In the next few days, the enthusiastic mother Meng invited Yang Xiao to go shopping and eat together from time to time. She said that she hadn't gone shopping with girls for a long time. Her husband and son were both aesthetic insulators, and they all thought she looked good in traffic lights.
Yang Xiao recalled what Meng Yufan wore in winter—forever fleece sweatpants and a long down jacket with a national flag embroidered—she thought that Meng’s mother was right.
Every time we meet, Meng's mother will give her some "small gifts" by the way.
The reason why the small gift is in quotation marks is that the two have very different views on the concept of "small".
The Meng family is in business, and Meng's mother only goes to the big international brands when she goes shopping. Seeing that the cashmere coat on the model looks good, she immediately asks Yang Xiao to give it a try.
This brand is also available in Yang Xiao's wardrobe. During the discount season at the outlet, she can stock up on three pieces at one go, but she never takes a second look at regular-priced items, for fear that the string of zeros on the label will irritate her.
But Mom Meng didn't even look at the price tag. Seeing that Yang Xiao was well-dressed, she immediately swiped her card to buy the latest model of the season.
Yang Xiao: "…"
Yang Xiao said embarrassedly, "Auntie, this is too precious."
"There's nothing precious about it, it's just an ordinary piece of clothing."
Similar things happened one after another. Mom Meng always found an excuse to give Yang Xiao "an ordinary dress", "an ordinary jewelry" and "a pair of ordinary high-heeled shoes".
Yang Xiao couldn't refuse. Every time she received a gift, she would invite Meng Yu out, frantically drain him, and then give him "an ordinary piece of clothing", "an ordinary piece of jewelry" and "a pair of ordinary AJ sneakers".
Meng Yufan was not stupid, and he soon noticed something was wrong.
He asked inexplicably: "Sister Xiaoxiao, why do you give me what my mother gave you?"
Yang Xiao said perfunctorily, "Oh, maybe subconsciously I want to be your mother."
Meng Yufan: ? ?
Yang Xiao also felt that this was too serious, so he quickly added another sentence: "Or, you can call me dad."
The conversation that had no meaning at all rolled down like a wheel, chatting back and forth, and finally the two rolled into a ball again.
Recently, Yang Xiao's work has been completely stagnant, and Meng Yufan has nothing to do every day because he is not in the season. When the two meet each other, it is like dry wood encounters a raging fire, which burns more and more intensely.
Meng Yufan suddenly discovered that every date he had with Yang Xiao was all carved out of the same mold—meeting, having sex, and ending with him being drained and Yang Xiao giving him a gift.
It's really weird that there's a lot to do when they're together before they're officially in a relationship.
He can go shopping with her, and she can watch him play. She will match clothes for him, and he can also study English seriously for her.
But since they were together—more precisely, since Mom and Dad Meng came back, it seems that they have nothing to talk about except sex.
He asked his friends for help, but none of his teammates were qualitative, and said enviously: "Isn't it okay to roll in bed every time you meet your girlfriend? No need to coax, buy gifts, or go shopping with you. , don't bother to remember those anniversaries... How many people want to find such a worry-free girlfriend, but they still can't find it!"
Their answer is tantamount to speaking in vain. Meng Yufan has never been in a relationship, but he feels that this is not the state that a relationship should be in.
This is his first love, this is the first time he has a heartbeat, and this is the first time he tossed and turned for a girl.
He wouldn't guess Yang Xiao's mind, so he would simply do what he was best at - playing straight balls.
After the day's routine was over, the two were hot and sticky lying side by side on the bed, Meng Yufan finally asked the question that had been lingering in his heart for a long time.
"Sister Xiaoxiao, there is something that has troubled me for a long time. Every time we meet, apart from having sex, we have sex. Don't we have anything else to do between us?"
Yang Xiao was stunned for a moment, turned over in his arms, and looked at him: "Isn't the sex life harmonious?"
The boy replied: "The premise of a harmonious sex life is a harmonious love life. Otherwise, I'm just a fully automatic massage stick that can speak and warm."
Yang Xiao immediately sat up. The quilt slipped off her body, but she didn't care about it at all.
"I've never used you as a vibrator." She raised her hand and stroked the boy's angular face, deliberately joking, "If I didn't care about you, I wouldn't need to go shopping with your mother."
But this sentence betrayed her mind.
Meng Yufan felt as if he had touched that key issue.
"So, after all, is it because of my mother?"
He remembered the cold war on WeChat that day. Yang Xiao repeatedly told him that she didn't want to see her parents and that she felt that everything was going too fast. But things were wrong. Yang Xiao and Meng's mother met in advance. Not only did they meet, but the two of them got along very well. Meng Yufan took it for granted that Yang Xiao didn't want to see her parents before because she was shy, but now she has "overcome" her shyness - but now it seems that the truth of the matter is not like this at all.
Confused and confused, he asked, "Xiaoxiao, what are you afraid of? I love you, my parents love you, is this a burden to you?"
"…Of course not a burden," she replied.
But her hesitation before answering said it all.
…
Yang Xiao and Meng Yufan quarreled.
wrong.
Yang Xiao and Meng Yufan had a cold war.
Not right either.
Yang Xiao and Meng Yufan...they...they...
"So what's the matter with the two of you?" Tang Shuge stopped the crackling keyboard, moved his head away from the screen mercifully, and looked at his girlfriend, "Xiaoxiao, before you For a few days and nights, Shengge went out to sleep with the little wolf dog every day, but in the past few days, he went home after work, what happened to the two of you?"
"It's nothing." Yang Xiao hugged a bucket of ice cream and sat cross-legged on the bed, ignoring the snowflakes falling outside the window, "I haven't come back for a few days, I miss you. You'll be going home during the Spring Festival, let's go home. The two of you won't see each other for ten days and a half months, can't I accompany you now?"
"Stop pretending in front of me, look at you, your brows will drop to the ground!" Tang Shuge pierced her coldly, "Didn't Meng Yufan's parents return to China? I want to accompany your future mother-in-law, what's the matter, is she very difficult to get along with and wear small shoes for you?"
Speaking of this, Tang Shuge immediately took out the pen and paper, and stared at her with piercing eyes: "Quick! Give me some inspiration! I haven't really seen the evil mother-in-law in the third dimension. Has she ever met her? What a superb remark, share it with me! Did she mock you? Did she mock you? Did she mock you?"
Yang Xiao: "…"
Yang Xiao said helplessly: "What are you thinking about in your mind? She is a very good person, a strong woman with a successful career, and she also cares about me very much."
"Then what are you worried about?" Tang Shuge was even more confused, "Don't be ignorant of happiness in the midst of happiness, or do you want me to find you some excellent mother-in-law and daughter-in-law posts, so that you can see those difficult mother-in-laws? what does it look like?"
"But..." Yang Xiao smiled bitterly, "If I say this, you may think that there is something wrong with my brain - but their family is so good that I stand in front of them and just want to run away."
"… "
"Did you know? Meng Yufan's family is actually very rich. Are you surprised?" Yang Xiao shoveled a large spoon of ice cream and put it in his mouth. The back of her head was numb from the ice, but she mechanically put spoonfuls of spoonfuls into her mouth, "Although I know his family is in business, I just take it as the one who runs a small company and a mom-and-pop shop. It's a small business. After all, which rich second generation would go to be a rental boyfriend for so little living expenses?"
Yang Xiao continued: "Also, he doesn't have the habit of being a rich second-generation. Except for the expensive shoes, the food is very simple. He doesn't even take a taxi when he goes out, he relies on his student card to take the subway. In winter, He only wears the school-issued sweatpants and down jackets. Have you seen those? A national flag is ironed on the chest and China is embroidered on the back. All sports students in the country have one piece, and the wholesale price on Taobao is less than 500.”
In the face of Meng Yufan like this, Yang Xiao has always held the mentality of pampering. He was already younger than her, and no matter how tall and strong he was, she couldn't help thinking of him as a younger brother who needed to be taken care of.
She buys him clothes, buys him shoes, sculpts him little by little, and dresses him up as the hottest guy on the street.
Meng Yufan is a person who is easy to be satisfied. As long as it is given by her, whether it is a four-digit brand-name scarf or a colorful rope bracelet that she has casually woven, he regards it as a treasure.
"Tangtang, I secretly searched the company of his parents. They specialize in import and export business. There are factories in several places abroad. The estimated assets are this number." Yang Xiao gestured a number with her finger, Tang Sugar was so shocked that his pupils dilated.
"so much????"
"Yes." Yang Xiao nodded, "So his mother can give me a red envelope of 10,000 yuan at will, and can buy me a six-figure coat at will, and let me forgive me for not being well prepared. What's there to forgive?"
She thought she had picked up a puppy that belonged to her and accompany him to slowly transform into a wolf. But now someone told her that Meng Yufan was not only born a wolf, he also owned a whole pack of wolves.
The money she paid for him was only a drop of his billions.
Seeing his girlfriend's sad expression, Tang Shuge hurried to her side and took her hand: "So, are you scared because his family is too rich?"
Who would have thought, Yang Xiao shook his head.
"No." Yang said with a smile, "Actually, whether his family has money or not has nothing to do with our relationship - it's me who makes me feel terrified."
"what?"
"Meng Yufan is very good, Meng Yufan's parents are very good, but sometimes I think, is this really the perfect relationship I can have?" When Yang Xiao spoke, his tone was very calm, as if for a while The soft wind blew across the lake, and the ripples swayed, leaving no trace, "This is not inferiority, I have never been inferior, to be precise... This should be a kind of confusion."
If she is also in love for the first time, then she will devote herself to this love that is enough to burn the sky like Meng Yufan.
But she is not.
She has experienced two seemingly beautiful but actually riddled relationships. Every time, every time, her departure seems to be a natural exit, but in fact, it has left a shadow in her heart.
In the eyes of others, Yang Xiao is always dazzling, always has the upper hand, and is always confident and beautiful.
But in fact, when a person fails one after another, even if he does not admit it, he will still doubt himself in his heart.
It's like you study a certain subject very seriously, but you fail the subject twice in a row, and the third time you don't want to take the test, your confidence even when you walk into the test room will be shaken.
Just like you apply for a salary increase to your superiors, organize all the results of your four quarters into documents, thinking that this time is absolutely stable! The result was rejected by the boss for two consecutive years. In the third year, do you still dare to apply
Meng Yufan is very good, and the love that Meng Yufan promised is very good.
It was only occasionally that some self-doubt would arise in Yang Xiao's heart. This is not inferiority complex, but confusion.
Three is a very wonderful number. "There is no more than three" and "three in one go". For most people, three is a difficult hurdle to overcome.
And Meng Yufan is Yang Xiao's number three.
She cherished this relationship more than any time before, and she was more isolated from it than any time before.
Yang Xiao sighed deeply: "I know this is unfair to Meng Yufan, but I am such a selfish woman."