The sun will always set in the west, and after a date is over, one has to go home - waiting to be scolded.

  But it's worth it even if I get scolded!

  At around five o'clock in the afternoon, Wang Jinglu adjusted her mood and slowly walked downstairs to her home, while she couldn't help but repeatedly savor the beauty of today's whole day in her heart.

  Today, the two of them kissed, watched a movie together, and then went to eat rice noodles. While eating rice noodles, they ran into two unreliable people who were talking nonsense, and one of them was actually the boss of the restaurant where Li Qian used to sing. He claimed to love listening to Li Qian's Russian songs and had tipped him multiple times. As a result, the two of them somehow became friends with Li Qian and almost went from the rice noodle shop to the seafood hotel next door. Fortunately, Li Qian eventually shook off those two tasteless guys. In the afternoon, the two of them strolled around Daming Lake.

  Daming Lake has been visited many times, Li Qian has been there many times, and she herself has also been there many times. However, the two of them going together is a first, so it's still very unique and fresh everywhere.

  Then, there she saw Li Qian smoking for the first time. Strangely, she and her sister Wang Jingxue had repeatedly criticized their father's smoking habit, but seeing Li Qian smoke didn't give them any disgusted feeling, instead they thought his light blue stubble with a wispy cloud of smoke was somewhat dashing.

  Of course, when he had smoked half of it, he was discovered by the duty personnel and fined 10 yuan.

  The two of them meekly paid the fine and then left with their tails between their legs.

  Dinner dare not eat outside again, must save the belly to go back and eat mom's steamed dumplings, otherwise the next few days will definitely be more difficult to get through. So Li Qian pedaled his bike to send her to the entrance of the community, then watched as she went into the community by herself.

  The smile of gatekeeper Qin is very sly.

  Downstairs, a familiar car was parked. Even with Wang Jingluo's distracted state at the time, she still caught sight of it at a glance, because it was her sister Wang Jingxue's small run - just didn't know if her sister would come back to play a buffering role or thoroughly trigger a criticism meeting?

  Then she saw Li Qian's father, Li Shuwen.

  Yesterday afternoon, when she looked downstairs, she saw Li's father circling around their new Jetta, occasionally squatting down to check here and there. There was a bucket of water next to the car, and Li's father had a snow-white towel in his hand, wiping here and there - it seems like he's still doing that today.

  Wang Jinglu slowly took a deep breath and obediently walked over to greet her.

  Somehow, although they were old neighbors who had long been familiar with each other, recently, every time she saw Li's father and mother, she would always feel inexplicably shy, even her voice was not clear when greeting them, soft and timid, and before she spoke, her face had already started to turn red.

  Mr. Li heard the greeting and stood up with a "ah", seeing that it was Wang Jinglu, he smiled and responded.

  She would have been busy running away after saying hello a few days ago, but I don't know if it's related to kissing someone's son today. Her courage suddenly became stronger, although she was still shy, and she couldn't help but laugh and look at the new car of Li's family with an adult tone, flattering: "Uncle Li, your car is really beautiful."

  This remark really hit Li's father's weak spot.

  Mr. Li has had his driver's license for several years and has always dreamed of buying a car, but when they bought this house, it was mainly through a loan, which they only finished paying off two years ago. He is a teacher with an average income, not high but not low either. Mrs. Li is an accountant, similarly. So together, their salaries are just enough to cover the mortgage and living expenses each month, leaving some savings after all these years. However, the problem is that they have less than 100,000 yuan in total savings, and their son is about to go to college - how can they afford it?

  Unexpectedly, his son was only in the second year of high school, 17 years old, and suddenly showed off musical talents that had never been discovered before. With a brush, several songs were sold, and tens of millions were earned! The problem is that this is not a one-time deal, the few songs he sold have become extremely popular, even roadside audio stores are playing them repeatedly. In other words, his songs will only be more popular in the future, and will only be worth more money!

  It's settled then. The son is going to send it, and Li Dad can't resist the desire to have a car of his own in his heart. Then, a brand new Jetta is in hand!

  Firstly, I finally have a car!

  Secondly, the car was bought by his son!

  Thirdly, on the way to send his wife to and from work by car, as long as he winds down the window, he can almost hear every minute a song written by his son coming out of the loudspeakers on the street!

  Is there anything more enjoyable than this in the world?

  Ever since he bought the car, as long as someone praises it for being beautiful or good, he immediately smiles with a face full of wrinkles!

  Although some things can't be openly shown off, especially for someone like Li Dad, it's even more taboo to hurt Zhong Yong, but even if it's secretly shown off, that's already satisfying enough!

  Don't think that all literary youths are low-key and introverted, they also love to show off. They just do it in a more subtle way. For example, if someone praises his car, Li Dad will definitely sigh and say: "It's mainly because I'm heartbroken, the car is good, but it's expensive! If I don't eat or drink for a year, I can only afford one like this!"

  Look, on one side showing off and on the other side crying poor, how cool is that!

  Of course, that's for others.

  Wang Jinglulu, for now, cannot be categorized as someone else's.

  Then Li's father smiled and said, "I don't dare to tell others, I'm afraid that little Li Qian will get arrogant! But, Xiaolu, you also know, this kid Li Qian, hehe, still has a filial heart, yes, still has!"

  Previously, Li's father had given Wang Jinglu the impression of being a bookworm with a serious demeanor, roughly the type that made people, especially children, not dare to get close. However, now... ah, she suddenly discovered that Li's father wasn't scary at all.

  It turns out that he will also be proud of his son, it turns out that he can't wait to show off his car and his own son!

  Nothing else can be done, as a well-behaved child, auspicious words should still be said.

  Then Wang Jinglu continued, "Of course there is filial piety, but ordinary people are filial, where can they afford to send a small sedan? Not to mention that Li Qiancai is only 17 years old! Uncle Li, you don't know how many people envy you!"

  Li's dad chuckled, "Hey, you're not an outsider either. He just... got lucky this time! Who knows if his song will sell next time? I told him and his mom, he's just poor and stingy! You can't hide leftover food in a doghouse!"

  After saying that, Li's father deliberately lowered his voice and asked: "That kid made a small fortune, didn't he give you a gift?"

  The gift was sent, of course. It's a very beautiful, Bohemian-style dress! Wang Jinglu tried it on and thought it fit perfectly everywhere, so beautiful that she couldn't bear to part with it. However, she didn't dare bring it back. The two agreed that once Wang Jinglu returned to Shuntianfu, Li Qian would send it to her.

  At this time, Li's father asked about the topic, and Wang Jinglu was a little shy, slowly nodding her head. The feeling of wanting to escape came again, and she quickly said: "Uncle Li, I'm going up now, my mom is waiting for me to have dinner!"

  "Go ahead! Go ahead! I see your sister's car, she should be back!"

  Wang Jinglu hummed and went upstairs.

  As she went upstairs, Mr. Li was about to go polish his beloved car again. Just then, the person from the fifth floor came back from work and said with a smile: "Brother Li, you've been attending to your car all day but not to your wife, shouldn't she be upset?"

  The two of them burst out laughing.

  He locked up his bicycle, pointed west on the third floor with a smile and said in a low voice: "I saw your Xiao Qian riding a bike with someone's daughter when I went to work today, what's going on, have you settled down?"

  Li's dad smiled mysteriously and said, "Where can you two little rascals know what's going on?"

  The other party also smiled and understood each other's minds.

  When he went upstairs, Li's father couldn't help but laugh while looking at his own car.

  He is not the kind of person who speaks nonsense, and even more so when it comes to matters between children, he will not make random guesses. The reason he asked about the gift earlier was actually to confirm something.

  It seems like this kid is quite talented in this aspect too?

  He smiled, with a kind of melancholy and nostalgia that his son had grown up and he was getting old and useless. Then, he poured water, picked up the bucket and towel, and went upstairs to eat.

  …………

  Wang Jingxue has indeed returned, it was she who opened the door for Wang Jinglu.

  Although he had called ahead of time, Wang's father still couldn't come back. According to Wang Jingxue's whisper, that woman's belly was getting bigger and her temper was getting more and more difficult to deal with, so Wang's father didn't dare leave her behind to come back for this meal.

  But without him, there is no him, anyway, in recent two years, mother and three daughters have also slowly gotten used to it.

  Tao Huijun didn't say anything, and dinner was quickly finished. The three of them drank soup and chatted about something else, the atmosphere was very harmonious. After finishing the soup, the three of them cleaned up the dishes together and sat back down on the sofa. Only then did Tao Huijun ask: "Xiao Lu, why didn't you come back at noon?"

  Wang Jinglu timidly raised her head, while Wang Jingshuang coldly observed from the side.

  Tao Huijun said calmly, "Today your sister came back and told me a lot about Li Qian. I admit that if what she said is true, he might have some talent. So at least for now, with his achievements as proof, mom can take back her previous words, he may not be unworthy of you after all. However, even if you like him, even if you two want to date, shouldn't you also give some respect to mom?"

  She paused, waiting for her daughter to look up before gazing into her eyes and saying slowly: "Xiaolu, Mom wants to tell you that being rebellious isn't always good. Dad and Mom aren't always wrong either."

  Wang Jinglu bit her lip and nodded slowly.

  "So think carefully about what Mom said, and at least don't do it again next time, okay?"

  Wang Jinglu nodded again.

  When the two sisters returned to their room and could speak in private, Wang Jinglu hurriedly thanked her, but Wang Jingxue said: "I didn't say anything extra, I just saw that mom was very angry at the time, so I told her some things I knew. Neither exaggerated nor belittled, so I don't count as helping you."

  She paused for a moment, then continued in a rare tone: "Actually... about these things regarding him, you should have told mom earlier, she probably wouldn't be so angry. Neither mom nor I want to stop you from being with someone or force you to date someone. We just hope that when you're not fully understanding, we can help filter out some unsuitable choices for you. Now that your choice is starting to prove itself not entirely unreasonable, of course, we won't stop you anymore, at least not forcing you to do anything."

  Wang Jinglu heard this and seemed to understand somewhat, but still nodded again.

  Then, Wang Jingxue fell silent for a moment, seemingly saying something in a low voice, with a somewhat melancholic expression.

  Wang Jinglu didn't hear clearly, so she asked a question. Wang Jingxue suddenly smiled and shook her head, saying: "Nothing. I was thinking that love is not a necessity in life. If you can have love in your life, and the person who spends their whole life with you is really the one you love, then it's just that you're too lucky! If that person is also your first love, then... you deserve to be envied by the whole world."

  The envy of the whole world?

  For a moment, Wang Jinglu suddenly felt a shock in her heart.

  Such a simple sentence, when heard by Wang Jinglu, should have had a little bit of shyness or small happiness, but it didn't appear at all.

  At this moment, she just stared at her sister with wide eyes.

  Because when she said this, she clearly saw that kind of desolate expression on her sister's face, and also heard that bleak feeling again.

  "Sister, you..."

  Wang Jingxue couldn't help but laugh and her face quickly returned to normal.

  "It's nothing, I'm fine, those are all things of the past!"