The consequence of Sheng Yingying's nonsense was that Xia Zhi cruelly canceled the plan of going out for a big dinner and directly dragged his sister back home.
"Why are you back now?" Xia Junmei asked the brother and sister in surprise, "Didn't you say you would eat outside before coming back?"
Xia Zhi pushed his sister forward and said calmly, "Yingying said she wanted to eat the food you cooked."
"Really?" Xia Junmei looked at her daughter in surprise.
Sheng Yingying: “…”
"You're back just in time. Go wash your hands and have dinner." After ordering her daughter, Xia Junmei looked at her son and said, "Go wash your hands too. Fortunately, we cooked a lot of food today, so it's enough for the four of us."
"No need." Xia Zhi said calmly, "I have to go back to school and leave soon."
Xia Junmei was a little disappointed: "Are you leaving now?"
"Yeah." Xia Zhi leaned over and gently hugged her mother, explaining, "I've been busy these days. I'll come back to see you and dad another day."
"Work is important, go get busy." Xia Junmei patted her son's back in understanding, "The temperature has dropped a lot recently, wear more clothes, don't catch a cold."
"I know." Xia Zhi agreed with a smile.
Sheng Yingying washed her hands and came out of the bathroom. She didn't see her brother, so she asked Xia Junmei, "Where's my brother?"
"Your brother has work to do at school, so he's leaving first." Xia Junmei explained, "Your brother has been very busy lately."
Sheng Yingying: “…”
His brother had a terrible job today! On the way back, he had clearly agreed to go to the movies with her in the afternoon! He lied to avoid eating the food cooked by his parents! His brother is really unworthy of being a teacher!
"Forget it." Xia Junmei smiled and took her daughter's hand and walked towards the restaurant. "If your brother can't eat, you can eat more for him."
Sheng Yingying: “…”
After two years of practice, her parents finally realized that they really had no talent in cooking. The couple knew that there was no room for improvement in taste and appearance, so they began to focus on the nutrition of the food. However, because the couple focused too much on the nutritional combination, they ignored the taste and appearance of the food, making the food, which was originally not good in "color, fragrance and taste", even more difficult to swallow. It was so unpalatable that even the brother and sister, who had very low requirements for food, couldn't eat it.
In order not to discourage her parents' enthusiasm for learning cooking, Sheng Yingying still did not tell her mother the truth.
Sheng Yingying sat down at the dining table and sighed silently after seeing the colorful food on the table that was more colorful than a flower field. While her parents went to the kitchen to wash their hands, she quickly took out her phone, took a picture of the dining table and sent it to her brother, and gently sent her greetings.
However, Xia Zhi was still driving at that time and did not see it immediately.
Her parents came out of the kitchen smiling, carrying three small bowls. Sheng Yingying quickly put down her phone, picked up the chopsticks and pretended to be eating.
Xia Junmei placed one of the small bowls in front of her daughter, smiling and asking expectantly: "Have you tried the pork ribs and corn soup? Is the taste better?"
"Yeah, it tastes good." Sheng Yingying nodded with a smile. Actually, it doesn't taste good at all! I can't describe the taste, it's very strange! And who uses purple corn to make corn and pork ribs soup? The soup turned black!
The couple was encouraged by their daughter's comments. Sheng Mingyan pointed to the small bowl in front of her and said, "Eat this more often. Your mother just learned to make a new dish, yam cake."
"Is this... yam cake?" Sheng Yingying was a little unsure, "Why is it purple? Mom, did you add coloring?"
"No," Xia Junmei smiled and waved her hand, "I used purple yam."
“There are purple yams?!” Sheng Yingying was surprised.
"Yes," Xia Junmei said, "I was reading a book on food nutrition recently, and it said purple foods have high nutritional value, so I bought a lot."
No wonder there are purple corn and purple yams.
Sheng Yingying took a bite under the expectant gaze of her parents. Fortunately, although the color of the purple yam cake is a bit hard to describe, the taste is not much different from ordinary yam cakes, and it is much better than the pork ribs and purple corn soup.
Afterwards, the couple asked Sheng Yingying to try other dishes, and they only started eating after she had tasted all the dishes.
Sheng Yingying looked at her parents seriously, seriously suspecting that they were testing poison on her!
The table full of purple dishes hardly whetted Sheng Yingying's appetite, but she didn't want her parents to see that she didn't want to eat, so she picked up a piece of pork ribs and pretended to eat it slowly, while frantically trying to find topics to divert her parents' attention.
"By the way, Mom and Dad, my brother has a girlfriend, did you know about that?"
"Girlfriend?" The couple were stunned, but then they remembered that because of their son's bad taste, their youngest daughter was still kept in the dark and thought that his brother had found a sister-in-law for her.
"Don't you know?" Sheng Yingying asked.
"I know. Your brother told us." Xia Junmei's expression was very calm.
"Have you met your future sister-in-law?"
"Yes." The couple said in unison.
"You have met?!" Sheng Yingying was so shocked that she almost jumped up, "When did you meet? Why didn't you tell me such a big thing!"
Xia Junmei still felt sorry for her daughter, so she revealed some information to her son behind his back: "It was several years ago. At that time, your brother was still attending university in City A. Your father and I went there on a business trip, and we stopped by your brother's school to have a meal with him. Your brother brought his girlfriend with him."
"Wait, wait." Sheng Yingying's expression was serious, "You mean, my brother fell in love while he was still in college?!"
"Um."
Sheng Yingying started counting on her fingers, and then came to a shocking conclusion: "So, they have been together for eleven years?! None of you told me this in all these years?!"
"This matter is a bit complicated." Sheng Mingyan rubbed his brows and explained to him, "Your brother and him were separated for a few years, and they only got back together recently."
"Hiss—" Sheng Yingying was shocked and curious, "Who proposed the breakup? Why did you break up?"
"We don't know much," Xia Junmei smiled, "If you're curious, go ask your brother yourself."
Sheng Yingying had no choice but to change the question: "Is my sister-in-law pretty?"
"It looks good." Xia Junmei nodded seriously. Good-looking is a very broad concept, so it's not nonsense.
“How beautiful is it?”
Xia Junmei thought for a moment and said, "He's almost as good-looking as your brother."
Sheng Yingying: “…”
Why does this description feel familiar
Sheng Yingying wanted to ask more questions about her future sister-in-law, but Xia Junmei blocked her mouth with a pair of stir-fried eggplants with chopsticks.
"Don't talk while eating, eat first. Then try eggplant. Purple food is good for beauty, nourishing qi and kidneys."
“…” There is no need to replenish the kidneys.
Sheng Yingying stuffed the eggplant into her mouth with mixed feelings. Suddenly she remembered that her brother might have a hidden illness, so she said to her mother seriously, "Make Quan Zi Yan for my brother again when he's home! My brother needs to take good care of himself."
"What do you want to supplement?" Xia Junmei was a little worried. "Is your brother ill?"
“Hmm…” Sheng Yingying answered vaguely.
So Sheng Mingyan also became worried: "Is your brother sick? What's wrong with him?"
A disease that makes one unable to have children, Sheng Yingying answered in her mind. But she was worried that telling her parents directly that her brother was infertile would be too much of a shock to them, so she used a more euphemistic approach.
"My brother is rather weak..."
As for which aspects are weak, those who understand will understand.
Obviously Sheng Mingyan and Xia Junmei understood instantly, and were shocked and a little bit unbelievable.
I didn't expect that my son, who is so handsome, would have such a hidden disease...
Xia Junmei was worried. It seemed that she would have to make some warm and nourishing food for her son frequently in the future. If it didn't work, she would go see a Chinese doctor. Although her son didn't have to worry about having children, being too weak was still a big blow to a man's self-esteem, not to mention that her son was actually very proud.
At this moment, Xia Zhi, who was elegantly enjoying a delicious lunch in a western restaurant, suddenly shuddered.
"Huh—" He put down his cutlery, rubbed his arms, and called the waiter.
"Sir, how can I help you?"
Xia Zhi pointed to a window not far to his left and asked, "Can you please close the window? It's a bit cold."
"Okay. Sorry, sir, it was our negligence." The waiter hurried to close the window, and then brought Xia Zhi a dessert as an apology.
Xia Zhi felt a little helpless. Giving this dessert made it seem like she was making a fuss and being a little pretentious.
Xia Zhi smiled knowingly, opened her phone and saw that it was indeed a message from her sister.
[Beautiful girl: I ate a table full of purple food! My face will definitely turn purple tomorrow! ]
Xia Zhi laughed in silence, and as a return gift, he sent his lunch photo to his sister, thus successfully stimulating his sister.
[Beautiful girl: Traitor! You went to eat a big meal alone! ]
[Beautiful girl: This table of food was originally prepared for you]
[Beautiful girl: Why do you think you can sit in a high-end restaurant and enjoy a meal without worrying about anything? It’s because I am carrying the burden for you! ]
[Xia Zhi: Well, thank you for your hard work.]
[Beautiful girl: Hmm? ? ? ]
[Beautiful girl: You don’t want to kiss your sister now that you have a wife, right? Okay! When your parents make you kidney-tonifying medicinal food, I will definitely persuade them to add five kilograms of coptis root to the food! ]
[Xia Zhi: Kidney-tonifying medicinal food?]
[Beautiful girl: I told my parents that you were a little weak, but I didn't tell them that you couldn't have children. And now they are thinking about making some medicinal food to nourish your body [smirk]]
[Xia Zhi: …]
After coming out of the restaurant, Xia Zhi's mind was still full of kidney-tonifying medicinal food.
What does it mean to shoot oneself in the foot
This is!
Xia Zhi got into the car depressed, took out his cell phone and called Jiang Zhixia.
Jiang Zhixia answered the call quickly, her voice was very gentle: "Why are you calling now?"
"When will you finish shooting?"
"Missed me?"
"Come back home with me when you're done."
"Are you ready to take me to meet your parents?"
"If I don't take you to see Sheng Yingying, I don't know what that girl will do to you next." Xia Zhi said with resentment.
"What did she plan for you?" Jiang Zhixia asked, "Why don't you give her some information in advance?"
"No." Xia Zhi refused decisively, "Sheng Yingying just gave me a big gift. It would be unreasonable for me, as her brother, not to give her a bigger gift in return."
Jiang Zhixia laughed, knowing full well that the two gifts from the brother and sister were probably not good gifts.
"It's up to you then." Jiang Zhixia said, "I'll probably finish filming in half a month, and I'll come to Y City to find you then."
"Um."
Only half a month. That's pretty fast.
After more than two months of video chatting, I can finally meet the real person soon. It’s great.
Xia Zhi curled the corners of his mouth, put away the phone, started the car and went home.
The car arrived at the gate of the community. Xia Zhi was about to pass through the gate when he caught a glimpse of a person standing at the gate out of the corner of his eye.
The man was very tall and thin, with his face covered tightly. He wore a black cap and a mask of the same color, and a small suitcase stood at his feet. When the car passed in front of him, he suddenly raised his head.
Xia Zhi was startled and quickly stepped on the brakes. His body leaned forward due to inertia but was pulled back by the seat belt and fell into the back of the seat.
The man seemed to be startled as well. He left his luggage behind and walked over quickly, frowning and looking a little worried.
Xia Zhi also got out of the car quickly. He still couldn't believe it until the man walked up to him and pulled down his mask to reveal a familiar face.
"Why are you here? Didn't you say there would be another half a month?" His expression was still a little dull because he was too shocked.
Jiang Zhixia's eyes curved slightly, and although her facial expression couldn't be seen through the mask, she was obviously smiling.
"The scenes in City C have been finished, and the remaining scenes have been moved to another location."
Although Xia Zhi was surprised, his mind was still working quickly: "Changed to Y City?"
"It's a natural village under the jurisdiction of Y City, but it's not far from Y City by car, and it only takes an hour to get there." Jiang Zhixia looked at her lover's cute expression and asked with a chuckle, "Should you take me home first? This place seems a bit conspicuous."
"Oh, yes," Xia Zhi came back to his senses and said, "Go in first. Put your luggage in the back."
"Um."
The two got in the car, which was restarted. After passing the gate and entering the residential area, it continued to drive at a low speed towards the garage below.
The atmosphere in the car was somewhat quiet.
I thought lovers would have a lot to say to each other after a long separation. But I didn't expect that they would just stare at each other in silence. Xia Zhi was a little confused - is such a calm reaction normal
Xia Zhi glanced at the rearview mirror while driving. Jiang Zhixia took off all the disguises on her face after getting in the car.
After not seeing him for two months, he seemed to have lost weight again. He had already become morbidly thin due to filming. It was estimated that he had lost about 4 to 5 pounds compared to two months ago. There was almost no flesh on his cheeks. The more Xia Zhi saw him, the more distressed he felt. Why was filming such a hardship? He didn't know when he would be able to gain back all that weight.
Jiang Zhixia didn't seem to notice that Xia Zhi was looking at him. He sat in the passenger seat with his arms folded and staring straight ahead with a very focused expression. From time to time, he glanced around, as if he was memorizing the route.
Five minutes later, Xia Zhi parked the car, turned off the engine, and unbuckled his seat belt: "Get out."
"Yeah." Jiang Zhixia put on the mask again before getting out of the car and took the suitcase from the trunk.
The two took the elevator upstairs.
Xia Zhi's house is not a one-floor-per-unit layout, the elevator is shared by all the owners in the apartment building. When going upstairs, there were two other owners in the elevator. In order not to expose Jiang Zhixia's identity, the two did not speak.
The two owners got off the elevator halfway. When the elevator door closed again, Xia Zhi subconsciously glanced at Jiang Zhixia, who was also looking at him. After staring at each other for a moment, Jiang Zhixia stood beside him and gently held his hand under the cover of her coat.
Xia Zhi's face was calm as he focused on watching the numbers jumping on the screen, but his hands hidden in his sleeves were playing an ambiguous game with Jiang Zhixia with their fingers intertwined.
Finally, the number jumped to "15" and stopped, and the elevator door slowly opened.
"We're here." Xia Zhi let go of her hand and walked out of the elevator first.
Jiang Zhixia followed with the luggage.
Xia Zhi walked to the door and entered the password to unlock it. He entered the password a little slower than usual, and then turned to look at Jiang Zhixia behind him. Jiang Zhixia obviously understood his intention, glanced at the LCD screen, then looked at him and smiled.
The two of them entered the house one after another, and Xia Zhi closed the door again and locked it.
“Click—”
The moment the lock was locked, Jiang Zhixia hugged him from behind and kissed his neck eagerly and passionately.
"really miss you."
Xia Zhi turned around and hugged him, silently raising the corners of her mouth. It seemed that he was not as calm as he appeared.
The kiss on the neck moved to other places.
The suitcase stood alone by the wall of the entrance hall, no one cared about it. After two "clicks", two coats appeared next to it. The footsteps staggered and moved slowly inside.
Xia Zhi pushed open the bedroom door with her back and led Jiang Zhixia in. Jiang Zhixia hugged her lover's flexible waist tightly with both hands, and the kiss became increasingly fierce.
"Close the door..." Xia Zhi put his arm around his shoulders, his voice a little unclear.
Jiang Zhixia gently hooked her long legs back and kissed his lips again.
"Click." The door closed again, isolating the ambiguity in the room.
(End of this chapter)