Chapter 26

Xia Ruirui leaned against the door, looking at Wang Kelly in surprise as she was standing at the door carrying her luggage like a puppy, and couldn't help laughing.

It looks quite pitiful.

"What happened to our Lily?"

Wang Kelly blinked quickly to hide the moisture in her eyes, and looked at Xia Ruirui with surprise.

"How did you know I was at the door?" She whispered the rest of the sentence, "I didn't even knock."

Xia Ruirui laughed even more wildly when she heard that.

"Sister, don't you know how advanced video doorbells are now? If someone stays outside for five minutes, they will automatically take a photo and sound an alarm."

“…” Wang Kelly was speechless.

Whenever guests came to visit the villa, the servants would open the door. She had no idea that doorbells were so smart nowadays.

Xia Ruirui saw through her embarrassment and moved sideways to let her in.

Wang Kelly walked in silently carrying her suitcase and changed into the slippers Xia Ruirui handed her.

"Are you being yourself again?" Xia Ruirui asked.

Although it is a question, it has an affirmative tone.

Wang Kelly nodded after hearing this, feeling a little embarrassed.

Xia Ruirui handed her a glass of warm water: "Have you eaten?"

"Not yet." Wang Kelly shook her head subconsciously.

Xia Ruirui looked at her knowingly, turned around, put on an apron, and went into the kitchen.

Wang Kelly followed her to the kitchen. She glanced at the well-kept kitchen and was a little surprised.

She originally thought that Xia Ruirui didn't seem to be able to cook, but she didn't expect that she had underestimated her.

This view was completely shattered when Xia Ruirui teleported three meters away because she was afraid of being splashed by oil.

She looked at Xia Ruirui, who was struggling with her hands and feet, with a dark face. She took a deep breath and couldn't help but move forward to push her away and naturally took the spatula from her hand.

Xia Ruirui didn't say anything polite and obediently handed the spatula to her.

Wang Kelly held the pot with one hand and started to flip the wok smoothly.

Later, she gradually lost herself in Xia Ruirui's praises and began to show off her cooking skills intentionally or unintentionally.

When Wang Kelly was not even as tall as the stove, she had to cook meals for the family.

These home-cooked dishes were just a piece of cake for her, but because of Xia Ruirui's admiring look, she felt a little proud.

Wang Kelly saw that there were all kinds of vegetables in Xia Ruirui's refrigerator, and she cooked six dishes without realizing it.

The two of them sat at the dining table. Xia Ruirui picked up her chopsticks and couldn't wait to taste the eggplant box made by Wang Kelly.

After just one bite, she was full of praise.

“Wang Kelly, you cook better than Shen Yuqing, you can become a chef.”

When she heard Shen Yuqing’s name, Kelly Wang thought she had heard it wrong.

Shen Yuqing was aloof when he was studying, and became a live broadcaster after graduation. She had watched his live broadcast, and he was not very enthusiastic anyway.

With his noble character, how could he lower himself to cook for others?

But if the other person is Xia Ruirui...

Thinking of this, Wang Kelly glanced at Xia Ruirui calmly. Looking at the side profile of the foodie who was concentrating on her food, she felt that nothing seemed impossible.

After all, Chen Yuqing likes Xia Ruirui more, and this is known to everyone in Class 3 (18).

Xia Ruirui was eating sweet and sour fish when she suddenly remembered that Wang Kelly had a crush on Shen Yuqing when she was in school. She paused with her chopsticks, worried that she might have accidentally poked her in the heart.

Wang Kelly saw through her thoughts and felt a little warm in her heart.

“Please, Xia Ruirui, it’s been so many years, how could I still like Shen Yuqing.”

“…That’s right.”

While eating, Xia Ruirui noticed that her friend was in a bad mood and kept praising her for her delicious cooking.

"Chef Wang, you really are good at cooking."

Although Wang Kelly didn't say much when she heard this, she was secretly proud in her heart, and the bad mood caused by the divorce was swept away.

After dinner, the two of them lay side by side on Xia Ruirui's bed and began to discuss their life after graduation.

Because she was worried about mentioning her friend's sad story, Xia Ruirui deliberately didn't ask her about her divorce.

Who knew that Wang Kelly would bring it up on her own initiative.

"Xia Ruirui, why don't you ask me how Lao Li and I met?"

Xia Ruirui originally thought that Wang Kelly would hate her ex-husband, Mr. Li, but from her tone, there seemed to be a hint of nostalgia.

She also began to feel curious and looked at her quietly, waiting for her next words.

"I didn't do very well on the college entrance exam, so I didn't get into university," Wang Kaili said calmly. "Later, I went to a vocational school, but I didn't give up on myself. I studied hard."

"After graduating from vocational school, I went to work in a hotel. I cleaned toilets one by one and eventually became a foreman."

"At that time, our hotel was undergoing reforms and began to have VIP rooms. Some well-known bosses would stay at our hotel on business trips."

"Because I was hardworking and diligent, I was assigned to be the foreman of the VIP team. At that time..." Wang Kelly paused and continued quickly.

"At the time, Lao Li was staying at our hotel, and the boss told me that he was very rich and couldn't afford to make any mistakes."

"I was afraid of having my money deducted from my account, so I didn't dare make any mistakes. One day, I thought Lao Li was out, so I went to clean his room, but I ran into him crying."

"He was squatting on the floor crying, crying so hard. A man in his forties, crying like a child."

"Seeing him cry, I was stunned, and he looked at me stunned too. I kept apologizing, but in my heart I was worried that he would make things difficult for me."

"I was surprised that he didn't complain to the manager," Wang Kelly said with a chuckle. "I thought he would get angry and complain because I caught him crying."

"To say thank you, I fried him an egg the next morning."

"Who knew he would cry even harder after eating the eggs? He said the eggs tasted like the ones his wife made, and his wife also likes to put soy sauce when frying eggs."

"Then I found out that he had lost his wife a year ago. We added each other's contact information and we chatted every day after that."

"Later, he proposed marriage to me. Actually, I didn't just have a crush on him, or rather... I also had a crush on his money."

“I really want a stable life.”

"When I first graduated, I couldn't afford the rent, so I lived frugally and ate a one-yuan steamed bun and pickled mustard greens every day."

"I'm about to throw up." At this point, Wang Kaili glanced at Xia Ruirui and said, "Xia Ruirui, can you believe it? There are places that sell steamed buns for one dollar. One dollar! I thought it was such a luxury at the time."

She said this with some self-mockery, but when she saw Xia Ruirui with tears streaming down her face, Wang Kelly was stunned for a moment: "Why are you crying?"

"You're miserable."

“…” Wang Kelly took out a napkin and handed it to her, then continued, “Later we got married. After we got married, I realized that I thought it was too simple. Being a stepmother is much more difficult than I thought.”

"Li Xiang couldn't accept his father's remarriage, so he kept contradicting me. Every time we argued, Li Xiang would remain silent. Perhaps he wanted to compensate me, so he would buy me a luxury bag every month."

"You have no idea how much I carry around all those luxuries that I shouldn't have."

Xia Ruirui didn't say anything. She hugged her shoulders and choked up a little: "Don't say anymore, it's all in the past."

Wang Kelly felt a chill on her shoulders and felt a little sad.

She didn't think it was a big deal at first, but when Xia Ruirui felt sorry for her, she started to act a little pretentious.

She put her arm around her best friend's shoulders, smelled her fragrant hair, and suddenly felt like she was touching her younger self.

Wang Kelly, with her bangs and dusty face while studying.

Both of them were without makeup. Wang Kelly felt a little jealous when she saw Xia Ruirui without makeup.

"How come you are so beautiful even without makeup?"

"I can't help it, I'm naturally beautiful."

“…”

Later, Xia Ruirui also started talking about her college days. When she talked about the sad parts, the two of them would hug each other and cry.

The two talked until the early morning and opened several bottles of wine.

After drinking a bottle of red wine, Wang Kelly was a little drunk and started to dig up Xia Ruirui's dark history in high school.

"Xia Ruirui, do you still remember that when you were in high school, you always liked to ask Shen Yuqing to borrow correction tapes."

Wang Kelly leaned back on the lazy sofa and turned to look at Xia Ruirui, who was pretending to be asleep. "You obviously have some too. I saw several on your desk."

“…” Xia Ruirui opened her eyes when she realized that she couldn’t fool people by pretending to be asleep.

Seeing Wang Kelly's 'torture' look, she said angrily: "You ungrateful wolf, have you forgotten that when you asked Shen Yuqing a question in your second year of high school, Shen Yuqing ignored you, and I was the one who helped you out?"

“Woo woo woo, I remember now, Shen Yuqing deserves to be dumped by you.”

I don’t know if it was because she drank too much or because she was sad about the divorce, but Wang Kelly actually cried.

Xia Ruirui was also a little drunk, her tongue was enlarged, she crawled to Wang Kelly and patted her shoulder hard.

"Don't cry, I'll protect you. I... Dad... I'll help you vent your anger."

Wang Kelly was in a daze. When she heard Xia Ruirui say that she wanted to vent her anger, she also held Xia Ruirui's hand tightly.

"Good sister, you vented my anger for me."

When Xia Ruirui heard what Wang Kelly said, her drunken chivalrous spirit burst out and she immediately climbed onto the bed to look for her cell phone.

She brought the phone closer to her, her eyes cross-eyed from trying so hard.

Finding the three words Shen Yuqing, she dialed without thinking.

Seeing this, Wang Kelly also stumbled over from the lazy sofa and lay on Xia Ruirui's shoulder to see how she would vent her anger.

The phone didn't ring for long and was quickly connected.

"Hello."

Shen Yuqing's voice was a little hoarse, and it could be heard that he was woken up from his sleep.

Before he could say anything, Xia Ruirui interrupted him with her big tongue.

"Chen Yuqing! When Wang Kelly asked you a question in your second year of high school, why did you ignore her... Who... Who do you think you are?"

She spoke haltingly, and when she saw no sound from the other side, she added with great force, "I'm telling you, she's under my protection."

Shen Yuqing: “…”

Although Wang Kaili didn't know what the two were talking about, she could tell that Xia Ruirui was venting her anger, so she agreed, "That's right."

Shen Yuqing held his forehead with his left hand and could tell that Xia Ruirui was drunk.

Although he didn't know what had happened to her when she was drunk, he checked his phone and saw it was already three in the morning.

He patiently asked, "Xia Ruirui, where are you now?"

"At home." Xia Ruirui answered without hesitation.

As if she felt that she had lost her momentum, she said angrily: “Chen Yuqing, you should apologize to Wang Kelly quickly… Ugh… Ugh…”

She repeated: "... Ugh... Apologize quickly."

Shen Yuqing was helpless: "...It's my fault, Xia Ruirui, sober up first."

Xia Ruirui on the opposite side heard his apology, smiled with satisfaction, and said to Wang Kelly: “See, I said Shen Yuqing is still very cute…”

"He will still admit his mistake... Ugh... Ugh..."

"Ahhhhhhhhhhhh, Xia Ruirui, please don't vomit on me."

"You don't want to!! Come here! Aa ...

“I’ll spit on you…and tell you not to bully Shen Yuqing…vomit…”

"Aa ...

…

Shen Yuqing sneered and listened in silence until Xia Ruirui hung up the phone. Then he took his eyes off the screen.

It was late at night, but he couldn't sleep anymore. Suddenly, he remembered what happened in his second year of high school...