Rebirth in 1986: Unforgettable Regrets

Chapter 776: Chapter 776: Refusing to Attend

"I’m not small at all." Xie Ziyao couldn’t help but straighten her back. Although she was petite, she wasn’t lacking in necessary places at all.

Besides, she would turn nineteen after the New Year, so she wasn’t that young, right?

Qin Anhao cast a sideways glance and saw Xie Ziyao’s movement, his gaze involuntarily taking a quick sweep, truly not small, dressed in casual clothes, the parts that should be full were full, the parts that should be slim were indeed slim.

"Cough."

Qin Anhao realized his thoughts had strayed and quickly averted his gaze, changing the subject, "Isn’t your second brother getting engaged? How come you’re still so free?"

"My second brother is the one getting engaged, not me. What does it have to do with me?" Xie Ziyao answered unhappily. The last thing she wanted to hear about was this.

But Qin Anhao just kept bringing it up.

Qin Anhao fell silent, realizing that nothing he said seemed right.

"Yawn!"

A cold wind blew, making it a bit chilly, and Xie Ziyao couldn’t help but sneeze.

"It’s getting cold, you should head home." Qin Anhao stood up.

Xie Ziyao couldn’t stop sneezing suddenly.

Qin Anhao took a handkerchief from his pocket and handed it over.

Xie Ziyao wiped her nose with the handkerchief, continually wiping until there was no clean spot left, feeling much better afterward.

"Thanks. It’s really cold today." Xie Ziyao couldn’t help saying, her nose red from rubbing, she added, "I’ll wash this handkerchief and return it to you."

"No problem." Qin Anhao, hands in his pockets, said, "Although the sun is nice, the wind is still chilly. Head home early, buy some cold medicine, sleep a bit, and you’ll feel better."

"Got it. You sound just like my mom, always nagging."

Xie Ziyao hated hearing this kind of nagging the most. It was one thing for her mother to nag at home, but Qin Anhao nagging too was too much.

"Oh no, sand got in my eye." Xie Ziyao rubbed her eyes, but the more she rubbed, the more tears fell.

"Don’t rub."

Qin Anhao squatted down a bit, supporting her shoulders, seeing her eyes red and teary as she tried to rub them, barely able to open her eyes.

"It hurts." Xie Ziyao kept rubbing, Qin Anhao held her hands.

She couldn’t rub her eyes, and her eyes kept twitching, tears flowing continuously.

"Don’t move, I’ll blow on it, and it’ll be fine."

Qin Anhao leaned forward, placed his hand over her eyelids, and blew hard. Afraid he hadn’t cleared it, he blew two or three times before asking, "How is it? Still uncomfortable?"

Qin Anhao didn’t notice how close they had gotten, close enough to smell the faint scent of her.

Xie Ziyao blinked her eyes, the discomfort seemingly gone, she finally relaxed, looked up, and smiled, "Thank you."

"That’s good then." Qin Anhao quickly stepped back, making an excuse to leave.

Xie Ziyao watched his retreating figure, murmuring, "Why rush off like that? It’s not like I’m a tiger who will eat him."

Xie Ziyao mumbled to herself, thinking about the gentle words Qin Anhao had said while blowing on her eyes, her heart seemingly pounding rapidly.

*

"Sister Xiao Yue, the Xie Family’s engagement ceremony is tomorrow, are you going?" Lian Qingyang asked. Lian He and others were supposed to come over today, but being the end of the year, Lian He had a lot to handle and had to arrive later in the evening.

"Not going."

Tang Yue flatly refused.

"By the way, my dad asked if we could have dinner together tonight?" Lian Qingyang inquired again.

Tang Yue remained silent, knowing Xiang Yazhi would definitely be there since it was an engagement ceremony.

"My mom won’t come, just my dad. He said he hasn’t seen where you live and would like to come and have a look, and by the way, have a meal together." Lian Qingyang seemed to know Tang Yue’s thoughts and hurriedly added.

"Okay, then I’ll go buy groceries and cook." Tang Yue nodded, no problem at all.

As long as Xiang Yazhi doesn’t come, having a meal together is fine.

"No rush, I’ve bought them." Lian Qingyang ran outside again, brought in a few bags filled with fresh vegetables.

Tang Yue looked at the groceries that were already prepared, her bright eyes blinked.

Lian Qingyang said with a full smile: "Sister Xiao Yue, I know you are the best, you definitely won’t refuse. Since it’s very cold outside, I bought the groceries in advance, this is just perfect, saves you the trouble of going out, right?"

"Alright."

Tang Yue wasn’t pretentious, since she had to cook anyway, and since he had brought groceries, it saved her a trip to the store.

With Lian He and Lian Qingyang father and son present, Tang Yue added a few more dishes.

The cured pork and bamboo shoots Zhang Hualian gave her, along with the cured sausage, were quite a lot, along with crispy meat and a few fresh dishes, which were just right.

Wu Xin helped out on the side.

Lian Qingyang helped to wash and prepare the vegetables, but he had never done this before, so...

"Xiao Yang, you better rest outside, don’t try to help."

The more he helped, the more chaotic it became.

"Alright." Lian Qingyang felt somewhat disappointed. Those vegetables looked very simple, but why did they become so difficult when he tried to handle them?

Cabbage, only the stalks were left after he washed them.

Asked to peel radishes, he almost peeled all the radish flesh away.

Asked to cut meat, not only were the pieces too large, he almost cut his hand.

Tang Yue thought it was better to do it herself, in case Lian Qingyang really cut himself, it wouldn’t be worth it.

Meng Siyu and Lian He arrived home together.

"Siyu, you’re back." Lian He greeted warmly.

"Yes, you came to Sea City too? Where is Qingyang?" Meng Siyu asked, Tang Yue hadn’t called Lian He ’dad’ yet, so Meng Siyu didn’t call him dad either.

Lian He smiled and answered: "Qingyang is already here."

Pushing the door open, indeed, Lian Qingyang was standing at the living room door greeting, "Dad, brother-in-law, you’re back, Sister Xiao Yue made a lot of delicious food."

Lian He hadn’t seen Tang Yue for a long time, at this moment seeing Tang Yue dressed very simply, wearing an apron busy in the kitchen, the faint smell of cooking fumes coming from the kitchen gave Lian He an unusual feeling.

Usually, the house was spotless, the kitchen far away from the living room.

Even the dining room and the kitchen had a certain distance, cooking fumes never used to escape.

But this smell of cooking fumes, brought a sense of home.

Lian He didn’t know what to bring, so he brought two boxes of high-grade tea leaves.

The dinner was exceptionally lavish, no fancy restaurant private rooms, just a large round table with dishes that weren’t as finely arranged as those done by top chefs, but they had an added feeling of home warmth.

Lian He originally abstained from drinking, but he couldn’t help drinking a lot given the situation.

His own daughter’s cooking, even if it wasn’t specifically made for him, Lian He still ate very happily.

This meal, everyone ate very happily.

After dinner, Lian He thought for a while, then asked: "Tomorrow is Qingqing’s engagement, are you willing to go?"

Before Tang Yue could answer, Lian He added: "You two are sisters, when you got married, Qingqing was still abroad."