Chapter 37: Mother's Visit
Kiyoko didn't call Seiko all night, and Seungchen just sent a message telling her not to come back to sleep tonight.
The next morning, when Kiyoko came to the office, Xingchen was already in front of her in high spirits.
"Have you eaten breakfast? I've got an extra one for you. Xingchen was still considerate, she knew that Kiyoko loved to sleep too lazy to buy breakfast.
"Thanks, but I just ate it this morning." I don't know why, Qingzi looked at Xingchen's good mood, and thought in her heart of what earth-shattering things would happen to An Ran and Xingchen last night.
At the regular meeting, Ou Muyang summarized his recent work and praised Qingzi in front of everyone, which surprised Qingzi very much, because she was neither the best nor the most diligent.
"There's a design competition next month, and I hope you can participate in it."
When Xingchen heard Ou Muyang announce the news, she was excited, although she knew that this competition was designed between several companies to stimulate the inspiration and motivation of designers, but the competition was very large, according to the good results of previous years, they were all occupied by large companies like Ryan and Misaku, but now she is also a member of Ryan and has learned a lot of knowledge, whether she wins awards or not, but she always believes that this time the results must be much better than in previous years.
"Kiyoko, are you going to participate this year?" Xingchen asked Kiyoko when she came out of the conference room, she knew that Kiyoko had never been interested in this, but she still asked habitually.
"Why don't you participate, what a rare opportunity to only hold it once every two years."
"Finally enlightened, then take advantage of the opportunity!"
In college, Xingchen had heard of this competition before, but the contestants were required to have more than one year of work experience, so most students did not have the opportunity to participate, and Xingchen began to work in various part-time jobs since her freshman year, plus she had been working in the three or four years of her junior year, so she was fortunate to qualify for the competition in her senior year, but the results were not ideal, this knot has been buried in her heart, hoping that the next time will come soon, so that she can show her talents.
After work, Xingchen still stayed in the company to work overtime, and she delayed a lot of work in the days when she participated in the training, and she wanted to make good use of the off-duty time to tidy up her work during this time. Qingzi walked out of the door after work alone and saw her mother, still carrying a bag in her hand, her mother rarely appeared here, could it be that she was here again, it was to hit her and Chen Xiaofei's "relationship", Qingzi felt irritated when she thought of this.
"Why are you alone? What about the stars? Mother asked.
"Overtime, is there something wrong?"
"It's okay, I just thought that you were busy with work and didn't have time to cook, so I boiled some soup and brought it to you."
"Oh!"
"Are you home now? You don't know how to cook, so I'll cook dinner for you, so you and Xingchen don't have to eat takeout, it's unhealthy to eat too much takeout. ”
Qingzi thought that since her mother was here, Xingchen would definitely not have time to cook overtime tonight, and the takeaway would definitely not be as good as her mother's food, so she agreed.
Kiyoko made a phone call to Xingchen to tell her about the situation and went home with her mother.
Xingchen didn't dare to work overtime until late after knowing that Kiyoko's mother was coming, and when she got home, Kiyoko's mother just came out of the kitchen, and there were already four dishes and one soup on the table, and Kiyoko's mother was rejected by Xingchen when she packed up her things and was ready to go home.
"Auntie, the rice is cooked, you and we will go back after eating, and we can't finish cooking so many dishes."
"No need, I'll just go back and eat."
"Why don't you use it, you came all the way to eat for us, and you go back to eat alone! Kiyoko ......" Xingchen was a little anxious when she looked at Kiyoko's indifferent appearance, she knew that Kiyoko's mother was waiting for Kiyoko's words.
"Since you're here, let's finish eating and go back, anyway, Dad isn't at home."
Kiyoko's mother stayed after listening to Kiyoko's words, and it was obvious that Kiyoko's mother was very happy.
"In the future, if you don't have time to cook, I will often come over to cook for you, so that you can have food after work......"
Qingzi didn't wait for her mother to finish speaking, and said, "Who is cooking for my dad when you come, and we don't feel comfortable at all when you come here, so you better stay at home with peace of mind!" ”
"Kiyoko, Auntie is also worried about you." Xingchen looked at Qingzi's very resistant look and hurriedly explained: "Auntie, don't worry, as long as I don't work overtime, I will cook at home, and it is hard for you to run back and forth like this, so you can take care of your uncle at home with peace of mind!" ”
Suddenly, there was a knock on the door, and before Seichen could react, Kiyoko's mother got up to open the door.
An Ran walked in with a bunch of materials, although Qingzi and Xingchen felt a little inexplicable, but Qingzi quickly went to the kitchen anyway and got a pair of dishes and chopsticks: "If you haven't eaten, let's eat together, it's rare that my mother will come over to cook for us tonight." ”
"Hello Auntie!" An Ran suddenly discovered that the woman who opened the door for him was Qingzi's mother.
"Yes! Qingzi's dishes and chopsticks are ready, if you don't come to eat, you won't give face to your aunt. Xingchen teased.
"Then you're welcome." An Ran put down the materials in his hand and walked to Xingchen and sat down: "I have prepared some design materials for you, which should be useful for this competition." ”
"Thank you! You're so careful. Kiyoko was so happy that she even had the illusion that these things were prepared for her by Enron.
"You also work at Ryan?" Kiyoko's mother asked.
"yes, it's even more coincidental that we're not just colleagues but also neighbors." Enron was even a little excited, he thought it was indeed a rare coincidence.
"It's rare to have such a fate, so you have to take care of each other." The mother said, but her eyes looked at Qingzi, and she could clearly feel that Qingzi's enthusiasm for this man was not at all like her attitude towards Chen Xiaofei.
And Kiyoko avoided her mother's eyes, obviously a little weak-hearted.
Xingchen ate silently beside her, of course, she didn't know what to say, as if tonight's meal was prepared for An Ran, she just happened to pass by and have a meal.
After dinner, Qingzi's mother really wanted to stay and leave after cleaning, but Qingzi "drove out" back, she really didn't want her mother to stay for one more second, then she would have more chances of being exposed in Enron, Chen Xiaofei's matter has not been resolved, she doesn't want to add another Enron.
Xingchen was busy cleaning up the kitchen in the kitchen, while Kiyoko and Enron sat on the sofa discussing the game. Although An Ran offered to help Xingchen, she refused.
Qingzi knew what An Ran was minding and explained: "We are all on duty in turns, she cooks and I wash the dishes, and today my mother comes to cook, she earns to wash the dishes, you are purely lucky to eat and drink." ”
"Why don't you learn two dishes next time and invite you to eat them?" Enron said.
"Good! I waited. ”
Xingchen came out of the kitchen after being busy and looked at them talking and laughing and couldn't bear to disturb and was about to go back to the room, when he heard An Ran's voice: "Xingchen, come over and I'll tell you the details of the information, I've already told Qingzi once." ”
"It's okay, I'll talk to her later." Kiyoko said
"Okay, then I'll go back first."
At night, Xingchen and Kiyoko are both lying in bed, turning off the lights but not sleepy at all.
Kiyoko was in a good mood tonight and asked, "If you like someone but you don't know if that person likes you or not, will you still chase after you?" ”
Xingchen understands Kiyoko's intentions, as a girl, should she be reserved and wait for the boy to pursue her, or go forward and chase after her, I don't know?
"You also know that whether it's Yang Xu or Zeyang, I can't tell whether it's me chasing him or him chasing me. But I don't think it matters who pursues whom, the important thing is that the two of them are happy and happy together. After a pause for a few seconds, Xingchen seemed to think of something again:
"You seem to have a little bit of a date with Chen Xiaofei recently! Did you quarrel? ”
"We're not in a relationship at all, Chen Xiaofei is just cooperating with me in a play, but ......"
"But did he really do the fake show or did you really do the fake show?"
"My parents don't agree, and I don't really do it."
"Did he really do it? Isn't he good? Why don't they agree? ”
"In their eyes, only the field is appropriate, but we don't ...... at all" Kiyoko wanted to say "no", but strangely enough, she thought of "that night" with the field, and many things happened unexpectedly, but it became the rule of life in a reasonable way.
"Didn't Tian Ye go abroad?" Xingchen was a little puzzled, but Tian Ye said that he probably wouldn't come back, could it be that Kiyoko's parents would let their only precious daughter go away?
"I know that he went abroad, but this is not the reason why my parents rejected him, and they also said that they are enthusiastic young people who pursue something and strive for their ideals......"
"But he said he might not come back to develop?"
He promised his parents to go abroad on a blind date, will his parents let him take root abroad? Xingchen, you're thinking too simply! ”
After listening to Kiyoko's words, Xingchen recalled Tian Ye's words: he really wanted to escape from this family, but his parents' "doting" on him made him a burden, and the only way to obey was his filial piety. Although Tian Ye usually looks like "idle" and "hanging", his attitude towards his family is serious and responsible, and he never expects his other half to achieve much, because in his eyes, becoming an accomplished woman is hard, busy, stubborn and terrible, just like his mother. In particular, he said that he hoped that his married life in the future would be to go to the supermarket with his wife and children to choose things, and live a life of vegetables, rice, oil and salt.
It's good to be simple and ordinary!
We are all often envious of what we don't have and ignore what we have.
Xingchen thought of Qingzi and Chen Xiaofei's "fake drama is really done" and whether tonight's Enron is still in love: "Then do you like Chen Xiaofei?" ”
If you like it, you won't use the word "pretend", just like you feel the same way about the field, and you should know what I mean! ”
Xingchen fell into a long contemplation, she can't be a lover and a friend, in fact, this relationship is torturous, she always thinks that there is a war between two people living in everyone's heart, one is an angel and the other is a devil, whether the angel wins or the devil loses depends entirely on the situation at the time, so it can't be guaranteed to win or lose, so it can't be guaranteed.
"If you still like Enron, I can still help you, but I think Ou Muyang will definitely be a strong opponent." Xingchen said.
"Then you gave up Enron because you were afraid of Ou Muyang? Or do you feel like she's no match at all? Or is career more important? ”
In fact, Xingchen is also very contradictory, in the face of these complex relationships, no one has ever analyzed it for her, and she doesn't know what to do? But one thing she knows is that she will definitely choose Kiyoko's side, and she always believes that having Kiyoko is more important than anything else.
"Kiyoko, I think you should know me very well, I just hope that our friendship will last forever, and there will be more opportunities to open your heart like tonight, nothing else matters, I will always be on your side."