The next morning, Qing Huan arrived at the airport on time, and when she stood at the international exit, she took out her mobile phone to check the flight status, Su Jing's flight still had more than ten minutes to land, plus the time she went out of customs, it was estimated that it was half an hour later, and she had not eaten breakfast in a hurry in the morning, so she went to the waiting hall on the third floor in a hurry, where there was a Starbucks in the corner, and she could have breakfast and reply to a few emails by the way.

The morning sun has slowly enveloped the entire terminal, and the airport at this time has been bustling with many people, everyone is dragging their suitcases in a hurry, and the Starbucks in the corner is almost full, but most of them are passengers who come to take the plane, and they will not be delayed here for too long, and when Qing Huan turned around with coffee, he already saw that there was a vacant seat by the floor-to-ceiling window.

Walked over and sat down, after she took a sip of coffee, she opened the mailbox with her mobile phone, raised her eyebrows and began to reply to the emails that needed to be dealt with one by one.

"Mom, I know you've worked hard with Xiaobao, but I can't help it, I can't help but go on a business trip arranged by the company, right? I said before that you wouldn'......t want to find a nanny to help."

"Cheng Hui's mother's health is not very good, she has been in the hospital twice this year, how can you let her take Xiaobao? I can't open this mouth to Cheng Hui, Mom, can't you be considerate of me?"

"Okay, okay, if you don't want to take it, forget it, I won't work anymore, okay? I'll resign to the boss now, right? I'll come back to pick up Xiaobao later, don't work hard for you!"

Immediately afterwards, there was a "pop" sound on the table, it was the sound of people angrily slamming the mobile phone on the table, Qing Huan raised his head, looked towards the source of the sound, and saw a petite short-haired woman, sitting sullenly on the position of only one table away from herself, and the coffee on the table overflowed because of her action just now, dripping on the phone case and the desktop.

"Chen Xi?" Qing Huan hesitated for a moment and called out tentatively.

Chen Xi was sulking, but when he heard someone calling his name, he was stunned for a moment, then turned his head to look, and was obviously surprised, "Qinghuan?"

"We haven't seen each other for a few years?five years?four years?" the two were at the same table, and Chen Xi said with some surprise, "I didn't expect to meet you here today, where are you going?"

"No, I'm here to pick up a friend, and her plane is still a little bit away, so I'll come up and sit down. Qing Huan said with a smile, and then looked at her carefully, she looked a lot plumper and mature than before, and when she laughed, there were already some fine lines at the corners of her eyes, which was completely different from the girl she had always seen with a bright and smart smell on her body.

"How have you been all these years?" Chen Xi looked at Qing Huan quietly, she looked very capable, a little more calm than the original, the material of the professional clothes she was wearing looked very good, but there was no logo, I don't know what brand it was, but the bag she put next to her knew it, it was a new Hermes bag, I heard that if you want to buy it, you have to queue up in advance.

"I've been in the U.S. for a few years and only came back some time ago. Qing Huan smiled, took a sip of coffee and said.

"Are you married to the United States?" asked Chen Xi with some surprise.

"No, I'm not married, I studied there for two years, and then I stayed there to work. Qing Huan paused before speaking.

Chen Xi was slightly embarrassed, he blurted out just now without knowing why, as if subconsciously, if a woman is better than the original, she must be married well, and she doesn't know how she was imperceptibly influenced by this point of view.

"Tell me about you, how are you, have you moved back to S City now?I just heard you talk on the phone, it seems that you already have a child?" Qing Huan didn't seem to care, and asked with a chuckle.

"I've been married for almost three years, and I gave birth to Xiaobao last year. Chen Xi turned the coffee cup in his hand, and the smile on his face was very light," When I went back to my hometown, I lived a peaceful life for a while, I was not in a hurry to find a job, but I kept going out on a blind date with my mother, and the results were not very satisfactory, and it didn't take long for my father's friends to introduce me to the current husband, he is a science and engineering man, he is very down-to-earth, working in S City, with a good income, a car and a house, which is very in line with my mother's standard requirements, plus I had something like that again, she was afraid that I had no market, so I hurriedly let me settle down. ”

Qing Huan listened to her in silence and did not interrupt her.

"Later, it was logically settled, my husband and I fell in love for less than a year and got married, after getting married, my mother urged me to have a child every day, plus my husband is almost 7 years older than me, and I also want to have a child, so I got pregnant soon after less than a year of marriage, Xiaobao was born last year, after the child was born, my husband did not want me to stay at home all day, let him bear the financial pressure of the family alone, and I didn't want to be completely entangled by the child, so I came out to work again, and the child temporarily let my mother help me bring, Chen Xi smiled bitterly, "You should have heard it just now, I obviously said that she would come to help me when I gave birth to a child, but after coming for a while, I began to be impatient, saying that I was too tired, so I proposed to find a nanny to help her, but she didn't want to, saying that I was wasteful, and I had to quarrel with me all day long, and I was almost annoyed." ”

Maybe she's just too tired, so her temper isn't very good, and she will inevitably rush a little bit when she speaks, and she probably just wants you to be considerate of her, and doesn't mean anything else. ”

"Then who will be considerate of me?" Chen Xi sighed, "I have to work during the day, listen to her nagging when I go back at night, and I have to hurry up to accompany the children, and by the way, let her take a break, basically I don't have time for myself." But even so, she is still dissatisfied with me, and comes to pick my thorns at every turn, and this time I am on a business trip, and it is even more troublesome, sometimes I really doubt that this is still my own mother?"

"And what about your husband? He can actually help you and your mother. ”

Not to mention, he works overtime and travels all day long, plus his mother's health is not very good, so he has very little time to spend with the children, let alone help. Chen Xi was a little distressed, "My current life can be called a piece of chicken feathers." ”

"Haven't you thought about how to change the situation? Try not to make yourself so tired. Qing Huan glanced at her strangely, "I feel a little unbearable just hearing about this kind of life." ”

"Whoever gets married and has children doesn't survive like this......" Chen Xi suddenly laughed, "Stay up when you're pregnant, stay up when you give birth, and you have to survive after giving birth, you shouldn't be married and have children......, right?"

Chen Xi may not have changed much in the way he speaks after so many years, and he still has to ignore the feelings of others, and he can make you speechless at any time, Qing Huan smiled and stopped answering.

At this time, Chen Xi's phone rang again, and the word mother was displayed on the screen, she laughed, said sorry, and turned to pick it up.

"Okay, Mom, I just had a bad tone, I apologize to you, I know, I know you worked hard, I'll be back the day after tomorrow, you work hard for two more days, I'll accompany Xiaobao on the weekend, give you two days off, okay?"

Qing Huan looked at her back, and didn't know why, but the scene of a group of people eating hot pot around the table suddenly appeared in her mind when they were still sharing a house together that year.

At that time, it was her most frustrated moment, and she was not sure about the future, but it was such a group of young people who deeply infected her, and made her regain hope, thinking that she could also work hard to pursue her dreams, instead of just living her life like that.

Five years have passed, and the original memories are still there, but Chen Xi in front of her has long been unrecognizable, Qing Huan never thought that she would say the word boiling, if a person's life is only left to boil, then is there any meaning?

The WeChat prompt sounded, and it was sent by Su Jing: "Qinghuan, where are you? I'm already out of customs......

Qing Huan came back to her senses and replied to her: Wait for me for two minutes, I'll be there immediately.

It happened that Chen Xi also finished the phone call, and Qing Huan said apologetically: "My friend has arrived, I have to pick her up, let's take time to get together after you come back from a business trip." ”

Chen Xi's plane was almost there, and she nodded: "Okay, then we'll get in touch then." ”

The two parted at the door of Starbucks, Qing Huan walked towards the elevator, Chen Xi dragged the box towards the security checkpoint, and when she was halfway there, she suddenly stopped, looked back at Qing Huan who was waiting for the elevator, and saw that her eyebrows were calm, and she had a temperament that was not shocked......

Chen Xi was in a trance for a while, and only gradually came back to his senses after seeing her disappear from his sight, and then walked towards the security checkpoint with some heavy steps.

When she arrived downstairs, Su Jing was already standing at the exit with her luggage, and when she saw Qing Huan, she complained, "Why did you come, I've been out for a while." ”

I met an acquaintance above, chatted a few words and delayed for a while. Qing Huan smiled and hugged her, "I miss you, Sue." ”

Su Jing also hugged her tightly and sighed, "I'm back......"