novellhall Chapter 27 First Visit
Chapter 27 First Visit
At the family reunion banquet, Zhou Xiaobai mustered up his courage and brought up the matter of living with An Qianqian.
Zhou Wenqiong didn't object, but she had to stay there for a few days; otherwise, it was out of the question.
Liu Xiaoli was overjoyed. She had just been thinking of swapping childcare with her cousin, and before she could even bring it up, the deal was done.
Following their lead, Anxi mumbled food through her greasy mouth, her words unclear: "Mom, what are the rules for our family since this is my first visit?"
"What?" Liu Xiaoli asked, puzzled.
"On TV, don't men always bring gifts when they visit a woman's family for the first time? Don't you know that?" An Qianqian swallowed hard as she explained. She turned to Grandma Liu and said something shocking, "Grandma, Mom doesn't know anything. You teach her."
"Pfft! Hahahaha..."
Everyone was stunned at first, then burst into laughter, their mouths full of teasing remarks, every sentence revolving around the new son-in-law's arrival.
Someone suggested, "Xiao Bai, you'd look perfect carrying a backpack, a chicken in your left hand, and a duck in your right."
Although it was just a commotion, An Qianqian's eyes lit up, but when she thought that her mother couldn't cook it, she shook her head and said something rebellious: "My mother can't cook it, we can go to Grandma's house."
Upon hearing this, Granny Liu was completely dumbfounded, the Zhou mother and daughter stared wide-eyed, and Wang Shuzhen laughed so hard she could hardly breathe.
Liu Xiaoli blushed with embarrassment. If there hadn't been so many people around, she would have slapped this idiot to death.
Zhou Xiaobai was mortified on the spot—it was too shameful, too shameless! An Qianqian, that idiot, wanted to learn everything, but couldn't learn it all. It was embarrassing!
The following afternoon.
Zhou Xiaobai went to An Qianqian's door with his little schoolbag on his back, and An Qianqian agreed to help him with his homework.
As soon as the door opened, An Qianqian greeted everyone with a happy grin. She took Zhou Xiaobai's schoolbag, threw it on the ground, and blocked him outside the door: "Little brother, come on, Mom is performing, let's go watch first."
Anxi had been waiting for this day for far too long. Her younger brother had finally been tamed and could now openly visit her.
This matter must be widely publicized, starting with the song and dance troupe.
So, An Qianqian led Zhou Xiaobai to crowded places, and whenever they met a child, they would pull them aside and introduce them as her younger brother.
"What are you doing? Didn't we agree to go watch the dance?" Zhou Xiaobai protested loudly. Was she really going to throw away all her dignity to be the older sister?
Anxi ignored him and continued to do as she pleased until she had finished her tour of the area before finally turning the car around and heading towards her destination.
As the second generation of the troupe's song and dance troupe, he is also the local tyrant, entering and leaving the performance hall as if it were his own home.
On stage, Liu Xiaoli was dancing gracefully, giving a passionate performance.
This time, Zhou Xiaobai was openly collecting popularity points. He sat in the family-reserved seat in the third row, and there were many big names in the arts sitting next to him.
It's true that having connections in the court makes things easier, which made him exclaim that everyone there is a treasure trove!
After the performance, Zhou Xiaobai gained a total of 1008 popularity points.
As a future fairy sister, Anxixi has amazing talent and knows that there is a flower-giving segment in the performance.
Zhou Xiaobai was penniless, and An Qianqian had spent all her allowance.
It doesn't matter if you don't have money, but the interactive elements must be in place.
As a result, most of the rose bushes in the flower bed in front of the door were immediately bald.
Anxi continued to lecture: "Rosewood is also a flower, no less beautiful than rose. The key is that these two things look remarkably alike, so giving flowers is a way of affirming Mom's artistic talent."
While Liu Xiaoli was bowing and thanking the audience on stage and the audience was applauding, An Qianqian in the audience pulled out a whistle from somewhere and blew it out: "Great, you danced so well, it was fantastic."
Liu Xiaoli stumbled and almost fell.
The audience looked in the direction of the sound and saw two little kids carrying a bouquet of flowers coming onto the stage.
The moment he presented the bouquet of roses, Zhou Xiaobai used a respectful form of address, exclaiming sincerely, "Teacher Liu, you dance so beautifully, and you are even more beautiful than the flowers!"
Anxixi even used her memorized lines, her voice booming as she praised her mother to the heavens: "Teacher Liu, your dance is absolutely amazing! The dance world is truly blessed to have you; you are a walking work of art!"
The voice wasn't too loud or too soft, and the strangers in the audience were completely bewildered—this kid is really good at talking!
Those who knew the mother and daughter were overjoyed—the little tyrant truly lived up to her name, daring to say and do anything.
Liu Xiaoli took the flowers, her mind a complete mess—what were these two brats up to? These flowers were obviously wildflowers picked from the roadside…
She was a natural at social situations, so she immediately put on a smile and silently made a mental note of their gift: "These flowers are really beautiful, thank you for the flowers, little one."
After the show ended, Liu Xiaoli led the two of them backstage.
"You two sit here and don't wander off. I'm going inside to change my clothes, and we'll be home for dinner soon." Liu Xiaoli settled the two of them in the backstage corridor.
"Let's go too." Zhou Xiaobai didn't want to stay in the messy corridor, mainly because all the girls would come and pinch his cheeks when they saw him.
"Mmm!" An Qianqian didn't want to stay either. The older women here were all focused on Zhou Xiaobai and ignored her. She didn't want to see him so smug.
"Why are you following me when I'm going to change my clothes?" Liu Xiaoli rolled her eyes.
"I won't peek," Zhou Xiaobai said calmly.
Anxixi echoed.
Liu Xiaoli felt a strange thought – if this weren't a public place, she would have given them a piece of her mind.
A short while later, a large group of actors who had just finished performing rushed into the backstage area...
An Qianqian quickly reached out her small hand to cover Zhou Xiaobai's eyes, afraid that he would shake his head and make comments.
On the way home, Liu Xiaoli looked at the two little ones holding hands and suddenly asked, "Xiaobai, why do you want Qianqian to learn to sing?"
"Sister Xixi likes it." Zhou Xiaobai said casually, her voice sweet as honey.
An Qianqian shook her head. "Do I like this? I'm doing this to become a true fairy sister, to save up my secret stash of money so I can run away with this useless thing like you to find Bingbing and Yaya."
Besides, do you think your mother doesn't know what kind of person you are? You're lying to the gods.
Thinking of this, she cursed inwardly: How stupid! He can't even make up a story. Looks like I'll have to do it.
She was about to speak up to save the situation when Liu Xiaoli interrupted with curiosity: "She doesn't even want to learn to dance, but she wants to learn to sing?" She had gone to great lengths to get her daughter to dance. But after only a few days of having a younger brother, he was easily won over. Was it really that simple?
"Xiaobai says singing and dancing go hand in hand, and that Mom is an artist, so she wants me to learn to sing and become a people's artist. From now on, I'll sing and you'll dance, and we'll perform together." An Qianqian boasted. She glanced at Zhou Xiaobai, and for the sake of calling her "sister," she decided to let it slide for now and cover up his lie.
"Yes, yes, that's it. Sisi sings so well, if... ouch..." Zhou Xiaobai hadn't finished speaking when he felt a pain in his waist.
An Qianqian then secretly threatened Zhou Xiaobai, saying, "You'd better study hard from now on and write me songs. If you can't, I'll deal with you!"
Liu Xiaoli watched her daughter's behavior and exclaimed that she thoroughly enjoyed it.
Women are all vengeful; they won't rest until they get revenge. How can they not vent their anger over this pushover who's delivered himself to their doorstep?