You're dumping me, huh? Fine, then I'll just pick up the school beauty and make her my wif

Hearing the doorbell ring, Jiang Che put down his pen, then looked up with some confusion and exchanged a glance with Su Qinghe.

Su Qinghe tilted her head slightly, her eyes also filled with doubt, "Who could it be at this hour?"

Jiang Che shook his head. He wasn't sure who it could be at this hour either. After thinking for a moment, he stood up, walked to the entrance, and peeked out through the peephole.

Then I froze.

Two people stood outside the door. One was a burly, middle-aged man with a kind smile, carrying two large, heavy-looking bags.

The other was a middle-aged woman with an elegant demeanor and exquisite makeup, wearing a light gray cashmere coat and dignified posture.

These two people are his parents—Jiang Dahai and Bai Qing.

Jiang Che was stunned for about a second, then quickly stepped forward and opened the door.

"Dad? Mom? What are you doing in Lincheng?"

Jiang Che was completely bewildered by his parents' sudden arrival.

As he spoke, he took a few steps back, making room for the two of them to enter.

Bai Qing stepped into the house first, her eyes sweeping over Jiang Che's face. After confirming her son was in good spirits, she gave a curt "Hmm," and said, "What's all the fuss about? Aren't you welcome?"

"No, no, I just didn't expect that..."

"What didn't you expect? I'm your mother. How could I not come to such a major life event as the college entrance exam?"

Bai Qing's expression and tone remained as calm as ever when she spoke, and on the surface, she seemed no different from usual.

But Jiang Che noticed a thin layer of weariness at the corner of his mother's eyes.

The capital city is so far from Lincheng, and my parents are usually too busy with the family business to spare any time for work. They must have already taken extra care of things several days in advance.

And it's highly likely that he just finished what he was doing today and then flew over from Beijing without stopping.

At this moment, Jiang Dahai followed in and walked in. He then smiled and held up what he was carrying. "Yes, I originally thought that since it's such a long way, I could just come and see you two by myself, but your mother absolutely refused and insisted on coming in person."

"They even specially prepared a bunch of supplements, saying they were worried you guys were overusing your brains these past few days."

Upon hearing this, Bai Qing turned around and glared at Jiang Dahai, her tone indifferent, "What do you mean I specially had it prepared? You were the one who made over a dozen phone calls early this morning to arrange it, so why are you blaming it all on me now?"

Jiang Dahai wasn't embarrassed at all by being exposed in public. Instead, he chuckled and said, "Well... wasn't that something we discussed together? You came up with the ideas and I did the legwork. That's called division of labor, right?"

"..."

Bai Qing clearly didn't want to get entangled with him on such trivial matters. She turned her head slightly, her lips twitched, but in the end, she said nothing.

Jiang Che stood aside, watching his parents bickering like this, a routine that had lasted for over twenty years, and a slight smile crept onto his lips.

Some things can't be faked.

For example, his father clearly did this out of love for his son and went to great lengths to send all these supplements over, but he insisted on saying it was his mother's idea.

As for Mom, she might complain, but if Dad didn't prepare these things, she would most likely be the first to be unhappy.

To put it bluntly, both of them care, but neither is willing to say it directly, so in the end they end up pushing each other around and passing the buck.

Well...

They're quite cute.

Jiang Che sighed inwardly, then gestured for the two to walk toward the living room, "Alright, alright, don't stand at the door, come in and sit down."

Upon entering the living room, Jiang Che saw Su Qinghe bending over, busy with something by the coffee table. As he got closer, he realized she was making tea.

She must have recognized the person when she heard the voices at the door, which is why she came out early to prepare tea.

"Hello, Uncle. Hello, Aunt."

Seeing the three approaching, Su Qinghe quickly took small steps to greet them, her attitude obedient and polite, her voice soft and gentle.

Bai Qing and Jiang Dahai responded to her in the same way, and then the girl continued to bend down to clean up the teacups.

As she bent over, the white jade bracelet on the girl's wrist slipped out from her sleeve, gleaming softly under the light.

Bai Qing's gaze lingered on the bracelet for about a second or two. Although she didn't say anything, the corners of her mouth moved up slightly, almost imperceptibly.

The four of them quickly sat down on the sofa.

Then Bai Qing began to say some things that every Chinese parent would say to their child—

Don't be too nervous about tomorrow's exam.

"Once you enter the exam room, scan the entire paper from beginning to end to get a general idea of ​​the difficulty level. Do the questions you know first, and leave the ones you're unsure about for later."

"Be careful when reading the questions, and don't lose points that you shouldn't have lost because of carelessness."

"If you have time after you're done, check it again from the beginning; if you don't have time, don't force yourself."

Jiang Che listened and nodded, "I understand, Mom. Don't worry, I know what I'm doing."

Bai Qing hummed in agreement, then turned her gaze to Su Qinghe, "Qinghe too, don't put too much pressure on yourself, just perform normally."

Su Qinghe was slightly taken aback when Bai Qing took the initiative to speak to her, as if she hadn't expected it.

After realizing what she meant, she quickly nodded, "Yes, yes, I understand, thank you for your concern, Auntie~"

Bai Qing didn't say anything more, picked up her teacup and took a small sip.

Jiang Dahai, as always, was all smiles and chatted for a while, then asked the two about their recent review progress and mock exam scores.

Jiang Che gave a brief report, and upon hearing this, Jiang Dahai nodded in satisfaction, patting his son on the shoulder and saying something like, "Not bad, not bad, there is finally hope for the future of the Jiang family."

Jiang Dahai took the initiative to arrange dinner. Su Qinghe wanted to go into the kitchen to show off her cooking skills, but he insisted that she not interfere, saying that with the parents around, it was not the child's place to do anything.

Similarly, Jiang Dahai didn't let Bai Qing and Jiang Che get involved, and busied himself in the kitchen all by himself.

Although Bai Qing didn't say anything, her gaze would occasionally drift towards the kitchen.

After dinner, Jiang Dahai and Bai Qing didn't stay long, afraid of disturbing the two children's rest. After giving them a few more instructions, they got up and left.

……

June 7th.

College entrance examination.

The alarm clock rang at six o'clock in the morning, but when Jiang Che opened his eyes, he found that Su Qinghe had already gotten up.

She stood beside the desk, carefully organizing his admission ticket, ID card, and stationery bag one by one, and then put them all into a transparent file bag.