SIATOWITF Chapter 70

Chapter 70: The Car Crash of Meeting the Parents Ji Mo An: The sky has fallen! …

Ji Mo An led the snake through the corridor to the room number his sister had sent him.

After hesitating several times, he decided to have Xuan Bai go to the room next door first, so he could go in and check the situation. Although the information his sister sent clearly stated “success guaranteed,” between the lines, it all felt unreliable.

What’s coming will come. Ji Mo An took a deep breath and finally glared at the pitiful snake peeking through the crack in the door before pushing open the door to his parents’ room.

The room was extremely quiet. Ji Mo An immediately saw his teary-eyed mother and his father with a dumbfounded expression.

?

This was completely different from what he had imagined. Ji Mo An looked at Ji Mo Xin again. The little girl looked up at the sky and down at the ground, just not at him.

“Baby…” After a moment of Stalemate, Aunt Mu spoke first, “Why bother, baby… Mom absolutely disagrees!”

Ji Mo An’s heart sank.

“What exactly did you tell them? Why does it feel so unreliable?” Ji Mo An sat down with Ji Mo Xin. What did “why bother” mean… he didn’t understand what his mother was saying.

“Brother… how could it be unreliable with me in charge…” Ji Mo Xin drawled, looking at her frowning parents.

“Brother, you know, the most beautiful tradition of our Hua Xia children is compromise and harmony.”

“…” That meant it was very unreliable. Ji Mo An instantly felt a chill go right through him. “So what did you compromise on?”

“Ahem.” Ji Mo Xin cleared her throat. “Brother, I really can’t agree with your plan to become a monk in Africa. Don’t blame me for telling Mom and Dad.”

“Waa… Mom doesn’t agree either.” Aunt Mu burst into tears. “I knew your frequent trips to Africa these past two years were for impure motives. You could have let Lin Mo go… From now on, Mom won’t go far. I’ll stay home and be with you guys.”

“This… An’an, Africa is a bit harsh, and they have their own religion there. There’s no market for you there. How about we try Sichuan-Tibet first? Dad will go with you…” Ji Mo Shu chimed in.

“Shut up! You’re not allowed to go anywhere!” Aunt Mu slapped her husband on the head. “You’re both staying home!”

“That’s right, brother. As long as you don’t go, Mom and Dad will do anything!” Ji Mo Xin grabbed Ji Mo An’s neck and shook him violently.

“…” Ji Mo An felt like he was one step away from complete disgrace. He knew Ji Mo Xin might be unreliable, but he didn’t expect her to be this unreliable.

“Yes, Mom and Dad will do anything…” Aunt Mu said tearfully.

“Even if you want to find a foreign boyfriend, I’ll support you, just don’t go to Africa to become a monk!” Ji Mo Xin exclaimed loudly.

“I’ll support you too, baby, don’t go to Africa, waa…” Aunt Mu shouted along.

“Even if you find a twenty-something, much taller, fluent in Chinese, super handsome Icelandic long-haired foreigner, I won’t object!” Ji Mo Xin continued to shout.

“Wait a minute, I feel like something’s not right…” Ji Mo Shu raised his hand.

“Do you want your son to run off to Africa?!” Aunt Mu widened her eyes.

“No, I just feel like the conditions Xin Xin described are a bit specific.” Ji Mo Shu protested softly.

“You wouldn’t want to run off to Iceland, would you? You’re going to run off to Iceland because you’re afraid we’ll object, and then you say you want to go to Africa!” Aunt Mu felt like she had suddenly figured something out. “Iceland is freezing cold, and Mom doesn’t agree to you staying there permanently! You can’t handle the polar day and night.”

“No, I feel like the focus isn’t on Iceland.” Ji Mo Shu looked confused.

“Shut up!”

“I’m not going to Iceland, I just found an Icelandic boyfriend.” Ji Mo An felt like he could finally speak.

“Ah…” Aunt Mu and Ji Mo Shu fell silent at the same time.

“A guy?” Ji Mo Shu asked cautiously.

“Dad, let brother be. If brother goes to Africa, monks aren’t allowed to get married. This one is at least handsome, his Chinese is better than mine, his learning ability must be strong. And… and my brother running off to Iceland is better than running off to Africa.” Ji Mo Xin said earnestly.

“That makes sense…” Aunt Mu seemed to be thinking seriously. “It does seem better than Africa. Mom has more friends in Iceland.”

“Brother, do you think I’m reliable or not?” Ji Mo Xin looked at her parents’ thoughtful expressions, feeling extremely proud.

“Unreliable.” Ji Mo An said expressionlessly. The little girl was now lying on his back, her arms wrapped around his neck.

Ji Mo Xin’s complacent expression froze. She secretly reached out and pinched her brother’s arm. “Just tell me if it worked or not.”

“Baby, is this the model you said you were going to introduce to us last time?” Aunt Mu asked carefully.

“Yes, yes. Mom, even Grandfather agreed.” Ji Mo Xin said quickly.

“Then we can not go to Africa? Iceland depends on the situation.”

“…” Ji Mo An saw his sister’s brainwashing skills for the first time. “Mom, I’m not going. It’s better to stay home.”

Going to Iceland was impossible. That annoying snake probably hadn’t even been to Iceland himself.

“That’s good, that’s good.” Aunt Mu felt relieved.

“Dad, Mom has stated her position. Nod for yes, shake your head for no.” Ji Mo Xin quickly shifted her target.

“I doubt the claim that your grandfather agreed.” Ji Mo Shu neither nodded nor shook his head.

“My grandpa really agreed. He said Xuan Bai is much better than a zebra. He super agreed.”

“Wait a minute, what’s with the zebra…”

“Uh…”

“Okay, so that’s what’s going on!” Aunt Mu suddenly shouted, startling the siblings and Ji Mo Shu.

“You want to run off to Africa with a zebra. Absolutely impossible!”

“No… I didn’t…” Ji Mo An felt his vision darken. He knew people in the arts were a bit abstract, but how could his own mother be so abstract?

No wonder Ji Mo Xin had so many crazy ideas every day.

How could things have developed to this point? Ji Mo An thought he might as well have just brought Xuan Bai over and confessed.

“I don’t believe you! Unless you bring that Icelandic foreigner over here right now. Otherwise, I’ll freeze all your cards!” Aunt Mu was furious.

“Okay, I’ll go.” Ji Mo Xin’s eyes lit up, and she jumped off the sofa and ran out the door.

“Son, tell Dad quietly…” Ji Mo Shu lowered his voice and leaned closer to Ji Mo An. “Is he even human? I think zebras all look the same. Why don’t you let Xuan Xuan take a look? He minored in psychology.”

“He’s human.” Ji Mo An suddenly couldn’t understand this world anymore. What a huge makeshift team, what abstract conversations. He felt like he was the only normal one now.

“Dad, are you serious?”

“Uh…” Ji Mo Shu touched his nose, feeling a bit embarrassed. “Of course Dad believes you, it’s just that… a few years ago, there were news reports about a foreign man who insisted on marrying a child from an anime… and someone who married a rice cooker. Dad’s thinking is still very ahead of the times.”

“But my thinking isn’t that ahead of the times.” Ji Mo An didn’t want to talk to anyone right now.

“That’s good.” Ji Mo Shu finally felt relieved. “An Icelandic child is good, good, as long as he’s human.”

“…” This conversation was impossible. Ji Mo An closed his eyes in despair.

Until…

“I’m back.” Ji Mo Xin bounced back in.

Xuan Bai followed behind her, his back straight.

The bad snake could still put on a good show when he was serious, at least his face was very convincing. Ji Mo An suddenly felt relieved.

“My… what a great face…” Aunt Mu quickly covered her mouth. “This is much better than a zebra. Mom agrees.”

Zebra? Xuan Bai blinked. He had been discussing countermeasures with his companions and hadn’t eavesdropped. But the despairing emotions from the next room had already drifted far away, scaring the snake into almost biting off the tip of its tail.

“Come, come, sit down. Don’t be shy, sit anywhere.” Aunt Mu coughed awkwardly.

Xuan Bai wanted to sit next to Ji Mo An, but Ji Mo An glared at him, forcing him to sit on the single sofa to the side.

“You have to give a meeting gift,” the snake kept his companions’ words firmly in mind.

“Dad, Mom,” the snake took out a box, holding it with both hands and handing it to Aunt Mu.

“Ah? Ah… how thoughtful.” Aunt Mu was caught off guard by being called Mom. It was impossible not to feel awkward.

“He’s a foreigner. His native language isn’t Chinese.” Ji Mo An’s face turned red from Xuan Bai’s calling them Mom and Dad. This dead snake, who taught him that?

“I understand, I understand. A good Chinese name. Did An’an give it to you?” Aunt Mu placed the box on her lap.

The snake nodded obediently.

“Well, what’s your real name…”

“Ouroboros-asterism”

“Your parents must really like Norse mythology. I have a lot in common with Auntie. Someday, Auntie will take you to see my designs.” Aunt Mu couldn’t quite smile. This name… how did it sound so strange?

Although people in Iceland liked to name their children after gods… would anyone really name their child Ouroboros?

The atmosphere fell silent again. The couple, who had been childhood sweethearts, had no experience meeting the parents or being met by the parents. They opened their mouths, not knowing what to say.

“I’ll have him write a resume for you later.” Ji Mo An couldn’t take it anymore.

“I have one.” Xuan Bai had been prepared. He somehow conjured up a booklet the size of an A4 sheet of paper, even laminated.

Xuan Bai solemnly handed his ‘resume’ to Aunt Mu with both hands.

[Bo Bo Snake, let me tell you, according to the average assets of people on Earth, An is super rich. So you have to complement him. Having money isn’t your advantage.]

[You have to be unique. You have to have advantages that humans don’t have.]

[You also have to cater to their preferences.]

His companions’ words were still vivid in his mind. A group of bosses had adjusted the flow of time in the Star Realm, spending almost the entire day forging a resume out of the flames.

[It’s guaranteed to be no problem.] His companion had guaranteed, patting his chest.

“Can… can change surname to Ji Mo anytime…” Aunt Mu subconsciously read out the bolded words on the first page.

“…” Ji Mo An stood up and snatched Xuan Bai’s resume.

“Mom, let me review it before I show it to you.” Destroy this world!

Ding-a-ling…

The ringing of his phone suddenly rang out, sounding like a life-saving sound.

Ji Mo An answered and said a few words, his eyes darting towards the door.

“Brother, do you have something to do?” Ji Mo Xin was extremely observant.

“Yeah.” Ji Mo An was waiting for her to say that. “Mom and Dad, something urgent came up at work. I’ll deal with it and then continue our meeting.”

“You come with me.” He grabbed the snake, who had consciously raised his hand to say goodbye to his parents, and ran all the way back to his room.

It was a good thing he had been careful and used an emergency SOS text message as a signal for Ji Cheng Yu to call him. Otherwise, he really wouldn’t know how to continue this disastrous meeting with the parents.

“You don’t need to buy ingredients for snake wine… what the hell is this stuff!” After closing the door, Ji Mo An angrily used the booklet to hit the snake. He was incredibly grateful that he had snatched the resume in advance.

“My strengths.” Xuan Bai proudly puffed out his chest while being beaten.

“Why didn’t you write that you have a pretty face? I think your only strength is that you have thick skin.”

“My family said obvious advantages don’t need to be written. Writing them would make you seem pretentious.”

“I want to turn you into snake wine right now.” Ji Mo An forced a smile.

So it wasn’t just one person who was unreliable, but a whole group.

And Ji Mo Xin… he should have followed the normal process of meeting the parents, informing them in advance and arranging a dinner, instead of listening to his sister and aiming for a surprise attack.

“Fine.” He walked to the sofa and sat down.

“Hehe…” The snake hesitantly came over, wanting to sit next to him.

“Did I tell you to sit here?” Ji Mo An raised an eyebrow. “Now we’re going to go through the old accounts, starting with you scaring Ji Cheng Yu.”

Go through old accounts… Xuan Bai’s eyes widened, and then he knelt down with a thud, kneeling straight and proper.

“…”

“Get up. I told you to sit on the sofa opposite me…”

Thud…

The door was suddenly pushed open, and Aunt Mu rushed in with the box in a panic.

“Child… the design of this necklace…” She was running a bit fast and was startled by the snake kneeling on the ground.

The box shook with her movements, and the black lid fell off with a thud.

The snake quickly caught the lid and obediently handed it back to Aunt Mu with both hands.

Snakes are super obedient and super polite.

“Do you know Teacher Serenna?” Aunt Mu was so excited that she didn’t care about her image and sat down next to Xuan Bai.

“…” Ji Mo An, the only one sitting on the sofa, slid down the sofa in despair and sat on the ground with Aunt Mu.

The snake blinked, not speaking.

He looked at the box in Aunt Mu’s hand. The black box was unremarkable, but it was lined with a layer of black velvet.

A gorgeous silver-white necklace was quietly nestled in the velvet.

It was extremely beautiful. With stars and moons as its theme, it sparkled with a mysterious light in the pure black velvet, like the Milky Way formed by thousands of stars flowing in the night.

“This design… this style… oh my god…” Aunt Mu was so excited that even her fingertips were trembling slightly. “When I was studying, I initially studied under Teacher Serenna. But at that time, she was already a little weak and had to put my name under the senior apprentice.”

“I can recognize her designs at a glance. Not being able to become her direct disciple… ha… that’s my only regret.”

“…” Faced with Aunt Mu’s expectant gaze, Xuan Bai shook his head gently.

“I don’t know. The owner of it didn’t leave a name.”

But the snake lied. He knew Serenna. After her death, the elegant designer entered the Star Realm, breaking the rules to continue working as a designer.

As a member of the Star Realm’s staff.

The only difference from other employees was that Serenna was tolerant of every boss, even if companions would steal gems and designs to tease the new designer.

“They’re just a group of naughty children. Their fathers still need to learn how to educate their children,” she always said.

So gradually, the bosses accepted her and would even volunteer to be free models in their free time.

And this Star Necklace…

“Dear Boposi, I have never had any regrets in my life, except for the apprentice who was not able to study under me.”

Even with her white hair, the elegant woman still wore exquisite makeup and beautiful clothes.

She smiled, sitting in an exquisite wicker chair, sipping black tea and looking at the never-falling sun and moon.

“But please don’t say my name. After all, Serenna is already history.”

So in the six years of waiting, the snake quietly watched the designer continue her unfinished work, until the Star Necklace was placed in the velvet, occupying a separate room in the Ouroboros’ treasury.

In Aunt Mu’s hand, rows of smooth handwritten characters floated above the necklace, but no one but the Ouroboros from the Star Realm could see it.

[Item: Star Necklace (S-Rank)

Item Description: This item has no function. It only represents the nameless designer’s highest respect for her life, and her love and regret for the fate that was not able to be shared.

Note: The nameless designer was never married and had no children. She knew that after her death, the adopted child would not be able to fulfill her will. So she tore up the unfinished design and smiled to welcome her long night. But she never thought that dawn would come again.]