Chapter 930: Chapter 218: You Don’t Mind Taking Care of Yue Yao with Me, Do You?

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"It’s almost New Year’s Eve..."

"Yeah, the holidays are coming soon."

It’s a weekend morning, Li Yan and Zhang Yurong are having breakfast at home. Yue Yao has been gone for almost a month, but they still aren’t quite used to it. Without her between them, although they’re not back to the days where they had nothing to say, the conversations do feel less.

"Any plans for the holidays?" Zhang Yurong asked casually. It’s the last weekend, just a few more days of work, and then the New Year’s holiday begins. She and Li Yan got together after the New Year, so this is the first time they’re facing the issue of New Year’s Eve.

"What do you think?" Li Yan knew what she was thinking, teasing her with a half-smile.

Zhang Yurong felt a bit unnatural, but she said, "Generally... after marriage, you spend New Year’s Eve at the husband’s family, right? We..."

She hasn’t spent much time with Li Yan’s parents, but she knew them before she met Li Yan. In the past year, being busy with work and due to the fake marriage, she hasn’t gone back with Li Yan, nor has she called them much. Thinking of how Li Yan always accompanied her for her "acting" every weekend, she felt a bit guilty.

"Going back for New Year’s? Feeling pressured?" Li Yan asked lightly.

"I... don’t know them well, of course there’s pressure."

"Haha, the shy bride always has to meet the in-laws!"

Zhang Yurong was speechless; not to brag, but even being modest, she wasn’t an ugly bride!

Li Yan continued to laugh, "Besides, you’re such a pretty girl, and you’ve met the parents before. What’s there to be afraid of? You’re a commanding presence in the company."

Zhang Yurong rolled her eyes at him. Is that the same? At work, employees and clients are just about interests. Can I really use the same attitude with your parents?

"When are we going?"

Listening to her throwing the question back, and saying "when are we going" rather than "are we going," Li Yan smiled contentedly. She’s willing to go back with him! This affirms their relationship and shows respect to his parents.

"Let me think... It’s not often we have time off. If we both go back, your parents might feel lonely. But if we don’t go, your mom surely won’t mind, and your dad would probably rush us to go. So let’s spend a couple of days here, accompany them, then go to my place for New Year’s. After New Year’s, we return early. How does that sound?"

Li Yan hesitated a moment, speaking of his plan. To be honest, aside from considering Zhang Yurong, he didn’t feel an urgent yearning to go back, but rather a bit of fear!

He had lost touch with memories of his hometown where he was born and raised. Not having returned for over a decade, he already had trouble remembering what it was like. The only people he missed there were his parents; other relatives were almost forgotten. When he ran into Qiao Huanxuan last time, he had this sense of estrangement, and returning now was a problem he needed to face.

Zhang Yurong smiled, "Alright, I’ll go with that." She was quite satisfied with this plan, as it allowed time with her parents, acting as a buffer, plus if they didn’t adjust well, they could return soon after the New Year.

"You’ll listen to me? Oh, oh! Showing a bit of that gentle woman vibe. I like it!" Li Yan joked, easing himself a bit.

Actually, if not for his parents’ feelings, he would’ve wanted them to come over for New Year’s. But because the Zhang family is wealthy and this villa was bought by her father, he hadn’t bought another place himself. If they came, even if they stayed here rather than Zhang Tianyi’s, it might give his parents the impression that he was moving into someone else’s family.

These days, Zhang Yurong had become more tolerant of his personality. Such words in the past would’ve been considered flippant blabber, but now felt quite natural.

"If we go back, Mrs. Liu would also go back too. Yue Yao isn’t here either, this place will be quiet for a while..." Zhang Yurong glanced around, somewhat wistfully. Unknowingly, she had already lived under this roof with Li Yan for a year. From extreme resistance at the start, now she had grown used to it; accepting this as a second home.

Speaking of Yue Yao, Li Yan nodded, "Yue Yao hasn’t called in a while either, right? Wonder if she has family, if she can’t find a place for New Year’s, that wouldn’t be good..."

"Ptooey, ptooey!" Zhang Yurong immediately spat, "How can you say that? You’re practically cursing her. Who doesn’t have family? Yue Yao just left home after being hurt emotionally!"

Li Yan shrugged, knowing this lie would be uncovered someday. So he subtly gave her a preventive hint while casually eating, "That’s hard to say. Home is a person’s harbor amidst storms. Think about it, even someone as strong as you, when you got upset with me, you said you’d move home for a while. If you want to unwind, you’d usually travel or go out, right? Does Yue Yao seem that way to you?"

Zhang Yurong paused, reflecting that it did seem like that. Yue Yao’s quiet demeanor meant she mostly stayed indoors after coming here, being a homebody and online writer, her circle of friends limited to them, without much heart-mending effect.

"Then what do you think might be the case?"

"What?" Li Yan looked up with apparent confusion.

Zhang Yurong gave him a look, "I’m talking about Yue Yao. According to your analysis, what do you think her situation might be?"