(44) You have to go and declare your sovereignty

  On the way back, Song Min sat in the passenger seat, speechless. Although Wen Yan had explained to her earlier and she was happy then, she didn't quite understand why her heart sank when she saw Wen Yan with that girl, feeling suffocated and angry, as if she was about to explode.

  Then Wen Yan came over to help her carry things and explained that the girl was his colleague, Song Min's heart suddenly cleared up like a sunny day after rain, she had never known that her emotions could be so changeable and so magical.

  "How can you still not be happy?" Wen Yan glanced at Song Min's tense expression on his profile, and he was very head-aching. He thought he had just coaxed the little girl to happiness, but unexpectedly it was still the same old way.

  "No." Song murmured discontentedly, lowering his head to play with his fingers.

  Yuan Siyu sent a message to Song Min: Aren't you angry anymore? Has Wen Yan explained things clearly? You just like Wen Yan! Do you know what your expression was like when you saw Wen Yan with that girl together?

  Really fallen for him? Song Min subconsciously glanced at Wen Yan's profile, and after being discovered, he quickly shifted his gaze away, seemingly having a slight flutter in his heart. Song Min slowly turned red with embarrassment.

  In the evening, Dad and Mom came over with warm words, and the two families went to have a barbecue together.

  Summer evenings are the busiest time for roadside barbecue stalls in F City.

  The roadside was crowded with people.

  "Can we eat here?" Lisa asked curiously, pointing to a bustling food stall with many people, which seemed very novel to her.

  The Song family is quite casual about eating and doesn't pursue any particular grade or quality, as long as it tastes good.

  The Wenyan family is also like this.

  Smelling the scent of barbecue wafting in the air, the two families didn't hesitate and directly found a spot to sit down.

  Two mothers sat together, two fathers sat together, Song Min and Song Hae as well as Lisa could only sit opposite them.

  "You order." The dads handed the menus to the kids.

  Song Hao and Lisa were chatting happily, dancing with joy, no time to care about these things.

  "What's for dinner?" Wen Yan asked Song Min with a gentle tilt of her head, her eyes soft enough to melt people.

  Song Min walked up and looked at Wen Yan's menu in her hand, "It's all okay, I'm not picky, let's order some pork skewers, my mom doesn't eat lamb."

  "Your Lisa is so obedient, sensible and polite." Song's mother looked at Lisa with a face full of admiration.

  "You're already in a good situation, yet you don't know how to cherish it." Mom said with a shake of her head, "What are you envious of? Your family's Song Min is not only good-looking but also studies well, gentle and quiet, what more could you want?"

  "You don't know how annoying she and Song Hao are together, they're always either fighting or quarreling."

  "I'd rather have the house lively, Yan has been quiet since fifth grade, it's really too dull at home." Wen Yan's mom looked at the two people opposite her who were ordering food and couldn't help but smile, they looked more and more suitable.

  "You'll know how annoying it is when you raise a daughter." Although Song's mom said she was very angry, her eyes couldn't help but shine with pride.

  "I'd like to keep it, I don't know if you agree." Wen's mom looked at Song's mom with a hint of smile in her eyes.

  "Of course I agree."

  Two people exchanged a smile.

  "I was really shocked when I found out you were the youngest son of the Song family." Warm words from Dad.

  "Who says it's not? I really regret not knowing you earlier." Song Dad laughed out loud.

  "Wenji was also naive and had a childish temper at first." Wen's dad glanced at Song Min's mom, "Don't take it to heart, little sister."

  "Mother Song's old face turned red, 'It's been many years since then.'"

  "That year, my dad brought Wen Zhi back home and scolded her, he was so angry that he sent her abroad immediately, she met Lisa's dad at school." Wen's dad shook his head, that blonde-haired blue-eyed man had taken his sister away just like that. Looking at Wen Yan and Song Min together, he couldn't help but laugh, "I didn't expect these two kids..."

  "Wen's father glanced at Song's father and said, 'I'm saying, Old Song, you won't object, will you?'"

  After being together for so long, Wen's father deeply felt that Song's father was a slave to his daughter. Whenever he mentioned Song Min, he would be filled with pride. Wen's father worried that his own son's pursuit of his wife would not be smooth sailing, and the biggest obstacle was this person in front of him.

  Song Dad sighed and smiled twice, with deep unwillingness in his eyes. "It still depends on the two kids, what we say is useless."

  He thought of his daughter whom he had raised with great difficulty for so many years being taken away by Wen Yan, and his heart felt extremely uncomfortable.

  Two families ordered a table full of barbecue.

  Wen Yan wiped clean each metal skewer head of the lamb kebabs handed over to Song Min with a paper towel.

  Wen's mother was quietly observing from across the way, feeling a mix of emotions. Alas, her son wasn't hers anymore, and she was indeed concerned about her little daughter-in-law.

  Song Min took a bite of the warm words handed her meat skewers, just chewed for a moment, the heat burst from her mouth, Song Min's face suddenly turned red, pulled out a paper towel and spat out what was in her mouth, "So spicy."

  Song Min stuck out his tongue and fanned himself with his hand.

  Warm words couldn't help but make Song Min look like a little dog.

  "What are you laughing at?" Song Min glared at him with a look of grievance.

  "Wen Yan suppressed his smile and opened a can of Coke for Song Min."

  Song Min "gulp gulp" drank it all in one go, and after eating two strings of lamb skewers, Song Min supported his stomach with his hand, "I'm full, I won't eat anymore."

  "Mom Song glared at him, 'You're full after eating just this much?'"

  Song Min covered her throat with her hand and gestured to her mother, "Really, it's come to this."

  Song Min couldn't stop belching, his stomach was full of air, he had just drunk too much Coca-Cola, and the whole person was bloated.

  Wen Yan rubbed his hands together and said, "I'll accompany you for a walk."

  "It's okay, you just eat."

  Wen Yan didn't care about Song Min's refusal, pulled her up and said, "Dad, mom, uncle, auntie, I'll take her for a walk. You can finish eating without waiting for us."

  "Go ahead, be careful."

  Mr. Song's face was filled with a desire to speak but hesitated, opened his mouth as if wanting to say something, but ultimately said nothing, lowering his head and drinking silently.

  Wen Yan naturally took Song Min's hand.

  Song Min secretly used his strength to try and break free.

  The more he tried to calm her down, the tighter she clung to him.

  "Let go, okay?" Song Min looked at Wen Yan with pitiful eyes.

  Wen Yan looked at Song Min seriously for two seconds, his thin lips opening slightly, "Not good."

  Song Min's small face immediately became distorted and spirited, she indignantly puffed out her cheeks, taking advantage of Wen Yan's inattention to raise her head and hit Wen Yan's waist.

  He exerted his strength to hold Song Min's hand tightly, and when they reached the corner, he wrapped his arms around her waist, pulling her into his embrace, and turned into a small alley.

  The alley is dark without lights.

  "Wen Yan." Song Min couldn't see anything and anxiously called out to Wen Yan.

  A low and solemn voice sounded beside Song Min's ear, "I'm here."

  "Hmm..." Song Min carefully tried to wriggle free from Wen Yan's embrace.

  He spoke in a low voice, his words becoming more urgent as he pulled her closer, "If you break me, what will you do then?"

  "Huh?"

  "You little fool." Warm words with one hand holding Song Min, the other hand touching the back of Song Min's head, "What to do with you?"

  "You're stupid." Song Min raised his hand and pinched Wen Yan's lower back, but he was afraid of hurting her so he didn't use much force.

  "If I weren't stupid, how would I have fallen for... " Wen Yan smiled softly and hugged Song Min tightly. "The one today is a new colleague from the hospital, and we just happened to meet while shopping at the supermarket."

  "Oh." Song Min revealed a smile, anyway Hei Wenyan couldn't see it.

  "Are you still angry?"

  "Not angry..." Song Min's face turned red again, the warm voice was right by her ear, the breath blown out completely on her earlobe, Song Min's heart was about to go into disarray.

  The voice is really too good to hear...... like a spring medicine......

  "It's fine as long as you're not angry." Wen Yan spoke softly and slowly, enticing Song Min, "In a few days Lisa will be leaving, want to come with me to see her off?"

  "Oh."

  "When school starts, I'll go see you off?"

  "Oh."

  "Good boy." Wen Yan stroked Song Min's occipital region, his voice full of indulgence.

  Song Min felt as if countless cat claws were scratching his heart.

  "Warm words..." Song Min's voice was tinged with a faint sob, "Don't tempt me anymore, okay... I can't take it..."

  "Wen Yan smiled softly and said, 'It's unbearable.'"

  Ahhhhhhh!

  What's wrong with you today! Song Min was really at a loss for words, "Let me go, okay?"

  "Hold me for a little while longer."

  ……

  Nor did she know how long it took for Wen Yan to let go of Song Min.

  Song Min felt like it was an eternity.

  On the way back, Song Min's face was red all the way as he was led home by Wen Yan.

  The next morning, Song Min went out to give his mother's colleague's child a supplementary lesson when Wen Yan happened to go to work.

  Song Min opened the door and saw Wen Yan, subconsciously wanting to turn around and go back.

  Wen Yan quickly grabbed Song Min and pressed her against the door, staring straight at her, "Still hiding?"

  "Don't hide." Song Min forced out a smile and summoned the courage of a warrior to meet Wen Yan's eyes.

  Her eyes were gentle and serious, just one glance was enough to captivate him.

  Song Min's face slowly turned red again, "You're going to be late for work."

  "No rush." Wen Yan released Song Min, extremely naturally holding Song Min's hand, "Take the stairs or take the elevator?"

  "The stairs."

  Song Min's face turned red and she didn't dare look at Wen Yan again, the elevator was a confined space after all, who knows what Wen Yan would do inside...

  "Want to go find me for dinner tonight?" Wen Yan said, holding hands with Song Min down the stairs.

  To be honest, Song Min didn't understand either, how she and Wen Yan suddenly became intimate to this extent, without confessing or being together, but what did holding hands mean?

  Song Min shook his head, "Not going."

  "Then I'll come back for you." Wen Yan didn't give Song Min a chance to refuse, "Tonight our department is having a dinner gathering, you should at least show up to assert your dominance."

  What the hell is sovereignty?

  "What?" Song Min had just been lost in thought and upon hearing Wen Yan's words, he was momentarily stunned with a bewildered expression.

  "Think about it yourself." Out of the unit door, Wen Yan rubbed Song Min's head, "I'm going to drive, do you want a ride?"

  "No need." Song Min shook his head, still immersed in the phrase "declare sovereignty".

  Department of Warm Words gathering for dinner.

  Take her to declare sovereignty?

  Song Min's mind was completely messed up and he was in a panic.