Chapter 368

“H-hello,” Mr. and Mrs. Qin quickly responded.

Mr. Qin invited Bai Tingxin to take a seat while Mrs. Qin pulled her daughter to the side. “This is your boyfriend? He’s not someone you hired to put up an act?”

Qin Lianyi rolled her eyes. “You can just think of him as an actor I hired, then.”

Mrs. Qin was exasperated. “What a child! How can you speak that way! Alright, go serve tea.” With that said, Mrs. Qin then plastered a friendly face and walked over to Bai Tingxin.

Since Qin Lianyi was the designated waitress, she headed to the kitchen to prepare some tea. When she stepped into the living room with a tray of tea, she saw the three people chatting joyfully with each other.

“Tingxin, you said that you got to know Lianyi while abroad, so have the both of you been keeping in touch all these years?”

“We didn’t. It’s after I returned to the country recently and bumped into Lianyi on the streets that we kept in contact. To be honest, I’ve been searching for Lianyi all these years. Fortunately, I’ve found her.” Bai Tingxin smiled.

He shot a look at Qin Lianyi as he said that. From Mr. and Mrs. Qin’s view, that was a look filled with love. However, for Qin Lianyi, it was a look filled with threats.

Mr. Qin smiled. “Both of you are truly fated. However, since you guys first saw each other overseas, that would mean it was only within a span of a few days. How did you develop feelings for Lianyi?”

Mr. Qin was curious to know. After all, his daughter only went abroad for a few days. How did she manage to make a man unable to forget about her for over three years within such a short time? Furthermore, that man was an attractive-looking man who could make girls swoon. It was not a problem for him to look for a girlfriend, yet he had been looking for his daughter for the past three years. This made Mr. Qin’s impression of Bai Tingxin increase exponentially.

“Lianyi is a straightforward girl. I feel comfortable interacting with her. There was once when I was drunk...” Bai Tingxin said without any reservations. Qin Lianyi suddenly shuddered, and the cup of tea in her hand spilled by half.

“Ouch!” She growled softly and immediately put the cup down. The back of her hand began to turn red from being scalded by the hot tea.

Bai Tingxin frowned, speedily pulled Qin Lianyi up, made a dash for the kitchen, and turned on the cold water tap to allow the cold water to wash over her scalded hand.

“Why can’t you even hold a teacup properly?” he said sulkily.

“Hey, don’t mention that I’ve spent the night with you in the hotel back then. My parents are conservative people. If they find out about this, they’ll break my canine legs,” Qin Lianyi urgently said.

“Canine legs?” He side-eyed her. “This is the first time I’m hearing someone describe themselves as a canine.”

Qin Lianyi felt deflated. She admitted that she kind of used the wrong description.

“Whatever it is, just don’t breathe a word about it.” There was begging in her eyes.

He sealed his thin lips tightly, not saying a word.

“As long as you don’t mention it, I can...” She abruptly paused mid-sentence.

‘What can I do? Buy him a meal? He doesn’t seem like someone who will be interested in a meal that I can afford. Shall I give him a gift as a reward? I don’t have the cheek to say that out when the person I’m speaking to is richer than me by more than a thousand folds.’

Whichever idea that came to her mind did not seem appropriate at all. Thus, Qin Lianyi’s sentence was paused for a long time. There was no sign of continuation.

“What can you do?” Bai Tingxin bent forward slightly to look at her.

She looked at that handsome face that was merely inches away from her and her heart could not stop beating rapidly. Qin Lianyi could not help but complain inwardly. ‘Why does a man need such a good-looking face? Especially his skin… It’s way better than mine.’ His skin was so good that she had the urge to ask him what skincare products he used.