The next day, after agreeing with Ma Fugui and the village cadres on the time to send Ma Xiaobing to the hospital, Ai Jingchu drove Zeng Li back to City A.
When the car drove into the city, thousands of houses were already lit up.
Zeng Li was afraid that Ai Jingchu would be tired, so she drove for a long distance. Later, she moved to the passenger seat to rest and fell asleep after sitting for a while. She rarely stayed up late. She barely slept the night before, and made up for it during the day, but ended up staying awake most of the night before.
Ai Jingchu looked at her sleeping face and drove back to his home without thinking much.
He stopped the car, got out, moved to the passenger seat, unbuckled her seat belt, and then carried her home.
There was no light in the house, probably because the second aunt and her husband had gone for a walk with the old man after dinner. Ai Jingchu held her in his arms, and with both hands busy, he finally took out the key and opened the door.
This series of actions somewhat disturbed her, but she was still half asleep and only murmured, "Still stuck in traffic?"
"Yeah." He answered her and went upstairs.
Ai Jingchu gently placed her on his bed and then took off her shoes.
After settling Zeng Li down, he took a shower and went downstairs to find something to eat.
His family didn't know he would be back that night, so they cleaned up early after dinner. He opened the refrigerator and looked around, then fried some eggs and cooked some egg noodles. He had done this many times when he was studying abroad, so he was very good at it. After finishing, he went upstairs to call Zeng Li.
He opened the door of his bedroom and it was pitch black inside.
With the help of the light outside, he saw that she was lying on her side. Her sleeping position had not changed and her breathing was so light and shallow that it was almost inaudible.
It's a very strange feeling.
When he went home before, he usually wouldn't touch the bed before taking a shower and changing clothes, because he always felt dirty. But Zeng Li slept on it with his clothes on, and his clothes were still covered with yellow mud from slipping on the mountain road and not being able to rub it off, but he didn't feel uncomfortable at all.
At this moment, he wanted to kiss her again.
He didn't know how others treated his beloved woman, but he wanted to be close to her, kiss her, hold her hand, hug her, listen to her talk, listen to her act coquettishly, and listen to her call his name all the time.
Thinking of this, he could not help but bend down, put his hands on both sides of her, and kiss her again. Then, she woke up.
She was a little confused at first, not knowing which way was which, but after feeling his enthusiasm, she responded to him.
She was so dizzy from his kiss that she let him press his body against her, almost pressing her down.
The two were completely intoxicated by it.
"Baby." He called her in a deep voice.
She didn't have the energy to reply.
When his hands began to become restless, she remembered to ask, "Where are we?"
"My home," he said.
After getting this answer, Zeng Li was startled and pushed him away. Ai Jingchu was only occupying a little bit of the edge of the bed, and was caught off guard by Zeng Li. His hand slipped and he rolled off the bed.
Zeng Li was startled and sat up quickly.
The lights in the room were off and dim, so she wasn't sure if she had bumped into him, so she called out to him worriedly.
"Yeah." He responded to her sullenly.
"Are you okay? Where's the light? I'll go turn it on."
"I'll do it." After he said that, he got up from the ground and turned on the light next to him.
The room was suddenly bright.
Ai Jingchu was standing under the lamp with a calm face. He didn't look like he had just been kicked off the bed. However, Zeng Li couldn't help but burst out laughing.
Just then, Aunt Li and her group had finished their walk and returned home.
Before entering the house, she saw the car outside and the lights on the first and second floors were on. Aunt Li knew that Ai Jingchu must have come home, and said to Grandpa Ai, "Xiaochu is back. I wonder if he has eaten yet."
Just as she was about to ask him, Aunt Li suddenly saw the noodles on the table. The style was obviously cooked by Ai Jingchu.
But, strangely, there were two bowls.
In this world, I can’t think of anyone else who would bother the young master of the Ai family to cook for me.
Aunt Li and her husband looked at each other and had a good feeling.
Sure enough, Ai Jingchu and a girl were seen coming down from the upstairs one after another.
Ai Jingchu said: "Second aunt, second uncle, grandpa, this is Zeng Li."
Aunt Li had heard Ai Jingchu mention it before, and she was so happy that she hummed a song all day, and really thought it was the credit of her movie ticket. She was very excited for a while, and then she blamed herself for not thinking of such a solution earlier. However, as for what Zeng Li looked like, who he was, and when he would be brought back for dinner, there was no news. Now seeing the real person, Aunt Li's face was almost blooming with smiles.
Zeng Li felt uncomfortable being stared at by her and shyly greeted everyone one by one.
As soon as he saw Grandpa Ai, Zeng Li understood that Ai Jingchu had inherited his military temperament. The old man was in his eighties, with gray hair, but he was as energetic as a young man, with a straight back, even when he was sitting on the sofa watching TV, he was like a tree, and his expression was always serious, and he didn't talk much.
It is conceivable that if there was no one with Aunt Li's personality to act as a mediator at home, the grandfather and grandson would probably have their language functions deteriorated if they stayed together for a long time.
Aunt Li had a lot of questions to ask, but was afraid of offending others.
Zeng Li followed Ai Jingchu and sat down at the dining table, eating noodles with chopsticks.
As soon as they started eating, Grandpa Ai, who was sitting far away reading a newspaper with his reading glasses, suddenly said, "Xiaochu, this girl is visiting our house for the first time, how can you eat that?"
Aunt Li just remembered and hurriedly stopped them from eating, saying that it was her negligence. She quickly asked her husband Lao Liu to help and quickly cooked another table of dishes.
After dinner, Ai Jingchu went to see Zeng Li off. Before leaving, Lao Liu subconsciously said to Ai Jingchu: "Go early and come back early."
Before he finished speaking, his second aunt stopped him and scolded him, "Why are you rushing me?" Then she smiled and corrected Zeng Li and Ai Jingchu, "Young people, have fun. You don't have to hurry up too early. Play as long as you want."
On Wednesday, Zeng Li went to the hospital again.
In fact, Ai Jingchu had just met her at noon. Because the elders of the two families had an appointment for dinner in the evening, Ai Jingchu hurriedly squeezed out an hour of lunch break and met Zeng Li at the mall to pick out some gifts for Zeng's mother.
Afterwards, Zeng Li went back to work for two hours and then came to the hospital for a follow-up visit.
She went to the first floor and habitually called Ai Jingchu. After a while, she came to her senses, shook her head and smiled, then took the number sheet in her hand and got on the elevator.
Everyone in the clinic was busy, and Ai Jingchu at the other end of the room was surrounded by several people, asking questions and couldn't get away for a while. Anyway, she had to wait for him to get off work and go to the restaurant together, so she didn't bother to disturb him. She quietly put the registration form on the table for queuing and returned to the waiting hall at the elevator.
The hall was very spacious, with an entire glass wall facing the street. She sat on a chair for a while, and when she had nothing to do, she stood in front of the glass to watch the hustle and bustle on the street downstairs.
Outside the hospital is the exit of the subway station. It is almost rush hour, and people are coming and going. There are old people, children, teenagers, and couples. Some are strolling leisurely, some are in a hurry, and some are standing at the entrance and exit handing out flyers and flyers.
Everyone works hard to live in this world, like an insignificant speck of dust.
So does she.
It’s just that because of the existence of another person, she has an extra universe.
At this time, Zhou Wen came over and shouted at her back: "Zeng Li! It's your turn!"
"Hey." Zeng Li turned around and agreed, and walked towards Ai Jingchu's clinic...