Chapter 693: He Shouldn’t Have Anything to Do With the Blond Guy, Right?

Noah Grant let out a heavy sigh.

“Sigh, this is so frustrating!”

He reached out and hugged his wife. “Honey… we’re going to have a beautiful daughter in the future. But it breaks my heart. I haven’t even seen her or held her yet, and she’s already been coaxed away by some despicable blond punk. And the guy is someone I wanted to become sworn brothers with! A mistake, a huge mistake! This is letting the fox into the henhouse. I treated him like a brother, and he calls me father-in-law!”

A blond punk?

Javier Sinclair glanced at his father-in-law, his mouth twitching.

He knew what the term meant: an unconventional delinquent who dyed his hair blond, a good-for-nothing street punk. But these punks always had a sweet tongue and could easily coax away a daughter whose parents had raised her with painstaking care with just a few words. The girls would demand to marry them and have their babies, even threatening to cut ties with their parents if they tried to break up the happy couple.

He wondered if he really had anything in common with a blond punk.

But in his father-in-law’s heart, he was exactly that. Or rather, in Noah’s eyes, any man who stole his daughter away was a blond punk.

He was just glad he only had golden eyes and not blond hair, or he really would be the textbook definition of the term.

Javier spoke up, “Father-in-law, Mother-in-law, I can understand how you feel, but my feelings for your daughter are genuine.”

Noah gnashed his teeth. “Hmph, every blond punk claims to be genuine.”

Javier could understand the couple’s feelings.

He looked at them and promised, “Father-in-law, Mother-in-law, please rest assured when handing your daughter over to me. I will value her more than my own life. As long as I’m around, I won’t let her suffer a single grievance, much less let anyone bully her.”

He was completely serious. He hoped to earn their approval.

Noah glanced at him with sheer disgust. “I don’t want to be a father-in-law.” He rested his head on his wife’s shoulder again. “Who wants to be a father-in-law? Whoever wants to be one can be one, but I don’t!”

Elara Eastwood hugged him and said softly, “Don’t overthink it. That’s a matter for the future. It’s too early to talk about this! Who knows when I’ll even get pregnant? This is something that happens in the future. If our daughter chose him, it means he’s a good person. Maybe she feels happy with him! As long as our child feels she’s living a good life, that’s all that matters.”

Wasn’t that what being a parent was all about? As long as their child was safe and healthy, that was enough.

Noah nodded slightly.

“Of course I know that, but he backstabbed me!

“Just a moment ago, I wanted to become sworn brothers with him, to go through thick and thin together. Who would have thought he wanted to be my son-in-law? He called me father-in-law! Out of nowhere, I gained a son-in-law and an unexpected bump in seniority.”

Javier chimed in, “Father-in-law, Mother-in-law, I will be a filial son-in-law to you both in the future.”

“Heavens… just strike me with lightning and end my misery.”

Noah hugged his wife again.

After calming down, he released her and turned his gaze to Javier. He took one look, then another, and only one thought echoed in his mind.

What a disaster!

“Sigh!”

What was done was done, and the son-in-law was already here. They couldn’t exactly throw him out now!

What else could they do but try to accept it? Noah felt his mindset was still pretty good. Although the appearance of this son-in-law had put a damper on his mood, upon closer inspection, he supposed he could make do. At the very least, the guy’s face wouldn’t drag down the family’s overall good looks.

Thinking of this, he said fiercely, “Bro—kid, get over here.”

From “brother” to “kid.” It was clear Noah’s capacity for acceptance was quite high.

Although he didn’t want to admit it, the facts were right in front of him. Refusing to admit it was hard. So from this moment on, Noah had acknowledged the existence of this son-in-law. Even though it felt surreal, he had to learn to accept it. He couldn’t really start tearing the couple apart right now, could he?

If they couldn’t be brothers, then the man could only be “that kid.” His form of address for Javier went straight from “brother” to “kid.”

Noah walked over to the campfire and sat down.

“Come, have a drink with me.”

“Yes, Father-in-law,” Javier replied as he stepped forward and sat opposite him. Right then, he saw his father-in-law pull out an entire jug of wine, unseal it, and slam it down directly in front of him.

Noah said, “Since you’re my son-in-law and this is your first time visiting, I don’t have much to host you with. Drink this cup.”

Javier’s eyes fell on the jug of wine. He wondered how this could be considered a single cup, but if his father-in-law called it a cup, then a cup it was.

With a deadpan expression, he grabbed the jug. “I’ll toast you, Father-in-law.” He lifted the jug and drank straight from it. GLUG, GLUG, GLUG. He downed the entire jug in one go. “This is good wine. Thank you, Father-in-law.”

Noah fell silent. “…”

It seemed his plan to make things difficult for him through drinking was shattered. “Boring… forget it, let’s just leave it at this! Even though I’m still having a bit of trouble accepting this, I’m not an unreasonable parent.”

From brother to son-in-law… looking on the bright side, he had actually come out on top. One had to look at things with an open mind.

Thinking of this, he said, “If you’re a son-in-law, then so be it! Come, let’s chat.”

Javier nodded slightly, sitting up straight. With a wave of her sleeve, Elara sat down beside her husband. The couple’s eyes landed on him simultaneously.

Seeing this, Javier felt an immense amount of pressure.

Elara looked at him and said softly, “Tell me about my daughter. Is she doing well?”

Noah nodded vigorously. “Right, how did you two meet? What happened in the future?”

As soon as they opened their mouths, they asked about Celeste Grant. From their expressions, they were quite eager.

Javier said, “To avoid disrupting the timeline and putting her future self in danger, I can’t tell you too much about her. I can only give you a brief overview.”

Hearing this, Elara and Noah exchanged a glance and hurriedly raised their hands to stop him.

Elara said, “Then don’t say anything. We’ll find out eventually anyway.”

Noah nodded in agreement. “Right, it would be terrible if our desire to know the future brought her any danger. We absolutely cannot allow that. Just knowing that we’ll have a beautiful daughter in the future is enough for us.”

Elara felt the exact same way.

Just knowing they would have a daughter was enough; they didn’t need to know all the details. Sometimes, knowing too much ahead of time wasn’t a good thing.

Hearing their words, Javier didn’t elaborate further and merely gave a slight nod. “Understood.”

His parents-in-law were indeed wonderful people. Even Javier could see how deeply this couple loved their future child.

Elara’s gaze lingered on the man before her.

This was her future son-in-law. Although it was a bit surreal, putting aside that slight pang of bitterness, her daughter’s choice in a partner really wasn’t bad.

In terms of looks and everything else, he was quite exceptional.