Xing Yun still thought it was very important at first. After all, she was not familiar with Xia Ke's sister, and it was the first time they met today. Although she was made a joke that made her nervous to the point of collapse, it was not considered. Maliciousness, not serious enough to accompany her to the hospital to make amends.
But soon her feeling of alienation faded away. As expected of siblings, Shen Qing and Xia Ke are a bit similar in a certain way, they are also very talkative, and they are also very good at relieving the atmosphere, even if she is a little introverted. He is also not very good at dealing with strangers, and when he gets along with Shen Qing alone, he doesn't feel awkward, instead, he has a kind of intimacy at first sight.
They stayed in the hospital until after three o'clock in the afternoon. It turned out that Xia Ke had made a fuss. Her feet were fine, and it was normal for her feet to look more swollen than the day before. The doctor's advice was to pay attention to diet and not to exercise Excessive, rest-based.
Seeing the doctor approve a whole week of sick leave in front of Xia Ke, her mood was beyond description.
It's just that this kind of good mood will inevitably lead to excessive associations in the eyes of her parents...
"How's it going? Is there any progress?" As soon as she got home, her mother approached excitedly and asked.
Xing Yun raised the leg on that hand, "My leg is so crippled, what progress can I make?"
"... How did it happen? Didn't you stay at Chu Nan's house last night?" Zhu Qin asked while reaching out to help her onto the sofa in the living room.
"It was twisted by accident. It's fine. The doctor said it will be fine after a few days of rest..." She felt a little guilty, and she could only deftly avoid the topic of where she slept last night.
Fortunately, her mother didn't ask any more questions. After worrying about her foot injury, she quickly turned around and sent her father to buy pig's feet.
She knew that her parents probably acquiesced to the night she spent at Chu Nan's house last night, and they might even think that they had progressed to the point where raw rice was cooked. She didn't explain this matter either.
She still wants to take advantage of the rare rest to pay off the debts of private work that have accumulated before. If her parents know that she only had a meal at Chu Nan's house last night and slipped away before finishing it, You have to miss her to death, and she can't expect to work well.
Anyway, if she didn't tell them, they wouldn't know. With a fluke mentality that more things are worse than less things, she buried her head in the study and waited for the pig's knuckle soup with peace of mind.
However, this peace did not last long.
When it was almost time for dinner, her mother's call came from outside the study door, "Xiao Yun, come out quickly."
"Oh, wait a minute, it'll be ready soon, you can eat first..." She replied absent-mindedly, she almost finished clearing the sketch in her hand, and she wanted to finish it in one go.
This obvious "Do Not Disturb" wish was ignored by her mother as always, but this time, her mother didn't kick the door violently like before, but was uncharacteristically gentle...
"Don't be busy, you can do the work later, come out to greet the guests first."
Xing Yun was frightened back to his senses by the path that was so soft that water could be squeezed out.
guest? What guest
She turned her eyes in confusion, looked towards the door, her eyes skipped her mother's exceptionally gentle and skillful smiling face, and saw clearly the so-called guest...
Chu Nan? !
That's right, it's Chu Nan, dressed very formally, more formally than any previous meeting between them, standing upright at the door of her study, holding a slightly stiff smile, and feeling uncomfortable all over her body. breath.
She had a ghost-like expression on her face, before she had time to think about it, she blurted out in surprise, "Why are you here?!"
"You child, what are you talking about!" Before he could speak, Zhu Qin glanced at her daughter. Considering that there were still outsiders, she still restrained herself a bit, and endured the attack, and squeezed hard. She smiled, "I called to invite Xiao Chu to have dinner. Thanks to him for taking care of you last night, I'm so sorry. No matter how you say it, I should thank him well..." As she spoke, she turned her head and looked behind her again. Chu Nan said, "Xiaoyun only brought up what happened last night when she came back in the afternoon, and her father and I didn't have time to prepare anything. It's a simple meal, don't mind."
"… "Hello! When you asked me to spend the night at Chu Nan's house on the phone last night, you weren't embarrassed at all!
wrong! Now is not the time to complain!
Xing Yun soon realized a more serious problem - the person who took care of her last night was not Chu Nan at all! He didn't even know what she went through last night!
Thinking of this, she suddenly raised her eyes to look at Chu Nan, even her breathing froze, fearing that everything would go wrong in the next second.
What she didn't expect was...
With a humble smile on his face, he said nonchalantly: "Where, taking care of Xing Yun is what I should do. When I sent her back in the afternoon, I thought about whether I should come up to visit you, but I was afraid that it would be too sudden and disturb you." you."
"..." Actually helping her lie? !
"Oh, what are you talking about. You can come here anytime, just treat this as your own home, anyway, sooner or later we will be a family." Zhu Qin's smile became more and more earnest.
"Mom..." Xing Yun was a little annoyed by this eagerness to clear her warehouse.
"I haven't talked about you yet. I didn't mention the dinner with Xiao Chu's parents last night. If Xiao Chu hadn't said just now, your father and I still don't know about it."
"Do you know the difference?" She didn't have as good an EQ as Chu Nan, and her tone had begun to reveal impatience.
"How can you say that? He specially invited you to dinner. It stands to reason that we should thank you very much. What if our in-laws think that we are not considerate?"
"No, you don't mind, it's just a casual meal."
"..." You were still a family just now, but after a few words, you have already become an in-law? !
"It's fine if you don't mind, then we will have a chance to meet our parents and have a good chat..."
"Mom!" Xing Yun couldn't bear it anymore, interrupted her mother's voice loudly, and didn't dare to lose his temper in front of Chu Nan, so he could only take several deep breaths to stabilize his emotions. Finally, after calming down a little, she opened her lips again, "Don't you need to prepare?"
"Oh, that's right, I'll get ready, and you can chat with Chu Nan."
"Um… "
After sending off her mother, Xing Yun didn't know what to say for a while, and always felt that the atmosphere between them seemed to be more awkward than before.
On the other hand, Chu Nan walked into the study as if nothing had happened, looked around, and finally landed on her computer screen, "This is the first time I've seen your painting."
"Uh... just drawing casually, and it's not a masterpiece." It was also the first time for her to show her paintings to people outside of her working relationship, and she always felt weird.
"No, the drawing is very good..." He lowered his eyes, looking at the hand-painted screen in front of her, "Is this the one where you drew it?"
"Yep."
Afterwards, he asked her about some work-related matters one after another. It could be felt that he was not really interested in this aspect, but was just looking for something to talk about.
The atmosphere was so stiff that Xing Yun couldn't hold it anymore...
"Aren't you going to ask me?" She took the initiative to break the silence before he tried to find another topic.
He shook slightly, a little surprised, and said after a while: "Are you talking about what happened last night?"
"Um… "
"You probably didn't tell your parents too much because you were afraid of trouble, right? It's understandable. I seldom talk to my parents after I go home."
The thoughtfulness he showed is simply impossible to find fault with, but Xing Yun always feels that it shouldn't be like this, "That's not the problem, you... Aren't you curious about where I spent the night last night?"
"Is it at your boss's house?"
"… how do you know?"
"Aren't you called by your boss temporarily because of work matters? I probably heard your mother mention it just now. It seems that you lost your key and your parents just went on a trip. I guess your boss should not I'll leave you alone."
"Uh... That's true, but..." She hesitated for a while, "My boss is a man."
"Huh?" He finally understood what Xing Yun meant, "Are you explaining to me? I'm afraid I might misunderstand what's going on between you and your boss?"
"..." Generally speaking, they will be misunderstood, right? I suddenly learned that my girlfriend didn't come home all night, and I lied to my parents that I spent the night at my home, but it turned out to be at the man's boss's home. Normal people would misunderstand it. Even if he was angry or even proposed to break up, she thought it was reasonable among things.
It's true that she didn't handle this matter well, she didn't think it through enough, and she didn't even realize what she should pay attention to when she was no longer single. The moment she was exposed by her mother, she was already mentally prepared.
However, among these preparations, Chu Nan's current reaction, which was so calm as if it had nothing to do with him, was absent.
"Don't worry, I won't think about it. If you really have something to do with your boss, you won't go on a blind date, will you?"
"It's true to say so, but..." It's too sensible! Is this why so many girls like uncle? Mature and stable without losing your temper, well-founded and not over-associated, it sounds perfect.
"But what?"
"It's nothing." But she always felt something was wrong, it was not the same as the love she had imagined. This sounds a bit hypocritical, and she also knows that the love she imagined is too utopian. For an overly rational person like Chu Nan, it is simply an unrealistic delusion. So, she decided not to say these words, she pursed her lips and smiled, "Let's go, it's almost time to eat, my dad's cooking is delicious."
Chu Nan felt that something was wrong with her, and could even guess why she was wrong.
It stands to reason that he should have acted more nervous, even jealous, as if before Shen Qing just had a meal with a male client, even though he knew it was just business, he would still pick her up no matter how tired he was after work, He will deliberately swear sovereignty in front of men who are not rivals in love. Shen Qing often laughs at him for being naive... well, it is really naive, and he knows it, but he can't control it. Liking someone is fundamentally out of control. .
But to Xing Yun...
Frankly speaking, after hearing what happened to her last night, his first reaction was—a sigh of relief.
Fortunately, she didn't come to him, otherwise he really didn't know what to do.
With this kind of thinking in mind, even if he knew that his reaction was wrong, it would be difficult to interpret the emotions that a boyfriend should have.