forget forget you
Chapter 8 only as first seen
Chapter 8 only as first seen
Ning Lixia has been having a lot of headaches recently about opening a report.
After finally scraping together [-] words and handing it in, Teacher Zheng sent a reply email in less than two days.Starting from the title, the comments on the right are densely packed.
"This teacher was too serious. She said my topic was too broad and not specific, the word 'thinking' was not academic enough, the format was not rigorous, and some content was not focused. Marked it out, saying that my attitude is not good enough...Isn't it considered hard work if I stayed up for several days?" Ning Lixia complained to Ning Yu pointing to the mail.
"Don't write if you don't want to, it doesn't matter if you get this kind of graduation certificate." Ning Yu directly covered her notebook, "Hurry up and cook, I'm hungry."
"...Why did I feel like I became a maid as soon as you came back?"
"As far as your service quality is concerned, the maid would have been fired long ago."
"..."
However, 3 minutes later, Ning Lixia, who was picking vegetables, received another call that made her even more headache-the mother who came to see the sisters had already got off the plane.
Originally, there was nothing wrong with her mother, whom she hadn't seen for more than ten years, coming to see her, but Ning Yu and her mother had always been at odds, and there was no good fruit for her when they got together.
"I have something to go out. I don't have time to cook. You can go out and eat."
"what's up?"
Ning Lixia didn't dare to lie: "My mother is here, and it's too late to pick me up at the airport. I'll go to the hotel where she lives to have dinner with her."
"She comes whenever she likes. It's already considered face-saving for you to meet her. You need to pick up an opportunity. Go after dinner. It's also rare for me to come here. I have to leave after staying for half a day."
"But you've been here every week recently..."
"You are not welcome?"
"of course not."
"Then cook quickly."
Ning Lixia knew that, given how much Ning Yu hated her mother, she would never let her go just because she opened her mouth. In desperation, she had to wait until Ning Yu left at nine o'clock in the evening before going out.
When her parents divorced, she was only thirteen or fourteen years old. The protracted divorce battle first snatched the custody of the sisters, and then fought for property in a gamble. Even the ownership of an antique vase could bring the former couple to court. .
This incident not only made the Yan family lose face, but also made Ning Lixia, who was on his father's side, feel a strong sense of antagonism towards his mother.
Her mother soon remarried with Ning Yu's father, and her father's endless accusations against her mother in front of her made her hate her mother so much that she simply cut off all contact and refused to see her again.
At that time, she didn't understand that the relationship between a husband and wife is different from that of a mother and daughter. If the husband and wife can't do it, they can break up. It doesn't matter who betrays the other. The relationship between mother and daughter is destined to last a lifetime from the very beginning. .
It is different from the relaxed and cordial feeling when I met my sister again, perhaps because of the difference in age and personality, or because the estrangement is too deep and too long, when seeing Mrs. Ning, Ning Lixia only felt that it was difficult to enter the role, and was not as excited as imagined.
"I made you the glutinous rice balls stuffed with rose bean paste that you liked the most when you were a child the night before. I froze it in the refrigerator overnight and brought it in a thermos bucket. I just asked the hotel waiter to cook it and deliver it to you... Try it. Is it the same taste as before? I don’t know if your taste has changed after you grow up.”
Ning Lixia tasted one before praising: "It's delicious, thank you."
Madam Ning finally let go of her heart: "It's good that you still like it. If you want to eat it after I go back, please call me. I'll pack it and send it to you."
"Where is the need for such trouble." Ning Lixia felt quite sad for her mother's cautiousness, and she finally admitted in her heart that the gap between mother and daughter for more than ten years was all caused by her own mistakes.
In fact, she only likes glutinous rice balls filled with black sesame and peanuts, not rose bean paste, probably because her younger sister likes to eat it, and her mother often makes it. She always grabs it from her younger sister because of the ridiculous jealousy of children, so she must have more than her younger sister. eat one.
"She is so pedantic! When I first arrived in Japan, I called her and said I missed her sesame beef sauce. She actually sent a full five catties, and the postage was more expensive than meat sauce. I said I couldn't sleep well, and she Also sent me pillows and cuddly bears at home."
Mrs. Ning glanced at Ning Lixia: "I sent it on my own initiative, obviously you pestered me and said that I must have it."
Ning Lixia smiled, she was already 26 years old, long past the age where she would be jealous of her younger sister, how nice it is to have a biological sister!Yan Hanlu is simply the most precious gift her parents gave her.
"By the way, I went out to play with your Uncle Ning a while ago, and brought some small gifts for you and your sister."
Mrs. Ning's suitcase was full of various gift boxes, each of the same style and different colors, she opened them one by one, and asked Ning Lixia to pick first: "See which one you like, the rest To your sister."
Yan Hanlu pretended to be angry, pouted and said "eccentric".
Mrs. Ning said angrily: "You dare to eat supper after dinner! Look at how beautiful your sister is, tall and thin. You are two or three centimeters shorter than her, but you have gained more than ten catties. You are not afraid that you will not be able to find her." Boy friend."
After teaching her little daughter a lesson, Mrs. Ning turned her head and asked Ning Lixia: "It's good-looking, but it's unhealthy to be too thin! Is it because no one cooks for you, and you always eat outside food to lose weight?"
Yan Hanlu interrupted unconvinced: "The food she cooks is much more delicious than yours! If I don't eat after noon, I can still lose weight."
"Little Yu, do you go on a diet to lose weight? That hurts your body, so it's the most beautiful." Mrs. Ning asked Ning Lixia.
"When I was young, I even competed with my sister to drink Banlangen. If I ate too much, I would get fat. Later, no one competed with me, so I gradually lost weight." Afraid of being nagged, Ning Lixia didn't want to continue this topic, and said instead, " Mom, you might as well live with me, it’s too lonely in the hotel alone.”
Madam Ning naturally couldn't ask for it, but she said: "That's good, but will it be inconvenient?"
"If there is any inconvenience at my house, you can stay as long as you want."
"Then I'll move there. I can take care of your three meals a day and keep you company."
Yan Hanlu asked hesitantly: "Of course it will be inconvenient. Ning Yu often goes to your house! By the way, has he left yet?"
"It's already at the high-speed rail station. He has a meeting tomorrow morning."
Mrs. Ning asked Ning Lixia in a roundabout way: "You are not young anymore, have you found a boyfriend yet?"
Ning Lixia smiled, and asked directly: "Are you trying to talk about Ning Yu? My sister must have secretly told you about his proposal of marriage to me, right? I haven't made up my mind yet. Marriage is a big deal. If you get married, you must not leave." , so think carefully about it.”
Madam Ning showed a look of embarrassment, fearing that the good atmosphere that had just been established would be broken again, she thought for a while before saying, "Isn't he your brother?"
"In the past few years, I have always regarded him as my elder brother. Well, it can be regarded as a little ambiguous. I was shocked when he just brought up the matter of marriage, because I never thought about it before. After all, he has always had a girlfriend... Does our matter make you and Uncle Ning difficult?"
"I'm definitely not against you for my own sake." Madam Ning was afraid that Ning Lixia would misunderstand, and immediately emphasized, "Although I have no position to say this, I am indeed thinking about your future."
"You are my mother, of course you have a position, just say what you want, I know you are doing it for my own good."
Mrs. Ning breathed a sigh of relief: "You are really sensible. Marriage is a major event in life. To you young people, this sentence may be silly, but whether you marry well or not is related to your life's happiness. You must not be sloppy. If you don't have children, it's okay. Good, otherwise the divorce will not only hurt the bones, but also harm the children."
"I'm fine, my sister looks fine too, you don't need to blame yourself."
"Your Uncle Ning and I got along fairly well after we remarried, but we each have our own children to take care of, and there are many things we need to accommodate each other. After all, it's not as good as the original couple."
Ning Lixia was taken aback: "Are you doing well?"
"It's much better than the one with your father, but there's always something unsatisfactory."
Hearing the word "Father", Ning Lixia lowered his head to drink his tea and didn't answer any more.
"I didn't mean to say that your father is bad, but I am not suitable for him." Mrs. Ning quickly explained, "We are past the age of marriage, and the family is pressing hard. After being introduced, I think the other party is not annoying. I just got married hastily, and I didn't date for too long. The incompatibility in personality was discovered long ago, and it became more and more obvious after you were born. It took more than ten years for you... So whether the other party is suitable for you, you can decide before marriage You must think more about it.”
"Whether a marriage is happy or not actually depends on luck. However, I will think about it carefully." Ning Lixia emphasized again, "As long as you are married, you will never leave."
Mrs. Ning sighed: "Your sister also said that you will never get a divorce. You see, the matter between me and your father still has a bad influence on you."
"Maybe you won't be happy after hearing this, but I have to say this, I really don't want you and Ning Yu to get together. I don't get in touch with him much, but I heard his father tell a lot about him when he was young, It can be regarded as knowing his character better. He is too conceited and only believes in his own judgment. If he believes in one thing, he will not listen to a word of advice from others, so I can only persuade you."
"His uncompromising temper, it's good to be his employee. But if it's his significant other, everything should be done according to his wishes after marriage. Wouldn't it be that he has no right to speak at all?"
"I'm not worried about this. I just happen to be a lazy person. Let him decide everything. It saves me from having to use my brain. Anyway, he won't harm me. I'm just afraid that he is immature. He thinks it out as soon as he thinks it up. Take no responsibility for your own future."
"Haven't you ever thought about his motive for taking you in? How could it be such a coincidence that he happened to meet you."
"Think about it. But I don't have any value for him to use, and he was the only one who reached out to help me when I was most critical, so I don't want to speculate on him maliciously."
"Ning Yu doesn't like me marrying his father. I've tried many methods, but none of them worked. Our relationship with him is still bad..."
"You mean he wants to use me to beat you?"
"After all, it's not good to hear about stepbrothers and sisters getting married, and the Ning family has a reputation." Because of the delicate relationship with her eldest daughter, Mrs. Ning was full of worries and hesitated to speak.
"No matter how much he doesn't like you, you are also his elder. Based on what I know about Ning Yu, he won't have the leisure to spend seven years planning to embarrass his elder."
"You are not a child anymore. You will judge everything you encounter. I am just reminding you. There is no other meaning. Whether I am embarrassed or not with your Uncle Ning is second. You only need to consider what will happen if you marry him." You won't be happy, and nothing else matters." Madam Ning was worried that Ning Lixia would get angry if she talked too much, so she quickly ended the topic. "What I'm most afraid of is that your father's return will affect you."
"Daddy's back? What does that mean?"
Mrs. Ning looked surprised: "Didn't Ning Yu tell you? Your Uncle Ning only knew about it when he accidentally mentioned it!"
Coming out of the hotel, Ning Lixia immediately called Ning Yu.
Sure enough, when Ning Lixia asked why she was so kind to take her in back then, Ning Yu sneered and replied: "I knew your mother came to look for you, so I guessed that you would ask me this question after you came back. Did she persuade you?" You think it through before making a decision, and say that I have ulterior motives."
"...I was just asking casually."
"You tell her that although I don't like her, she is not important enough to deserve my time and energy for revenge."
"After all, she is my mother, can you show me some face, and don't target her too much."
"She is also my stepmother. You should have heard the story of Cinderella and Snow White when you were young. A three-year-old child knows what a stepmother means. Should you also give me some freedom to hate others?"
Ning Lixia knew that he couldn't convince him, so he simply gave up trying, and asked instead: "Why didn't you tell me about my father?"
"What did your mother tell you? It's just my speculation that he will come back and turn himself in. There's nothing worth talking about about his disappearance."
"You know I'm most concerned about this! Why was he almost caught, isn't he having a good life?"
"He did something bad, and being recognized and caught should be described as 'good and evil will be rewarded'."
"Ning Yu!"
"Look, as soon as you and your mother quarrel with me, how can I not hate her."
Ning Lixia held back his anger and let out a soft tone: "I don't want to quarrel with you, I just want to know about my father's situation."
"I don't know much. It's probably because he was found hiding place and his family changed places, but he was found again soon. Those people are really persistent. After seven years, they still miss your father. The money was stolen." If you have the time to chase creditors, you might as well spend some effort to make money again. Your father was afraid of harming his wife and children, so he came back by himself after he settled your stepmother and younger sister."
"He owes too much money, and it's not enough to take out all the money in his hand. If he is clear-headed, he should simply say no, and then turn himself in. If someone finds him outside, he may be hacked to death. For him, prison is the safest place to go."
Although what Ning Yu said was the truth, Ning Lixia would always feel uncomfortable when he heard this.After hesitating for a moment, she tentatively asked, "If you have a way, can you help him?"
"I advise you not to care about things that are beyond your ability. You should be a bit of a human being. Even if he is your father, you shouldn't be confused about right and wrong. If you owe someone money and cause him to go bankrupt, you have no responsibility at all." Is it reasonable to marry a young and beautiful woman so that the son can get away with it all the time?"
Obviously expecting that Ning Yu would not help, Ning Lixia still felt angry and disappointed at this moment, so he hung up the phone directly.
Ning Yu quickly called back, she didn't want to listen to his useless reasoning, so she simply turned off the phone.
Ning Lixia was upset and unexpected, but the responsible Teacher Zheng called to remind him of the progress.She opened the mailbox and wanted to study the idea of annotation theory again, but unexpectedly found a new email from Jiang Shaozheng.
Jiang Shaozheng found her opening report from nowhere, and after reading it, he sent a very detailed revision opinion.He had already listed the skeleton, and she only had to sort out and fill in the contents of the previously written document. After staying up for half the night, the urgent matter was finally resolved.
Ning Lixia was grateful, so he naturally called to thank him the next morning.
Jiang Shaozheng's voice was slightly tired.
Hearing someone calling for a doctor on the phone, Ning Lixia asked: "You are in the hospital, are you sick?"
"It's not me, it's my mother."
My friend's mother was sick and hospitalized, and she should be concerned about it out of politeness, but due to her bad relationship with Mrs. Jiang, it would be too hypocritical to say greetings. After hesitating for a moment, Ning Lixia simply skipped the topic: "I wanted to send a box this afternoon. I personally baked the mooncakes to express my gratitude, since you have to take care of mom, forget it, I will bring them to you later."
"It's a little effort, didn't you say you won't be polite to me?"
"Do you like mooncakes sweet or salty?"
"It's all right." In fact, Jiang Shaozheng didn't eat mooncakes at all, but just wanted to take the opportunity to meet her.
"Then I'll do whatever I want." Ning Lixia still wanted to talk, but when she heard Song Yarou's voice, she hung up the phone hastily.
"You haven't eaten yet, have you? I brought porridge and steamed eggs for two." Song Yarou put the food box on the coffee table in front of the sofa, opened the door and glanced at the hospital bed, "Auntie is still asleep, then You eat first."
Jiang Shaozheng naturally wanted to thank: "There is a kitchen here and someone cooks it, so why send it all the way."
"The hospital is not far from my home. My aunt called my mother last night and said that she suddenly wanted to eat the scallop steamed egg she made. She couldn't even sleep well if she couldn't eat it. My mother went to the market early in the morning to choose the fish , stewed steamed eggs with fish soup and asked me to send them."
"How embarrassing that is."
"How troublesome. My mother was shocked when she heard that she was hospitalized for coronary heart disease. Auntie is getting old, and you should follow her."
"Did you tell her that Ning Lixia was Yan Guyu?"
Song Yarou looked surprised: "Ah? Lixia is really the older sister? I just thought it was strange before. You also know that my father has some friendship with their father. When I was young, I would often eat with the sisters. In my impression, Hanlu gives people The feeling is completely different from that of Li Xia...By the way, why did she say that she is Han Lu?"
"Probably because I want to avoid people and things from the past." Jiang Shaozheng took out fruit from the refrigerator and asked Song Yarou to eat it.
Song Yarou picked a fragrant pear, peeled it and handed it to Jiang Shaozheng: "If you want to stay with you at night, you must not sleep well, eat more fruit."
After thanking her, Jiang Shaozheng put the pear aside and did not eat it.
"My mother just worries too much. After suffering from this illness, she also figured it out, and told me that she no longer wants to meddle in other people's business. Originally, she always stared at others, so why bother to get angry."
Song Yarou didn't seem to understand: "How could Auntie know about Li Xia? You and her..."
"She is very generous, she doesn't care about the past, and she is still willing to be my friend."
What qualifications does the fugitive's daughter have to care about!Song Yarou sneered in her heart, but she said: "It's really unlucky for her to have such a father. I heard that Uncle Yan escaped after being discovered, and owed so much debt. If someone catches her, she might not be beaten to death." I can't escape the disaster of prison. It's time for Lixia to have a headache again..."
Jiang Shaozheng frowned: "Where did you hear this news?"
"Uncle Yan has lied to my relatives and friends all over the place. My father and Uncle Yan used to have such a good relationship, so it is inevitable that we have lost a lot. But after such a long time, the anger has long since dissipated. After all, we were once friends! But not human Everyone can figure it out, as soon as this happened, someone came to my father to discuss how to deal with Uncle Yan, and said that if he didn't get his money back, sending him to prison would be a relief..."
Song Yarou didn't leave until Jiang Shaozheng left.When Mrs. Jiang woke up, she immediately sat in front of the hospital bed.
Seeing the steamed eggs in the food box, Mrs. Jiang was both moved and felt sorry: "I just mentioned it casually, and I am not a child, so you will be busy too."
"It's good that you like to eat. Jiang Shaozheng has been with you for several nights, and my parents praised him for his filial piety. Don't be angry with him anymore."
"Being angry is useful, and it's worth going to the hospital a few more times. It's a pity that it didn't work, and it also affected the relationship between our mother and child. It's all my fault for being too aggressive. Shao Zheng and her have nothing to do, so I messed up first, since I can't control it. Hold on, I simply ignore it, it’s quiet out of sight."
"How do you know Lixia is Guyu?"
"Listen to what your mother said, didn't you tell her that!"
"I just mentioned that Lixia is more like a sister... My mother is really, and I will tell you about uncertain things. So, your quarrel with Jiang Shaozheng is really related to me?" Song Yarou showed surprise The color, biting the word "true" extremely hard.
"What does it have to do with you? It turns out that you guessed right, and you don't know what Yan Guyu wants to do." Mrs. Jiang suddenly understood, "Ah, Shao Zheng didn't misunderstand you, did he? I'll go talk to him right now. , I didn't hear about it from you."
"If you explain it like this, there is no money here." Song Yarou smiled gently, "Old friend for many years, he should know what kind of person I am. I hope you are well before it's too late, how can there be more talk like this."
"Where can you find another good boy like you who is kind and sensible. I can't control him, so I can only urge you. Apart from being too simple and easy to soften your heart, Shao Zheng has no other shortcomings. Gu Yu is so pitiful that he can't bear it. Otherwise, no matter how much Yan Guyu pesters him, he may not be able to see it. You are a match made in heaven, you must not miss it. As long as you are willing to spend a little time, Shao Zheng will never think of others again. "
Song Yarou's expression was very helpless: "Auntie, if I knew you were talking about this again, I wouldn't have come here."
After receiving a call from Jiang Shaozheng, Ning Lixia packed the cooled mooncakes into a wooden box and hurried to the appointed coffee shop.
She has never been in the habit of being late, but the other party arrived early.
Putting the car in the parking lot and walking across the road, Ning Lixia saw Jiang Shaozheng sitting by the window reading a book from a distance.
The downtown area on weekends is very noisy, and the pedestrians and vehicles coming and going are dazzling. Jiang Shaozheng, wearing a pure white French shirt, looks focused and calm as water, as if he is outside the secular world.
Ning Lixia stood silently on the corner of the street for a while, the familiar silhouette reminded her of many moments when she was young.How brave she was in her teens, even if she was stupid, she is nostalgic.
The floor-to-ceiling windows of the coffee room are very bright, and two [-]- or [-]-year-old girls are looking in through the window, chattering for a long time, finally mustering up the courage to dig out the exercise set from the canvas bag with the words cram school printed on it, and push it away. The glass door walked towards Jiang Shaozheng.
I don't know what they said to him, he was startled for a moment, then put the book in his hand aside, picked up the exercise set and studied it carefully, then took the pencil they handed over and wrote on the draft paper while talking, as if He didn't notice the blush on the faces of the little girls and the focus of their eyes.
Ning Lixia smiled and shook his head, walked into the coffee room, coughed lightly, raised his index finger and knocked on the round wooden table in front of Jiang Shaozheng, tilted his head to look at him with a straight face.
The little girls were frightened by her aura, and they rolled up their books and draft papers and ran away before he finished his lecture.Jiang Shaozheng on the side held the pencils they had dropped and smiled helplessly.
Ning Lixia put the mooncake box in his arms in front of Jiang Shaozheng, and sat opposite him: "When I was their age, every time I approached your sister under the guise of a pretense, I would grab their hair and lick them. The urge to push aside."
"Why didn't you start?"
"I'm afraid of giving them a chance to play cute and pitiful in front of you, and I'm also afraid that you won't stand on my side. Can't you see their ulterior motives?"
"I never cared about others, I just know that you are not here to study."
"If I was really angry at others at that time, would you help me or scold me?"
"Neither. I'll apologize to someone on your behalf."
Ning Lixia pouted: "Fortunately, I didn't really do it, otherwise I would be disappointed. What's the matter with you asking me to come out in such a hurry?"
Jiang Shaozheng handed her a mobile phone, a very old model, Ning Lixia took it over and looked at it, and asked, "What is this?"
"The card inside is your previous number. After you left, I couldn't get through to your phone. I shut down the phone first, then stopped it. I was afraid that the number would become empty in the end, so I made up a card and kept the number."
"When I left Cheng's house, I was in a panic and left my phone behind."
"If someone who lost contact is looking for you, maybe this number will be called."
Ning Lixia was stunned, how could someone contact her after seven years?Except... Dad.
She didn't know if Jiang Shaozheng knew about her father's return, so she had to pretend to be stupid.Over the years, she has long been numb, and no longer taboos others from mentioning her father, but somehow she doesn't want to talk about it with Jiang Shaozheng.
Probably there is always this kind of funny mentality when facing the ex, worrying about showing cowardice, worrying about being found out about all kinds of unsatisfactory things after breaking up.
"Although it's useless, let's keep it as a souvenir, thank you." Ning Lixia put the phone in the bag, "Try the mooncakes I made, there are six flavors, taro, scalloped cloud legs, coconut milk, tea paste, Black plums, sesame seeds, and minced tea are my favorites. Oolong tea juice is mixed with lotus seed paste, but the taste is sweet, and it goes best with black coffee.”
Without asking him, she beckoned for a cup of black coffee for him and a hot mocha for herself.
He doesn't like sweets, so he didn't think it was delicious, but under her urging, he praised it repeatedly against his will.The chocolate smell from Mocha is very sweet, but it's not as good as Ning Lixia's crooked eyebrows when he smiles.
The little girl next door Zhengyang's boyfriend took her to ride the Ferris wheel. Ning Lixia looked out the window and said to Jiang Shaozheng, "This Ferris wheel has been standing here for almost ten years, and I haven't even been on it."
"When it was just built, you dragged me to it. I didn't want to go and I was so pestered by you that I had no choice but to say that if you could be admitted to my school, I would take you there. You worked hard for a hundred days before the college entrance examination, although in the end It’s still almost [-] points short, but it’s already much better than I expected.”
Is there such a thing?It's been so long, she has already forgotten.I just remember that she really worked hard before the college entrance examination, but unfortunately she has always been a student with mediocre qualifications. No matter how hard she works, she can only go to a school that she can't get in. Unlike Jiang Shaozheng and Song Yarou, she can easily become a top student.
However, this world is unfair. Some people have everything from birth, and being scolded by their parents feels like the end of the world, while some people are born with disabilities, and even the word "health" is a luxury.
So many things have happened, it's not easy for her to sit here comfortably, and she really can't find an excuse to envy others and sigh.
Ning Lixia snapped: "What's the big deal? I didn't pass the college entrance examination. After graduating from university, I was admitted to your school's MBA. I was really useless before. Can't I sit on the Ferris wheel? Why do I have to ask for it? you."
Jiang Shaozheng smiled: "Then I beg you now, can you accompany me to ride the Ferris wheel? It has been standing here for ten years, and I haven't ridden it yet."
She didn't know what she was thinking, but she nodded and agreed: "Okay, for the sake of helping me finish the opening report."
Unexpectedly, as soon as she sat on it, she began to regret: "Can you make it stop for a while, I want to get down."
"...I'm afraid not."
Ning Lixia is not afraid of heights, but when she heard the creaking sound, she felt flustered. After contacting the newspaper report about the playground accident, she thought that she was being suspended at a height of [-] meters, and she no longer cared about her image: " Jiang Shaozheng, can I sit on the same side as you?"
"of course."
She rolled and scrambled over, but the weight imbalance of the two of them shook even more when they were on the same side, so she could only hold on to Jiang Shaozheng's clothes tightly.
Jiang Shaozheng thought it was funny, so he just hugged her falsely.
When getting off the ferris wheel, Ning Lixia only felt dizzy and weak.
"I had to pester you before, maybe it was to take advantage of you." She let go of Jiang Shaozheng's hand, laughing at herself, "But even if I really succeeded at that time, I would definitely regret it. I almost scared out just now. Heart disease, it's not worth risking your life just to take advantage of it."
"I think it's worth it." Jiang Shaozheng also withdrew his hand.
"What?" Ning Lixia didn't hear clearly, and was about to speak when he saw the mother and daughter of the Song family with a child from a distance.
She wanted to pretend she couldn't see it, but they had already greeted her first.
But after meeting each other, Mrs. Song's eyes already made Ning Lixia feel uncomfortable. Her father and Song Yarou's father had been business partners for many years. In her past impressions, the gentle and virtuous Mrs. Song was the most amiable elder .
"Dating at the playground, you really have childlike innocence." Song Yarou said with a smile, "If I hadn't agreed to my cousin's little nephew, I wouldn't have come to such a noisy place."
Ning Lixia knew that the elders of the Jiang and Song families intended to match them up. When he heard the word "date", he immediately separated the relationship: "Jiang Shaozheng sent me something. I was about to leave. When I saw the Ferris wheel, I lost my mind." Fever, forced him to come over, almost scared to death just now, I really regret it."
Among the old acquaintances, apart from Tang Ruize and Jiang Shaozheng, only Song Yarou treated her with the same intimacy as in the past, so even if he no longer liked her, Ning Lixia was unwilling to break the balance in front of him, let alone hinder her good marriage.
Therefore, after bidding farewell to the mother and daughter of the Song family, she immediately asked Jiang Shaozheng: "Will Song Yarou misunderstand? Do you want to go back and explain?"
"What do I need to explain to her?"
"You are not..."
"It was you who misunderstood. The two old ladies were idly thinking about it, which made me feel embarrassed when I saw Song Yarou now. I wish I could run away. I guess she is similar."
"Actually, you seem to be a good match." This sentence came from the heart.
"You really want me to be put together with her?"
"It's none of my business, so I can't talk about whether I hope or not." Ning Lixia was afraid of being seen through, so he could only use a smile to cover up his insincere words.
Seeing Jiang Shaozheng and Ning Lixia walking away, Mrs. Song snorted coldly, and said: "Sure enough, my son has no conscience, and his mother is still lying in the hospital, but he is in the mood to talk and laugh with the perpetrator."
"Aunt Wang seems to be okay, she is not as serious as she said, she probably just wants to make Jiang Shaozheng feel guilty."
"I know. Do you think everyone is as brainless as you? You can only study hard, and you can't even fight the daughter of a fugitive!"
"Mom!" Song Yarou's face changed, and she tightly clenched her nephew's hand.
"What's the use of reading well! For a woman, if you can't find a good home, life is a failure! You will be 32 years old in less than two months. Everyone asks your daughter what happened to you You are not married yet, so I can only say that your vision is too high. In fact, Ning Yu and Ning Yu can’t grasp it, and Jiang Shaozheng is not very interested in you! Which of the men around you who are about the same age as you and with similar conditions is still single? How dare you How dare you be so unhurried."
"Don't get married if you don't have a suitable one. It's not because you can't support yourself." After hearing the same words too much, she would always complain, "If you didn't pick and choose, I wouldn't be single until now."
"If you don't get married, people will think you have something wrong! None of those chasing you are worthy of you, either because of poor family background, or mediocre personal qualifications. It's hard to have both of these, and you can't show your looks! Friends and relatives see all Now, among the cousins, you are the best in terms of appearance, conduct, and academic knowledge. If you fall behind in marriage, you will be laughed at by them! If you miss Jiang Shaozheng, where else can you find another one? People who passed their husbands?"
"Aunt Wang said that Jiang Shaozheng only took care of Ning Lixia because she felt sorry for her. It doesn't seem that the two of them really have anything to do with each other."
"Of course, unless he's stupid! Otherwise, how could you just ignore him and go find Yan Guyu? But you can't take it lightly. Nowadays, everyone praises you and Jiang Shaozheng as a good match. If he gets close to others, our Song family Where do you put your face?"
(End of this chapter)
Ning Lixia has been having a lot of headaches recently about opening a report.
After finally scraping together [-] words and handing it in, Teacher Zheng sent a reply email in less than two days.Starting from the title, the comments on the right are densely packed.
"This teacher was too serious. She said my topic was too broad and not specific, the word 'thinking' was not academic enough, the format was not rigorous, and some content was not focused. Marked it out, saying that my attitude is not good enough...Isn't it considered hard work if I stayed up for several days?" Ning Lixia complained to Ning Yu pointing to the mail.
"Don't write if you don't want to, it doesn't matter if you get this kind of graduation certificate." Ning Yu directly covered her notebook, "Hurry up and cook, I'm hungry."
"...Why did I feel like I became a maid as soon as you came back?"
"As far as your service quality is concerned, the maid would have been fired long ago."
"..."
However, 3 minutes later, Ning Lixia, who was picking vegetables, received another call that made her even more headache-the mother who came to see the sisters had already got off the plane.
Originally, there was nothing wrong with her mother, whom she hadn't seen for more than ten years, coming to see her, but Ning Yu and her mother had always been at odds, and there was no good fruit for her when they got together.
"I have something to go out. I don't have time to cook. You can go out and eat."
"what's up?"
Ning Lixia didn't dare to lie: "My mother is here, and it's too late to pick me up at the airport. I'll go to the hotel where she lives to have dinner with her."
"She comes whenever she likes. It's already considered face-saving for you to meet her. You need to pick up an opportunity. Go after dinner. It's also rare for me to come here. I have to leave after staying for half a day."
"But you've been here every week recently..."
"You are not welcome?"
"of course not."
"Then cook quickly."
Ning Lixia knew that, given how much Ning Yu hated her mother, she would never let her go just because she opened her mouth. In desperation, she had to wait until Ning Yu left at nine o'clock in the evening before going out.
When her parents divorced, she was only thirteen or fourteen years old. The protracted divorce battle first snatched the custody of the sisters, and then fought for property in a gamble. Even the ownership of an antique vase could bring the former couple to court. .
This incident not only made the Yan family lose face, but also made Ning Lixia, who was on his father's side, feel a strong sense of antagonism towards his mother.
Her mother soon remarried with Ning Yu's father, and her father's endless accusations against her mother in front of her made her hate her mother so much that she simply cut off all contact and refused to see her again.
At that time, she didn't understand that the relationship between a husband and wife is different from that of a mother and daughter. If the husband and wife can't do it, they can break up. It doesn't matter who betrays the other. The relationship between mother and daughter is destined to last a lifetime from the very beginning. .
It is different from the relaxed and cordial feeling when I met my sister again, perhaps because of the difference in age and personality, or because the estrangement is too deep and too long, when seeing Mrs. Ning, Ning Lixia only felt that it was difficult to enter the role, and was not as excited as imagined.
"I made you the glutinous rice balls stuffed with rose bean paste that you liked the most when you were a child the night before. I froze it in the refrigerator overnight and brought it in a thermos bucket. I just asked the hotel waiter to cook it and deliver it to you... Try it. Is it the same taste as before? I don’t know if your taste has changed after you grow up.”
Ning Lixia tasted one before praising: "It's delicious, thank you."
Madam Ning finally let go of her heart: "It's good that you still like it. If you want to eat it after I go back, please call me. I'll pack it and send it to you."
"Where is the need for such trouble." Ning Lixia felt quite sad for her mother's cautiousness, and she finally admitted in her heart that the gap between mother and daughter for more than ten years was all caused by her own mistakes.
In fact, she only likes glutinous rice balls filled with black sesame and peanuts, not rose bean paste, probably because her younger sister likes to eat it, and her mother often makes it. She always grabs it from her younger sister because of the ridiculous jealousy of children, so she must have more than her younger sister. eat one.
"She is so pedantic! When I first arrived in Japan, I called her and said I missed her sesame beef sauce. She actually sent a full five catties, and the postage was more expensive than meat sauce. I said I couldn't sleep well, and she Also sent me pillows and cuddly bears at home."
Mrs. Ning glanced at Ning Lixia: "I sent it on my own initiative, obviously you pestered me and said that I must have it."
Ning Lixia smiled, she was already 26 years old, long past the age where she would be jealous of her younger sister, how nice it is to have a biological sister!Yan Hanlu is simply the most precious gift her parents gave her.
"By the way, I went out to play with your Uncle Ning a while ago, and brought some small gifts for you and your sister."
Mrs. Ning's suitcase was full of various gift boxes, each of the same style and different colors, she opened them one by one, and asked Ning Lixia to pick first: "See which one you like, the rest To your sister."
Yan Hanlu pretended to be angry, pouted and said "eccentric".
Mrs. Ning said angrily: "You dare to eat supper after dinner! Look at how beautiful your sister is, tall and thin. You are two or three centimeters shorter than her, but you have gained more than ten catties. You are not afraid that you will not be able to find her." Boy friend."
After teaching her little daughter a lesson, Mrs. Ning turned her head and asked Ning Lixia: "It's good-looking, but it's unhealthy to be too thin! Is it because no one cooks for you, and you always eat outside food to lose weight?"
Yan Hanlu interrupted unconvinced: "The food she cooks is much more delicious than yours! If I don't eat after noon, I can still lose weight."
"Little Yu, do you go on a diet to lose weight? That hurts your body, so it's the most beautiful." Mrs. Ning asked Ning Lixia.
"When I was young, I even competed with my sister to drink Banlangen. If I ate too much, I would get fat. Later, no one competed with me, so I gradually lost weight." Afraid of being nagged, Ning Lixia didn't want to continue this topic, and said instead, " Mom, you might as well live with me, it’s too lonely in the hotel alone.”
Madam Ning naturally couldn't ask for it, but she said: "That's good, but will it be inconvenient?"
"If there is any inconvenience at my house, you can stay as long as you want."
"Then I'll move there. I can take care of your three meals a day and keep you company."
Yan Hanlu asked hesitantly: "Of course it will be inconvenient. Ning Yu often goes to your house! By the way, has he left yet?"
"It's already at the high-speed rail station. He has a meeting tomorrow morning."
Mrs. Ning asked Ning Lixia in a roundabout way: "You are not young anymore, have you found a boyfriend yet?"
Ning Lixia smiled, and asked directly: "Are you trying to talk about Ning Yu? My sister must have secretly told you about his proposal of marriage to me, right? I haven't made up my mind yet. Marriage is a big deal. If you get married, you must not leave." , so think carefully about it.”
Madam Ning showed a look of embarrassment, fearing that the good atmosphere that had just been established would be broken again, she thought for a while before saying, "Isn't he your brother?"
"In the past few years, I have always regarded him as my elder brother. Well, it can be regarded as a little ambiguous. I was shocked when he just brought up the matter of marriage, because I never thought about it before. After all, he has always had a girlfriend... Does our matter make you and Uncle Ning difficult?"
"I'm definitely not against you for my own sake." Madam Ning was afraid that Ning Lixia would misunderstand, and immediately emphasized, "Although I have no position to say this, I am indeed thinking about your future."
"You are my mother, of course you have a position, just say what you want, I know you are doing it for my own good."
Mrs. Ning breathed a sigh of relief: "You are really sensible. Marriage is a major event in life. To you young people, this sentence may be silly, but whether you marry well or not is related to your life's happiness. You must not be sloppy. If you don't have children, it's okay. Good, otherwise the divorce will not only hurt the bones, but also harm the children."
"I'm fine, my sister looks fine too, you don't need to blame yourself."
"Your Uncle Ning and I got along fairly well after we remarried, but we each have our own children to take care of, and there are many things we need to accommodate each other. After all, it's not as good as the original couple."
Ning Lixia was taken aback: "Are you doing well?"
"It's much better than the one with your father, but there's always something unsatisfactory."
Hearing the word "Father", Ning Lixia lowered his head to drink his tea and didn't answer any more.
"I didn't mean to say that your father is bad, but I am not suitable for him." Mrs. Ning quickly explained, "We are past the age of marriage, and the family is pressing hard. After being introduced, I think the other party is not annoying. I just got married hastily, and I didn't date for too long. The incompatibility in personality was discovered long ago, and it became more and more obvious after you were born. It took more than ten years for you... So whether the other party is suitable for you, you can decide before marriage You must think more about it.”
"Whether a marriage is happy or not actually depends on luck. However, I will think about it carefully." Ning Lixia emphasized again, "As long as you are married, you will never leave."
Mrs. Ning sighed: "Your sister also said that you will never get a divorce. You see, the matter between me and your father still has a bad influence on you."
"Maybe you won't be happy after hearing this, but I have to say this, I really don't want you and Ning Yu to get together. I don't get in touch with him much, but I heard his father tell a lot about him when he was young, It can be regarded as knowing his character better. He is too conceited and only believes in his own judgment. If he believes in one thing, he will not listen to a word of advice from others, so I can only persuade you."
"His uncompromising temper, it's good to be his employee. But if it's his significant other, everything should be done according to his wishes after marriage. Wouldn't it be that he has no right to speak at all?"
"I'm not worried about this. I just happen to be a lazy person. Let him decide everything. It saves me from having to use my brain. Anyway, he won't harm me. I'm just afraid that he is immature. He thinks it out as soon as he thinks it up. Take no responsibility for your own future."
"Haven't you ever thought about his motive for taking you in? How could it be such a coincidence that he happened to meet you."
"Think about it. But I don't have any value for him to use, and he was the only one who reached out to help me when I was most critical, so I don't want to speculate on him maliciously."
"Ning Yu doesn't like me marrying his father. I've tried many methods, but none of them worked. Our relationship with him is still bad..."
"You mean he wants to use me to beat you?"
"After all, it's not good to hear about stepbrothers and sisters getting married, and the Ning family has a reputation." Because of the delicate relationship with her eldest daughter, Mrs. Ning was full of worries and hesitated to speak.
"No matter how much he doesn't like you, you are also his elder. Based on what I know about Ning Yu, he won't have the leisure to spend seven years planning to embarrass his elder."
"You are not a child anymore. You will judge everything you encounter. I am just reminding you. There is no other meaning. Whether I am embarrassed or not with your Uncle Ning is second. You only need to consider what will happen if you marry him." You won't be happy, and nothing else matters." Madam Ning was worried that Ning Lixia would get angry if she talked too much, so she quickly ended the topic. "What I'm most afraid of is that your father's return will affect you."
"Daddy's back? What does that mean?"
Mrs. Ning looked surprised: "Didn't Ning Yu tell you? Your Uncle Ning only knew about it when he accidentally mentioned it!"
Coming out of the hotel, Ning Lixia immediately called Ning Yu.
Sure enough, when Ning Lixia asked why she was so kind to take her in back then, Ning Yu sneered and replied: "I knew your mother came to look for you, so I guessed that you would ask me this question after you came back. Did she persuade you?" You think it through before making a decision, and say that I have ulterior motives."
"...I was just asking casually."
"You tell her that although I don't like her, she is not important enough to deserve my time and energy for revenge."
"After all, she is my mother, can you show me some face, and don't target her too much."
"She is also my stepmother. You should have heard the story of Cinderella and Snow White when you were young. A three-year-old child knows what a stepmother means. Should you also give me some freedom to hate others?"
Ning Lixia knew that he couldn't convince him, so he simply gave up trying, and asked instead: "Why didn't you tell me about my father?"
"What did your mother tell you? It's just my speculation that he will come back and turn himself in. There's nothing worth talking about about his disappearance."
"You know I'm most concerned about this! Why was he almost caught, isn't he having a good life?"
"He did something bad, and being recognized and caught should be described as 'good and evil will be rewarded'."
"Ning Yu!"
"Look, as soon as you and your mother quarrel with me, how can I not hate her."
Ning Lixia held back his anger and let out a soft tone: "I don't want to quarrel with you, I just want to know about my father's situation."
"I don't know much. It's probably because he was found hiding place and his family changed places, but he was found again soon. Those people are really persistent. After seven years, they still miss your father. The money was stolen." If you have the time to chase creditors, you might as well spend some effort to make money again. Your father was afraid of harming his wife and children, so he came back by himself after he settled your stepmother and younger sister."
"He owes too much money, and it's not enough to take out all the money in his hand. If he is clear-headed, he should simply say no, and then turn himself in. If someone finds him outside, he may be hacked to death. For him, prison is the safest place to go."
Although what Ning Yu said was the truth, Ning Lixia would always feel uncomfortable when he heard this.After hesitating for a moment, she tentatively asked, "If you have a way, can you help him?"
"I advise you not to care about things that are beyond your ability. You should be a bit of a human being. Even if he is your father, you shouldn't be confused about right and wrong. If you owe someone money and cause him to go bankrupt, you have no responsibility at all." Is it reasonable to marry a young and beautiful woman so that the son can get away with it all the time?"
Obviously expecting that Ning Yu would not help, Ning Lixia still felt angry and disappointed at this moment, so he hung up the phone directly.
Ning Yu quickly called back, she didn't want to listen to his useless reasoning, so she simply turned off the phone.
Ning Lixia was upset and unexpected, but the responsible Teacher Zheng called to remind him of the progress.She opened the mailbox and wanted to study the idea of annotation theory again, but unexpectedly found a new email from Jiang Shaozheng.
Jiang Shaozheng found her opening report from nowhere, and after reading it, he sent a very detailed revision opinion.He had already listed the skeleton, and she only had to sort out and fill in the contents of the previously written document. After staying up for half the night, the urgent matter was finally resolved.
Ning Lixia was grateful, so he naturally called to thank him the next morning.
Jiang Shaozheng's voice was slightly tired.
Hearing someone calling for a doctor on the phone, Ning Lixia asked: "You are in the hospital, are you sick?"
"It's not me, it's my mother."
My friend's mother was sick and hospitalized, and she should be concerned about it out of politeness, but due to her bad relationship with Mrs. Jiang, it would be too hypocritical to say greetings. After hesitating for a moment, Ning Lixia simply skipped the topic: "I wanted to send a box this afternoon. I personally baked the mooncakes to express my gratitude, since you have to take care of mom, forget it, I will bring them to you later."
"It's a little effort, didn't you say you won't be polite to me?"
"Do you like mooncakes sweet or salty?"
"It's all right." In fact, Jiang Shaozheng didn't eat mooncakes at all, but just wanted to take the opportunity to meet her.
"Then I'll do whatever I want." Ning Lixia still wanted to talk, but when she heard Song Yarou's voice, she hung up the phone hastily.
"You haven't eaten yet, have you? I brought porridge and steamed eggs for two." Song Yarou put the food box on the coffee table in front of the sofa, opened the door and glanced at the hospital bed, "Auntie is still asleep, then You eat first."
Jiang Shaozheng naturally wanted to thank: "There is a kitchen here and someone cooks it, so why send it all the way."
"The hospital is not far from my home. My aunt called my mother last night and said that she suddenly wanted to eat the scallop steamed egg she made. She couldn't even sleep well if she couldn't eat it. My mother went to the market early in the morning to choose the fish , stewed steamed eggs with fish soup and asked me to send them."
"How embarrassing that is."
"How troublesome. My mother was shocked when she heard that she was hospitalized for coronary heart disease. Auntie is getting old, and you should follow her."
"Did you tell her that Ning Lixia was Yan Guyu?"
Song Yarou looked surprised: "Ah? Lixia is really the older sister? I just thought it was strange before. You also know that my father has some friendship with their father. When I was young, I would often eat with the sisters. In my impression, Hanlu gives people The feeling is completely different from that of Li Xia...By the way, why did she say that she is Han Lu?"
"Probably because I want to avoid people and things from the past." Jiang Shaozheng took out fruit from the refrigerator and asked Song Yarou to eat it.
Song Yarou picked a fragrant pear, peeled it and handed it to Jiang Shaozheng: "If you want to stay with you at night, you must not sleep well, eat more fruit."
After thanking her, Jiang Shaozheng put the pear aside and did not eat it.
"My mother just worries too much. After suffering from this illness, she also figured it out, and told me that she no longer wants to meddle in other people's business. Originally, she always stared at others, so why bother to get angry."
Song Yarou didn't seem to understand: "How could Auntie know about Li Xia? You and her..."
"She is very generous, she doesn't care about the past, and she is still willing to be my friend."
What qualifications does the fugitive's daughter have to care about!Song Yarou sneered in her heart, but she said: "It's really unlucky for her to have such a father. I heard that Uncle Yan escaped after being discovered, and owed so much debt. If someone catches her, she might not be beaten to death." I can't escape the disaster of prison. It's time for Lixia to have a headache again..."
Jiang Shaozheng frowned: "Where did you hear this news?"
"Uncle Yan has lied to my relatives and friends all over the place. My father and Uncle Yan used to have such a good relationship, so it is inevitable that we have lost a lot. But after such a long time, the anger has long since dissipated. After all, we were once friends! But not human Everyone can figure it out, as soon as this happened, someone came to my father to discuss how to deal with Uncle Yan, and said that if he didn't get his money back, sending him to prison would be a relief..."
Song Yarou didn't leave until Jiang Shaozheng left.When Mrs. Jiang woke up, she immediately sat in front of the hospital bed.
Seeing the steamed eggs in the food box, Mrs. Jiang was both moved and felt sorry: "I just mentioned it casually, and I am not a child, so you will be busy too."
"It's good that you like to eat. Jiang Shaozheng has been with you for several nights, and my parents praised him for his filial piety. Don't be angry with him anymore."
"Being angry is useful, and it's worth going to the hospital a few more times. It's a pity that it didn't work, and it also affected the relationship between our mother and child. It's all my fault for being too aggressive. Shao Zheng and her have nothing to do, so I messed up first, since I can't control it. Hold on, I simply ignore it, it’s quiet out of sight."
"How do you know Lixia is Guyu?"
"Listen to what your mother said, didn't you tell her that!"
"I just mentioned that Lixia is more like a sister... My mother is really, and I will tell you about uncertain things. So, your quarrel with Jiang Shaozheng is really related to me?" Song Yarou showed surprise The color, biting the word "true" extremely hard.
"What does it have to do with you? It turns out that you guessed right, and you don't know what Yan Guyu wants to do." Mrs. Jiang suddenly understood, "Ah, Shao Zheng didn't misunderstand you, did he? I'll go talk to him right now. , I didn't hear about it from you."
"If you explain it like this, there is no money here." Song Yarou smiled gently, "Old friend for many years, he should know what kind of person I am. I hope you are well before it's too late, how can there be more talk like this."
"Where can you find another good boy like you who is kind and sensible. I can't control him, so I can only urge you. Apart from being too simple and easy to soften your heart, Shao Zheng has no other shortcomings. Gu Yu is so pitiful that he can't bear it. Otherwise, no matter how much Yan Guyu pesters him, he may not be able to see it. You are a match made in heaven, you must not miss it. As long as you are willing to spend a little time, Shao Zheng will never think of others again. "
Song Yarou's expression was very helpless: "Auntie, if I knew you were talking about this again, I wouldn't have come here."
After receiving a call from Jiang Shaozheng, Ning Lixia packed the cooled mooncakes into a wooden box and hurried to the appointed coffee shop.
She has never been in the habit of being late, but the other party arrived early.
Putting the car in the parking lot and walking across the road, Ning Lixia saw Jiang Shaozheng sitting by the window reading a book from a distance.
The downtown area on weekends is very noisy, and the pedestrians and vehicles coming and going are dazzling. Jiang Shaozheng, wearing a pure white French shirt, looks focused and calm as water, as if he is outside the secular world.
Ning Lixia stood silently on the corner of the street for a while, the familiar silhouette reminded her of many moments when she was young.How brave she was in her teens, even if she was stupid, she is nostalgic.
The floor-to-ceiling windows of the coffee room are very bright, and two [-]- or [-]-year-old girls are looking in through the window, chattering for a long time, finally mustering up the courage to dig out the exercise set from the canvas bag with the words cram school printed on it, and push it away. The glass door walked towards Jiang Shaozheng.
I don't know what they said to him, he was startled for a moment, then put the book in his hand aside, picked up the exercise set and studied it carefully, then took the pencil they handed over and wrote on the draft paper while talking, as if He didn't notice the blush on the faces of the little girls and the focus of their eyes.
Ning Lixia smiled and shook his head, walked into the coffee room, coughed lightly, raised his index finger and knocked on the round wooden table in front of Jiang Shaozheng, tilted his head to look at him with a straight face.
The little girls were frightened by her aura, and they rolled up their books and draft papers and ran away before he finished his lecture.Jiang Shaozheng on the side held the pencils they had dropped and smiled helplessly.
Ning Lixia put the mooncake box in his arms in front of Jiang Shaozheng, and sat opposite him: "When I was their age, every time I approached your sister under the guise of a pretense, I would grab their hair and lick them. The urge to push aside."
"Why didn't you start?"
"I'm afraid of giving them a chance to play cute and pitiful in front of you, and I'm also afraid that you won't stand on my side. Can't you see their ulterior motives?"
"I never cared about others, I just know that you are not here to study."
"If I was really angry at others at that time, would you help me or scold me?"
"Neither. I'll apologize to someone on your behalf."
Ning Lixia pouted: "Fortunately, I didn't really do it, otherwise I would be disappointed. What's the matter with you asking me to come out in such a hurry?"
Jiang Shaozheng handed her a mobile phone, a very old model, Ning Lixia took it over and looked at it, and asked, "What is this?"
"The card inside is your previous number. After you left, I couldn't get through to your phone. I shut down the phone first, then stopped it. I was afraid that the number would become empty in the end, so I made up a card and kept the number."
"When I left Cheng's house, I was in a panic and left my phone behind."
"If someone who lost contact is looking for you, maybe this number will be called."
Ning Lixia was stunned, how could someone contact her after seven years?Except... Dad.
She didn't know if Jiang Shaozheng knew about her father's return, so she had to pretend to be stupid.Over the years, she has long been numb, and no longer taboos others from mentioning her father, but somehow she doesn't want to talk about it with Jiang Shaozheng.
Probably there is always this kind of funny mentality when facing the ex, worrying about showing cowardice, worrying about being found out about all kinds of unsatisfactory things after breaking up.
"Although it's useless, let's keep it as a souvenir, thank you." Ning Lixia put the phone in the bag, "Try the mooncakes I made, there are six flavors, taro, scalloped cloud legs, coconut milk, tea paste, Black plums, sesame seeds, and minced tea are my favorites. Oolong tea juice is mixed with lotus seed paste, but the taste is sweet, and it goes best with black coffee.”
Without asking him, she beckoned for a cup of black coffee for him and a hot mocha for herself.
He doesn't like sweets, so he didn't think it was delicious, but under her urging, he praised it repeatedly against his will.The chocolate smell from Mocha is very sweet, but it's not as good as Ning Lixia's crooked eyebrows when he smiles.
The little girl next door Zhengyang's boyfriend took her to ride the Ferris wheel. Ning Lixia looked out the window and said to Jiang Shaozheng, "This Ferris wheel has been standing here for almost ten years, and I haven't even been on it."
"When it was just built, you dragged me to it. I didn't want to go and I was so pestered by you that I had no choice but to say that if you could be admitted to my school, I would take you there. You worked hard for a hundred days before the college entrance examination, although in the end It’s still almost [-] points short, but it’s already much better than I expected.”
Is there such a thing?It's been so long, she has already forgotten.I just remember that she really worked hard before the college entrance examination, but unfortunately she has always been a student with mediocre qualifications. No matter how hard she works, she can only go to a school that she can't get in. Unlike Jiang Shaozheng and Song Yarou, she can easily become a top student.
However, this world is unfair. Some people have everything from birth, and being scolded by their parents feels like the end of the world, while some people are born with disabilities, and even the word "health" is a luxury.
So many things have happened, it's not easy for her to sit here comfortably, and she really can't find an excuse to envy others and sigh.
Ning Lixia snapped: "What's the big deal? I didn't pass the college entrance examination. After graduating from university, I was admitted to your school's MBA. I was really useless before. Can't I sit on the Ferris wheel? Why do I have to ask for it? you."
Jiang Shaozheng smiled: "Then I beg you now, can you accompany me to ride the Ferris wheel? It has been standing here for ten years, and I haven't ridden it yet."
She didn't know what she was thinking, but she nodded and agreed: "Okay, for the sake of helping me finish the opening report."
Unexpectedly, as soon as she sat on it, she began to regret: "Can you make it stop for a while, I want to get down."
"...I'm afraid not."
Ning Lixia is not afraid of heights, but when she heard the creaking sound, she felt flustered. After contacting the newspaper report about the playground accident, she thought that she was being suspended at a height of [-] meters, and she no longer cared about her image: " Jiang Shaozheng, can I sit on the same side as you?"
"of course."
She rolled and scrambled over, but the weight imbalance of the two of them shook even more when they were on the same side, so she could only hold on to Jiang Shaozheng's clothes tightly.
Jiang Shaozheng thought it was funny, so he just hugged her falsely.
When getting off the ferris wheel, Ning Lixia only felt dizzy and weak.
"I had to pester you before, maybe it was to take advantage of you." She let go of Jiang Shaozheng's hand, laughing at herself, "But even if I really succeeded at that time, I would definitely regret it. I almost scared out just now. Heart disease, it's not worth risking your life just to take advantage of it."
"I think it's worth it." Jiang Shaozheng also withdrew his hand.
"What?" Ning Lixia didn't hear clearly, and was about to speak when he saw the mother and daughter of the Song family with a child from a distance.
She wanted to pretend she couldn't see it, but they had already greeted her first.
But after meeting each other, Mrs. Song's eyes already made Ning Lixia feel uncomfortable. Her father and Song Yarou's father had been business partners for many years. In her past impressions, the gentle and virtuous Mrs. Song was the most amiable elder .
"Dating at the playground, you really have childlike innocence." Song Yarou said with a smile, "If I hadn't agreed to my cousin's little nephew, I wouldn't have come to such a noisy place."
Ning Lixia knew that the elders of the Jiang and Song families intended to match them up. When he heard the word "date", he immediately separated the relationship: "Jiang Shaozheng sent me something. I was about to leave. When I saw the Ferris wheel, I lost my mind." Fever, forced him to come over, almost scared to death just now, I really regret it."
Among the old acquaintances, apart from Tang Ruize and Jiang Shaozheng, only Song Yarou treated her with the same intimacy as in the past, so even if he no longer liked her, Ning Lixia was unwilling to break the balance in front of him, let alone hinder her good marriage.
Therefore, after bidding farewell to the mother and daughter of the Song family, she immediately asked Jiang Shaozheng: "Will Song Yarou misunderstand? Do you want to go back and explain?"
"What do I need to explain to her?"
"You are not..."
"It was you who misunderstood. The two old ladies were idly thinking about it, which made me feel embarrassed when I saw Song Yarou now. I wish I could run away. I guess she is similar."
"Actually, you seem to be a good match." This sentence came from the heart.
"You really want me to be put together with her?"
"It's none of my business, so I can't talk about whether I hope or not." Ning Lixia was afraid of being seen through, so he could only use a smile to cover up his insincere words.
Seeing Jiang Shaozheng and Ning Lixia walking away, Mrs. Song snorted coldly, and said: "Sure enough, my son has no conscience, and his mother is still lying in the hospital, but he is in the mood to talk and laugh with the perpetrator."
"Aunt Wang seems to be okay, she is not as serious as she said, she probably just wants to make Jiang Shaozheng feel guilty."
"I know. Do you think everyone is as brainless as you? You can only study hard, and you can't even fight the daughter of a fugitive!"
"Mom!" Song Yarou's face changed, and she tightly clenched her nephew's hand.
"What's the use of reading well! For a woman, if you can't find a good home, life is a failure! You will be 32 years old in less than two months. Everyone asks your daughter what happened to you You are not married yet, so I can only say that your vision is too high. In fact, Ning Yu and Ning Yu can’t grasp it, and Jiang Shaozheng is not very interested in you! Which of the men around you who are about the same age as you and with similar conditions is still single? How dare you How dare you be so unhurried."
"Don't get married if you don't have a suitable one. It's not because you can't support yourself." After hearing the same words too much, she would always complain, "If you didn't pick and choose, I wouldn't be single until now."
"If you don't get married, people will think you have something wrong! None of those chasing you are worthy of you, either because of poor family background, or mediocre personal qualifications. It's hard to have both of these, and you can't show your looks! Friends and relatives see all Now, among the cousins, you are the best in terms of appearance, conduct, and academic knowledge. If you fall behind in marriage, you will be laughed at by them! If you miss Jiang Shaozheng, where else can you find another one? People who passed their husbands?"
"Aunt Wang said that Jiang Shaozheng only took care of Ning Lixia because she felt sorry for her. It doesn't seem that the two of them really have anything to do with each other."
"Of course, unless he's stupid! Otherwise, how could you just ignore him and go find Yan Guyu? But you can't take it lightly. Nowadays, everyone praises you and Jiang Shaozheng as a good match. If he gets close to others, our Song family Where do you put your face?"
(End of this chapter)
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