ALL NOVEL
Chapter 233
Ye Jin quickly pressed down on Xu Yan's hand, smiling as he explained, "It's not that much, I just bought a few things."
Bai Hua narrowed her eyes slightly. "Yan!"
Xu Yan startled: "Mom said I could buy them! We'll just try them on at home!"
Bai Hua snorted, "Fine, do as you please. Ye Jin, how much did you actually buy for her?"
Ye Jin rubbed his nose, not daring to speak. Xu Yan weakly said, "We... we just bought all the clothes in the store."
Bai Hua: "..."
Xu Mo: "..."
Ye Jin laughed dryly, "Well... Yan Yan likes them, right? As long as she's happy."
Bai Hua waved her hand in frustration, "Fine, fine, buy whatever! You two troublesome kids!"
Ye Jin and Xu Yan exchanged a glance, both unable to hold back a secret smile.
Xu Mo shook his head but refrained from saying anything to spoil the mood.
Although he didn't particularly like Ye Jin, he was still pleased to see Ye Jin doting on Xu Yan.
They hadn't been sitting for long when Xu Yi returned as well.
The five of them sitting around the dinner table was, as always, exceptionally harmonious and warm.
Mu Heng and Zhao Xinze only stayed for a few days before leaving. Xu Yan felt a bit melancholy each time she went to the bar and didn't see them.
However, as she spent more and more time with Ye Jin, she became increasingly bold.
For instance...
"Yan Yan, it's time to go home," Ye Jin tapped the person pretending to be dead on the table.
Xu Yan glanced at her phone, "It's only 8 o'clock now, isn't it? I'll go home a little later."
Ye Jin poked Xu Yan's cheek, "I don't mind, but I'm mainly worried your parents and brother will be concerned."
Xu Yan bit her fingertip, filing her nail, "Hmm... I'll send them a message then."
Ye Jin looked at Xu Yan for a while before saying, "Yan Yan, do you want to sleep at the bar?"
Xu Yan was quite righteous, "Is that not allowed? I've slept here many times at noon!"
Ye Jin hesitated a bit, "It's not that it's not allowed... Which room do you want to sleep in?"
Xu Yan became even more righteous, "Of course in the same room as you!"
Ye Jin was silent for a moment, "Yan Yan, maybe I should just take you home."
Sleeping in the same bed with his Yan Yan, he was afraid something might happen...
Xu Yan completely failed to understand Ye Jin's concern. She opened her eyes wide in shock, "Why?" She felt wronged, "Ye Jin, you don't want to sleep in the same bed as me... why?"
Ye Jin steeled his heart, "There's no why, I'm taking you home now."
Xu Yan dodged him and quickly sent a message home: "Mom and Dad, I'm sleeping at Ye Jin's place tonight!"
Meanwhile, Bai Hua, Xu Yi, and Xu Mo had just finished dinner when they received the message. Xu Mo held his phone and played the voice message on speaker.
Bai Hua blinked, "This..."
Xu Yi clenched his fist, "This little rascal, looks like we've spoiled her too much!"
Xu Mo was silent for a moment, "Mom, Dad, don't you feel something's a bit strange?"
Bai Hua was startled, "What?"
Xu Mo lowered his head in thought, "I've been thinking, if we replaced Ye Jin with any other guy, I probably would have dealt with him already."
Hearing this, Xu Yi suddenly calmed down, "Right, Yan and Ye Jin have only known each other for a few days and they're already together. If it were anyone else, I would have immediately warned that boy to stay away from our Yan."
Bai Hua also seemed thoughtful, "If Yan were staying overnight at any other man's house, would our reaction be this calm?"
Xu Mo frowned, "It's as if we always feel like they've known each other, or even been together, for a long time. So when faced with these situations, we're not as impulsive."
Xu Yi vaguely thought of something, "In this case, either there's something wrong with Ye Jin, or there's something wrong with all of us."
Bai Hua rubbed her chin, "It's probably that we all have something wrong. Because I always feel like I've watched Ye Jin grow up."
Xu Mo's face darkened, "I always feel like he's familiar too."
So familiar that every time he saw Ye Jin, he wanted to punch him.
Bai Hua looked at Xu Yi, "So... what should we say?"
Back at the bar, Xu Yan had been waiting for a while without receiving any reply. Ye Jin helplessly spread his hands, "Alright! Be good, Yan Yan, I'll take you home."
Xu Yan pouted unhappily, "Fine!"
As the two were getting Xu Yan's things ready to leave, Xu Yan's phone received a message.
"Okay, you can sleep at Ye Jin's place. Don't stay up late, go to bed early, you hear?"
Bai Hua's slightly languid voice came clearly through the phone, instantly stunning Xu Yan.
She blinked in confusion, "Ye Jin, my mom... agreed?"
Ye Jin hadn't expected Xu Yan's family to trust him so much either. He slowly frowned.
Xu Yan happily ran back, "Oh! Then let's continue drinking. I can stay here openly now!"
Before she could rejoice for more than a few seconds, Ye Jin reacted and grabbed Xu Yan, "Don't even think about it!"
His expression was exceptionally serious, "Yan Yan, no drinking at night!"
Xu Yan was stunned for a couple of seconds, "But... isn't a late-night snack supposed to be accompanied by alcohol?"
Ye Jin let out a long sigh, "I mean, you go take a bath now, and then go to sleep before 10 o'clock."
Xu Yan looked shocked, "Why? I still want to play games and have a late-night snack and..."
Ye Jin narrowed his eyes, "Hmm?"
Xu Yan's momentum weakened, "Fine!"
When under someone's roof, one must bow their head.
Just wait until she gains the upper hand, she'll teach Ye Jin a lesson!
Meanwhile, Ye Jin was fully focused on how Xu Yan's family trusted him, and he absolutely couldn't betray their trust.
It all starts with making sure little Xu Yan goes to bed early and wakes up early!
Xu Yan reluctantly went upstairs, pouting and grumbling, "I don't have pajamas!"
Ye Jin thought for a moment, "How about wearing mine for now?"
Xu Yan grumbled as she wore Ye Jin's oversized T-shirt as a dress. Fortunately, she had all her toiletries here, so she wasn't missing anything else.
After a while, Xu Yan walked out of the bathroom with a fluffy towel. Perhaps because of the heavy steam in the bathroom, her voice sounded soft, "Ye Jin, I'm done bathing."
Ye Jin calmly turned around, but the moment he saw Xu Yan, he was a bit stunned, "Yan Yan, why aren't you wearing pants?"
Xu Yan stood there, awkwardly toweling her dripping wet hair. She was thin, but evenly proportioned. Her bare legs in particular were fair-skinned and long.
However, all of this was making Ye Jin a bit flustered.
Xu Yan herself was rather bewildered. She tugged at the clothes she was wearing. "Your t-shirt is too long on me, it almost reaches my knees. And the pajama pants are huge, so I decided not to wear them."
Ye Jin was starting to regret agreeing to let Xu Yan sleep in his room. He sighed, "Never mind. Sit down and I'll blow-dry your hair for you."
Xu Yan obediently sat down in the chair, running her fingers through her hair. "Okay... I don't know why, but whenever I dry it myself it always takes forever." Ye Jin found the hair dryer. "Probably because our Yan Yan is a bit of a klutz."
Xu Yan pouted at her reflection in the mirror. "How can you attack me like that?"
Looking at the soft, docile girl in the mirror, all of Ye Jin's emotions melted away. His gaze softened. "I'm complimenting our Yan Yan, you know."
He switched on the hair dryer, its whirring sound filling the room instantly.
Xu Yan didn't say anything more. She looked at herself and Ye Jin in the mirror, unable to stop the smile that curved her eyes into crescents.
It seemed that this... was how things were supposed to be between them.