Chapter 123

Although in the eyes of others, Chu Xia and Lin Xiaohan have been together for many years.

But they had not actually been together for very long, as their new relationship still needed some adjustment, and they had both just joined the company and were still in their probation period.

So Chu Xia said to Wu Xuemei: "We have just joined the company and are new employees in the probation period. We are not fully familiar with many things yet. We need to devote more energy to work. There is no rush to get married. We can discuss it after we have done our work well."

Tang Haikuan and Wu Xuemei felt that this consideration made sense.

For both of them, getting married is important, but working is equally important. It is not only a matter of keeping their own jobs, but also a matter of making due contributions to the country.

It's getting late.

Wu Xuemei and Tang Haikuan didn't talk to Chu Xia any more.

Let Chuxia go wash up and go to bed, and they put the money away and went to wash up and go to bed.

The next day was Sunday, and I woke up a little later in the early summer morning.

I got up, washed, and had breakfast, then helped Tang Haikuan and Wu Xuemei wash and prepare vegetables.

When the restaurant opened, Lin Xiaohan came as usual, and she and Lin Xiaohan still helped out in the restaurant, mainly greeting customers and collecting money.

Previously, because we needed to expand the store, buy a building, renovate it, and hire people, there was indeed a lot to do in the restaurant, and we needed more people to work together.

Now that the branch's business is on the right track, there are enough staff in both stores and everything is well organized when they are busy, so there is no real need for Chu Xia and Lin Xiaohan to stay in the store to help.

So Wu Xuemei came over and said to them, "The restaurant is usually very busy. You two finally have a day off on Sunday. Don't stay here in the afternoon. Go out and have some fun."

Since these young people are in love, shouldn’t they go to the park and go boating?

It is spring now. The sun is shining outside, the flowers are blooming and the grass is green. It is a good time to go out and play.

Chu Xia and Lin Xiaohan had originally agreed to go out together this afternoon.

So Chu Xia smiled and replied to Wu Xuemei: "Okay, then we won't stay in the store this afternoon."

Wu Xuemei said, "Go out and do what you need to do."

So after lunch, Chuxia and Lin Xiaohan went out together.

After they went out, they walked around outside for a while, bought some things, and then went to Tong Rui's house together.

Tong Rui's family lives in the military compound.

Because her father holds a high position, he lives in a small detached house. Chuxia also asked Li Li for the specific address.

Tong Rui's sprained ankle hasn't healed yet, so she's still recuperating at home.

Chuxia went to visit her specially to buy something, naturally because of her foot injury.

I knocked on Tong Rui's door and a middle-aged woman with short hair opened the door.

Chuxia said they were looking for Tong Rui, and confirmed that this was Tong Rui's home. The person who opened the door was Tong Rui's mother, and then they greeted each other politely and followed Tong's mother into the house and went to Tong Rui's room.

When they went to Tong Rui's room, Tong's mother smiled and said to Chu Xia and Lin Xiaohan: "She originally lived upstairs, but she sprained her ankle when she went downstairs at home, so now she lives downstairs."

I knocked on the door of Tong Rui's room, and her mother said, "Rui Rui, your friends are here to see you."

When I opened the door of the room, Tong Rui was not lying on the bed, but sitting on a chair in front of the desk, holding a medical book in her hand.

Seeing Chu Xia coming over, she asked with surprise, "Why are you here?"

Chu Xia and Lin Xiaohan followed Tong's mother into the house. Chu Xia smiled and said, "Of course I came to see you. Last Sunday, Li Li told me that you had injured your foot. If I wasn't afraid of coming after get off work late to disturb you, I would have come a long time ago."

Speaking of this, Tong Rui said with a slightly regretful tone: "Your restaurant branch opened, and I was originally going to go with Li Li, but I didn't expect to encounter something like this. I'm really sorry."

Chu Xia said, "What's there to be embarrassed about? I was too busy to come and see you directly. I feel embarrassed that it took so long."

There's no need to argue about who wins or loses this matter.

Tong Rui and Chu Xia laughed together and stopped being polite.

Tong's mother asked Chu Xia and Lin Xiaohan to sit down, and she went out to get some fruit.

Lin Xiaohan felt that he was an eyesore staying in Tong Rui's room, disturbing the two girls' conversation, so he said hello and left.

Close Tong Rui's door and go outside.

After standing in the living room for a while, I suddenly saw a middle-aged man coming in from the front door.

Looking at the middle-aged man's features and the military uniform he was wearing, Lin Xiaohan quickly determined that he was Tong Rui's father.

So when Tong's father saw his puzzled look, he took the initiative to greet him, "Hello, uncle. I am Tong Rui's friend. I heard that she was injured, so we came to see her."

Father Tong understood, his expression relaxed subconsciously, and he said politely, "Hurry up and sit down."

Tong's mother heard the noise in the kitchen, so she got out two plates of fruit, put one on the coffee table in the living room outside, and brought another plate to Tong Rui's room.

Although he is a junior, he is also a guest.

So Tong's father sat down directly on the sofa in the living room and talked to Lin Xiaohan.

Tong Rui and Chu Xia also heard the sound in the room.

When Tong's mother came into the house carrying some fruit, Tong Rui asked, "Is my dad back?"

Tong's mother said, "Yes, I just came back and sat down."

Chuxia stood up, took the fruit from Tong's mother and said a few polite words.

Tong's mother didn't interrupt the two girls' conversation. She put down the fruit and went out again.

Only Chu Xia and Tong Rui were left in the room. Tong Rui suddenly smiled and asked Chu Xia, "You and Lin Xiaohan, your relationship shouldn't be just ordinary friends now, right?"

It’s the first time you’re in love, so it’s always a bit awkward to talk about it.

Chu Xia smiled and nodded in response: "Yes, we are together now."

Tong Rui then asked: "When are you getting married?"

Chu Xia still smiled and said, "I just graduated, there's no need to rush."

Tong Rui suddenly lowered her voice and asked, "You are not in a hurry, and he is not in a hurry either?"

Chu Xia didn’t know if she had misunderstood Tong Rui’s meaning.

Her face suddenly became hot, she reached out and patted Tong Rui, whispering, "I always thought you were the most serious person."

Tong Rui laughed for a while and stopped teasing Chu Xia.

She and Chuxia chatted about something else. After all, they had just graduated and started working, so they just talked about things in their respective units and could chat for a long time.

After chatting for more than half an hour, Tong Rui wanted to go to the bathroom, so Chu Xia helped her get up and go to the bathroom.

After leaving the room, Chu Xia saw Lin Xiaohan and Tong's father sitting in the living room playing chess and chatting. Chu Xia and Lin Xiaohan looked at each other, and then Chu Xia spoke up to greet Tong's father.

It's almost evening now.

Not seeing Tong's mother, Tong Rui asked, "Where's Mom?"

Tong's father responded, "I'm going to buy some food. Let your friend stay at home for dinner tonight."

Originally, Chu Xia and Lin Xiaohan had not planned to stay for dinner.

Lin Xiaohan didn't know that Tong's mother had gone out to buy food, so he hurriedly said, "Uncle, don't bother, we can just go home and eat."

Tong's father said, "Since we are here, it won't take up much time to have dinner before leaving."

Perhaps because he is used to being a leader, the tone of his voice sounds like he is giving orders.

In fact, he had no intention of playing chess with Lin Xiaohan, let alone taking the initiative to stay for dinner.

He originally planned to just sit down, say a few polite words, and then find an excuse to leave.

But after chatting with Lin Xiaohan for a few words, he changed his mind.

Tong Rui also wanted to keep Chu Xia and Lin Xiaohan for dinner, so she turned to Chu Xia and said, "Stay for dinner and let's chat for a while."

After Tong's father and Tong Rui said this, Tong's mother went to buy groceries, so Chu Xia had no choice but to agree.

After saying that, she helped Tong Rui to go to the bathroom. After going to the bathroom and returning to the room, Lin Xiaohan and Tong's father were still playing chess and chatting. From a quick listen, they could tell that they were talking about a wide range of topics.

While helping Tong Rui back to her room, Chu Xia subconsciously glanced at Lin Xiaohan and Tong's father twice.

When she entered the room, she withdrew her gaze, closed the door, and went back to chatting with Tong Rui.

Chuxia stayed in the room with Tongrui until dinner time.

When Tong's mother came to call her, she and Tong's mother helped Tong Rui out to the restaurant to eat.

The food had already been served on the table. Chu Xia helped Tong Rui sit down and then sat down with her.

Tong's father told them to treat it as their own home and not to be polite, but he was the leader after all, and his aura was very majestic and oppressive, so Chuxia did not relax.

When they were eating, they would just follow whatever Tong's father said.

Tong's father seemed to have no desire to chat with anyone else. He only talked to Lin Xiaohan, as if Lin Xiaohan was the only person he liked at the table.

Since there was no topic that required her to participate, Chuxia naturally didn't say much.

It was not until they finished their meal and were about to leave that she smiled and said, "Uncle and aunt, thank you for your hospitality. It's getting late, so we'll go back today."

Tong Rui was not feeling well, so her father and mother sent them out the door.

As soon as Tong's parents came back from seeing them off, Tong Rui said, "Dad, what are you doing? Can't you see what the relationship between them is? Your attitude is about to cause misunderstandings. They are all my friends."

The father said, "This young man is good. What's wrong with me showing some affirmation and encouragement to young people?"

Tong Rui said: "Are you trying to show some affirmation and encouragement? You almost wanted to keep the person here."

Tong's father: "If I can really keep him here, you have to thank me."

Tong Rui: "...Please don't get involved. I don't like this at all."

Tong's father: "What kind do you like? Someone like Han Ting?"

Tong Rui: “…”

She was too lazy to say anything more, so she picked up her crutches and tiptoed back to her room.

***

In the night.

Ride the bicycle out of the military compound gate.

Chuxia sat in the back seat, with her head down and eyes closed, saying nothing.

I don't know how long the bicycle had been running before it suddenly braked and stopped.

Chuxia thought they had arrived at Tianxian Temple, so she jumped out of the car and prepared to go into the alley to go home.

But when she jumped down and came to her senses, she realized that the bicycle was parked neither at the entrance of Tianxian'an Hutong nor outside the gate of her courtyard No. 8.

She turned her head and looked. There were lush trees behind her and a lake railing in front of her. It should be a corner of a small park.

Seeing Lin Xiaohan, he parked the car directly.

Chu Xia looked at him and asked, "What are you doing here? I want to go home."

After she finished speaking, she was about to leave, but Lin Xiaohan reached out and grabbed her wrist, pulled her to the railing, and blocked her way with his body.

Lin Xiaohan stood in front of Chu Xia, looked at her and asked, "If I send you home directly, will I not be able to see you tomorrow? I won't even be able to enter your house?"

It turns out he knew.

Chu Xia didn't look at him and replied: "Doesn't that mean you've fulfilled your wish?"

Lin Xiaohan: "What wish do you want?"

Chu Xia looked at him and said angrily, "I hope you can become the chief's son-in-law."

When she saw him and Tong's father getting along in the living room in the afternoon, she actually felt a little uncomfortable. She thought she was a little narrow-minded at the time, so she didn't think much about it.

But at dinner time at night, she couldn't control her thoughts at all.

She had a lot of wild thoughts at the dinner table, even thinking back to the time when they and Tong Rui had just gotten to know each other and shared a table in a western restaurant for the first time. Lin Xiaohan paid for dinner for four people that night without hesitation.

He was a stingy guy who was mean to everyone, but he was so generous when he had dinner with Tong Rui for the first time.

Later, he was also willing to make friends with Tong Rui. He was happy to go out with her every time and behaved very generously.

She was sure that he didn't like Tong Rui, but she couldn't be sure whether he liked Tong Rui's father.

Lin Xiaohan looked at Chu Xia and held his breath without saying a word.

Chu Xia felt that she had hit the nail on the head and had nothing to say, so she became even more angry and said, "I already knew that feelings have no weight in your heart and are not important to you at all. I was crazy to be with you. You came to the chief's house today just to show off. If you become the chief's son-in-law, you will rise to a high position..."

Lin Xiaohan didn't let her finish her words. He raised his hand to hold the back of her neck and lowered his head to cover her mouth.

Chu Xia was suddenly stunned, and it took her a moment to react. Her face turned red instantly and her heart stopped beating instantly.

Seeing that Lin Xiaohan didn't let her go, she subconsciously raised her hand to push him, struggling to push him away.

This time, Lin Xiaohan didn't just give her a quick kiss.

He held Chuxia's neck tightly, imprisoning her in his palm, and kissed her even harder when she struggled.

At the same time, he grabbed her hand that was pushing against his chest and pressed it against his own.

His palms were burning hot, and Chu Xia's fingers, which were held in his palms, began to struggle.

She wanted to pull it out but couldn't. After struggling for a while, her strength gradually weakened and she let him hold it in his palm, placing it on his chest over his heart.