At 3:30 in the afternoon, Xu Shiqi was awakened by the ringing of her cell phone. She couldn't react to where she was when she woke up. The bed was strange, the room was strange, but it was unusually warm.
Wen Jialuo's name was displayed on her phone, so she suddenly struggled to sit up. Almost at the same time, there was a knock on the door. Putting on her coat, Xu Shiqi ran to open the door, then quickly retreated back to the bed and shouted to the girl who came in, "Close the door."
Wen Jialuo was holding a tray with only a glass of water on it: "Grandma got up and said she wanted to see you."
Xu Shiqi uttered "Ah", and hurriedly put on her clothes, jumped out of bed and fixed her hair. Then she turned around and saw Wen Jialuo staring at the messy bed. She felt embarrassed for a moment, and hurried over to shake out the quilt and make it smooth with her hands: "I'm sorry, I slept in your bed without your consent."
The girl looked at her with a strange expression: "If you don't want to sleep on the bed, do you want to sleep on the floor?"
Xu Shiqi was speechless for a moment. She thought that the first time she was kidnapped, she had a deep impression of sleeping on the sofa. In fact, wasn't it because this girl was too defensive? However, she didn't dare to say this, so she just smiled and let it go.
After drinking some water, he went out and saw Wen Baohua just walking to the old lady's door. Xu Shiqi waved and went to the washroom at the end of the corridor to wash his face and brush his teeth. When he came back, the two sisters had already gone in.
The big curtains in the old lady's room had been drawn. In winter, the days were short and the light outside was fading, so she turned on the big chandelier in the room, making it bright.
Xu Shiqi saw the old lady sitting on the sofa beside the bed. Because he had seen her on the bed before, she looked tired and weak. Now, she was probably well rested and in good spirits, and the wrinkles on her face seemed to have decreased. She sat on the sofa with a thick blanket covering her knees. At first glance, she looked dignified and elegant.
The two sisters of the Wen family leaned against the old lady. When Xu Shiqi came in, Wen Jialuo leaned over and whispered something in the old lady's ear. The old lady looked at her with her glasses and nodded: "Girl, come here."
Being called a "girl" for the first time, Xu Shiqi was a little curious. She walked over and sat in the seat that Wen Jialuo had made for her. Looking at her from such a close distance, she realized that the old lady was wearing a thick cotton jacket with complicated Chinese-style velvet edges, and her hair was neatly combed and pinned with a small dark hairpin. It seemed that such a person was copying "Dream of the Red Chamber" with a fine brush, which should be a good match.
Xu Shiqi didn't know how to address the old lady for a moment, but the old lady spoke first: "Since you are a friend of my two granddaughters, just call me as they want."
"Hello, grandma." Xu Shiqi finally spoke, "I'm sorry to have made you wait until I woke up."
"You gave me a good sleep," the old lady held her hand, "I shouldn't have let Jia Luo disturb your rest."
"Nothing." Xu Shiqi said quickly, "I just woke up."
The old lady smiled slightly, and did not continue to push the issue away. Instead, she said happily from the bottom of her heart: "They said you would stay here. Is that true?"
"It's true," Xu Shiqi nodded, "The environment here is good, Baohua invited me to come and play a long time ago."
"That's great," the old lady paused before asking, "If you have time, would you be willing to chat with me, an old lady?"
Xu Shiqi quickly responded: "This is what the younger generation should do."
The old lady felt reassured after receiving the affirmation. She liked this girl, who was not as impetuous as most young people nowadays. Her voice was so perfect, and a person with such voice quality must have a perfect character, who could keep herself and be tolerant of others.
After they finished talking about this topic, Wen Baohua interrupted: "Grandma, I will stay here with Seventeen."
"You?" The old lady lowered her head and glanced at her through her glasses. "Either ask Xia Bang to come live with you, or you should go back. The young couple just got pregnant, so it's better not to separate."
"Ah?" Wen Baohua was slightly stunned. Xia Bang's company was halfway around the city, so it was too far to live here.
Fortunately, she didn't think too much about it. Wen Jialuo said, "Sister, you can go back. With Shi Qi and I here, grandma will be able to sleep well every night."
"It's okay. Xia Bang is my grandson-in-law and he has to be filial to him." Wen Baohua smiled and said so.
"Don't bother with it," the old lady said bluntly. "It's enough to have Jialuo here. I just didn't sleep well. By the way, I'll send someone over to make you nutritious meals. It's best not to move around in the first three months. Just stay there and take care of your baby."
Wen Baohua was helpless. In fact, grandma was quite individual. Although her grandchildren grew up in front of her, she would never spoil them. When they grew up, she sent them all out of the old house, only asking them to come back every weekend to get together. Even grandpa was forced by her to meet up with his old comrades, just because he was old and saw them less and less, and there was not much time left in his life.
Knowing that the old lady was afraid that she would worry, Wen Baohua had no choice but to follow her advice. Now she also wanted to give birth to the baby safely as soon as possible, so that the grandmother could take her great-grandson to play.
Because Xu Shiqi had to go home to get some daily necessities, Wen Jialuo took her back. In the car, Xu Shiqi finally remembered a serious problem, which she seemed to have ignored just now but was stuck in her throat.
Um, what did she say just now? Grandma makes sure I can sleep well every night? Every day? At night
Xu Shiqi suddenly turned around from the passenger seat and glared at the girl who was driving.
Fortunately, Wen Jialuo was calm and was not scared by her. He didn't even look at her: "What's wrong?"
"When will you go back to work?"
Wen Jialuo pursed her lips, looking somewhat helpless: "Not for the time being."
Xu Shiqi leaned over and asked, "What do you mean by temporarily not going up?"
"Sit down." Wen Jialuo pushed her seriously, staring straight ahead.
Xu Shiqi sat back down with a chuckle, her mind still not coming to its senses. Fortunately, the girl saw that she was struggling with the question of whether she should go to work or not, and kindly gave her the answer.
"My mother asked for a long vacation for me, so I don't have to go to work until the Chinese New Year."
"Why?" Xu Shiqi blurted out.
Wen Jialuo shrugged, stopped the car, and told the whole story.
During Xu Shiqi's lunch break, Luo Linyi returned home. She found her daughter surfing the Internet in the study, and then pulled her aside to ask her why she ate but vomited. Wen Jialuo explained that it was nothing, and it was probably just a small protest from her stomach that couldn't adapt to her changes. But Luo Linyi didn't think so. Her daughter suddenly became so thin that she was unrecognizable when she was not around, and she still couldn't forgive herself for her negligence in this matter. And now her daughter is sending out abnormal signals again, and there is a possibility that her previous anorexia has turned into binge eating. She wants to understand what's wrong with that stomach and why her daughter suddenly feels hungry.
Because she was afraid that something might go wrong under her nose, Luo Linyi was completely worried. She called her daughter's workplace directly. The person in charge used to work under her husband, and they still had close contact.
After receiving the call, the director there readily gave Wen Jialuo a long vacation, which lasted until after the New Year.
Wen Jialuo said that since you have taken a leave, you will naturally live in the old house. From today on, the task of picking you up and dropping you off every day will fall on me. Since we will live under the same roof in the future, we should get along well with each other.
After listening to this in amazement, Xu Shiqi had only one wavering thought in his mind - whether he should refuse to live in her old house.
Of course, this idea was just a thought, it passed through her mind, but she would never bring it up. From any angle, she had no reason to say such a thing at this moment, and she didn't know what kind of suspicion and opinion it would arouse from the girl.
So Xu Shiqi didn't ask any more questions. Perhaps she also wanted to know whether she could pass this level smoothly.
When we got back to the store, it was almost five o'clock. The traffic had been stuck for a long time, and it was said that there was a car accident. Xu Shiqi couldn't drive, and her sense of direction was extremely poor. She didn't have the courage to control such a large iron shell with such a small steering wheel. But she felt relieved sitting in Wen Jialuo's car. She was now familiar with finding CDs and listening to songs.
Seeing her daughter bring back the girl who helped her last time, Wang Yuan was very happy and pulled Wen Jialuo's hand to keep her for dinner.
It was already dark at this time, and Wen Jialuo couldn't refuse, so he stayed.
There was no one else eating today, only Wang Yuan was there to accompany them. Wen Jialuo didn't hesitate to order some dishes that looked good. She still felt the empty feeling in her stomach, and maybe it would be better to go to a different place and eat different food.
During the dinner, Xu Shiqi told Wang Yuan that he was going to temporarily leave home and live in the old house of the Wen family. Wang Yuan nodded repeatedly and asked Wen Jialuo's grandmother whether her blood pressure was high. She also said that continued insomnia would lead to high blood pressure, and high blood pressure would cause headaches, difficulty sleeping, and easy awakening. In short, it was a vicious cycle. Wen Jialuo listened very carefully and gradually discussed with Wang Yuan.
When the dishes were served, Wang Yuan smiled and sighed as she served them: "You are such a filial girl. There are not many children nowadays who are willing to be so close to the elderly and care about them."
Xu Shiqi heard this and said unhappily, "Mom, are you jealous? Your daughter is not bad either."
Wang Yuan smiled and said casually: "It would be better if you get married soon and have a baby for mom to play with."
As soon as Wang Yuan finished speaking, she felt annoyed. She suddenly stopped talking and looked at her daughter anxiously. Her daughter had been angry with her before because she mentioned this matter. It was obvious that she had some bad memories and had even fallen ill because of it. She had originally planned not to mention this matter in the near future, but perhaps this had always been the most important thing in her heart, so she spoke without thinking about it.
"Mom, you are just too impatient." Xu Shiqi smiled slightly. She could see her mother's thoughts, but she couldn't yell at her like she did last time. All mothers in the world are like this, and she was not wrong. In order to ease the knot between mother and daughter and not hurt her feelings, Xu Shiqi could only try to use a light tone, "You are urging me so much. What if I get impatient and find you an unsatisfactory son-in-law? Where can I find medicine for regret?"
Wang Yuan was originally worried that her daughter would change her attitude, but she didn't expect that her daughter's attitude seemed to have changed a little, and her tone seemed to be relenting. She hurriedly said, "Whether you will regret it or not, you will know after you date him. If you just sit at home, a good man will not fall from the sky."
Xu Shiqi felt helpless. She knew her mother would not let go of this topic. Now she couldn't change the topic suddenly, so she could only respond vaguely: "Let's see... I know..."
Wang Yuan felt more and more that there was a chance. Maybe her daughter was too embarrassed to speak up. In fact, she still had some good blind date candidates. She had just put down her chopsticks and moved closer to her daughter to say something when she heard the person sitting opposite her suddenly interrupt: "Auntie, you just said that if you have sleep disorders, besides seeing a cardiologist or sleep medicine doctor, what other departments are there?"
Wen Jialuo was holding her phone and listening, her fingers still on the phone keys as if to record something. Wang Yuan had to step back to talk to her: "If it's snoring, you may need to go to the respiratory department or the ENT department; if there are other symptoms, you may need to go to the neurology department - I read all this in the newspaper, you can just use it as a reference."
"Thank you, Auntie." Wen Jialuo nodded, and her fingers really flew on the keys. Then she looked up and said, "Auntie knows a lot."
"No way," Wang Yuan laughed from ear to ear, "In life, health is the most important thing, so I pay more attention to this aspect."
"Then you also have trouble sleeping?" Wen Jialuo asked with concern.
"Not yet, but as you get older, all kinds of problems will naturally appear." Wang Yuan looked at her daughter, somewhat surprised and surprised, "But Shi Qi's voice is more effective than sleeping pills. If I have this problem in the future, it will be good. I have my daughter reading books and singing lullabies to me by my bedside."
Xu Shiqi, who tried hard to pretend to be invisible, felt a little sad: "Mom, how can anyone curse themselves like this?" She turned to Wen Jialuo and said, "Have you finished eating? I still have to go back to pack my things."
Wen Jialuo nodded and put away her phone: "I have to go back early. Grandma always goes to bed early."
Wang Yuan hurriedly asked them to eat more before leaving, and then sent them out.
As soon as she got into the car, Xu Shiqi let out a long sigh. She stroked her eyebrows, looked out the window, and suddenly said "thank you".
Wen Jialuo, who was driving, replied lazily: "Why are you thanking me so insincerely?"
After hearing this, Xu Shiqi turned around to face her and said formally: "Thank you for helping me out just now."
"You'll be trapped to death like this," Wen Jialuo said lightly without looking at her, "Are you tired?"
Perhaps it was because the tone was too gentle, like a hand caressing him tenderly and compassionately. Xu Shiqi's eyes were sore.
"It's tiring, but what can I do? Should I tell her that her daughter can't get married if she doesn't like men? Or should I listen to her and marry myself off and live a miserable life forever?"
This should be the truth from her heart. It is this way or that way; or it is neither this way nor that way. In fact, as the girl said, there is no one way to make everyone happy.
When she couldn't let her family face the pale answer and couldn't give up her own life, Xu Shiqi didn't know what she would get in return for her jokes. And what she could do in the five years for herself and her family would determine their fate five years later.
Facing Xu Shiqi's question that was filled with despair and helplessness, Wen Jialuo was silent for a long time, then slowly said, "Will you lie?"