Chapter 264
The aunt and the older woman from the second floor took turns trying to persuade her to change the tub, but Wang Jiazhi refused. She'd always enjoyed bathing in a deep tub, and she didn't like the shallower ones. The two of them looked at her with a mixture of helplessness and confusion, which only made her even more determined.
It was Wang Jiazhi’s first time making grilled crucian carp with green onions. It tasted great, but she shouldn’t have added water, as it didn’t look good.
She only ate a little and gave the rest to the kitten. I guess I didn't cook for him much.
There were two piles of dried lotus seeds and nuts on the cabinet.
She rested her chin on one hand and sighed softly.
The aunt from the second floor came over to deliver something to her, and the room smelled of hot oil.
"What are you doing? It's so hot frying things on such a hot day."
She took a box of snacks and said, "I wanted to make some snacks, but they weren't very good, so I made some messes. Let's eat together."
When the aunt opened it, she saw nine kinds of flower pastries: lotus, magnolia, crabapple, chrysanthemum, peach, gardenia, peony, lily, and osmanthus.
The auntie exclaimed in amazement, "These pastries are blooming so beautifully, especially the chrysanthemum pastries, which are blooming thread by thread, the crabapple pastries that are blooming like pagodas, and the magnolia flowers that are like peanuts. They are so pleasing."
"It's okay."
Then the aunt noticed the small mountain of defective parts on the stove.
Old Yi had barely slept day after day, and he had an unavoidable evening social engagement. He looked fine, though faintly tired. He didn't want to talk, but he had to.
A colleague was saying something beside him, but he just smiled, listened to him chattering, and nodded in agreement.
The man then asked, "What did your concubine call you?"
"ah?"
The man was a little drunk and his words were not well considered.
"You also have a concubine. What does she usually call you?"
"Nothing." He didn't like people calling her that, but given their abnormal relationship, there really was no appropriate name for her.
"How could it be possible that I didn't say anything?"
At this time, the actors came down from their performance to toast. They knew that Lao Yi liked the actor Bai Yufang, so they called her this time.
She came over to toast Lao Yi, but he said he had a headache and couldn't drink. She also knew that he couldn't drink too much, so she didn't urge him to drink like she did last time. Then she put her head on Lao Yi's back and hugged him.
Although she was acting, Bai Yufang was indeed very likable. She didn't speak in an artificial or overly playful way. She was somewhat similar to Wang Jiazhi, especially in the way she would always act like a kitten sticking to her.
After chatting for a while, the man asked the same question again.
Lao Yi was a little annoyed by his question, but since they were close friends, he couldn't help but give in. He said helplessly, "Call me husband."
"ah?"
"What else can you call it?"
Wang Jiazhi was also embarrassed, but sometimes she just got used to calling him that.
The man was silent for a moment, then suddenly asked, "Do you know what my family calls me?"
"What's your name?"
He was really tired now, so he leaned his head against the back of the chair and closed his eyes to rest.
The man said sadly and angrily: "She called me old dad. What..."
"Well……"
The man had recently fallen for a minor celebrity. She had taken the initiative, and he was quite pleased, so they quickly established a relationship. However, the girl was simply looking for a backer, flirting with him and fulfilling her romantic obligations. He could see that, but in their industry, anyone who still cared about true love was a fool.
Lao Yi couldn't help but comfort her: "That means you give her a sense of security, like a brother and a father."
"What? Does your guy treat you like a brother or a father?"
"No!"
In fact, in their circle, the number of older men and younger wives far exceeds that of older couples and older wives. There is no upper limit on the age difference at all, and within 20 years is considered very reasonable. That's why he felt very frustrated.
Lao Yi originally wanted to say that it was not worth it for a woman, but seeing that the man was indeed serious, he might have liked her very much, felt a little sad, or felt frustrated with himself.
According to that person, it wasn't intentional. She was drunk that day and called out like that.
Bai Yufang said mischievously, "People speak the truth when they're drunk."
Lao Yi said, "If you know you're talking too much, stop talking."
The actress next to the man also laughed and said, "What's wrong with that? It's a free promotion. Many men like women calling them that."
Lao Yi and his colleagues thought to themselves, "Is he mentally ill?"
From the very beginning, Lao Yi and Wang Jiazhi's relationship had truly been like that of a young couple, though neither of them had realized it, and certainly not the age difference. He now thought that if either of them had been aware of it at the beginning, it probably wouldn't have progressed to that point.
At this point, he remembered her clingy self when she was drunk and acting crazy, and he really preferred calling him that. Sure enough, she really didn't treat him like a "brother or a father." He felt even more grateful.
The colleague was unwilling to accept this and said, "Believe it or not, your family may not call you anything when they get drunk."
He said firmly, "She prefers to call me that when she's drunk."
"I don't believe it!"
"What's the point of you worrying about this?"
"You're just too embarrassed to say it, like me."
“Who is like you…”
It was already midnight when Lao Yi returned home. He was truly exhausted. Just as he was about to enter the dark room, someone whispered something in his ear. He returned to the office.
I sat down and opened a snack box on the table. Inside were nine kinds of flower-shaped puff pastries, which were really well made. Next to it was a big bag of nuts.
He opened the letter and frowned after reading it, his expression changing rapidly. It was already very late at night.
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