His House Key
Liu Yuewang changed into a pair of high heels before getting out of the car, opened the trunk, and called Liu Chang'an over to help.
Liu Chang'an walked over and took a look; it was a case of genuine Wuliangye liquor.
"It wouldn't be right to come over empty-handed, would it? I heard from Nuannuan that you enjoy a little drink sometimes, so this case of wine has been sitting untouched in the trunk since I bought it," Liu Yuewang told Liu Chang'an, using common phrases used when neighbors and relatives exchange gifts.
Liu Chang'an pulled the receipt out from under the box. "Didn't you buy this today?"
Liu Yuewang quickly snatched the receipt back, "You... you missed the year, it was bought on this day last year."
"Oh, what a coincidence." Liu Chang'an picked up the box of wine.
An Nuan was unaware of what was happening here. She was happily walking towards Qin Yanan and said to Qin Yanan, "Teacher Qin, I didn't know you were here. We were just about to cook. How about I go to the market to buy some more groceries, and we can eat together tonight?"
Although An Nuan was quite bothered by Professor Liu and Liu Chang'an's past, it was all in the past and belonged to the family's internal conflicts. How could An Nuan keep an eye on Professor Liu at this time?
Qin Yanan understood the little girl's provocation. She spoke politely, "I didn't know you were here," meaning why did you come uninvited? "I'm going to the market to buy some more groceries," implying that Liu Chang'an and she were married, and that there was a distinction between close and distant relatives, with the woman in charge of external affairs, and that she would take care of the grocery shopping.
"Let's grab something to eat together tonight" obviously means you should be considerate and not bother others by going grocery shopping. It also implies that you should finish your business early and leave, okay?
"You two are living together? How come I didn't know?" Qin Yanan, aside from being easily caught by Zhu Juntang's two weaknesses and unable to retaliate, was quite shrewd at other times. She understood An Nuan's meaning and looked at An Nuan with some surprise until An Nuan blushed.
"No... I came with my mom." To prove that she wasn't living with Liu Chang'an, An Nuan quickly used Professor Liu as a shield. After all, she was still inexperienced and couldn't accept being accused of living together. There was no way she could help it; she was a naive young girl, and her skin wasn't as thick as that of the old woman in front of her who kept thinking about living together.
"Oh... I was just checking to see if he needed anything, but I couldn't get through on the phone, so I came over and took a look. His room was practically empty, so I went and bought some appliances and brought them over. I'm almost done moving them." Qin Yanan twirled her finger, which had a keychain with only one key attached to it. "I'm leaving in a bit."
"He didn't lock the door?" An Nuan stared blankly at the key on Qin Yanan's finger.
"I have a key to his house," Qin Yanan said with a smile. He didn't usually lock the door, but Zhou Shuling had locked it for him. Qin Yanan had indeed opened the door because he had a key to his house.
I have a key to his house...
I have a key to his house!!!
She has a key to his house.
I don't have a key to his house.
He didn't give me a key to his house.
He gave his house key to someone else.
Why won't he give me a key to his house?
Why did he give his house key to someone else?
An Nuan watched Qin Yanan's smiling face as she directed the workers to move things, smiling as she reported to Liu Chang'an what she had bought, the discounts she received, where she bought them, which brand was her favorite, and which color was her favorite. She also reminded Liu Chang'an to let the refrigerator sit for a while before using it...
It's as if she's the lady of the house! What's the point of bringing your mother along for a meal?
What kind of woman is she, having a key to someone else's boyfriend's house?!
My boyfriend gave his keys to another woman, what am I to him?
An Nuan stood there expressionless, watching Qin Yanan greet her and leave. Undoubtedly, after such a display of force, Qin Yanan no longer cared about An Nuan's reaction and drove away on her own.
Her own silly mother was just marveling at how Qin Yanan had gotten such a low discount!
"Mom, let's go back." An Nuan took Liu Yuewang's arm. Liu Yuewang was amazed by Liu Chang'an's strength, as he lifted the double-door refrigerator and moved it to a different position all by himself.
"Huh?" Liu Yuewang quite surprised.
"What's wrong?" Liu Chang'an could tell that An Nuan was a little unhappy. He had just been carrying the wine upstairs when Qin Yanan pulled him aside to talk, and he hadn't noticed what was happening at all.
"I'm going back. I don't want to eat here anymore." After saying that, An Nuan turned around and walked out of the room. She had persisted until now only because she didn't want to reveal her true feelings to Qin Yanan. When she saw that Qin Yanan had a key to Liu Chang'an's house, she lost her appetite and felt like she was eating at Qin Yanan and Liu Chang'an's house.
Liu Yuewang punched Liu Chang'an on the shoulder and said angrily, "You must have upset Nuannuan."
Liu Yuewang had no choice. Although he had a grand plan to carry out today, he had to give it up now. Nothing was more important than his daughter.
Liu Chang'an followed and saw that An Nuan was already sitting in the passenger seat of Liu Yuewang's car. Liu Yuewang turned the car around, glared at Liu Chang'an angrily, and drove away.
An Nuan... finally, for once, wasn't so easy to coax.
Standing under the sycamore tree, Liu Chang'an was completely bewildered. He had plenty of experience in relationships, but he certainly couldn't read her mind, nor did he have the ability to monitor events from multiple perspectives. How could he possibly know what caused this sudden change in emotions?
An Nuan often says, "I'm going to get angry," but at that moment she's always waiting for him to coax her.
When she says she's really angry, like she's at her 150th point, you can usually appease her by buying her something delicious or saying sweet words.
Sometimes she wanted to be 750 points angry, but that was basically her jealousy erupting and imagining that Liu Chang'an still wouldn't come to coax her.
She didn't say she was angry today, so she must be really angry, the kind that can't be appeased.
Since they started dating, nothing like this has ever happened... except for the last time I heard that Qin Yanan almost became his fiancée.
This time the situation seems more serious, because turning away without crying is definitely much more serious than standing in front of him and tearfully feeling wronged.
It seems it's still related to Qin Yanan. Liu Chang'an took out his phone, just about to call Qin Yanan, but then he remembered that An Nuan waited until Qin Yanan left before she reacted, which meant she didn't want Qin Yanan to know she was angry. If he went directly to ask Qin Yanan, An Nuan would inevitably be at a disadvantage.
Liu Chang'an thought about it for a while and felt that there must be a blank area in his thinking and analysis. This blank area would make it useless to think about it anymore, so he stopped thinking about it.
Let's cook first. Tonight we'll have braised water chestnuts and sliced pork, and some boiled edamame to go with our drinks.
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I'd like to recommend a book in the "I..." series. Actually, I probably don't need to recommend it, since there's a lot of overlap in our readership. Dao Yigeng's <I'm Really Not a God>.
In addition, I will start updating frequently on the 28th, but the double monthly votes will not start until the 29th. So, like most authors, the 10,000-word update on the 28th will be completed before 11:59 PM.