Chapter 322 - Gratitude

Nuo nodded her head in understanding. "I not twip!"

Jinhai dotingly smiled. "En."

But he still didn't leave her hand. Little Nuo was impatient. "Dada. I go to Siying!"

His mouth twitched. "You don't have to. You wish him from here. This is a good distance."

Suddenly, he felt a smack on his head, and he stiffened. He turned and saw his wife glaring at him, putting her hand on her waist. 

"What are you doing, Jinhai?"

"Not letting my precious daughter go near a strange boy."

"Siying is not a stranger to us! Don't be rude!"

"Nana!"

Xinyi and Zhiyuan came to their side as they saw the Liu family gather around Siying. Nana brightened in joy. "Xinyi."

They hugged and squealed in happiness.

"Thank you, Nana. I am so glad you could come."

"Of course, I will. It's Siying's birthday, after all."

She bent on her knees and ruffled his head. "Wish you a very happy birthday, Siying. Gib bless you, and you do super-duper good things in life that will make your parents proud."

Siying blushed as he lowered his head. "Thank you, Aunt Nana."

She felt as if an arrow struck her heart. "Aiyaaa, you are so cute!"

On the other hand, Zhiyuan and Jinhai were busy doing what they always did when they crossed paths.

Throw daggers at each other.

Zhiyuan forced himself to smile. "Welcome, Liu Jinhai, to Siying's birthday party."

Jinhai narrowed his eyes. "Thank you for the invitation...which wasn't really needed, especially for Nuo and me."

He smiled. "Trust me. I hold the same feelings for you. But what kind of a father are you who doesn't want his daughter to enjoy an innocent birthday party?"

"Your son is anything but innocent, Han Zhiyuan. I cannot let my daughter carelessly approach him," Jinhai's cold gaze burned in a fury.

He sneered. "Let's not talk about my son. At least, he is not like a certain son of yours who likes to claim himself as the future son-in-law of my family. I wonder how you have raised him, Liu Jinhai."

A shadow approached them, and then a voice came that was all too similar to Jinhai. "What is wrong in claiming my wife, future father-in-law?"

Little Jun came into view, pushing Jin's trolley. Baby Jin was eagerly rolling his head left and right and was excited to sense the party mood.

"Baaaaaa Baaaaa!!!"

He flailed his hands in the air in excitement.

Zhiyuan's brow heavily twitched. He really wished that by some miracle, he wouldn't come.

But Xinyi had the opposite reaction. "Jun! Welcome."

Jun lifted his gaze, and a warm smile lit his lips, looking at her pretty smile. "Future mother-in-law."

Nana choked. "Jun. Stop saying that all the time."

"It's the truth, Mom. Also. Don't you and Dad feel a little ashamed of dumping Jin's trolley onto me?" He pointed accusing stares at his parents.

Nana coughed. "I was excited to meet Xinyi."

Xinyi chuckled and hugged him. "Haha. You are such a good son."

Jun raised his brow and nodded. "And the smartest brother of all my siblings."

Jian and Nian glared at him. "What do you mean!? Nobody can be as smart as the super Liu twins duo!"

Jun shrugged.

Xinyi stared at the boy and remembered how she had held him in her arms when he was just a baby. If not for his warm body that was pressed to her chest, she wouldn't have been able to waver from her decision to abort Siying.

Jun squinted his gaze, and his index finger caught the culprit. "Why are you crying?" He whispered.

She pinched his cheeks. "Just remembering the day when I met you and Nana. You don't know, but...you had really saved Siying that day. I cannot thank you enough for it."

Zhiyuan quietly stared at her. He slowly bent and gently ruffled his head. "Thank you, Jun."

Jun tilted his head, and he couldn't understand. But he felt their sincerity and gratitude. He faintly caught his fingers trembling as he patted his head.

"Of course. As your future son-in-law, it's my duty to make you happy even if I was a baby."

"Hahaha! You are so cute!" Xinyi laughed.

Jinhai stared at them and sensed something had happened between them. He had noticed Xinyi's closeness with Jun whenever they met.

"Baaaaaaa…"

Baby Jin was tearful. He was sending signals for Xinyi to hold him, but she still didn't even look at him.

"Don't worry. I won't ever forget my cute Jin," Xinyi carried and cradled him in her arms.

"Baaaabaaaa…" he finally seemed to be appeased as he buried his face in her chest and grinned.

Nana clapped her hands. "We have brought a lot of gifts for Siying!"

Siying's gaze sparkled, and he drooled. "Gifts!"

The twins found the starters from a distance, and they beamed.

Food! Let's go!

"Mom! We will be right back!"

Nana widened her eyes. "Hey! Come back!"

Xinyi chuckled. "It's alright. Let them enjoy themselves."

Jun pushed his spectacles up in disdain. "They behave as if they are some hungry souls from the past who never got to eat in their lifetime."

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Jian said, "Bro. We have to stuff all the things we can see here."

Nian nodded. "Let's get on with our mission!"

The twins separated and dashed towards the starter's counter. The meat sparkled in front of Jian, and he felt as if he was in heaven.

My meat. I am coming... Let me get you into my stomach!

But his trip abruptly halted as he crashed into someone. The one in front of him fell back on her butt. Jian also stumbled, but he balanced himself on his other foot. 

His sight fell on a guest who took the last piece of skewer from the plate. 

"..."

Jian felt his dreams crash, and his mouth widened in shock.

My-my meat!!! Noooooooo!

He accusingly glared at the girl, who at the same time also got up and tearfully stared at him.

"You pushed me!"

"You pushed me!"

Both said at once.

Jian was dumbfounded. "Why would I, Liu Jian, push you on purpose!?"

The girl puffed her cheeks in anger. "Leina not push you! You bumped into me!"