Yun Yehou stared at her for a long time before he exclaimed in sudden realization, "Oh! Aren't you Shishi? You're my niece, right? I recognize her now! Ha ha…"
He reached out to pat her hand, telling her with much contentment, "My niece has grown up and has become prettier than before! What a beauty she's now!"
His eyes brimmed with tears as he gave this emotional remark.
His wife and two daughters at the side were rather disturbed by his enthusiasm, though they suppressed their discomfort just as quickly.
Inwardly, his wife was thinking, She's not your daughter; why are you so happy?!
Yun Shishi glanced at the women standing behind her uncle and walked up to them. "This must be auntie! How are you?"
Xiang Yu gave a pretentious smile, gushing, "Oh, my. It's my niece! It's really my niece! Wow! You are all grown up now; auntie here couldn't recognize you at first."
The older daughter, Yun Qingmiao, chipped in, "Eh? Does cousin look different from before? I can't tell the difference."
She was older than her cousin by three years and had seen the latter once when she was small.
The younger daughter, Yun Qinli, remarked with indifference, "Sis, you haven't seen cousin for many years; of course, you won't be able to remember her!"
Yun Shishi smiled and called out sweetly, "Cousins Qingmiao and Qinli."
"Eh!"
The two siblings went up and shook hands with her. For some reason, the younger one was looking at her strangely.
Actually, the younger sibling was not keen to see her.
After all, if not because of her uncle and his family, she would have gone to college instead of being ridiculed.
Mu Yazhe's appearance in their midst immediately garnered the sisters' attention.
He was too conspicuous. Even with his shades on and dressed in casual clothes, his magnetic charisma could not be ignored as he stood beside their cousin without a word!
His presence was overpowering.
The younger one's attention was only on her cousin, whereas her older sister had already taken notice of the man and was, in fact, casting a few furtive glances at him.
Oh, god…
This man is so handsome!
He's so fashionably dressed. The leather jacket on him looks expensive; is he wearing branded items from head to toe?!
This man should be very rich, or perhaps he comes from a family with a decent background.
Is he… cousin's boyfriend?
Their mother had noticed him as well. Tugging at her niece's sleeve, she asked furtively, "Is he…"
"He is…"
Her niece was at a loss.
Standing at one side, the man announced casually and expressionlessly, "How are you, auntie? I'm Shishi's husband."
His sudden and unexpected announcement took his woman by surprise, so much so that she choked on her saliva. Cough!
This man is so presumptuous!
He has just proposed, and we haven't reached the stage of registering our union yet; how can he be considered my husband?
He smiled despite her angry look. "Why; do you need to be so shy?"
"Husband?!"
Everyone let out a yelp of surprise in unison and stared unbelievably at the couple.
No one was as shocked as her father, though.
This man…
Isn't he her professor in university?
He was only away for a few months, and… pronto, this man had turned into his son-in-law!
Yun Yehou also gazed in wide-eyed disbelief at the two.
His wife exclaimed, "Niece, are you truly married? How come I wasn't informed?"