Hearing this, Xue Sifu also stroked his chin, “With your Little Uncle and Little Aunty covering for her, honestly, I’m quite curious to know who she’s dating.”
At that moment, Xue Bai said, “Ganggang mentioned before that she had a crush on someone called Bai Xing. It must be him.”
Xue Shi immediately said, “Right, it’s him, the one called Bai Xing. There can’t be anyone else. Ganggang wouldn’t fall for someone else that quickly.” He then added annoyedly, “Damn! Had I known they were together, I wouldn’t have worried about embarrassing Ganggang that day. I insisted on meeting the person! Now look, they’ve been dating for over a month, and I haven’t even seen his face.”
Xue Sifu said, “Sooner or later you’ll meet him. Your Little Uncle and Little Aunty are helping out. Clearly, he’s trustworthy and not just casually dating Ganggang. When you do meet him, as her eldest uncle, why not just intimidate him a bit?”
“That won’t do,” Xue Shi immediately objected. “Ganggang would feel so awkward then. And my parents definitely won’t let me off the hook.”
Coincidently, Xue Erfu had come to town today to shop and stopped by the main shop. Just as he entered, he overheard the conversation and asked with a smile, “What have you done now that neither I nor your mother will let you off the hook?”
“Father, father!” Xue Shi immediately rushed toward him.
Xue Erfu was quite amused, “It’s rare for you to cling to me like a plaster. Tell me, what’s the matter?” He jokingly glanced at his younger brother and his nephew Xue Bai.
Xue Sifu just smiled.
Xue Bai just gave a naive smile.
Xue Shi blurted out, “Dad, if it weren’t for you coming to town, I wouldn’t even talk about it. Ganggang even asked Little Uncle and Little Aunty to keep it from other family members. It’s just that you happened to come to town.”
Upon hearing this, Xue Erfu raised his eyebrow, “What, is something wrong with Ganggang?” he asked, surveying the vast main shop. “Where is she? Why don’t I see her?”
“You promise you won’t talk about it when you get home, including to Mom, then I’ll tell you,” said Xue Shi.
“Still bargaining?” Xue Erfu found it amusing. But seeing his younger brother and nephew, Xue Bai, also surprisingly unified in their silence, he finally said, “All right, all right. Say it, and even if I go home, I won’t spill it to anyone else, including your mom. Is that okay now?”
“Okay, okay,” Xue Shi said with a teasing grin, “Ganggang said she disappeared for two days. She was probably off dating.”
“” Xue Erfu was silent for a long while before slowly uttering a single word, “Damn…” His mind still remembering how last year Shoushou had run off with the carriage. “This year she runs off too? Am I to expect you to run next year?”
“I’m not even close to that yet. Besides, it’s not me running off, at most I’d bring someone’s daughter back.” Xue Shi replied irritably. “Besides, Ganggang didn’t run off this year; she must have been dating someone last December, she just kept it a secret.”
“Who is he?” Xue Erfu was more concerned about that. His children Xue Yan and Yue Bao had been helping out, so the guy must be his future son-in-law.
“I don’t know, I’ve never met him, but I know he’s called Bai Xing.”
“Bai Xing? That’s a decent name.” After a pause, he added, “If you don’t know, then you don’t, but if he wasn’t a decent person, Ganggang wouldn’t have asked your Little Uncle and Little Aunty for such help. He must be truly commendable.”
“Is that it?” Xue Shi couldn’t believe it. “Dad, can your heart get any bigger?”
Xue Erfu laughed and said, “If my heart were any smaller, I wouldn’t be the most relaxed, carefree, and happiest among the six brothers.”
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