Chapter 360 - Meet His Parents

When Han Yue Xiu arrived at the hotel's coffee house, Zhang Yu Han accompanied his wife and the two went downstairs together.

Han Yue Xiu smiled as she watched the couple walked over. She stood up and waved her hand to her friend.

"Yue Xiu, you're here." Li Qin Yao greeted. 

Han Yue Xiu's inhaled sharply and her eyes went wide as her friend was closer. Her gaze was glued to Li Qin Yao's stomach. "Yao Yao, the last time I saw you, it wasn't this big!"

"The last time we saw each other was months ago. Of course, my child would grow."

Han Yue Xiu cursed inwardly. "You really look like you have swallowed a watermelon. The child is growing too fast!" She looked at the couple alternately and smiled.

"Miss Han," Zhang Yu Han nodded to her. "I heard that you have rented out your apartment. If you don't have a place to stay, how about staying at our hotel? Of course, because you're a friend of Yao Yao, I will give you a special discount."

Han Yue Xiu's eyes brightened up at his words. "I haven't decided whether I wanted to stay a night or catch a midnight flight. But thank you."

Zhang Yu Han smiled. "Then, I'll inform the front office. If you decided to stay, just give your ID and mentioned Yao Yao's name. They will know what to do." He then turned to his wife and whispered a few things before he excused himself and headed back to his office.

Once Zhang Yu Han's figure entered the elevator, Han Yue Xiu turned to her friend and held her arms tightly. "Yao Yao, you married well."

Li Qin Yao chuckled at her friend's words. "Why? Because you can stay at the hotel with a special discount?"

Han Yue Xiu nodded. "Un, un. As your friend, I was able to enjoy this privilege."

Li Qin Yao rolled her eyes before she led Han Yue Xiu to enter the coffee house. As they walked in, a waiter immediately recognized Li Qin Yao and ushered the two to a slightly private space. They ordered some food and drinks and watched as the waiter left.

Hearing a sigh escaped her friend, Han Yue Xiu was slightly worried. "Are you alright?"

"Hmm," Li Qin Yao nodded. "Walking around with a big stomach like this isn't exactly easy. Sorry. Previously, I had planned to walk around with you. But suddenly, I don't feel like moving too much. We won't be having too much fun with my current condition."

Han Yue Xiu waved her hand. "It's fine. I only come over to hang out with you."

At this time, the waiter came back with their drinks. After he had placed the drinks, the waiter then left.

"Don't tell me you came to Y City just to hang out with me," Li Qin Yao said.

Han Yue Xiu raised a brow. "Why do you find it hard to believe?"

"Knowing you, if you wanted to come over to see me, you would come over once I have given birth." Li Qin Yao watched as her friend laughed. "Come on. Tell me. What is it?"

Han Yue Xiu stirred at her fruit juice with her straw but did not speak a word for a long time. 

Seeing that something was occupying her friend's mind, Li Qin Yao did hot hurry her to speak. 

"This time, I came to Y City with Song Yi," Han Yue Xiu spoke after a while. Then, she hesitated again. Though there are many things that she wanted to tell her friend, Han Yue Xiu found that she was unable to sort her mind and say what she was going to say.

Han Yue Xiu raised a brow upon finding that there was a lack of reaction from her friend. "You… don't seem surprised."

"I was not expecting this, but I am not surprised," Li Qin Yao took a sip at her drink. "Yue Xiu, perhaps you did not notice this, but ever since you came back from Country S, the way you treated him had changed. Something happened between the two of you?"

Han Yue Xiu thought of her friend's words and realized that it was indeed true. She had stopped trying to avoid Song Yi after he had helped her back in Country S. Moreover, Song Yi was no longer so forceful and annoying as he was. It was after she had noticed the change in him that Han Yue Xiu had agreed to work together with him to start a new company and became his business partner.

Now that they were working together again, Song Yi had never bothered her unless if it was for work matters. Han Yue Xiu was relieved with this change and found that she did not detest him as much as she did. 

The two of them continued to live their way, doing their own thing until she had brought her mother to the hospital for a check-up a few weeks ago. Han Yue Xiu had gone away briefly to buy some drinking water and when she came back, she was surprised upon seeing Song Yi and her mother together and they were chatting amiably.

Song Yi had stayed to accompany her and her mother for her check-up. Then, he had sent them back to their place. It was then that Song Yi had suddenly suggested to give him a chance to start over.

It was a speech that Han Yue Xiu had previously heard. But this time, there was a different feeling to it. It was the way that he had asked.

As if something had possessed her, Han Yue Xiu had agreed to give him a chance. Even Han Yue Xiu was surprised by her decision.

"What is it?" Li Qin Yao spoke after a long silence. "Are you going to tell me that you are dating now?"

Han Yue Xiu stared at her friend with a serious expression before she slowly nodded. "Somewhat." She then lowered her eyes and stared at her fruit juice. "I came to Y City this time to meet his parents."

Li Qin Yao was glad that she was not drinking her water when she heard her friend's words. Or else, she might have spewed it on Han Yue Xiu's face. She was aware that Song Yi had liked Han Yue Xiu and her friend no longer dislike the man as much, but what with the sudden development?

"It was not what you think," Han Yue Xiu spoke quickly. "Yao Yao, you remember Song Yi's rumored fiance, right?"

Li Qin Yao had previously run into the woman at Han Yue Xiu's office and had remembered the pretty lady.

"Well, Song Yi had previously mentioned to his elders that he did not want to be with Miss Fang, but his elders keep pushing him because he did not have a girlfriend. They had even suspected him as gay. Now that I have agreed to give him a chance, Song Yi wanted to introduce me to his parents and help him to dispel any rumors or unwanted attention."

Li Qin Yao heard how Han Yue Xiu's voice gradually turned into a whisper as she goes on and knew that her friend was suspecting that perhaps, she had been tricked.

Even as a bystander, Li Qin Yao found that Song Yi's excuses were weak.

She looked at her friend with a teasing smile and spoke, "Yue Xiu, you keep saying that I'm moving on too fast, but look at you. He had met your parents and now you're meeting his parents!"

Han Yue Xiu looked at her friend in horror. "Yao Yao, don't scare me!"

"What's there to be scared about? Isn't it just meeting the parents?" Li Qin Yao smiled. "If you're scared that his parents will reject you, you can always try my method."

"What method?"

"Get a certificate first, and meet his parents later."

Han Yue Xiu rolled her eyes. "Stop joking with me. I didn't like him that much to marry him after a few weeks, alright?"