Chapter 7 A Childhood Dream
Previously, Xu Qingmin didn't pay much attention to Song Yilin. In his eyes, everyone else was just an ordinary classmate, and Song Yilin was just an ordinary classmate who was a little prettier.
But ever since that letter, he would occasionally observe Song Yilin. She was clearly bad at math, but she wanted to learn it. Her efforts to study were both funny and cute.
Her deskmate, Yi Tiantian, was also bad at math, but Yi Tiantian was more easygoing. If she didn't understand something, she would give up and do English exercises during math class. The teacher had given up on her.
But the two sisters are quite happy every day, whispering gossip, covering their mouths and laughing when they talk about topics they agree on, they like to share about male celebrities, discussing which male celebrity is the most attractive, and they like to sneak snacks during class.
At that time, he was very interested in observing her little daily actions.
During a school anniversary celebration, with the aim of minimizing student participation and rehearsal time without interfering with the senior students' studies, the arts and sports committee member, Liu Lian, wanted to stage a play called "The Peacock Flies Southeast." Song Yilin, who is the type who can't say no to others, agreed as soon as the arts and sports committee member approached her. Xu Qingmin, who has never liked this kind of activity, said from behind that day, almost as if by magic, "I'll play Jiao Zhongqing."
After Xu Qingmin said that, not only Song Yilin and the class monitor were surprised, but everyone in the class looked in their direction.
Xu Qingmin coughed lightly and said, "Um, I like this text."
His appearance is considered one of the better in the class. With him participating, we've already won at least in terms of appearance. This is just a preliminary selection of programs. The school anniversary celebration is such an important occasion that their program may not be used. However, since the homeroom teacher asked for a program, the sports and arts committee member needs to cooperate in putting together one.
However, he was usually a loner and preferred to be alone, so Liu Lian didn't dare to ask him if he wanted to act.
After class, they began their first rehearsal. During the scene where Liu Lanzhi returned to her parents' home, Liu Lian wanted them to portray the tender feelings of parting and asked them to shake hands and make vows. However, when Xu Qingmin grasped Song Yilin's hand, Song Yilin immediately let go as if she had been electrocuted.
A blush spread across Song Yilin's face.
Like a perfectly ripe apple, it makes you want to pick it.
Song Yilin immediately explained, "I'm sorry, I'm not used to it, let's do it again."
Then Song Yilin loosened her grip: "Sorry, I forgot you have mysophobia."
Xu Qingmin took Song Yilin's hand and said, "It's okay."
When Xu Qingmin's hand touched that soft texture, his heart suddenly fluttered.
Even after rehearsing, I was still reminiscing about that feeling when I got home. That night, I had a dream that was not suitable for children.
He woke up in the early hours of the morning and recalled his dream. He knew he had fallen for her. This was the first time in seventeen years that he had been moved by a girl.
That touch, though more than ten years have passed, remains vivid in my memory.
Perhaps it was youthful impetuosity that made me easily swayed by emotions, or perhaps it was simply due to age; after so many years, my heart has remained still, like a stagnant pool.
Seeing that alluring figure in the bar today stirred a ripple in my heart, which had been stagnant for a moment, but it vanished in an instant.
Song Yilin arrived home very late. She waited for half an hour on the bar street before finding a designated driver. If she had known it would be so difficult to find a designated driver, she wouldn't have driven there.
The only advantage of working in the automotive industry is that someone at her level can drive a car worth hundreds of thousands of yuan for the company. The test drive cars in the store are changed almost every year. There are more than a dozen test drive cars in a store, and as long as she doesn't drive the general manager's car, she can drive the others.
The hallway was quiet. Song Yilin quietly opened the door.
"You're back? Have some porridge," her mother-in-law suddenly turned on the kitchen light, startling Song Yilin.
"Oh dear, Grandma, why aren't you asleep yet?"
When we first got married, we called our mother-in-law "Mom". Later, after our mother moved in with us, we continued to call her "Mom" to make it easier to distinguish between them. Occasionally, we would call both of them "Mom".
"Your stomach must be upset after drinking. Have some porridge before you go to sleep. Are you going to work tomorrow?"
Song Yilin's industry is special, with no fixed rest time or weekends. Although she is supposed to have four days off a month, she often only gets less than two days off. Sometimes her rest is just a short nap in the morning, and she has to go back to the store in the afternoon if she has something to do.
There are at least two meetings every day, one in the morning and one in the evening, both of which she organizes. When she's not there, the manager chairs them. She used to hate having so many meetings, but after she took this position, the bizarre rules from her superiors and the pressure to meet various performance targets forced her to attend them.
Ultimately, people are destined to become the kind of person they hate.
Her industry and position are key, often requiring her to work overtime until the moon is high in the sky when she gets off work. Since the 4S store in Yishi is far from the city center, her only pleasure after get off work is to look at the stars.
"I'll rest tomorrow." She took the porridge from her mother-in-law and drank it directly without using a spoon. "Grandma, you don't need to wait for me anymore. I get back very late."
“I’m old and don’t need much sleep, you should go to bed early. I’m going back to the other side. You’re coming back late today, Guanqun is already sleeping with her grandmother.”
After returning to Jianghai City, they lived in their old house. Fengxiang Community used to be a very popular residential area. More than ten years have passed, and although the facilities are well maintained, the security is not as good as the newly built communities now. However, it is enough for their family to live in two houses.
Song Yilin and her daughter sleep in her apartment 602. To make it easier to take care of her mother-in-law and grandmother, her mother lives in her mother-in-law's apartment 601. The two apartments are opposite each other. They eat, chat, watch TV, and her daughter does her homework in apartment 601. If she comes home late, her daughter finishes her homework in apartment 601 before coming home to sleep. Her mother-in-law comes to apartment 602 specifically to cook porridge for her.
She felt guilty towards her mother-in-law's family, and her mother-in-law also felt indebted to her, as both her mother-in-law and grandmother had been in poor health. Her mother-in-law had previously suffered from diabetes and now had uremia. Her mother-in-law always felt like a burden, but for Song Yilin, if it weren't for her father-in-law saving her, her mother-in-law would still be being cared for. She was merely taking on her father-in-law's responsibilities.
Because she had drunk some alcohol, Song Yilin slept until ten o'clock before getting up.
Her daughter was waiting in her room, looking at her with a smug grin.
"Mom, you're awake?"
"It's the weekend today?" Her work almost never includes weekends, and weekends are actually more tiring, so sometimes she can't even tell what day of the week it is.
"Mom, you're still half asleep. It's Saturday today."
The store's marketing department will be holding some events on Saturday, so it seems that today's chosen rest time is not good. She can only rest for half a day before going to the company, but it will consume a day of her vacation.
The daughter picked up the water from the bedside table and handed it to Song Yilin.
After drinking a cup of hot water, the unpleasant feeling of a hangover improved slightly.
The daughter took back her water glass and asked with a gossipy look, "Mom, tell me about your first love. I heard from Grandma yesterday that your love was quite passionate back then, to the point that even my dad was jealous."
"Don't pry into adults' business, kids. Go eat breakfast."
The daughter pouted and went to the toilet.
Suddenly, her daughter screamed.
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