Chapter 369: A Bit Hair-Raising

"Hello, Aunt Qin!" Fu Mingxue said with a smile.

"Hello, hello," Aunt Qin beamed. "Your in-laws are here today! It’s just a family dinner for us."

Fu Mingxue was surprised to hear that.

’I thought something important had come up!’

Just then, Qin Wenhao stepped forward and presented the gifts he was carrying. "Aunt Qin!"

Aunt Qin saw that Qin Wenhao had actually brought so many gifts.

She couldn’t help but chide him gently, "We’re all family. Why did you buy all this?"

"Just think of it as your nephew showing respect to Second Uncle." At these words, Aunt Qin happily accepted the gifts.

"Hurry and come inside!"

"Honey, let’s go in."

Fu Mingxue nodded. "Okay!"

The couple walked inside.

She found that not only were her in-laws present, but his grandparents were as well.

On top of that, several other uncles and aunts were there too.

Fu Mingxue hadn’t expected so many people.

She could only greet them one by one—

Third Aunt Qin said to Fu Mingxue, "Mingxue, you’re eating at Aunt Qin’s place today. Next time, let’s schedule a time for you to come have dinner at my house."

"And our house, too."

...

Fu Mingxue was baffled.

’What is going on?’

Just as she was wondering why they all wanted to treat her to dinner, Mrs. Qin stepped forward to explain.

"Mingxue, when you got married, you left Beijing City so quickly that they didn’t have a chance to treat you to a meal. Now that you’re back, each family wants to make up for it."

Fu Mingxue was dumbfounded.

’If it’s one meal per family, I’ll have to attend several dinners.’

’After all, Qin Wenhao has four uncles and three aunts!’

’But it seems Qin Wenhao’s fourth uncle and two of his aunts aren’t in Beijing City.’

’The one here today is his eldest aunt, who lives very close by.’

Just as Fu Mingxue was debating whether to agree, Qin Wenhao spoke up. "Third Aunt Qin, Fifth Aunt, Eldest Aunt, you don’t have to treat us to dinner. Since everyone is here today, let’s just count this as a dinner for the whole family."

"It’s mainly because Mingxue is too busy. She has to teach now, and the university has packed her schedule for the whole day. She barely has enough time to prepare her lessons every night."

"On top of that, she sometimes has to go to the research institute in the evening, so she really can’t spare the time."

Hearing this, everyone turned to look at Fu Mingxue with amazement.

They had heard from the eldest branch of the family that Fu Mingxue had been assigned to teach students.

Now, hearing Qin Wenhao explain it in detail, they were truly shocked.

Aunt Qin was incredibly envious that her eldest sister-in-law had such a wonderful daughter-in-law.

"Mingxue, you’re truly amazing. Since you’re so busy, let’s just have this one meal as a family get-together."

Fu Mingxue nodded.

A large family gathering is always a lively affair.

If Fu Mingxue didn’t have such a good memory, she would never have been able to remember everyone’s names.

Gao Lan watched Fu Mingxue, the center of attention, with great envy.

’As expected, capable people are well-regarded wherever they go.’

Qin Wenshu’s house was very large, and three big tables had been set up.

One table for the younger generation, one for the women, and one for the men.

When there weren’t enough seats, people just stood around and helped themselves to the food—

At 8 p.m., Qin Wenhao and Fu Mingxue finally left Qin Wenshu’s house.

After they arrived home, Qin Wenhao looked at his wife and saw that she seemed drained. His heart went out to her.

"Honey, are you tired?"

"I’m okay." Fu Mingxue really wasn’t used to dealing with so many relatives.

’It was a good thing they lived on their own.’

’Otherwise, having to face such a large family every day—it would truly give her a headache.’

Suddenly, she remembered something. "All your uncles on your father’s side wanted to treat us to a meal... my grandfather’s side won’t want to do the same, will they?"