[Uwaa~~~ my Qingge is so dang cool~~~]
[So, this is what it feels like to be protected by someone? Such a sense of security! I'm moved＋tearing up ( ? ^ ? )~~~']
[→_→ All my hard work observing "male virtue" for my wife wasn't in vain~~~]
[Marrying into the Su family to ward off ill luck for Qingge back then was really the right choice~~]
[This humble live-in son-in-law has decided! (??????)?? From now on I'll work hard to carry on Qingge's line and bring forth branches and leaves for the Su family!]
[Ahem! ╭(╯^╰)╮ Looks like my Twelve Zodiac Plan can be put on the agenda early.]
[But why is Auntie so hot-tempered today?]
[Could it be her period? Forgot to drink more hot water?]
[Or has menopause arrived? After all, she is a woman in her forties......]
.......
While being moved by the girl's domineering defense for him....
Lin Xuan remembered his newly acquired [Contact Melon Field] skill and immediately prepared to use it on Xu Shuyun.
After all, for these side characters in the novel, he only knew the broad strokes, not the specifics.
Now he could only munch on Auntie's "melons" and extract the info he needed to prescribe the right medicine.....
On the other side.
(＃￣～￣＃) Having overheard her nephew's inner voice, Xu Shuyun was vexed to the extreme, the corner of her eye twitching nonstop.
Since she couldn't reveal that she had a special ability, she could only rant inwardly.
You hateful little brat.....
Truly, you can know a face but not a heart!
On the surface you look all honest and respectful, but your heart is this black—saying I'm on my period, or menopausal, and even mocking that I'm a forty-something old woman?!
w(?Д?)w Can't you consider your elder's feelings?!!!
Even if normally no one can hear your inner voice.....
Haven't you heard of being cautious in solitude, not cheating in a dark room, humbling yourself to cultivate, and not deceiving your own heart?!
Argh! (?｀?Д?′)!!!
Though angry, Xu Shuyun knew she was in the wrong.
Especially Su Qingge's words—like a blow to the head—made her realize she had indeed been rash.....
This sudden recognition today had made her too anxious and she had lost her composure.
She not only failed to consider her family's feelings, she even, without distinguishing right from wrong, became suspicious of the nephew who helped her daughter and showed hostility.
Thinking of this, the now fully calmed Xu Shuyun felt somewhat ashamed, and after a moment's silence sincerely apologized to Lin Xuan:
"Sorry! I just now... got a bit too emotional."
"It's fine, Aunt! Don't worry about it! I really don't mind at all! I totally understand how worried you are that Chu Ling might get hurt."
Lin Xuan smiled and waved his hand with a magnanimous expression, which made Xu Shuyun's brows relax. While being moved, she also felt a few more degrees of guilt.
Maybe....
I really overthought it and judged a gentleman's belly with a petty heart.....
After all, Lin Xuan is so magnanimous, so empathetic....
Just then, a few more inner voices suddenly entered Xu Shuyun's ears.
[My dear Auntie really has no sincerity at all!]
[Actually, apologizing with just her mouth, and with a face full of reluctance?!]
[Doesn't she know that if apologies worked, what would we need the police for? |?)]
[At the very least, first hand over one or two billion, then tearfully beg my forgiveness.....]
Xu Shuyun: "(＃￣～￣＃)......."
All right, false alarm—I take back what I said~~~
w(?Д?)w This brat really doesn't treat money like money....
Does he even know what one or two billion means? Even the richest person in the country wouldn't be that extravagant!!!
And not satisfied with just money—he actually needs tears to go with it.....
Black lines filled Xu Shuyun's forehead ￣□￣｜｜.
With too many roastable points, she didn't know how to respond for a moment.
Sensing the awkward atmosphere, Chu Ling hurriedly spoke up, taking all the responsibility onto herself, afraid the conflict would escalate.
"Um… Mom, don't misunderstand Cousin and the others. My reason for refusing is the same as what Sister Su said."
"I'm actually worried that the other relatives at home won't be able to accept me, so let's give each other some time to adjust first."
"......."
Seeing her daughter personally say this, Xu Shuyun had to temporarily put aside the idea of taking Chu Ling home and prepared to get up and take her leave.
She needed to go home first to inform her husband and children about Chu Ling, then make plans......
And at this moment!
Lin Xuan had already activated the [Contact Melon Field] skill and started eating Xu Shuyun's melons.
.......
[Huh?! What's this? Why have Auntie and Uncle been in a cold war recently?]
[Damn! So that's it..... the wisdom of the ancestors truly shouldn't be underestimated!]
[As the saying goes: women at thirty are like wolves, at forty like tigers.]
[My Auntie happens to be at the "tiger-wolf" stage now.....]
[Every night she's burning with desire, wearing a sexy spaghetti-strap stepmom dress, spraying perfume, dressed to the nines, clinging to my Uncle in the bedroom to do shame-shame things...]
[Tsk tsk tsk... what a juicy scoop! My auntie is still so full of charm~~~]
[Doesn't that mean Uncle is enraptured every night, panting and getting up while holding his waist?!]
[No way, right? My Uncle actually refused the temptation of beauty and kept his hands to himself? Not only deliberately avoiding Auntie at night? He even drags his feet about coming home from work?]
[What's going on? Did Uncle cheat?]
[My honest-looking Uncle? No way no way, right???]
.......
Chu Ling: "????????"
Don't mess with me, okay?!
I'm just about to acknowledge my parents, and you tell me my father, whom I haven't even met yet, is a cheating scumbag?
If this big scoop is discovered by Mom and my parents' divorce....
Won't that mean I might become a child from a single-parent home the moment I return to my family's arms???
ε(┬┬﹏┬┬)3 Is my fate destined to only ever embrace misfortune?
.......
Xu Shuyun's delicate body trembled: "????????"
Wait, how does this kid know so much?
Aside from Old Tang, even Xiao Chuan doesn't know some of these things?!
But Lin Xuan even knows what intimate clothes I wear every night—did someone install a pinhole camera at home?!
This is so embarrassing I could die!!!
Thank goodness no one else can hear inner voices, or I'd socially die on the spot! w(?Д?)w!
No, the main point is… Old Tang cheated on me?!!
Well, well!
No wonder I've felt something off about Old Tang recently, always working late into the night before coming home—turns out he's deliberately avoiding me!!!
And he even lied that work was too tiring and he had no energy for pleasures of the flesh.
So, it turns out…
He's already been sucked dry by some little fox outside, huh?!
To think I believed Old Tang was honest and different from other men......
Hmph, just wait till I get back—you're dead!!!
Just as Xu Shuyun fumed inside, eyes spitting fire.......
[Okay, so I overthought it! Uncle didn't cheat after all!]
[I knew it, right? Uncle has good conduct—how could he do something as immoral as cheating? He still loves Auntie!]
[The reason he's not willing to, at night, do those dog-man-and-woman things with Aunt is actually because.....]
[Kidney weakness!!!]
[Tsk tsk tsk, Uncle never exercises, sits up late for long hours, and he's getting older.....]
[With all those factors piling up… his body's been declining, and now it's truly a case of "the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak"!]
[But Uncle is extremely face-conscious—how could he step down and confess this kind of thing?]
[So, when faced with Auntie's "enthusiasm," he can only drag it out again and again; privately he's actually distressed to the point his hair is turning white!]
......
Xu Shuyun: "???!!!!!!"
So that's the truth?! Old Tang didn't cheat—or rather.....
He doesn't even have the ability to go do bad things now!!!
But we're an old married couple; he could've just told me straight, I wouldn't have…
Okay fine! I would mind....
But at least I could immediately arrange for him to see a doctor!
Thinking back to Tang Guo'an's odd behavior recently, Xu Shuyun gradually believed the content of her nephew's inner voice......
[My Uncle is something else! A model of weak body, strong desires! Although his body's failing due to kidney deficiency....]
[He still sneaks out to the study late at night after Auntie finishes sulking and falls asleep to take care of his needs by himself. →_→]
[Because it only takes 2.5 seconds, it's so fast Auntie never caught on, always assuming Uncle just went to the toilet to poop....]
[Huh? Damn! There's over 20GB of… educational films cached and downloaded on Uncle's computer? Japanese/Korean section? Domestic section? Western section? Every category available?!]
[Didn't expect that! Uncle is a model for us juniors! If I get the chance, I should discuss this with him! Copy a few films back home and savor them with Qingge late at night, hehehe....]
[But with Uncle's thin skin, he'll definitely never admit it! Forget it! If you want something done, do it yourself—I'll find a chance to secretly copy them!]
[Anyway, I know Uncle's computer's boot password—it's....XXXXXXXXXX!]
......
Chu Ling: "(????)......"
Um, o(////▽////)q I'm still a kid, okay?!
Are those things Cousin said really suitable for me to hear?
Fortunately—cough, cough—I actually don't understand; I don't understand at all! (o′ω`o)?!
On the hospital bed, a blush suddenly appeared on Chu Ling's previously pale face.
She felt her ears were dirty, and she knew a bit too much; luckily, besides her, no one else could hear the inner voice.......
So, it wasn't too awkward~~~
She just didn't expect that her father, whom she hadn't met, would be like this in private....
This melon… was weirdly kind of exciting!!!
Beside the bed, Xu Shuyun was even more dumbfounded.
She hadn't expected her husband Old Tang to be hiding so much, actually sneaking up at night while she slept to watch those little movies.
And the computer even has over 20GB of that disgusting stuff stored—how long has he been watching it all?!
No wonder, back then, whenever she occasionally touched the computer in the study, Old Tang would rush in with a nervous face.
He even set a password only he knew and said the contents were state secrets....
At this moment, Xu Shuyun wore the "subway old man" face, utterly speechless with her husband.
But what made her think deeper and feel more terrified was... Lin Xuan's inner voice.
The other party seemed to know far too much, as if he could foresee—some things that would be impossible for an outsider to know except the parties themselves.....
Based on the plot routines of some films Xu Shuyun had invested in......
Could it be that this nephew actually possesses the power to foresee the future? A reborn man? Found a magic phone?
With various doubts and guesses, Xu Shuyun took her leave; as she left, she gave Lin Xuan a deep look.
[It's over, it's over! Auntie is giving me that lecherous look again, don't tell me she really wants to be the old cow eating tender grass???]
[What a sin, what a sin! Uncle, I'm sorry to you; it's all because of this damned charm of mine???~~~~]
Thud!!!
Just as she was about to walk out of the ward, Xu Shuyun suddenly stumbled and almost fell, her forehead bumping the door.
"I'm fine, don't come over!"
Stopping her nephew, who wanted to come over and help, with a shout, Xu Shuyun clutched her forehead and all but fled from the ward entrance......
In the ward.
Lin Xuan scratched his head in puzzlement but didn't overthink it, turning back to the two girls.
"Cousin! By relation... I'm your older cousin from now on. Let me first tell you the general situation of Uncle's family!"
"Mm! Sorry to trouble you, Cousin." Chu Ling's eyes lit up and she nodded repeatedly.
She was now eager to learn the specifics about the Tang family, to know what kind of person her father and siblings were?!
And why, after she followed Xu Shuyun home, she would end up with such a tragic fate in the end......