Su Yun nodded. "I was thinking the same thing. I already told your aunt not to panic or get upset if something happens. If it’s something she can’t handle on her own, she should come to us."
Su Yun didn’t have a good impression of the Old Qin Family, but she was willing to help her sister-in-law, who had a very difficult life, as much as she could.
Qin Jiao nodded. "It hasn’t happened yet, so we just need to be mentally prepared. No need to worry too much about it."
"Right." Seeing that Shen Yi hadn’t come over yet, Su Yun lowered her voice and said to her daughter, "Xiao Jiao, be honest with Mom. You and that boy, Xiao Yi..."
"Mom, I think he’s great, and his family is really nice, so I’ve decided to give it a try with him. We’re officially dating now. If it goes well, we’ll naturally get our marriage license when we’re old enough. If it doesn’t, we’ll go our separate ways."
"It’s good that you’re so rational. But Mom still has to tell you, even though you two are dating now... you still need to protect yourself sometimes. You can’t just let him have his way. This isn’t the right time to be having kids."
Su Yun had actually wanted to be more tactful, but on second thought, her daughter was grown up and even more reliable than she was. There was no need for such roundabout reminders; she just needed to state the stakes clearly.
Qin Jiao said, "Mm, I don’t have any plans for a baby right now anyway. Besides, if we were to have a child, the father would have to pass an evaluation first."
Shen Yi, toweling his hair dry, pushed the door open and walked in just in time to hear that last sentence.
Seeing him, Su Yun immediately cleared her throat and said, "I’m heading out for a bit. You two eat by yourselves."
Qin Jiao brought out two bowls of noodles. Shen Yi then asked curiously, "Jiao Jiao, what were you two talking about just now? I heard something about ’the father would have to pass an evaluation’?"
Qin Jiao pushed one of the bowls in front of him, a faint, teasing smile on her face.
It dawned on Shen Yi. "So you were talking about me?"
"Just eat your noodles."
Shen Yi was quick to accept the fact that he was being evaluated. He said, "By the way, the results of that computer programming competition come out tomorrow. Are you going to come to our department to rub it in their faces?"
Qin Jiao gave him a speechless look. "And who attracted this trouble in the first place?"
Shen Yi immediately put down his chopsticks and bowl. "Jiao Jiao, I was wrong!"
"And how were you wrong?"
"I was wrong. I shouldn’t be so handsome and dashing, so brilliant and clever..."
Qin Jiao couldn’t listen anymore and kicked him under the table. Shen Yi just chuckled and said seriously, "Don’t worry, Jiao Jiao. No matter what kind of green tea bitches, white lotuses, or other monsters pop up, my heart will always be with you."
"What if a ’little fairy’ shows up? Objectively speaking, that department belle in your major isn’t half bad."
"She might be a little better than the average girl, but she lacks self-awareness." Shen Yi’s tone was completely serious and objective, as if stating a simple fact.
Without even needing to see the results tomorrow, Shen Yi knew that his Jiao Jiao’s score would definitely be much better than Xu Wei’s!
And this feeling of being trusted so blindly by Shen Yi... well, Qin Jiao had to admit it felt pretty good.
After they finished eating, the two of them distributed the gifts they’d brought back from the South. Of course, some of the larger items would have to be handed out in a couple of days; they were still in her space, so she’d have to use the excuse that they were being mailed back.
Since they had been busy for a long time, Su Yun told the two "kids" to get some rest, as they still had school the next day. So, Qin Jiao and Shen Yi went back to their room.
The moment they entered the room, Shen Yi wrapped his arms around Qin Jiao from behind.