Volume 6: The City of the Heart (5)
Chen Zhao relieved the pressure for a long time.
He forgot how long it had been since he felt this way... Like, it started after Xia Qing's car accident?
Yes, when I think about it, I still remember the days when he was almost out of breath like a mountain of mountains. The difficulties of life, coupled with the sudden illness of his daughter at that time, he could not do anything but desperately try to find a more lucrative job.
Right now... Xia Qing went to work.
This home is finally not borne by him alone...
When she returned home after delivering milk, Xia Qing had already gone to work early, she said that she hadn't been to work for a long time, and she wanted to go to the company early to get acquainted. Chen Zhao has no opinion on this, and it is not a bad thing to work hard.
After pouring the milk and preparing the toiletries, Chen Zhao picked up her sleeping daughter who was sleeping with a slight drooling and changed out of her pajamas, she woke up in a daze, squinting her eyes, "Dad?" ”
Chen Zhao smiled and kissed her, "Come, get up, brush your teeth and wash your face, and go out to eat baked cakes today after drinking milk." ”
"Baked cakes? Wow! ”
Xiaole's sleepiness disappeared completely, and his big eyes were full of joy.
Soon, Chen Zhao led his daughter out of the door, and the big and small figures gradually drifted away.
....
At the mouth of the nearby Xiaohe River, Chen Zhao met Zhang Mei.
"Hello Aunt Zhang." Xiaole saw Zhang Mei and greeted her obediently.
For Zhang Mei, Chen Zhao knows that her daughter has a good impression of her, after all, she has been taken care of by Zhang Mei for a long time, and it is normal to be familiar. After all, Zhang Mei is also very caring and kind to her daughter, a child who has no thoughts, and simply remembers happiness and unhappiness.
Of course, he also knows why.
Zhang Mei is so old, but she doesn't have any children, liking Xiaole can only be regarded as a way for her to transfer her mother's love.
"Sister Zhang." Chen Zhao said with a smile.
"What are you doing here?" Zhang Mei responded to Xiaole, squatted down and touched her head.
"Dad is going to take Xiaole to eat baked cakes."
"Baked cakes? The one next to it? Zhang Mei was stunned for a moment, and said with a smile, "I just bought a lot, and the old guy in my family suddenly went out to practice some tai chi, and he couldn't eat all of this..."
As she spoke, she couldn't help but stuff a few flatbreads into the hands of Chen Zhao and the cute Xiaole who looked dazed.
"Sister Zhang... This..."
"It's not a few dollars, just a lot of miles, what's polite?" Zhang Mei's unrefusable appearance made Chen Zhao accept it with a wry smile.
"Are you going to send Xiaole to school?"
"Hmm..."
"That's right, Chen Zhao..."In order to prevent Xiaole from hearing it, Zhang Mei suddenly used a very small voice and whispered, "Listen to Xia Qing, you haven't been with her for a long time... That's it? ”
In a word, Chen Zhao's face turned red.
"That.. Can't do it anymore? Zhang Mei is old, and she doesn't care about the taboos of young people.
"How is that possible!" Chen Zhao was startled and shook his head violently.
"So what?"
“....”
How?
Chen Zhao was embarrassed, he didn't have the guts, he was ashamed!
"Even if you are tired from work, you can't do this, women will think too much. You... Think about it. Zhang Mei patted Chen Zhao on the shoulder, turned around and left, leaving Chen Zhao with a confused and embarrassed face.
.......
Chen Zhao was absent-minded early in the morning.
It's not for anything else, it's mainly because of Zhang Mei's words...
Fortunately, it was not a weekend, there were not many guests here, and he was not busy, and Chen Zhao also had time to think about these things in a daze. He knows very well that between husband and wife, this kind of thing has to be done sooner or later, he has to find a way to be brave first, and with the first time, it will not be troublesome in the future...
So what to do? Wait for Xia Qing to mention it next time? Or do you bring it up yourself?
But if Xia Qing mentioned it, he always didn't have the courage to nod. And his thin skin is even more difficult to mention...
Soon, Chen Zhao's mind became a mess of porridge.
He never thought he would be entangled in such a thing...
These thoughts have not disappeared in Chen Zhao's mind all day, and Xia Qing, who picked up his daughter at night and saw him coming home from work, still popped up from time to time.
Chen Zhaoyou simply asked Xia Qing about his work status, and after she replied that it was very relaxed and there was no abnormality as before, he didn't worry much about anything. Of course, there were attempts to talk about it at dinner time, but it was just an attempt, and in the end, it was not enough.
In Xia Qing's eyes, she just saw Chen Zhao, who wanted to speak and stopped, a little different from usual.
"I rushed to work as a typist on the computer for an hour this morning, and I took time to make up for it when I got home from work, and there is not much left, you first take care of your company's affairs and then get it, if you are not busy, wait for me to go home."
When he was about to go to work in the evening, Chen Zhao ordered these words.
He thought about it, it didn't matter if he quit his job as a typist or not. If you quit, you can save a lot of time, but you will earn 1500 less. But if you don't quit, you only need to use more time to rest first, and you can also cooperate with Xia Qing to get busy.
But just when he walked out of the door, Chen Zhao received a call from Yang Xiaoru.
"Hello?"
"Chen Zhao... Come and come with me, okay? It was Yang Xiaoru with a crying voice.
"What's wrong?" Chen Zhao was a little dumbfounded.
"Zhang Jun told me that he was with another woman..."
“....”
Chen Zhao's face turned a little pale.
"I see, I'll ask him if there might be some misunderstanding." Chen Zhaosheng was afraid that Yang Xiaoru would be too sad and uncomfortable, so he lied, "Zhang Jun actually has you in his heart, and he mentioned it to me last time." Don't be cranky, I'll see you later. ”
"Don't lie to me.."
In the end, Yang Xiaoru said this, and the phone was turned off.
After changing hands, Chen Zhao dialed Zhang Jun's phone.
"Are you with Yu Yazhi?" Chen Zhao said coldly.
"Uh..."
Zhang Jun was obviously a little shocked that Chen Zhao knew about this, but he soon understood, "What did Yang Xiaoru tell you?" ”
Chen Zhao didn't know why in just one night, Yu Yazhi not only didn't listen to his words, but immediately stuck with Zhang Jun even harder, which made him a little angry.
"How far have you got?"
"To what extent? Not so quickly, she just promised me to see if it fits like this. I promised Yu Yazhi to cut off everything before, so I made it clear to Yang Xiaoru, but I didn't expect her to call you to complain..."Zhang Jun smiled bitterly.
"Zhang Jun, you are a good friend, a good brother, this is true. But you're not a thing!! Chen Zhao gritted his teeth and hung up the phone with anger.
He couldn't imagine the relationship of more than ten years, what he thought was very worthy of attention by outsiders and cherished by Yang Xiaoru, but in Zhang Jun's world and Zhang Jun's eyes, it was so worthless.
Even after discarding it, I really didn't care about it in the slightest.
No guilt!
Why is he so cold-blooded?
Chen Zhao was completely disappointed in him in his heart.
Didn't he know how much despair this seemed to be just a choice to curry favor with Yazhi, and how much despair it would bring to Yang Xiaoru, who had expectations?
Thinking of this, Chen Zhao called Hu Yumei, "Sister Hu, can I ask for leave at night?" ”
“...”
Hu Guiyu was silent for a few seconds, as if thinking.
"Okay." She said.
"Are you busy?" Chen Zhao asked hypocritically.
Even though he asked for leave, he still said such ridiculous things, and he felt that he was not a good thing...
Even if he said that he couldn't be busy, he didn't plan to rush over, did he?
"Busy is busy, but let's close the store and rest at night. I happen to be quite tired these days, and my body can't stand it, so you took a leave of absence this time to help me. ”
Hung up.
Chen Zhao didn't know if Hu Guiyu thought so.
He could only secretly thank Hu Guiyu in his heart, got on his bicycle, and quickly rushed to Yang Xiaoru's house.
"What the hell is going on with Yu Yazhi?" Chen Zhao was also a little puzzled.
....
When I came to Yang Xiaoru's house, it was more than 4:30.
Because Chen Zhao's house is still some distance from Yang Xiaoru's house, it is impossible for him to come to his house and drive so fast in ten minutes like Zhang Jun.
I rang the doorbell, and soon the door opened.
Standing at the door was Yang Xiaoru, who was wearing thin pajamas, with tears in the corners of her eyes, and looked even haggard than yesterday.
When she saw Chen Zhao in front of her, her tears immediately flowed down.
"What should I do, Chen Zhao..."