Chapter 75

"Mom, Dad, I'm home." After the taxi pulled up to the Jin family's house, Jin Taeyeon, who was eager to get home, immediately got out of the car and ran straight in, forgetting to help with the luggage. Xiahouchong paid the driver, took the bags from the trunk, and looked at the pile of large and small bags with a sigh. Reluctantly, he put on his backpack, picked up two bags in each hand, and followed Taeyeon into the house.

"Sis." Hearing Taeyeon's voice, a little girl ran out of a room, arms wide open, running towards Taeyeon.

"Ah, Summer." Jin Taeyeon scooped up her sister, Jin Summer, who ran to her, and the two sisters giggled.

As soon as Taeyeon entered the house, she was busy greeting and hugging her family. Huang Meiying stood to the side, bowing and greeting Jin's parents and introducing herself. Xiahouchong followed in last, and the first thing he saw was Jin's father staring at him, making him feel extremely awkward.

"You're here." Jin's father glanced at Xiahouchong and asked casually.

"Hehe, I'm here. Uncle, Aunt, I'm Xiahouchong. It's my first time visiting, and I'm sorry for the trouble. Please take care of me." Xiahouchong laughed awkwardly and quickly bowed to Jin's parents.

Xiahouchong's words reminded Taeyeon. She mentally scolded herself for forgetting about Xiahouchong and Pani as soon as she entered the house. Feeling very guilty, she quickly put down her sister and introduced Xiahouchong and Huang Meiying to her family.

"Mom, Summer, this is Pani, my colleague at work. And this, um, this is Brother Xiahouchong, my friend. They are going to spend the Spring Festival with us." Taeyeon hesitated when introducing Xiahouchong, unsure how to describe their relationship. They were neither classmates nor colleagues. She had considered introducing him as the director of her film, but that seemed a bit formal. In the end, she simply called him a friend.

Taeyeon's hesitation only increased Jin's mother's suspicion. Could he be Taeyeon's boyfriend? She couldn't help but scrutinize Xiahouchong carefully.

Xiahouchong wasn't the kind of boy who was drop-dead gorgeous, but he was still quite handsome and presentable. After a few months as a director, he had developed a commanding presence. Jin's mother found him more and more satisfactory and thought to herself that this young man was not bad.

"Oh, you came. You didn't have to bring gifts." Jin's mother stepped forward and smiled at Xiahouchong.

Just a moment ago, Jin's mother had been focused on her daughter. When her attention shifted to Xiahouchong, she noticed the large number of gifts—four big bags—and couldn't help but take a deep breath. "Well, why did you buy so many things?"

"Hehe, it's not much. It's my first time visiting, and I'll be staying for two days, so I thought it was appropriate to bring some gifts. Please take care of me for the next two days." Xiahouchong smiled.

"Brother, are these gifts for our family?" Jin Summer's head poked out from between Taeyeon's body and arm, looking at Xiahouchong for a while before focusing on the bags in his hands.

"Yes, they are. You're Summer, right? Your sister has told me about you." Xiahouchong bent down and asked Summer.

"Yes, can I see what the gifts are now?" Summer asked.

"Sure, sure. Let me put them down first, and then you can take a look." Xiahouchong straightened up and looked around, trying to find a good place to put the gifts. Carrying them all the time wasn't practical, and they were quite heavy.

"Hey, my dear sister is back. Come here, let me give you a hug." Before Xiahouchong could find a place to put the gifts, a rather thug-like voice came from the door, and he couldn't help but turn to look.

"Hey, we have guests, and a guy at that. Sister, is this your boyfriend? Ah, and there's a beautiful girl too. Wow, a stunning beauty." A boy burst into the room, exclaiming and making continuous exclamations.

"Brother, what are you talking about?" Jin Taeyeon felt embarrassed and ashamed to have such a thug-like brother, her face turning red. At the same time, her brother mistaking Xiahouchong for her boyfriend made her feel a bit uncomfortable.

It seems this thug-like boy must be Taeyeon's brother, Jin Zhiyong, Xiahouchong thought to himself.

"Hello, you must be Taeyeon's brother, Zhiyong. I'm Xiahouchong. Nice to meet you." Xiahouchong greeted Jin Zhiyong.

"Xiahouchong? Ah, the director. You're the director my sister mentioned, right? Hello, hello." Jin Zhiyong quickly wiped his hands on his clothes and grabbed Xiahouchong's hand, shaking it vigorously. "I'm Jin Zhiyong. I didn't expect you to be so young. Are you my sister's boyfriend?"

"I..." Xiahouchong opened his mouth to explain.

"Then we're family now. You should take good care of your brother-in-law in the future." Jin Zhiyong didn't wait for Xiahouchong to answer and continued excitedly, "I've studied drama performance. I'm the star of all the performances at my school. How about giving me a role in your next film?"

"..." Xiahouchong felt a chill on his forehead.

"Any supporting role will do." Jin Zhiyong was still excited.

"..." Xiahouchong was breaking out in a cold sweat.

"Look, I'm not bad, right?" Jin Zhiyong let go of Xiahouchong's hand, clapped his hands, and struck a pose like Wong Fei-hung, looking at Xiahouchong.

The Jin family was stunned.

"Brother..." Jin Taeyeon, seeing Xiahouchong standing awkwardly, blushed with embarrassment and couldn't help but scold him, "What are you doing?"

"Hey, sister, I'm your brother. Your boyfriend is..." Jin Zhiyong said不满地对金泰妍说道。

金父实在看不下去了，这个儿子太丢人了，忍不住开口骂道：“志勇，你给我住口。”

“是。”见父亲发火了，金志勇脑袋一缩，赶紧住口，嘿嘿笑了两声，向沙发走去，经过夏侯仲英身边的时候小声的对他说道：“妹夫，记得下次拍电影的时候多照顾照顾我啊。”

夏侯仲英差点一头摔倒，欲哭无泪的说道：“我不是……”

“呀，哥哥，原来你就是姐姐拍的那部电影的导演啊，怪不得我总觉得你的名字那么熟悉呢。”夏侯仲英还没说完，就被已经从石化状态中回过神来的金夏妍拉住手臂，把他的话头给堵了回去，然后兴奋的上下不停的打量着，嘴巴里啧啧有声。

金母也想起来了，金泰妍曾经和她提过她拍的电影的导演的名字就叫夏侯仲英，忍不住对他更是好奇，打量得更是仔细。

“仲英啊，我就托大叫你一声仲英了。”金母笑得合不拢嘴，拉着夏侯仲英的手拖到旁边的沙发上坐下，一副丈母娘看女婿的表情，笑呵呵的说道：“刚开始看到你的年纪，我根本就没想到你就是那个帮我们泰妍筹备电影的导演呢。仲英啊，你多大了？是哪年的？”

金母一句话就给夏侯仲英筹备电影的性质给定了性，直接忽略了其他女孩子，着重点出是为了给金泰妍筹备的，泰妍都把他带回家过年了，不是为她还能为了谁？

“咳。”夏侯仲英尴尬的轻咳了一声，回答道：“我比泰妍大上一个多月，刚过了16周岁生日，现在17岁了吧。”

“你家里还有什么人啊，老家是哪里的？………”金母这就开始查户口了。

“……”夏侯仲英汗流浃背，宁愿面对的是个凶巴巴的人，也不愿意面对如此热情似火的金母。

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"Hey, sister, you're the director of the movie my sister shot, right? No wonder your name sounded so familiar." Before Xiahouchong could finish, Jin Summer, who had just recovered from her shock, grabbed his arm, cutting him off, and started examining him up and down excitedly, making sounds of admiration.

Jin's mother also remembered that Jin Taeyeon had mentioned the director of her film, whose name was Xiahouchong. She couldn't help but become even more curious and scrutinize him more closely.

"Xiahouchong, I'll take the liberty of calling you Xiahouchong." Jin's mother smiled broadly, pulling Xiahouchong to the sofa and sitting him down, looking at him with the expression of a mother-in-law examining her future son-in-law. "At first, when I saw your age, I didn't think you were the director who helped our Taeyeon with her film. Xiahouchong, how old are you? What year were you born?"

Jin's mother's words immediately defined the nature of Xiahouchong's involvement in the film, ignoring the other girls and emphasizing that it was for Jin Taeyeon. Since Taeyeon had brought him home for the New Year, it must be for her, right?

"Cough." Xiahouchong awkwardly cleared his throat and replied, "I'm a little over a month older than Taeyeon. I just had my 16th birthday, so I'm 17 now."

"Who else is in your family? Where are you from?..." Jin's mother started asking detailed questions.

"..." Xiahouchong was drenched in sweat, preferring to face a stern person rather than such an enthusiastically warm Jin's mother.

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