If you're not going to marry me, why are you flirting? If you dare run away, I'll sever yo

I took a car back to the house.

The dumplings that had been cooked in advance were already placed on the table.

As soon as Qi Nan sat down, Jiang Qin began to look him up and down.

"Mom~ I really didn't lose any arms or legs, can't you just hope for something good about me?"

"That's impossible! You bullied that young lady so much before, how could the Xia family possibly forgive you so easily?"

Ever since Qi Nan resolutely chose to shoulder everything alone, Su Qin has been dreaming every night of him being chained up and severely tortured by the Xia family, which has kept her from sleeping well for a month.

"It really is my mom. I begged Xia Ningqi and agreed to two of her requests before she would temporarily let us go."

Jiang Qin leaned closer excitedly, "What request? Isn't it extremely unreasonable?"

"Um..." Qi Nan clicked his tongue, "She... doesn't allow me to date..."

"You're not allowed to date?!"

Jiang Qin's eyes widened instantly, her voice trembling, "What a vicious request! She wants our Qi family line to end!! It's absolutely outrageous!!"

Qi Nan took small bites of the dumplings in his bowl.

The atmosphere became unusually heavy.

Jiang Qin paced back and forth behind him, her face filled with unconcealed sorrow. In the end, it was Qi Nan who spoke up first to comfort her.

"Mom, you have to look on the bright side. At least your son didn't suffer any physical pain. It's just a matter of gains and losses."

"No, no, no, this deal isn't worth it."

Jiang Qin pondered for a moment and said, "Why don't you go and talk to Xia Ningqi again, son? As long as you don't lose your arms or legs, let her beat you up to vent her anger, and then use that to restore your right to find a partner."

Qi Nan coughed twice after hearing this.

"Mom! Am I not your biological child anymore? Is getting married and having children really more worthwhile than me being beaten half to death?"

"Well, even if he's half-dead, he won't die. Young people are healthy; he can recover after a winter break."

Qi Nan firmly refused, "No, I'm most afraid of pain."

"Didn't you help a little girl by taking a knife for her last time? Didn't it hurt then?"

"This is different in nature..."

Jiang Qin sighed deeply, her voice trembling with tears, "It seems that fate is against the Qi family. Oh dear, my beloved Qi family's chubby grandson~"

The important part is the second half of the sentence...

"Oh, right, is there one more condition?"

"The other one was much simpler; she just had me dye my blonde hair back to its original color."

Sensing something was amiss, Jiang Qin pressed for details, "Why were you asked to dye it back? That's a really strange condition!"

"I don't know, but according to her, she probably just doesn't like my blond hair."

Qi Nan finished the last dumpling and then let out a satisfied burp.

Jiang Qin frowned.

Something's not right, nine out of ten things are wrong...

Not allowing dating and not allowing dyeing your hair blonde—that's so girly!

"Mom, I'm full. I'm going out for a walk."

"No! You sit down right now."

Qi Nan was about to get up when Jiang Qin pressed him back down onto the stool.

"What's wrong, Mom? Do you have another question?"

"Yes, I have a whole bunch of questions I want to ask you."

Qi Nan's temples throbbed; it seemed he wouldn't be able to leave anytime soon...

In the following time, Jiang Qin interrogated Qi Nan relentlessly, extracting all the details of what had happened between Xia Ningqi and him during this period.

"What? You two went to a parent-child activity together yesterday and even celebrated New Year's Eve together?"

"While that is the truth, the process is actually quite ordinary; don't get the wrong idea."

Having heard so many details, Jiang Qin already had her own thoughts. She immediately turned from sorrow to joy, and the smile on her face looked somewhat strange in Qi Nan's eyes.

"My silly son, it's all my fault for giving birth to someone with such low emotional intelligence."

Qi Nan: ?

No way, what kind of mother belittles her own son like that...?

next second.

Jiang Qin patted Qi Nan on the shoulder and said solemnly, "Ning Qi is a good girl, you should treat her well."

Qi Nan rubbed the corner of his eye.

"Mom, stop watching those melodramatic TV dramas and stop having such unfounded fantasies."

"I'm serious."

Qi Nan rolled his eyes. "What's the use of you taking it seriously? Just the awful things I did to her in the past are enough for her to tear me to pieces."

But she didn't do that.

"because..."

Qi Nan was a bit stuck, because even he himself didn't know why.

Jiang Qin's smile became more solicitous.

"Hey kid, when are you free to invite her over for a meal? Your dad and mom can then apologize to her properly."

"Forget it, how could she possibly agree?"

How will you know if you don't try?

"Okay, okay, I'll definitely tell her when I'm drunk one of these days."

...

Hearing the perfunctory tone in Qi Nan's words, Jiang Qin only felt resentful that he was so useless.

It seems I'll have to find a day to visit the set myself.

After all, if the problem can't be solved, the only option is to marry the person who caused the problem, exchanging his foolish son for a Xia family heiress. No matter how you look at it, this deal isn't a bad one.

Qi Nan was completely unaware of Jiang Qin's scheme and had no sense of crisis about being sold off.

-

They left the house.

Qi Nan took some time to meet with Ling Ya. Because she had often taken care of him before, he bought some small gifts as New Year's presents for her.

"Little brother Qi Nan, I heard you went to Xiao Qing's sports meet yesterday?"

"Yeah, how did you know?"

"Xiao Qing told me."

Hearing this, Qi Nan wasn't too surprised, after all, Xiao Qing and Ling Ya had a good relationship, and Ling Ya had also said that she liked children very much.

Swings in the park.

Lingya wore black flared pants on her lower body and a fitted knit top on her upper body, her knees swaying rhythmically back and forth.

"She said there was another girl besides you."

"There was a classmate of mine who is now my neighbor."

"Oh?" Lingya teased, "You wouldn't happen to have a crush on her, would you?"

"Sister Ya, stop gossiping. Her family is very wealthy and powerful; she wouldn't even look at me."

Lingya gripped the nylon ropes of the swing with both hands, lost in thought.

"Xiao Qing also showed me a photo. She's a very pretty girl. If I were a boy, I would definitely be smitten."

"The more beautiful a rose is, the more prickly it is. I'm just an ordinary person, I wouldn't dare to pick it."

Lingya laughed out loud.

"But I think you're just as good as me."

"Ya Jia, you overestimate me. Actually, I'm just a nobody, at most my family has a little money."

...