Auntie has something to ask you
Wu Meilai raised the corner of her mouth in response, then turned around and poked the flowers from the big city.
In the past month, she thought she and this city dweller had become close friends, but she didn't expect that her self-righteous closeness would be so fragile.
As long as Jiang Chunmei was involved, the two of them would be no different from strangers.
"Little boy, when will you be back?" A very mature female voice came from the phone, three parts casual and seven parts teasing.
Hmm? Flirting?
Wu Meilai shook her head to get rid of the strange association.
Jiang Chunmei: "Sister Wang, my friend..."
"Little boy, you know I'm not interested in the reason." The person over there must have drunk some water, because Wu Mei came and heard the sound of moistening his throat.
Sister Wang: "Let me see if your abdominal muscles are loose, ok?"
“Cough cough cough…”
Jiang Chunmei turned around and saw Wu Meilai coughing non-stop. Her face flushed red. She covered her mouth with her hand and moved the phone closer. While lifting the curtain with her elbow, she said, "Sister Wang, that...it's not very convenient right now."
Wu Meilai choked on her own saliva, coughing until her cheeks flushed red. Not long after, she felt a gentle pat on her back, causing her spine to stiffen.
"That person's name is Wang Xiaoli, and she's Jiang Chunmei's student." Seeing that the person had stopped coughing, Zhou Qianling took a glass of water and placed it in front of her, then hooked his feet over the chair and sat next to her.
"oh."
Zhou Qianling didn't expect to be met with a dull response, so he asked, "Don't you have any ideas?"
What could Wu Meilai think? Her only thought now was: See, she only talks to me when Jiang Chunmei is not around.
"Sister Wang actually..."
Wu Mei came to look at Zhou Qianling and waited for her to continue, but saw that the other party was staring at her expectantly.
Wu Meilai was stunned, and thought along with her words: "Sister Wang actually..."
Zhou Qianling nodded at her encouragingly.
"Sister Wang actually thinks Jiang Chunmei is a man?"
Zhou Qianling froze, then fell silent. Finally, he sighed and lay down in front of the kimchi jar.
Wu Meilai has absolutely no idea that women can like other women.
If I rashly reveal my lesbian identity, it will definitely scare her away.
"Are you not feeling well?" Wu Meilai asked with concern when she saw that the person had suddenly lost his spirits.
Zhou Qianling's head tilted slightly on her arm, and her long hair fell loosely over her eyes.
She could see Wu Meilai's face clearly, but the other party could not see her.
This idea made her bolder. She looked at the other person wantonly under the cover, peeking at every inch of the woman's skin.
Zhou Qianling stretched out his hand, which drooped lifelessly in front of her.
Wu Meilai was confused and held her hand loosely. Then, the hand dropped as if it had lost its strength, but Wu Meilai grasped it firmly and placed it on her leg.
Their palms pressed together, and one could even feel the thin calluses left on each other over the years. Zhou Qianling curled his lips, but then relaxed again when he thought of the indifference he had received today.
"Did I do something wrong yesterday?" He felt a little aggrieved.
"No."
"You've been avoiding me all day."
It would have been fine if she hadn't said it, but as soon as Wu Meilai mentioned it, she thought of the dream again. She felt like she was holding a hot potato in her hand, and subconsciously wanted to let go and throw it away, but Zhou Qianling grabbed her in time and squeezed her even more.
Look, he is obviously not familiar with me, yet he still does these intimate things that can cause misunderstandings.
Wu Meilai was annoyed and would not let her do as she pleased this time. She stood up, shook off her hand, and sat at another table.
On the other side, Jiang Chunmei persuaded Wang Jie to show her enough in the evening as a condition for ending the call. As soon as she entered the store, she found that the atmosphere in the store was unusually silent.
"Um...Qianling, Auntie just said she has something to ask you, shall we go back first?"
The deliberately lowered voice was still obvious.
Zhou Qianling glanced at his cell phone. Zhou Fang had sent him three messages and made two calls.
After standing up, Wu Meilai still kept her head down playing games.
"I'll come back in the evening."
"Um."
Zhou Qianling frowned, thinking about how he had been annoying. He was apparently fine before they parted yesterday.
After thinking about it, I decided to post a selfie in the middle that only she could see.
oh--
Suddenly, I realized that I would not be regarded as a frivolous and dissolute person.
Those who think they have suddenly realized the truth are actually only half enlightened. They don’t think about the fact that they are already naked in front of people, so what else do they need?
Believing he had found the crux of the problem, Zhou Qianling secretly made a plan: to post abstinence photos from now on.
The door curtain opened, closed, and finally became quiet.
Wu Meilai stopped the busy movements of her fingertips and stared at the screen in a daze.
Am I being too narrow-minded? I'm not a thirteen or fourteen-year-old kid anymore.
You must not lose your temper with others at night.
Wu Meilai prepared herself mentally and waited silently until eight o'clock, but still no one showed up. Then her cell phone rang. It was Wu Baizi calling to urge her to eat.
I guess you won’t come today. Wu Meilai waited for a few more minutes before closing the shop.
Standing on the road, Wu Meilai looked towards Zhoujiazhai. The sky had already darkened completely. Every household had already turned on the lights. There were girls walking in groups of three or four on the road.
Worried that Zhou Qianling would come and find nothing, Wu Meilai sent her a message to inform her that she was closed, and then she went home with peace of mind.
The first thing he saw upon entering the house was Wu Baizi's cold face, his eyes and nose looking bleak. Wu Han, crouching in the corner of the living room, his face swollen like a pig's head, seemed to have been Wu Baizi's punching bag again. Seeing Wu Mei coming and attracting Wu Baizi's attention, he glared fiercely at Wu Baizi's back.
"If you look again!" Wu Baizi spat in warning as if he had eyes on his back. Wu Han was so scared that he shuddered and lowered his head.
Worried that the war would spread to her, Wu Meilai quickly opened the door to the main room and climbed up the wooden ladder to pick potatoes for dinner.
Turning on her phone, Wu Meilai walked to the far corner. There was still nearly a bag of potatoes left, which should be enough to last until she dug new ones. These were planted last year, and in just a year, the surface had already wrinkled and sprouted.
Wu Meilai picked up four big ones. Before going downstairs, she thought of the kittens and went back to find the place where the cats usually meowed. She saw a small nest in a box of old clothes. There was cat hair in the nest, but there was no cat. She thought the mother cat had taken it away.
Feeling a little regretful, I took out my cell phone, but Zhou Qianling hadn't replied yet.
Back in the living room, the incandescent lamp was already quite old, giving people a feeling of both bright and dim, making people dizzy.
Wu Meilai squatted aside and mechanically peeled potatoes. On one side, Wu Baizi was making dissatisfied sounds, on the other side, Wu Han was mumbling nonsense, and in the bedroom, Liu Guiyan was humming from time to time.
When will this day end?
After dinner was ready, Wu Mei came and served a bowl of rice, put some shredded potatoes and sauerkraut on it, and brought it into the bedroom.
"My dear, I feel better these two days. Pull me up and let me eat by myself." Liu Guiyan stopped Wu Mei from coming to feed her and silently watched her daughter bend down with an expressionless face to put a pillow under her.
She lost her appetite after two bites and put the bowl on the food cabinet beside the bed.
"It's all my fault. I can't get better no matter what I do."
People with a conscience always blame themselves first.
Wu Meilai lifted the bowl from the counter and said, "Don't think about it. Eat some more."
Liu Guiyan turned her head, raised her hand to wipe the corner of her eyes, and took it. "Just eat your own food, don't worry about me."
Wu Meilai didn't listen, she just turned around and sat next to her, turned on her cell phone, but there was still no message.
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