Chapter 44: Worse than the Love Period
On Friday morning, Xu Xiaozhou and Xu Mengying woke up almost at the same time.
She asked Xu Mengying to wash up first while she went to prepare breakfast.
The desserts Li Jici sent last night were donuts, toast and butter biscuits, coupled with two glasses of milk and some fruit, it was a breakfast.
Xu Mengying came out of the bathroom, glanced at the dining table, took a biscuit, took a bite, it was crispy and dense, and immediately asked, "It's delicious."
"Sister, which store did you buy it from?"
Xu Xiaozhou's expression did not change, "It was a gift from a friend."
Xu Mengying automatically understood it as Yin Peiru and the others, and couldn't stop eating one piece after another. Come down.
By the time Xu Xiaozhou came out of the shower, she had eaten all her share of breakfast and was leaning against the back of her chair to rub her belly.
Xu Xiaozhou: “……”
What a familiar scene.
Xu Mengying looked satisfied, "Is it from Sister Xiaoru?"
"I want to ask her for the address of the dessert shop."
Xu Xiaozhou took a bite of toast. , raised his eyes and looked at her, "No."
Her reaction made Xu Mengying think of something. As soon as she spoke, her words suddenly changed from clear to unclear.
"Did he give it to you?"
Xu Xiaozhou nodded.
Xu Mengying closed her eyes.
Xu Xiaozhou: “It’s not sold outside, it’s purely handmade by him.”
Xu Mengying: “…”
Eaters are short-tongued, and the words they want to complain about are stuck in their throats and cannot be said out.
After a while, he reluctantly said: "Then I will give him another point."
After breakfast, the two went out together.
One walked to work in No. 1 Middle School, and the other took the subway back to school, so they separated at the gate of the community.
When Xu Xiaozhou stepped into the office, he saw three thick stacks of homework books that almost filled the entire desk. His good mood came to an abrupt end. He silently put down his bag, rolled up his sleeves, and got ready to start working.
Du Lanlan's eyes lit up as she sat next to her, and he placed a bag of nuts in front of her.
Xu Xiaozhou turned to look at her.
Du Lanlan smiled, looking like she had the best relationship with her.
"Teacher Xu, let's continue talking today."
Xu Xiaozhou's scalp suddenly went numb. She didn't want to hear about the things between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law anymore!
I glanced at the homework book out of the corner of my eye, and the reasons were all ready.
"There will be classes in the second period later, and I need to grade my homework first."
Fortunately, Du Lanlan had a clear sense of priorities and let her go for the time being.
Xu Xiaozhou breathed a sigh of relief, calmed down, and picked up the red pen again.
——
Friday time seemed to pass extremely fast. After a busy day, it was evening.
The evening self-study sessions for Xu Xiaozhou's two classes are Tuesday and Friday, but this Friday happened to be a bye, so he was able to get off work on time.
As she walked out of the school gate with her bag on her back, she saw Yin Peiru standing on the side of the road waving to her.
They made an appointment to have dinner together today.
The weekend is about to come, and Yin Peiru's good mood is clearly written on her face. She holds Xu Xiaozhou's arm and talks without stopping, talking about the barbecue restaurant where they have dinner.
Xu Xiaozhou poured her a cup of jasmine tea provided in the store and motioned for her to slow down.
Yin Peiru picked up the tea cup and drank it in one gulp.
Xu Xiaozhou: "I've been working for three days just after the May Day holiday. Why do you have so much to complain about?"
Yin Peiru poured herself another cup of scented tea, "You I don’t understand, there are many demons in the temple, and they do a lot of shit every day.”
“I have been promoted to deputy director for less than a month, and there are a lot of pink eyes staring at me all day long, trying to pull me down.”
"I'm not as good as they want. When I become the director of the garden, I will put on small shoes for them one by one."
Xu Xiaozhou: "..." Very good, there is no need for her comfort at all.
The waiter brought the dishes ordered by the two people to the table one after another. The pork belly covered with seasonings was sizzling on the baking pan. After a while, it exuded an alluring aroma. .
Yin Peiru flipped the pork belly with a tong, and did not forget to tease Xu Xiaozhou, "I took you away tonight, will the schoolmaster Li be jealous?"
Xu Xiaozhou glanced at her, "I can't stop your mouth even when I eat."
Yin Peiru smiled and shrugged, "The school girl is really too clingy."
"You decide for yourself. Come to think of it, do you meet every day from the May Day holiday to today?”
“Sometimes we meet more than once a day?”
Xu Xiaozhou: “…”
She didn't have the confidence to answer, so she picked up her phone and pretended to read the message. She happened to see a new WeChat message from Li Jici, asking her what time dinner would end and he would pick her up.
Yin Peiru has known her for more than ten years. When he saw the change in her expression, he roughly guessed what happened and clicked his tongue, "It must be the schoolmaster Li who sent another message."
"Zhao Kaichen and I were not so tired even when we were in love."
Xu Xiao Zhou suddenly raised his head and glanced at her faintly, "When you were in love in your senior year of high school, you had to drag me to the bathroom every class just so you could take a look at Zhao Kaichen and his class when you passed by."
Yin Peiru Playing dumb, "Really? I don't remember."
Xu Xiaozhou gave her a blank look and lowered his head to reply to Li Jici.
Xu Xiaozhou: [No need to pick me up. This is very close to my home. I’ll walk back. 】
Putting down the phone, she and Yin Peiru picked up their chopsticks at the same time and ate happily at the grilled pork belly.
The notification sound of new messages was drowned out by the bustle of people in the barbecue restaurant, and finally fell silent.
Xu Xiaozhou didn't see Li Jici's news half an hour ago until the end of dinner. He didn't insist on picking her up anymore and only asked her to talk to him when she got home.
She replied with an emoticon of a kitten nodding.
The two of them left the barbecue restaurant after eating and drinking.
Yin Peiru had no intention of going home. She held Xu Xiaozhou's arm and tried her best to seduce him.
“I heard that the new male lead singer in a bar is very handsome.”
Xu Xiaozhou was unmoved, “I will dub a documentary when I go back tonight.”
Yin Peiru: "The male lead singer looks very much like Ji Xun when he was young."
Xu Xiaozhou's face showed no change, but his heart was quietly shaken.
Ji Xun is the actor she has liked since high school. She has witnessed him grow from a sunny and handsome young boy to a charming actor almost all the way. He can be called a white moonlight existence.
Yin Peiru smiled and said, "Didn't you and Li Jici go to see Ji Xun's movie together when you were on a blind date?"
"Tsk, the younger version of Ji Xun is from our high school. You don’t miss him at all when he was so tender and tender?”
Xu Xiaozhou said nothing.
Yin Peiru knew it was done, "Let's just take a look and leave when we see the male lead singer coming out."
Xu Xiaozhou compromised, convincing herself that she was not going to see the male lead. The lead singer is to reminisce about youth.
Yin Peiru's instigation was successful. She was afraid that Xu Xiaozhou would regret it halfway, so she immediately stopped a taxi and went straight to the bar.
Half an hour later, the taxi arrived at its destination.
Xu Xiaozhou looked up at the sign of the bar in front of him - Yimeng Beer Museum.
The name is quite artistic.
As she followed Yin Peiru inside, a new message notification sounded from her mobile phone in her handbag.
Take out your phone and click on the screen. The message is from Li Jici.
Li Jici: [Are you home yet? 】
Li Jici's freshman year's diary——
September 8, sunny.
After seeing Zhao Kaichen’s QQ space, her two friends seemed to be in puppy love. Will she be affected?
(End of this chapter)