Chapter 56 I’ve been fighting...
Having not seen each other for over two years, the estrangement caused by time made her visibly a little uneasy when facing Zhou Yu.
Tao Siyun, holding a few bags of glutinous rice balls, her fingers curled slightly from the cold, greeted him awkwardly, "Long time no see. When did you get back?"
Yes, I remember my senior sister said last time that he had returned a long time ago and is now working in Jingfu...
Considering her relationship with Zhao Yiran, this question was indeed a bit redundant and sounded perfunctory.
"It's been a few months. How have you been since you returned home?"
"I'm fine, how about you?"
“…”
The two of us asked and answered questions, treating normal conversations as if they were dialogues from a French textbook...
Zhou Yu smiled, released his grip on the shopping cart, raised his arms, and suddenly opened his arms to her. "Well, as you can see, I'm still single." After joking, he sighed and spoke seriously. "I came back to Huxi specifically to take care of my aunt. She's been ill lately and isn't feeling well."
"I see..."
Although she and Zhou Yu were familiar with each other to a certain extent, she didn't know much about other things. She had only heard Zhou Yu talk about it by chance before, and knew that he had a deep relationship with the aunt who raised him.
Tao Siyun asked a few questions out of politeness and concern, and was about to run out of things to say when his cell phone rang.
Tao Qian waited for a few minutes, and seeing that she still hadn't come, he couldn't help but urge her, "Are you ready? Hurry up, there are only two people ahead of me."
"Got it, I'll be right there."
After hanging up the phone, Tao Siyun said to Zhou Yu in an apologetic tone: "Well, I'm sorry, I have to go first, another day..."
"It's okay, I've almost finished shopping too, let's go together."
There were a lot of people queuing, and Zhou Yu was at the back. Tao Siyun said something to him and ran to the front to find Tao Qian.
The aunt in front of them was packing bags, so luckily they caught up.
When Zhou Yu saw her behaving intimately with a man, he frowned slightly and pushed the cart out of the team.
Tao Qian patted Tao Siyun's head and said, "Why are you taking so long when I asked you to get a few packets of glutinous rice balls? What are you dawdling about?"
Tao Siyun retorted: "It's not like you can just take it and leave. You have to be picky."
"Please wait a few minutes and then go to the back to queue up to pay."
"You can queue up by yourself, but you still have to wait."
“…”
Zhou Yu silently watched their backs as they left together, his eyes complicated.
Tao Siyun, do you already have a boyfriend?
…
After returning home, the first thing I do is to put up Spring Festival couplets.
Tao Siyun stood on tiptoe under Tao Qian's command, stretched out his arms, and maintained this posture for a few seconds. He turned around and urged: "Can you hurry up?"
"Don't move." Tao Qian looked up, glanced at it, and continued to tear off the double-sided tape slowly.
"Why didn't you just stick it on the Spring Festival couplets first?"
"Don't you have to decide the position first? What if you accidentally put it crooked? Will you be responsible if the upper and lower couplets are reversed?"
Tao Siyun's arms were sore from lifting the weight, and he finally realized, "Did you do that on purpose?"
"You guessed right."
“…”
After pasting the sticker on his own home, Tao Siyun refused to help anymore no matter what.
I just stood quietly at the door and watched Tao Qian paste Spring Festival couplets and blessing characters on the door opposite.
After Tao Qian entered the house, she secretly took a photo of the door opposite and sent it to Xu Ji. [My brother insisted on posting it]
The subtext is: This has nothing to do with me, don't think too much about it.
Tao Siyun's thoughts were obvious: he wanted to tell Xu Ji before Tao Qian, but he didn't want him to think that he was too proactive.
So she accidentally made a common mistake during adolescence.
Xu Ji happily accepted it and sent three words without hesitation: [Thank you, brother]
“…”
This was the second time he called Tao Qian like this.
Not only did it go beyond the boundaries of their existing relationship, but it was also outrageous and outspoken.
Tao Siyun, who is obsessed with details, said he was very concerned about it.
I felt like he was taking advantage of me verbally before I even agreed to his pursuit.
So she once again quietly widened the distance between them and corrected him indirectly: [Didn't you always call my brother 'senior' before?]
Xu Ji's reply was very frank: [I'm afraid you'll misunderstand]
Tao Siyun thought that Xu Ji realized the inappropriateness of the address because of his intentional or unintentional reminders.
In order to avoid embarrassment, I simply pretended not to understand and asked him: [What could I have misunderstood about you? ]
Xu Ji: [Misunderstanding that I was planning to take advantage of your brother]
Tao Siyun: [? ]
Xu Ji: [I've been planning on you.]
In a flash, Tao Siyun suddenly recalled the conversation between the two of them.
"Please don't mess with my brother, okay?"
"Who are you targeting?"
…
After such a long time, he finally found his chance this time, and he even seamlessly connected the conversation from over two months ago...
Tao Siyun automatically ignored his previous sentence: [You don't need to clarify, my brother has someone he likes]
Xu Ji continued to clarify, and between the lines, he made it clear that "I'm not interested in your brother, I'm only interested in you": [I also have someone I like]
Tao Siyun was so embarrassed by his words that he didn't know how to respond.
I found an emoji that is rarely used and sent it.
An awkward yet polite smile.
The next second, Xu Ji sent an upside-down smile.
Tao Qian was cooking dinner in the kitchen, while Tao Siyun was sitting in the living room eating pizza and video chatting with his parents.
The pizza was just taken out of the oven, covered with salami and sprinkled with a lot of shredded cheese before baking. After baking at high temperature for fifteen minutes, the cheese has melted completely. The salty and fragrant taste of the sausage and the rich cheese are matched together, and you can pull out long strings when you bite into it.
Qin Shu asked her when the winter vacation would be.
"It will be released next week."
"Have you booked your flight?"
"Not yet." Tao Siyun hesitated for a moment and said tentatively, "I'll come back with my brother this time."
Tao Qian heard this and reminded her, "My holiday isn't until the 20th."
She thought that Xu Ji's vacation would not start until around the 20th anyway, so if there was nothing else, she could return to Jingfu half a month later.
Tao Siyun's eyes were sincere. "It's okay. I can wait for you."
"Thanks, no thanks."
Tao Siyun's request was ruthlessly rejected, so he had to hesitate and say: "I need someone to accompany me on the road..."
"Unaccompanied travel at the airport is limited to those under 18 years old. As an adult, you are now seriously over the age limit and can no longer enjoy this service."
“…”
Qin Shu: "Go home first when you have a holiday. Your brother will come back by himself when the time comes. You don't have to wait."
"But……"
"But what?" Tao Qian reached out and ruffled her hair. "You're so clingy even at your age."
“…”
Tao Siyun had originally planned to stay in the west of Shanghai for a few more days, but now it seems that he has no choice but to return to Beijing early.
"Okay then, I'll let you know once I book the tickets."
After solving Tao Siyun's problem, Tao Qian finally remembered to ask the real thing: "Mom, how did you fry the Yuanxiao?"
He was almost burned by oil splashing all over him in the kitchen just now.
"Oh, do you have breadcrumbs? Boil them before frying, drain the water, and then coat them with breadcrumbs. Then fry them slowly over low heat, otherwise they will get burnt. Oh, and your sister likes to eat them with brown sugar. Remember to pour some into a bowl, don't add water, and put it directly into the steamer. Once it starts to steam, just wait for it to melt."
Tao Qian frowned as he listened to the tedious process and glanced at the uninterested person next to him: "Why is your daughter so difficult to please?"
Tao Siyun: "..."
"Tsk, what's with that expression on your face? Didn't you just say you wanted to eat?"
"I just mentioned it in passing, okay?"
"You mentioned it because you want me to do it for you, right?"
You can understand it this way if you insist.
"Well, I forced you to do it, okay..."
When Tao Siyun thought about going back to Beijing next week, his depression unconsciously increased a little bit.
Qin Shu criticized him from the other end, "You're so wronged to be asked to fry Yuanxiao. You're a brother, isn't it your duty to take care of your sister? Do you think being a brother is that easy?"
"Okay, okay, okay." Tao Qian took off his apron and said resignedly, "You guys continue chatting and booking the tickets. I'll go downstairs and buy some brown sugar and breadcrumbs. Is that okay?"
While eating, Tao Siyun and Tao Qian mentioned something.
"Brother, Mom said at that time that they would arrange a blind date for you during the Chinese New Year."
Tao Qian looked up in bewilderment. "What kind of dating is this? Who are you dating?"
"That's the girl I introduced you to before, the one you kept dragging your feet and refused to meet. You didn't even add her on WeChat."
“…”
Tao Siyun glanced thoughtfully at the ringing phone in front of him, picked up a golden fried Yuanxiao, took a bite, and said vaguely, "They are from my aunt's workplace. I heard that they were very satisfied after seeing the photos."
Tao Qian was silent for a few seconds, then said expressionlessly, "Did Mom really tell you that just now?"
"Yeah, she said you're going to be thirty soon, and she's worried no one will want you in the future. If you don't go, I guess..."
"?"
Tao Siyun looked sympathetic, shook his head, and gave him a look that said "I wish you good luck."
Tao Qian lowered his head and replied to the message silently on his mobile phone keyboard.
Tao Siyun gossiped calmly, "By the way, what's the name of your 'friend'? I forgot to ask her when she sent me home last time. Have you treated her to dinner yet?"
Tao Qian was stunned for a moment, "You want to know?"
"Yeah." Tao Siyun nodded modestly.
"Oh." Tao Qian slowly picked up a Yuanxiao and put it in his mouth. He chewed it slowly for a long time and said proudly, "I won't tell you."
“…”
"Forget about telling me. If they force you to go on a blind date during the Chinese New Year, I won't speak up for you." Tao Siyun glanced at him and added, "Also, if you need anything in the future, I won't help you steal the household registration book anymore."
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