Chapter 62 Your parents know you are studying...
After skating, the two walked hand in hand in the snow, all the way from the ice rink to Henghui Plaza. Crystal snowflakes floated on the ice cream, and Tao Siyun licked them with cream.
"Is it cold?" Xu Ji glanced at the 24-hour KFC not far away. "Want to go in and have something hot?"
Tao Siyun sniffed and nodded in agreement.
It was really cold outside for more than two hours.
It was already eleven o'clock and there were not many people in the store.
"What do you want to drink?"
"Milk."
Xu Ji scanned the code to pay, and the two found a seat by the window.
As soon as I sat down, my phone rang.
Tao Siyun glanced at the caller ID, swallowed the milk, and looked at Xu Ji who was sitting opposite him subconsciously.
"Why didn't you answer? Who called?"
“…My brother.”
Xu Ji folded his arms and leaned lazily back in his chair. He raised his chin at her and said with a playful look in his eyes, "Answer it."
Tao Siyun nervously pressed the answer button: "Hello, brother."
Tao Qian seemed to have just woken up, his voice sounding a little hoarse: "You called me?"
"Well, why didn't you answer it?"
"Oh, I was sleeping at the time and my phone was on silent, so I didn't hear it. I just saw the photos posted in the group. Are you guys going out for dinner tonight?"
"Yes, Auntie treated us to Cantonese food today. Uncle's still at the hospital, and my second brother and his wife are working overtime. You've been criticized by them all night long. It's really terrible. I was worried about you. After dinner, Mom and Dad went to the movies."
Just like when he was a child and told him what he had done at school every day after coming home from school, Tao Siyun described every detail of the dinner tonight in vivid detail, including the expression on his aunt's face when she criticized him.
Tao Qian listened to her patiently as always, but in fact he had become numb.
He automatically ignored the previous sentence and asked casually, "Oh, Mom and Dad went to the movies, how about you?"
"I..." Tao Siyun raised his head, met Xu Ji's half-smile eyes, and lied to him: "They went on a date, so of course I went home first."
"Okay, I'll be back in two days."
Tao Siyun looked at Xu Ji and said to the person on the other end of the phone, "Didn't you say before that there were still ten days or so?"
"The project is done, and I don't have much to do at the company, so I'm taking a leave. Okay, go to bed early and don't stay up late."
"Oh, I see."
After hanging up the phone, Tao Siyun said awkwardly, "My brother will be back in Beijing in two days."
"I just heard it."
"…I'll go home after I finish my drink."
"Okay, I'll give it to you." Xu Ji used a straw to stir up the smiley face drawn with cocoa powder floating on the milk foam, pushed it in front of her, and exchanged it with her cup of milk that was almost half drunk.
"No need, I'll take a taxi myself." Tao Siyun thought of something and said hesitantly, "Well, you live with your classmates. It wouldn't be convenient to go home too late, right? It would be bad if you disturb their rest..."
Xu Ji met her gaze and asked her to continue.
"...would you consider getting a new room tonight?"
Xu Ji drank the half-empty cup of milk she had just finished, and said, "Don't worry, I broke up with them yesterday."
“…”
Xu Ji drove Chen Feng's car to take Tao Siyun home. It was already past twelve o'clock when they arrived at the gate of her community. The car was turned off and parked on the side of the road.
The movie tickets Tao Daiming and Qin Shu bought were for the 10 o'clock show, which ended in half an hour, so she and Xu Ji still had time to stay in the car for a while.
"Want to go out on a date tomorrow?"
Tao Siyun unbuckled his seatbelt and looked up to meet Xu Ji's gaze. "Where are you going?"
"Where do you want to go?"
She just wanted to find a warm place to stay.
"Then when my parents come back, I'll ask them what movie they saw today, and then we can go see it tomorrow?"
Xu Ji slowly raised the corners of his lips, leaned over, and whispered in her ear: "Tao Siyun, do your parents know that you're starting to imitate adults and date others?"
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