473: Let's go to the room and wait for a while.

In front of his elders, Ye Su didn't dare to act out, so he could only offer a reserved smile:

"Haha, Auntie, you're too kind."

"Ugh—"

Seeing Ye Su putting on his two-faced act again and hearing her mother praising him, Li Mengyao dry-heaved in discomfort:

"You two, stop grossing me out."

"Heh." Wang Lijuan retorted with a cold laugh: "Just a moment ago you were in such a rush to meet him at the door, and now that I'm praising Ye Su, you're suddenly acting all shy?"

"Who went out to meet him!" Li Mengyao explained, trying to cover it up: "I was just bored inside, so I went to the door to get some air and happened to run into him."

Wang Lijuan shot her a glance, her face clearly saying, [Do you think I believe you?].

"Fine, fine." Ye Su gave Li Mengyao's thigh a 'green tea' pat: "It was just to get some air."

Li Mengyao didn't mind Ye Su putting his hand on her thigh.

But the pretentious way Ye Su was acting in front of her parents made Li Mengyao wish she could tear his mouth apart.

Unfortunately, Ye Su now had two [backers], so Li Mengyao couldn't do anything to him and could only make a mental note to settle the score with him later.

Li Shanhai asked curiously: "Ye Su, what have you been busy with lately? If there's anything you need Uncle's help with, just say the word, don't be a stranger."

His daughter had been dating Ye Su for so long, yet he hadn't asked for a single favor, which always made Li Shanhai feel like a hero with no battlefield.

"Not much." Ye Su briefly listed his recent investments:

"I started a self-media company, trying to see if I can build a web IP, and later use the traffic brought by this IP to do some online promotion.

Then there's a catering brand I started, specializing in beef hotpot. The first flagship store of Joyful Gathering is currently under renovation and should be open next week.

Also, a friend's family has been in the herbal medicine business on Pingqing Street for decades, so I bought shares in their company.

Everything is going quite smoothly so far. If I need Uncle's help with anything in the future, I will definitely ask."

"You're involved in so many fields." Li Shanhai was very surprised: "No wonder you've been too busy to come over for dinner lately."

"It's all just small stuff. Compared to you, Uncle, I'm still far behind."

"Haha." Li Shanhai was very pleased with Ye Su's timely flattery:

"It's me who is far behind you. At your age, I only had a small, crummy stall."

Li Shanhai didn't forget to praise Wang Lijuan: "Of course, and your Auntie too."

"Being able to find a virtuous woman like Auntie just proves that you are very capable, Uncle."

"Oh my, what are you talking about."

Wang Lijuan waved her right hand at Ye Su, pretending to be embarrassed, but the corners of her eyes were already crinkled with laughter.

"Haha—"

Hearing Ye Su praise both of them in one sentence, Li Shanhai also let out a hearty laugh.

"What do you mean by that!" Only Li Mengyao, seizing the opportunity, viciously elbowed Ye Su: "Am I that bad?"

Ye Su rubbed his arm in pain and tossed the difficult question to Li Shanhai:

"Uncle has known you and Auntie for a longer time, so Uncle has more say in this regard."

Li Shanhai didn't indulge Li Mengyao at all and nodded without hesitation upon hearing this:

"If you could be half as good as your mother, we wouldn't have spent all these years worrying that you wouldn't be able to get married."

Li Mengyao, mercilessly rejected by her own father, retorted loudly in a fit of pique:

"Who can't get married? If I want to get married, I can do it in a minute, okay!"

"Your father and I know that now." Wang Lijuan covered her mouth and chuckled: "With Ye Su around, you certainly can be a bit more confident."

"Ugh!"

Li Mengyao, both embarrassed and angry, shouted helplessly at her parents who were singing in harmony, but only received their undisguised laughter in return.

"Alright, alright." Ye Su popped out again to play the good guy, putting his arm around Li Mengyao's shoulder to comfort her:

"You're also very good. Work a little harder, and you'll be able to catch up to Auntie."

That one sentence hit Li Mengyao right in the lungs, making her struggle in Ye Su's arms like a pig about to be slaughtered for the New Year.

Seeing this, Li Shanhai and his wife felt relieved.

At this rate, the time until they could hold their grandchildren wasn't far off!

Ye Su had no idea that Li Shanhai and his wife were thinking so far ahead, skipping marriage and starting to imagine them having children.

In the living room, he accompanied the two elders for tea and small talk, during which the sound of the two elders laughing heartily at Ye Su's jokes could be heard from time to time.

It wasn't until around six o'clock that the four of them went to the dining room for dinner after being notified by the kitchen.

Li Mengyao's family never cut corners when entertaining their son-in-law.

As soon as they entered the dining room, Ye Su first saw a conspicuous steamed king crab, its legs already disjointed.

Ye Su estimated that if the king crab hadn't been disjointed and its legs were stretched out on both sides, they would probably be longer than his arms.

Besides the king crab, there was a large lobster almost as long as his forearm, split open and simply steamed with garlic sauce to ensure the fresh sweetness of the meat could be tasted.

In addition, there were two-tael braised prawns, braised abalone the size of half a palm, and a plate of stir-fried beef with scallions that had clear snowflake marbling.

And two plates of green vegetables that looked ordinary, but Ye Su estimated that the price must be many times more expensive than those bought at the market.

In addition to the five main dishes and two plates of seasonal vegetables, there was a bowl of stewed soup at each of the four places.

Just for this table of food, the cost of ingredients alone would be at least several thousand, even more expensive than eating out at a hotel.

This spread made Ye Su's stomach growl.

"Let's eat, eat up."

"Okay." Hearing Li Shanhai's invitation, Ye Su couldn't wait to pick up his chopsticks: "Then I won't stand on ceremony."

Wang Lijuan smiled and said: "This is your own home, no need to be polite."

"Mm."

After nodding, Ye Su used his actions to demonstrate what it meant to [not stand on ceremony].

After the meal, driven by Ye Su, the big table of food was mostly finished by the four of them.

Of course, probably half of it went into Ye Su's stomach alone.

By the time they finished eating, it was only past seven.

Li Shanhai and Ye Su, at Wang Lijuan's suggestion, pulled a reluctant Li Mengyao to start a game of mahjong.

After a few rounds, Li Mengyao lost a new model Fruit phone.

Losing from past seven until almost nine, Li Mengyao finally couldn't take it anymore and pushed her hand of terrible tiles forward:

"I'm not playing anymore!"

Wang Lijuan, who was on a winning streak, saw her daughter planning to quit and was a bit unsatisfied:

"Let's play one more round."

Li Mengyao refused to continue being tortured by the three of them: "I'm not playing!"

Just as Wang Lijuan was about to persuade Li Mengyao to play a while longer, she saw Li Mengyao turn her head to look at Ye Su:

"Let's go to the room for a bit, let's ignore those two."

They were going to the room!

Hearing this, Wang Lijuan and Li Shanhai exchanged a tacit glance, both seeing the burning fire of gossip in each other's eyes.