24. I'll help you
After dinner, the dining table was in a mess, but Zhao Yan, Chen Jinhui and Xia Shanghou didn't have the idea of taking the initiative to clean up the dishes and chopsticks, put down the chopsticks and sat directly in the living room, and began to make tea and smoke.
She seemed to be used to it, and quietly cleaned up the dishes and chopsticks alone.
When he came out of the bathroom, he saw this scene and couldn't help but walk to the dining table and silently help.
She probably felt embarrassed, and hurriedly reached out and pressed his wrist, "You better go and sit, I'm just here alone." ”
He said seriously, "It's okay, I'll help you." ”
Over there, Xia Shanghou saw him helping, and hurriedly shouted, "Brother Xiao Cheng, come and sit, Xiao Jiang is very capable, she can clean up the kitchen by herself." ”
However, he wanted to help. He couldn't get used to seeing a group of men sitting on the sidelines smoking and drinking tea, leaving her busy cleaning the table and cleaning the dishes and chopsticks.
He shook his head and made an excuse and said, "I just had enough to eat, and I want to do some housework standing up." ”
But where would Xia Shanghou allow him to do this, he walked over from the living room and put his arm around his shoulders and said, "What do you say, a young master is washing dishes at my friend's house, if this matter spreads, it will not be you who will be ashamed, but me." I don't dare to snub you, brother. ”
He frowned, unmoved, still trying to help her.
Xia Shanghou really couldn't understand why Ding Cheng had to be so stubborn at this time, he whispered, "Brother Xiao Cheng, don't mess around, Zhao Yan didn't even think about helping Xiao Jiang, what are you making a fuss here?" It's hard to guarantee that Zhao Yan won't think much about it. ”
She didn't know if she heard Xia Shanghou's whisper, she also turned her head to look at him, and said with a smile, "I have been washing dishes since I was a child, and tonight's dishes are just a trivial matter for me, you don't have to worry too much, after all, you are a guest." ”
He slowly lowered the bowl in his hand.
His enthusiasm for helping was extinguished by Xia Shanghou's words. Yes, her boyfriend didn't feel sorry for her tiredness, and he was an outsider who cared so much about whether she was tired or not, which seemed suspicious to anyone.
He whispered, "That's hard work for you." ”
She still smiled quietly and shyly and said, "I said, these dishes are just a small meaning, you go and sit down." ”
He looked at her lowered white stamina, couldn't say anything, and only felt uncomfortable in his heart.
Even if he wants to be good to her, he has no qualifications to be good to her.
After that, he sat in the living room with Xia Shanghou, he was absent-minded all the time, he didn't smoke, he didn't drink, occasionally listened to them, interjected a sentence or two, but his attention was more on her.
She is very busy, and she does all kinds of chores by herself. By the time everything was done, it was almost an hour later.
But after she was done, she didn't have time to sit down and drink a cup of tea, but went to the balcony to collect and dry her clothes.
In this process, Zhao Yan had no idea of taking the initiative to help at all, he smoked very leisurely, chatting with Chen Jinhui and Xia Shanghou about the things in their circle, it can be seen that usually, all the things in this house are done by her alone.
In an instant, the distressed emotion in his heart arose, mixed with a bit of anger, and he couldn't help but ask in a stiff tone, "Is the housework in this house all done by Xiao Jiang alone?" ”
After he asked this question, Xia Shanghou and the others all looked at him with strange eyes.
Only then did he realize his gaffe, so he slowed down and added, "I just saw her busy by herself, and I thought she was quite tired." ”