While you were sleeping[boyxboy]

04 Family dinner part 02

"No, I'm not coming, the siblings need some time together without me intruding.
Oh, this box is from the hospital, it contains your sister's belongings that they should have given to your family , but in the end they gave it to me. No need to take it with you back to the hospital, but I'd better bring it to your home later.
Go now, see you later, and thank GuangYao for being my friend!"

So that being said, Yibo took the subway, deciding to stop by at home, before going to the Jin residence. It was a matter of respect to take a shower and change his clothes for joining that wonderful family's dinner.
He couldn't deny that it crossed his mind to simply vanish in thin air and forget about all this complicated drama he involved himself into, after all the Jins know only his name, not where he lives. And even if they would find him, what could happen, except...But he shook away this thought when Nainai's image popped into his mind, holding her chest while looking disappointed at him. No, he couldn't have the heart...GuangYao is right, he will keep acting and lying until after New Year. Besides, until then MianMian will hopefully get better and the family will be too happy with her recovering, for getting upset with a nobody who lied to them.

He bought two bouquets of flowers for the ladies and a bottle of wine from the supermarket around the corner of his block, even though he knew that the cashier would get him again on his nerves. But there was no time to look for another store.
The cashier was the daughter of the building manager, living one floor higher than him, who was always asking him with no shame to be her boyfriend.

"No, Cheng Xiao! My answer is the same, please stop asking me, and start looking for another man to date!", he answered as politely as he could, while hurrying to pay and escape from her insistent nagging.

After finally finding the house, he pressed the front door ringbell, not stopping from marveling about the huge size of the house.
That did not seem to be a regular house, but rather a luxurious mansion!
Hmm, about how much money a uni professor and a kindergarten teacher make these days anyway?
He would have never believed that Jin is such a rich family.

"Mama, he is here, you scolded Yao Ge on the phone for nothing!
I told you that he will come!", the teenager, Jin Ling on his name, shouted after opening the door for Yibo.

"Wang Yibo! I am so happy you came!
Come inside quickly, your jacket looks pretty thin for this windy weather!", Missis Jin Sanren popped up from behind her son and pulled Yibo into a tight hug, melting his heart with her care.

The family was already gathered around the dining room table from the first floor, full of all kinds of goodies, less GuangYao who was still at the hospital with his older brother.

"Oh my, I forgot to bring the box!", Yibo exclaimed while handing over the bottle of wine to Mister Jin GuangShan, and the flowers to the two ladies.

"No problem, you will bring it tomorrow! Did you forget that tomorrow is Christmas?
No matter if your religion is different from ours, I hope you are not bothered to celebrate Christmas with us. Take it as a regular celebration dinner, just a bit fancier and with a gifts addition, ha, ha. God, I love these cheeks of yours so much!", NaiNai pinched Yibo's cheeks, after he explained what box he was talking about.

"Thank you, NaiNai, I love you, too!", Yibo couldn't resist not to hug lovingly the sweet old lady.

And this was not an act or a lie!
Wang Yibo was loving this family for real.
Everything was exactly how he imagined a normal family could be, a normal family he never had and dreamed of having! Even the fact that the mother scolded her son on the phone or the way NaiNai slapped her grandson's hand when he tried to steal a piece of meat from the plate was endearing! Oh, how much he would have wished to have a mother to scold him!
"I love you baba, please don't misunderstand me!", he whispered in his mind.