Chapter 677: The First Time Bringing My Girlfriend Home
Rejected 99 Times, the Aloof Campus Belle Comes On Strong at Me, Jiang Muye
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Thankfully, his darling and his mother were both reasonable people, and they wouldn't tear into each other, which saved Jiang Muye a lot of trouble.
"Thanks, Mom and Dad. It's getting late, I'm taking her upstairs to sleep," Jiang Muye said to his parents with a smile.
"Hold on," Mother Jiang said, stopping him. Then she opened a drawer and took out a jewelry box.
As soon as the jewelry box was opened, a jadeite bangle was revealed inside.
"This was given to me by my mother-in-law, Muye's grandmother's dowry from back then. It's always been passed down to the daughter-in-law, and I think we should keep that tradition, treating it as a family heirloom, passed down generation after generation!" Mother Jiang said to Leng Ruoli with a smile.
Looking at the jadeite bangle, Leng Ruoli was surprised, and after hearing Mother Jiang's explanation, her eyes even grew wet.
So this is the meaning of inheritance.
For the first time, she felt it deeply—she had entered this door and become a true daughter-in-law of the Jiang family.
"Thank you, Mom," Leng Ruoli said with a faint smile.
"Here, let me put it on you," Mother Jiang said affectionately, taking Leng Ruoli's small hand and slipping the bangle onto her wrist. Then she nodded in satisfaction. "See, how well it fits? It's like it was tailor-made."
Leng Ruoli couldn't put it down either. "It really is quite pretty."
Jiang Muye also thought it suited his wife perfectly.
The main thing was that Leng Ruoli's hand was very fair, and her air was especially outstanding, so the jadeite bangle didn't look out of place at all.
"From now on, I'll be troubling you to take good care of our Muye. He still has plenty of bad habits, and he can be a bit boyish, since he's still young after all. But if he ever makes you angry, don't indulge him—just hit him, he's tough!" Mother Jiang said solemnly.
"Mom, what exactly do you want to say? He's my husband, I'll definitely take good care of him, and of course I won't lay a hand on him," Leng Ruoli said bashfully.
"Oh really? Then who was it that pinched me before~" Jiang Muye glanced at Leng Ruoli.
Leng Ruoli's eyes turned a bit sullen, and she gave a tender coquettish hum. "What are you saying, hmm?"
"Alright, I'm just joking." Jiang Muye rubbed Leng Ruoli.
Seeing Jiang Muye and Leng Ruoli so loving made the Jiang couple very happy. It felt like a thorn stuck in their hearts had been completely pulled out.
Next would be preparing for the wedding.
And after that, welcoming two little grandchildren.
While things were going smoothly on Jiang Muye's side, Little White Dove's progress had run into challenges.
School had reached the end of the semester, and winter break had begun.
Originally, Little White Dove and Sheng Xinyi had agreed to go study in Country M, but because a flu outbreak had erupted there, going now came with a risk of infection.
On top of that, Little White Dove still hadn't fully won the Sheng parents' approval, and Sheng Xinyi hadn't met his parents yet either, so there was nothing Little White Dove could do about leaving with Sheng Xinyi right away.
The matter of studying abroad could only be shelved and postponed for the time being.
Little White Dove planned to take Sheng Xinyi back to his hometown, Liaocheng, first.
Liaocheng was a small city, and Little White Dove's home county was in a rather remote part of the urban area. After getting off the high-speed rail station, they still had to take a two-hour bus to get there.
As it happened, that day was the hottest day of spring.
The temperature had gone straight past twenty-some degrees, and they still had to carry their luggage and squeeze onto those buses, so Sheng Xinyi, who had always been pampered, ended up with heatstroke and carsickness right on the way.
"Urk!" Sheng Xinyi's stomach turned, and she covered her mouth, wanting to vomit.
Little White Dove immediately handed Sheng Xinyi a garbage bag.
Sheng Xinyi grabbed the bag and threw up, her little face turning pale and feeling awful.
Little White Dove was anxious seeing this too.
They couldn't get off the bus now, and even if they did, it would be hard to get on another one in a bit.
Sheng Xinyi now had teary eyes and looked very weak.
Seeing how uncomfortable her carsickness was, Little White Dove asked, "Do you want to eat some fruit?"
Sheng Xinyi waved her hand and refused. "No, eating would just make it worse."
"I have carsickness medicine here, take some." Little White Dove took the carsickness medicine out of his bag and fed it to Sheng Xinyi.
Sheng Xinyi quickly took it, afraid her body would feel even worse later.
After taking the carsickness medicine, her complexion finally improved a little.
She leaned against Little White Dove's shoulder, forcing herself to hold on, her body still trembling. The weather was so hot and the road was so bumpy—wasn't that just making her feel worse?
Little White Dove felt even more for Sheng Xinyi.
In his heart, he also swore to treat her well. A pampered girl who was willing to travel thousands of miles to come back and endure hardship with you—a girl like that absolutely had to be given happiness.
After enduring that stretch of road, they finally got off the bus.
After Little White Dove got off the bus with Sheng Xinyi, he shouldered the responsibility of the porter, taking all of Sheng Xinyi's luggage and helping to pull it along.
"Let me do it, you'll get tired too," Sheng Xinyi said, still feeling a bit guilty, and also thinking Little White Dove was working too hard.
"It's fine, just a few hundred more meters and we're there. I'm a guy, my stamina's better than yours. You're a girl, your body's not well and you're still very weak, so don't carry anything, just walk a few steps."
Little White Dove felt for Sheng Xinyi. She was already uncomfortable, and if he, as her boyfriend, didn't take care of her, he'd be worse than nothing.
Seeing Little White Dove insist, Sheng Xinyi didn't keep asking for the luggage, but she told Little White Dove that if he couldn't carry it, he should let her know.
Little White Dove agreed repeatedly, then led Sheng Xinyi toward home.
Halfway there, Little White Dove saw a couple hurrying over in a fluster.
"Son! You're finally back, we missed you so much!" The ones speaking were the Chen couple—Little White Dove's parents.
Little White Dove immediately introduced Sheng Xinyi. "Xinyi, this is my dad, this is my mom."
Then he introduced them to his parents. "Dad, Mom, this is my girlfriend, Sheng Xinyi."
Originally, the Chen couple had been overjoyed to see their son, but when they saw the pretty girl standing beside him, they were suddenly a bit at a loss.
Their son had mentioned bringing his girlfriend home, but the Chen couple both knew the other party was a pampered young miss.
Just looking at her, she dressed differently from the village girls—wearing really nice clothes, all brand-name stuff, probably not cheap.
And their son was carrying big bags and small ones, hauling so much stuff, as if he had brought all of this young miss's things over.
Yet this young miss didn't ask or care, and her hands were empty too—she had the nerve.
Especially Mother Chen, who doted on her son the most, was immediately displeased.
She bypassed Sheng Xinyi and hurriedly snatched the luggage from Little White Dove's hands. "Here, let me carry it, how heavy it must be."
"It's not heavy, just this short distance, it's fine," Little White Dove said with a chuckle.
"You! You're my own son, I can't bear to see you suffer!" Mother Chen gave a strange, sarcastic hum, then carried the luggage and headed home.
Father Chen, like his wife, completely ignored Sheng Xinyi.
Sheng Xinyi suddenly felt a bit at a loss.
She felt like she had entered an unfamiliar environment and was very uncomfortable. Most importantly, Senior Chen Ge's parents seemed to not think much of her.