Chapter Twenty-Seven: Returning Home for the New Year
The New Year is coming in three days, and Li Yuanming is finally on vacation. When he got up in the morning, he casually asked Luo Xinyi while getting dressed: "Do you want to go home for the New Year!"
Luo Xinyi smiled faintly: "I don't have a home." ”
This sentence made Li Yuanming stunned, since they had been dating for so long, Luo Xinyi had never said anything about her family in front of him, he should have thought that there must be some problems in her family.
He sat apologetically on the edge of the bed and held Luo Xinyi's hand: "I'm sorry, Xinyi." ”
But Luo Xinyi smiled disapprehantly: "It's okay, I've long been used to life without a home." "Mother's home, when that nightmare afternoon passed, she will never set foot in this life; Father has his own home, and she is no longer the little girl who looks at his little warmth; the only grandmother who really cares for her died in the year she went abroad; and the Yang family, which she once regarded as her home, she can never go back......
She has no home to return to......
Luo's favorite smile made Li Yuanming feel sad, girls in their twenties, many people are just children who have not grown up in front of their parents, but she said that she has long been used to living without a family, and she is thin and weak, in what kind of environment did she grow up lonely and helpless......
He involuntarily hugged her tightly, and his lips pressed against her forehead: "Xinyi, come home with me." ”
Luo Xinyi didn't answer, her heart was miserable, "Follow me home", Yang Xudong many years ago also said these four words to her, but in the end, she was still left alone in the desert......
Today, how long are these four words of Li Yuanming valid for......
On the afternoon before the Chinese New Year, Li Yuanming took Luo Xinyi home, and on the way, he told Luo Xinyi that his father was the vice president of a large company in the city, and his mother was the financial manager of that company. When he arrived downstairs at his house, Li Yuanming said to her again: "My parents will definitely like you very much." ”
This sentence is the fourth time that Li Yuanming has said it today, and if he says it too much, it has a bit of a taste of wanting to cover up, and Luo Xinyi slanders.
As it turned out, this was not Luo Xinyi's malicious speculation.
When Li Yuanming knocked on the door, there were small footsteps inside, and a happy voice sounded: "It's Yuanming and Zhimeng who are back." ”
Luo Xinyi's heart jumped, Li Yuanming looked at her a little embarrassed, and he immediately turned to the person who came out: "Mom, this is my girlfriend, Luo Xinyi." ”
The warm voice immediately disappeared, and a barely smiling face appeared at the door, it was a woman in her fifties, the shrewdness on her face was obvious.
She almost glanced at Luo Xinyi from head to toe, and then said lightly, "Oh, please come in." ”
Although Luo Xinyi knew that she was not the kind of daughter-in-law who would like her mother-in-law at first sight, the dislike in the eyes of this future mother-in-law was too profound. Thinking of the "Zhimeng" in her mouth just now, I'm afraid that is the real daughter-in-law in her mind......
But Luo Xinyi still smiled politely: "Hello, aunt." ”
Entering the house, Mother Li symbolically beckoned her to sit, and then said that her kitchen was still busy, Luo Xinyi stood up and said to help, but Mother Li waved her hand: "How can I let the guests help!"
Luo Xinyi smiled and sat down, since others have emphasized that you are a guest so clearly, why don't you drink tea and do your duty as a guest. However, it seems that the courtesy of this hospitality is not thorough, and from the time she entered the door to the present, she has not even poured a glass of cold water.
The door of the study opened, Li Yuanming's father walked out, and Luo Xinyi hurriedly stood up: "Hello Uncle Li." ”
Li Yuanming also hurriedly introduced: "Dad, this is my favorite." ”
Father Li smiled, but Luo Xinyi felt his carelessness and dissatisfaction with her, after half a year in the company, Luo Xinyi has seen too many people of this kind, who seem to be entrepreneurs, but in fact they are official, and all the elegance and gentleness are just appearances. Sure enough, the speech was also very scene: "It's fun when Xiao Luo comes, I still have a lot of things to deal with, so I'll miss it first." ”
Even if you used to be a corporate executive, you are in the snub of the car and saddle in front of the door when you retire, so how can there be a lot of things to deal with! But Luo Xinyi's face still had the same smile: "Okay, uncle, if you have something to do, go and get busy." ”
When Li's father entered the study, Li Yuanming and Luo Xinyi were sitting on the sofa, he was a little apologetic, he didn't expect his parents to be like this.
"Xinyi......" Before he could say anything, Luo Xinyi took over his words: "Pour me a glass of water, Yuanming." She doesn't care about these, her biological parents can still ignore her, how much can she expect from other people's parents, not to mention that she will marry Li Yuanming in the future, not his parents, if they are good to her, she will naturally be good to them, if not, that is, they live their own lives, and she will come back less.
Li Yuanming stood up and went to pour water for Luo Xinyi, and as soon as the water was connected, Mother Li came out, and when she looked at the cup in Li Yuanming's hand, her face turned blue: "Oh, I didn't greet you just now, I'm going to make tea for you." ”
Luo Xinyi didn't expect that he originally wanted Li Yuanming to divert his attention and no longer care about his parents' attitude, but he poked a bigger basket, and his mother must have thought that she complained to Li Yuanming that she didn't greet her.
Fortunately, at this time, Father Li opened the door, and he called Yuanming: "Come in, I have something I want to talk to you about." ”
Li Yuanming glanced at Luo Xinyi in embarrassment, Luo Xinyi told him with his eyes that it was okay, and he turned around and went in.
Seeing that her son was not in front of her, Li's mother didn't even bother to deal with it, so she turned around and went into the kitchen. Luo Xinyi sat alone, helpless, she seemed to be frightened every step of the way in this home......
Li Yuanming looked unhappy when he came out, if he guessed correctly, he should be talking about his own business! Luo Xinyi thought, but she didn't say anything, she was not powerful and had a background, and she knew at a glance that she did not have the potential to become an entrepreneur's wife, and people like them would definitely not think that she was suitable to be a daughter-in-law.
Forget it, just simply cope with the previous day, and find an excuse to leave early after the New Year, here, not your home, and you don't have to expect to have a warm Spring Festival......
In her memory, the warmest Spring Festival was spent in the Yang family in her third year of high school......
What Luo Xinyi didn't expect was that more exciting programs were still waiting for her.
At ten o'clock that night, the doorbell of Li Yuanming's house was ringed, and Li's mother went to open the door with a happy face.
The door opened, Luo Xinyi heard Li's mother calling "Zhimeng" very affectionately, she couldn't help but be stunned, she turned her head to look at Li Yuanming, and he was also stunned. The person named Zhimeng had already come to them, and it was the woman who was with Li Yuanming that he saw in the mall that day. Wearing a short white fur jacket, skinny jeans and high-heeled boots, he is extravagant and playful.
When she came to them, she seemed to ignore Luo Xinyi, but Li Xiang Yuanming was coquettish: "Yuanming, why don't you call me when you go home!"
Luo Xinyi is silent, this woman's psychological quality is really good, she knows that Li Yuanming has brought other women home to meet her parents, and she can still be coquettish without changing her face and heartbeat.
Li Yuanming glanced at Luo Xinyi very embarrassedly, and it seemed that he didn't know what to say. Also, when encountering this kind of scene of new and old lovers getting together, normal men will be at a loss, Li Yuanming is not red-faced, and he can be regarded as calm after years of experience in society.
Luo Xinyi watched all this for a long time, anyway, she had been prepared for every step of the way since she entered the door, and now it was just another exciting drama. Now that the show has begun, she has to see where the climax is.
Li Yuanming is really not an ordinary person, after the initial helplessness passed, he stood up and introduced the two: "This is my girlfriend, Luo Xinyi." "Fortunately, she was introduced first, and there was finally a first-come, first-served arrival.
Then he introduced another woman: "This is Lin Zhimeng, my ex-wife. ”
Luo Xinyi has actually guessed the identity of the future by seven or eight points, Li's mother is looking forward to her going home for the New Year, and she is so enthusiastic, it seems that she spends the Spring Festival at his house every year, Li Yuanming is not a person who does not understand the proportions of men and women, and the person who can enter his family must be a woman who has talked about marriage or is about to talk about marriage. Therefore, Lin Zhimeng's identity did not arouse her surprise, but she was a little curious, why would a woman who was liked by her in-laws like this and still disconnected after divorcing her husband and sincere in love get divorced!
Lin Zhimeng heard Li Yuanming say the word "girlfriend" from the moment she heard her eyes burst into flames, and the flames were clearly visible. She knew Luo Xinyi, he was the woman who almost rushed out for her in the mall that day, and then left despite her crying at night. That was Li Yuanming, the first time she left her crying and left, Li Yuanming never wanted to see her cry before......
The three of them froze, no one spoke, and the air seemed to stop flowing.
Mother Li stood next to her, as if she was waiting for the development of the situation, it should be her who called Lin Zhimeng back, Luo Xinyi laughed mockingly in her heart, what, do you want to stage a husband-snatching drama!
It's a pity that such a drama has been experienced in her childhood, that day her mother pulled her stepmother's hair on the road at the door of their house, and scolded her hoarsely for being a vixen, and her father rushed up to pull her mother, and finally slapped her mother in a panic, her mother was stunned on the spot, watching her father pull her stepmother away, and finally reacted, sitting in the middle of the road with her hair scattered and crying, still not feeling relieved, and forcefully pulled Luo Xinyi, who was only eight years old at the time, and shouted to people who knew and didn't know in the past:" Look, this is his daughter, this wolf-hearted thing, this shameless vixen"......
That day, the eight-year-old stood in the middle of the road, the complicated eyes of the passers-by, maybe sympathy, maybe ridicule, maybe indifference, all that made Luo Xinyi dare not look up at other people's eyes for a long time afterward, whenever she saw other people's eyes, she seemed to return to that shameful intersection......
Therefore, Luo Xinyi, who matured quickly after experiencing that incident, once swore in her heart that no matter what day it was, even if the man she loved the most was with another woman, she would never become a shrew!
Therefore, today, some people's desire to watch a good show may not be realized!
She smiled and nodded at Lin Zhimeng, who was on the verge of anger: "Hello." ”
Lin Zhimeng was stunned, and told her on the phone from Li's mother that Li Yuanming had brought his girlfriend home, and she was ready on the way to drive over, and there would be a life-and-death battle today. But I didn't expect the opponent's opening remarks to be so calm, and even smiling.
She didn't know what to do all of a sudden, just like a martial arts master duel, your knife has been unsheathed, just waiting to see blood, but the other party leisurely picked up a peach blossom, smiled lightly and praised "good fragrance", ignoring you at all, that kind of feeling, more frustrating than being killed......
What made Lin Zhimeng even more frustrated happened, Luo Xinyi actually sat down and continued to watch TV after saying hello, as if she was just two visitors who had nothing to do with her, but just happened to visit the family at the same time.
Everyone in the room, including Father Li, who came out of the study when he heard the sound, was stunned. Although Li Yuanming's face did not change, his heart was also full of surprise, he thought that even if Luo Xinyi had always been quiet and quiet, at least he would be unhappy, but she seemed that all this had nothing to do with her......
He hesitated for a moment and sat down, Lin Zhimeng looked at Mother Li helplessly, the current situation, she was left to sing a one-man show......
Mother Li, like her, was powerless to deal with the development of the situation, and she didn't expect that Luo Xinyi's tricks against the enemy would be so unexpected......