Chapter 189: As Long as It’s You

Chapter 189: As Long as It’s You

Vacation is supposed to be fun.

Though this break was earned through injury.

But Xiao Yu, stuck in the hospital, wasn’t feeling joyous.

Once his discharge was processed, he dragged his sister back home… to their parents’ house!

At home, both Mom and Dad were waiting.

They had prepared a feast early to celebrate their eldest son’s discharge.

Even the mother-in-law had arrived, reuniting the two families.

Yet amid the laughter, Liu Yunqing suddenly grew silent.

“Mom, what’s wrong?” Xiao Yu asked as he served her some food.

“Maybe you should quit being a cop,” she suggested.

Though usually forceful, Liu Yunqing’s maternal concern showed.

Her son had already been injured twice on the job.

Fighting crime is undoubtedly an honorable profession.

But a mother couldn’t help worrying that one day her beloved son might pay the ultimate price…

“What are you saying?”

Xiao Shenguo comforted his wife, “That’s a path our son chose himself.”

“You…”

Liu Yunqing nearly glared at her husband before letting out a soft sigh.

“Kids will find their own happiness,” she remarked.

Zhou Xuelan laughed as she advised, “Yunqing, if he wants to be a cop, let him be. Besides, he’s all grown up; even Mu Qingwu hasn’t had a say anymore.”

Everyone’s gaze shifted to Mu Qingwu.

“He likes it that way,” she added.

Mu Qingwu smiled sweetly, “What he likes, I like too.”

The young couple exchanged glances as Xiao Yu gripped his sister’s hand tightly.

The three elders rolled their eyes in unison.

Isn’t that what happens when a husband follows his wife?

Exactly!

Noticing the table had fallen silent, Xiao Yu rolled his eyes and laughed, “Mom, I recently watched a show about lost children—one kid was kidnapped by traffickers and sold off.”

“What are you implying?” Liu Yunqing glared at him.

“Mom, don’t you think it might be the case? Why else am I so handsome while you just look so ordinary?”

Winking playfully, Xiao Yu said, “How about we get a blood test tomorrow?”

“Hahaha.”

Everyone burst into laughter except for his eye-rolling mom.

“Oh, so you’re only doubting now?”

Liu Yunqing sneered, “I suspected it back when you were five and still wetting the bed. I thought maybe the hospital mixed you up—how else could you still have that problem at five?”

“…”

Xiao Yu’s face flushed red with embarrassment—it was so typical of a real mom.

No, it was just a child’s bodily issue. How could that be my fault?

Shame made Xiao Yu want to roll on the floor, feeling utterly mortified.

He even wished he could commit seppuku to escape this dismal existence.

“Hahahaha!” The whole room erupted in laughter.

“It’s confirmed. Definitely not my real mom!”

Blushing, Xiao Yu shot a glance at the loudest laugher, Xiao Shenguo, and winked, “Dad, how about we get a test done?”

“Do you think I don’t want that?”

Xiao Shenguo joined in playfully, “I just want to leave a spark of hope for the living… Imagine if the test shows he’s really our biological son—then there’d be no hope left!”

“Haha.”

Both families laughed uncontrollably.

“Alright, enough teasing,” someone said.

Being her own flesh and blood, Liu Yunqing could see her son trying to cheer her up. She laughed, “You little rascal—mischievous since you were a kid. Now that you’re out, it’s just your dad and Kara keeping me company, and I get bored. By the way, yesterday a friend’s parrot, which can talk, was just hilarious. If you care, why not buy one for me?”

“A parrot?”

Xiao Yu chuckled as he teased, “Mom, what kind of parrot can you even get? The talking ones cost tens of thousands. How about this: give me three thousand, and I’ll recite three hundred Tang poems for you—pick any, and I’ll recite it. How’s that?”

“Clearly, you’re not my own,” Liu Yunqing said dismissively.

“Mother-in-law, it’ll be here by tomorrow.”

Mu Qingwu laughed as she linked her arm with Liu Yunqing’s, “Your little brother is just teasing you.”

“Hmph, he’s heartless. Besides, my Mu Qingwu is the best,” she added.

Liu Yunqing happily embraced her daughter-in-law.

“Ha, I’ve got my own mother-in-law too.”

Xiao Yu, a bit jealous, grabbed Zhou Xuelan’s arm, “Now that’s a real mom!”

Both families spent a joyful day filled with laughter and banter.

As night fell,

the young couple strolled home hand in hand.

People can be so strange sometimes.

When you don’t have a car, you crave one.

But once you have it, you end up loving a good walk.

Gazing at his sister’s flawless, jade-like face and her eyes as enchanting as silk, Xiao Yu felt his heart heat up.

In his mind, he pictured his sister dressed casually in a T-shirt adorned with a little bear, denim shorts showing off her long legs, and cute canvas shoes.

She’d effortlessly transform into someone pure and adorable—a radiant eighteen-year-old, in an instant.

But a woman like Mu Qingwu, sharp and cunning in public, could turn delightfully silly in front of her beloved.

Luckily, she had him; otherwise, she might easily fall prey to some scumbag with ill intentions.

Xiao Yu promptly removed himself from that sinister list.

“I’m a proper gentleman!”

“Little brother, when do you like me the most?”

Mu Qingwu linked her arm with his and rested her head on his shoulder, “No dirty talk!”

She realized she was becoming increasingly clingy.

It was as if she had completely changed from her old self…

“Uh…”

Feeling stifled, Xiao Yu mused, “You’re always sticking to me, bugging me, getting jealous, acting cute… and even when we’re apart, you text me every day with selfies of my sister asking if I’m happy. Ideally, even when I’m in the bathroom, you’d be there to keep me company.”

“Ha!”

Mu Qingwu giggled, “You pervert!”

“Just a pervert.”

Xiao Yu said proudly, “I wouldn’t have it any other way.”

“Haha!”

Mu Qingwu wrapped her arms around her brother and buried her face in his familiar embrace, “Little brother, do you think we’ll always be this happy?”

“Of course.”

Holding his sister tightly, Xiao Yu nodded emphatically, “Happy for a lifetime!”

“Mother-in-law told me today…”

Mu Qingwu’s eyes shimmered as she said, “She made a wish that we’ll have a son, so she’ll get a grandson!”

“Then we’ll have one.”

Xiao Yu gently caressed his sister’s delicate cheek, “With a face like yours, complete with lovely dimples…”

“What good are dimples for a boy?”

Mu Qingwu looked up at him with a wistful gaze and asked worriedly, “What if it takes us forever to have a baby?”

“Actually, a little delay doesn’t hurt.”

Xiao Yu hugged his sister tightly, “As long as, in the end, the baby’s mother is you… that’s all that matters!”

Though the world isn’t always kind,

at least I have my sister by my side.

Truly, a blessing for three lifetimes!