To save money, she wanted to take the train there in advance, and she also wanted to get there first to prepare and study the script properly.
She absolutely cannot miss this opportunity.
Xia Wei sat down next to Xiao Midou, right across from Guo Qiheng.
"Uncle Guo, bring Miss Xia a breakfast."
"Yes, sir!"
Uncle Guo went to the kitchen to give the order, and a short while later a delicate and nutritious breakfast was brought out.
Xia Wei doesn't eat dinner to maintain her figure, and she is indeed hungry now.
In addition, I was in a hurry, so I buried myself in my food and ate it quickly.
The atmosphere at the dinner table was very calm. Even though Xiao Midou was only three years old, she didn't make a sound while eating. The man opposite her sat upright and had a refined demeanor in every gesture, which showed that the Guo family had very strict upbringing.
Guo Qiheng is usually away from home, so she can sit at the table and eat with Xiaomidou. But today is the first time she's eating at the same table with this man, and she feels like the whole restaurant is surrounded by a powerful aura.
Xia Wei was so nervous that she couldn't taste the food during the meal.
"Mr. Guo, I've finished eating, so I'll be leaving now!"
Guo Qiheng was reading a financial newspaper and didn't look up at her, only giving a curt "hmm".
Xia Wei patted Xiaomidou's head and, seeing the little guy's reluctant expression, really wanted to lean down and kiss his little face.
Thinking of the imposing figure sitting opposite her, Xia Wei could only forcefully suppress her thoughts.
The little guy was reluctant to part with Xia Wei and clung to her leg for a while. Xia Wei gently persuaded him, and although the little guy didn't talk much, he was very smart and understood that Xia Wei had to go out to work. Even though he was reluctant, he could only obediently let go.
Xia Wei looked at the little guy's pitiful face and felt a pang of sadness.
The child is so adorable, I really don't know how his heartless mother could abandon him like that?
*
After leaving the villa area, Xia Wei waited for her car at the entrance.
My phone suddenly rang in my pocket.
When Xia Wei saw the caller ID, her smooth brows furrowed tightly, and she was shrouded in a dark cloud.
"Hello."
"Weiwei, how have you been in the capital lately? Have you gotten any acting roles?" Xia's mother asked warmly.
Despite the seemingly concerned words, Xia Wei's expression grew even colder.
Her biological mother called either to pressure her to go back for blind dates or to ask her for money; the initial enthusiasm was just a prelude to what she was about to say.
"What is it? Speak up."
There was a few seconds of silence on the other end, followed by a soft sigh: "Weiwei, you say I'm biased as your mother, but that's because you haven't been a mother yourself. Actually, in my heart, you're the same as your brother."
Xia Wei's fingers, gripping the phone, turned slightly white as a memory she never wanted to recall suddenly surfaced in her mind.
"What exactly are you trying to say? I need to catch a flight. If you have nothing else to say, just hang up!" Over the past few years, she had long since lost all hope in that family!
Sensing Xia Wei's impatience, Xia's mother stopped trying to appeal to her emotions and told the truth.
“Our house is going to be acquired by the developer to build the largest community city in Dongyang City. Your uncle and his family refuse to move because they can’t agree on the price. Your father is in poor health, so our family listens to your uncle now. We planned to move after we reached an agreement with the developer. But these past few days, after our area was demolished, we’ve been completely without water and electricity. We can’t live like this anymore. I was just wondering if you have any money to help us rent a place in the city to settle down first.”
Xia Wei felt a throbbing in her head: "I spent all the money from selling the house when Dad had the surgery, and I don't have any money on me now. Besides, didn't you buy a house for Xia Dong? A three-bedroom, two-living-room house should be enough for the three of you."
When the topic came up, Xia's mother hesitated for a while before saying helplessly, "Your brother has a girlfriend, and she lives over there now. If we go over there, it will disturb the young couple's life. Besides, your father is not able to move around easily now, and he needs help to urinate. He also smells very bad. The young girl will definitely be disgusted when she sees your father."
"If you're going to dislike someone just because an elderly person in your family is sick, then you might as well just break up with Xia Dong."
Xia's mother's voice immediately turned cold: "What nonsense are you talking about? Xia Dong finally found a girlfriend and they're about to get married. How can we let them break up? Your father and I don't mind suffering a little, as long as they're doing well, we two old people are willing to endure some hardship."
Xia Wei couldn't help but chuckle when she heard her mother's words.
"You dote on your son, so you put all the burden on me, right?"
Xia's mother said angrily, "How can you say that? We're all family. Isn't it your duty to be filial to your parents? Have we raised you for nothing? We even supported your education and sent you to university. Although you dropped out of school later because you were not good enough, you were still the first female college student in our village. Look at your female classmates, which one of them didn't drop out of school after junior high or high school to work?"
"I earned my own tuition, what does it have to do with you? Okay, I don't want to bring up those old grievances anymore. I won't interfere with the rent issue, nor do I have the ability to do so. If you really want to move out, then stay at Xia Dong's place. If you really have nowhere to go, then agree to sell the old house to the developer. The money they give you should be enough to buy another one in the city."
"You brat, your dad and I are practically homeless and you still don't care whether we live or die, huh? Are you trying to drive us to our deaths? Is that what you mean?"
Hearing the increasingly shrill and piercing voice on the other end of the phone, Xia Wei hung up immediately.
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