Chapter 237 Love and care for you are what you deserve
It was another warm morning.
Tang Zhizhong went out early to attend a meeting at the Education Bureau. Tang Xi listened to the noise outside the house.
Dongdong~
"Xixi, get up and have breakfast."
"Yeah, mom, I'm here."
Tang Xi rubbed her sleepy eyes and stood at the door. She leaned against the door frame and acted like a spoiled child to her mother, Jin Jie: "Mom, I'm so sleepy. I want to sleep a little longer. When you go to the market, buy some more vegetables. My graduate student roommate is coming to visit us tonight . I'll cook for myself."
"Okay, okay. Got it."
Jin Jie dressed neatly and reminded Tang Xi before leaving: "Don't forget to go to the mall to help your dad change his shoes. Don't make a mistake this time, it's size 42."
"Okay!"
After picking up her bag, Jin Jie reminded Tang Xi again, "I came back in a hurry yesterday and didn't have time to have a meal with your grandparents. Mom and Dad have to go back to the countryside tonight. You should entertain our friends well. You don't have to clean up the dishes. Wait for Mom to come back and wash them."
"Yeah." Tang Xi hugged Jin Jie and acted coquettishly, "I love you, mom."
Jin Jie smiled gently and lovingly, touched her daughter's head, and felt a lot of emotions in her heart. She always felt that her innocent, romantic and lovely daughter at that time was finally back.
After watching Jin Jie leave on her electric bike in front of the balcony, Tang Xi finally felt relieved. She went to the kitchen to get a bowl of dumplings, walked into the bedroom with it, squatted in front of the closet and called Liang Fei to wake him up.
"Three fresh fillings, do you like it?"
Tang Xi used a spoon to feed Liang Fei dumplings, and occasionally reached out to help wipe the soup from the corners of Liang Fei's mouth. It felt like she was taking care of her paralyzed boyfriend.
"Do you want to be jealous?" Tang Xi asked considerately.
"No, I don't like jealousy, and you do n't have to either."
Tang Xi said dissatisfiedly: "Who eats dumplings without dipping them in vinegar? You are too overbearing."
Liang Fei selectively gave in: "Then can you not be jealous when you don't eat dumplings?"
"Well...it depends."
Liang Fei was full and burped: "It depends on the situation. What did you say just now? You want to invite Sao Ming to dinner at home tonight?"
"Yeah." Tang Xi nodded. "Didn't I tell you last night that my new roommates Lin Hui and Xiao Ming are from the same hometown. They haven't seen each other for a while. This is a good opportunity for us to get together."
"Are you free to come?"
I have time, but how can I not have time? I haven’t torn off my stockings from yesterday yet. I always feel like there is a task that is not completed.
Climbing out of the closet, Liang Fei stood on the balcony and stretched her body. Tang Xi was bending over to water the potted plants and succulents. The sunlight sprinkled on her crystal clear face, as if it was covered with a layer of light gold powder.
Sao Ming had previously made a very insightful comment on Liang Fei. Our comrade Feifei never wastes his time and energy on strangers. Anyone he takes the initiative and is willing to contact will be considered as having ulterior motives.
After admiring it for a while, Liang Fei smiled and said, "You are really, really good-looking."
Tang Xi raised her head, suddenly smiled evilly and asked, "Who is prettier, me or the rice cake?"
Liang Fei: “…”
"Who is prettier, me or your fellow countryman?"
"You're so big."
After saying this, Liang Fei put on his shoes and prepared to leave.
Tang Xi shouted at the door: "Where did you buy those shoes on your feet? I have to buy a pair for Dad!"
Before going downstairs, Liang Fei's voice came over: "I'll bring a new pair over when we have dinner tonight."
"I'll give you the money." Tang Xi shouted.
"I will support you!" Liang Fei's voice became farther and farther away, but Tang Xi heard it in her heart.
…
More than half an hour after Liang Fei left, Jin Jie came back with two bags of fresh vegetables and meat. She put the things in the refrigerator and walked into the living room. She saw her daughter mopping the floor briskly and moving a pot of green radish on the coffee table outside to bask in the sun.
Jin Jie smiled strangely and called out to her daughter: "He's gone?"
Tang Xi was originally humming a little song, but she was speechless after hearing Jin Jie's words. She stumbled and almost fell down, trying hard to hide her panic: "Ah, ah?"
"Return it?"
Tang Xi wanted to make a final struggle, pouting and explaining: "I don't know what you mean, mom. I don't understand. I don't understand. What are you talking about?"
Jin Jie rolled her eyes at her daughter, pretended to be angry and sat on the sofa, hugged her chest, and used the aura of a class teacher for more than ten years to scare her daughter: "It's okay that your father is careless, but is your mother a fool? What happened to the pair of shoes last night, and what happened to the car parked downstairs? What a coincidence, when I left, when I came back, the car was gone too?"
This is the experience accumulated from more than ten years of being a class teacher, fighting wits and courage with students, which can be said to be a keen eye.
Tang Xi stood there with her head down, her legs a little weak, and she was too scared to utter a word.
"Mom... I, I didn't, I didn't do anything bad, I didn't..."
Seeing her daughter looking like she had done something wrong, Jin Jie's pitiful fragility immediately broke down her defenses. She hurriedly hugged Tang Xi and sat down, gently comforting her: "Mom didn't say you did anything wrong. You are 22 years old, a grown-up girl. Mom is not an old antique. How could I stop you from having a relationship?"
Tang Xi pursed her lips and kept snapping her fingers.
Jin Jie hugged her daughter and asked softly, "Xixi, have you noticed that you have changed a lot during this period? You don't go out to drink anymore. You study every day. You are more energetic than your senior year in high school. You don't wear those revealing clothes anymore. Hmm... you wear a lot more stockings. It seems that you are ready to enter the workplace."
Uh...Mom, it's not like that.
It turned out that her parents had seen her little changes. Recalling the past, Tang Xi also knew that after that incident, she had done many things that made her parents sad and guilty.
"Mom, I'm sorry."
Jin Jie still held her daughter in her arms, patted her shoulders gently, and smiled tenderly: "No matter what you do, mom will always love you."
As she spoke, Jin Jie looked down at Tang Xi in her arms and asked with a smile, "Tell me, are the changes you have undergone during this period of time due to that person last night?"
"Um."
"He's a good boy, right? Mom thinks he should be, right?"
"right."
"Is he protecting you? If so, is he protecting you very hard?"
"exist."
"He should be a sunny and cheerful boy, right? He is well-dressed, full of vigor and energy, and gentle to you and everyone around him."
"Mom, he is like this, he is what you think he is."
Jin Jie smiled with relief: "That's really great."
Touching Tang Xi's face, Jin Jie smiled with pity: "Nannan, you finally met a good boy, right? Mommy didn't lie. There must be a good boy waiting for you in this world who likes you very much, treats you well, and will never bully you."
"These changes of yours should be worth it."
Tang Xi nodded: "Well, I want to be worthy of him."
Jin Jie blinked, a little unconvinced: "Is that person so outstanding?"
Tang Xi recounted Liang Fei's achievements to Jin Jie: "He is one year younger than me and is my junior in the same school. But he is really amazing. Mom, you don't know. When I look at him, I feel like he is shining."
"Is he Ultraman?"
"???"
Jin Jie waved her hands: "It's just a joke, this is humor, I learned it from the brats in my class."
Tang Xi laughed dryly: "Mom, you are becoming more and more humorous now."
The mother and daughter haven't had such a heart-to-heart talk for many years. Jin Jie was full of emotion and said with relief: "In fact, mom should thank that young man. He brought mom's cheerful and lovely daughter back to us, gave you a new yearning for life, and made you clear and bright."
"Nannan, mom is really happy that you can come back."
"Really, that's great."
