Chapter 23: Crisis Resolution

  Xia Xiuke and Li Han had a head-on confrontation. Although Li Han was slightly superior, he also understood the principle of knowing when to stop. "Uncle, actually Xia Meng never looked up to me! You can rest assured about this. However, I will continue to work hard and take good care of Xia Meng in the future. Now I think it's not a good time to pursue girls, studying is the most important thing. I promise you, as long as Xia Meng doesn't fall in love, I definitely won't fall in love!"

  "What kind of guarantee is this?" Xia Xiuke's face was full of anger.

  "Don't worry, Xia Meng won't fall in love easily!" But actually, Li Han was also uncertain. What if Xia Meng and Zhang Li really started dating? He definitely couldn't just sit back and wait for things to happen! Li Han's eyes darted around, his tone insincere.

  "Alright, keep a distance from Xia Meng in the future!" Xia Xiuke scolded with an angry face.

  "This I cannot do!" Li Han's voice also rose.

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  Xia Meng and her mother listened clearly outside the door, they really quarreled! Xia Meng knew her father's fiery temper, her heart trembled with fear, wanting to push open the door, but afraid of further escalating the situation, the mother and daughter stood at the door, hesitant to advance or retreat.

  "Mom, believe me, there's really nothing between Li Han and me!" Xia Meng said sincerely to her mother.

  "Mom believes in you. However, your dad is very wary of this and has been full of vigilance towards your interactions with boys since you were young!"

  The quarrel in the room slowly subsided. About an hour later, the door opened and Xia Xiuke walked out of the study with a look of appreciation in his eyes, a smile on his lips, and his hand on Li Han's back, chatting and laughing together.

  Never had she seen her father so intimate with anyone! Xia Meng's eyeballs almost fell out of their sockets.

  "Uncle and aunt, it's getting late, I'll head back to the hotel first. Sorry about today, I've disturbed you!" Li Han slung his backpack over his shoulder and waved goodbye to Xia Meng's parents.

  "Haha, okay, okay, Li Han, welcome back next time!" Xia Xiuke smiled and sent Li Han into the elevator.

  Xia Meng was a bit confused and couldn't understand what was going on. What happened? The plot has taken a huge turn!

  Xia Xiuke returned home, praising Li Han endlessly: "Genius! It's really true that heroes emerge in their youth. I've learned my lesson today!" After finishing speaking, he pulled Lin Lian into the study room.

  Which tune is this? Xia Meng picked up her phone and sent a text message to Li Han: What kind of soul-drugging medicine did you feed my dad?

  Li Han replied in a text message: Your parents' marital crisis has been resolved. I'll be back in A city tomorrow, don't see me off. Remember you owe me another promise!

  "Xia Meng's mom and dad walked out of the room with big smiles on their faces, 'Mengmeng, tomorrow you just need to go to the vegetable market to buy vegetables, in the afternoon pick up grandpa and grandma together at our home, I and dad will come back early to cook dinner.'"

  Xia Meng nodded happily, her parents really were back to normal!

  The next day, Xia Meng got up and found that her parents had gone out early. After having breakfast, she rushed to the vegetable market, bought fresh vegetables back home, and then went to pick up her grandparents.

  Grandpa and grandma probably received Xia Xiuke's phone call in advance, closed the door and were about to set off when Xia Meng arrived. "Where is that handsome young man? Has he left?" Grandma asked Xia Meng.

  "Yes, he went back to A city this morning!" Xia Meng replied with a smile, walking forward to support her grandmother. Her grandmother had difficulty moving around, especially after falling in the bathroom a few years ago, and now she moved even more slowly.

  "Your dad called us last night, he was furious, didn't he scold you?" Grandpa Xia Haisheng looked up and down at Xia Meng, but didn't find anything unusual about her.

  "No, that boy is just a classmate of mine, there's nothing between us!" Xia Meng nervously waved her hand, hoping that even Grandpa and Grandma wouldn't misunderstand.

  "On the phone, your dad was particularly angry and didn't say anything specific, scaring me to rush to the entrance of the community to wait for you!" The concern in Grandma's tone made Xia Meng feel especially moved. She held Grandma's hand tightly, "Grandma, my dad was still pretty happy last night, I don't know why."

  "Your dad probably made it through okay!" Xia Haisheng hastily interjected.

  "Don't say that in front of the child!" Summer Dream Grandma turned around and whispered to Xia Hai.

  Before six o'clock, Xia Meng's father, Xia Xiuke, and Wang Lian returned home. Wang Lian washed the vegetables, picked them, and peeled the scallions, while Xia Xiuke stir-fried the dishes. "That Li Han, that young whippersnapper, can make such delicious stir-fries, we can do it too, right?" Xia Xiuke said with a smile to Lin Lian, who was giggling with joy.

  Watching her parents busily chatting and laughing in the kitchen, Xia Meng's eyes became slightly moist, at this moment, she especially wanted to find someone to cry with.

  The dishes were ready, and the whole family sat around the table. "Today, let's all have a glass of red wine to celebrate!" suggested Xia Meng's father.

  "Come, let's raise our glasses. Wishing Dream's grandparents good health and Dream to make further progress in her studies!" Xia Xiuke held up his wine glass, perhaps he was too excited or had drunk too much, "Lin Lian, you've worked hard this year, I'm sorry! Let me toast you a cup!"

  Xiǎ Mèng's mom's eyes were slightly red, and she picked up her cup and took a few sips. Xiǎ Mèng's grandfather quickly changed the subject: "Today is also a happy day, let's not talk about that, come on, eat some food. Xiǎ Mèng, when are you going back to school?"

  "I'll be back at school for supplementary classes next week, Grandpa and Grandma, take care of your health. Dad and Mom, discuss things together, as long as we're a family, there's nothing that can't be solved!" Xia Meng comforted her parents.

  "En, Mengmeng, from now on learn more from Li Han and communicate with him often. Nowadays young people are really something! Not only is their knowledge broad, but they can also apply what they've learned!" Xia Xiuke couldn't help but praise Li Han.

  "Dad, he...he..." Xia Meng stammered, wanting to tell her father that Li Han was actually not as upright as he seemed, and was far from what he had imagined.

  "This child is only two years older than Mengmeng, and he has such a good knowledge of cultural relics and antiques. What a prodigy!" Xia Xiuke said with admiration, Lin Lian nodded frequently.

  Antiques? What's that? Xia Meng was confused.

  "This time, thanks to Li Han, our company was able to get through the difficulties smoothly. Ah, otherwise, our family...!" Xia Xiukai looked at Lin Lian with a guilty conscience, and Lin Lian lowered her eyes and didn't speak.

  "Alright, alright, it's all over now. Mengmeng, are you under a lot of pressure with your studies at school?" Grandma asked Xia Meng.

  "It's okay, I've started taking supplementary classes this semester and only have half a day off each week." Xia Meng replied, "By the way, Dad and Mom, we've already been divided into arts and science streams, and I chose science."

  "Girls choose science? Won't it be hard to study math and physics in the future?" Xia Meng's mother asked worriedly, because her math had always been the weakest when she was young, so she chose liberal arts back then.

  "My math scores are pretty good, I plan to do research in big data in the future, China is extremely lacking in talent in this area, and I think there will be great things to come for our country!" Xia Meng said firmly.

  "Uh, but there are very few people in our country who do big data now, you will have to go abroad to learn the real thing. But you're a girl, your dad and mom don't want you to travel far, they hope you stay with them." Xia Xiuke paused for a moment, then continued: "How about choosing another research field? For example, something more theoretical, and staying in university in the future?"

  Xia Meng didn't say anything, her plan for the future wasn't clear yet. One day, she saw some articles about big data in foreign countries at the library, and suddenly developed a strong interest in learning, then learned that China's research in this field is still very backward, and had the idea of conducting in-depth research in this field, which can also be considered a kind of patriotism.

  "It's great for girls to be teachers, and I also support you staying in college to teach in the future," Lin Lian said to her daughter.

  Xia Xiuke's eyes flashed a hint of sadness, "However, in the end it's still your own decision, your parents respect your intentions! But if you're going abroad, we'll have to think carefully about it. You are Daddy and Mommy's only child, I don't agree with you going abroad."

  "Girls, behave yourselves! What kind of country is this?! Graduate from university and hurry up to get married and have children!" shouted Grandpa Xia Meng.

  "Mengmeng didn't say she wanted to go abroad, what's your hurry!" Xia Meng's grandmother said to the old man.

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