Chapter 52: Drinking too much can easily lead to mistakes
As soon as she finished speaking, Cen Xihuai took the remote control beside her pillow.
For a moment, there was silence.
Cen Xihuai's hands froze in mid-air. He lowered his eyes to meet those watery ones that contained accusations, and explained calmly, "I was afraid of disturbing your sleep, so I was just about to turn off the lights."
"oh…"
She misunderstood.
Xu Qingwu was extremely upset and covered her eyes with the quilt. Oh, this is too embarrassing!
Worried that she might have trouble breathing, Cen Xihuai tried to pull the quilt down, but Xu Qingwu held on tightly, and a muffled voice came from inside: "Leave me alone."
Cen Xihuai silently curled his lips and asked gently, "Do you want to do it?"
"No!" Xu Qingwu threw back the quilt, her voice filled with a hint of resentment, "You touched my face just now, that's why I misunderstood."
Cen Xihuai thought for a moment and comforted her: "It's okay to think about it. Adults have normal physiological needs."
I said no!
This makes her sound like she's unsatisfied!
Xu Qingwu turned her back to Cen Xihuai and said in a muffled voice, "Turn off the lights and go to sleep."
The bedroom returned to silence.
I thought I would be sleepless until dawn tonight, but I actually slept until the alarm rang.
After washing up, I came out and saw Cen Xihuai sitting at the dining table.
Xu Qingwu thought of the series of social failure scenes that had happened one after another, and was unwilling to have breakfast with him face to face, so she only took two slices of toast.
"The law firm has a lot of things to do. I'm leaving now."
Following the sound of quick footsteps, the door slammed shut.
As soon as Cen Xihuai arrived at the company, he called Yao Wei into the office and asked if he had any business trips in the near future.
Yao Wei: "There's no need for you to be there in person."
Cen Xihuai: "Bring all the documents you need me to sign today. I'll have to keep my schedule tight these few days."
Apart from having to leave time for taking wedding photos, Cen Xihuai rarely forces himself to work overtime. Although he values his work, he also advocates a balance between work and rest.
At the same time, Xu Qingwu was also discussing with Xia Xiaoxiao about staying in her dormitory for a few days.
As it was getting close to getting off work, Cen Xihuai called and Xu Qingwu answered the call.
Cen Xihuai: "I'm not going home for dinner tonight."
Xu Qingwu: "I'm not going home to sleep today."
The couple spoke in unison, with a strange tacit understanding.
Cen Xihuai broke the silence on both ends of the phone: "I have a meeting tonight, what about you?"
Xu Qingwu had already thought of an excuse: "I'm going to sleep in Xiaoxiao's dormitory for a few days. Her roommate has gone back home, and she's afraid to sleep alone."
"How many days?"
"Maybe two or three days? I wonder when her roommate will be back."
"Okay, be careful."
"I will, bye?"
"goodbye."
After ending the call, Xu Qingwu breathed a sigh of relief. She sent a message to Yao Wei in advance saying that he didn't need to pick her up from get off work in the next few days. Then she contacted Cen Yue and Xia Xiaoxiao to go out for dinner together, but one of them didn't want to eat and the other didn't have time.
Xu Qingwu ordered takeout in advance and went to B University to find Xia Xiaoxiao.
Xia Xiaoxiao is a doctoral student and has been extremely busy with her thesis lately. She just came out of the library with her computer on her back when Xu Qingwu came over.
She wore black-framed glasses, her hair was tied up with a pen, and her face had a faint oily sheen. It was obvious that she had been severely exploited by life.
"Qingwu baby, I feel like I'm going to die suddenly."
Xia Xiaoxiao hugged Xu Qingwu and cried loudly, saying how difficult it was to write the thesis, how perverted her tutor was, and how disobedient her junior students were. She only came back to life when the takeaway was delivered.
The two of them opened all the takeaways and placed them on the table before starting to eat.
After eating and drinking, Xia Xiaoxiao finally had the energy to ask her, "Why did you think of me?"
Xu Qingwu lowered her head to pack up the takeout boxes: "I miss you, is that okay?"
"What do you want me to do?" Xia Xiaoxiao smiled ambiguously, "You're newlyweds, so you should be passionate about your husband, right?"
Xu Qingwu: "Then I'll leave?"
"No, I'll show you something good." Xia Xiaoxiao hurriedly tried to stop her and pulled out a bottle of white wine from the locker. "I got this from my uncle. It's super expensive. What time should we go tonight?"
When it comes to alcohol, Xu Qingwu inevitably thinks of that night, and she gets a terrible headache.
"Declined. I'm trying to quit drinking."
"Why?"
"It's easy to make mistakes when you're drunk."
Xia Xiaoxiao's gossip radar rang out, and she narrowed her eyes and examined him: "Why, you drank too much and did something wrong to your husband, so you came to me to avoid the debt of love?"
If she wasn't afraid of being questioned further, Xu Qingwu really wanted to give her an award. She was indeed a well-read woman with a high level of sensitivity.
Xu Qingwu laughed dryly: "You think too much."
The two of them failed to drink together. Before going to bed, Xia Xiaoxiao poured herself a glass of wine so that she could fall asleep. Hearing this, Xu Qingwu also took a small sip.
When Xu Qingwu was woken by the alarm clock, Xia Xiaoxiao frowned and told her to turn it off. Xu Qingwu asked curiously, "Don't you PhDs have to get up at 8 a.m.?"
Xia Xiaoxiao covered her head with the quilt, full of irritability: "No need!"
"Okay, I ordered takeout for you for breakfast, remember to get up and get it."
Xu Qingwu washed up quietly and went to work.
At the morning meeting, a relatively simple new project was assigned. Xu Qingwu taught the newcomer how to handle it. He worked all day and only looked at his phone after get off work.
It was quiet, and Cen Xihuai did not report his itinerary today.
She has been at Xia Xiaoxiao's place these days, and he told her that it doesn't matter whether she comes home for dinner or not.
It was not until the third day that Cen Xihuai contacted her and asked her if she had time. Xu Qingwu was on her way to Xia Xiaoxiao's dormitory, so she said she had something to do.
At this time, Xia Xiaoxiao finally discovered something was wrong.
"Did you have a fight with Uncle Cen?"
"No."
Xu Qingwu peeled the crayfish quickly with her fingers. The crayfish were not very fat in late autumn, so she just ate them for flavor.
"So you've been staying here with me forever?"
"Isn't it okay for me to eat with you and play with you?"
"You're wasting your time playing with things!" Xia Xiaoxiao pushed the crayfish she was feeding away. "Go back quickly! I'm afraid I'll become a stumbling block in your relationship."
Xu Qingwu smiled and said, "There's still a little bit of white wine left. Let's drink it tonight and I'll be back tomorrow, okay?"
"I'll get it."
The two ate crayfish with white wine and watched the latest episode of a variety show together.
At this time, seeing Cen Xihuai coming back alone for dinner, Mr. Cen kept looking behind him.
Cen Xihuai: "Don't look, your daughter-in-law is not here."
Mr. Cen glared at him: "If Qingwu isn't coming, what are you doing here?"
"Then I'll leave?"
"Get out after dinner."
Madam Cen tried to smooth things over: "Alright, alright, let's eat."
Cen Yue's family was not at home. Only Old Man Cen and Old Lady Cen were at home. Cen Xihuai stayed to eat. Old Man Cen took a bite and sighed, and he had eaten up his appetite.
Cen Xihuai stopped eating and placed his chopsticks on the bowl: "Just tell me what you want to say."
"Did you and Qingwu have a fight?"
"No."
"Mother Yang said Qingwu hasn't eaten breakfast at home in a few days. She was cleaning these days and not even a single hair could be seen. Tell me honestly, how many days has your wife not been home?"
Cen Xihuai: "..."
As soon as Old Master Cen saw him act like this, he knew he was right. He said angrily, "Your mother and I are not old-fashioned. How could we give birth to a boring son like you? If you continue to be so old-fashioned and don't know how to coax people, you will be left without a wife sooner or later!"
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