Chapter 57
After dinner in the evening, Shi Ye suddenly said that he wanted to take Jiang Zhinian out for a walk.
The two went downstairs and when they passed by a fruit shop, Shi Ye went in and bought a bag of apples.
"There seem to be some apples at home."
"It's for Uncle Liu."
Jiang Zhinian was completely confused after listening to Shi Ye's explanation and felt terrible.
The Uncle Liu he was referring to was Director Liu Cheng of the Anesthesiology Department of their hospital. His wife Zhou Ying was a good friend of Shi Ye’s mother. Sometimes when Shi Ye’s mother had to go to the hospital on weekends, she would send Shi Ye to Zhou Ying.
"Why did you go there so suddenly? We haven't made any preparations yet."
Shi Ye was puzzled: "What preparations should we make?"
"Gifts or something."
Shi Ye showed her the apple in his hand: "Isn't this it?"
Jiang Zhinian didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "This is my first time visiting them, I should buy them gifts separately."
Shi Ye put his arm around her neck and touched the soft flesh on her chin: "Don't be nervous, they are not the kind of people who care about these conventional etiquettes, just go there, relax."
Jiang Zhinian felt that she was being tricked by Shi Ye, but she had no choice.
Director Liu's home is also in this community, but it is located at the other end. Shi Ye hugged Jiang Zhinian and strolled over.
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"Xiao Ye, why didn't you tell me you were coming? I asked your Aunt Zhou to cook you something delicious." Liu Cheng smiled and invited them in. "Oh, it's different when you're married. You even brought some fruit when you came to see me."
Jiang Zhinian followed behind with a red face, and couldn't help but gently reach out and poke Shi Ye's lower back.
Zhou Ying came out of the room, took off the glasses on his face, and said angrily: "Every time I asked you to come, you said you were busy, but today you suddenly came and made me unprepared."
Shi Ye smiled faintly: "I'm just afraid that you'll be prepared."
He took Jiang Zhinian to sit on the sofa. Zhou Ying took the seat next to Jiang Zhinian and pushed Shi Ye to the other end of the sofa.
"Hey, let me see, how come there is such a pretty girl? Shi Ye, where did you find her? No wonder you have such high standards and don't like the ones I introduced to you."
Jiang Zhinian smiled shyly, and her eyes unconsciously looked in Shi Ye's direction, and found that he was also looking at her.
Liu Cheng, sitting opposite, frowned: "Hey, why are you saying that? They're already married now. It would be embarrassing if Xiao Jiang heard it."
"What's wrong with that? We haven't met yet." Zhou Ying touched Jiang Zhinian's hand, his face full of relief, "I look forward to seeing you every day, but Shi Ye, that brat, always finds all kinds of excuses to prevent me from seeing you."
Jiang Zhinian rarely interacted with elders in this capacity, and felt a little restrained, but she liked Aunt Zhou and Uncle Liu very much and gave people a very friendly feeling.
She could also feel their genuine love for Shi Ye from their tone and attitude towards him.
Zhou Ying knew that the young man was hesitant at first, so she said to Liu Cheng, "Hurry up and go to the bedside table in the room and get me that red bag. Then call Shuo Shuo out. I don't know what he's doing staying locked up in his room all day long."
Liu Cheng stood up and patted his legs: "Okay, got it."
Shi Ye stood up and followed Liu Cheng to Liu Shuo's room: "I'll go call him."
After the two left, Zhou Ying looked at Jiang Zhinian and liked her more and more.
"I heard you two were college classmates."
"Yeah, but I'm from the Faculty of Arts."
"Girls from the liberal arts department are nice. They're well-educated and well-mannered, unlike me, who's a designer and spends all day drawing."
"Look, is this the bag?" Liu Cheng walked out of the room with a red bag in his hand.
"This is it, give it to me."
Zhou Ying opened the bag and found a jade bracelet with excellent water content inside.
Jiang Zhinian was stunned and felt even more guilty. Although she didn't know much about jade, this bracelet looked expensive.
If I had known this would happen, I would have insisted on buying some gifts for Aunt Zhou.
But it doesn't seem appropriate to refuse now.
She heard Shi Ye talking to someone and quickly looked up to ask Shi Ye for help.
Shi Ye nodded to her and motioned her to accept it.
"Well, thank you, Auntie."
Zhou Ying helped her put it on herself and said with satisfaction, "This bracelet is worthy of you."
Jiang Zhinian raised his wrist and looked at it lovingly again and again.
Zhou Ying smiled and said, "There's a story behind this bracelet. Back then, Shi Ye's mother and I were traveling together and we both fell in love with this bracelet. Unfortunately, there was only one, so we pooled our money to buy it and agreed that we would give it to the daughter-in-law of whoever's child got married first."
After she finished speaking, she glanced at her son and said coldly, "I didn't expect that in the end it would be my son who failed to live up to his expectations."
Liu Shuo, wearing a pair of black-framed glasses, stared at the messy-haired girl and said unhappily, "Mom, why are you saying this again? Brother Shi Ye finally came here."
"You, you stay in your room all day and night fiddling with your junk. I introduce you to girls but you don't even want to go. I don't even bother to talk to you. Just live your life alone."
Liu Shuo scratched his hair, and suddenly his eyes lit up: "Mom, if you introduce me to a girl as beautiful as my sister-in-law, I will definitely go."
Zhou Ying said angrily, "You can just daydream. Where can I find such a beautiful girl for you?"
Jiang Zhinian really liked this happy family atmosphere and couldn't help but laugh along.
Zhou Ying turned around and patted Jiang Zhinian's hand: "Come spend the New Year at Auntie's house this year."
She had already learned from Shi Ye that Jiang Zhinian was an orphan, and she loved this beautiful girl even more.
Jiang Zhinian blinked, not reacting.
Chinese New Year, yes, it’s next week, but neither she nor Shi Ye...it seems like anyone has thought about it.
"Auntie, we want to celebrate the New Year on our own this year. We'll come over on the second day to wish you and uncle a happy new year."
Liu Cheng nodded, looking very satisfied: "That's right, they have their own family now, why are you still worrying about them? They want to celebrate the New Year on their own."
Zhou Ying wasn't upset at being rejected. Instead, her smile deepened: "Okay, okay, you guys celebrate on your own. When your child is born, the New Year will be even more lively."
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After sitting for a while, Zhou Ying went to the kitchen to cut fruit, and Shi Ye followed.
After the two came out, Zhou Ying waved to Jiang Zhinian and took her to the study.
"I was wondering why Shi Ye, that brat, would come to see me for no reason." Zhou Ying said as he flipped through the bookshelf. "I found it."
Jiang Zhinian stood aside and watched her take out a photo album.
"Come, Xiao Jiang, come and take a look."
She turned to a page that contained some old photos.
"This is a photo of me and A Mei when I was in high school, and this is Shi Ye's mother."
Jiang Zhinian leaned over and saw a youthful girl in the photo. She had a face very similar to Shi Ye's and was a beauty.
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