Chapter 60 Godmother
After the two left that day, everyone who stayed was smart and tacitly pretended nothing had happened. The engagement party was not affected too much by these things. However, it was heard that Grandpa Liang did not attend the engagement party on the grounds of being unwell. In Liang Qi's words, he could not afford to lose face and could not go to the engagement party to be laughed at by others.
Shen Xiyu's event at a well-known local bookstore the next day went on as usual. She was not affected by the unpleasant incident at the banquet the night before.
Because it is an award for emerging authors, most of the winners are authors like Shen Xiyu who are relatively young in writing, have relatively few representative works, but are quite talented and have just begun to show their talents. Therefore, there was no award ceremony for this award. The organizers simply invited some winners, professional book reviewers, workers from the Cultural Bureau, and some well-known authors to hold a symposium. Although the value of the award is not high and it is just an opportunity for everyone to communicate, it is a real affirmation for a young author like Shen Xiyu to be able to participate in such a symposium.
After finishing the business that brought her to Los Angeles, Chen Xiyu was considering when to return to Jiangcheng. New Year's Eve was just four days away, and the one-on-one tutoring that Zhang Weifang had arranged for her would begin after the New Year. Although Chen Xiyu had repeatedly emphasized that she didn't like extra classes and had her own review plan, she had refused Zhang Weifang's suggestion that she continue to study art a few months ago, so he insisted on extra classes, saying that if she wanted to be a cultural student, she must ensure that she would pass the college entrance examination without any problems.
At that time, she hesitated again and again, but finally gave up the idea of becoming an art student. She thought she was not that talented in art, and she had always liked it because she was subtly influenced by her mother. Compared to this, she actually liked writing more.
She has not forgotten the excitement she felt when she wrote her first manuscript. At that time, she thought that she had probably found a career that she loved and was willing to devote herself to.
Perhaps completely giving up art can also reduce the mark left on her by her mother. No matter good or bad, Shen Xiyu doesn't want to look back. She now has a lover who loves her and friends who care about her. She is now kind, upright and beautiful, and has the courage to have and lose.
Mom, look, I have become a good person without you. You will be happy for me.
"What are you thinking about? Why don't you go up when it's so cold?"
Shen Xiyu was startled for a moment by the sudden voice. He turned his head and saw that it was indeed Liang Qi.
"Nothing." She continued to look up at the gray sky. "How did you know I was down there?"
Liang Qi carefully put the blue scarf she took off on Shen Xiyu. It was the same scarf that Shen Xiyu had given to him outside the door when they were at Baiguan. She still remembered that at the beginning of this winter, Liang Qi was a person who never wore scarves or gloves, and always wore very thin clothes. She thought at the time that Liang Qi must be trying to be cool in secret.
"I thought you were almost done, so I came down to pick you up. But when I got out of the elevator, I saw a little snowman standing there, refusing to move."
"I'm done here and ready to go back to Jiangcheng. Are you leaving with you?" Shen Xiyu asked him.
Liang Qi didn't expect her to leave so quickly. "Stay a little longer. I haven't taken you around yet."
"I'm not staying any longer. It's almost Chinese New Year, and it's not a good idea to stay here all the time." The girl shook her head and refused. Fearing that he might have concerns, Shen Xiyu suggested, "You should stay. From what you said, your grandfather probably won't have anyone to accompany him during the Chinese New Year. You don't have to worry about me. Sister Ningning told me to go to their house during the Chinese New Year."
Before going to the banquet some time ago, Liang Qi told her about Grandpa Liang’s general situation, and Shen Xiyu knew a little about it.
Liang Qi was indeed hesitant about this matter. Although there was a gap between him and Liang Jianwei, to be fair, Liang Jianwei had nothing to say about him and could even be said to have an unconditional preference for him. Moreover, both Ms. Tian and her husband were not coming back this year, and he had ruined Liang Bowen's engagement party. It was doubtful whether his uncle would come. Grandpa Liang's health was visibly poor now. No matter how much Liang Qi had a grudge against him, he wanted to spend more time with him.
Shen Xiyu booked a flight for the next day. When the two of them were having dinner in the evening, they received a call from Liang Qi's mother.
Liang Qi wanted to go to the balcony to answer the phone, but was stopped by Tian Tianzhen.
"Are you with Chen Xiyu?" she asked.
Liang Qi felt that her tone was not very good, and frowned unconsciously, "What's wrong?"
"Look at you protecting your son so well." As a mother, she knew her son's character very well. "What are you afraid of? Turn on the hands-free mode and I'll tell you two."
"Is there anything you can't tell me?"
"Will I eat her?"
Shen Xiyu saw Liang Qi staring at her while talking on the phone, and asked him what was wrong by mouthing.
Liang Qi pointed to the phone and said, "My mother wants to talk to us."
It was so sudden that Shen Xiyu was caught off guard.
Seeing her stunned, Liang Qi picked up his phone, stood up and walked outside, "Just tell me."
"Hey, it's okay." After Shen Xiyu reacted, he called him, "It's okay."
Liang Qi turned his head and covered the microphone. "Are you really okay? My mom is easy to fool. It doesn't matter if you don't tell her. She won't take it to heart."
"It's really okay. I'm not dumb. Auntie even asked about it."
"Okay then." Liang Qi sat next to Shen Xiyu again and turned on the hands-free function.
Ms. Tian's voice flowed out from the loudspeaker, and it was still the voice in Shen Xiyu's memory, with a soft and sticky southern accent.
"I heard that you two disrupted Liang Bowen's engagement party?"
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For a moment, no one spoke.
Shen Xiyu looked at Liang Qi cautiously. He was about to hang up the phone. If he had known that Ms. Tian was here to accuse him, he would not have answered the call, let alone let Shen Xiyu hear it.
“Well done!”
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Chen Xiyu typed on his phone and asked Liang Qi, "Is Auntie jumping like this?"
Liang Qi smiled helplessly.
"What exactly do you want to say?" he asked Tian Tianzhen on the other end of the phone.
As soon as Liang Qi asked the question, Ms. Tian began a ten-minute long journey of complaining.
"Those two brats' parents are disgusting... I said I wanted to find a few people to mess things up, but your dad stopped me... Last year, he badmouthed us in front of your grandfather... When Liang Bowen was ten, he punctured my tire and thought I didn't know... When Liang Bohai was just born... his son was so ugly..."
The amount of vocabulary and information he provided shocked Shen Xiyu, while Liang Qi looked helpless, wanting to interrupt but unable to.
After saying a lot, Tian Tianzhen asked Liang Qi, "Go out, I want to talk to Xi Yu alone."
"What are you going to do?"
Tian Tian really thought her son was crazy and paranoid, just like his father when he was young. "I won't play the role of a vicious mother-in-law, don't worry."
Shen Xiyu was amused by her. It seemed that Liang Qi's mother watched a lot of skits. She patted Liang Qi and said, "It's okay. I'll chat with my aunt."
Although Liang Qi was worried, he still accepted his fate and let the two women drive him to the balcony.
After he left, Tian Tianzhen hung up the voice call and made a video call to Shen Xiyu.
"Hello, Auntie." Shen Xiyu on the screen brought out her signature smile, which was so harmless that it was completely unexpected that the girl in front of them was the one slapping people wildly at the banquet.
“…”
Half an hour later,
Shen Xiyu also walked to the balcony and returned the phone to Liang Qi, who was reading with his back to them.
"She hung up?" Liang Qi closed the book and took Shen Xiyu's hand.
Shen Xiyu naturally leaned into his arms and sat down, "Yeah."
"What did you say?"
"Let me leave you."
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"It's okay." Liang Qi hugged Shen Xiyu tightly, "Don't worry about it, I will take care of it."
The person in his arms suddenly trembled, and Shen Xiyu couldn't stop laughing.
When Liang Qi saw her like this, he knew what had happened and pulled her ears, "You lied to me again, little liar."
"I won't lie to you anymore. I really won't lie to you this time." Shen Xiyu pulled his hand down. "Auntie is very nice. She told me a lot and said she wanted to adopt me as her goddaughter. She said she liked my personality and knew my character and experience. She said that no matter whether we are together in the future or not, she admires me very much."
"That's like my mom's style."
"Auntie is pretty cool." Shen Xiyu agreed.
"Still calling me auntie?" Liang Qi pinched her face, "Didn't I say I wanted to adopt you as my goddaughter?"
Although Shen Xiyu felt that it was too fast, she and Tian Tianzhen hadn't really met a few times, but she could tell from her words that she was a very sincere person, and what she said just now was also sincere, so after thinking about it, she changed her words and said, "Godmother is pretty cool, okay."
"But... aren't you angry that I told my mother about your situation?" Liang Qi asked her.
"I'm actually quite happy." Chen Xiyu looked at him seriously. "This time, you mentioned me to your family without any hesitation. I think this shows that you value and take our relationship seriously. I'm not as good as you in this regard. I always subconsciously avoid it, avoid being open, avoid talking about the future. I used to think this was a sign of clarity, but now I realize that it's actually a sign of cowardice."
It was the first time Liang Qi heard her say this. There was no quarrel or expression of opinions. It was the honesty of letting down one's guard and accepting the other person as a part of one's life and future as they got along with each other day by day.
"I admit that sometimes I'm too anxious. I'm afraid that one day you'll suddenly retreat again. Chen Xiyu, if you can't learn how to trust others and how to love others, I'll teach you slowly. If I'm wrong, you have to teach me too, okay?"
"good."
It was foggy in Luocheng today. The whole city was covered with a hazy veil, making it difficult to see things clearly. But on this day, Shen Xiyu felt that it was the day she could see most clearly. The late wind blew away the fog that had always lingered in her life.
Shen Xiyu suddenly felt that he loved this world immensely, was extremely grateful for the kindness he encountered, was extremely grateful for meeting Liang Qi, and was especially grateful to himself.
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