Marry a female star at a bargain price

Lin Xiao took his younger brother and sister-in-law to his father-in-law's residence.

Given how popular Yizhou is right now, it's definitely impossible to book a hotel at the last minute.

As a performer at the music festival, the organizers did prepare a separate room for Lin Xiao, but he found it troublesome, so he contacted his father-in-law in advance and stayed at his place.

Of course, he did this in order to take the opportunity to reconcile the relationship between his wife and father-in-law.

After all, Han Xixi had been holding a grudge ever since Han Haijun and Liu Liyun divorced, and hadn't called her father once since.

This time, out of consideration for her husband, Xixi agreed to participate in the music festival performance.

Lin Xiao, naturally, took advantage of the situation and planned to coax his wife to his father-in-law's house so that everyone could have a reunion dinner and have some heart-to-heart talks.

The plan was well-thought-out, but it all fell apart when it came to the actual implementation.

First, Han Xixi didn't give him face and never gave a direct answer about the dinner.

Then, Mayor Han, facing the booming cultural and tourism scene in the city, has been so busy that he has almost stopped eating and sleeping. How could he have time to meet with his daughter and son-in-law?

In the end, Lin Xiao, who acted alone, was the only one who was granted the right to reside freely in his father-in-law's residence.

Since Lin Xiao visited his father-in-law once before, he had received a key, so this time it felt just like coming home.

No matter what, Liang Tian is Mayor Han's niece, albeit a former one.

But there's no problem staying at his house for one night.

So the three of them entered the house without any pretense of intimacy.

Mayor Han's house is not big, with only two rooms, and it is kept fairly clean. Of course, this cleanliness is due to the fact that the house is empty, with basically nothing inside, so it would be hard for it not to be clean.

The South Korean Navy always slept in the master bedroom, while the bed in the second bedroom was empty, and the mattress was still in its original packaging.

It's clear that the mayor is indeed upright, honest, and of noble character; it's as if no stranger has ever entered his home.

Lin Xiao brought his younger brother and sister into the house.

"Lin Yu, there's a mop and rag in the kitchen. Tidy up the second bedroom!" he commanded.

"Oh."

Lin Yu put down his backpack and went off in silence.

Liang Tian suddenly became unhappy: "Brother-in-law, we've been on the high-speed train for so long, and we haven't even had lunch yet. And you're ordering us around to work? Don't you have any sympathy?"

Lin Xiao laughed.

What does this mean? The relationship hasn't even been established yet, and they're already protecting each other's food?
"I didn't give you any orders, why are you so agitated?" Lin Xiao laughed.

"Am I...am I excited?"

"Yeah, I'm not excited!"

Lin Xiao said with a teasing look, "Your brother-in-law braved the National Day traffic jam to pick you up from the high-speed rail station, arranged accommodation for you since you couldn't book a hotel, and even had my younger brother clean the place when you arrived, and you start picking on me. Hmm, you weren't even a little excited!"

Upon hearing what he said, Liang Tian suddenly realized that her reaction was a bit too strong.

Her face flushed red, and she scratched the back of her neck and laughed. Then she stomped her feet and pretended to go pack her luggage.

Lin Xiao looked at the two teenagers and smiled happily.

He had never understood why netizens loved shipping couples so much. Even before he was revealed as "Ma Yao," netizens were already shipping him and Xi Xi, which he found incomprehensible.

After all, he can accept real-life couples, and he understands the dynamics of on-screen couples.

How can a real person and a virtual character who never shows their face be considered a couple?
Now, looking at the ambiguous scene between this young couple.

Lin Xiao became more and more excited as he watched, and finally reached a consensus with netizens—this CP is really great to ship!
……

Lin Xiao ordered takeout and ate with his younger brother Lin Yu and his current sister-in-law, Liang Tian, ​​who might become his sister-in-law in the future.

After finishing his meal, he went back to his father-in-law's room to sleep, ignoring Lin Yu and Liang Tian.

I slept until after 4 p.m.

I opened my eyes and found the room empty and silent.

Lin Xiao came out of the room with a dizzy head and walked around the room, but couldn't find the two people.

He looked completely bewildered.

Suddenly, I turned my head and found that the door to the second bedroom was tightly closed.

His head suddenly went blank, and he instantly became more alert than if he had drunk three bottles of Red Bull.

"Fuck!"

Lin Xiao stared wide-eyed at the door of the second bedroom, as if he wanted to pierce through the door panel. "Those two... no! Lin Yu, that little brat... can't be that awesome... they haven't even confirmed their relationship yet, have they?"

Lin Xiao paced back and forth in the living room, as nervous as an ant on a hot pan.

It stands to reason.

These two young people are already proper college students, adults, so there's nothing wrong with them having some adult-like things happen.

If Liang Tian weren't Liang Tian, ​​but just an ordinary girl, Lin Xiao would definitely applaud his brother and immediately transfer 30,000 yuan to sponsor all the condom money he would have spent on his four years of college.

As the older brother, you should guide your younger brother in the direction of life, but you also have to block the way for strangers!
However, Liang Tian is not just Liang Tian.

She was also Lin Xiao's wife's cousin, a real relative and family member.

And now they were in Yizhou, having traveled a long way from Jingzhou, and Lin Xiao himself had brought them to this airtight room.

what is this?
This older brother is aiding and abetting his younger brother in deceiving an innocent girl who isn't even his girlfriend and causing her to lose her virginity.

Lin Xiao felt a headache coming on. He had been working in the countryside for almost two years, and this was the first time he had ever felt so flustered.

He was so anxious that he spun around in circles, his head covered in sweat, agonizing over whether or not to knock on the door.

I should knock on the door, lest I ruin my brother's good time.

If I don't knock, I'm afraid my younger brother will ruin things.

Dilemma.

Just as they were struggling with their decision, the door lock suddenly rattled, and then Lin Yu, Liang Tian, ​​Han Xixi, and Chen Jiajia appeared.

Lin Xiao stood at the door like a gatekeeper, watching the string of people come in.

"What are you looking at? Are you stupid?"

Xi Xi looked at her silly husband with amusement and flicked his forehead.

Lin Xiao then woke up.

"Where...where did you all come from?"

From the airport!

Chen Jiajia chimed in, then turned to complain, "Brother-in-law, I'm not trying to be mean, but you and Sister Xi haven't seen each other for days, have you? Sister Xi only agreed to attend a music festival in a prefecture-level city because of you, so you should at least show some appreciation, right? Instead, you didn't even bother to pick us up from the airport, just sent two kids to fob us off... As a former fan of your pairing, I despise you!"

Lin Xiao chuckled and scratched his head.

Xi Xi came to the rescue, saying, "Forget it, why bother picking him up at the airport? We've been married for ages! Besides, it's National Day, and everywhere outside is packed with people. He's a super popular celebrity and a top influencer online right now. If he shows up outside, he'll definitely attract a crowd... It's better if he doesn't show up!"

These words were spoken in a gentle and soft tone. At the end, the couple looked at each other, and everything was understood without being said.

Chen Jiajia got goosebumps watching it, complained, "I can't stand you two," and then went inside.

When Lin Xiao asked, he learned that Liang Tian was eager to meet her cousin, so he took Lin Yu out and the two of them went to the airport to pick her up.

Lin Xiao breathed a sigh of relief.

"So they went out. I was saying that young people these days are efficient and quick to act... Hmm, why am I a little disappointed?"

Lin Xiao shook his head and decided not to dwell on the matter.

Xixi definitely won't be staying here tonight, so she didn't bring her luggage up; it's still in the nanny's car downstairs. The group said they wanted to find a quiet place to catch up, since it's crowded outside, and they've probably trampled countless ants on the roadside.

But Lin Xiao knew.

If you want to chat, you can always find a place; there are vans and hotels arranged by the music festival organizers, no problem.

But they chose this place for only one reason—Ms. Han Xixi, who was all talk and no action, wanted to see her father's living environment.

Although she absolutely refuses to admit it.

In fact, since Lin Xiao was on duty at work last night, he had been on the phone with his wife to discuss meeting up in Yizhou today.

Xixi hasn't been home lately; instead, she's been flying all over the country.

He's either performing or promoting the brands he endorses, keeping him incredibly busy.

Chen Jiajia was right. Given Han Xixi's current work pace and busy schedule, the fact that she was able to perform at the Rice Paddy Music Festival in Yizhou, a prefecture-level city, was truly because of Lin Xiao.

Lin Xiao remained calm about this.

"My wife, what's wrong with sacrificing a little time for my career? Isn't that what I should do!"

He showed no consideration for his wife whatsoever; at worst, he would just try to perform well at night and endure it for a few more minutes.

Taking advantage of the opportunity, Lin Xiao invited his wife to his father-in-law's house to meet the mayor.

Xi Xi refused outright, not even giving him a chance to say a second word.

The South Korean Navy also said they were too busy to go home.

Whether the father and daughter were genuinely busy or just pretending, they weren't giving him any face, so Lin Xiao gave up trying to persuade them.

Who would have thought that he would give up on this matter?

When he woke up from his afternoon nap, his wife showed up at the door in a grand manner, which startled him. He was subconsciously relieved that no other female had crawled out of the bed where he had been napping.

"Thank goodness... no, I've done nothing wrong, what's there to be afraid of?"

Lin Xiao poured water for everyone.

The three adults met frequently but had nothing to talk about, so the conversation naturally turned to Lin Yu and Liang Tian, ​​the two college students.

With years of experience as a fan, Chen Jiajia, though now an adult and a manager, still has an unusually sensitive gossip radar.

She could tell at a glance that the two young people were up to something.

Chen Jiajia immediately perked up.

As for Lin Xiao and Han Xixi, Jiajia, an early die-hard CP fan, has long since turned against them. But for Lin Yu and Liang Tian, ​​a handsome young couple, Jiajia immediately imagined a sweet and romantic idol drama on campus after just one glance, and was instantly smitten.

Chen Jiajia: I can do it again!!

"What's going on between you two?" Jiajia's gossip-loving spirit ignited, and she asked directly.

This question immediately made the two boys blush.

Liang Tian struggled, her neck stiff: "What...what's going on? Sister Jia, I don't know what you're talking about..."

Jiajia suppressed a laugh: "Don't you know what I'm talking about? Then why are you blushing?"

Liang Tian's face turned even redder: "I...I'm hot...It's already October, how come Nanzhou is still so hot? It's much hotter than our Jingzhou...Right, Lin Yu?"

He bumped into Lin Yu.

Lin Yu lowered his head, his face flushed, and nodded blankly, "Yes, yes..."

Chen Jiajia burst into laughter like an old witch.

"They said there was nothing going on, but now it's 'our Jingzhou'... Does this mean they're settling down here?"

"Sister Jia, you!!!"

Liang Tian was so anxious that she had cotton stuffed in her throat. She had a lot to say in her defense, but she couldn't say a word. She could only ask her sister for help.

However, Han Xixi's soul had already left her body.

Her mind wasn't on the conversation at all; instead, she was looking around the small house, her gaze lingering on a table, a chair, a cup, and finally settling on a few photo frames on the cabinet.

One of the photos is of myself when I was a child, probably seven or eight years old.

The other photo was taken in the first half of the year, when Lin Xiaoxi had just been born. She was chubby and being held in her arms. The mother and daughter were smiling sweetly and happily.

Xi Xi's eyes immediately welled up with tears, and she couldn't hear a single joke from the person next to her.

She forced herself to hold it in, as if afraid others would know she still cared about her father.

Nobody noticed her.

The two boys were busy being shy and anxious, Chen Jiajia was busy shipping couples, and the old witch was in a playful mood today.

Lin Xiao watched the commotion from the sidelines, completely ignoring his wife.

But he directly sensed the emotional fluctuations and subtle ripples in her heart from her hand. He reached out and grasped Xixi's hand, gently stroking it as if out of muscle memory, to comfort her.

Xixi felt the warmth and quickly calmed down.

The group stayed until 6 p.m.

Because they had to perform at a music festival the next day, Chen Jiajia took Xixi to the hotel arranged by the organizers and also brought Liang Tian along.

This was a plan that Lin Xiao and his wife had discussed.

As another major guest at the music festival, Lin Xiao should have been given a room at the hotel, or he could have stayed in the same room with his wife.

However, leaving Lin Yu and Liang Tian alone in this house is clearly inappropriate.

Liang Tian realized this herself, so she hugged her sister's arm and acted coquettishly, saying that she hadn't seen her for a long time and wanted to sleep with her that night.

Xi Xi readily agreed.

Taking advantage of the situation, Lin Xiao offered up his hotel room, fearing that his sister-in-law would pester his wife and keep her from sleeping well that night.

He himself, along with his younger brother Lin Yu, lived in his father-in-law's house.

He was too lazy to bother with it anyway.

Once the plan was agreed upon, the three girls set off without even having dinner—female celebrities don't need to eat, even if their husbands are angry.

The three of them left in the nanny van.

Lin Xiao asked Lin Yu to buy dinner outside the community, and then went upstairs by himself.

Lin Yu: "Oh!"

Half an hour later, Lin Yu returned and placed a meal on the coffee table.

Aren't you going to eat?

Lin Xiao watched his younger brother turn and go into the room, and asked curiously.

Lin Yu said, "I'm not hungry."

Then he closed the room door.

Lin Xiao was stunned for a moment, not understanding the situation.

"What...what does this mean?"

"Could it be that they're disgusted by me staying here and are letting Liang Tian and her sister leave?"

"No, you're the one who's been so clueless about confessing, and now you're blaming me for not giving you two some space?"

Lin Xiao was convinced.

These days, being the eldest brother is tough, but being both the eldest brother and brother-in-law is even tougher! (End of Chapter)