Chapter 864 - 864 850 Understanding Mother-in-Law (1)

Chapter 864: 850, Understanding Mother-in-Law (1) Chapter 864: 850, Understanding Mother-in-Law (1) When it came to showing dedication, the first person Bai Jue thought of was He Min.

His gaze suddenly turned cold; he thought anyone trying to compete with him had no chance, not even a sliver of an opening.

“Bai Jue, why don’t you go ask my sister? After all, she’s closer to Mingyan and could take the opportunity to gauge Mingyan’s feelings,” Jian Luo suggested.

Bai Jue’s body stiffened. Ask Jian Qing?

If Jian Qing knew about this, she’d probably revel in his misfortune.

Seeing Bai Jue’s hesitation, Jian Luo smiled knowingly. “Bai Jue, if you keep hesitating, you’ll end up a lifelong bachelor.”

“…”

Bai Jue sighed, propping his head with one hand as he fell into deep thought.

Well, since he’d already made a mess of things, he had no choice but to see it through, even if it meant going down on his knees.

The sky was clear, the golden sunlight making the ground hot to the touch.

The wind chimes swayed, tinkling crisply.

Pushing open the glass door, a burst of cool air hit him, driving away the scorching heat from outside.

“Mr. Bai,” Xiaoqing was arranging freshly delivered flowers when she looked up and was surprised to see Bai Jue.

“Where’s your store manager?” Bai Jue asked with a nod, his eyes sweeping the store but not finding the familiar figure he was looking for.

“The store manager hasn’t arrived yet. You could wait a bit; she should be here in about ten minutes,” Xiaoqing said.

Bai Jue hummed in response and walked over to sit down on a sofa not far away.

He placed the bag he was carrying on a table and started to idly examine the shop’s décor.

Before long, the sound of wind chimes rang out again.

“Mingyan sis!”

Xiaoqing hurried up to greet Zhan Mingyan when she arrived, and upon seeing the person accompanying her, politely said hello.

“Mrs. Zhan!”

Lu Hui nodded lightly, her face adorned with a gentle, amiable smile.

“Yanyan, go ahead with your work; I’ll sit over there and wait for you,” she said.

“Okay,” Zhan Mingyan began to inspect the morning’s deliveries as soon as she entered, her focused demeanor adding a unique charm to her beautiful profile.

“Mingyan sis, Mr. Bai has arrived,” Xiaoqing whispered to her.

“What?” Zhan Mingyan straightened up as if she had springs in her back and quickly scanned the store.

Suddenly, her gaze met the man’s smiling eyes, and she froze.

Why was he here so early?

Before she could ponder for long, Lu Hui voiced the question in her mind, “Bai Jue, why are you here so early? Are you here to see my daughter Yanyan?”

Lu Hui, who had a very good impression of Bai Jue, couldn’t help but show her satisfaction upon seeing him.

Bai Jue stood up and walked towards them, glanced at Zhan Mingyan, then turned to Lu Hui with a slight smile, “Good morning, Auntie.”

Lu Hui nodded repeatedly, her smile nearly reaching the back of her head.

Zhan Mingyan stepped forward, placing herself in front of Lu Hui, and said coolly, “What are you doing here?”

Before Bai Jue could speak, Lu Hui interjected, “Yanyan, our guest should be treated with courtesy.”

The words made Bai Jue’s regard for his future mother-in-law rise tremendously, his gratitude flowing like an unending river.

Zhan Mingyan’s lips twitched slightly.

Whose mother was she exactly, hers or Bai Jue’s?

She turned around to look at Lu Hui, grabbing her hand, “Mom, I have something to tell you, come with me.”

“You child, always so impatient.” Lu Hui, puzzled, was pulled away by her, and at last, she turned to Bai Jue with a kindly smile, “Bai Jue, have a seat, we’ll chat more in a bit.”

“Okay.” Bai Jue obediently replied.

Walking aside, Zhan Mingyan glanced back and saw Bai Jue sitting down on the sofa again, then she lowered her voice and said, “Mom, just leave the matter between him and me alone. It’s impossible anyway. I’ll send him away in a bit, and you don’t say a word.”

“How can that be okay?” Lu Hui disagreed, “Since he’s already here, how can we send him away? Besides, I think he’s not bad, and didn’t you seem like a girl with a spring in her heart when I mentioned him before?”

A girl with a spring in her heart?

Zhan Mingyan felt thunder rolling in her head.

How on earth did her mom come up with such an idea? Where did she show any sign of behaving like a girl with a spring in her heart?

Shaking her head, she grabbed her mother’s hand, going on, “Anyway, no matter what, he and I are just impossible, so don’t mess things up. Don’t think I don’t know you think he’s handsome.”

She knew her own mother better than anyone else, a bit of a beauty addict herself.

“See, you also admit he’s handsome,” Lu Hui seized the key point, teasing, “Just because it’s impossible now doesn’t mean you can’t create a possibility. Besides, I think Bai Jue isn’t entirely without interest in you, otherwise, why would he always come to find you?”

“Oh, Mom, I can’t make it clear to you.” Hearing this, Zhan Mingyan felt overwhelmed and wildly waved her hands.

“Anyway, it’s just impossible with him.”

Not far away, Bai Jue watched Zhan Mingyan hopping around in frustration, the corners of his mouth slightly lifted.

Lu Hui smiled nonchalantly, “So you’re saying you don’t like him?”

Zhan Mingyan, “Right, I don’t like him.”

“Then you like He Min?”

“I don’t like him either.”

“Then…”

“Mom, stop there. Just don’t say anything when I talk later, okay?” The intense gaze from behind made Zhan Mingyan feel uncomfortable, and she quickly cut her off.

Having said this, she turned and quickly walked back to Bai Jue, with Lu Hui following behind.

Seeing the mother and daughter approaching, Bai Jue stood up, his lips bearing a faint smile, “Auntie, have you eaten yet? I brought some food, do you and Yanyan want to have something together?”

“No need, you two eat. Yanyan got up late in the morning and barely had any breakfast, so it’s just right for you to keep her company.” Lu Hui eyed the packaging bag from Qianshi Restaurant on the table, her gaze towards Bai Jue grew even more satisfied.

Zhan Mingyan looked at Bai Jue as if seeing a ghost, Yanyan? Since when were they so close that he could call her that?

And before, he always called her by her full name, or he’d call her “Flat-chested.” How did it turn into Yanyan overnight?

Did this man get possessed last night?

Bai Jue, staring at her dumbstruck expression, couldn’t help but reach out to touch her head in front of Lu Hui, “The breakfast is still warm, have some first.”

Click, click.

Zhan Mingyan petrified.

What exactly did he want to do?

“Yanyan, what are you dazing off for? Sit down and have breakfast quickly, don’t waste Bai Jue’s kindness.” Lu Hui pulled Zhan Mingyan down to sit, and then looked at Bai Jue, motioning him with her hand.

“Bai Jue, come sit here.”

Bai Jue’s eyes lit up, and he quickly walked over, sitting next to Zhan Mingyan.

Having such an understanding mother-in-law, he considered himself extremely fortunate.

“Thank you, Auntie.”

“No trouble at all, you two eat, don’t mind me.” Lu Hui looked at the polite Bai Jue, her smile deepening.

Bai Jue smiled and nodded, took out the breakfast from the bag, opened up the food containers, and the tempting aroma spread out, the exquisite and steaming crystal shrimp dumplings still hot.