half thorns, half joy

While Tang Xuan and Xiao Zihan were waiting to see the joke about Cai Jinyu returning empty-handed, Cai Jinyu came back with hand-cooked cakes.

And before Tang Xuan and Xiao Zihan could speak, Cai Jinyu said excitedly, "Let me tell you, I have met a good man, a very good man."

Tang Xuan and Xiao Zihan looked at each other without saying a word.

Cai Jinyu said to herself: "I was in a hurry to go down just now. I didn't take my mobile phone or money. I was still thinking about whether I should pay on credit and see if uncle would sell it to me. But guess what, uncle said treat me, treat me Eat it!"

Xiao Zihan responded coldly, "Oh."

"Hey, this guy is handsome, but he's different. Uncle was overwhelmed by my charm. He took the initiative to invite me to eat finger cakes, tsk tsk tsk, it's the aunt who sells the cakes, and he doesn't even send the cakes with the car." Give me?"

Seeing Xiao Zihan's expression of disbelief, Tang Xuan smiled and told Cai Jinyu the truth.

"Actually, I think the reason why uncle didn't charge you is because when we bought cakes just now, Zihan gave uncle a hundred and didn't ask him for change. Maybe uncle thought it would be a good night to give you one. ..."

Cai Jinyu's dancing and dancing stopped abruptly. He looked at Xiao Zihan with displeasure, "Is what Tang Xuan said true?"

"Ang." Xiao Zihan gave Cai Jinyu an angry look, got up and walked towards the bathroom, "I'm going to take a shower first, I don't bother to talk to you.

Cai Jinyu stood there for a few minutes before healed his broken heart. He cut his throat and comforted himself: "Even if you give uncle more money, it doesn't mean anything. Uncle doesn't know we know each other. In the final analysis, it's still Because my personal charm is too great and my appearance is too pleasing, uncle treats me so well."

Tang Xuan smiled and shook her head, not wanting to puncture Cai Jinyu's beautiful fantasy anymore.

Since the house was really small and there was only one bathroom, Cai Jinyu could only take turns taking showers. As an outsider, Cai Jinyu was a little embarrassed to see Tang Xuan sitting on the sofa outside waiting for him to finish the shower.

"Well, I... tonight will definitely be my last night here." Cai Jinyu hugged the dirty clothes she had changed out of and carefully pointed at Xiao Zihan who was drinking from a glass of water.

The air pressure in Xiao Zihan's body is very low, so low that people can feel the air-conditioning.

Tang Xuan smiled, "It's okay, if you're in a bad mood, you can stay as long as you want, but you have to wash your dirty clothes yourself, I won't do it for you."

"No, no, I'll take my dirty clothes back." Xiao Zihan was so unhappy just living with Xiao Zihan, and letting Tang Xuan do her laundry, Cai Jinyu was worried that Xiao Zihan would take off her dog's head.

Tang Xuan came back to the bedroom after taking a shower. Xiao Zihan was leaning on the bed and reading a magazine. Tang Xuan glanced at it and asked in surprise, "Are you looking at home decoration?"

"Ah."

"Why did you start reading this kind of magazine all of a sudden?" In Tang Xuan's memory, Xiao Zihan had always read financial magazines, and he had never read any magazines that interested him in home decoration.

Xiao Zihan was silent for a few seconds before replying, "I want to buy a house."

"Oh, let's buy it." Tang Xuan was no longer surprised by Xiao Zihan's tone of buying a house like buying a meal.

But Xiao Zihan's next words shocked Tang Xuan.

Xiao Zihan said: "I want to buy us a house, a bigger one, and write our names."

Tang Xuan squeezed the hand cream with one finger and squeezed out a big lump. She looked at Xiao Zihan puzzled, "...why?"

Xiao Zihan said nothing, but quietly looked back at Tang Xuan, as if to say, you understand.

"Ahem." Tang Xuan was embarrassed by Xiao Zihan's fiery gaze, she lowered her head to avoid it, and struggled while applying hand cream, "I...I don't need these, you want to buy a house and buy it yourself You can do it yourself, you don’t need to write my name or anything.”

This time, it was Xiao Zihan's turn to be puzzled.

Xiao Zihan: "Why?"

Tang Xuan couldn't answer.

Xiao Zihan closed the home decoration book and stared at Tang Xuan, "Xiao Xuan, I know you are not a vain girl, and I know that you don't value these things, but we are boyfriend and girlfriend now, and if we continue like this, we will get married in the future. There will be children, and buying our common house now is also for the future, is there any problem?"

Any questions?of course not.

If this happened to another girl, she would have been very happy. Before she got married, her boyfriend would start planning for the future, starting to buy a joint house or something, just write it out and put it on the Internet, and the following will definitely be A legion of admirers.

But Tang Xuan's situation was different.

If Tang Xuan didn't have the slightest affection for Xiao Zihan, or if Tang Xuan was a selfish person, she could accept Xiao Zihan's kindness without blinking an eye. Anyway, Xiao Zihan would not know if she accepted it sincerely or pretended to accept it.

But Tang Xuan already had Xiao Zihan's status in her heart, and she knew that she had already let Xiao Zihan down in many ways, so she didn't want Xiao Zihan to pay more to her, whether it was money or love.

She is afraid that she will not be able to pay it back, and she will never be able to pay it back.

Tang Xuan stared at the amount of hand cream on the back of her hands that was too much to wipe off, and said calmly, "No problem, it's just that your parents... will let you marry me?"

"Are you worried about this?" Xiao Zihan let out a barely audible sigh of relief.

Tang Xuan really didn't know how to continue editing, so she had to make Xiao Zihan mistakenly think that this was the point she disagreed with. "House prices in the city are not cheap, and buying a house is not a small amount. If you spend such a large sum of money, your father will definitely know. At that time, I guess you will be called to preach by him again."

Xiao Zihan felt much better when he heard that Tang Xuan was worried about himself.He stretched out his hand and took Tang Xuan's hand. While helping Tang Xuan apply hand cream, he persuaded Tang Xuan softly, "Actually, you don't have to worry about these things. Although my father is old-fashioned, he is not unreasonable." , besides you are so nice, they will definitely like you, just give them a little more time."

Tang Xuan bit her lips, "...um."

Xiao Zihan smiled, "How about this, I'll take you to meet my mom some other day, my mom is much more talkative than my dad, and my dad listens to my mom very much, as long as I pass my mom's level, my dad will Don't worry about it there."

"Ah?" Tang Xuan raised her voice in surprise.

Xiao Zihan frowned, "What's wrong?"

"No, it's nothing." Tang Xuan quickly lowered her head again, hiding the messy emotions in her eyes, and said nervously, "You suddenly told me to go see your mother, you scared me."

"What are you afraid of? My mother is very nice and not scary at all." Xiao Zihan was enthusiastic. He really liked Tang Xuan, so he also sincerely hoped that Tang Xuan would be liked by her parents.

But this liking was something Tang Xuan couldn't afford.

Seeing that Tang Xuan kept silent, Xiao Zihan was slightly disappointed, "Do you...don't want to see my mother so soon? It does feel a little too soon, but I thought I would meet sooner or later so I proposed it. If you don't want to, then... ..."

"I am willing." Tang Xuan hurriedly said. Many thoughts flashed through her at that moment, but in the end they all succumbed to the idea of ​​investigating the truth and revenge.

"Are you really willing?" Xiao Zihan showed surprise again.

Tang Xuan nodded, and replied in a dignified manner, "I also think it's a bit fast, but as you said just now, I will see you sooner or later, so since you brought it up, I have no reason to say no. But just I would like to trouble you to find a suitable time and arrange for us to meet."

Xiao Zihan didn't expect Tang Xuan to be so easy-going, so he happily hugged Tang Xuan into his arms, and said happily in Tang Xuan's ear, "I'll contact my mom tomorrow to see when she has time, I love you the most in this world." It's great that the two women of my family are going to meet."

Tang Xuan tightly closed her eyes, and wrapped her arms around Xiao Zihan.

I'm sorry, she said to Xiao Zihan silently in her heart again.

It's a pity that Xiao Zihan couldn't hear at all.

Xiao Zihan was a man of his word. He quickly arranged for Tang Xuan to meet her mother. Not only that, he also delegated his power. In many important meetings, he made it clear that Tang Xuan could represent him with full authority. , make decisions for yourself.

This series of actions made it easier for Tang Xuan to perform the task, but it also caused quite a disturbance.

It was not Xiao Mingyuan and Xiao Yu who first influenced Tang Xuan, but the colleagues in the company.

Since the gossip that Xiao Zihan himself had a girlfriend had already been circulated before, after Xiao Zihan made it clear that Tang Xuan was special, it was immediately spread that Tang Xuan intervened in Xiao Zihan's relationship with his girlfriend in an attempt to become a leader.

Even the former colleagues in Tang Xuan's office who liked Tang Xuan began to be skeptical.

After all, having just joined the company for a few months, with no background or family background, and being able to climb as fast as Tang Xuan, everyone couldn't think of any other way except for the dirty possibility.

Tang Xuan ignored the gossip and rumors, and even the blatant sizing and glances of some colleagues in the company, and pretended not to see them all.

It's not that she has a big heart, but that she has too many things to worry about, and she doesn't care about them at all, and she doesn't have the time to worry about them.

One of Tang Xuan's headaches was meeting Xiao Zihan's mother.

Xiao Zihan arranged the time to meet at a western restaurant on Saturday night.Tang Xuan listened to what Xiao Zihan said, and originally planned to take Tang Xuan back to Xiao's house, but it was obvious that Xiao Mingyuan did not agree with this, so Xiao Zihan had to settle for the next best thing. He could only open a restaurant outside first, and asked his mother to meet Tang Xuan. one side.

Tang Xuan also reported this matter to Officer Liu, who had no objection to this and asked Tang Xuan to act accordingly.Officer Liu also told Tang Xuan that Xiao Mingyuan didn't like to dote on this lady as much as it was reported in the news, and asked Tang Xuan to investigate to see if this was indeed the case.

In a blink of an eye, it was Saturday.

For this meeting, Tang Xuan went to the mall to buy a ladylike long dress, paired it with a pair of nude-colored high heels about five centimeters in height, and put her hair up high, revealing her slender and fair neck.

Tang Xuan has a good background. Although she doesn't have the arrogance of a rich family, she has studied a lot and has a rare bookish air. Even if she stands next to Xiao Zihan, a noble son in a suit and leather shoes, she will not lose her temperament at all.

If someone is uninformed, they will not be able to see the disparity in status between the two at all, and will only think that this is a pair of people, a man with a talent and a woman with a beautiful appearance, a match made in heaven.

"Are you nervous?" In the private car, Xiao Zihan looked at Tang Xuan beside him and asked.

Tang Xuan nodded, "A little bit."

Xiao Zihan grabbed Tang Xuan's hand and held it in his palm, and smiled lightly, "Don't be afraid, after you meet my mother, you won't be nervous anymore, she is very gentle."

"Yeah." Tang Xuan didn't believe Xiao Zihan's words, but she didn't expose it.

After all, to Xiao Zihan, Xiao Mingyuan was just conservative and serious, but in Tang Xuan's view, Xiao Mingyuan was not a good person at all.

"Master, we're here." The private car stopped at the door of the magnificent restaurant, and the driver in the front row got off, and opened the door for Xiao Zihan respectfully and politely.

Xiao Zihan squeezed Tang Xuan's hand and said softly, "Let's go."

Tang Xuan followed Xiao Zihan out of the car. The two walked side by side on the newly laid red carpet in front of the restaurant. Guided by the manager, they entered the restaurant.

"Young Master Xiao, Madam is waiting for you upstairs."

"Ah."

Tang Xuan seemed to be able to hear the sound of her heartbeat, one after another, accompanied by the sound of high heels stepping on the carpet, it exploded in her ears.

The sound grew louder as she and Xiao Zihan got closer, and finally reached its peak when they went up to the second floor and saw Xiao Zihan's mother.

Then, it was silent.