Because of his family, his life since he was a child was almost isolated from things like alcohol.

Unexpectedly, in San Francisco, an exotic international metropolis, what happened on the first day he came to Zheng's house left such a deep impression on him.

Whether it's a mother or a daughter.

One of the most direct consequences of these things is that for a long time afterward, he has always had a habit - not to share a space with people who drink poorly, absolutely!

Even, because of some special circumstances that will happen from time to time later...... So far he has always been respectful of both kinds of people.

The first type is the kind of person who drinks at the level of alcohol, but consciously thinks that he is a drunkard.

As for the second ......

Well, to put it simply, you're going to get drunk.

……

"Dodge, let go!"

"Hmm...... Uh! Why, why??!

"Doll Mom ——!!"

In the lighting of the overhead light at home, Zheng Xiujing's little face had a rare crazy expression, she gritted her teeth, grabbed his wrist, and dragged her side without giving an inch, and shouted angrily: "OPPA...... OPPA: He's not a dodge!"

"What nonsense?"

A muffled, drunken mature female voice came, and then he felt the white palm on his other wrist strain as well.

"Xiao Yu, it's mine!my!my!my~~"

Once again, in her youngest daughter's eyes were on fire, Tie Qing hugged his arm very affectionately, and Zheng's mother rubbed his shoulders with her drunken cheeks, like a lazy and elegant cat, and her still very slender figure over the years showed a kind of slender and beautiful curves, which made people really not know where to put their eyes.

"Hmm~~Xiao, Xiaoyu, you said it yourself~~"

The drunken flush on his face has unconsciously spread to the root of his ears, Zheng's mother raised her head drunkenly, curled the corners of her lips at his face that was completely tight, and smiled brightly, her eyes were still curved like a bright moon, and her beautiful face with some vague age looked a little girlish and cute for a while.

"Xiaoyu, you say~~ You tell this girl, the two of us are together, right~~?um?um?right?right~~?"

Listening to the coquettish confused voice with a faint nasal voice in his ear, unlike Zheng Xiujing, who rolled his eyes suddenly, he could only barely pull out a rich helpless bitter smile on his face, and quickly turned his head slightly with embarrassment.

To be honest, due to family reasons, he really hasn't had much contact with drunk people, so this unexpected situation at the moment not only makes people feel headaches, but also makes him feel at a loss.

Zheng's mother obviously drank too much, and she was unreasonable and unreasonable.

It feels like it's an advanced version of Zheng Xiujing's little girl, she usually looks soft and weak, but she didn't expect that she actually had so much strength when she held him, and it was not easy to get rid of it directly with violence, the identity of the elder was there, and the two of them together couldn't screw her......

It can be said that this is indeed a situation that makes people unable to start.

Fortunately, just when he and Zheng Xiujing were both feeling extremely distressed, the corner of his eye suddenly noticed a figure upstairs who came to the railing and looked down at some point.

The whole person was in good spirits, and he hurriedly looked up, only to see that it was a middle-aged man with cold and rigid facial features, and his thin and dark face was not outstanding, but just looking at it from a distance, he felt that he seemed to see a familiar feeling between the other party's eyebrows.

Thinking of the environment he is in now, the identity of a middle-aged man is almost ready to be revealed.

"That, uncle......"

Seeing that even Zheng's father was shocked, he felt even more uncomfortable.

Mother Zheng, who hung on her arm, was like a large hot potato, making him subconsciously want to break free of his hand from the other party's arms.

Unexpectedly, at this time, he saw the middle-aged man leaning on the railing upstairs raised his hand to him and pressed down signally.

In this way, he had no choice but to stop his movements in a slight stunned.

"Oh, Abba~~! Look at your doll! She's really too much today!"

Later, as Zheng's father walked down from the upstairs, Zheng Xiujing's puffed out a coquettish cry confirmed his guess.

"Xiujing, let's go up with Dad first. ”

After glancing at the three people pulling and pulling in the living room, the expression on Father Zheng's face was surprisingly calm, but the words that came out of his mouth made the two young boys and girls present stunned.

"Ahh......h

"Didn't your doll tell you that if you have something to talk to the guests, let's go up first and make some room for the two of them, huh?"

It doesn't look like the coldness on the surface, when talking to Zheng Xiujing, Zheng's father's tone has obviously become much gentler, and there seems to be a hint of pampering in his small eyes, quietly staring at his little daughter who frowned and wanted to speak after hearing his words.

was looked at by her father like this, and somehow, the courage that Zheng Xiujing had just mustered up in her heart gradually weakened, but she turned her head to look at him who was still holding her arm by her mother, and muttered unwillingly: "Abba, no matter what...... It's rude for a puppet mother to treat a guest like this, isn't it? Even if there is something to say...... That's not what you said, is it?"

Hearing the girl speak for himself, he couldn't help but move slightly at this time, and looked at Father Zheng with anticipation in his eyes.

However, what was unexpected again was that after feeling the gaze he cast at him, Father Zheng turned his head and glanced at him as if he were nothing, and then his eyebrows twitched on the middle-aged face with more rigid facial features, and his expression seemed to suddenly become vivid.

The original faint cold color between the eyebrows turned into a light smile at the corner of his mouth, which looked a little meaningful.

It seemed that in an instant, the unkind sense of distance emanating from Dad Zheng disappeared.

"This thing...... Your doll knows it herself, so let's leave it alone. Let's go. ”

Blinked at him with a rather strange look, and as he spoke, Father Zheng suddenly raised a hand and patted him on the other shoulder inexplicably in the stunned gaze of the two teenagers and girls.

The strength is neither light nor heavy, like the encouragement of the elders to the younger generations.

After it was over, Father Zheng finally glanced to the side, and looked at his wife who was still drunk and holding the young man's arm with a faint expression of crying and laughing.

"Let's drink less. ”

Mother Zheng raised her head drunkenly, looked at her husband with beautiful eyes, and immediately smiled sweetly, nodded at Father Zheng very obediently, and said, "Hmm~~"

At that time, he didn't understand what Dad Zheng's eyes meant when he looked at him, and it wasn't until a long time later that he understood that Dad Zheng's eyes at that time were both greeting and ...... Show empathy for yourself.

"Ahh

"Okay, okay, obedient, eh? It should only take a while. ”

Even if she was still full of unwillingness, in the face of her parents' rigid and soft attitude, Zheng Xiujing had no choice but to puff out her mouth in frustration after puffing out her mouth.

Fortunately, after such a small episode, Zheng's mother seemed to be a little sober, and after frowning and raising her hand to rub her hair, she looked at the three people in front of her, smiled, and let go of the hands holding his arm.

Before following her father upstairs, Zheng Xiujing deliberately pulled him aside and explained to him very worriedly: "OPPA, my doll mother, I used to be a gymnast. ”

“…… So?" he rubbed his shoulders with palpitations, he looked back at Mama Zheng, who was dragged back to the sofa in the living room by Dad Zheng, and suddenly didn't understand.

"So—"

Zheng Xiujing looked at him with a depressed face and said, "She used to drink a lot, and she only got in touch with it after she retired." Now, do you understand what I mean?"

As soon as he said this, his face was stunned for a moment, and immediately showed a strange look of understanding.

In other words, Zheng's mother basically never touched alcohol when she was young, so it is basically conceivable how much she drank alcohol.

"In my house, we didn't dare to let my mom drink because she got drunk so easily......! Moreover, when you get drunk, you will also have the various situations that you see now. ”

Zheng Xiujing's words made the corners of his mouth glow with a faint wry smile, and then he heard the girl tell him seriously: "So, OPPA, wait a minute, you absolutely, absolutely don't let my doll mother drink anymore, otherwise, I don't know what will happen to her." ”

"Uh......"

Subconsciously looked back at the beer cans on the table in the living room, he hesitated, but still smiled slightly bitterly, and said to the girl, "I...... Try your best, right?"

……

After Father Zheng and Zheng Xiujing went upstairs, the living room, which was still a little lively, suddenly became deserted.

"That...... What exactly do you have to tell me?"

Looking at Zheng's mother, who had returned to the sofa, he stood in front of the staircase and hesitated for a while, thought about it, or straightened out the emoji, and took the lead in asking.

"Uh-huh?"

There was a light response in his ears that was still so confused.

Then he saw the mature and beautiful figure in the living room turn around, squint at himself, and blink a few times, and then suddenly remembered something, opened his red lips and said lightly, clapped his hands, and said, "Yes, yes...... Xiaoyu, I have something to tell you. ”

"What's the matter?" he replied with a wry smile, now he only wanted to finish the matter quickly and go home, as for the follow-up, it would be better to wait for this aunt to wake up.

"Xiaoyu~~"

"Yes...... Say it. ”

"Come to live in my house~~"

"Yes...... Uh-huh?"

When he heard this, he was immediately stunned, and looked at Zheng's mother who turned around and lay on the back of the sofa in the living room, blushing and smiling.

All of a sudden, he didn't know what to say.

"Hey~~Let's live together~~ Xiujing, I'm going back to China next year, although I will go with me, but I always feel that the house here is too lonely. Xiaoyu, aren't you the same? I don't feel at ease sharing a house with others, so I live alone and alone, and I look really pitiful...... So, come to my house?

It was rare to say such words clearly, although the tone was still very childish, but Zheng's mother's words did make him hesitate and ponder.

He didn't expect that this compatriot aunt would bring up the old matter again at this time, and he felt a little caught off guard in his heart.

However, after thinking alone for a while, he looked up at Zheng's mother who was still staring at him with wide eyes, in the end, or in the other party's eyes full of anticipation, he smiled helplessly, shook his head at her and said: "You have mentioned this suggestion to me before, and I am very grateful that you have been able to make this suggestion to me again and again, but...... I don't think it's quite right. ”

"Oh, no!

Sure enough, as soon as she heard what he said, Zheng's mother, who was still in a drunken state, was like a little girl, with a flush on her face, she straightened up and stared at him angrily, and a white and slender hand smashed the soft sofa cushion hard.

"That's because ......"

Feeling a headache, he looked around with his eyes, and finally landed on the beer cans on the table in the living room, his eyes lit up slightly, and he immediately said: "Because, because of my family, I can't live with people who drink!"

Yes, that's the reason!

I don't care how perfunctory this excuse sounds, in the face of Zheng's mother, who is obviously not in a normal state at the moment, in order to get out quickly, he has no choice but to make this decision, hoping to temporarily fool this elder who is unable to deal with it.

However, what happened next, like many of what happened today, was greatly unexpected by him—

After hearing his words, the drunken mother Zheng seemed stunned.

Then, blinking her eyes and blushing cheeks, she turned her head to look at the small pile of beer cans on the table behind her, and made a somewhat stunned gesture.

She stepped back from the couch and hid the beer cans under the table one by one.

That's right, hidden under the table.

Then, she turned around, wrinkled her nose at him who was a little stunned, and said seriously: "I didn't drink~~"

“……”

Unconsciously opened his mouth, to be honest, after seeing Zheng's mother at first glance, his heart was really a little ...... for a moment An inexplicable soft feeling.

But.

After taking a deep breath, he quickly sorted out his mood that was a little messy, and he was about to say something to Zheng's mother again.

As a result, at this moment, Zheng's mother, who was standing behind the sofa, suddenly said another sentence, which made the words that had just come to his mouth stop......

"And Xiujing, that kid...... It's also very lonely, Xiaoyu, before you...... Do you feel it?"