dinner
"Mom, she..."
Wu Mei came and took her hand, half-seriously saying, "My family has been forcing me to get married, but I didn't want to, so I ran away. I wanted to meet Qianling, so I came to Yanzhou."
She paused and continued, "I'm staying in Qianling's apartment now."
Hearing this, Zhou Fang stared at Wu Meilai for a long while, and her cloudy eyes blurred, probably because she saw a long-forgotten memory.
She took Wu Meilai's hand meaningfully, patted the back of her hand gently, and said in a much softer tone, "Thank you for your hard work. If you have any difficulties, remember to find Auntie."
"Thank you, Auntie." Although Wu Meilai didn't know why Zhou Fang's attitude suddenly changed, she still thanked her calmly.
"Her father, cook a few more delicious dishes so that we can all be happy today." After saying that, he took Wu Mei to the living room and chatted about some family matters.
"Why."
Zhou Qianling went into the kitchen to help, but was driven out by his father without a word. "I don't need your help here. Go talk to your mother more."
Zhou Qianling was helpless. After walking around for a while with nothing to do, he washed the cherries, took them out, sat next to Wu Meilai, and naturally stuffed them into her mouth.
Zhou Fang saw this and scolded him with a smile: "I, your mother, raised you to this age, and you can't even eat a cherry?"
Upon hearing this, Wu Meilai quickly took out one and handed it to Zhou Fang's mouth, but then she felt confused and took it back. She was still at a loss.
"Don't be nervous, I'm just joking. Just treat it like home." Realizing Wu Mei's presence, Zhou Fang added, "Just treat it like you're at Xiaoling's house."
"Well, thank you, Auntie."
"Don't be so distant with me. We're from the same town, so we're all family." She sighed, "It's a good thing that I can get out. When I was in college, I almost couldn't leave the mountains, and it even got my mom into trouble. Sigh."
Zhou Fang sighed deeply, looking sad as if she had thought of something.
"Look at you, it's been decades," Zhou's father said, bringing out the plates. "Mom was willing. Before she died, she told the third child and the others that the best thing she did in her life was to follow your wishes."
Wu Meilai didn't know what they were talking about, and she didn't know where to start to comfort them. She could only look at Zhou Qianling in confusion.
Zhou Qianling also shook his head in ignorance.
"Okay, let's eat and don't think about these unpleasant things." Zhou Fang took a seat. Zhou Qianling and Wu Meilai sat together. Zhou Fang served her a small bowl of soup in a sweet manner. Wu Meilai did not refuse. She scooped up a spoonful, blew it cool and fed it to her.
"I won't drink it if I haven't tested the temperature."
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"Zhou Qianling, believe it or not, I'll kick you twice."
"You have no sense of romance at all." Zhou Qianling curled his lips, finished his drink, and habitually leaned over to kiss her face.
When she was about to eat, she remembered that this was not her home. She glanced at Zhou Fang and the other person. They were both eating quietly as if no one was around and didn't notice them.
However, she still didn't dare to do it again. She took the spoon from Wu Mei and said with a smile, "It's my turn to feed you."
Zhou Fang swallowed a mouthful of food, occasionally glancing at the two people whispering. She saw her daughter clinging to Wu Meilai like a piece of tape, being pushed away and then clinging back again.
She shuddered. Is this still my daughter? Could she have been switched?
——
Wu Mei was terrified to eat the whole meal, afraid that the two elders would notice something. Unfortunately, Zhou Qianling was a guy that she couldn't push away.
I don’t know if she is really afraid of being discovered.
After the meal, Zhou Qianling saw Wu Mei coming and felt embarrassed, so he said he would show her his bedroom. When he opened the door, she slapped her head and said, "Oh, you sleep with me today."
Zhou Fang was reading a classic book from a distance, wearing her reading glasses. Without tilting her head, she said calmly, "We have guest rooms."
Not until the door was slammed shut did she glance over there and cursed lovingly, "Childish."
…
There were only two people left in the bedroom. Wu Meilai finally let go of her restraint and looked around Zhou Qianling's room casually.
The furnishings were simple: a wardrobe, a row of bookshelves and a desk piled with books, that was all.
Wu Mei came to hug her and kissed the corner of her lips, "I thought it would be a pink princess room."
"I did when I was a kid, but when I grew up I found the pink too irritating, so I removed it."
She kissed back, her tongue entwined with Wu Meilai's, and the quiet room was suddenly filled with the sound of slurping water.
After a few minutes, they separated. Wu Mei came over to kiss the saliva off her lips and asked, "How many days are we going to stay here?"
"You don't like it?"
Shaking his head, "I'm just a little, um...uncomfortable."
In addition to being an outsider, Wu Meilai also felt overwhelmed by the harmonious and loving atmosphere in Zhou Qianling's family because of her living environment since childhood. She was always inexplicably worried, worried that she would destroy this atmosphere.
Zhou Qianling could probably guess what she was thinking. She pressed her forehead against hers and chuckled softly, "Then let's go home tomorrow. We still haven't finished eating the food in the refrigerator."
"Well, thank you." Wu Meilai responded in a low voice.
"Why are you so good today? I want a kiss."
Wu Meilai raised her head, and the two hugged and kissed each other again. Wu Meilai eagerly unbuttoned her clothes.
In a strange and anxious place, she needed to do something to distract herself.
Zhou Qianling was also sexually aroused, took a step forward, and the two fell onto the bed.
Knock knock.
The two stopped.
"Come here, Xiaoling, come out and eat watermelon." Zhou Fang said through the door.
Zhou Qianling buttoned up his shirt and frowned, "Why don't we go home tonight?"
…
At night, Wu Meilai sat by the bed to blow dry her hair. When she heard a knock on the door, she turned off the hair dryer and sat up straight, "Come in."
The door opened and Zhou Fang came in holding a book.
"Auntie." Wu Meilai quickly stood up.
Zhou Fang kindly pulled her to sit down and said, "Don't be so reserved."
"Okay." Wu Meilai answered in a serious tone. She was actually a little nervous, wondering if Zhou Fang was going to criticize her.
For example, give you five million and leave my daughter?
She didn't think Zhou Fang would be like Liu Guiyan, who kissed until her lips were red and still thought they had eaten chili peppers.
Zhou Fang looked at her quietly for a while, then smiled and said, "You and Xiaoling have a very good relationship."
"Qianling has a good personality and gets along with everyone."
Zhou Fang smiled and shook her head, then sighed, "Xiaoling was indeed adorable when she was little."
Wu Meilai was silent for a moment and retorted, "She's still cute now."
Hearing this, the wrinkles at the corners of Zhou Fang's eyes deepened. She looked at her and chuckled a few times before saying seriously, "It seems she has indeed changed a lot."
Wu Meilai was confused, but Zhou Fang didn't explain further. Instead, she asked, "She probably hasn't told you about the past, right?"
Thinking back, Zhou Qianling really didn't talk much about his past, so he nodded, "Yeah."
Zhou Fang was stroking the book in her arms. Wu Mei took a look and realized that it was not a book but an old photo album.
"Since... you are friends, you should have the right to know."
Wu Meilai felt a little uneasy and sat up straight.
However, Zhou Fang just flipped through the photo album, pointed at the chubby baby wrapped up like a maggot, and laughed, "This is when she was five months old. She was the most fussy, holding me tightly and not letting go. Only by tying her up like this can I have a little rest."
Wu Meilai has always thought that children are ugly, but the more she looks at this little round ball, the cuter it becomes.
Zhou Fang turned to the next one, "This is what we did..."
With Zhou Fang's explanation, Wu Meilai watched every period of Zhou Qianling, and even saw herself with half of her head sticking out from a group of children in the background.
At that time, Zhou Qianling had two ponytails and smiled brightly and cutely.
However, as time went by, the person in the photo gradually became quieter, and Wu Meilai felt that her smile was a little deliberate.
I must have been a junior high school student at that time.
Zhou Fang turned to the last page. The person in the photo had grown up a lot without any warning. He was standing at the high school gate with his graduation certificate, looking at the camera with an indifferent expression.
Wu Meilai started and turned to ask what happened. Zhou Fang's eyes were red, and she was stroking the face of the person in the painting with her thumb. "Xiaoling became like this after he fell ill."
We all guessed that the root cause might be the bullying he encountered in junior high school...
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