Judging by the position of the sun, at least over an hour had passed in the dream world.
Apart from the three of them, no one else was seen.
Not even a nanny or a servant was in sight.
Lin Yu's patience was wearing thin, and a restless, irritable mood began to surface.
What the hell was this family playing at?
Is this how they treat a future "son-in-law-to-be"? With such neglect?
Fine, if no one's coming, then no one's coming.
But could they not even prepare a plate of peanuts or sunflower seeds?
Just pure waiting!
Is this the "high-society" way of looking down their noses at people?
If this was how it was even in Xia Yiwei's subconscious...
In reality, it would only be more severe.
Fortunately,
Lin Yu's self-esteem wasn't paper-thin, not so easily shattered.
Think about it: a little princess you've raised in the lap of luxury suddenly brings home some college kid with dyed hair.
And he keeps yammering on about them being true love. Wouldn't that be annoying?
The only thing Lin Yu was really unhappy about was...
They couldn't even spare a handful of peanuts or sunflower seeds!
Another ten-plus minutes passed.
A sound came from outside the hall, not footsteps.
But rather...
The screech of a sports car braking?!
Lin Yu: "???"
Does the antagonist make such a flashy entrance?
Lin Yu freaking walked here on his own two legs!
And this guy gets to roll up in a sports car!
Snapping back to reality, Xia Yiwei and Xia Xiashan had already stood up.
With both sisters now standing, Lin Yu naturally couldn't afford to be negligent.
He leaned close to Xia Yiwei's ear and whispered:
"Vivi, the guy your family arranged for you is something else!"
"Drifting in a sports car on your family estate? He's not your childhood sweetheart, is he?"
"You'd need decades of friendship to dare pull a stunt like that!"
After saying this,
Lin Yu wore a slight smirk, ready to enjoy the show.
Xia Yiwei smiled faintly and whispered back:
"The only person who can drift around my home... is my dad."
Lin Yu's smile froze on his face:
"Y-your... your dad, he... hehehehe."
This was so damn awkward!
So his future father-in-law was a "playful old man"?
No wonder the nurse sister had such a feisty style... she purely inherited it!
Originally, Lin Yu's mood had been quite relaxed.
But after Xia Yiwei's explanation, all the tension came rushing back.
Especially since...
Xia Yiwei actually initiatively linked her arm with his!
She had just finished laying her cards on the table with him, and now she was turning around to lay them on the table with her old man!
"Lin Yu, you'd better watch yourself."
"Our father is no ordinary old man."
You'd best be careful, and not be too... cocky.
Lin Yu's face was covered in black lines: "..."
Even the museum director sister was telling him to watch out.
At this point, even if they told him their father was Saturn, Lin Yu would believe it.
The problem was...
Telling him not to be too cocky?
He was completely passive in all this!
"BANG!"
The main hall doors swung open.
The strong beam of car headlights flooded into the hall, making it impossible to look directly.
Rich people are just so damn extravagant.
It's broad daylight, and they still drive with their high beams on!
Respect!
Once Lin Yu's eyes adjusted to the light, he finally got a clear look at the "trio" entering.
The old gentleman walking at the front had graying hair slicked back with pomade into a side-parted slick-back!
He wore a red suit printed with gaudy gold fashionable patterns.
White leather shoes adorned with small awl-like decorations.
His entire outfit screamed one thing: "Flashy!"
No need to ask, this was naturally the "head of the Xia Family," Xia... let's temporarily call him Old Man Xia.
It was hard to bring oneself to call him "Uncle" or such.
Not because the relationship wasn't there.
It was just that what was even more flamboyant was...
The fiery woman walking beside Old Man Xia, whose waist he had his arm around, looked only a few years older than Lin Yu!
It was hard to say if she was even older than the eldest Xia daughter, Xia Xiashan!
Was the old man eating that well?
His health must be impressive!
Now that's the rich people vibe.
The one walking slightly behind wore glasses and looked refined and scholarly.
Dressed in a wolf-in-sheep's-clothing-like white suit.
This one was clearly...
Not Xia Yiwei's dad!
(Xia Yiwei: No kidding.)
"Hahaha, today truly is a fine day."
"My 'steed' was just modified, and I took it for a spin, and now my two precious girls have come home together!"
"Happy, I'm so happy!"
Old Man Xia approached, letting go of the bombshell's wasp waist.
Instead, he opened his arms towards Xia Xiashan.
Xia Xiashan stood with her arms crossed in front of her, showing no intention of reciprocating.
Yet, Old Man Xia remained unbothered and unangered, simply giving his daughter a hug.
Then, he turned his open arms towards his second daughter, Xia Yiwei.
Xia Yiwei was even more extreme.
She willfully wrapped her arm around Lin Yu's shoulder!
Lin Yu: "???"
Hehe.
In dreams, you really dare to do anything.
If this were reality, wouldn't they make Lin Yu die on the spot right here?
She was asserting her individuality.
But she was roasting him over the fire!
With an old man of this caliber, he was definitely not someone you could handle with just a round of fists.
Yikes!
Good thing this happened ahead of time in the dream.
Otherwise, wouldn't his peaceful life be ruined?
Lin Yu had no desire to live his comfortable life so ostentatiously.
With something as big as the Shen Family splitting and merging, he hadn't asked a single question or participated one bit.
True seclusion is within the bustling city; the greatest truth is found in simplicity.
Why make things so complicated?
Lin Yu couldn't help but give an awkward twitch of the corner of his mouth.
He imagined Old Man Xia would surely shoot him a look that could eat someone alive.
However,
When Lin Yu looked up, what he saw was the same smiling face as before.
Only, the wrinkles carved around his eyes held a trace of barely perceptible hostility.
Just that one glance.
Made all the alarm bells ring in Lin Yu's mind.
This feeling...
It was even stronger than Aunt Ruxue's aura in the dream!
What a family of oddballs.
Speaking of which,
Aunt Ruxue and Old Man Xia definitely knew each other too.
Then came an even more outrageous move...
The emperor wasn't anxious, but the eunuch was.
A long cry came from behind:
"Vi~Vi!!"
Everyone's attention was drawn.
They all looked back together.
The white-suited, bespectacled man wore an expression of "heart-wrenching pain, lovers missed," looking at Lin Yu and Xia Yiwei with disbelief:
"You... you actually hugged him!!"
Xia Yiwei: "..."
Everyone present: "..."
Lin Yu: "..."
A peak specimen, this live-in son-in-law picked by the family was truly a peak specimen.
Nurse sister really had it tough.
After reincarnating, when he first met Xia Yiwei at the community hospital and she pulled that "Little Lin Yu hit me" stunt on him,
Lin Yu had thought Xia Yiwei had a few screws loose.
Looking at it now...
The fact that she wasn't psychologically distorted already showed immense mental strength.
Xia Yiwei's face darkened. She let go of Lin Yu's neck and said without mercy:
"Lei Siren, what do you mean 'I actually hugged him'?"
"He's my boyfriend. What's wrong with me kissing and hugging him?"
Lei Siren clenched his fists, his expression becoming even more exaggerated, his voice rising another notch:
"You even kissed him!!"
...
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