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Chapter 368: You really don’t deserve her (Fifth update)

Chapter 368: Chapter 368: You really don’t deserve her (Fifth update)

Zhu Qianying’s gifts to the elders were greatly appreciated by all of them.

The matriarch of the Yan family, in particular, kept holding Zhu Qianying’s hand, saying that she was becoming increasingly beautiful as she grew older. This left Zhu Qianying quite embarrassed because she wasn’t in her growing phase anymore, rather, she was moving into another stage in life.

"Grandmother, I’m twenty-five years old already!"

Zhu Qianying felt the need to remind the old woman, thinking that the latter might have mistaken her for someone else or forgotten her age.

"Of course, I know. You were eight years younger than Xiao Han when you got married and you were still a young girl. It was quite the case of an old cow eating young grass."

Everyone in the room couldn’t help but burst into laughter at the grandmother’s comment about an old cow eating young grass. The innocent little boy, seeing everyone else laughing so joyously, began to wave Zhu Qianying’s arm, asking innocently.

"Mommy, what does ’an old cow eats young grass’ mean?"

Zhu Qianying glanced at Yan Han and bobbed this tricky question to him, saying, "Ask your daddy!"

So, the little boy turned his face towards Yan Han, his eyes sparkling with curiosity, fully embodying an inquisitive little angel.

"Daddy, why did Great-Grandmother say you are an old cow eating young grass?"

Yan Han, who had always been thick-skinned, especially in front of his family, picked up his son nonchalantly, pinched his face, and explained.

"It means your daddy is old, but your mommy is still very young, and your daddy is not deserving of your mommy!" Such self-demeaning statements were possibly a first in the thirty-some years of Yan Han.

However, the cute little boy looked seriously at his dad, then at Zhu Qianying, and earnestly nodded his head, saying.

"Yes, young master also thinks mommy is young and beautiful, and you really aren’t good enough for her!"

The entire house erupted in laughter.

With the adorable little boy around, Zhu Qianying didn’t find it too distressing or awkward in the Yan family home. Furthermore, the patriarch of the Yan family had become increasingly amiable, at least, towards her, the "granddaughter-in-law".

Therefore, there weren’t any awkward or emotionally difficult incidents for Zhu Qianying in the half day since she returned to the Yan family home.

Not until the evening, when everyone was about to retire to their rooms for the night. Naturally, as Yan Han’s wife, she was supposed to stay in Yan Han’s room in the eyes of the Yan family. Only then did she feel genuinely awkward.

"Mr. Yan..."

Hardly had they entered the room, when Zhu Qianying thought it necessary to set some ground rules with Yan Han. She hadn’t even had the chance to fully grasp the layout and furnishings of the room before she spoke.

"Yes?"

Yan Han had been walking ahead, his towering physique obstructing her view. Hearing her call, he turned around to look at her.

Only then did Zhu Qianying remember, she didn’t know how big the bed in this bedroom was, or if it was a bunk bed setup. If it were the latter, a lot of her worries would be resolved, wouldn’t they?

Zhu Qianying held such an absurd thought because the matriarch had told her that the room had been Yan Han’s from his childhood to adulthood, so a bunk bed setup wasn’t out of the question.

She peered over Yan Han to look inside the room, only to be disappointed by what she saw.

Although the room was only a tenth of the size of Yan Han’s bedroom in L City, the bed was a standard double bed of 1.5 meters.

If the bed had been a custom-made king-sized bed, sleeping in it with him wouldn’t be too dangerous. After all, they could lie on either side of the bed, which would provide a considerable distance between them. However, in this 1.5-meter standard double bed, even if each person lay on one side, they could still touch each other just by turning over. It was simply too unsafe!

Zhu Qianying quickly ran her eyes past the bed, looking for a sofa, only to find a hardwood sofa.

"What’s wrong?"

Yan Han, realizing her covert thoughts, however, feigned ignorance.

"..."

Without uttering a word, Zhu Qianying walked past him and sat down on the wooden couch.

She tried to imagine what it would be like to wake up the next day with a sore body, having slept on this stiffly hard sofa.

"You go take a shower first, I want to sit here for a while....."

Zhu Qianying tried to keep Yan Han out of her sight, needing to think whereof she could maintain her calmness.

Initially, had it not been for the incident on Chinese New Year’s Eve, she wouldn’t have been so anxious and uncomfortable.

But the memory of that night, regardless of whether she chalked up her behavior to being drunk or irrational, was, in any case, a wake-up call to her.

That night revealed an undeniable fact: she wasn’t as steadfast in her will as she thought she was when it came to dealing with Yan Han.

Yan Han moved their luggage to the front of the wardrobe first, then turned to look deeply at her, who seemed to evade his gaze by looking out of the semi-open window. Through it, she could clearly see several insects constantly fluttering towards the dimly lit light-bulb outside. Even though she couldn’t hear any sound, Zhu Qianying imagined the insects striking the lightbulb with a tragic "bang" sound.

After Yan Han had been silently observing her for a while, his gaze also drifted outside the window.

Upon noticing her focused gazing, he gently rubbed her head without saying anything and went into the bathroom with a change of clothes.

With the sound of the bathroom door brutally closing, Zhu Qianying breathed a sigh of relief.

She had an intuition that Yan Han had sensed something.

She thought that he would shamelessly tease her or dismiss her wishes and impetuously exercise his rights as her lawful husband.

But he didn’t do anything or say anything, which left Zhu Qianying somewhat at a loss.

After the happenings of the New Year’s Eve, his intentions towards her had become glaringly clear.

Before that night, he still knew how to hold himself back in public.

But that night, her tipsy mishaps had given off too many wrong signals, and probably led him to misunderstand something and raise unnecessary hopes.

Consequently, he behaved in a manner that made her uncomfortable, blatantly displaying his intentions through his words and actions.

As soon as the bathroom door opened, Zhu Qianying called out to him.

"Mr. Yan..."

In the ten or twenty minutes that he had been showering, she had thought thoroughly. She couldn’t avoid this issue any longer, nor could she continue to play ostrich.

Yan Han, wearing a gray velvet bathrobe, was holding the doorknob with one hand and a towel on his head with the other. The drops of water trickling from his wet hair made dark patterns on his gray bathrobe.

Hearing her call, Yan Han looked up, "Yes?"

His eyes were deep and restrained, entirely devoid of the usual teasing playfulness.

"I want to talk to you!" Zhu Qianying finally broke the silence.