Chapter 481: The Rice Is Already Cooked

The movie ended, and everyone finally filed out.

Once they left, Jiang Muye's System began to remind him: 【Congratulations, Host. The check-in at the movie theater totaled three hours, and you earned 800 Grit Points.】

Just for watching a movie, Grit Points were in hand. It was a sure-profit deal.

Of course, it would be even better if he could warm up the feelings between his Father-in-Law and Xiang Shan.

While Jiang Muye was agonizing over it, a spectacular idea suddenly struck him.

Jiang Muye instantly began using Mind-Object Manipulation, making Xiang Shan's heel unsteady.

"Ah—" Xiang Shan, who had been walking in front, suddenly slipped and pitched forward.

There was nothing near Xiang Shan she could grab to steady herself, but just then a pair of hands reached out from behind and supported her lower back.

Xiang Shan instinctively tumbled into a warm embrace.

It caught her completely off guard.

While she was still rattled, she caught a very familiar scent.

Her hands grabbed the other person's shoulders.

She looked up and saw an extraordinarily handsome face.

His eyes met hers.

Xiang Shan blinked.

However, that handsome face slowly began to frown.

But the outline was still the same as before, deeply impressed upon her memory.

"Leng Qihua—" Xiang Shan murmured.

While her thoughts were drifting away, Father Leng asked, "Are you okay?"

"I'm fine." Xiang Shan pulled herself out of her memories.

Her little face was completely flushed, and she instinctively pushed Father Leng away.

"Are you okay, Mom? You scared me just now. Good thing Dad was there!" Leng Ruoli said worriedly.

"Cough cough cough. Any decent person would have pulled me." Xiang Shan said haughtily.

"But Father-in-Law really was anxious just now. He moved incredibly fast. Otherwise you might have gotten a concussion from the fall." Jiang Muye said.

"It's not that serious. Stop putting gold on his face." That said, Xiang Shan's impression of Father Leng had clearly changed quite a bit.

Father Leng sighed. "Alright, you're not feeling uncomfortable anywhere, are you? Do you want to go sit over there for a bit?"

Father Leng's concerned expression made it impossible for Xiang Shan to suppress the corners of her mouth.

"No need. I'm not that delicate. You should know, the very day I gave birth to Ruoli, I didn't even bother with postpartum confinement. I went straight to the office and worked a normal day." Xiang Shan gave a cold harrumph.

Jiang Muye was astonished when he heard that. "Really, Father-in-Law?"

Father Leng nodded. "That's right. She… is just that tough. Back then I tried to talk her into resting properly and not pushing herself so hard, but she refused."

Leng Ruoli was full of admiration. "Mom, you're way too amazing."

You should know, a woman is very weak on the day she gives birth. Yet her mom could still work afterward. It was unbelievable.

Xiang Shan said coolly, "It's nothing. There was nothing to be done about it. At the time my company was on the rise, fighting for a public listing, so of course I had to put in some effort. Besides, I had a natural birth and recovered quickly, so I didn't feel that tired."

Although Xiang Shan hadn't done postpartum confinement, Leng Qihua had doted on her no end.

She insisted on going to the company. He opposed it.

In the end she secretly ran back to the company, so he went to the company and carried her home in a princess carry.

At that thought, Xiang Shan's eyes grew very tender.

Why hadn't she been able to think of these things back then? Every time she faced Leng Qihua, all she had was impatience and a foul temper.

All she thought about were his bad points. Every time, he hadn't done anything wrong, but she would still make a mountain out of a molehill.

To the point that an insoluble conflict grew between them. It was clearly just a tiny problem. If only she could have sat down and communicated, if only she could have been a bit more tolerant of him, would there have been so many arguments?

Would they not have gotten divorced?

Xiang Shan looked at the man she had once deeply loved.

His face had aged quite a bit.

But he had even more of a man's charm now.

His outline still carried the shadow of what she had loved in the past.

If they hadn't quarreled back then, maybe they'd already have a second child by now.

At this thought, a trace of regret filled Xiang Shan's eyes.

She suddenly wanted to live her life over again, to be more rational, to stop being so emotional and impulsive all the time.

"Let's go." Xiang Shan suppressed the stirring in her heart, not wanting to let herself sink into disappointment, and made to leave.

But Father Leng grabbed Xiang Shan's hand. "Come on, it wasn't easy for you to come all this way. Play with us a while before you go. Look, our daughter and son-in-law are both here."

"I haven't even acknowledged this son-in-law yet, and you're already calling him that so smoothly." Xiang Shan shot Father Leng a sidelong glance.

Father Leng said to Xiang Shan with a chuckle, "How about you give it a try too?"

Jiang Muye looked at Father Leng, this divine助攻, and hurriedly nodded. "Mother-in-Law! Call me it, come on!"

Leng Ruoli hugged Jiang Muye and said to Xiang Shan, "Either I don't marry at all, or if I do, I'm marrying Jiang Muye!"

"Fine. One of these days I'll have someone look up how many people in the world are named Jiang Muye, and then arrange one for you."

As soon as Xiang Shan said that, Leng Ruoli gazed at her pitifully. "No, Mom. I want the Jiang Muye right in front of me."

"Whether you oppose it or approve it, Ruoli and I won't be separated." Jiang Muye was just as insistent.

Father Leng said to Xiang Shan, "What era are we living in now? You still think it's like our day with arranged marriages? Besides, you didn't exactly have a free-love romance either. Weren't you the one who chased me and insisted on marrying me?"

Hearing Father Leng bring up old times, Xiang Shan's face went red. "Don't mention the past."

"If we don't mention the past, then let's mention the future. Never mind the two of them for now. Let's talk about us first." Father Leng's gaze fixed on Xiang Shan. "We won't divorce, okay, wifey."

That one word, wifey, had already called its way into Xiang Shan's heart.

When had the old Leng Qihua ever been so soft-spoken?

Xiang Shan raised her eyes to look at the infatuated Father Leng, and her lips quivered.

She felt conflicted, with no idea what she should do.

"Mom, just say yes to Dad. You two really are a perfect match." Leng Ruoli started speaking up for her own father.

Jiang Muye chimed in, "That's right. You two have already cooked the rice, the meal's done."

As soon as the words left his mouth, Jiang Muye received a murderous glare from Xiang Shan.

Leng Ruoli also instinctively nudged Jiang Muye lightly with her elbow, hinting that he'd said the wrong thing.

Jiang Muye immediately made amends. "I mean, you two have already had a child."

"Having a child means I have to compromise? I'm a modern woman. If I like something, I like it. If I don't, I don't." Xiang Shan said coldly.

Seeing that Xiang Shan was now hostile toward Jiang Muye.

Jiang Muye and Leng Ruoli were overjoyed, nearly hugging each other and weeping.

Excellent, Mother-in-Law had a problem with him! Heaven didn't let down the diligent!

Sure enough, effort paid off. This was wonderful!

"That's right, that's exactly what he meant. He doesn't respect you!" Leng Ruoli tattled, nodding firmly.