Chapter 230: Something Might Happen
Xie Jiangshan: "Zhao Zhao has returned to the Xie family, what else are you worried about? If you ask me, you are still too idle. After the New Year, when Xiao Yi and Yi Huan get married, and then you have a big fat grandson, you will feel at ease when you are busy."
“……” Bai Ruiying rolled her eyes speechlessly and ignored him.
Half an hour later, the Xie family's car stopped at the gate of Duan Jialu's community.
Xie Zhaoyuan got off the car with her scarf wrapped tightly around her. Just as she walked downstairs of the apartment building, she ran into Shen Yanhui who was also wrapped tightly.
Shen Yanhui came back with two boxes of gifts in her hands and smiled when she saw Xie Zhaoyuan.
"Why are you alone? Where's your sister-in-law?"
Xie Zhaoyuan raised his hand and pointed upstairs, hiding his mouth in his scarf, and said in a muffled voice: "My sister-in-law has arrived and is bragging upstairs."
Shen Yanhui swung the gift box in his hand and patted her on the butt, urging her to move forward: "She didn't come with you today?"
Xie Zhaoyuan shook his head: "Someone complained about her clothing store. The person who complained was making trouble in the store early in the morning. She didn't even have time to eat breakfast before rushing over, so she didn't come with me."
Shen Yan replied: "Oh."
Duan Jialu's house has one unit per floor, and you have to swipe your card to take the elevator. Xie Zhaoyuan took out the elevator card from his pocket, swiped the elevator door, and pulled Shen Yanhui in.
Shen Yan looked at her twice, then suddenly frowned and made a "tsk" sound.
"What?" Xie Zhaoyuan glanced at her, "What do you dislike about me again?"
Shen Yanhui put down the gift box in his hand, turned around to face her, and then directly ripped the buttons of her hat open: "How did Pei Xingzhi put the hat on you? The buttons are all crooked."
She blinked blankly and let Shen Yanhui button her hat again: "Pei Xingzhi went out very early, I buttoned this hat myself."
"..." Shen Yanhui curled his lips, his expression somewhat speechless and helpless, "No wonder..."
"No wonder?" Xie Zhaoyuan was unconvinced. "Is it normal for me to button my clothes crookedly?"
Shen Yan raised his eyebrows: "You said that yourself, I didn't say that..."
Xie Zhaoyuan: “…”
"Okay." Shen Yanhui pushed her hat down and patted her furry head. "It's okay now."
Xie Zhaoyuan suddenly stretched out his hand to her: "Give me one of your gifts."
"Why?" Shen Yanhui looked unwilling.
Xie Zhaoyuan: "We are going to go in together later, but you are holding a gift in each hand, while I have nothing in both hands. How embarrassing is that?"
"Give me one of your gifts quickly. I need to protect my reputation."
Shen Yan replied: "..."
She stared at Xie Zhaoyuan expressionlessly, and although she was extremely reluctant, she still gave her a box of her gifts.
"The rich and powerful are fighting for even a gift..."
"Hehe..." Xie Zhaoyuan laughed shamelessly, "Oh, I will return it to you later."
Shen Yan replied: "Heh... I must be mentally ill to believe you."
As they were talking, the two of them had already arrived at Duan Jialu's door. The door was ajar, and Shen Yanhui reached out and pushed it open.
The two of them were the last to arrive, and were severely reprimanded by Duan Jialu as soon as they entered the door.
Xie Zhaoyuan apologized with a grin, then ran to choose his own gift, leaving the discussion of the wedding details to the people in the living room.
While chatting about gossip, they also gave advice to Duan Jialu. But after planning for a long time, Duan Jialu's wedding details remained the same, and some details were even worse than the first version she finalized.
She looked at the fools on the sofa and was so angry that she just kicked them out.
"Sister-in-law, do you want to go home with me?" Xie Zhaoyuan stood at the gate of the community, looking at Song Yihan eagerly and asked.
Song Yihan tied her scarf tightly and said with a headache: "The customer complaint has not been resolved yet, I have to go back to the store. You go back first, I will go home and bring you something delicious later."
"Okay." Xie Zhaoyuan waved at her, turned around and got into the car, "Bye, sister-in-law."
Song Yihan: "Bye."
It was almost evening when we returned, and most of the snow on the road had been swept away by sanitation workers. But the driver still didn't dare drive too fast, for fear that the wheels would slip and injure Xie Zhaoyuan in the back seat.
Xie Zhaoyuan was holding his phone and chatting with Pei Xingzhi on WeChat. When his face turned red, he heard a muffled "puff" sound coming from under the car.
Then the driver slammed on the brakes and yelled, "Oh no! The tire is punctured!"
"Is the tire flat?" Xie Zhaoyuan put his cell phone in his pocket and rolled down the window.
The driver unbuckled his seat belt and got out of the car. He bent over and checked along the way. As expected, he found two sharp nails on the rear tire.
"Who is the stupidest person who did this? They buried two big nails in the snow!" The driver cursed while taking out his cell phone to send a WeChat message to the work group.
Xie Zhaoyuan opened the car door and got out, following the old man and bending down to look at the flat tire: "Oh my God, this nail is too big."
The uncle was so angry that he gritted his teeth: "This is pure revenge against society! If I catch the bastard who buried the nail, I will beat his face with my leather shoes until it is swollen!"
Xie Zhaoyuan was amused by the uncle's words, and his anger instantly subsided a lot: "Uncle Yang, what should we do now? Should we wait here for someone to come and fix the car?"
Uncle Yang turned his head and gave her a forced smile: "I have already notified Lao Li to come pick you up immediately, you just need to wait in the car for a while. Leave the repairs to me, don't worry."
"Oh." Xie Zhaoyuan nodded.
Uncle Yang: "It's cold outside, you should go back to the car and sit down first, don't catch a cold."
"Okay." A gust of cold wind blew by, Xie Zhaoyuan shrank his neck, turned around and walked back.
But at this moment, a faint cat's meow suddenly came from the alley to her right.
"Meow……"
"Meow……"
“Meow…”
"There's a cat?!" Xie Zhaoyuan's eyes lit up and he unconsciously took a few steps into the alley.
"Meow……"
"Meow……"
The sound became clearer each time. Xie Zhaoyuan listened carefully and felt that it should be a kitten only two or three months old.
"It's freezing cold, there's no way such a small cat can survive." She frowned and hesitated for a few seconds, but finally couldn't bear to leave it alone.
At this time, it was already dark. The street lights in the alley were not very bright, and Xie Zhaoyuan couldn't see where the cat was from standing at the entrance of the alley.
So she took out her cell phone, turned on the flashlight, called softly, and walked carefully into the alley.
"Mimi, Mimi, where are you? Come out and I'll take you home, okay?"
"Mimi?"
"Meow!"
What responded to her was a clearer cat meow.
She was delighted and took slightly bigger steps.
"Xiaoyuan, where are you going?" Uncle Yang asked, standing at the entrance of the alley, holding his cell phone.
Xie Zhaoyuan: "There is a kitten in here, I want to catch it and take it home to raise!"
Uncle Yang: "Then wait for me to make a call, and I'll come to help you after I finish the call!"
Xie Zhaoyuan: "Okay!"
The alley is not very wide, barely enough for three people to walk side by side.
Xie Zhaoyuan shone the flashlight forward and saw a shivering little tabby cat on a snow pile not far away.
"Mimi!" She took small steps forward and squatted on her knees in front of the little tabby.
"Mimi, you're so cute, come home with me, okay?"
“…”
Little Lihua did not answer, but stared vigilantly behind Xie Zhaoyuan with eyes wide open.
"Mimi?" Xie Zhaoyuan didn't know what it was looking at. Just as he was about to reach out and touch its head tentatively, it meowed and ran away.
Immediately afterwards, a black shadow was projected by the street lamp at Xie Zhaoyuan's feet.
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