one to two

The torrential rain in summer comes as soon as it is said, the sun was still hanging in the sky, but a gust of wind came from nowhere, and the dark clouds piled up layer by layer, and the raindrops slammed down, so that the pedestrians on the road had nowhere to hide.Qi Xin likes these sudden rains very much, especially when commuting, as long as it rains, Ai You can only obediently follow her into the car.

This afternoon, the bright office suddenly darkened. Ai You got up and turned on the light, then stretched out her arms, and moved to Qi Xin with a glass of water. Just about to speak, the phone on the desktop buzzed and vibrated , the two of them saw the incoming call notification on the screen, and they silently silently.

Qi Xin connected the phone, and before she could speak, she heard Yan Zhiying's deep voice: "Don't work overtime tonight, I have something to tell you when I get home."

What Yan Zhiying said about going home usually means asking Qi Xin to go back to her side, and it is not impossible to go back to her side without working overtime, but with just such a sentence, Qi Xin was completely at a loss and asked, "What happened?" Is something wrong?"

"It's okay, can't you come back to see me and your dad? After the Chinese New Year, how many times have you come back? If you are married and have your own family, it is only natural to go back to your own home every day, but you now Like this, what do you say?"

Yan Zhiying's sudden anger made Ai You's heart tremble, the smile on her face gradually disappeared, her brows were involuntarily frowned, she looked at Qi Xin, her eyes were full of pity.She grew up so big, she had never been scolded loudly by Fang Suqing and Ai Jue, and when she heard Yan Zhiying's stern voice, her heart clenched tightly.

After Qi Xin finished listening, she looked at Ai You in a blink of an eye, reached out to help her smooth the wrinkles between her brows, and said in a low voice, "It's my fault. I will often go back to see you and Dad in the future."

This low and submissive tone made Ai You feel self-blame for no reason, her own parents were not around, how could she forget that Qi Xin's parents were in this city?If I had paid more attention, why would Qi Xin be reprimanded?

"Oh, forget it, you're busy too. Come back tonight and have a meal together." It seemed that Yan Zhiying also felt that what she just said was a bit serious, so she slowed down her tone and sighed deeply.

After hanging up the phone, Qi Xin tapped her finger on the table, then looked at Ai You and said, "My mother must have been stimulated by something, otherwise she wouldn't have lost control like this."

"Stimulated?" Yan Zhiying's psychological quality is definitely not worse than that of ordinary people. What can stimulate her like this?Ai You was wondering, when she suddenly thought of something, she stared at Qi Xin and said, "Could it be today?"

"It looks like it is. It's okay, don't worry, I won't have dinner with you tonight." Qi Xin quickly returned to her normal state. After get off work, she first sent Ai You back to the flower shop before going to Yan Zhiying there.

"Where is my sister going?" Qi Yue asked curiously when he came to meet Qi Xin and waited for Ai You to get off the car and drove away.

"Go home." Ai You glanced at Qi Yuelai and said sullenly.

"Go home? Then what are you doing here?"

"Go back to her parents' house, what should I do with you?"

Only then did Qi Yue come to understand, she followed Ai You to the back hall, moved a stool next to Ai You, and asked with a smile: "My aunt must have told her to go back, right?"

"Ah."

Ai You buried her head on the table, Qi Yue came to see that she was not in a good mood, and asked softly: "Did something happen?"

"Aunt Yan must have attended Zhao Quanneng's wedding banquet, so she called and called Sister Xin back." Ai You turned her head and looked at Qi Yuelai, her flat tone was full of helplessness.Qi Yuelai opened his mouth, but immediately didn't know what to say.

The two stared at each other for a while, Qi Yuelai seemed to have thought of something, got up and searched for a while on the cash register, and then asked the person next to him: "Hezi, where is the card I put here two days ago? "

"Card? Gym?" Hezi said, opened the drawer on the left hand side, and took out a paper box used to hold business cards from it.She opened the paper box, and there was a stack of cards neatly arranged inside, she took out one and put it in front of Qi Yuelai.

"That's it, luckily you put it away for me." Qi Yue said, smiled at Hezi, turned and went back to the back hall.

After she walked out, Hezi held the corner of her mouth and smiled slightly. Although this person likes to tease people, he always looks so sunny.

After Qi Xin entered the door, Yan Zhiying called him directly to the study room. The two sat down on both sides of the desk facing each other. Yan Zhiying cut to the chase and said, "Do you know what I asked you to come back for?"

Qi Xin nodded and said quietly, "I know."

Yan Zhiying seldom talks to her in this manner, and this will make the distance between the two of them even further, but Qi Xin also understands that Yan Zhiying wants to use this method to tell her that the next talk Yan Zhiying attaches great importance to the content, so she has to face it seriously.

"If you had listened to me back then, today's bride would be you. And your dad and I have something on our minds." Yan Zhiying sighed lightly, staring straight at Qi Xin, she wanted to see through What exactly was her daughter thinking, but Qi Xin couldn't tell anything except the calmness on her face.She subconsciously began to think whether her mother was becoming more and more incompetent.

"The concern between you and your father is that I haven't married yet?" Qi Xin paused for a while before replying. She had some thoughts, and she decided to speak out today. If she can communicate, there may be hope when she faces Ai You in the future.

"How do you talk? Your dad and I are worried that you still don't have a good home, and no one can take good care of you for us." Yan Zhiying said earnestly.

"Why do I have to belong to someone else?" Qi Xin asked again, Yan Zhiying couldn't help sitting upright, and squinted her eyes slightly. Ever since she was a child, Qi Xin's speech has never been as fierce as it is now. What is the reason? , so that she would rather make her mother angry than come to fight?

"Otherwise, what do you want? Live the rest of your life alone? You are still young, you can handle anything by yourself, and when you get old, who will take care of you?" Yan Zhiying asked patiently, she wanted to hear, What reason does Qi Xin have for refusing to take this agreed-upon path.

"Even if I live alone all my life, that's my own choice, and I'm willing. You think the man you choose for me is good, but you think it's good. I don't like it. If I marry myself to satisfy you If you go out, you are irresponsible to yourself."

"Then you should bring back someone you like. You said you have an idea in mind, and you can bring him back for us to see when you have time. What's the result? Repeated evasion, is this taking responsibility for yourself? I don't care about you." Who is it that you are looking at now, even if it is a crooked melon and date, you have to let us know, anyway, I am still your mother, I can't even know what kind of person my daughter is talking about, right? ?”

Hearing this, Qi Xin struggled a lot in her heart. Why don't she just say what Ai You wanted, and let everyone take care of the rest; but in this way, the peaceful and beautiful life between her and Ai You will definitely be harmonious There are many obstacles, no, she is really reluctant.

"Mom, I'm fine now, can you stop forcing those ideas of yours on me?"

"I'm your mother. It's only right and proper to take care of you. I'm not asking you to break the law and commit crimes. How can you be so capricious about this important marriage. You can bring the person you mentioned to me this week at the latest. Or go on a blind date with the person I arranged, and you choose one yourself."

Yan Zhiying's tone became tough again. As she spoke, she took out three business cards from the drawer and put them in front of Qi Xin.

"I won't go on a blind date, and I won't go in the future." Qi Xin didn't look at those business cards, and directly rejected Yan Zhiying's arrangement.

"Then you bring back the person you are dating now and let me have a look."

"When the time comes, I will naturally come back with her. Mom, can you let me decide these things myself?"

Yan Zhiying didn't reply immediately, she stared at Qi Xin silently for a long time, finally turned around, turned sideways to Qi Xin, and said coldly: "Okay, you make up your own mind, if you leave this door today, unless you bring someone back, otherwise Don't think about me opening the door for you again, you go." Yan Zhiying said, never looking at Qi Xin again, letting the look in Qi Xin's eyes change from surprise to pain, and from pain to loss.She walked out of Yan Zhiying's house, stood at the door and took three deep breaths in a row. Thinking that Ai You was still in the flower shop, she took out her mobile phone and called her.

Yan Zhiying didn't turn her head until she heard the sound of Qi Xin going out. She looked at the empty chair opposite, and an unprecedented sense of failure slowly fermented in her heart. He couldn't even catch her shadow, seeing the distance between the two getting bigger and bigger, but he couldn't do anything about it.Qi Xin's words were as decisive as her own, and she couldn't help being curious about the things around Qi Xin that she didn't know.

When Ai You heard the doorbell ring, she quickly jumped up from the sofa and opened the door without her shoes on.Qi Xin put back the key he had just taken out of the bag, looked at Ai You's bare feet and said softly, "Aren't bare feet cold?"

"Just put on your shoes, have you eaten yet?" Ai You said, went back to the sofa to put on her shoes, and followed Qi Xin into the bedroom.

"Not yet, how about you? Could it be that you haven't eaten yet?" Qi Xin put down her bag, changed her clothes, and turned to Ai You.

"Sister Xiaolai took me to eat a little bit, you wait, I'll cook for you." Ai You said, turned around and walked to the kitchen.Qi Xin turned around, but there was no one there anymore, she followed to the kitchen and smiled, "What are you in a hurry for, I'm not hungry, just make something."

Ai You took out the vegetables from the refrigerator, sorted them, washed them, and cut them up. Sprinkle cornstarch and cooking wine on the shredded meat and mix well. Put them aside and start cutting green peppers and tomatoes. Qi Xin stood by the door and saw The rice cooker is already in the heat preservation state. It seems that Ai You has prepared it early in the morning. She looked at the busy person, and the fatigue before arriving home gradually dissipated. The sound of chopping vegetables and the sound of stirring eggs, The sound of the sizzling oil pan, the sound is in the ear, this is the melody of home.After a while, shredded pork with green peppers and tomato egg soup came out of the pot. Ai You was carrying the dishes, Qi Xin was carrying the rice, and the two moved to the dining table.

"My mother said that I don't have to go back until I take you home." Qi Xin sipped the soup, and the familiar taste whetted her appetite.

Ai You accompanied her to order food, and after hearing what she said, after being surprised, she soon understood what Yan Zhiying really meant, and said in a low voice, "I'm sorry."

Qi Xin put down the bowls and chopsticks in his hand, looked at Ai You tenderly, and said dotingly: "Fool, your feet are on me, why don't you just go if you want to? Don't think too much, maybe when my mother finds out about you It's too late for her to be happy for taking such good care of me."

Ai You smiled and served Qi Xin a meal. Since Qi Xin said so, how could she bear to let her continue to worry about herself?She is not sure what will happen to Yan Zhiying in the future, but no matter what, it is definitely her life's work to take good care of Qi Xin.

"Haven't you watched this animation several times?" When Qi Xin came back, Ai You paused the movie that was playing on the projector, and the screen just stopped at the scene of Arrietty saying goodbye to the little boy in the garden, Arrietty's brown hair was tied in a small clip, and she looked alive in a long crimson dress; the flowers swaying in the wind behind her were in full bloom, and the subtitle read: We are desperate to survive, but you don't know it.

"I like it, I just want to watch it again." Ai You said, with a pious light in her eyes. For some reason, Qi Xin was moved by the pure emotion in her eyes. It seemed ordinary, but she had the most genuine persistence.