NOVPUBShe turned her head and looked at Xu Musen’s cheek; under the night lights, his serious face looked exceptionally handsome.
"Relax your arms, I’ll help you find the right angle. Don’t be tense... Are you listening?"
Xu Musen was still seriously calculating the force and angle, determined to hit the target in one shot, as he looked down and caught Yao Mingyue’s somewhat dazed expression.
"Oh."
Yao Mingyue lowered her head; at that moment, she actually didn’t retort to Xu Musen’s questioning tone, even her earrings were slightly flushed.
"One, two, three, throw!"
Xu Musen controlled her wrist and threw precisely, the ring landing on the parrot cage and rolling around.
Yao Mingyue, also tense, subconsciously grabbed something close at hand, which happened to be Xu Musen’s fingers.
Watching the ring finally, slowly fall to the ground and precisely snare the parrot!
"Ah ah…" the little parrot squawked a few times as if it also knew it was about to have a new owner.
"We won, we won!"
Yao Mingyue’s suppressed emotions seemed to finally be released, as she shouted with joy, turning around and nearly throwing herself into Xu Musen’s arms.
Xu Musen had a deadpan look, thinking that the excitement of Fan Jin winning the imperial examination in the ancient times must have been like this.
Passersby, hearing Yao Mingyue’s excited cheer and seeing her about to jump into Xu Musen’s arms,
suddenly clicked their tongues twice in their minds.
These young people nowadays, they thought, look how young they are and they’ve already been "struck," and who knows, they might end up carrying a child to school in the future...
"Alright, take your parrot and go."
Xu Musen slightly sidestepped to prevent her from embracing him directly and stretched out a hand to lightly touch her forehead.
He was someone with a "household" now, after all, and he needed to maintain some distance.
Yao Mingyue was very happy at the time and didn’t quibble over this small detail; the stall owner was also laughing heartily while handing over the parrot.
This parrot was one of the more valuable items at his stall, but seeing the beautiful girl’s excited expression, he felt he’d made a good profit,
and many people were also drawn over.
So the owner was still very pleased with himself.
"Hey, there’s also your rabbit and turtle."
"I don’t want them!"
Yao Mingyue held the small cage with the parrot inside; she’s always been very decisive in her likes,
showing all her favor to the things she liked, without giving a second look to anything else.
"Gurgle..."
The little parrot, with its big eyes, looked exceptionally cute, and it wasn’t afraid of people at all, instead peering curiously at them repeatedly.
Yao Mingyue looked on, then placed it in front of Xu Musen, showing off a triumphant smile.
"This silly bird really resembles you; from now on, I’ll call it Xiaosen!"
Xu Musen: ???
Parrot, tilting its head:੭ᐕ)੭?
...
Finally, they took a taxi back to the villa.
Xu Musen went into the kitchen to prepare dinner, while Yao Mingyue found a good spot for the parrot, with the stall owner having provided some bird food as well.
Yao Mingyue also began to feed it some vegetables first.
The parrot’s adaptability was quite strong; maybe it liked its new owner, Yao Mingyue, very much, as it happily ate the fruit and wasn’t shy at all, even proactively poking its head out to let Yao Mingyue pet it.
"Humph humph, you see this bird, just feed it once and it becomes this affectionate, whereas certain people are like cold stones that just don’t warm up."
Yao Mingyue fed the little parrot bird food, her tone slightly sarcastic.
Xu Musen had put away the groceries and took off his jacket ready to roll up his sleeves and cook, also glancing at her.
"Some people better not be eating my cooking later."
"I don’t have the ability to do that; I can’t even keep my own man, what capability could I possibly have..."
Yao Mingyue had that same aggrieved look again.
It made Xu Musen feel like he was Chen Shimei, the infamous abandoner of his wife and child.
Xu Musen shook his head, "The same trick won’t work a second time."
Yao Mingyue looked at his slightly helpless expression, but she curved her lips, liking the way he seemed helpless and yet couldn’t do anything about her.
Yao Mingyue picked up an apron sitting nearby and helped Xu Musen put it on.
"I helped you tie your apron, so I deserve some credit for this meal."
Yao Mingyue initiated the traditional art of making an unreasonable argument sound reasonable.
Xu Musen looked at her acting this way and at last just shook his head gently, helplessly, and began to get busy in the kitchen.
Yao Mingyue stood at the doorway, leaning on the frame with a birdcage in her hand. 𝙣𝙤𝒗𝙥𝒖𝒃.𝒄𝒐𝒎
Her beautiful eyes shimmered, "Musen, I’m very happy today."
"Good if you are happy."
"What about you, are you happy?"
"As long as you’re happy, it’s fine."
"Musen, this is our first time going out on a date... not as childhood sweethearts, right?"
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Yao Mingyue said, her gaze burning into Xu Musen.
Xu Musen paused for a moment as he was chopping vegetables. He did not answer the question but changed the subject, "So, does Aunt Liu know about us?"
Yao Mingyue also paused for a moment, then replied, "Does it matter whether she knows? Things are already this way; would you be able to leave her if she doesn’t agree?"
The topic was like hitting a nerve.
"We can’t keep hiding this from our families forever. If Aunt Liu finds out we’ve been deceiving her, she’ll be heartbroken."
"Are you not afraid of breaking my heart? Am I less important to you than my mother is?"
Yao Mingyue slowly ground out the words through clenched teeth.
"Between us... we have a long future ahead to adjust to each other, but our parents can’t handle much more upset. It’s better to talk about these things sooner rather than later."
Xu Musen said earnestly.
Taking the opportunity, while neither family had yet breached the subject, to bring it up would prevent any loss of face for both families.
In the future, they could still interact normally.
The relationship between their families was as close as life and death; the last thing they wanted was to ruin that over their own issues.
Yao Mingyue certainly understood what he meant, but she always had a feeling.
If the families truly addressed the issue, putting it out on the table for discussion, then she and Xu Musen might truly lose the last legitimate reason they had to be together.
She pursed her lips and finally spoke, "When the opportunity arises... I will tell her. You don’t need to."
"Alright."
Xu Musen didn’t press the issue further. If there was a chance to bring An Nuannuan home for the New Year, they would surely need to inform the parents in advance.
That approach was responsible towards everyone involved.
Meanwhile, downstairs in the villa, Liu Rushuang had arrived in the garage driving a red Bentley. She looked up, as if she could already smell the aroma wafting from the kitchen.
Observing the warm light inside the villa and the faint silhouette in the kitchen, she sighed softly.
These two kids...
Afterwards, her mature and intelligent phoenix eyes narrowed slightly as she murmured, "Xiaosen, the person I set my sights on is not so easily lost..."
At this moment, the expression of this prospective mother-in-law was surprisingly similar to Yao Mingyue when she was in her dark mode...
