24 Happiness
◎Happiness, happiness, right now◎
"Hey, Xu Jingya, hurry back after get off work. Team building? Forget it, call your brother back to collect your dad's body. If you're any later, your mom'll probably be disposing of the body."
Xu Huaihuai hung up the phone before she could ask any further questions.
Xu Jingya and Xu Yangfan rushed back together. As soon as the siblings entered the door, they saw Xu Huaihuai leisurely swirling a wine glass, sitting casually on the sofa, looking extremely happy.
Their father lay on the ground, his face covered in blood and bumps, like a dead fish, his fate unknown. Their mother, on the other hand, knelt beside him like a madwoman, crying and laughing at the same time.
"Dad!" Xu Jingya knelt down and pushed her father. Her chest was still rising and falling, but her face was so horribly disfigured that she couldn't even find where her father's eyes were sewn shut. She then pushed her mother, "Mom, say something. What happened between you and Dad?"
Liang Jiajia just laughed, her bloodshot eyes filled with tears as she laughed, an expression that made Xu Jingya panic.
"Xu Yangfan, what are you standing there for? Quickly help your parents up!"
Xu Yangfan stood there like a block of wood, staring blankly at his father lying dead, his mother going mad, and the anxious Xu Jingya.
"What did you do to my parents?!" Seeing that her younger brother was not moving at all, and unable to lift her parents herself, Xu Jingya couldn't help but loudly question Xu Huaihuai. The person in this family who most wanted something to happen to her parents was definitely her cousin, Xu Huaihuai.
"What did I do? What does it have to do with me? Is it your mother who abused your father? Isn't that right, Auntie?" Xu Huaihuai finished the last sip of wine, put down the glass, and the glass fell on the table with a crisp "clatter".
Liang Jiajia was startled awake by the "click." She saw her precious son, her life's support, and she repeatedly replied, "Yes, yes, yes..."
"Mom, why did you hit Dad? What about the mark on your face..."
"Shut up!" Liang Jiajia raised her hand and slapped her talkative daughter across the face.
Xu Jingya looked at her mother in disbelief.
"Tsk, if you're going to fight, fine, but why did you have to get my blankets dirty?" Xu Huaihuai walked over and kicked Liang Jiajia. "Within fifteen minutes, your whole family and your belongings will get out of my house, or else... understand?"
"I understand, I understand..."
The more cheerful and shameless this family was when they first came in, the more disheveled and humiliated they are now leaving.
After that, Liang Jiajia and Xu Chengbin never dared to appear in front of their niece again.
As for Xu Jingya, although she has company dormitory accommodation for the time being, she has violated company rules and regulations multiple times. If she fails to pass the probation period, she may face employment difficulties again.
However, none of this is relevant to the present moment.
Right now, Xu Huaihuai only wants to see one person.
"Lin Xu!"
Lin Xu parked his car on the side of the road and caught Xu Huaihuai as she lunged at him. Her soft hair brushed against his neck. He lowered his head and asked gently, "Hmm. Have you been drinking?"
"I had a little drink. I'm so happy today. It's finally quiet at home." Xu Huaihuai clung to him, leaning against Lin Xu's chest, her fingers tracing his necklace. "Lin Xu, your chest feels so comfortable against me. You deserve a compliment!"
Lin Xu chuckled softly, "You really only drank a little?"
"Really." She hadn't drunk much, just a little tipsy. Xu Huaihuai's fingers bypassed his necklace, groped from the side of his neck to his collar, and slipped a little closer to touch the mole on his chest. She circled it with her fingertips.
"Can I kiss you?" she asked.
Pedestrians passed by one after another. Some were very curious about the good-looking couple who were being affectionate in the street, but they didn't want to be impolite to keep staring at them, so they could only glance at them quickly.
Lin Xu's breathing became slightly erratic. "Not now, can we wait until after we finish eating?"
"Okay." Xu Huaihuai reluctantly removed her hand from Lin Xu's chest.
Lin Xu lowered his head and gently kissed Xu Huaihuai's somewhat disappointed face. "Get in the car first."
"I want to sit in the back."
"good."
Lin Xu helped her fasten her seatbelt.
Xu Huaihuai looked at the cotton doll sitting in the child seat next to her. The pink star was well taken care of. The cotton doll was clean and round. The cotton doll was well maintained, with regular cleaning and cotton replacement.
Lin Xu made her new dresses all the time, and they always fit her perfectly and looked beautiful.
Cotton's little wardrobe was filled with pretty little dresses.
No need for crystal extraction, no need for Polito, Bubble, or Silk Thread Renewal, and no need for Thought or Heart Radiance Evolution.
As long as there is one Lin Xu.
Xu Huaihuai picked up the small yellow bucket next to the pink star.
This is the Yellow Sharp-Cornered Crispy Prince, which Lin Xu repeatedly prototyped and modified based on the abstract description and sketches he provided, achieving a 95% accuracy in reproduction.
The missing 5% was because she felt that Little Fatty's belly size should be more than that curve.
Xu Huaihuai took a photo with Xiaopangmi and Mian.
Happiness, happiness, right now.
Instead of choosing a place in the city center where the average cost of living is very high, the two decided to have dinner in the university town.
The restaurants in the university town have been tested by generations of college students. Restaurants that don't taste good will basically not be able to stay open unless they are used by plainclothes police, and will be avoided by college students.
Lin Xu parked the car and got out to open the door for Xu Huaihuai.
Before getting off the bus, Xu Huaihuai gestured for Lin Xu to come closer. The beautiful daughter sat in the priority seat, with her chubby little cat in her arms, and Lin Xu was right beside her.
Crack!
The camera captured the entire family of four, looking happy and harmonious.
Xu Huaihuai flipped through the photo album with considerable satisfaction. Perhaps because her smile was too obvious, Lin Xu leaned over curiously to see the finished photos, but Xu Huaihuai dodged her and didn't let her. She smiled and nudged Lin Xu, saying, "Let's go eat."
The two walked hand in hand through the university town. The feeling of walking slowly hand in hand was truly magical; even the sizzling sound of food being pressed into the oil at a roadside stall sounded pleasant.
The streets of the university town are never short of young couples holding hands, their youthful faces beaming with genuine smiles as they gaze at each other.
"They are so happy."
Xu Huaihuai stood on tiptoe and whispered to Lin Xu, "Me too."
Lin Xu shook her hand and corrected her, "It's us."
Xu Huaihuai looked down quietly at the two of them walking in sync, "Lin Xu, this is so strange."
"Um?"
Why is it that after talking to you for just a few words, I feel the urge to kiss you?
Lin Xu sighed softly, "Sister Huai, please stop teasing me. I'm really not as calm and composed as you imagine."
"Actually, there aren't that many people..." Xu Huaihuai had just finished speaking when it was lunchtime. College students flocked out, and the snack street became increasingly crowded. Xu Huaihuai's little desire for handsome men was suppressed and she was forced to behave herself, but she was a little unhappy because she hadn't been able to kiss him twice.
Xu Huaihuai pulled her hand away and walked ahead on her own.
The wind made her hair fly wildly. Lin Xu caught up with her, helped her smooth down her messy hair, and soothed the puffed-up, prickly little sea urchin, "Eat first, then we'll go back..."
"Does that mean we can kiss freely after we go back home?"
"Mm." Lin Xu nodded, relinquishing control of his body without hesitation.
"Let's eat there." Xu Huaihuai pointed to a grilled fish restaurant, which was already full of college students.
Choose from college students who love to eat, you can't go wrong.
"good."
The two sat down by the window on the second floor. After ordering their food by scanning a QR code, Xu Huaihuai inadvertently glanced out the window.
The window in this location offers a view of the ground-floor shops across the street.
She saw a familiar figure in front of a shop.
It's Zhong Xuelu.
Fearing she might be mistaken, Xu Huaihuai quickly gestured for Lin Xu to come and take a look as well.
Does it look familiar?
The two men were peering out the window together. If someone were looking up from the first floor at that moment, they would definitely find the two men suspicious and acting furtively.
Lin Xu nodded, "She looks familiar, she's my sister."
Are you sure?
"OK." He nodded again.
"She seems to be talking to someone? Is there another girl in the shadows?"
"It seems so."
"I can't see it very clearly..." Xu Huaihuai secretly glanced at the phone on the table. Lin Xu understood and helped her open the camera.
Xu Huaihuai hissed, "Wouldn't that be a bad idea?"
"It's okay. You and she have already kissed."
Lin Xu's voice was devoid of emotion, but there seemed to be a hint of displeasure in it.
Alright, here's the boomerang. So it turns out it wasn't acting up before, but it's been holding a grudge all along.
Xu Huaihuai quickly defended herself, "It's nothing for close girls to kiss, it was just a touch of the lips, no tongues... So, did you get a picture? Who is Xuelu talking to?"
She turned her head and saw Lin Xu looking at his phone with a complicated expression. "What's wrong? Let me see."
Lin Xu placed his phone face down on the table. "Are you sure you want to see it? Or maybe we should forget about it."
"Huh? What happened? What did you film?" Xu Huaihuai's curiosity was completely piqued. She looked out the window again, but Zhong Xuelu was no longer visible in that spot. She must have left.
"Well, Sister Huai, you should prepare yourself mentally." Lin Xu pushed the phone towards her.
"Huh? What kind of mental preparation do we need to do?"
Xu Huaihuai actually saw a hint of sympathy on Lin Xu's face.
What the heck? What exactly did they film that would elicit such sympathy?
She flipped the phone over, which was lying face down, and turned on the screen.
"!"
She was completely stunned.
The photos are much clearer than what the eyes can see.
Zhong Xuelu is kissing a girl.
It wasn't the kind of kiss where you just touch your lips and then quickly separate. Zhong Xuelu cradled the girl's face, turned her head to the side, and used a very standard kissing posture.
If it were made into a movie, it would be a very beautiful scene.
But, but, isn't Zhong Xuelu straight?
She had a boyfriend! When did that happen?!
Why, why...?
If pupils could really cause earthquakes, a tsunami should have erupted by now.
Xu Huaihuai sobered up completely.
"Was that expression of pity you gave me just now? Pitying my best friend for kissing someone else." She turned off Lin Xu's phone screen.
Lin Xu nodded, feeling that he had won back Zhong Xuelu's favor. "My sister will kiss other girls, unlike me, I won't."
"..." Xu Huaihuai was momentarily speechless. Was this the time to belittle her sister's green tea soup?!
"No, that's not the point! The point is, why is your sister dating a girl now? How can you be so calm about it?"
Lin Xu's expression froze for a moment. "Are they dating? Didn't you say it's okay for close girls to kiss?
"She and I aren't that close!!!"
Xu Huaihuai, a straight woman, and Lin Xu, a straight man, looked at each other and both gasped in surprise.
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