Or, starting tomorrow, I will enter the internship period and chase you again? This time you can give me some more exam questions, and become a regular again after passing the exam.”
Qin Ye held back his smile, “You’ve been a family, what’s the point of chasing again.”
Li Xiang smiled and scratched his head. “Anyway, as long as I can be with you, you can do whatever you want me to do.”
Facing his honest smile, Qin Ye finally softened his heart and said, “Forget it. If you want to help Xiao Han, just help. I will talk to Qin Mo later. I mainly think he accepted Xiao Han’s proposal too hastily. He is still young and may not consider things so comprehensively. As his uncle, I should remind him of something.”
Li Xiang nodded seriously, “En, I knew you had a hard mouth and a warm heart, but you were just too concerned about Xiao Mo for fear that he would suffer.”
***
In the living room, when grandfather Qin and his son Qin Yu finished this game of Go, Qin Yu was naturally no match for him.
Then grandfather Qin looked at Xiao Han again and asked, “Xiao Han is a mixed-race, can he play Go?”
Xiao Han smiled, “Grandfather, I don’t know much. I went abroad when I was seven or eight years old. I grew up abroad and never touched Go.”
Grandfather Qin nodded, “Oh, what chess can you play?”
Xiao Han: “…I don’t know how to play chess.”
Qin Mo stepped forward to rescue him. “Xiao Han doesn’t know much about Chinese traditions and customs, and he doesn’t know much about chess, cards and mahjong.”
Grandfather Qin said, “That’s a pity. Although you are of mixed race, your father is Chinese after all. You still have time to learn more about these traditional cultures.”
Xiao Han immediately nodded. “Of course, I will let Xiao Mo teach me more. When I first returned to China, I didn’t speak Chinese very well. Many idioms and poems were also taught by Xiao Mo.”
Grandfather Qin took a look at Qin Mo and said, “Our family Xiao Mo’s Chinese is really good, in his childhood, he was forced to recite a lot of poems.”
Then he put on a serious look, “Xiao Mo, do you want to improvise and compose a poem?”
Qin Mo’s face flushed immediately, “Grandfather, don’t embarrass me. I can only memorize what others have written. How can I compose poems by myself!”
Grandfather Qin beamed a smile, “This child… Then, you can accompany Grandfather in the next game of Go.”
Qin Mo was like a duck driven onto a perch, so he had to sit opposite his grandfather and play Go with him.
The surrounding elder and younger uncles were cheering for Qin Mo, but it was a pity that he was beaten up in less than three minutes by grandfather Qin and he made fun of him face-to-face, “The level of playing chess has not improved!”
Qin Mo’s ears were red, and he said seriously, “I will practice more when I have time.”
Looking at this kind of Qin Mo, Xiao Han liked it more and more.
Qin Mo, who was wrapped in the warm atmosphere of his family, took off the proud and cold shell and became very soft.
Perhaps those hard shells were the protective walls he built for himself, but in front of his family, he didn’t need so many defenses, so he would become the truest self.
Qin Mo, who played chess with his grandfather, was like going back to his childhood when he was chased and spanked by his grandfather with a ruler.
In the dining room, several aunts were wrapping up dumplings, while two uncles were making New Year’s Eve dinner in the kitchen. The younger generation were playing cards upstairs, and the idle people were chatting and playing chess with grandfather Qin in the living room. The laughter of the Qin family, full of new year’s taste, made Xiao Han feel a little festive and warm for the holidays.
It was good for Qin Mo to have such a family.
Xiao Han hoped very much that he could be recognised by Qin family and become a part of the family, but he knew he couldn’t be in a hurry.
Godmother had a very good impression of him, and Qin Mo’s father smiled at him, but this was based on the premise that ‘he is Qin Mo’s friend’. If they knew that he had successfully proposed to Qin Mo and abducted Qin Mo, it was estimated that the Qin family in the house could drown him with a single mouthful of water.
Therefore, according to Li Xiang, it was not too late to brush the favor to the full level at the godmother’s side, and then tell her.
Thinking of this, Xiao Han immediately went to Zhou Lan and asked politely, “Godmother, does your shoulder still hurt? I’ll give you a massage.”
Zhou Lan smiled and said, “Okay, I’ve been suffering from a frozen shoulder recently. My shoulders are really sore.”
As a result, Xiao Han began to massage her shoulders and pound her back lightly.
Seeing this, the eldest aunt envied and said, “The godson you recognised is really filial! Ai, why can’t I meet such a good godson?”
Zhou Lan smiled, “This is also fate. I felt very congenial when I saw Xiao Han for the first time. I felt very close.”
Xiao Han said, “Me too. My mouth is called godmother. In fact, you are just like my own mother in my heart.”
This guy’s sweet mouth was really likable. Zhou Lan was grinning from ear to ear. Xiao Han looked at her happy appearance and couldn’t help raising his lips slightly.
Xiao Han’s heart actually respected the woman in front of him. If she hadn’t been so strong, Qin Mo wouldn’t have survived the car accident and walked out of that haze smoothly. Qin Mo was so well educated was really her contribution.
One day, he will call her mother in person and ask her to give her son to his care.
He will try his best to take good care of Qin Mo and give her son the greatest happiness.
Awww I love the soft Qin Mo!! Hehehe. Yay Qin family <3 thanks for the chapter!
Well, good luck Xiao Han~
Thank you for the chapter