"What's wrong with this, we are a cooperative relationship, and besides, you are here to cooperate with me today, I should thank you, this kind of trivial matter is a normal and reasonable requirement, and it is completely okay." Si Qi took the food from Shi Jing's hand, pressed the elevator, and said to him: "You wait here, I'll take the food up, and then come down, let my mother stay with Xiaojun, she will start with Xiaojun if she has a problem, let's go up later." ”

Shi Jing looked at the elevator that had closed the door, and breathed a sigh of relief invisibly, he lowered his eyes and looked at the palms of his hands, almost all of them were sweaty, the dull pain seemed to have penetrated from the blood to every layer of skin, and the cold hairs stood up as if they were shouting for pain and unbearable, in fact, these pains did not exist, they were just fantasies generated by his brain and nerves, but he knew that it was fake, but he still couldn't control it.

After a moment of silence, he still took the medicine bottle from his trouser pocket, swallowed two pills, and then quietly walked to the safe passage, silently staring at the constantly beating numbers on the elevator.

Mo Wenlan said that as long as he passed this level today, it means that he has taken the most important step to change his life, and it may be much easier in the future, he is like a person hanging on the edge of a cliff, no matter who drops a rope, he can't help but want to catch it.

But it was really his luck to meet Shi Qi.

As soon as Si Qi entered the door, Zhang Xingmei was approached with countless questions, almost drowned in the sea of questions, hurriedly put the dishes into the kitchen, and surrendered as if to forgive: "Mom, please be reserved, come up in a while, don't scare people away as if checking the household registration, I can't find such an excellent boyfriend for the time being, if the duck flies again, it doesn't matter to me." ”

"How do you talk, how do you talk, what duck in your hand?" Zhang Xingmei glared at her and said unceremoniously: "Have you got it? ”

Si Qi was speechless for a moment, at this moment, she really wanted to kneel down for her mother.

"But this kid is really 35 years old, and he looks quite young, and at first glance he looks like he's in his twenties. Zhang Xingmei shook the apron she took out of the kitchen, and muttered to herself: "It's just too thin, and his face is pale like that, this can't be done, I have to cook him something delicious." ”

"Mom, it's caused by busy work, let's not mention this problem today, whether it will work or not, don't find fault with others when we meet for the first time. Si Qi was most afraid that her mother would mention this, because Shi Jing's emaciated state really didn't look like he was in good health, and he must have mustered up great courage when he was here today, she didn't want Shi Jing to be a little uncomfortable, and cast a shadow on the good cooperation between them.

Zhang Xingmei glared at her again: "You think I'm like you, don't stick here, hurry up and bring my son-in-law back, it's so hot outside." ”

Si Qi raised his hand in surrender and quickly fled out of the door.

Zhang Xingmei had lunch on the train, Si Qi and Si Xiaojun had eaten in the kindergarten, and Shi Jing also solved the lunch problem by himself before coming over in advance, so Si Qi took Shi Jing to wander casually along the shade of the tree with peace of mind, mixing some time at the same time, and also letting Shi Jing have a psychological preparation first.

Half an hour later, the two of them arrived in front of Shi Jing's car.

There was a large bunch of delicate carnations on the rear seat, and there were two large boxes with luxurious packaging next to them, all black, tied together with a pink ribbon, and it was impossible to see what was inside, Shi Jing walked to the trunk and took out a half-person tall cardboard box, which should be a Lego toy.

Si Qi glanced at him and asked, "This is the gift you prepared?"

Shi Jing nodded, handed her the flowers and the big box, he carried the Lego, and then closed the car door.

Si Qi shook the big box in his hand, "What's in here?"

Shi Jing coughed lightly and said, "Bird's nest and cosmetics." ”

Si Qi: "......"

Looking at the luxury of this packaging, it should not be ordinary bird's nest and cosmetics.

Si Qi was a little worried, the last time she went to see Shi Jing's parents, she only bought some ordinary nutritional products, and the gifts prepared by Shi Jing are simply different, once or twice is fine, if we cooperate for a long time in the future, the two families will definitely come and go often, the difference is so big, she is embarrassed, but if she wants to give a gift every time she is consistent with Shi Jing's grade, she can't afford her salary!

"That's... Comrade Shi Jing... Let's discuss..."After a long time of discussion, Si Qi still decided to spread everything out and said, "You don't need to prepare such a valuable gift, we have a word first, we are just cooperating, and we are not really in love, as long as the heart is there, besides, the difference between my income and your wife is too big, you give such a heavy gift, I don't have the ability to return the gift, it's not fair to you." ”

Last time, she took the lipstick set home and searched it on the Internet, there are few counters in China, and a set of boxes is almost more than 6,000, and she didn't dare to open it at all.

Shi Jing was stunned by what she said, his deep eyes stared at her stunned, and after a while, his eyes began to flicker again, he held Lego, and stood in place stunned, "That... I... That..."

"Forget it this time, let's still take the civilian route in the future, whether it's okay or not, my parents are very ordinary people. Si Qi couldn't see his helpless little eyes, so he hurriedly handed over the ladder and said with a smile: "Last time I saw your parents, I prepared a gift of a few hundred yuan, you gave me a lipstick set of several thousand yuan, and today I gave a very high-end bird's nest and cosmetics, big brother, you make me feel a lot of pressure." ”

Shi Jing opened his mouth, but he didn't know what to say, and then he barely pulled out a smile on his face, the smile was very light, like a spring breeze blowing across the lake, quickly blowing away the deep darkness in his eyes, revealing his original face, transparent and clear.

Si Qi was stunned for a moment, then quickly turned his gaze away, hugged his things and walked back, and said as he walked: "I will be in charge of cooking with my mother for a while, and I will find something for you to do, so as not to let my mother pester you to ask questions." She glanced at the half-human-tall Lego box, "Jun-chan likes to play with Lego very much, and he won't pester you with Lego, and you can go back when you're done eating." ”

Shi Jing was half a step behind her, followed her step by step, and when he heard the words, he hummed in a low voice.

When he was about to arrive at the unit building, Si Qi took the opportunity to look back at him, and saw that he was like a little daughter-in-law, carrying a box, lowering his eyebrows, his eyelashes were very long, although his face was very white, but his skin was very good, when he lowered his head, he looked clear and beautiful, with a kind of restrained warm temperament, his full forehead and straight nose bridge seemed to be drawn, at first glance he was not the kind of appearance that would make people very amazing, but if you look at it a few times, you can find that he is pleasing to the eye.

It's a pity that the shape is too high, making it difficult for people to pay attention to his appearance, and he seems to have an innate temperament of not approaching people, and those who want to get close to him may have been frozen into ice cubes before they find out his pleasing eyes.

Si Qi felt that the old heart that had been dead for thousands of years moved inexplicably, but she was quickly suppressed violently, she brushed her hair, retracted her gaze, and led people into the elevator.

As soon as I got out of the elevator, I saw Zhang Xingmei carrying the specialties she brought and leading her well-behaved and sensible grandson to give people around, one ladder and six neighbors, her family did not fall behind, and then by the way, please ask others to take care of her daughter and grandson more often, living in Si Qi's diagonal door is Aunt Liu, who is already in her seventies, her husband died early, two of her three sons are abroad, and one is far away in Beijing, only the nanny accompanies her to guard this old house.

"My daughter and son-in-law are back, I'll go first, Auntie, you have a good rest, I'll come back to chat with you later. Zhang Xingmei saw that Si Qi and the others were back, and hurriedly looked at Shi Jing and added with a smile: "Hey, with a son-in-law, I can be relieved, and my life is considered to be complete." The words are full of flaunting and excitement.

She glanced at the flower in Si Qi's arms, and smiled even brighter.

Aunt Liu also looked at Shi Jing with burning eyes, with a smile on her wrinkled face, and she couldn't stop nodding to Zhang Xingmei.

"Uncle, uncle, my grandmother has brought a lot of delicious food, come and eat it. Si Xiaojun tugged on Shi Jing's sleeve and pulled him home directly, which happened to allow him to avoid the opportunity to contact strangers.

Si Qi was happy in his heart, and went up to greet Aunt Liu alone.

"Xiaojun likes him so much, it seems that this young man is good, and he is also very handsome. "Although Aunt Liu is in her seventies, she is in good health, and she usually has a lot of dealings with Si Qi, and last year she was entrusted by Zhang Xingmei to introduce her cousin's grandson to her, but unfortunately after they met twice, the man disliked the son she brought was too big, and felt that the salary of the kindergarten teacher was too low, so the matter was stopped, and she always felt sorry for Si Qi, so she often sent some vegetables to them.

When Zhang Xingmei heard this, she smiled politely and hurriedly followed Si Qi back.

After entering the door, Si Qi handed over the carnation in his arms and quipped: "This is given to you by Shi Jing, and the box is the bird's nest and cosmetics bought for you. ”

Zhang Xingmei rubbed her hand vigorously on the apron, then carefully took the flower, leaned in and sniffed it gently, a smile spread from her eyebrows and eyes, Si Qi did not look like her, her face contour was more three-dimensional, plus the full head of white hair, showing a little light, Si Qi's facial features were very gentle and beautiful, but the way she smiled was very similar to Si Qi, which instantly diluted the sense of ordinariness on her body.

"Hey, you kid, what else do you take when you come to eat at home, what are you doing so politely?" she couldn't put it down and sniffed the flowers, and found a vase like a baby, and asked Si Qi to make tea, while looking left and right, trying to find a suitable place to put the vase.

Si Qi pointed to the sunshine flower shelf, "Put it on the balcony, absorb some sunlight, and you can watch it for a few days." ”

Zhang Xingmei hugged the vase, thought about it, and said, "No, now the sun is too strong and the sun is damaged, I can't take it back." ”

Si Qi was stunned for a moment, and said with a smile: "Mom, you won't go all the way to take the flowers back to your hometown, right?"

"Of course. Zhang Xingmei said happily: "This is given by my future son-in-law, I must take it back to your father." ”

Si Qi: "......"

She looked at Shi Jing helplessly and shrugged her shoulders.