Faced with a father who refused to pay attention to him, Shen Qing thought for a while, gave up the choice of calling his father directly, but said loudly to the empty living room: "Come quickly from Congshan, the second brother and Jia Ze are back! Ming Yue, come over and say hello to your uncle, cousin and brother Ye Xuan!"
"Come here!" A young female voice answered from upstairs, and a few seconds later there was a brisk descent from the wooden stairs. Seventeen or eighteen years old, a young girl who looked a lot like Shen Minghui rushed down the stairs, paused beside Shen Qing, shouted "Dad", and ran straight to Shen Ping's side, Hugging his arm, he said sweetly, "Second Uncle, I miss you so much!"
Shen Ping touched her head with ease, successfully messed up her hair and said with a smile: "Good girl, Second Uncle misses you too!"
Because Shen Mingyue's hair was messed up after combing it all morning, she snorted unhappily, let go of Shen Ping's arm, and said to Ye Xuan and Ling Jiaze next to her, "Cousin, I miss you too If it wasn’t for Dad’s disapproval, Minghui and I would go pick you up and brother Ye Xuan today!”
Ling Jiaze introduced: "This is my cousin, Shen Mingyue."
Ye Xuan had a good impression of this lively girl. He stretched out his hand and said with a gentle smile, "Hello, I'm Ye Xuan!"
Because it was the first time meeting Ye Xuan, Shen Mingyue was a little more restrained when facing him, she shook hands with Ye Xuan, and obediently called out: "Brother Ye Xuan!"
Shen Qing waited for them to say hello before saying: "Mingyue, where is your mother?"
"Huh? She was still in the living room just now. I went to see if she went to the kitchen at the back. I remember she said that the second uncle and cousin came back today, and they will make a table of delicious food!"
Shen Ping nodded and said: "Go, if she is here, tell her that we are back and ask her to come over first." After the end of the world, their family bought a light energy stove. On the days when I cook, I go to the new kitchen at the back, and I can’t hear people shouting in the living room.
Shen Mingyue ran away in a hurry, and before leaving, she forcibly pulled away Shen Minghui who was standing aside.
As a result, only Mr. Shen was left in the living room, who was still reading the report by the window without turning a single page.
Seeing that his father was determined not to speak, Shen Qing glanced at his younger brother helplessly, Shen Ping walked over knowingly, gave a respectful military salute, and said loudly: "Dad, I'm back!"
Mr. Shen answered indifferently, closed the pen in an orderly manner, put away the bookmarks, put the reports that he hadn't read at all into the folder, then glanced at the people in the room, got up and walked to the owner of the sofa. Sit down on the seat and say: "What are you doing standing up, just sit down!"
Shen Ping said in the belly: "You old man doesn't talk, how dare we take a seat." On the face, he didn't show it at all, he just found a seat and sat down honestly, how obedient he was, he couldn't see this at all. He is a senior colonel who is quite powerful outside.
At this time, a lady dressed in dark blue house clothes, her hair was coiled up with a hairpin, and she looked very educated, leading Shen Mingyue and Shen Minghui's sister and brother, who each carried a tray, walked over quickly. Said: "Sorry, I was in the back kitchen to see how the food was being prepared, and I didn't notice the movement in front, so I came late."
In fact, it was the old man who told them not to wait in the living room, so she and Shen Mingyue went to the kitchen and went back to the room, thinking that they would come over when someone came in. Unexpectedly, the sound insulation in the house is so good. When the range hood in the kitchen was turned on, she didn't hear anything in the living room, so she came late.
"No, sister-in-law came at the right time!" After Shen Ping greeted her, he introduced to her: "Sister-in-law hasn't seen Jia Ze for quite some time, right? We came back together this time, and he is next to him." My friend, Ye Xuan."
Because he still didn't know the old man's attitude, Shen Ping only used a friend to introduce Ye Xuan, so as not to touch his father's anger point again.
"Auntie is good, Aunt Shen is good."
Ye Xuan and Ling Jiaze stood up together and greeted her.
"Hello", Ruan Congshan smiled and took Ling Jiaze's hand, and said to the two of them, "It looks like you're thinner than the last time we met. You've worked hard all this way. Now that you're back, you're going home." , the meals are all ready, and you can eat them in a while. Take a good rest after eating, look at this face, the skinny aunt feels uncomfortable."
As she spoke, her eye sockets were a little red, obviously distressed.
The two of them haven't felt this kind of care from female elders for a long time. Ling Jiaze's serious nephew is fine, but Ye Xuan is really at a loss, saying repeatedly: "No, please sit down, we're fine..."
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After exchanging pleasantries, everyone was seated. Ye Xuan, the "friend" who came to visit for the first time, took out the meeting gifts he had prepared a long time ago from the space, and handed them out one by one.
Mr. Shen was given two catties of top-quality Liu'an melon slices, Shen Qing was given four bottles of vintage red wine, and Ruan Congshan was given a whole set of skin care products suitable for women of her age. When Shen Minglang came back, he prepared a whole set of sabers, for Shen Mingyue a large box of handmade chocolates and dim sum from a well-known old local brand in City C, and for Shen Minghui two packs of Blue Mountain coffee beans...
According to the information provided by Ling Jiaze, it took several days for Ye Xuan to choose these items that were commonly used as guests before the apocalypse, and are still practical after the apocalypse, but they are not the first choice for people when collecting materials. They are both thoughtful and not overly expensive.
The attitudes of the elders could not be seen yet, but the two siblings, Shen Mingyue and Shen Minghui, liked this gift very much at first sight.
Especially Shen Mingyue, this little girl has no interest in anything else, except that she likes all kinds of snacks. After the end of the world, although she has never been short of food and drink, it is very difficult to get those exquisite desserts before the end of the world. In order not to cause trouble to her family, she took the initiative to quit this little hobby of her own. Make ends meet with some common goods sold in supermarkets.
Now that the gift from Ye Xuan hit her nails perfectly, how could she be unhappy
If she hadn't considered that her elders were by her side, and this was her cousin's boyfriend, she would have shouted the pre-apocalyptic "The local tyrant begs for support"!
Shen Ancheng looked at the Lu'an melon slices on the table, and his mood was quite complicated. Many people know that he likes to drink tea, but few people know that he likes Lu'an Guapian the most among all teas.
Not to mention outsiders, even family members, those who don't observe carefully may not necessarily know.
Ye Xuan, an outsider who had never met him before, was able to prepare this gift, and Mr. Shen could guess the source of his news without using his brain.
A good nephew, not to mention falling in love with a man, but still acting like he is his only choice, Mr. Shen really has a headache.
After giving the gift, they did not immediately talk about the sensitive topic of the relationship between the two, but chatted about their experiences after the end of the world. Ye Xuan and Ling Jiaze first talked about their journey from City C to Xiangping Town, the base, and then Shen Ping talked about the time when they met and came to the Northwest Base together.
The three of them all picked some more interesting and positive things to talk about, and by default blurred all the hardships and difficulties they encountered in the past few months, for fear of irritating the family members who had been worried for a long time.
But even if the three of them didn't say anything, how could others not have imagined how many difficulties they would encounter in the past few months away from home in this chaotic world
It's okay for Shen Ping, who has a certain amount of power in city b, most of the people he encounters are intrigues, but what about Ye Xuan and Ling Jiaze, two young men who have no relatives or friends to help
They are already imagining in their minds how panic the two of them will be when they find out that the end of the world is coming, how nervous they will be when they face zombies for the first time, how uneasy they will be when they leave home and embark on an unknown journey …
Not to mention the others, but Shen Ancheng, who was still angry about their disobedience just now, his eyes were a little red. He heard that Shen Ping and the others were trapped in Xiangping Town by a spiritual zombie for half a month. In the end, Ye Xuan desperately When he ran out after killing it, he couldn't help saying: "I asked you to go back to the northwest for a few days, and the big one and the small one were disobedient, and then what? The end of the world is coming, and it's hard to come back! You Said that if you really put your life on that, what do you two ask me to do, huh?"
At the end, his voice trembled a little, obviously he was frightened by the scene he said, and he was so angry.
Shen Ping hasn't seen his father's emotions so intense for many years, he quickly stood up, patted him on the back, and said: "Dad, I was wrong, if I knew that the end of the world would come, I should listen to you and come back sooner." Yes. Don't be angry..."
Does he have any regrets when the end times come
Yes, when he was trapped in Xiangping Town and had no way to escape, not only was he about to die in a foreign land, but even whether his family would know the news of his death was a problem, Shen Ping really regretted that he didn't obediently go back to the Northwest earlier.
But would he make the same choice again
Yes, when the end of the world is just a conjecture without evidence, Shen Ping will still choose to follow his own ideas and stay in City B where he has worked hard for many years.
Ling Jiaze was like him, if he knew that the end of the world was coming, he would go to Ye Xuan first, and take him to the safer Northwest no matter what means he used. But if he doesn't know that the end of the world will come, he will prepare early because of a guess, but he will not flee in a hurry because of a guess.
So after the little uncle winked, Ling Jiaze would go over to coax grandpa together, but he would not regret the decision he made.
In the final analysis, they all made decisions according to their own wishes at the time, so why would they regret it now