The weather in Jiangcheng is cooler than that in Haicheng. From a distance, I saw Chu Jin’s car parked on the side of the road. Liang Sheng and I went to meet it. Xuanxuan jumped out and started chirping as soon as she saw me: “Three hours’ drive, you see my hair has turned white. .”
Yuan Yushan and the others had just left, and the expression on my face was still slightly stiff, so I didn't answer Xuanxuan's words.
Liang Sheng walked to the car, knocked on the window, and said to Chu Jin: "Stop the car and have a meal together."
Liang Sheng seemed to be the master. Chu Jin glanced at me with ill intentions, nodded and went to park the car.
Xuanxuan suddenly came over and asked me: "Mr. Liang sent you back specially, why didn't you let him spend the New Year in Jiangcheng?"
I thought too, but the time was not yet ripe, so I replied: "He also has to spend the New Year with Aunt Wan."
Xuanxuan disagreed: "Let's take Aunt Wan over as well."
I rolled my eyes at her, "Why don't you go to Chu Jin's house to celebrate the New Year?"
Xuanxuan flattened her mouth a little unhappy: "I don't want to go to his house anymore."
"Why?" I asked.
Xuanxuan looked back at Liang Sheng, took my arm and walked forward, lowering her voice and saying, "I'm afraid of his father, I have a shadow."
"That's not okay. Since you decide to be with Chu Jin, you will have to face his parents sooner or later." I have long been aware of this. If one day my relationship with Liang Sheng stabilizes to a certain level, I will also Prepare yourself mentally to face Liang Mohua.
Xuanxuan muttered, "Oh, it's not that simple. Let me tell you. A few days ago, his father had a problem and stayed in the hospital for a few days. I called his father and asked him to visit him. You know What did his father say?"
I shook my head numbly.
Xuanxuan continued: "He said, don't bother, I will be discharged from the hospital later. Then two or three days later, he is still in the hospital. What can I say?"
"This doesn't mean anything, right? Maybe I was going to be discharged from the hospital, but ended up staying in the hospital for observation for a few days due to other reasons?" I subconsciously explained to Chu Jin's father, and I didn't want to hurt Xuanxuan. Heart.
Xuanxuan disagreed: "If it happened once or twice, I would believe it was a coincidence, but it happens every time. I finally understand that they don't regard me as Chu Jin's girlfriend at all."
"What did Chu Jin say?" After all, Chu Jin's attitude plays a vital role in this kind of matter.
"What can he say? Every time he just says that I am overthinking." Xuanxuan put her arm around my shoulders, and her whole weight was on me, making it difficult for me to walk.
"What are you two whispering about?" Chu Jin, who had parked his car, quickly caught up with Liang Sheng and asked us.
Xuanxuan turned around and said, "I want you to take care of it."
I glanced at them and whispered to Xuanxuan: "I envy you. At least you know what difficulties you need to overcome."
Xuanxuan looked at me with disgust: "Envy? I envy you. With Mr. Liang, you don't have to think about anything. He will arrange everything. You don't know how blessed you are when you are in the midst of blessings."
"If you like it, I'll leave it to you." I replied casually, also in a joking tone.
Xuanxuan smiled and said, "Come on, don't think I don't know. You suspected that I liked Mr. Liang at the beginning. You were even jealous at that time. How could you give it up to me?"
"Fuck you, no way." I turned my face away, my cheeks feeling slightly warm.
At first, I did suspect that Xuanxuan liked Liang Sheng, and sometimes I felt that Liang Sheng was particularly concerned about Xuanxuan. But I always thought that only I knew these thoughts. I didn't expect that Xuanxuan saw them all and knew them all.
Xuanxuan laughed: "Okay, I won't be poor anymore. Where should we go to eat? I've been hungry hundreds of times."
"I'm hungry too." I turned around and said to the two men behind me, "Chinese food or Western food?"
The two men said in unison: "You decide!"
I nodded, "Then let's go eat hot pot. The hot pot in Jiangcheng is much better than in Haicheng."
The only hot pot restaurant in Wanda Plaza, I remember it was always overcrowded every time I came here, and the row of booths by the window was never vacant. Today it happened that a seat was being cleared. Xuanxuan and I walked over happily and said to the waiter: "Let's sit here."
The waiter looked back with some embarrassment: "Sorry, these two have been waiting for this seat."
Xuanxuan and I looked back and saw Yuan Yushan and Liu Nanhao looking at us with complicated eyes.
It’s really a narrow road for enemies. Although Jiangcheng is small, I don’t know if it’s small enough to bump into you wherever you go.
I took Xuanxuan's hand and said, "Let's sit inside."
Xuanxuan seemed to be on the ropes and refused to move away: "Whoever grabs it first will get it."
She threw her handbag onto the bench inside. The waiter was still wiping the table, so she sat down directly and said calmly: "Bring the menu."
"But." The waiter stood up and stood aside in embarrassment, not knowing how to deal with it.
Yuan Yushan was not someone to be trifled with. When she saw that the seat she had been waiting for for a long time was taken away, she stepped forward and said to Xuanxuan: "Do you have the quality? First come, first served, do you understand?"
Xuanxuan was unhappy and stood up to look at her: "You also know that first come, first served? Didn't you see that I sat down first?"
"We have been waiting here for a long time." Yuan Yushan's tone was a little stiff.
"Who knows what you are waiting for, Yanyan, sit down. Waiter, why are you standing there, get the menu." In fact, I don't know where Xuanxuan's confidence comes from at certain times. Although I also hate Yuan Yushan, I really admire her for fighting for seats so confidently.
The waiter nodded submissively, threw the rag aside, and turned to get the menu.
Yuan Yushan was unhappy, walked over quickly, and sat down on the seat opposite Xuanxuan: "Waiter, give me a menu."
"Does this mean we want to share a table?" Xuanxuan smiled mockingly, looking like she didn't mind sharing a table.
Liang Sheng and Chu Jin followed and saw Yuan Yushan and Liu Nanhao slightly stunned.
Liu Nanhao was not someone who liked to stir up trouble. He said, "Shan, let's go sit inside."
"No." Yuan Yushan refused without hesitation, "If they want to leave, they will leave. This is the one we are waiting for first."
Jiangcheng people are generally not as snobbish as Haicheng people. The waiter stood aside calmly holding two menus. He didn't want to give them to him, and he didn't want to give them to him. He just stayed put and was in trouble.
Xuanxuan pulled me and pushed me inside to sit down. Then she walked to the waiter and took two menus directly. She threw one to me, opened the other and took a look at it, and said to the waiter: "Spicy hotpot, thank you."
With the 'steps', the waiter left without stopping.
"Then let's eat together. Anyway, I don't mind sharing the table. Nan Hao, sit here with me." Yuan Yushan's face was stained with a flirtatious smile. There were only two of them, so they didn't worry about not being able to sit down, but there were four of us here. It is impossible for individuals to squeeze into this same bench.
Chu Jin spoke somewhat grandly: "Xuanxuan, don't make trouble. Since they are waiting first, let's move to other seats. There is really no quality in robbing other people's things."
Chu Jin's words obviously meant something. What I understood was that he was secretly mocking Yuan Yushan for stealing my ex-boyfriend. But in front of Liang Sheng and Liu Nanhao, I didn't want to let go of the past at all, so I agreed to change seats. Of course, I didn't care about grabbing things that Yuan Yushan liked.
"How could I do such a shameless thing as snatching other people's things? Didn't I sit in this seat first? If I wanted to snatch it, someone else would have to snatch it from me." Xuanxuan glared at Chu Jin angrily: "Just sit down. If you don't want to sit down, I can order a table of food for Yanyan and I to eat together."
Liang Sheng turned around, walked towards the counter, and said a few words to a man wearing a shirt and tie who looked like the store manager, and then the man walked towards us.
"I'm sorry, everyone, this seat has been reserved by a guest. There are booths inside, if you want to sit inside, I will give you half the discount." The man said it to all of us, not targeting any party.
Xuanxuan's mouth was still bulging, and she opened her mouth to argue, but Chu Jin glared back.
Liu Nanhao pulled Yuan Yushan away, and Chu Jin came over and pulled Xuanxuan away. Just as I was about to get up, Liang Sheng came over and said to me, "No need to leave, this seat is ours now."
Yuan Yushan just took a few steps and turned back to glare at us, her face red with anger.
(End of chapter)