Rejected by the Campus Belle, I Find My True Love-Chapter 393 - 391: Will Xiao Xi Come Back Too?

Zhong Hailan had already heard what Xue Yang said, but Lin Xi still dutifully repeated it once more. "Auntie, Xue Yang said the plane tickets are for July 20th."

"Oh. Xiao Xi, are you coming back with him too?"

She wasn’t particularly concerned about whether her own bratty son returned; her main concern was whether Xiao Xi would be coming back too.

"Ah?"

Caught off guard, Lin Xi hesitated and glanced discreetly at Xue Yang before replying, "I... I don’t know."

Seeing Lin Xi’s predicament, Zhong Hailan immediately changed her tune. "If you’re busy, it’s okay if you don’t come back. There will be plenty of other opportunities."

Upon hearing this, Lin Xi hurriedly said, "Auntie, I have time."

"Is it that brat Xue Yang? Is he refusing to bring you? Xiao Xi, give him the phone. I need to scold him."

What? She won’t ask me directly when she wants something, but she’ll scold me right to my face? That’s my mother, alright.

"Mom, you didn’t even ask how many tickets I bought," Xue Yang’s handsome face appeared on the screen.

Zhong Hailan scowled. "So how many tickets did you buy?"

"Two."

"That’s more like it. Now, shoo, step aside. I want to talk to my daughter-in-law."

"I have to say, Mrs. Zhong, isn’t that a bit of a double standard?"

"So you’re not even calling me Mom anymore?"

"Since you don’t want to talk to me, who am I supposed to call?"

So the brat can get jealous after all, Zhong Hailan thought with secret delight.

She did indeed like Lin Xi. But Lin Xi was so endearing that Zhong Hailan worried her son might forget his own mother after getting a wife. He was the child she had carried, after all. If he truly forgot his own mother after marrying, she would be absolutely heartbroken.

It’s a good thing he gets jealous.

"Well... I’m just thinking of your happiness, aren’t I? Alright, I’ll just say a few more words to Xiao Xi and then I’ll hang up."

Xue Yang genuinely couldn’t understand what the two of them had to talk about. They talked every day and never seemed to get tired of it. Sometimes, they wouldn’t even let him listen.

Xue Yang didn’t say anything more and deliberately gave them their space. Let them chat. Besides, he found shopping incredibly boring anyway.

Sometimes, they would find a shop, and Lin Xi and Zhong Hailan would chat while picking out items. Xue Yang would simply sit outside, only reappearing when it was time to pay. After he paid, the two of them would head to the next shop.

So after a full tour of the shopping district, Xue Yang wasn’t tired at all. In fact, he was quite relaxed.

Everything Lin Xi bought was set to be delivered directly to the villa, so after making their rounds, it looked as if they hadn’t bought a thing.

***

After hanging up, Zhong Hailan walked into the living room, where Xue Yuanqing was leisurely sitting on the sofa watching TV.

"Dear."

"What’s wrong? You look so upset."

It was the first time Xue Yuanqing had seen Zhong Hailan with such a worried expression. He immediately stopped watching TV, sat up straight, and looked at her with concern.

"Sigh..." Zhong Hailan let out a heavy sigh.

"Look at you. I ask what’s wrong, but you don’t say anything, just sigh. What is it?"

"I was just on the phone with Xiao Xi."

"I know, I saw. I didn’t want to disturb you two, so I even turned the TV volume down."

From this, one could see that doting on one’s wife was a hereditary trait. Hadn’t Xue Yang inherited it perfectly from his father?

"She and that brat Xue Yang were out shopping."

"I told you not to bother them. The young couple was out shopping, and you just had to call. Now look at you, all upset for nothing."

"It’s not because of that."

"Then what are you upset about?" Xue Yuanqing was getting frantic.

"While they were shopping, I saw everything. Xiao Xi was spending tens of thousands on a single piece of clothing. I didn’t dare say anything in front of her just now, afraid she’d get upset."

Zhong Hailan was a woman from a traditional, ordinary family and had been frugal her entire life. To suddenly see Lin Xi spending a fortune on clothes without even blinking was something she found very hard to accept.

"Tens of thousands... for a single piece of clothing," Xue Yuanqing muttered, his voice trailing off.

He quietly sat back down on the sofa, took out a premium cigarette, and started puffing on it. After two puffs, he looked at the cigarette in his hand, then picked up the rest of the pack and put it in a drawer.

Seeing his unusual behavior, Zhong Hailan asked in surprise, "Dear, what are you doing?"

"This is a good brand. I’ll save them for guests."

"So you’re not smoking them anymore?"

"I’ll switch to something else. It’s all just smoking, after all. Switching brands won’t make a difference."

From the drawer, Xue Yuanqing took out a pack of cheaper cigarettes he hadn’t smoked in a long time. He started to pull one out but paused and put the pack away as well.

"Xiao Xi comes from a big city. Maybe her attitude toward spending is just different from ours. We shouldn’t meddle so much."

"I’m just worried that brat Xue Yang won’t be able to support her."

"..."

"For an ordinary family like ours, we might not even spend that much on clothes over several years. How are they supposed to build a life together when she spends like that?"

Zhong Hailan truly liked Lin Xi, but with this kind of spending, she feared the two of them wouldn’t last long. A girl like that might be affordable in the short term, but supporting her in the long run would be difficult.

For a moment, both of them fell silent.

***

Xue Yang and Lin Xi were unaware of their parents’ concerns.

After finishing their clothes shopping, they went to the home appliances section. Although the villa was supposedly move-in ready, they still needed some everyday items—small things like a hairdryer, a rice cooker, and other necessities for both of them, such as an electric shaver.

Upon arriving at the appliance section, the first thing Lin Xi looked for was an electric shaver.

"This one looks good. It’s a well-known brand. Let’s get this one."

"Okay."

When he and Lin Xi first started living together, they didn’t have much money. Most of their belongings came with the rental, and they added other things little by little. They never dared to buy anything too expensive.

Now, they didn’t have to worry. They could buy whatever they wanted, simply choosing what they liked.

Lin Xi no longer worried about money either. Her only responsibility was to pick things out, leaving the payments to Xue Yang.

She really enjoyed this feeling. Xue Yang was like the head of the household, and she just needed to take care of her responsibilities. He worked to provide for the family, and she managed the home—a clear division of labor.

After picking things out here and there, the afternoon quickly slipped away.

As night fell, both of them were so hungry they felt their stomachs were touching their backs.

"Xue Yang, I’m hungry. Let’s go eat."

That was all Xue Yang needed to hear. He immediately took Lin Xi to the food court on the fifth floor of the shopping center.

"Last time we had hotpot. What would you like to eat this time?"

Lin Xi thought for a moment before saying, "Let’s have spaghetti."

"Alright, spaghetti it is."

The two arrived on the fifth floor and were just walking into a spaghetti restaurant when they saw a familiar figure approaching.

Seeing this person, Xue Yang was also quite surprised.