"Going home to meet the parents is all well and good, but why bring blades and guns into it?"
Bai Heng reacted quickly. With a sigh, he said,
"Back when I was pursuing you, the old man and I were on the same side. How come after not seeing each other for a few Amber Eras, he's turned his back on me? Could it be that the old man has found another worthy son-in-law in his heart?"
Ruan Mei could tell that Bai Heng was deliberately teasing her. Rather than getting angry, she simply went along with it.
"Logically speaking, that possibility cannot be ruled out. Several Amber Eras are enough to change many things."
"Then when I go back, my future father-in-law will surely grill me properly. I just wonder what sort of person my rival is." Bai Heng propped up his chin and tossed a delicate little tangerine pastry.
"He is a silver-tongued, shameless lecher who would even harbor improper thoughts toward children with dangling side-locks." Ruan Mei said, clearly taking a jab at someone else.
Bai Heng felt a little wronged. He really was not into little girls; it was just that the person he liked had happened to be one at the time.
But having learned his lesson, he naturally did not try to explain.
"Then my future father-in-law's judgment is a little poor. Just like yours. I suppose that's what they call inheriting the family trait."
Bai Heng very casually brushed the subject aside.
Honestly, he was quite looking forward to reuniting with the two elders.
But looking forward to it was one thing.
That did not mean Ruan Mei's father would not come looking for him for a satisfying, all-out one-for-one exchange after learning that the one who had rooted up his precious cabbage