Thinking about it, it seems my buddy is right.

I don’t know a damn thing about social skills!

"No worries, you can always level up your skills. It’s impossible to become an expert overnight, but you can cram for it temporarily. For instance, you can learn this!"

As he spoke, Su Zelin raised the teapot in his hand.

"Pouring tea for others? I can do that!"

Lu Haoran’s eyes lit up.

"Haoran, you’re such an idiot!" Su Zelin laughed in exasperation. "Pouring tea, what kind of skill is that? You need to learn how to brew tea!"

"Brew tea?"

The straightforward guy scratched his head, "What can brewing tea show?"

"Haha, it can show a lot. Haoran, look at me, don’t you feel like I’m surrounded by immortal vibes, like I’m exuding elegance with a god-like aura? Full of male god charisma!"

"Ugh!"

Qin Shiqing couldn’t hold it in.

She had never seen someone so shameless.

"You actually do!"

Lu Haoran agreed wholeheartedly.

Every detail of Su Zelin’s tea-brewing process was pleasing to the eye, flowing smoothly, with an intrinsic sense of style.

"Qin Shiqing, are you pregnant? Whose child?"

The childhood friend’s feigned nausea made Su Zelin a bit annoyed.

In his view, tea art is a kind of Tao!

A man who can brew kung fu tea is very impressive.

A woman who can brew green tea is also not ordinary!

This woman, how dare she look down on the tea ceremony.

If she meets a "green tea" girl, she’ll be in for it!

"Yours!"

Qin Shiqing glared.

"Stop talking nonsense, I don’t want to be accused of being a surprise dad, I might sue you for slander!"

Su Zelin grunted.

Indeed, they had shared a bed, but that was on Christmas Eve last year. It’s been over half a year, how could anything happen suddenly? What are you, giving birth to Nezha? The cycle isn’t that long!

Besides, my countless sons and grandsons went down the toilet, how could you possibly be pregnant?

Lu Haoran felt a bit awkward.

He felt the topic was unsuitable for someone as honest... no, as refined as him.

"Don’t underestimate tea brewing, your principal is a big advocate for the tea ceremony!"

Su Zelin used a strong example to suppress the childhood friend.

"Huh, how do you know that?"

Qin Shiqing was quite puzzled.

"How do I know? Your principal is a tea maniac, it’s well-known outside, what’s so strange? Didn’t you know too?"

Su Zelin retorted.

Actually, Qin Shiqing hadn’t heard it before; she just got curious last semester when she saw Yan Qiuwen suddenly picking up tea-drinking in the dorm. When asked, her roommate said it was because her uncle, Principal Zhou, was into it, and she got influenced.

She was about to say something when Lu Haoran cleared his throat, "Zelin, why don’t we get back to how to learn tea brewing?"

"Alright then!"

The rogue didn’t banter more with his childhood friend and got back on track.

"Haoran, have you heard of the tea ceremony? Kung fu tea is an art that can calm the mind and nurture one’s temperament."

"Being able to brew kung fu tea leaves a good impression of elegance and is a very good social skill!"

"More importantly, didn’t you say Xiaoyanzi’s dad likes tea? You were even planning to give him some leaves, right? You’re catering to his liking, finding common ground."

"But you can’t let others brew the tea for you, right? That’s too rude. You don’t want to brew it poorly yourself, so you need to learn a bit! Once you have some basics, you can even humbly seek guidance from Xiaoyanzi’s dad, won’t that create a topic of conversation?"

Su Zelin patiently explained while demonstrating.

Lu Haoran wasn’t like Yan Qiuwen, who could learn almost instinctively just by watching. His good buddy was a bit dull; it was impossible for him to become proficient in kung fu tea all at once.

However, learning the process and a few simple kung fu tea moves was doable. A college student knowing a bit about tea art is enough; others wouldn’t criticize you for not being a master, they might even offer you pointers.

"Truly, hearing you speak is better than studying ten years of books. Zelin, how do you even think of these things!"

The honest man clapped his hands, lamenting the huge gap in IQ and EQ between him and his good buddy.

After teaching kung fu tea for half a day, they moved on to the next step.

The rogue said, "All that above is just theoretical, next we’ll rehearse a few times to prevent you from getting nervous and forgetting everything. So, how about you treat me as Xiaoyanzi’s dad, and we do some actual practice!"

Lu Haoran: "???"

What kind of situation is this?

I treat you as a good buddy, but you want to be my father-in-law?

"No worries, just role-playing. Anyway, Xiaoyanzi’s been like my sweet daughter, sometimes playing her dad is fine, no awkwardness at all."

Su Zelin chuckled.

"I want to play too, I want to play too!"

Qin Shiqing found it amusing, "Just having Mr. Tang isn’t enough, Haoran, you can act like I’m Xiaoyanzi’s mom too!"

The straightforward man: "..."

First, there was Zelin who wanted to be my father-in-law, now there’s Shiqing who wants to be my mother-in-law.

You guys really know how to have fun!

I swear I’m cracking up!

They spent an entire afternoon in the Su family home, teaching all there was to teach, rehearsing several times. They reckoned the honest man should be able to handle meeting the parents, and Su Zelin even took him to the street to help pick out an outfit, even helped him choose some tea leaves.

The tea market is tricky; people who don’t know better might spend money and still end up buying poor-quality tea leaves.

When his parents learned their son was going to meet his girlfriend’s parents, they gave him some money. The budget wasn’t particularly high, so he couldn’t buy top-quality tea. However, Su Zelin could help him get the best value for his budget in the market.

The honest man’s crucial life event, the rogue buddy truly cared for it, definitely a peerless great buddy.

In the end, Lu Haoran left with tons of gratitude.

On the way home, Qin Shiqing felt a bit upset.

She couldn’t believe even Haoran was meeting Xiaoyanzi’s parents.

While she and Xiaolinzi had made no progress at all.

If there’s anything comforting...

Well, we’ve met each other’s parents long ago...

...

Two days later, in the evening, staff housing of Jianglan’s institution.

"Ding dong, ding dong!"

The doorbell rang.

"He’s here!"

Waiting in the living room, Xiaoyanzi jumped off the sofa.

"Kiddo, what’s the rush?"

Father Tang and Mrs. Tang were amused by her actions.

For this formal meeting, they were quite relaxed.

They had already bumped into Lu Haoran when he was dropping their daughter home, and learned from their daughter that this boy was a steady guy.

They both felt it was quite suitable.

Given their daughter’s character and machine-gun sharp tongue, she needed a good-tempered boyfriend.

Tang Yan was a bit nervous, afraid her boyfriend would mess up tonight and fail to leave a good impression on her parents.

The security door opened, and when Xiaoyanzi saw Lu Haoran outside, she was stunned.

Oh my gosh, is this my boyfriend?

That hairstyle, that fashion sense, seemed like a completely different person.

Honest and clumsy Lu Haoran, transformed into elegant and refined Lu Haoran?

...