Chapter 42 Happiness comes so suddenly
On the way back.
Xu Zhijian leaned against Wen Nian, walking unsteadily and mumbling non-stop.
"Let all this heavy rain fall..."
“La la la… Oh… Who forgot…”
Wen Nian sighed, barely holding him up.
I give up. I wasn't like this when I was drunk before.
"Wen Nian, you smell so good, why do I stink?" He pulled at the hem of his clothes and smelled it, a little unhappy.
"Because you drank too much."
"I didn't drink much at all! I only drank two bottles! It's not even enough to fill my teeth!" He retorted loudly in her face.
"...Try blowing air in my face again!"
Xu Zhijian was quiet for a moment, but it didn't last more than five minutes. "How much longer do we have to walk? I'm so tired. Can we just sleep here?"
"No, we're almost there, hold on a little longer."
"Okay." He said in a muffled voice. When two birds flew over his head, he suddenly exclaimed and rolled his eyes curiously: "Don't they sleep?"
Wen Nian: "Maybe not to sleep."
Xu Zhijian seemed to have thought of something. He was silent for two seconds, then chuckled mischievously: "Then can they create little birds?"
?
"...Xu Zhijian, what's on your mind?"
Do you have to change the channel so quickly? It was just a child, where did it go now?
"I'm just curious."
"No curiosity!"
"All right."
—
When I returned to the room, Xu Xiaoyu was already asleep on the sofa.
Wen Nian had no choice but to throw Xu Zhijian onto the bed.
He rolled over and lay down inside, opening his mouth to say something, but she blocked his mouth and said, "Stop talking and go to sleep."
Xu Zhijian nodded twice unhappily.
As she let go, he grabbed her wrist. His hazy eyes seemed to be covered with a layer of mist, and his soft voice was inexplicably bewitching: "You go to sleep too."
After saying that, he moved inside to make room for her.
Wen Nian struggled in her heart for a moment, then avoided his gaze: "I'll go turn off the lights."
The bed is not very big, and two adults can lie almost touching each other on it.
It's not like they had never slept in the same bed before, so Wen Nian didn't feel awkward. It was just that because he was drunk, his breathing was a little heavy, almost panting, and it was so clear in her ear again and again.
After a while, she couldn't help herself and whispered, "Can you please not be so close to me?"
Upon hearing this, Xu Zhijian immediately became rebellious. Not only did he not do as she wished, he even moved closer, hugged her and snuggled into her arms.
"You, get out of the way." Wen Nian pushed him away, but he didn't move. After trying to struggle in vain, she finally stated her bottom line with despair: "Don't rub against me."
Only then did Xu Zhijian become slightly obedient and fell asleep contentedly while holding her.
As soon as he closed his eyes, Wen Nian heard the sound of quarreling outside. The house had poor sound insulation, so he could hear it clearly.
First came a gruff, middle-aged man's voice, very angry: "Can you please stand up for yourself and stop lying around at home all day? You're already an adult, but you're not even as good as a child. Look at you, and then look at Xu Zhijian!"
It was Xu Lin who responded: "Oh, then why don't you look at yourself and then look at his father? If I had a good family background, how could I be worse than him?"
"You!" Perhaps not realizing how loud his voice was, the man made no secret of it. "I've already contacted your second uncle. We'll be moving to Beijing soon. I'll have him arrange a job for you then. Do your best, okay?"
"I won't go. If you don't find it embarrassing, then I am. Living under that bastard Xu Zhijian every day might as well kill me."
"Bastard!" Then a loud slap was heard.
"Do you know how rare this opportunity is? It's better than staying in this shabby place forever!"
Xu Lin was very disdainful: "That's better than having to look after people's faces all the time! Are you going to be a gigolo for the rest of your life? Today he can let you stay home and look after the old man, and tomorrow he can let you be his dog. If I'm not mistaken, he must have arranged some work for you, right? Sweeping garbage or standing guard?"
"If something unexpected happens one day, I don't know how I'll die. It's better to stay in a place like this. At least I can be free."
While the two were arguing, they somehow ended up talking about Xu Zhijian.
"Besides, believe it or not, I will beat him to death right now!" Xu Lin suddenly became angry.
Wen Nian, the only sober person in the room, was startled and grabbed the broom at the same time as the sound of someone breaking down the door was heard outside the window.
"You dare go! I will break your legs today!"
"Why are you yelling in the middle of the night? Can't you let me sleep?" Aunt San in the other room cursed.
"What are you calling me! Damn bitch!"
"What the hell are you yelling about! You're not showing off enough after inheriting this old man's inheritance! Can you spit out the food I fed you first before you talk?"
As several people quarreled, dogs started barking.
The quiet night suddenly became noisy.
Wen Nian stood behind the door, listening vigilantly to the noise outside.
Xu Lin is a very strange person, and it is difficult to guess to what extent he can do. Given Xu Zhijian's current condition and no one in his family supporting him, if a conflict occurs, they will only suffer.
Her heart was pounding.
Fortunately, thanks to the intervention of his third aunt, Xu Lin finally gave up the idea.
The night returned to tranquility again.
Wen Nian breathed a sigh of relief and put down the broom that he was holding tightly in his hand.
Not able to let her guard down easily, she glanced around the room and moved chairs and a table behind the door.
After making sure it was barely safe, he returned to the bedside.
I never thought that there are such relatives in this world...
They live in chaos, and apart from their own interests, there is no family affection at all.
Looking at the table and chairs behind the door, Wen Nian fell into deep thought and suddenly felt a little sad.
Feeling her body temperature, Xu Zhijian, who was sleeping, instinctively came over again and held her hand.
Wen Nian moved her fingers, stared at him for a few seconds, and then reached out her hand and rubbed his furrowed brow.
How much suffering it is to live with them.
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The next morning, Xu Zhijian was half asleep, but before he even opened his eyes, he smelled a familiar floral scent. The soft, warm touch in his arms felt so real that he cautiously opened his eyes, afraid he'd woken from a dream.
She didn't seem to sleep well and her face looked a little ugly.
Unable to distinguish reality from dreams for a moment, Xu Zhijian stared at Wen Nian's profile for a while, then felt a sharp pain in his temples.
It's not a dream...
A few frames of what happened last night popped up in my mind sporadically. It was a bit messy and I still couldn’t figure out the whole process. I simply stopped thinking about it. After all, it wasn’t important.
The important thing was that Wen Nian actually let him hold her and they were lying on the same bed.
What a dreamy picture.
Perhaps his gaze was too intense, and Wen Nian had a sign of waking up.
Xu Zhijian immediately closed his eyes and pretended to be asleep.
Sunlight streamed in through the window. Wen Nian forced herself to open her eyes, only to feel a sudden pain in her body. She removed Xu Zhijian's arm from her stomach and stood up, pinching the back of her neck.
Go outside and wash up.
When he came back, Xu Xiaoyu had also woken up and yawned: "Wake up, brother, it's time to go home."
"...Yeah." Xu Zhijian pretended to have just woken up.
"Oh! Wake up! Come and have breakfast!" As soon as they opened the door, they saw Aunt San busy outside. When she saw them, she shouted with a smile.
She seemed very happy, completely different from her sullen look yesterday.
This is indeed the case. Third Aunt just heard the news this morning that they will be moving to Beijing soon. She is just waiting for Xu Quan to arrange accommodation for them. She is now so excited that she can hardly control herself.
After all, they were about to leave, so to avoid embarrassment, the three of them gave her face.
The relationship between the eldest and third families is not very good, and they have been in a stalemate recently because of the inheritance. Apart from Xu Lin who shamelessly insisted on eating, there was only the third aunt's family at the dinner table.
Maybe it was because Third Aunt was strict, the others looked at her expression when speaking.
"Come, eat more, so you won't be hungry on the way." Aunt San picked up some food for them.
Looking at Wen Nian and Xu Zhijian, she smiled with satisfaction, "That's great. Auntie, you two are the most well-matched couple I've ever seen. When are you getting married? Then, Auntie will give you a big red envelope!"
Xu Zhijian paused in his action of picking up the food.
marry?
Such a strange word.
Marry Wen Nian...
He glanced at her out of the corner of his eye, and when she didn't object, he inexplicably felt a sense of pleasant anticipation.
It seems pretty good.
He remained calm: "It's not decided yet."
Third Aunt: "It's okay, there's no rush. Young people, it's good to enjoy a sweet love. By the way, what does Zhijian do now? She just graduated this year, and I haven't heard from you yet."
"Oh, I just help with some company matters at home. I don't have a proper job."
"Oh, I see." If it were any other time, she would definitely introduce her daughter to such a big company, but she didn't this time.
Third Aunt is not well educated, but she is very smart.
Knowing that they had moved to Beijing, they would have to rely on Xu Quan for many things in the future. If their daughter, who had finally been admitted to university, joined their company, she would probably have to live under someone else's roof for the rest of her life.
She still wanted to curry favor with someone like Wen Nian.
Thinking about it, she picked up a piece of rice cake for Wen Nian and said, "Eat more." Although she had politely refused him two days ago, there is still a long way to go, and it won't be a bad thing to build a good relationship.
Third Aunt added to Xu Zhijian, "It's not bad to be at home. Most people work just to make a living. People like you don't need to worry about that. Just do what you like."
Just as he finished speaking, Wen Nian, who had been silent the whole time, suddenly said, "I remember you were making a game yourself, weren't you?"
Xu Lin was obviously stunned.
"How do you know?" Xu Zhijian remembered that he had not told her.
"Xiaoyu told me that, and also said that you plan to open your own branch in the future."
Xu Zhijian didn't know if it was an illusion, but she felt that there was something strangely deliberate in her words. However, she still agreed. "Yes, but it's still in the planning stage. It will probably take two to three years to complete."
Wen Nian: "That's amazing, I look forward to your results."
Xu Zhijian blinked, and his eyes suddenly became clear.
Is she praising him?
I feel a little dizzy. Happiness comes so suddenly.
"Start your own company!" Third Aunt praised him enthusiastically: "Oh my! You really inherited your father's brains! You're going to be great!"
Uncle San echoed: "That's true!"
As this topic came up, the atmosphere at the table became lively, except for Xu Lin who suddenly sneered.
The sour taste is self-evident.
Xu Zhijian was too lazy to argue with him, but Xu Xiaoyu was not convinced and sneered back with a roll of her eyes.
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