Qin Zun didn't sleep all night last night and was working in the office. Now that he had some time, he went back to his room to catch up on some sleep.

After finishing her meal, Tonghua thought that since she had some free time, she might as well do a thorough cleaning of the house.

She put on her apron, picked up her broom and prepared to get to work.

"Ding-dong..."

The phone on the sofa rang.

Tonghua put down the broom in her hand and walked over to answer the phone.

I picked it up and saw that the caller ID said "Dad"

As soon as she saw those two words, her heart skipped a beat and her originally good mood immediately became depressed, but she quickly adjusted her mentality and answered the phone.

Fairy Tale: "Hey, Dad, what's wrong?"

"Tonghua, are you busy lately?"

"fine."

"How's work going? Is it going well?"

"That's it."

"The weather has been bad recently, so wear more clothes."

"Um."

......

Tong's father asked a lot of questions in a rambling manner, and Tonghua only answered briefly. He asked questions and she answered, without a single word of nonsense.

She is not usually a quiet person, but she just feels that she cannot communicate with her father.

So much so that when I saw it was him calling, I felt stressed and nervous.

Finally, with nothing more to say, Tong's father finally returned to the main topic and asked:

"You've been married for so long, and we haven't even seen what our uncle looks like. When will you bring him home?"

Tonghua hesitated and said, "I'll ask him later when he's free, and we'll go back when he's free."

Tong’s father had come to her company before and urged her to take Qin Zun home.

But at that time, the relationship between her and Qin Zun was at most that of roommates with a better relationship.

She never told Qin Zun about this matter at all.

Unexpectedly, her father called again to talk about this matter.

Tong's father said hesitantly, "You said last time that you would go home when you have time, but you haven't been home yet. Are you so busy now that you're married?"

Tonghua heard the implicit reproach in his words, blaming her for deliberately not going home and deliberately not letting them meet her brother-in-law.

But doesn't he know why she doesn't want to go home?

She suddenly felt extremely aggrieved: "She's a manager, and she's incredibly busy with work all day, either flying here or going on business trips to other cities. It's not like us ordinary people who can just find time whenever we want."

Tong's father took a step back and said, "Okay, if you ever want to come back, call me in advance so we can make preparations in advance."

"Um."

After this sentence, there was a long silence on both ends of the phone.

Tonghua couldn't stand the silence any longer, so she said, "Then I'll hang up."

Beep beep

The call has been disconnected.

After hanging up the phone, Tonghua sat on the sofa in a daze, feeling depressed.

The last time her father came to see her, she had already made an excuse, saying that Qin Zun was very busy and had no time. Now it has been delayed long enough and it is impossible to delay it any longer.

I don’t know whether Qin Zun is willing to go home with her.

If he doesn't want to, what should I do?

So she wants to go home alone?

She had never thought home was such a difficult place before, but now that she had moved out, she felt the difference between now and before.

She lives here now. Whether she gets up late on the weekend or doesn't want to cook on a certain day, it's up to her. She is like the hostess here.

She truly understood the saying - home is a safe haven.

Unlike before, when she didn't do housework during the holidays and slept in, someone would whisper some indirect slander in her ear, or speak in a sarcastic tone to her, saying that she was a rich girl who only knew how to enjoy herself and not do anything.

There is no harm without comparison. She didn’t care whether she went back or not before, but now she has a little resistance to going home.

It wasn't her home at all now, and the thought of playing cozy with her stepmother made her extremely irritated.

I was emo on the sofa for a long time, and my mood was getting worse and worse.

She decided to put all these random thoughts aside.

Anyway, Qin Zun is still sleeping, so there is no way to discuss these things with him. Thinking more about it will be useless and will only add to my troubles.

When I get busy, I don't have time to think about these things.

Fairy Tale desperately uses housework to stop her from having wild thoughts.

She first did a thorough cleaning of every corner of the house, upstairs and downstairs.

Then he watered the flowers and plants on his balcony one by one.

Then I took out all the clothes and quilt covers that needed to be washed, washed them, and hung them to dry.

Finally, I moved all my things back to the room I lived in before.

I ran back and forth a lot and lay down.

Anyway, now that Grandpa Qin is gone, they don't need to pretend to be a couple and sleep in the same room.

I looked at the time and it was almost five o'clock.

Start cooking again.

She worked in the kitchen for two or three hours, making eight dishes and a soup.

Qin Zun, who had slept all day, finally woke up. He hadn't eaten breakfast or lunch, and his stomach was already growling with hunger.

But he still waited until Tonghua finished cooking the dishes and sat down before he started eating.

At the dinner table, Tonghua ate absentmindedly, taking a bite, stopping, taking a bite, stopping.

Even if Qin Zun was slow-witted, he could tell that she was worried and said calmly, "Tell me, what happened?"

"My dad called me today and asked us to take some time to go home. He wants to see you."

She carefully observed Qin Zun's expression. Seeing that he was still eating and had no intention of speaking, she added, "If you don't want to meet my parents, then I'll find a reason to refuse them. Anyway, we'll be parting ways soon."

"Since it's the elders who asked for a meeting, how can we not meet? Let's schedule it for this weekend."

Although their marriage was fake, he didn't want to cause trouble and let more people know that he was married, but if he refused to meet with the elders, she would have a hard time explaining herself.

Tonghua was a little bit incredulous: "You agreed to meet my parents?"

She always thought that Qin Zun would be impatient to deal with these things, and she was still thinking about what she could do to make him agree to go home with her.

I didn't expect that he agreed so easily.

"Um."

"Are you free after work tomorrow? If you are, we can just go there after work and have dinner and leave."

Qin Zun was surprised that she would say that: "You haven't been home for so long, don't you want to stay with your parents for a while?"

Tonghua said with a dejected look, "I've never told you about my family. My mother died when I was very young, and then my father remarried a stepmother, who gave birth to another son." She paused and continued, "Anyway, our family situation is very complicated, and I don't really want to go back..."

Qin Zun thought for a moment and said, "Then it's up to you. We'll go back tomorrow night instead. The sooner we go, the sooner we can return."

Tonghua, who had been feeling down all day, suddenly brightened up: "Thank you for accompanying me back, Mr. Qin."