Chapter 61
"Why are you here?" Yan Qing started to play dumb. She probably guessed why Ming Xu was in a bad mood that night, but she didn't point it out.
The person in question stood at the door and wanted to go in, but was stopped.
He stared at Yan Qing's half-smiley eyes and said, "Let me in first."
Yan Qing refused to give in.
"I shouldn't be angry about such a small thing. I was wrong." After Yan Qing got out of the car, looking at her expectant eyes, he suddenly regretted his behavior, but still stepped on the accelerator.
Yan Qing raised her eyebrows, and her arm that was holding the door frame loosened, but she still didn't let go. Ming Xu thought about it. He was just testing her, but he didn't expect that he would really make her unhappy. He was thinking about how to make her calm down.
He was a little overwhelmed and already regretted it.
"Come in." Looking at the person in front of him, Yan Qing still made concessions.
Just a small matter, enough said.
Just as they closed the door, the door of the room next to them opened, and a girl came out first. She looked around and saw that the corridor was empty. She turned back in confusion and said, "Hey, I just heard someone talking."
The person behind him also came out: "Are you the guest who just came back?"
The girl shook her head, her eyes rolling. "Will the guests say I'm wrong in the hallway? It must be a quarrel between a young couple, but only two people."
"Okay, be careful not to be heard by others, let's go." With that, the boy pushed his girlfriend away quickly.
After entering the room, Yan Qing walked straight to the sofa. After sitting down, she looked at Ming Xu standing at the door and asked, "Are you standing here as punishment?"
I didn't expect him to nod.
Yan Qing: "Why are you so sulky?"
Hearing this, Ming Xu felt a little unsteady. He walked over to sit next to Yan Qing. He took a deep breath and stared at the dark TV in front of him. "I'm sorry, I shouldn't have done this, but when I heard you say you didn't want to explain, I thought you didn't want your family to know about our relationship. I thought you still had concerns about our relationship."
That's why I'm unhappy. I'm not blaming you, but blaming myself for not getting your recognition.
Yan Qing was stunned by Ming Xu's machine-gun-like string of words. She had already realized her problem. Maybe she didn't think it was a big deal, but it was indeed different for Ming Xu.
In the past few years, she has been living freely and happily abroad. Mingxu may miss her every day, or he may not. She doesn't want to ask about the past and just let it be.
Just as he was about to speak, he heard a loud bang outside. Yan Qing didn't move anymore, silently counting the time in his heart. Ming Xu sat upright, waiting for Yan Qing's next words, but he didn't expect her to stop talking suddenly. She suddenly became quiet and didn't move. Puzzled, he turned around and saw her looking out the window.
"What's wrong?" I followed her gaze and saw that the curtains were drawn, so I couldn't see outside at all.
Yan Qing raised her hand and made a "hush" gesture with her mouth. A few seconds later, a thunder broke through the sky, like a beast just waking up. After the thunder passed, she returned to her previous appearance. Seeing Ming Xu staring at her, she manually moved his head back.
Continue the conversation.
She lazily leaned back on the sofa and said, "Relationships need to be maintained. Just like us now, we are repairing some worn parts of our relationship."
After she finished speaking, she looked up at Mingxu. Seeing that he was still in the same position, she stretched out her arm and pressed him down on the sofa. Mingxu was about to speak when she stopped him again: "It's my fault for not considering your feelings. I just thought that since the action was so obvious, there was no need to explain it. I didn't expect you to misunderstand me. It's my fault."
Listening to Yan Qing's explanation, Ming Xu was not as unhappy as he was at the beginning. He also thought a lot after Yan Qing left.
The two of them grew up in different environments, so their personalities are different, and their ideas and actions are different. Maybe Yan Qing didn't think too much about it, but was just tired and didn't want to explain today.
Ming Xu looked at the girl who was leaning on his shoulder and held her hand. "I was angry first and made you think too much. I won't do that again in the future."
As soon as the words fell, Yan Qing stood up suddenly and said righteously: "No!"
No? Mingxu was confused again. He had never noticed her mind wandering so much before.
"I don't think being in a relationship means being unconditionally tolerant of each other. My actions today were indeed problematic, so I will change in the future. If you put yourself in my shoes, I think I would be angry too, so you don't need to apologize."
The two began to argue again about whether Mingxu needed to apologize. At the end, Yan Qing asked, "Why didn't you listen to me?"
This sentence left Ming Xu speechless. Should he listen to it?
Looking at the person in front of him, he nodded.
Yan Qing continued to lean on the sofa. Ming Xu checked the time and was about to speak when he heard her say, "It turns out that adult love can be so childish."
"Wouldn't that be the case in your novels?"
Yan Qing turned her head to look at him and asked, "Didn't you finish reading my novel?"
Ming Xu blinked. He really hadn't finished reading it yet. "Not yet." After saying that, he saw Yan Qing yawn. "Then you can rest now. I'll go back first."
He was about to get up when Yan Qing pulled him back. He looked into her bright eyes and heard her clear voice: "Good night." Yan Qing then got up and went to open the door. Ming Xu chuckled and walked to the door.
Just then, a man and a woman came over, and Mingxu immediately closed the door and left.
Looking at Ming Xu's departing figure, the girl was a little excited: "He's so handsome, is he a celebrity? Could he be the one we were arguing with just now? They can even start an argument over such a handsome face. It seems that a girl's beauty is even more stunning."
When the boy heard his girlfriend say that other boyfriends were handsome, he opened the door without saying a word.
Noticing her boyfriend's displeasure, the girl quickly went into the room to comfort him.
Yan Qing leaned against the door and sent a message to Ming Xu: "Good night." She also heard the conversation between the two outside and smiled. It seemed that she couldn't lock him out next time.
Back in the room, Mingxu sat down and replied to the message.
Mingli's parents had already seen Yan Qing's photo under his covert manipulation. At first, Ming's mother didn't believe it, wondering how her son could be so charming and fall in love in such a short time.
Hearing this, Ming Li exclaimed, "Oh my God, it's been a long time."
Ming's mother called just as he returned to his room. "Son! Why didn't you tell us about such a big thing?" She implicitly blamed Ming Xu for hiding it from them. "If your brother hadn't seen the photos online and sent them to me today, I wouldn't have been kept in the dark by you."
He wanted to say that Mingli must not have been seen just now.
Mingli, who was eavesdropping nearby, muttered to himself, "A few days ago, Yang Zhaoye sent me a message saying that Xiaoxu was in love. I didn't believe it, but I didn't expect it to be true."
Now Ming's mother can hear anything about Mingxu's love life, no matter how small the sound is, not to mention that Mingli said it on purpose.
"What?" She stopped questioning Mingxu on the other end and turned to look at her eldest son who knew the truth. "When did Zhaoye tell you that?"
Mingli thought for a moment and said, "It was the day before yesterday, or the day before yesterday. She was attending the wedding of her business partner's son in Nancheng, and Yang Mingzhou was there too."
This made Ming's mother even angrier. It had been so many days, and everyone knew it except her. She had to find out today: "Ming Xu, come back here right now."
Mingxu was helpless. He must have been Mingli adding fuel to the fire. He was not a child anymore, why did he still do such things? "Mom, it's almost twelve o'clock."
After sending a message to Yan Qing, Ming Xu drove home.
When he got home, the house was brightly lit. His mother sat on the sofa with a serious look on her face, and the informer lay lazily on the single sofa with snacks in his hands. Hearing the sound of the door opening, Ming's mother looked back without saying a word. Ming Li raised his head to look in the direction of his brother's return, then looked at his mother, gloating.
When Ming Xu saw his elder brother's nonchalant look and that there was no one else in the living room, he knew that he was here to watch the fun and was really worried that the fire was not big enough.
"Mom, I'm back."
Hearing the sound, Ming's mother said "hmm" and said nothing.
"I didn't mean to hide it from you. We've just been together for a short time. If you knew, you would definitely want me to take her home." He actually wanted to take Yan Qing home. This time, after losing her and getting her back, he just wanted to hold her tightly. He wanted to take her home, but he was afraid that she would be unwilling. After what happened tonight, he was a little scared.
As soon as she finished speaking, Ming's mother became anxious. She looked at her son and raised her voice: "What? You don't want to bring it back to us?"
Mingli added fuel to the fire: "Xiao Xu, this is where you're wrong.
After saying that, my mother glared at me and said, "Shut up."
The two brothers exchanged a glance. Mingli curled his lips and continued to eat his snacks. Mingxu sat next to his mother and spoke slowly, "I don't want to put too much pressure on her. If I ask her to go home with me for dinner and meet my parents right after we got together, a girl will definitely have concerns. Her parents won't agree if they find out."
After hanging up the phone, Ming's mother thought a lot and felt a little anxious.
But this is the first time in so many years that I heard that my youngest son was in love. Especially every time I see my friends having grandchildren one after another, I saw my best friend post a photo of her granddaughter yesterday. The child has a chubby face, big eyes, and pigtails. I can’t tell you how envious I am.
When she thought of her two children, she was indeed a little anxious.
She looked at Ming Xu and nodded: "You're right, I was indeed a little anxious, and I regretted it after hanging up the phone. Son, you won't blame me, right?"
"Mom, you're overthinking it."
After explaining it clearly, Ming's mother suddenly thought of something else and asked cautiously: "You didn't tell her, right?"
The three people present knew exactly who she was referring to.
Seeing her son shaking his head, she breathed a sigh of relief: "It's good that you didn't say anything. Let's just pretend that this never happened. No one is allowed to tell anyone." After saying that, she looked at Mingli.
Mingli felt a little flustered when being stared at: "What are you looking at me for? I definitely won't tell."
After the mother and son finished talking, Ming Xu asked, "Where's Dad?"
"Your dad said you should have a healthy sleep schedule. He's already gone to bed at ten o'clock." After complaining about her husband, Ming's mother looked at the time. It was almost one o'clock. "Are you staying at home tonight?"
After receiving a positive response, she became a little worried and said with difficulty: "Then can your girlfriend be alone?"
Guessing what his mother was talking about, Mingli suddenly laughed.
Mingxu felt a little embarrassed: "Mom, we don't live together. She hasn't been staying at the B&B these days."
"Then where are we going?" Did they have a fight?
"She bought a new house and moved there recently. She has already told her parents that she plans to settle down in Haicheng."
Back in the room, Ming's mother woke up her sleeping husband. She leaned on the bed, her face full of worry: "What do you think of Xiaoxu's current situation? I asked him but he wouldn't tell me."
Ming's father was confused: "Don't worry about it, just take the money when the time comes."
"You don't even need to tell me that!" Hearing that her husband didn't care at all, Ming's mother rolled her eyes at his head and said, "Just ignore everything. When the time comes, don't let your daughter-in-law call you dad."
"You."
After returning to the room, Ming Xu sent a message to Yan Qing and went to bed.
The next morning, Yan Qing was woken up by Zhou Mingshu. After she hung up the phone, she saw Mingxu's message.
You're home so late? What happened?
[Yan Qing]: Auntie called you home to criticize you.
Mingxu replied immediately: Well, it’s very pitiful.
[Yan Qing]: So you're back so early? Let's go eat and comfort you.
[Ming Xu]: Just to have dinner with you.
The two sat face to face, and Yan Qing couldn't help laughing out loud.
"What are you laughing at? I feel wronged now."
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