"Xia, have dinner before you leave," Li Weiya said.
Jiang Xia hesitated for a few seconds and slowly nodded. He had some questions to ask, which he could finish at the dinner table.
"Thank you for your help, Aunt Li."
"Don't be so polite with me. Do you want to call home first?"
Jiang Xia nodded, walked to the balcony, took out his phone, and called his mother to tell her that he would be having dinner at Wang Ming's house that night.
Li Weiya smiled, put her apron back on, and went into the kitchen, casually shooing Wang Ming out: "Go keep your classmate company, you don't need to help in the kitchen."
Wang Ming immediately made a run for it, running to the living room and pulling Jiang Xia into the bedroom without saying a word.
"What are you doing? Let me tell you, I have a wife and I'm not interested in men." Jiang Xia's eyes showed a wary look.
"Hey! I'm not interested in men either, okay?"
Wang Ming was speechless. This guy was always showing off his love, acting like nobody had a wife.
Okay, he really didn't.
He said, "I wanted to show you how the paintings I've done these past two days are doing."
He took out the sketch and handed it over. Jiang Xia carefully flipped through it and said, "Not bad, your drawing skills have improved."
"Of course, my mom has been giving me special pointers lately." Wang Ming was a little smug. He wondered if it was because he was playing cat and mouse with Li Weiya, but Li Weiya had been paying much more attention to him recently.
“I admire Aunt Li’s painting skills. If you could learn two or three tenths of them, you could be a force to be reckoned with in this industry.”
Jiang Xia patted him on the shoulder and said with a smile, "Keep up the good work, Qitian Animation's future art director, I have high hopes for you."
During the meal, Jiang Xia asked Li Weiya for her opinion on the current animation market. As a veteran in the industry, she had a deep understanding of this area.
Jiang Xia, having access to information about the future and the development direction of the ACG industry, provided Li Weiya with considerable inspiration. After their conversation, they almost became close friends if not for their age difference.
On the contrary, Wang Ming couldn't get a word in edgewise and could only eat in silence, but he did gain a lot of knowledge.
"Aunt Li, I'll be troubling you tomorrow." Jiang Xia said sincerely as she left.
"You're welcome. I'll be waiting for you downstairs in your apartment complex at 7 a.m. tomorrow."
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When they came out of Wang Ming's house, it was already dark. Many of the shop signs along the street were lit up with flashing neon lights. At this time, it was not like later generations, where the whole mountain town seemed to be glowing at night.
Jiang Xia put his hands in his pockets, smelled the spicy hot pot aroma in the air, and felt a strange sense of emotion.
His animation career has finally reached this crucial step.
Turning his head to look at the old hot pot restaurant that was still incredibly popular in later generations, he thought to himself that once Tom and Jerry successfully aired on TV, he would definitely invite them all here for a hot pot meal.
Ultimately, he was just craving the taste of hot pot.
Jiang Xia was walking alone on the street when he unknowingly arrived near Jinxiu Huacheng. Thinking that he hadn't seen his wife for two days, he took out his phone and called his darling.
Lin Yanwan had just finished eating, and the four of them were sitting around the sofa watching a currently popular TV series when her phone suddenly rang.
She glanced at the caller ID—her husband—then subconsciously looked at her parents, then put away her phone, silently got up, went to the balcony, and answered the call.
Seeing her furtive appearance, Ji Wanqiu couldn't help but smirk. She knew without a doubt that it must have been that kid who called.
"Hey, why are you calling me?" she asked, trying to keep her voice down.
"Baby, have you had dinner yet?" Jiang Xia's cheerful laughter came through the receiver.
"Yes, I just ate."
"Do you want to come out?"
"No, it's already dark, what would I do if I came out?"
"You should take a walk after eating. Don't stay at home all day; it's not good for your health," Jiang Xia chuckled.
"Get to the point, or I'm hanging up on you."
“Baby, I miss you.” He said earnestly, “I haven’t seen you for two days. I feel empty and sad. The doctor said it’s a heart problem, and only you can cure it.”
Lin Yanwan blushed: "Nonsense, you didn't come these past two days on your own, I didn't stop you."
After saying that, he secretly glanced back, as if afraid that his mother was eavesdropping.
“I can’t concentrate on my work when you’re around,” Jiang Xia said.
"Hmph, that's not my problem." After a pause, she asked in a low voice, "Where are you now?"
"Downstairs at your house."
"Oh, wait a minute."
Lin Yanwan hung up the phone and casually went inside to continue watching TV with her family. Two or three minutes later, she said, "Mom, I'm going out for a walk."
"Where are you planning to go so late?" Ji Wanqiu asked knowingly.
"I'm not going anywhere, just wandering around to digest my food."
"Okay, go ahead, and come back soon, okay?"
She emphasized the word "breakfast" very much, after all, it was evening, the time when emotions were most easily stirred, and if her daughter wanted to stay out overnight, that was absolutely impossible.
"I know, I'll be back in a bit!" Lin Yanwan's eyes lit up with joy.
Lin Xiaoman seized the opportunity and said, "Sister, sister, I want to go play too!"
“Xiaoman, it’s dangerous outside when it gets dark. There are wolf grandmothers everywhere who eat children. You can’t go with your sister,” Ji Wanqiu said.
Upon hearing this, Lin Xiaoman shrank back in fear.
"Then...then I won't go. Sister, come back soon, and please don't let Grandma Wolf eat you up."
Lin Yanwan patted her head, pushed open the door and went out. The door closed, and the lights in the corridor suddenly turned on. When she saw the figure standing in front of her, she was startled reflexively.
"Didn't you say you were downstairs? What are you doing up here!" Lin Yanwan glared at him, annoyed.
"Because I miss you. Going upstairs means I can see you a second sooner," Jiang Xia said with a smile.
“You don’t think like that when you’re working.”
She pouted, and her little hands instinctively intertwined with his.
The two took the elevator downstairs and wandered around the neighborhood.
“Baby, I suspect you’re made from carbonated drinks,” Jiang Xia suddenly said.
She frowned and asked, "Because of sperm killing?"
"Holy crap, nice car. It's only been two days, baby, how did you become so dirty-minded?" Jiang Xia said with a mischievous smile.
"Because you often talk nonsense, I just subconsciously answered the questions according to your way of thinking."
Lin Yanwan blushed. The truth was that the two of them had made many such suggestive jokes before. In a sense, wasn't that killing sperm? One bite would kill at least 200 million elite soldiers.
"Tell me quickly, what did you mean just now? If it's still filthy, I'll hit you."
Jiang Xia gently kissed the back of her hand.
"Because I feel so happy when I meet you."
Looking into his sincere eyes, Lin Yanwan's heart suddenly skipped a beat.
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(Oops, I deleted a lot of words, I almost wrote a story about a young married woman.)
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