The Sweetness of the Seventies
Chapter 368 - 339: Playing Tricks, A Little Quirk_1

Chapter 368: Chapter 339: Playing Tricks, A Little Quirk_1

Third Grandma Qi was all smiles, glancing at everyone around her.

Goodness, this large and small pair looked just like her own son and grandson, full of lively noise.

Through He Jingyu and Huo Yingjie, Third Grandma Qi thought of her son and grandson on the other side of the planet. In Wang Shuping and He Tiantian, she saw her daughter-in-law and granddaughter.

Even though the daughter-in-law was Western, she had given birth to children for the Old Qi family, all good ones. Third Grandma Qi didn’t mind at all.

It wasn’t until He Tiantian and Wang Shuping had finished cooking that the two men stopped their tussle!

He Jingyu was angry and took out some cherished liquor he usually couldn’t bear to drink. He lectured Huo Yingjie at the dinner table, but in the end, it was He Jingyu, not good with alcohol, who collapsed first from drinking.

He Tiantian pinched Huo Yingjie somewhere out of sight and muttered in a low voice, "You’re the junior here, couldn’t you have humored my dad a little? It’s fine to compete in chess in the afternoon, but why couldn’t you let him have his way with drinking in the evening! We’re the younger generation; you should show some respect to my Dad."

Huo Yingjie had a sudden realization. He started to understand the cunningness he had occasionally seen in his future father-in-law’s eyes during the drinking.

It didn’t matter if he lost at chess!

And losing at drinking was even better, the perfect opportunity to play a suffering hero.

This was like digging a hole and jumping into it himself; if he got drunk, He Tiantian would surely scold him.

There’s truth in the saying that old ginger is spicier. Today, Huo Yingjie experienced it firsthand.

He Tiantian was angry. If Huo Yingjie argued or contradicted her, it would surely provoke her anger even more. He had no choice but to accept his fault and said, "Wasn’t I just trying to create an opportunity for us to spend more time together?"

"You scoundrel!" He Tiantian’s face warmed upon hearing this, "You can’t treat my dad like this in the future."

"I know, I know," Huo Yingjie promised, "It won’t ever happen again. Sweet Treasure, I’m leaving tomorrow, shall we go for a walk?"

He Tiantian looked toward the yard, where several people were standing not too far away, and said with a frown, "Are you sure the adults will agree to that?"

Following He Tiantian’s gaze, Huo Yingjie saw the people there to guard him and felt rather suffocated!

Without being married, without a formal certificate, life was troublesome!

If they were married, he could just crawl into He Tiantian’s bed, and nobody would be able to pull him out, not even his future father-in-law!

"Alright, let’s just chat in the yard then," Huo Yingjie said reluctantly. Even if they went outside, they couldn’t do much, and it was cold besides. If He Tiantian got cold, that would be bad.

Once He Tiantian had tidied up, she saw the chessboard and said, "Let’s play chess."

"You know how to play?" Huo Yingjie asked.

"Don’t underestimate me. Who knows, I might be able to make you take back two moves," He Tiantian boasted, though she was just joking. Even Dad was no match for Huo Yingjie, not to mention herself.

He Tiantian’s real interest wasn’t in the wine at all!

She wanted to play chess just because she wanted to spend more time with Huo Yingjie.

With her parents around, Huo Yingjie couldn’t enter her room, but they could talk in the living room.

"Alright then, let me see your chess skills," Huo Yingjie smiled, setting up the chessboard.

While He Tiantian was not a terrible chess player, she was definitely not a master and was no match for He Jingyu.

Just a few minutes into the game, He Tiantian had already asked to take back her moves three times.

Huo Yingjie rested his chin in his hand as he watched He Tiantian, speechless. What happened to letting him take back two moves?

After a few games, Huo Yingjie felt tormented and decided he would never play chess with He Tiantian again. It was too torturous.

Make three moves, take one back.

He couldn’t even play chess this way.

Watching Huo Yingjie helplessly smile through his daughter’s teasing, Wang Shuping chuckled, heated some egg cakes, brewed some Chrysanthemum Tea and said, "Tiantian, go wash your hands, it’s time for some snacks."

He Tiantian was deep in thought, wrestling with herself!

Upon hearing her mother’s words, she dropped the chess piece in her hand and said, "I’m not playing anymore, not playing anymore, you’re not giving me any breaks at all..."

This time, Huo Yingjie was even more at a loss whether to cry or laugh. This isn’t called giving in?

Zhang Aijun and Li Yunzhong on the side looked at Huo Yingjie with great sympathy.

At first, they envied Huo Yingjie for having found such a beautiful and virtuous partner, but now they felt a bit less envious!

This He Tiantian really knew how to torment someone!

"You don’t understand, this is our little inside joke," Huo Yingjie murmured. "Go wash your hands, or you won’t get to eat."

Wang Shuping brewed some brown sugar ginger tea for the four people outside to warm their bodies and also sent over some egg cakes.

Ah, in such cold weather, it’s tough on everyone.

Huo Yingjie washed his hands, sipped tea, and enjoyed some snacks, silently deciding that the next time He Tiantian wanted to play chess, he would definitely find an excuse to avoid it, or find something else to do to distract her attention.

In fact, Huo Yingjie began to suspect that He Tiantian was doing it on purpose, perhaps to avenge her father.

In Huo Yingjie’s infinitely grievous gaze, He Tiantian finished her snacks, rinsed her mouth, and then went back to the room to sleep.

Watching He Tiantian disappear before his eyes, he suddenly found her stubborn behavior quite endearing.

Still, after looking at the chessboard, he decided to pack it up and go back to his room to sleep.

The next morning, after breakfast, Huo Yingjie started packing his things, ready to leave.

He had arrived with a send-off from Huai City, but now he had to leave in a cattle cart from Qijia Village.

Village Chief Qi and He Jingyu went to see him off.

He Tiantian wanted to go, but was stopped by Huo Yingjie.

"It’s so cold outside, you don’t need to see me off," Huo Yingjie refused. Going back and forth for so long would be cold, and that would hurt him too.

He Tiantian smiled and said, "It’s fine, I’m wrapped in a big fur coat!"

"It’s still very cold," Huo Yingjie said. "Don’t make me worry, okay?"

He Jingyu also didn’t want his daughter to go, saying, "Tiantian, don’t go, it’s too cold."

"Okay," He Tiantian, under everyone’s gaze, could only agree.

Huo Yingjie and everyone else stepped outside the door, and He Tiantian watched from the entrance, seeing Huo Yingjie off.

A few people who were staying at the houses of fellow villagers left some money as compensation and also left some for the He Family, after all, they had eaten there for a couple of days.

After seeing the people off, He Tiantian entered her own room to sort out her emotions.

At that moment, the Snake King appeared, a small golden snake shimmering in light.

"Hmph! Finally gone," the Snake King muttered. "Today I want to go to the cave in the rear mountain..."

He Tiantian nodded and said, "Okay, since there’ll be no one standing guard tonight, I can take you. By the way, I haven’t seen you for such a long time, what have you been doing inside the barrier?"

"Cultivating," the Snake King replied. "The Snake King is very busy."

The grievances, the Snake King couldn’t tell He Tiantian.

Because to speak of them would be tears!

The Snake King had been tossing and turning within the barrier endlessly, switching between human and snake forms. Now, it vaguely found a pattern, but this pattern wasn’t reliable and sometimes failed.