Du Yunxiang was probably busy and didn't reply immediately, so Liu Wangxue pushed the computer aside temporarily, placed the tablet on the desktop stand, and opened the puzzle game he had played in the morning to continue playing.
Jin Zhaofei found a small ball for Pengpeng from somewhere, and Pengpeng took it to the rest area to play by himself. Occasionally, a few colleagues would get up from their workstations to go to the bathroom or stretch their limbs, and would go to tease Pengpeng and play with it.
Gu Gua flew around the office like a leader inspecting the work, going from one workstation to another, and occasionally bringing back a bag of snacks for Liu Wangxue. Every time he brought back a bag, he would walk back and forth in front of the tablet with his head held high, as if asking for credit, and would only fly away again if Liu Wangxue touched him.
Xiaoci was usually lazy, so she nestled in Liu Wangxue's arms, resting her front paws on the edge of the table, her emerald green eyes following the movement of Liu Wangxue's finger as she tapped the screen. As she watched, she also put her paws up, taking pictures wherever Liu Wangxue tapped.
Seeing that Xiaoci was enjoying the game, Liu Wangxue simply gave the entire game interface to it and held it in her arms to see what it could produce.
She wore one earphone, with the music and sound effects from the game on one ear and the sound of Xu Qingsong's keyboard on the other.
As Liu Wangxue listened, her attention shifted from the cat playing games to Xu Qingsong. The pure black keyboard formed a sharp contrast with the skin of his hands. He always wore the sycamore branch ring on his left index finger. The silver ring shone brightly under the light, as if it had coated his hands with a layer of halo, making them look even more beautiful.
Liu Wangxue wondered how could they be so beautiful? How did his hands grow to be so beautiful? Every inch of them really touched her heart.
As Liu Wangxue watched, she felt that the flying ten fingers seemed to carry a kind of erotic aura, as if they were not tapping the keyboard, but plucking the strings of a guitar, which finally touched her heartstrings.
Liu Wangxue then despised herself in her heart. She had become the kind of person who would think of white arms when she saw short sleeves. This was really wrong. But then she thought again, there was nothing wrong with it. Why couldn't she think of her boyfriend? She had ignored the handsome man in front of her for the script for half a month. This was wrong.
As she thought so, her gaze gradually became more unbridled. She leaned back in the chair, her eyes moving from his hand to his profile, and she just stared at Xu Qingsong, her hands unconsciously pinching Xiaoci's soft belly.
How could Xu Qingsong not feel such an obvious gaze? He stopped what he was doing, turned to face Liu Wangxue, with an expression that looked as if he knew what was going on, as if he was about to laugh or not.
Liu Wangxue didn't feel embarrassed at all about being caught and even smiled sweetly at him.
Xu Qingsong reached out and pinched her dimple, then scratched the tip of her nose. Without saying anything, he withdrew his hand and turned back to work.
Liu Wangxue was about to continue staring at him when the phone on the corner of the table lit up. She took it and swiped the lock screen to see that it was a reply message from Du Yunxiang. She had sent a voice message.
Liu Wangxue muted the tablet, unplugged the earphones and plugged them into the phone, and listened to Du Yunxiang say, "I just finished a meeting. What, do you have a new script? Are you still thinking about it or have you finished it?"
Liu Wangxue lowered her head and typed, and told Du Yunxiang the details.
Du Yunxiang sent another voice message back, with a cheerful tone: "Okay, then I'll open a backdoor for you. Send it to me first."
Liu Wangxue sent an emoticon of hugging a thigh: [Thank you sister, I’ll send it to your email~]
Du Yunxiang: [OK, I'll take a look when I have time]
After that, Liu Wangxue had nothing to do, so she held Xiaoci and played games with her. When she didn't want to play anymore, she found a movie to watch, ate some snacks, and occasionally teased Pengpeng and Guagua who came over. Her leisure was in sharp contrast to the busyness of Xu Qingsong next to her.
At around four o'clock, Gu Xuelan called. Liu Wangxue put Xiaoci on the chair and went outside with the phone to answer the call: "Hello, Mom."
Gu Xuelan said, "Xuxu, your dad and I decided to have dinner outside and watch a movie. We may be back late at night."
Liu Wangxue smiled and said, "Oh, sure, Mom, let Dad pick a better restaurant and take you to a romantic place."
They were in the car, and Gu Xuelan was playing loudspeakers, so Liu Nanshan could hear them. Hearing what she said, he replied, "Of course. A candlelight dinner, that's romantic enough, isn't it?"
Liu Nanshan and Gu Xuelan hadn't gone out for a long time. After breakfast, Liu Wangxue and Xu Qingsong came to the studio, and the old couple packed up and drove to the city. They first sent the cross stitch to the framing shop, and then went to the mall to buy some household items. After lunch, Liu Nanshan suggested taking a stroll in the nearby park.
After coming out of the park, Liu Nanshan suggested that they might as well have dinner in the city. They hadn't seen a movie for a long time, so after dinner, they could go to the cinema and choose a movie.
Gu Xuelan was still a little hesitant: "If we don't go back, what will happen to the two children for dinner?"
"You always say that I worry too much, that I worry about this or that. Aren't you the same?" Liu Nanshan assured her, "It's not like Xuxu and Qingsong can't cook. If you don't want to cook, you can just eat in their canteen, or go to town. They won't starve."
Gu Xuelan thought about it and realized that she was in a hurry this morning. She glanced at the clothes in several clothing stores in the mall and liked them. She didn't have time to take a closer look. She would go and take a look later. So she called Liu Wangxue.
Liu Wangxue was very supportive: "That's great, Dad. We should choose a romantic movie and make it romantic to the end."
Liu Nanshan was worried: "I was just selecting movies on my phone, and the ratings of those romantic movies are very low. Damn, I want to watch cartoons."
The mother and daughter on the other end of the phone laughed together. Liu Wangxue asked, "Is it that domestic cartoon? Xiaoyu and Xixi went to watch it on New Year's Day and said it was very good."
Gu Xuelan said, "What did I say? I said I would support domestic production, but you didn't listen."
"Okay, okay," Liu Nanshan said, "I'll order this one then."
Gu Xuelan also instructed Liu Wangxue: "As for dinner, you and Qingsong can take care of it. You can cook it at home. There is everything in the refrigerator. If you don't want to cook, you can eat out. Also, before you left this morning, your dad made you some tonic soup in that electric stew pot. It should be kept warm all the time. Don't forget to drink it when you get home."
Liu Wangxue nodded: "Okay, Mom, thank you, Dad~"
After hanging up the phone, Liu Wangxue returned to Xu Qingsong, and Xiaoci had already dozed off in his arms. Seeing that Xu Qingsong's cup was empty, she took his and her own to get some hot water, then sat down on a chair, put on her headphones and continued watching the movie.
When Xu Qingsong finished his part of the work, it was almost time to get off work. His colleagues gradually became active, talking about going to the canteen for dinner, and walked out arm in arm.
When Liu Wangxue saw Xu Qingsong turned off the computer, she told him that Liu Nanshan and Gu Xuelan would be back later.
When Xu Qingsong heard this, he looked at Liu Wangxue and smiled, then he leaned close to her and whispered, "That's good, you don't have to steal anymore."
Liu Wangxue pointed at him and whispered back, "You said that as if you are not an accomplice."
At this time, Richard came over and asked them, "Do you want to eat?"
Xu Qingsong stood up holding Xiaoci, who had just yawned and stretched, and said, "Let's go eat."
Liu Wangxue called softly towards the sofa rest area: "Bang bang."
After hearing this, Pengpeng immediately dropped the ball, nudged Guagua who was curled up in the corner of the sofa with his nose, and when Guagua stood on his head, he ran towards Liu Wangxue.
Everyone walked towards the cafeteria together. Richard was still asking Xu Qingsong: "Aren't you going home?" He had never seen Xu Qingsong eat dinner here. He always went home after work.
Xu Qingsong explained to Richard, who was very confused: "That's great, you can stay for a while after dinner, I have a few questions to discuss with you..."
Then he was pulled away by Jin Zhaofei who happened to hear him: "What are you discussing? It's the same as discussing with me. I was brought up by the boss. I promise to answer any questions you have. Are you still learning Chinese? Come on, let's review what we learned yesterday."
Richard ignored him, turned around to look at Xu Qingsong, and repeatedly reminded him: "Don't leave in a hurry——"
Liu Wangxue looked at their backs and couldn't help laughing: "Xiao Jin is such a jerk..."
Xu Qingsong leaned close to Liu Wangxue's ear and said, "Do you know why I am willing to take him with me?"
Liu Wangxue didn't even need to guess: "Because he has good eyesight?"
Xu Qingsong nodded: "Correct!"
Liu Wangxue felt that they were indeed worthy of being the master and the apprentice, and sighed: "If Xiao Jin knew that his value only lies here, he would be so sad."
Xu Qingsong shook his head and smiled mysteriously: "Do you know what Xiao Jin's lifelong dream is?"
Liu Wangxue really couldn't guess: "What?"
"I told you, don't tell anyone else." Xu Qingsong looked around pretentiously, "His lifelong dream is to be with a rich woman and achieve a leap in life without any effort."
After saying that, he gave her a look that said "I understand, right?"
Liu Wangxue thought, what does she know? It would be a miracle if she believed him. "I really want to know if Xiao Jin knows that his master is harming his reputation."
Xu Qingsong said seriously: "I don't have it. If you don't believe me, go ask."
Liu Wangxue didn't want to pay attention to him anymore and took two quick steps forward.
Du Yunkai followed at this time, looking gloating: "Oh - I'm finally being disliked."
Xu Qingsong argued: "I was just telling the truth, but she didn't believe it."
Du Yunkai asked: "What did you tell the truth?"
Xu Qingsong said: "This is Jin Zhaofei's lifelong dream."
Du Yunkai asked again: "The one with the rich woman?"
Xu Qingsong nodded: "Yeah."
The two of them spoke without lowering their voices. Liu Wangxue, who was standing in front of them, turned around and asked, "Really?"
Several colleagues nearby also heard it and started to explain it to Liu Wangxue.
"The famous scene of death at the annual meeting of Jingshan Technology."
"You can't blame him. If you want to blame someone, blame Gu Zicheng and those old foxes. Xiao Jin was tricked by them after getting him drunk. Hahaha..."
"What kind of deception? It's obvious that he spoke the truth after drinking. Hahaha..."
"The ultimate prize of the annual meeting is to ask the boss to help realize a wish. This ultimate prize was drawn by Xiao Jin. He stood on the stage drunk and shouted into the microphone that he wanted a rich woman, hahahaha..."
There was a moment of silence in the venue, followed by a burst of laughter that blew off the roof. Du Yunkai, who was sitting in the front row, was stunned. He looked at Xu Qingsong beside him with a puzzled look, thinking, Jin Zhaofei is not this kind of person usually, why would he make such a wish.
Xu Qingsong turned around and saw Gu Zicheng and the others laughing in the corner, and he understood immediately: "It's a prank."
When Jin Zhaofei and Xu Qingsong went to Jingshan Technology together, he was the youngest in the group and everyone loved to tease him.
There is a note on the back of the ultimate prize card: "The boss reserves the final right of interpretation of the event." Even if it is not written like this, no one would make any outrageous wishes. The colleagues usually have a good relationship, so the wishes they put forward are all for the benefit of everyone, such as asking the cafeteria to add a counter for a certain cuisine, giving everyone a subway card, etc. This also involves some unspoken rules in social interaction, so few people would use this ultimate prize for themselves.
What Jin Zhaofei did was unprecedented and unparalleled, but because he was drunk and this kind of wish was often made as a joke by many people, no one took it seriously. Not only did they laugh and joke about it, they also urged Du Yunkai to help Jin Zhaofei realize this wish.
The next day, after Jin Zhaofei sobered up, he saw that the company's big and small groups were full of videos of him shouting "rich woman". He felt socially frustrated and took two days off to adjust his mood. But this matter did not go away just because he took leave and hid at home. He went to work and suffered all the ridicule he deserved. He almost went to fight with Gu Zicheng.
What was even more unexpected was that Du Yunkai really found him a "rich woman". It was the famous "Queen Lady" in the most popular anime at the time, and her family was rich with countless silver mines and gold mountains. The limited edition figurine of the "Queen Lady" that Du Yunkai gave him was really enviable.
Jin Zhaofei was very proud of this, and he treasured the figurine and locked it in a display cabinet at home.
As Xu Qingsong sat down with his plate in hand, he said to Liu Wangxue, "Look, you have wronged me, haven't you?"
Liu Wangxue felt that she didn't: "It's obvious that you didn't tell the whole story. Think about it yourself and see if what you said sounded like a rumor."
Xu Qingsong handed the chopsticks to her: "Well - this can't be entirely blamed on me. You didn't even give me a chance to explain the reason clearly."
Liu Wangxue glanced at him and said, "Okay, you are right."
The staple food was bamboo tube rice. Xu Qingsong opened the bamboo tube and placed it in front of her, smiling and nodding: "Yes."
After dinner, Xu Qingsong went to find Richard first and discussed the questions he raised with him before returning to the courtyard with Liu Wangxue.
It was already dark outside, there was no moon in the sky, and there were not many street lights in the village, so Liu Wangxue used the flashlight on her phone and walked with Xu Qingsong's arm around her. Xu Qingsong held Xiaoci in his arms, and Guagua was still lying in his pocket, running ahead of them. Every time he ran a distance, he would stop and wait for them.
The two of them walked home slowly, and sure enough, Gu Xuelan and Liu Nanshan had not returned yet.
Liu Wangxue took out the key from the pocket outside her computer bag, and Xu Qingsong held the lock, and the two of them worked together to open the courtyard door. She pushed the door open, touched the switch on the wall, and turned on the light on the eaves of the door, which was also left for her parents.
Then he went back to his room and put down his computer. He thought of the soup in the kitchen and said to Xu Qingsong, "My dad made some soup before he left this morning. Shall we go have a bowl first?"
"Okay," Xu Qingsong walked to the kitchen with her, and the three little ones followed. He asked, "What kind of soup?"
Liu Wangxue didn't know either: "My mother didn't say."
The electric stew pot was plugged in and kept warm. Liu Wangxue didn't unplug it. She and Xu Qingsong could only have a small bowl each, and they certainly couldn't finish it, so they continued to keep it warm so that they could drink it when their parents came back.
As soon as the lid was opened, Liu Wangxue saw it. "It's longan and mutton soup."
Lamb is the most nourishing meat in autumn and winter. Liu Nanshan removes the smell of the lamb before stewing the soup, and then adds longan, red dates and peanuts to the soup, which is very beneficial to nourish qi and blood.
Xu Qingsong took out two small bowls and two spoons from the cupboard and said, "Mutton soup. I don't think I need it."
Liu Wangxue took the spoon from the hook on the wall, stirred it in the pot, and asked him, "Why?"
Xu Qingsong put the bowl next to the pot, propped his hands on the edge of the kitchen counter, and held Liu Wangxue in his arms: "What if I overdo it?"
Liu Wangxue felt that she was asking unnecessary questions, so she poured a spoonful of soup into the bowl, and scooped out a small piece of mutton and a piece of longan meat: "Okay, then don't drink it."
Xu Qingsong took the bowl she had prepared and said, "You still have to drink it. At worst, you can just take a cold shower before going to bed to cool down."
Liu Wangxue didn't say anything. He served himself a bowl of food, took out a piece of mutton and put it in the sink to cool, and fed it to Pengpeng later.
Xu Qingsong leaned against the kitchen counter with a bowl in his hand, stirring the bowl gently with a spoon. He tilted his head to look at Liu Wangxue: "Why don't you say anything?"
Liu Wangxue leaned against him side by side, scooped up a spoonful of soup and blew it to her lips, then looked up at him: "What do you want me to say?"
Xu Qingsong took it for granted: "How can you take a cold shower in the middle of winter? Why don't you try to dissuade me and feel sorry for me?"
Before Liu Wangxue could even take a sip of the soup, she burst out laughing: "Oh, but there is a sport called winter swimming, don't you know?"
Xu Qingsong sighed, leaned over and gently touched her: "Oh, well, I failed at playing the victim."
Liu Wangxue smiled and touched it back.
The two of them drank the soup back and forth. Liu Wangxue picked up the piece of mutton in the sink, called out "Peng Peng", and leaned over the kitchen counter to throw it to it. Peng Peng jumped slightly and opened his mouth to catch it, chewed it and swallowed it, watching Liu Wangxue wag his tail happily.
Liu Wangxue gave it a thumbs up: "Great!"
Bong-bong's tail wagged even more happily.
After Xu Qingsong finished washing the dishes, the two of them closed the kitchen door and took the three children back to the living room.
After wiping the cat and dog's paws, they jumped onto the sofa and automatically lay down together in the corner, squeezing in between them.
Liu Wangxue turned on the projector and put the remote control in front of Pengpeng. Pengpeng raised his paw and pressed a button randomly, choosing a reality show to watch.
Liu Wangxue reached out and took the tangerine on the coffee table, peeled one, broke half and handed it to Xu Qingsong, and ate the other half herself.
Xu Qingsong didn't move his hands, but his mouth was open, and his meaning was quite obvious.
Liu Wangxue smiled and stood up to face him, asking knowingly, "Do you want to learn how to bump into someone?"
Pengpeng, who was concentrating on watching the variety show, heard someone calling him. He turned around and saw half an orange in Liu Wangxue's hand. He immediately raised his head and prepared to take the food.
Liu Wangxue laughed out loud.
Xu Qingsong then moved, patted Pengpeng's head and said, "There's no share for you." Then he grabbed Liu Wangxue's hand, brought it to his mouth and ate it.
Liu Wangxue leaned forward following his force, kneeling with one leg bent beside his leg, and supporting the other hand that was not held by him on the back of the sofa.
After eating, Xu Qingsong still held her hand tightly and kept his eyes fixed on her.
Liu Wangxue asked: "Do you know what my current posture is called?"
Xu Qingsong cooperated and asked, "What's your name?"
Liu Wangxue raised the corner of his mouth: "Sofa bang."
Xu Qingsong just looked at her and smiled.
Liu Wangxue then asked: "Guess what I saw in your eyes?"
Xu Qingsong asked again in cooperation: "What did you see?"
Liu Wangxue moved closer to him and spoke slowly: "A small flame seemed to be getting bigger and bigger. I could hear the sound, crackling." (End of this chapter)
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