Minami Haruna and Minami Ryota didn't care about Yuki's surprise attack. They were both happy about the return of their eldest son.
Minami Haruna put down the work in her hands and hurried to the entrance. Minami Ryota shook his head and criticized his wife's impetuosity in his heart.
He closed the newspaper in his hand, folded it, and placed it neatly on the coffee table, creating his own style of being indifferent to fame and fortune, and then walked out. However, his movements and steps were much faster than usual, and he was only two seconds behind his wife.
A family of four, two generations, gathered at the entrance of this old house that left them with the most memories.
The couple looked at their eldest son whom they had not seen for a long time, and they were relieved to confirm that he was still the same. They knew everything was fine from the phone call, but they were always worried before seeing him in person, but now the worries are gone.
"Why is there only one bag? Where is my gift?" Xin'ai leaned towards the paper bag in her brother's hand, wanting to see what was inside.
She was puzzled as to why her brother, who usually spent money lavishly, was so frugal this time and only brought a small bag home.
Nan Youxi pressed her head and pushed her back.
"Why are you still standing at the door? Come in." Nan Liangtai couldn't help but smile.
"Yeah." Nan Youxi nodded, moved aside and stood beside the entrance door.
It looks like he is making way for someone behind him.
The three people in the room were stunned at first, and then the couple showed joy on their faces, feeling mixed emotions of sadness and joy.
"Come in." Nan Youxi's voice sounded.
Haruna, Ryota, and Koko'ai stared at the empty door. They were so anxious that they wanted to run out themselves to see who had solved the problem that they no longer had any hope of solving.
They made up their minds that no matter who came in from outside the door, as long as they were not non-human creatures such as snakes, fish, dolphins, lizards, etc., they would welcome them warmly.
As they watched, a figure emerged from the garden with a cobblestone path outside the door.
"Hello, Aunt Haruna, Hello, Uncle Ryota, Hello, Sister Kokoai."
Mayu walked in with her hands behind her back. She took off the beret on her head and waved to the three people in the room.
Minami Ryota/Haruna: "...?"
Love: “…!”
Nan Youxi: “…!?”
Moyu walked to the shoe cabinet, took out a pair of pink slippers naturally and put them down, then bent down to take off the small leather boots on her feet.
The Nan couple looked at each other in shock, and they looked at their eldest son with questioning eyes.
Xin Ai took a step back and thought, it turns out that men are very loyal and always like young and beautiful people!
The changes in their expressions were like a file, grinding on Nan Youxi's heart. Nan Youxi grabbed Moyou's collar and pulled her back.
“Why are you… Never mind,” Nan Youxi pushed her aside and told her parents and sister, “This doesn’t count.”
He looked out the door again.
The three members of the Nan family also looked outside the door again.
At the door frame, Asano Nao carefully poked her head out and looked inside the door cautiously. The burning gazes of Minami Yuki's family were focused on her face, and she instinctively wanted to shrink her head. She overcame this instinct and walked in.
"Good afternoon, uncle and aunt." She looked at Minami Haruna and Minami Ryota, then at Xin'ai: "Long time no see, Xin'ai."
Xin Ai glanced at her chest and thought, as expected, men still like big ones!
Minami Haruna and Minami Ryota looked at each other again and smiled. Minami Haruna squatted down and got slippers for Nao.
Nao felt somewhat distressed by Minami Haruna's closeness, and her distress was more caused by shame than fear.
After putting on her slippers, she took the hand that Minami Haruna extended to her.
"Not bad, not bad." The more Minami Haruna looked at it, the happier she became. Not only did Yuki and Ryota like the big one, she liked it too, because her soon-to-be-born grandchildren would benefit from it.
She knew Nao and everyone in the Asano residence, and any of them was a perfect daughter-in-law in her mind. Among them, her favorites were Nao and Kazumi, both of whom were good children who were frugal and managed the household.
Yukiko does a good job of housework, but she is... too poor and her lovely grandchildren will starve.
Nan Liangtai touched his chin and checked his appearance. He also thought Nao was good, but he felt that Reina and Mitsuki were the most suitable for his eldest son.
He thought that as the eldest son, thrift and diligence were not a compulsory course. Even in ancient times, wives of wealthy families were not only responsible for taking care of their husbands, but also had to accompany their husbands to various banquets and help their husbands in their careers.
In this regard, the elegant Reina and the fashionable and generous Mitsuki are the best candidates.
In fact, his favorite is Yuko, who is top-notch in both temperament and intelligence. Unfortunately, Yuko is too young and has congenital deficiencies.
Xin'ai was also thinking about it. She thought that Nao was a girl without her own opinion. Although she would not listen to her, she would not compete with her for her brother. She was better than other people.
However, she was still a little depressed. It would have been much better if it was her best friend or her best friend's daughter.
She thought that her brother must have become agitated recently and got together with Nao in a flash. If she could seize the opportunity and let her best friend take over in time... Alas, things have come to this point.
"Did you come here by high-speed train? Are you tired? Let's go and take a rest first."
Minami Haruna asked many questions in a row, none of which required Nao to answer, she just wanted to communicate with her daughter-in-law.
She pulled Nao to the living room. Xin'ai and Nan Ryota also turned around and headed home.
Minami Haruna failed to pull Nao, and seeing that they didn't move, Shinai and Ryota gave them a puzzled look.
They found that Nao was still watching the door, Yuki and Mayu were still standing at the entrance. Mayu raised her hand, spread out her five fingers, and shook her palm at them.
They quickly understood what Mayu meant.
Outside the door, another petite figure came in. It was Yuko.
The three were confused.
Minami Youxi took out a pair of slippers from the shoe cabinet, placed them on the floor, and asked Yuko to come in.
"Yuko is here too." Minami Haruna said this reluctantly.
She glanced at her beloved, and her beloved immediately stepped forward to greet Yuko.
Their minds were in a mess for a while, but when they saw that Yuuki had no intention of explaining, they understood the meaning.
Nan Chunnai comforted herself that it was normal to have one big and one small.
Nan Liang was too comforting himself, thinking it was very scientific inside and out.
Nan Xin'ai was heartbroken and sad, her best friend and daughter were also one big and one small, one inside and one outside!
They felt that this was already a serious situation. When Yuko put on her slippers and looked outside the door again, they felt like they were washing their hair in the cold wind and their scalp was numbing.
More than ten seconds later, Reina staggered out of the blind spot near the door and onto the stone road. She was pushed out.
With a red face, she greeted the people in the house in a low voice, put on her slippers, stood next to Yuko, and followed to look outside the door.
The queueing to enter was not Nan Youxi's arrangement, and he was also somewhat amused by the girls' behavior.
He walked out the door and drove Miyue and Yimei in like herding ducks. When Nan Youxi went out, they were playing finger-guessing games to see who would be the next.
Miyuki and Yimei, one shy and the other natural, greeted their parents and sister in the house.
The Nan family's entrance hall is not small, but no matter how big it is, it is still a bit cramped for ten people to stand in it. The atmosphere seems to be squeezed in the small remaining space, and it feels a bit solemn.
"Let's go to the living room first." Nan Chunnai gave a mechanical smile, and her steps as she led the way were also somewhat mechanical. Only a machine could act in such a situation.
Because Yuxi likes to lie on the sofa, the couple bought a comfortable big sofa. At this moment, this big sofa meets the urgent needs.
Ten people sat down on the sofa and surrounded the coffee table tightly.
Nan Liangtai felt that he might have misunderstood. How could five adults, plus Moyu, have the kind of relationship he thought
He looked at his wife, motioning her to ask, but his wife was immersed in the illusory reality of her six daughters-in-law. She looked at this one and then that one. This one was well-nourished, that one had a high IQ, this one was well-behaved, that one was lively... She was overwhelmed by the choices.
Nan Liangtai sighed in his heart and shook his head. He could only ask himself.
"Is Yohei okay?" He looked at Yuko and Reina. He had a good relationship with Nakajima Yohei, so this was a good starting point.
"Dad is fine. He has been drinking better lately. He even said he wants to compete with uncle." Reina answered calmly.
She didn't realize the real purpose of Nan Ryota's questions, but Yuko did.
"Before coming, Dad and Yuxi had a drinking contest, but he still had no power to resist." Yuko hinted that Minami Yuxi had already gone with them to meet their parents.
Nan Liang understood the situation too well and started to have a headache.
This is actually true!
He counted carefully, one, two, three, four, five. Is this something that human power can handle? What is this kid planning to do
I only urged you to find a wife before, I didn't ask you to find so many!
Have you been accumulating strength for the past twenty years? Five of them come at once!
Nan Liangtai thought about his boy's background and achievements. Five people didn't seem to be a problem? Moreover, these five people were as close as sisters, and the atmosphere now seemed very friendly.
He still couldn't believe it, so he asked Miyue again: "Have your parents returned home?"
"Well, Yuuki and I went to their house and had dinner with them a few days ago," Mitsuki replied.
Nan Liangtai looked at the remaining Chishou Kazumi. When Yuko mentioned drinking, Kazumi still didn't understand, and Mitsuki mentioned eating again. She realized the meaning and gave the same answer.
Nan Liangtai's fingers were trembling. He stood up and walked upstairs: "It's too cold. I'll go put on more clothes."
As he left, he poked his wife's waist and asked her to go upstairs with him.
Nan Chunnai was reluctant to leave. She had been worrying about her daughter-in-law for twenty years. She finally got one, and five more appeared as compensation. She was very happy.
She became even more beautiful when she thought about the five granddaughters and grandsons she would soon have.
"Mother, where is my sweater?"
It was not until Nan Liangtai shouted upstairs that she reluctantly went upstairs.
In the bedroom, Nan Liangtai, holding a cigarette in his mouth, asked his wife, "Have you found out anything over there?"
Nan Chunnai shook her head: "What else could it be? Your good son has caught them all in one fell swoop!"
“That’s five!”
"What's wrong with five? I've always thought it would be best if Yuuki married them all."
"Then I'll go find four more to marry tomorrow."
"You dare!" Nan Chunnai reached out to grab her husband's ear.
"If you don't agree to help me, how can others agree?" Nan Liangtai expressed his concerns.
Minami Haruna thought back to the conversation just now and said, "Yuuki has already met other people's parents and brought them home, so what else is there to be willing about?"
"I'm not worried about that. I'm worried about marriage. Only one of them can be my wife, and the others can only be my lovers! How can they not have objections? There will definitely be a lot of trouble in the future!"
"Yuuki isn't in a hurry, so why are you? And doesn't that Ichinose have a relationship with him? Why don't you ask her to open a backdoor?"
"Don't say Ichinose is just the Prime Minister of Japan. Even if she is the President of the United States, she can't use such a backdoor in Japan!"
"Yuxi must have thought about everything before doing anything. You can just ask him directly. Why ask me?" Minami Haruna was a little impatient. She heard the laughter downstairs. Mayu and Xin'ai were talking about something and laughing happily.
She wanted to get back downstairs quickly.
Nan Liangtai was silent for a while, then sighed, "Yes, that child is like me, he must have thought it through."
"Then what are you worried about?"
"He also knows Ichinose. Alas, my connections are of no use at all."
"Okay, old man, you don't really care about Yuxi's marriage, you just want to take advantage of the opportunity to use your connections!"
Nan Chunnai smiled and thought her husband, who was leaning over to smoke and looking a little melancholy, was very cute. She sat beside her husband and rubbed his head.
"After all, it's my son's wedding, but I'm of no use to you at all!" Nan Liangtai sighed. He listened to the laughter downstairs and changed the subject.
He asked, "What's wrong with Moyou?"
"Yeah, what's going on with Moyu?" Nan Chunnai woke up as if from a dream. She had completely forgotten about the little girl.
When Mayu appeared, they had a misunderstanding for a while, but later Yuki clarified that Mayu did not count.
If that doesn’t count, why would Moyu be in their house
Nan Youxi was also wondering about this question.
He pulled out Mayu, who was playing with his love, and asked, "Why are you here?"
"Mom and Dad are not coming home for the New Year and asked me to spend the New Year with them in the city where they work. But I won't go. Am I going to stay in an empty villa with people I don't know at all?" Moyu threw herself on Minami Youxi's chest and said aggrievedly.
"Why didn't you tell me where you were going for the New Year when I asked you before? Tell me the truth, why did you act without authorization?" Nan Youxi stroked her hair, not buying into her coquettish talk.
Moyu's body gradually slid down, and her head rested on Nan Youxi's legs. She turned over, resting her head on Nan Youxi's thighs, with a smile on her beautiful face, looking into Nan Youxi's eyes with cunning.
She said, "I was originally planning to go to my parents' house, but suddenly I felt that I should follow Yuki. Yuki is going to marry her daughter, and how can I not bring my daughter with me to such an important meeting with the parents!"
Nan Youxi paused with her hand on her head. This was the first time that Moyu gave a clear and accurate answer.
Xinai and Nao were eavesdropping on the conversation between Yuki and Mayu. Nao, Yuko, Reina, Mitsuki and Kazumi looked at the greatest contributor and the best matchmaker with gentle eyes.
Nan Youxi's gaze gradually became gentle as he gazed at the girl who would accompany him for much of his future. The girl was like spring rain and spring breeze, always bringing him hope and vitality.
His hands began to stroke gently again, and he opened his mouth to make a promise.
"What, Mayu is actually your and Saki's child! No wonder, no wonder..." The beloved exclamation broke the warmth in the living room.
(End of this chapter)