Chapter 386 - I Won't Tell Anyone

Chapter 386 I Won’t Tell AnyoneIn the end, Shen Yan parked the car in the parking lot of a small square. He then looked at her and said, “So Miss Xia Yu, where are you taking me on earth?”

Xia Yu felt embarrassed with her lovely red face. She hummed and hawed for a long while. Then she answered, “You know that I haven’t been back here for five years. Many roads have changed a lot, so it’s normal that I forget the right way.”

“Is it because you haven’t been back here for years, or is it because you are in the clouds?” Shen Yan thought her explanation too farfetched as she grew up here after all and the changes on the main roads couldn’t be so big even though there were some changes indeed.

Shen Yan decided to stop joking with her and let her tell the truth. Most probably, her parents didn’t agree to their relationship. As long as Xia Yu wanted to stay with him, they could try together to move her parents gradually. Based on what Shen Yan knew about Xia Mingde, there was still a little hope at least.

What was more, was Xia Yu a girl who was be at the mercy of her parents? If so, she would not have left home for five years without going back.

Xia Yu scratched her head with her hand embarrassedly. Shen Yan was so smart, and he perhaps had already seen through her little trick. So, Xia Yu put on a softer posture and said, “Darling, you can’t blame me for this thing. Before, once I told my parents that I would bring a friend back, they would ask anxiously, ‘Boy or girl? How old? Where is his or her home? What does his or her parents do?’ But this time, I have told them several times, and they didn’t ask anything. So, I didn’t know how to go on.”

What? Shen Yan had assumed that the reason why she kept silent was that her parents weren’t willing to welcome him after she beat about the bush beside them. He had never expected that she hadn’t told them at all.

Wasn’t she usually good at talking back to him? Why did she hesitate like this in front of her parents?

“Then what’s your plan?” He intended to find a chance and tell her parents later when they came back.

What could she do? Now that he had come here, she could only tell her parents the truth instead of driving him away.

Shen Yan saw she showed a soft attitude and decided to forgive her as it was the Spring Festival and she called him darling. He reached out to pinch her nose and moved his lips closet to her. “Give me a kiss.”

Now that she had done wrong, she should take the punishment of kissing. She kissed him gently like a dragonfly touching the water. But she didn’t have the chance to leave his lips when she was held tightly by this man, followed by a much longer kiss. He didn’t let her go until she felt suffocated.

Xia Yu took several deep breaths heavily and then said, “Let me drive this time. I’m sure that I can take you to the temple fair.”

Shen Yan smiled and unfastened his seat belt. “Forget it. Let’s get off and take a walk here. I guess that it will not be a long time before we should go back.”

They had wandered for 40 minutes on the way here. Even if they set out for the temple fair now, it would be time to go back when they arrived there. So, what was the need to go there now?

Xia Yu also unfastened her belt quickly and followed Shen Yan to get out of the car. “OK! Let’s take a walk here.” She remembered it was an underground shopping center here five years ago while now it became a little square.

Shen Yan reached out to take Xia Yu’s hand, and they walked side by side in the little square. A little girl wearing the festival costume ran to the front of them and said with her head slanted, “Are you two super stars?”

Xia Yu was first shocked at her question. Did they look like some celebrities? She stooped down and asked the little girl with a smile, “Sweetie, why did you say so?”

“You both look beautiful, like super stars.” The little girl said innocently.

Hearing this, the corners of Xia Yu’s mouth raised in a prettier arc. She reached out to strok the little girl’s head and said, “Uncle and Auntie are not stars.”

“Don’t lie to me because I’m a kid. Stars like you who are dating are afraid of being recognized. You are also afraid that if your fans know it, they will be unhappy.” The little girl pretended to be an expert and said, “But don’t worry. I won’t tell anyone.”

What a funny kid! Xia Yu smiled. “Then thank you for that, sweetie.”

The little girl looked at Shen Yan and sized him up. After thinking for a while, she took out a cellphone and handed over it to Xia Yu. “Take a photo of me and this uncle, and I will keep your secret.”

Xia Yu looked back at Shen Yan and asked, “Why this uncle? Actually, you can take a photo with me.”

“That’s because this uncle is the most handsome man I’ve ever seen. I can show the photo to my classmates, and then I will be proud.” The little girl gave Xia Yu a few glances. “After taking the photo of me and uncle, I will take another with you, in case you will feel sad.”

She was taking care of Xia Yu’s feeling by adding these words, right? Xia Yu immediately felt helpless and started to doubt about herself. Was she really so bad? She never expected one day she would be looked down by a kid.

Her self-esteem was hurt deeply.

“Don’t dillydally. Take the photo quickly.” The little girl ran to the side of Shen Yan and didn’t feel shy, standing beside him. She adopted a pose and waited for Xia Yu to take the photo.

Shen Yan smiled at Xia Yu and directly bent down to take the photo with the little girl.

At this time, the little girl’s mother came over. Seeing that her kid was taking a photo with Shen Yan, she apologized right away. “Sorry. My kid loves to be photographed with others most, especially with some good-looking people. Sorry to disturb you.”

Xia Yu smiled and handed over the phone to the little girl’s mother. “Your daughter is very cute.”

“Sorry.” The little girl’s mother apologized once again and pulled the little girl away.

But the little girl didn’t want to leave. “Mom, wait for a moment. I haven’t taken a photo with that auntie, and I don’t want her to say that I make fish of one and flesh of another.”

Hearing her words, both of them laughed. How could this kid be so funny!

Shen Yan reached out to hold Xia Yu in his arms and fixed his eyes on the back of the girl and her mother in front of him. “I used to assume kids were annoying, but now I think they are very cute. Xia Yu, when we get married, you should also give birth to a beautiful girl for me.”

“How can you decide whether it is a boy or a girl?” Xia Yu pouted and continued to say, “It is not practical. What if it’s a boy?”

“Then let’s have another kid.” Shen Yan imagined a scene where the boy played with his little sister and thought it very good actually.

“You are being unrealistic. Who agreed to marry you?” This man was so whimsical. He even thought about how many kids he wanted before getting married. “Don’t forget that my parents have no idea of our relationship.”

“I know. That’s why I’m here. I just want to beg your parents to let me marry you.” Shen Yan was not like Xia Yu. He had thought about it and would talk to her parents since she did not want to.

Anyway, he was determined to gain her parent’s permission to marry her by any means this time when he came over.

“It is not you who will make the final decision. I might have told you that my father wants a son-in-law who can inherit his craftsmanship, right? You can’t even tell a slice from a kitchen knife. My father will take you as a cooperator at most. As for other things, I think that you should stop your imagination on them.” Seeing his strong confidence, Xia Yu really couldn’t help hitting on it.

“Really?” Shen Yan indeed worried about it. He had heard about the legend of Ruyi Tower that the cooking skill could only be inherited by men rather than women, by the elder one rather than the younger one.

In Xia Yu’s generation, as a result of the one-child policy, Xia Yu was the only child. His father wanted to teach her the skills, but she disliked it very much. So, it was natural that her father hoped to teach his son-in-law.

Shen Yan would like to endeavor to inherit her father’s craftsmanship for love. But as he was close to his thirties, it was too late for him to start to learn cooking from now, and there was too little time left for him to improve his skills.

What should he do now? Was he really going to be looked down?

Seeing Shen Yan’s shocked face, Xia Yu felt extremely happy in her mind, so she continued to frighten him. “Do you know why my father hates Chen Wenxuan so much? He is a little realistic indeed since he just asked whether the house was bought by my parents as soon as he arrived at my home. This did annoy my parents. But more importantly, my father dislikes him as he even doesn’t know how to cut with a kitchen knife.”

“I can practice every day when we are back.” Shen Yan totally believed in her words. Now that he was here, if he told his family that he was looked down when he went back home, he would be laughed at by others, especially by his First Aunt.

Hadn’t she always been waiting for him to be laughed at?

“Remember what you just said, and don’t go back on your words.” Xia Yu tried to restrain her smile and continued to say.

“I won’t go back on my words.” Learning to cook might not be so hard. He didn’t believe it would take him down.

Xia Yu burst out laughing. “I have recorded what you just said. If you go back on your words, I will post it in the Internet.”

It was till now that Shen Yan found he was taken into a trap. He ground his teeth and reached out to tickle her. “You are such a bad girl now. How dare you trap me!”

Xia Yu started to run away immediately while laughing. “Look! How terrified you are! My father has already got a disciple, and he said that times had changed, so his conception should follow the times.”

“I just knew it. Uncle Xia is an open-minded person, and how come he still sticks to the tradition?” Shen Yan smiled and gave a long breath of relief in his mind. That was good. He wasn’t afraid of learning cooking, but he feared that he could not even reach Xia Yu’s level. If so, he would be disgraceful.

“Then why didn’t you say it just now? Be wise after the event? ” Xia Yu stuck her tongue out to him.

Shen Yan smiled. He walked to the side of Xia Yu and reached out to hold her hands. Then he said, “Seeing what happened to your ex, Chen Wenxuan, how can I not worry?”

Speaking of Chen Wenxuan, Xia Yu just thought of Bao Na. She heard from Cai Yanyan that Bao Na’s child might not be saved. She spent her Spring Festival in the hospital, and that was all Chen Wenxuan’s fault.

Xia Yu sighed and said, “That day, he came to my home with me, and I didn’t know why my father hated him so much. Once they met, my father directly told Chen Wenxuan that he could just be my classmate or a common friend, but never my boyfriend unless he was not my parent. At that time, I thought my father went too far and then quarreled with him. My mom also stood by my father and said Chen Wenxuan was not the right one on the side. I just thought they said so because they preferred a rich boyfriend rather than a poor one. But now, I realize that they are so shrewd and have a good eye.”

“Don’t mind it anymore. Now, you have picked me, which means that you have made a great progress, right?” Shen Yan smiled brightly on the side. He also hated Chen Wenxuan anyway. If he had been Xia Yu’s father, he would have beat him out of his house instead of talking so much nonsense to him.

However, it was really very lucky for him that it was Chen Wenxuan who Xia Yu met. If it had been another man, a little better than Chen Wenxuan, with her character, she would have kept going with the man, and there would have been no chance for him to be with Xia Yu.

Would him die from not boasting? Xia Yu’s face was full of despite. Though she hadn’t despised him for a long time, to be honest, she was not sure whether her parents would accept him or not. Or else she would not have hesitated to tell them for so long.

Such eyes again? Shen Yan pulled Xia Yu’s arm, and her whole body fell into his arms. He took the opportunity to put his arms around her. “Listen! You should treat your husband with respect. Do you know?”

Xia Yu stretched the corners of her mouth and said with a false smile, “My dear husband, respect does not come from your demand. It comes from the bottom of one’s heart. That is respect. Do you know?”

Ho-ho! She was still talking back actually. Shen Yan’s beautiful foxy eyes were squinted slightly, and the corners of his mouth were also curved in an ambiguous angle. His handsome face almost touched hers, and the man’s familiar scent came to her nose. “How can I make you respect me from the bottom of your heart? Can you teach me? Um?”

“No, no, no! It is all my fault, okay?” Xia Yu became alerted immediately. When did this man start to use his force while he could not fight back with words? He hadn’t been like this before.