Before getting off work, Jiang Yao received a call from Zhang Shimei. She was still angry in her heart, and although she pressed the answer button, she only listened quietly and did not speak.

"Yaoyao." Zhang Shimei softened her voice and called her, "Are you off work at half past five?" Without waiting for Jiang Yao to respond, she said to herself: "Don't you like to drink my stewed soup the most, I went to the vegetable market at noon to buy an old hen, and now it is still stewed on the stove, just when you come back from work." ”

Jiang Yao listened to what she said, her heart softened, thinking that she was taking the opportunity to ease the relationship, the corners of her mouth involuntarily raised, and said, "My work has been done, and I should be able to leave work on time today." ”

Zhang Shimei also laughed when she heard her say this, "Okay, then I'll fry two more dishes you like tonight, remember to come back early." ”

Jiang Yao answered without suspicion, and after hanging up the phone, he began to pack his things, secretly looking forward to chatting with Zhang Shimei about Zhou Zheng in the evening.

After work, she followed the flow of people and squeezed onto the subway.

At this time, Zhou Zheng was the busiest, but he was still busy replying to Jiang Yao's WeChat.

Jiang Yao: "My mother's anger seems to have disappeared a lot, and she stewed chicken soup for me today." ”

Zhou Zheng: "That's good. ”

Jiang Yao: "I'm going to tell her about the two of us again, otherwise it won't work to delay like this." We are in a normal relationship, and we are not interested in the underground set. ”

Zhou Zheng stared at the sentence she had just sent, and his heart was sweet, but he still said worriedly: "Auntie finally lost her anger, what if she makes her unhappy again?" Why don't you wait two days? I can go to your house first and get acquainted with each other, and then mention it when she doesn't reject me so much. ”

Jiang Yao thought for a while, and finally said, "I'll act when the opportunity arises later." Don't worry about me. ”

When Zhou Zheng saw her say this, he also said, "Okay." ”

Nearly an hour later, Jiang Yao stood at the door of her house. She raised her hand and knocked on the door, a relaxed smile on her face.

There was a click, and the door opened.

She looked up, followed the door panel that moved a little, and finally saw the face that was revealed, the smile gradually faded, and she frowned, "Why are you here?" ”

The person standing inside the door was Goofy, whom he hadn't seen in a few days.

He smiled, took a step back, and let Jiang Yao into the house, "Auntie called me to dinner, and said that she had something to tell me." ”

Jiang Yao stared at him for a few seconds, and when he saw his natural expression, he panicked first. She pinched the fingers hanging by her side, pursed her lips and walked in, ignoring him, searching for Zhang Shimei's figure in the room.

Zhang Shimei came out with a plate of dishes from the kitchen, wiped her hands on her apron after putting it on the dining table, turned to Jiang Yao and said, "What are you doing stupidly?" Gao Fei came here more than an hour ago, and after waiting for you for so long, I don't want to talk to them soon. ”

Jiang Yao took a deep breath, even if she was as dull as her, she understood Zhang Shimei's plan. She moved her lips before she called out, "Mom......"

Zhang Shimei glared at her, stopped her from continuing, and gave her a look to let her into the kitchen.

Jiang Yao reluctantly shut up.

Zhang Shimei smiled at Gao Fei, who had been standing aside, and greeted him: "Xiao Gao, you watch TV for a while, and Auntie can fry two more dishes to start the meal." ”

Gao Fei didn't seem to see Jiang Yao's emotion from the moment he entered the door, and nodded, "Do you need my help?" ”

How could Zhang Shimei let him really work, so he hurriedly refused, and said with a smile: "No, just have Jiang Yao to help me." ”

Goofy smiled and nodded, and walked towards the couch in the living room.

Jiang Yao followed Zhang Shimei into the kitchen, and as soon as the door closed, she immediately asked, "Mom, why did Gao Fei come to my house?" ”

Zhang Shimei started the fire trouble, held a spatula in one hand, and said disapprerovitically: "What's wrong with letting him come to the house for a meal?" ”

"Is it just a simple meal?" Jiang Yao bit her lip, her eyes were a little moist, "What I said last night was serious, don't force me." ”

Zhang Shimei poured oil into the pot and glanced at her distractedly, her eyes were critical and disgusted, "What I said last night was also serious." A man like Zhou Zheng is not worthy of being my son-in-law at all, you remember to cooperate with me later, otherwise don't blame me for doing anything to embarrass you. ”

"So all the words you called in the afternoon and said that you specially stewed chicken soup for me and waited for me to come back were all false?" Jiang Yao laughed self-deprecatingly, raised her hand and wiped her eyes.

"This dish is only eaten by the three of us, where is it not made for you?" Zhang Shimei said this impatiently and didn't care about her, skillfully wielding the spatula in her hand.

Ten minutes later, Zhang Shimei commanded Jiang Yao to bring the dishes out.

When Jiang Yao finally came in to serve dinner, she gave her a warning look and signaled her not to say the wrong thing later.

The three of them sat down, Zhang Shimei handed the bottled drink to Jiang Yao, a little annoyed that she didn't have eyesight, "Xiao Gao can't drink when he comes by car, you pour a glass of juice for others." ”

Jiang Yao lowered her eyes and didn't move, but Gao Fei next to her half got up and took the initiative to take the orange juice, "Auntie, I'll just come by myself, I don't need to see the outside like this." ”

Zhang Shimei saw that instead of being angry, he was still a little protective of Jiang Yao, so she became more and more satisfied, and kept beckoning him to eat.

The two talked a few words from time to time, because Zhang Shimei was shallow and had never seen much of the world, so the topic thrown out of her mouth was nothing more than the shortcomings of her parents. Gao Fei didn't show an impatient look, and coaxed Zhang Shimei to be happy the whole time.

Halfway through the meal, Zhang Shimei put down her chopsticks and smiled at Gao Fei: "Xiao Gao, I know that Yaoyao was confused and told you something that shouldn't be said two days ago. In fact, Yaoyao doesn't have any boyfriend at all...... We have been urging her to be tight lately, and she has come up with this method to send us away. You also know that Lao Jiang and I have always been worried about her marriage, and Auntie sees that the two of you can talk well, so I called you over today to make it clear, so as not to cause misunderstanding......" Speaking of this, she turned her eyes to Jiang Yao's side, hoping that she could say a few words.

Gao Fei raised his eyebrows and looked at her as well, as if waiting for her to make a statement.

In addition to silence, no one responded to Zhang Shimei.

Zhang Shimei frowned, secretly kicked Jiang Yao under the table, and urged: "Yaoyao, Mom was right just now, right?" ”

Jiang Yao raised her head slowly, with a blank face, but when the words came to her mouth, she swallowed them back, only moved her throat, and said "um" lightly.

Goofy retracted his gaze thoughtfully and laughed, "That's good, so I can pursue Yaoyao again." ”

"yes." Zhang Shimei happily agreed, "Young people have more contact with each other, even if they can't fall in love, everyone can be friends." Your mother and I are also old colleagues, so we should be closer to each other. ”

Goofy pursed his lips noncommittally.

Jiang Yao quietly clenched the chopsticks in her hand, lowered her head again, pursed her lips, and her eyes were gloomy.

002 A chance to get close to her

Sending Gao Fei away, Zhang Shimei's anger that she had endured throughout the whole process finally broke out. She walked to the dining table with a cold face, glared at Jiang Yao condescendingly, pointed at her and scolded, "Who are you looking at?" I finally managed to fly high, and that's how you lost my face? ”

Jiang Yao raised her head, and before she could speak, tears flowed down her eyes.

Zhang Shimei showed an irritated look, "Since I was a child, I have been so cautious about admitting death." Mom did all this for your own good, I didn't expect you to hate me. She muttered in a low voice, "What a white-eyed wolf that can't be raised." ”

Jiang Yao caught the last three words in her ear, her back trembled, and she stood up for a while to express her wishes, "I don't want to be with Gao Fei." ”

Zhang Shimei sneered and was about to speak, but saw Jiang Yao walking towards the door without looking back.

She hurriedly chased after her and asked, "Where are you going?" ”

Jiang Yao didn't answer her, she didn't even change her shoes, she picked up her shoulder bag and opened the door.

Zhang Shimei was so angry that she almost jumped up, "It's the opposite!" You're going to turn the world upside down, aren't you? And you want to learn the runaway from home for me?! ”

Jiang Yao's hand holding the doorknob stiffened, but after only a moment, she strengthened her determination, and finally chose to step out.

"Yaoyao......" Zhang Shimei stared at the door in disbelief, not understanding how her always obedient daughter could disobey her so much for a man.

Jiang Yao walked on the side of the street, thinking of the current situation, she felt more and more aggrieved, and endured it again and again, before she reluctantly held back her tears.

She stopped, took out her mobile phone and flipped out Zhou Zheng's phone number, but immediately hesitated the moment she dialed out.

You can't call him, you can't let him worry about it.

Thinking so, Jiang Yao exited the dialing interface and called Lin Jiayi instead.

As soon as the phone rang, after a period of silence, she forced a smile and said: "Jiayi, I ran away from home and asked to be taken in." ”

Half an hour later, Jiang Yao and Jiang Zilin appeared at Lin Jiayi's house one after another.

At the entrance, Jiang Zilin changed her slippers, her eyes indicated the direction of the living room, and asked Lin Jiayi in a low voice: "I didn't make it clear on the phone, what's wrong with her?" ”

"She has been drinking since she came, as if Aunt Zhang came, dissatisfied with her and Zhou Zheng's affairs, and wanted the two of them to break up."

The two of them walked towards the sofa in the living room together.

Jiang Yao sat on the blanket and drank a can of beer in her hand. Seeing Jiang Zilin coming in, she beckoned to her and squeezed out a smile, "Zilin, come here." ”

Jiang Zilin walked over and sat next to her, "Did you quarrel with Auntie?" ”

Jiang Yao thought that Zhang Shimei had been in conflict since she came to Nancheng, and shook her head with a wry smile, "I had a hopeful quarrel with her yesterday, and I stopped arguing after finding that she couldn't make sense at all." The result of not making noise was that she ran away from home.

Lin Jiayi also sat down next to the two, and the three of them formed a small circle.

Jiang Zilin once pieced together her impression of Zhang Shimei from Jiang Yao's words, like many elders, she hopes that her children are good, so she is inevitably stricter. So she comforted Jiang Yao and said: "Auntie is just angry, and when this period of time passes, her anger should disappear." ”

"yes." Lin Jiayi also said: "After all, Zhou Zheng is far from the conditions of the son-in-law in her mind, and it is normal to be difficult to accept it for a while." Parents want their children to be well, so there is no overnight feud. ”

"It's not ......" Jiang Yao shook her head again and again, and hiccuped, "She just dislikes Zhou Zheng and looks down on him." I now know very well in my heart that as long as Zhou Zheng doesn't buy a house in Nancheng for a day and doesn't have his own car for a day, my mother will never be able to admit him. Thinking of what happened at the dinner table tonight, her nose was sore, and she couldn't hold back crying anymore, "We just had a fight last night, and she called me this afternoon and said she was going to stew chicken soup for me." I thought she wanted to reconcile with me, but who knew that when I went back, I found Goofy at home...... She asked Gao Fei to come over without telling me, and told him that I had cheated on him before, and I didn't have a boyfriend at all, so let me spend some time with him to see ......"

Jiang Zilin and Lin Jiayi glanced at each other, and then realized that the situation was more complicated than they thought.

"Don't cry." Jiang Zilin sighed, turned around and hugged Jiang Yao, and coaxed softly.

"It's easy to solve Goofy." Lin Jiayi suddenly spoke.

When Jiang Yao heard her say this, she quickly stopped crying and looked up at her from Jiang Zilin's arms.

Lin Jiayi continued: "But if you go one high fly, there will be a second one. The problem between you and Zhou Zheng is not because of Gao Fei, but because of Auntie's attitude. Yaoyao, you should know it very well in your heart. ”

Jiang Yao was stunned for a moment, and a deep despair soon surged up in her heart.

"So what should I do?" She looked at Jiang Zilin and Lin Jiayi helplessly.

"Let's find a way to ease your relationship with your aunt for the time being." Jiang Zilin said: "I will see people's hearts for a long time. After a long time, the aunt will find Zhou Zheng's good. ”

Lin Jiayi nodded beside her. There's no way around it.

"Where's Goofy?" Jiang Yao hurriedly said: "My mother only said that to Gao Fei at night, and she now wishes that I would stick to Gao Fei every day." ”

"It's easy." Lin Jiayi smiled, her usual sharp eyebrows and eyes were only soft when facing Jiang Zilin and Jiang Yao, "Just find a man with better conditions than Gao Fei as a shield." ”

"But ......," Jiang Yao hesitated.

Lin Jiayi glanced at Jiang Zilin, "This kind of thing must be done by a reliable person." ”

"Do you have someone in mind?" Jiang Zilin squinted.

Lin Jiayi reached out and lightly tapped the tip of Jiang Yao's nose, and said with a smile: "I think Li Jiaran can be qualified for this role." ”

"Li Jiaran?" Jiang Yao's mouth opened wide in surprise. Li Jiaran is so good, pretending to be her suitor, is this too much fun?

After thinking about it, Jiang Zilin also nodded approvingly, "He is indeed good." ”

Jiang Yao looked at Jiang Zilin, then at Lin Jiayi, and when she saw that they all said so, she suffocated the last doubt in her heart back into her stomach.

Lin Jiayi took the beer can in her hand, patted her on the shoulder, got up and said, "Okay, if the matter is settled, go to sleep for me obediently." Zilin, you still have to discuss this matter with him, my current identity is not very convenient. If he's not too happy to help, ask someone else. ”

"Okay."

Because it was Jiang Zilin's call, Li Jiaran responded directly without thinking about it, and joked with Jiang Zilin with a smile, "No problem, as long as you help me with a few kind words from Jiang Gugu, don't exploit me, just give me twenty-nine days of vacation a month." ”

Jiang Zilin laughed, and then said seriously: "Thank you." ”

She knew that with Li Jiaran's identity, it was not very simple to do this, and if it was not done well, it would have a certain impact on himself.

Li Jiaran exclaimed, "Thanks? What is there to thank for this little thing! But if you have to invite me to eat Japanese food from that small town in the north of the city, I'm too embarrassed to refuse. ”

Jiang Zilin laughed out loud and immediately said, "Okay, make an appointment, you can order as much as you like." ”

"Thank you, hostess!"