Chapter 11: An Unexpected Dinner
"That's the case, my uncle and aunt can't find it here, I'm afraid they will get lost, so I drove them over." Ma Xiaoyun saw the strange look on Huo Jingwei's face and explained urgently.
"Yes, it's all thanks to Xiaoyun, a kid, who is so considerate and thoughtful for us." Meiling's mother said.
"That's what I'm supposed to do." Ma Xiaoyun replied with a smile: "Since I have sent you here on time, I should also leave, so as not to disturb your meal." β
She said this and politely said goodbye to a few people.
"Hey, Xiaoyun, since you're already here, let's eat together." Meiling's mother grabbed her.
"That's right, it's time to eat now, you go back, and you can do it slowly, just sit down and eat together, Boss Huo won't care about such a meal." Meiling's father also helped.
Ma Xiaoyun hesitated and glanced at Huo Jingwei, the matter had come to this point, Huo Jingwei had no choice but to speak: "Since you are here, let's eat together." β
The waiter re-added the dishes and chopsticks, and Ma Xiaoyun sat next to Meiling's mother, that is, next to Huo Jingwei.
"Uncle and aunt are okay this time?" Huo Jingwei asked politely.
"Okay." Meiling's father politely agreed.
"We thought you were still abroad...... If Xiaoyun hadn't called us, we wouldn't have known that you had already returned to China, and even Xiaoyun had returned to China. Meiling's mother followed suit.
"Well, I've been back here for a while, but I'm too busy to come and see you."
"It's been gone for ten years......"
"Yes, ten years."
It's been 10 years...... At the table, there was a sudden silence. Although everyone has come out of Meiling's sadness back then, now sitting together again, I have somewhat recalled a little bit of the original incident.
"Time flies...... I feel like it happened yesterday......" Ma Xiaoyun replied faintly.
"yes, time flies so fast...... "Meiling's mother also sighed.
Huang Ruirui sat at Wang Qiuling's place for a while, anyway, Wang Qiuling's current husband is away from home on a long-term business trip, so there is not a lot of trouble.
"It's as if you're thoughtful, and you're a little absent-minded." Wang Qiuling, a little woman, was still careful, and she could see at a glance that something was wrong with Huang Ruirui.
Huang Ruirui shook her head with a smile: "It's okay, I just thought of a little thing in the company." β
"Don't lie to your mother, frankly, did you have trouble with Xiao Huo?" Wang Qiuling asked worriedly. Since Huang Ruirui came here alone and Huo Jingwei was not accompanied, she faintly guessed in this regard.
"Nothing." Huang Ruirui smiled and comforted Wang Qiuling: "I have a good relationship with him now, but he has other entertainment now, and he doesn't have time to accompany ......me for the time being."
"Alas, I hope I'm overthinking, Xiao Huo's conditions in all aspects are too good...... I'm always worried that things aren't going to be smooth sailing for you......"
Huang Ruirui smiled, it is true that there was no smooth sailing between her and Huo Jingwei, didn't she have to marry someone else for a while.
patted Wang Qiuling's hand and signaled her to be relieved: "You don't have to think too much, maybe it won't be smooth sailing between me and him, but I believe that Jingwei is sincere, and similarly, I am also sincere, we will work together to deal with all the storms ahead......"
"But ......" Wang Qiuling opened her mouth, not knowing whether to say that Huang Ruirui was too naΓ―ve or what, the two really want to live for a lifetime, this is not a matter of two people, this is a matter involving two families.
However, she couldn't say it, and she didn't want to mention Huang Conggui at all, perhaps, subconsciously, everyone tried to be this person without zΓ i.
Since Huang Ruirui is a little restless now, she doesn't want to block Huang Ruirui anymore.
After talking casually for a while, Achen's phone caught up in time: "Huang Ruirui, the results of the investigation you want have been clarified." β
"So fast?" Huang Ruirui was overjoyed, she didn't expect that Ah Chen would get the result so quickly, it seems that Huo Jingwei has always relied on him, and there are many special things for him to deal with, and he really should be.
"Except for the few classmates who are not in the city, I have almost checked the other students." Achen exhaled heavily: "You want to check, if you really don't check wrong." β
These words seemed too heavy, and the suffocating sense of powerlessness hit Huang Ruirui a little: "What do you mean, between Ma Xiaoyun and Meiling?" β
"Yes, all the classmates basically assert that during the study period, Ma Xiaoyun and Meiling were not particularly good." Achen told the result.
Huang Ruirui was stunned for a while, although she had heard such a little thing at school earlier, but if someone really came to confirm it, she was still a little out of breath.
"What's wrong with you?" Achen asked urgently on the other end of the phone.
"It's nothing, Achen, you drive first, come here to pick me up." Huang Ruirui didn't want to discuss with Achen on the phone, she got up from the sofa, hurriedly said goodbye to Wang Qiuling, and went downstairs.
Soon, Achen drove the car and parked downstairs, Huang Ruirui pulled the car door and pulled Achen excitedly: "What you went to investigate, are you sure it is true, you didn't lie to me?" β
Ah Chen glanced at the placket of her tightly pulled shirt and said, "It's true." β
Huang Ruirui was a little incoherent with excitement: "Achen, this means, Ma Xiaoyun and Meiling are not so good, so they are not a close friend...... Should we understand that she deliberately pretended to be good friends with Meiling in order to get close to Jingwei? β
"I feel that way too...... Since everyone said that the relationship between the two was not so good, she insisted that she and Meiling were excellent best friends......" Achen expressed his doubts.
"Hmm...... Let's not get excited, let's sort out this idea first......" Huang Ruirui gently stroked her hair, pinning the lock of hair hanging in front of her ear behind her ear.
Achen looked at her and couldn't help but raise her eyebrows, is she excited here? He is used to investigating things, and there are often things that are often reversed, so why is he so excited everywhere.
"We can imagine that Jingwei was very autistic back then, and he didn't care about anything other than Meiling...... Then this Ma Xiaoyun, in order to get close to Jingwei, deliberately approached Meiling and pretended to be a good friend, so that she would have the opportunity to contact Jingwei all day long. Huang Ruirui reasoned excitedly, and linked all the files from the Ministry of Personnel to a piece: "Later, Meiling died, Jingwei was discouraged, and went abroad, Ma Xiaoyun followed and chased after her, and now Jingwei has returned to China, and Ma Xiaoyun has returned to China again?" β
Reasoning to this, her eyes are about to become star eyes, if she is really Detective Xiao Ruirui, she can reason out such a profound question.
"What do you mean, Ma Xiaoyun has always had a crush on Huo Shao?" Achen stretched out his hand and unconsciously touched his chin, thinking about the possibility of this.
"It must be so, I have to talk to Jingwei." Huang Ruirui was so excited that she was about to call Huo Jingwei, but then she thought that Huo Jingwei should be having dinner with Meiling's parents at this time.
"Why don't we wait for him outside the restaurant where he eats?" Huang Ruirui carefully mentioned yì.
Achen glanced at her, she said she was going, could he object? He still has to be careful with her.
Otherwise, she will have a headache, and it is estimated that this time, Huo Shao must carry the head himself to make compensation.
The two parked the car outside the restaurant where Huo Jingwei was eating, and just like that, they sat in the car, waiting for Huo Jingwei's dinner to end.
After waiting for more than an hour, the time had already pointed to past ten o'clock in the evening, Huang Ruirui yawned, and secretly thought that Huo Jingwei's dinner time was really long enough, Huo Jingwei's tall and straight figure finally appeared in front of the hotel, and the two old men who were with him, no need to guess, were also Meiling's parents.
It's just that...... Why is Ma Xiaoyun also here, just to accompany Meiling's parents to eat, why is Ma Xiaoyun also here.
Huang Ruirui sat in the car, her eyes didn't blink, she just stared at the four people over there, Huo Jingwei didn't mention that she was going to be invited to dinner.
"Don't be so nervous, it's just a meal." Achen was on the side, saying coolly.
He was really afraid that Huang Ruirui's character, if he remembered that something was wrong, he would jump out of the car and make noise with Huo Jingwei.
"No nervousness...... It's just that I confirm that Ma Xiaoyun is interested in Jingwei. Huang Ruirui smiled.
Looking at the few people over there saying goodbye, Ma Xiaoyun drove Meiling's parents back, Huo Jingwei was about to turn around and drive his car, Achen sat in the car and pressed the horn lightly.
Listening to the sound of the horn, Huo Jingwei turned around, and naturally saw Achen's car clearly.
After a moment's hesitation, he walked over with a steady step.
"Jingwei." Huang Ruirui called him through the car window.
This time, Huo Jingwei was even more surprised, he didn't expect that Ah Chen would drive the car outside the door where he was eating, and he didn't expect that Huang Ruirui was also sitting in this car - this means, the two waited for him outside the door for a long time.
"You've been here?" He asked in a deep voice.
"It's not a long ......," Huang Ruirui hurriedly avoided the serious.
"Have you had dinner?" Huo Jingwei raised his wrist and looked at the time, he was really worried, the two of them had been waiting here stupidly, and they hadn't even eaten dinner.
"I've eaten ......," Huang Ruirui replied.
"Haven't eaten yet...... Achen replied.
So Huo Jingwei opened the car door, unceremoniously, and pulled Achen out of the car: "Then you go to find something to eat yourself." After handing Ah Chen a few large bills, he slammed the car door shut.
"What do you want to eat at night?" After a pause, he asked Huang Ruirui.
The atmosphere at the banquet just now has been very depressing, although Meiling's two elders have long since come out of the pain of losing their daughter, but he is still guilty, especially Ma Xiaoyun During the banquet, he always wants to mention some interesting things about the year, which makes him even more guilty, but he can't tell Ma Xiaoyun to shut up and don't mention the past.
Is it true that you are selfish to this point, or is your heart so weak that you can't even tolerate others mentioning your old friend?