Study System: I'm a 38-Year-Old Student-Chapter 296 - 199: Winning Over the Future Father-in-Law!
Shen Qiushan returned to the room with a lovingly prepared breakfast. By now, Lin Xiamo had already gotten dressed. She brushed aside her stray hair and instinctively glanced at the breakfast in Shen Qiushan’s hand.
"Hungry?"
"There’s porridge and buns."
Shen Qiushan borrowed the flowers to offer Buddha and smilingly handed the breakfast towards Lin Xiamo.
"Did Liu Qingwu send it?"
"Yeah, Teacher Liu, she’s really caring towards me."
Shen Qiushan said with a chuckle.
Lin Xiamo pouted but remained silent.
"Uh, about last night..."
Shen Qiushan wasn’t the type to forget his responsibility after a one-night stand, especially since he and Lin Xiamo have a solid emotional foundation.
"I’ll take responsibility!" 𝐟𝗿𝐞𝚎𝚠𝐞𝚋𝕟𝐨𝚟𝐞𝕝.𝕔𝕠𝚖
Just as Shen Qiushan was forming his words, Lin Xiamo suddenly cut in.
"Ah?"
Shen Qiushan was dumbfounded.
He felt that this should be his line to say.
Lin Xiamo took the breakfast from Shen Qiushan, ready to sit on the sofa to eat, but as soon as she took a step she felt a ripping pain. She furrowed her brows slightly and said, "I woke up in the middle of the night, and it was me who took the initiative!"
"So, if anyone has to take responsibility, it’s me!"
With that, Lin Xiamo walked to the living room and sat on the sofa, then opened the take-out box. The porridge was still steaming, clearly, Liu Qingwu had put some thought into it.
Shen Qiushan stood dumbfounded for a while before he snapped back to reality.
As he thought, in his dreams it was the other party who first "made a move" and bumped into his embrace.
In reality, if you think about it, if Lin Xiamo wasn’t willing, given Shen Qiushan’s state of being seventy percent drunk, the chance of success would be quite low.
"So how do you plan to take responsibility?"
Shen Qiushan went to the living room and sat down next to Lin Xiamo.
"How about I give you a proper status?"
Lin Xiamo took a sip of porridge, then turned to look at Shen Qiushan.
"Uh..."
Shen Qiushan twitched the corners of his mouth.
Everything’s in chaos, totally chaotic!
Lin Xiamo was speaking all his lines.
"I feel a bit guilty towards my sister."
While Shen Qiushan was still lost in thought, Lin Xiamo spoke softly.
"Actually, as long as you’re good to me, Yanran, and Xiaoxiao, Chuxue should be relieved." Shen Qiushan replied.
"For now, we can’t tell the family about this."
"Let’s keep it secret for now!"
Lin Xiamo had already planned it out. For now, she and Shen Qiushan could only have a secret romance. After all, their relationship was a bit special, and getting everyone to accept it would take time.
First would be Shen Yanran and Shen Yixiao, the siblings.
Their relationship with Lin Xiamo had always been good, but moving from being an aunt to a stepmother would need an adjustment period. However, this would relatively be easier for them to accept.
The tough one is their dad, Lin Moxuan.
If he found out she was really with Shen Qiushan, he might actually come looking for him to settle the score!
You could tell from last time when he found out they spent the night in the same room.
Besides, Lin Xiamo had left her position at Sanjiang University.
Either of these pieces of news would be unforgivable in Lin Moxuan’s eyes!
If he found out both at the same time, Lin Xiamo was really afraid her dad’s heart couldn’t take it, so it had to be taken step by step.
"I’ll listen to you."
Shen Qiushan wasn’t ready to confront Director Lin head-on either.
However, he already had a plan in mind to "win over the father-in-law."
Corrupt him with "sugar-coated bullets," and cater to his interests.
As long as Director Lin was kept in good spirits, even if he later found out his daughter was whisked away, he’d be too embarrassed to cause a scene.
Shen Qiushan had a class for the first period that morning, so after washing up, he hurriedly left the dorm.
Since she had already resigned, Lin Xiamo wasn’t in any rush to head to the office.
They said it would take a week to hand over the work, but in reality, Lin Xiamo could finish her tasks in less than a day.
After having breakfast, Lin Xiamo threw the dirty sheets into the washing machine, replaced them with fresh ones, and took a nap.
She was exhausted from last night, and if Liu Qingwu hadn’t knocked on the door, she wouldn’t have woken up at all.
When she opened her eyes again, it was already ten-thirty.
Lin Xiamo stretched her limbs a little, the tearing sensation wasn’t as strong as in the morning. Although it was still a bit uncomfortable, it was bearable.
After waking up, she felt much more refreshed than before.
She habitually picked up her phone and glanced at it, noticing the group chat of their four sisters had blown up, with over a hundred chat messages.
There were even two @mentions for her!
Curiously, Lin Xiamo scrolled through the chat history and found that Hu Tingting and the others had started chatting in the group around eight in the morning.
Hu Tingting: Momo, what kind of alcohol did Old Shen make yesterday? It seemed really cheeky, I had to tangle with Old Zhou twice when I got home last night.
Zhu Xinyue: Is it the alcohol’s fault? No wonder my body felt weird last night, but today my skin seems much better after waking up!
Hu Tingting: It’s definitely the alcohol’s issue because, besides Old Shen’s drink, everything else was just our usual stuff, nothing else could have had such an effect.
Zhu Xinyue: Did Brother Shen plan this? Momo, what about you? Did you lose yourself last night?
Fang Di: I think Brother Shen’s drink is great, I felt really good waking up today, both physically and mentally. I even want to ask Old Shen for more!
Hu Tingting: No doubt about it, Old Shen’s drink is definitely good stuff, just that our Old Zhou couldn’t handle it.
