Hearing that Fang Xiaoshi had returned to his hometown, Cao Yuyi sat down on the sofa in some despair. He muttered to himself:

"It's me who is sorry for her. I wanted to bring her out and find a school for her to go to college, but in the end, she was reduced to a working girl, and now she is going home alone. It was my incompetence that made her suffer. ”

"You know I'm sorry for her, you still let last night's incident happen? She can't stand you being wronged a little, she did it against the Luo family's father and daughter for you. But what about you, you didn't do anything for her, and you didn't dare to jump out even if she was bullied by the Luo family's father and daughter for you. A word for her. If I don't come to you, are you going to ignore her?" Cao Yuyi wanted to tell him that he was about to call him before he knocked on the door. But he didn't feel the need to explain so much.

"I know I owe her so much. But Luo Jiayi is not wrong, and I owe her a lot. If I really make trouble with Luo Jianjun for Xiao Shi, she is the most difficult person in the middle and the most wronged. ”

"Then you mean to say that Xiao Shi deserves to be wronged?"

"No, I'll explain this matter to Xiao Shi. Yang Kaihuai sighed deeply and said:

"Cao Yuyi, I don't know if you kid, where do you have such a good blessing and have such a good sister. She ran out crying last night, and after I caught up with her, the person she couldn't let go of in her heart was still you, and he insisted that I go back to accompany you, don't let you drink too much again, and said that she would go back by herself. But I didn't listen to her, so I sent her back. Cao Yuyi nodded right and said to Yang Kaihuai sincerely:

"Thank you, Yang Kaihuai. ”

"I'm not here to say thank you to me. Last night, Xiao Shi told me that she would go back to her hometown this morning. She is a girl, she is going home alone, and there are no relatives at home, have you ever thought about her feelings? I came to tell you that if you have a conscience, go home early to spend the New Year with her. ”

"I know, I'll go back with Jiayi after I'm done with my work. ”

"Don't forget to pick me up when you get home. ”

"Are you going to our hometown for the New Year?" Cao Yuyi asked in disbelief.

"What's wrong, can't you? Cao Yuyi, don't forget that you have been living in my house since you were in college, until Luo Jiayi sold my villa. Don't be so stingy that you won't let me go to your house, will you?"

"I admit that I didn't have you to be generous, it's not that I'm stingy, it's that I don't have as much money as you. You don't think I'm so stingy because of this, do you? As long as you want to go to my hometown, I welcome you at any time. Yang Kaihuai patted him on the shoulder excitedly and said:

"Sure enough, I didn't make a mistake with your friend. That's it, let me know the day before you go home. ”

"Okay! If you're okay, leave first! I have a lot of things to attend to, so I can't stay with you anymore. ”

"Cut, make yourself as busy as ****, it seems that you are the busiest. If you don't tell me to leave, I'll leave too. I've got a lot to do!"

"Oh, yes, then hurry up and get busy!" Cao Yuyi couldn't help but smile and said.

"Okay, then I'll go first!" Yang Kaihuai turned around and said as he walked out of the office:

"Don't forget to promise me something!"

"Got it!" After listening to Cao Yuyi's affirmative answer, he left with peace of mind.

On the bed, Cao Yuyi said to Luo Jiayi, who was playing with her mobile phone next to her:

"Jiayi, can you put down your phone? I have something to discuss with you. Luo Jiayi raised her head in some surprise, there seems to be less and less topic between her and Cao Yuyi recently, usually she takes the initiative to talk to him without words, and he just perfunctory a few words to her. Luo Jiayi didn't blame him, she knew that the estrangement between her and him mainly came from her father. Today he actually took the initiative to talk to her, and it seems that there is something important to discuss with her. Luo Jiayi put down the mobile phone in her hand and said:

"Say it! I'll listen!"

"I think I'll take care of the things in hand in the past two days, and I'll be ready to go back to my hometown for the New Year, and then you can go back with me! We've been together for so long. It's time for you to come to my hometown. ”

"Going to your hometown for the Chinese New Year?" Luo Jiayi asked in disbelief, she never seemed to have thought about it. Looking at Luo Jiayi's surprised expression, Cao Yuyi couldn't help asking

"yes, is that unexpected?"

"It's a bit of an accident, aren't your parents gone, what are you taking me back for?"

"Jiayi, what surprised me when you said this is that my parents are gone, that is also the place where I was born and raised, and that is also my eternal home. How could I never go back because my parents weren't there?"

"But that country house, no one looks at it and no one lives in it, can we still live there in the past?"

"Don't worry about this, Xiao Shi has already gone back to clean up in advance. You know her ability to tidy up the room!"

"But... But my dad was already ready, and we went back to him for the New Year. ”

"Then you have to tell him that you have to wait until next year, and I must go back this year. ”

"Why do you have to go back this year?"

"Because Xiaoxiao is alone in her hometown, she is so lonely, I have to go back to accompany her. ”

"Then let's go there to accompany her, have you thought about it, my dad is not alone?"

"Okay then! Looks like you're not going to marry me, so let's go back to our respective homes! ”

"Where do you see that I'm not going to marry you?"

"If you are going to marry me, you should go back to my house and see my parents, who are gone, but their places and graves are there. The custom in our area is that the new daughter-in-law must worship her ancestors before getting married. ”

"Then it's not too late for us to go back before we get married!"

"That's up to you, you can do it yourself! I'm going to have to go back anyway. After Cao Yuyi said this, he covered his head with a quilt. Luo Jiayi was so angry that she directly covered the quilt and lay down with her back to him.

It was already past five o'clock in the evening when Fang Xiaoshi returned to the city, and it was about to get dark. She calculated that if she took the bus home now, it would be after seven o'clock, that is, she would go home, and no one lived in the house for so long, and she couldn't live without cleaning.

At this moment, she suddenly remembered Ma Xingdong, who accompanied her through the darkest period of her life, his residence was not far from here, and it was only ten minutes' walk away. Although Fang Xiaoxiao felt that it was not too good to find a single man alone, and Ma Xingdong already had that kind of idea about her. But she still thinks it's good to face it calmly, after all, she can't see him for the rest of her life because of this, he is kind to her, and she has already secretly made up her mind that she must find an opportunity to repay him in this life.

Arrived at Ma Xingdong's bachelor apartment. Fang Xiaoshi hesitated for a moment and knocked on the door. But there was no one in the house for half a day. She has been taking care of her mother in the hospital for more than a year, and she knows a lot about the work and rest time in the hospital.

She knocked a few more times with a fluke mentality, and she thought that if no one opened the door again, she could only find a hotel in the city to live.

"Who's annoying! I don't know there's anyone at home?" the door opened. Ma Xingdong put on a big pajamas and complained very unhappily.

"Aren't you human?" Fang Xiaoshu said with a smile. When Ma Xingdong saw the people outside the door, his whole body was shocked, and he called out uncertainly:

"Are you Fang Xiaoshi?"

"Why haven't you seen me for so long?

"No, no... No. It's you who look good again. I almost don't recognize you anymore. ”

"Do I really think I've become better?" Ma Xingdong nodded stunnedly, and Fang Xiaoshi couldn't help but smile deeper.

"I haven't changed much, I'm just fatter than before. Seeing that Ma Xingdong was still standing stupidly at the door, Fang Xiaoshi couldn't help but push the door and said:

"You won't let me enter your house just because you think I've become beautiful!"

"Huh, come in, come in quickly!" Ma Xingdong was stunned again, he hurriedly tied the straps of his pajamas, and opened the door a little wider, the other party said.

"Xingdong, who is it?" a beautiful woman's voice sounded in the room. Fang Xiaoshi stopped and looked back at Ma Xingdong, not knowing whether to advance or retreat.

"Come in! It's okay, she's my colleague. Ma Xingdong reluctantly squeezed out a smile on his face, and said to the other party who was a little embarrassed.

"Colleague?" Fang Xiaoshi looked at him in disbelief, and then noticed that he was wearing pajamas, a pair of large cotton slippers on his feet, and he didn't even wear socks. No wonder she knocked on the door for so long, and he didn't want to get up and open the door. It turned out that he had just gotten out of bed. Sleeping at home at this time? either unwell or... Although Fang Xiaoshi is still young, she still knows some things vaguely. Looking at Fang Xiaoshi's eyes that looked at him fixedly, Ma Xingdong looked down at the tips of his legs as if he had been caught and raped by his wife on the spot.

"Xiao Shi, I—" He didn't know how to explain it anymore. At this moment, a woman with long hair and pajamas walked out, and when she and Fang Xiaoshi's eyes met, she was stunned for a moment, the aggrieved expression on her face became more and more obvious, and she slowly moved her eyes from Fang Xiaoshi's body to Ma Xingdong's body.

"Who is Ma Xingdong?" Fang Xiaoxian turned his mind and stepped forward and called her sweetly:

"Hello sister-in-law, you just got up! I was passing through the city to see my brother. While hearing Fang Xiaoshi's words calling her sister-in-law, the expressions of the two people in the room were different, and the woman's face immediately showed a happy expression. Ma Xingdong was shocked when he heard this, looked up at Fang Xiaoshi, and then lowered his head with guilt and sadness.