Chapter 379: A Touching Scene
Bai Zhi returned to her bedroom, intending to tear off the sheets and wash them. However, her gaze inadvertently fell upon some indescribable marks on the sheets, and she awkwardly turned away.
That's so embarrassing.
That guy was way too wild last night.
She couldn't bear to look at the sheets, so she quickly rolled them up, took them out, and stuffed them into the washing machine.
In this era, her ability to own a full set of electrical appliances meant she was considered a truly well-off family.
After washing the sheets, she began cleaning.
She was busy until dark, and she was so tired that she didn't want to move or eat.
I plan to go back to my room and lie down to sleep.
She didn't sleep well at all last night.
Just then, she heard a knock on the door.
Bai Zhi was startled. Although it was only seven o'clock, it got dark early in winter, and the sky was already very dark.
She walked to the bedroom door, but didn't rush to speak. Instead, she stood there listening for any sounds.
"Xiao Zhi, are you inside?"
Bai Zhi breathed a sigh of relief when she heard her mother-in-law Xie Yun's voice.
He quickly replied, "Mom, I'm here."
She ran to the gate and quickly opened it.
As soon as the door opened, Lu Zheng'an and Xie Yun were standing at the door, with Xie Yun holding a thermal lunchbox in her hand.
"Dad, Mom, why are you here so late?" Bai Zhi stepped aside and invited them in.
Xie Yun explained, "We just got home from get off work and heard from your second aunt that you've come back here. We were going to call you and ask you to come over for dinner, but we were worried that it would be unsafe for you to be alone in the dark, so your dad and I decided to come over and bring you food."
Xie Yun walked in, waving the lunchbox in her hand. "The dishes Zhang Ma cooked are still hot, eat them while they're hot."
Bai Zhi looked at Lu Zheng'an, who was wearing a thick cotton-padded coat and a train engine hat, his nose red from the cold, and then at Xie Yun, who was wearing a scarf with only her eyes showing. Her feelings were complicated, but a warm feeling washed over her.
While I was touched, I also felt very guilty.
"Dad, Mom, it's so cold, you don't need to bring me food. It's very convenient for me to eat here. There are pots and pans in the kitchen, so I can cook whatever I want."
Xie Yun said with a smile, "It's hard to cook for one person. If you cook too much, you'll have to eat several meals and just eat leftovers."
"I'll go to the kitchen to get a bowl." Lu Zheng'an didn't go into the living room, but went straight to the kitchen.
Bai Zhi wanted to say she would get them herself, but Lu Zheng'an was so eager that he didn't give her a chance to speak and had already gone to the kitchen to get the bowls and chopsticks.
Xie Yun brought over a bowl and served her rice, saying, "Eat quickly, it's still warm."
Looking at the steaming food in the lunchbox, and then at her parents-in-law rubbing their hands together from the cold, Bai Zhi's eyes welled up with tears.
Back in her hometown, apart from her grandfather, no other relatives cared about her.
Later, she had her maternal grandfather, uncles... but they were all blood relatives who cared about her, and she always felt a sense of entitlement among family members.
After all, she cared about them too.
The emotional impact of Lu Zheng'an and Xie Yun, who were her parents-in-law, bringing her food on such a cold night was completely different.
After Lu Ye left, she chose to live here alone, largely because she didn't want to feel too close to her in-laws.
After all, she had stayed at the Lu family's house when she first came to Nancheng.
To be honest, the experience wasn't very good.
Even though their attitude towards her as their daughter-in-law has changed drastically, to the point that they practically worship her, she herself has no intention of living under the same roof as them.
She enjoys a free and unrestrained life.
In addition, Wang Shufen and her daughter also live there. If she moves in as well, she will inevitably have disagreements and arguments with them.
"Xiao Zhi, eat up." Lu Zheng'an noticed that Bai Zhi's eyes were downcast, and she was picking at the food in her bowl with her chopsticks but not putting any in her mouth. He asked, "Is the food not to your liking?"
Bai Zhi snapped out of her daze, quickly concealing her emotions, and said with a smile, "No, no, Aunt Zhang's cooking is delicious."
With her in-laws watching, she had no choice but to quickly shovel the food into her mouth.
Lu Zheng'an and Xie Yun watched her finish eating, then smiled and tentatively asked, "Xiao Zhi, look, Lu Ye has gone back to the army, and your grandfather isn't here. We were wondering if you could go back home to stay? We're really worried about you living here alone as a girl."
Xie Yun felt a headache coming on when she thought about the young people from the streets near the school gate lately. She sighed, "Yes, it's mainly because the streets have been unsafe lately. There are always thugs around. We're always uneasy about you living alone."
Bai Zhi fully understood her in-laws' concerns.
The public security situation was indeed quite poor during that era.
The main reason is that after the opening up of social policies, people from all walks of life began to try it, which naturally led to some mixed quality.
But she usually gets off work early, closes the door when she gets home, and rarely goes out alone.
She felt no sense of insecurity.
Bai Zhi smiled and said nonchalantly, "Dad, Mom, I'm fine living here."
"Child, is it because your second aunt and the others are at home that you feel uncomfortable?" Xie Yun asked, looking at her.
Before Bai Zhi could answer, Xie Yun continued, "Your second aunt used to be quite talkative and meddlesome, but now she's completely changed, she's not the same person at all."
She likes you a lot, and since she needs you to prescribe medicine for her illness later, she definitely won't target you at home anymore.
Lu Zheng'an continued, "Your grandfather also wants you to go home and stay. He was going to bring you dinner tonight, but we were worried he'd catch a cold, so we stopped him."
Lu Zheng'an said with a smile, "Xiao Zhi, if you don't go home, your grandfather might bring you dinner tomorrow night."
Bai Zhi, "!!!"
Isn't this obviously making things difficult for her?
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