uninvited guest
Zhou Qianling raised the corner of his mouth, "Did my mother tell you?"
"Um."
"Don't worry, it's just a small thing."
The arms tightened around the waist.
"It's not a small matter. How could it be a small matter? I almost didn't meet you." Wu Meilai rested her chin on her shoulder, and even though her voice was very low, she could still hear it clearly.
"Auntie said that after that, you always seemed to be emotionless and cold, as if you would..."
Wu Meilai kissed her cheek gently, "I can't live without you, Qianling, you can't be so selfish."
Zhou Qianling kissed back, "It's already been done. I think the most important thing now is to continue what we didn't do before..."
Her voice became lower and lower as Wu Meilai's body was trembling.
"You're trying to change the subject, aren't you?"
"You're not well at all."
Zhou Qianling didn't say anything else. She indeed didn't complete the treatment as prescribed by the hospital.
During that time, she was in a daze and full of suspicion. Her hands seemed to have Parkinson's disease and she couldn't even hold chopsticks. She couldn't distinguish between dreams and reality. All of this made her worried and panicked, so she lied and said she was fine.
All she had to do was act positive and choose the right answers on the test and she would be released. It was that simple.
Zhou Qianling pecked her lips lightly, "You are my medicine."
"I don't want to hear sweet nothings."
"Tsk, Sister Wu is here, and you still say I'm ruining the mood." After saying that, he patted her butt.
"You're trying to change the subject again." Wu Meilai stared at her stubbornly.
“…”
"Okay, okay, what do you want me to do? I think I'm fine."
"Let's go to the hospital tomorrow and get a thorough checkup."
"Okay, okay, I'll do as you say."
Worried that she would continue to pester him, Zhou Qianling hurriedly said, "Didn't we say we'd go to the sea together? Let's go to the island in a few days. We can catch crabs, snorkel, and go boating... Why are you looking at me like that again?"
Wu Mei came and pulled her to sit down. She touched her face and asked softly, "It must have been hard when you were bullied by your classmates."
Zhou Qianling shook his head. "I just feel annoyed. Well, it happened many years ago."
Zhou Qianling had never talked about this with anyone else, and felt awkward and nervous.
"I want to kiss you." After saying that, without waiting for a response, he slammed Wu Meilai's mouth as if covering her mouth, and they both fell down together.
"You're sorry."
"Who said I was embarrassed?" Zhou Qianling was dissatisfied.
Wu Meilai kissed her face and said, "I will always be with you."
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Zhou Qianling went downstairs to sign for the express delivery. When he returned to the room, he saw Wu Meilai looking at her phone with a frown on her face.
She stepped forward and kissed her forehead, "Did your mom call again?"
Wu Meilai forced a smile and said, "Well, you're still urging me to go back for the blind date."
The stew on the stove bubbled against the ceramic lid, and neither of them spoke.
Wu Meilai's family is like a beheading knife, always hanging over their heads, and no one knows when it will suddenly fall down.
With a snap, they both looked over and saw the steam lift up the lid and smash it to pieces on the ground.
"Let me check on the soup." Zhou Qianling walked into the kitchen and stirred the stew pot absentmindedly.
She didn't know how long the relationship between the two of them could last, and she didn't dare to imagine how she would feel if Wu Meilai really got married.
No, she knew she would go crazy and die.
The back of my hand felt slightly itchy, and when I came to my senses, Wu Meilai was wiping the splashed soup off me.
"Doesn't it hurt?"
Zhou Qianling shook his head, moved his lips, but didn't ask.
She asked Wu Mei twice whether she would get married, and she got different answers each time.
"You said you would always be with me, right?"
Wu Meilai was stunned for a moment, then smiled and nodded, "Don't worry, they can't do anything to me."
The atmosphere was too heavy, so she asked cheerfully, "Have you got your swimsuits? Let's try them on."
Wu Mei didn't even go back to the bedroom. She took off her clothes and put them on in front of her. After she actually put them on, she felt embarrassed because there was too little fabric.
"How can it be better to not wear shameful clothes..." Wu Meilai asked with her arms folded.
Zhou Qianling stepped forward and straightened her fallen shoulder strap. "Because I'm not used to wearing it, but... when you're shy, people want to bully you."
Zhou Qianling rolled up the hair by her ears and slowly knelt at her feet.
Let’s talk about the future later. Instead of worrying about gains and losses, we should cherish every day of the present.
…
The sunlight appeared and disappeared in the fluttering curtains, and from time to time I could see the scattered clothes on the ground.
The quiet noon was broken by the doorbell.
Wu Meilai lazily turned over, rubbed her eyes and shouted, "Who is it?"
The doorbell rang again, each time more urgent than the last.
Zhou Qianling was still not awake, humming and humming against the pillow, which made Wu Mei laugh.
The doorbell kept ringing. Wu Meilai yawned, picked up Zhou Qianling's shirt, and buttoned it as she walked, "I'm coming."
After opening the door and seeing who was behind it, she quickly pulled her clothes together.
"You really live here?" The visitor stuck his head out to look inside the house and said in amazement, "It must cost a lot of money."
After that, he squeezed into the house and saw the whole thing clearly, which made him even more distressed. "This TV, this sofa... are they from the landlord or did you buy them yourself?"
Wu Meilai came back to her senses from her surprise and asked with a frown, "Mom, why are you here?"
"Look at you. You don't answer the phone and rarely reply to messages. I'm worried you've been tricked into joining a pyramid scheme."
"The landlord is here?"
Hearing the voice, Wu Meilai's heart suddenly tightened and she stared at Liu Guiyan.
Liu Guiyan was standing not far from the bedroom. She was startled by the sound and looked at Wu Meilai. Only then did she realize that her daughter was only wearing a white shirt that reached her thighs.
He looked towards the bedroom again, but because of the angle, he could only see the mess on the floor. He then turned his gaze back to Wu Mei and frowned.
Wu Meilai swallowed as she glanced back and forth, and her hands gripping her collar tightened more and more.
"Mom, I..."
Wu Meilai's heart was pounding, not knowing what would happen.
The sound of mattress springs rustled in the bedroom for about ten seconds. Zhou Qianling, dressed in a T-shirt and a suit, emerged and greeted warmly, "Auntie, why didn't you tell me you were coming?"
"How come you two live together? No wonder I saw xx High School when I video chatted with you before." She turned to Wu Mei again.
"The rent here is expensive, so I'll stay at Qianling's place temporarily." Wu Mei came to explain, but she was secretly annoyed: she shouldn't have video chatted with her. The few video calls allowed Liu Guiyan to find her residence.
"Auntie, have you eaten yet?"
Knowing that the house belonged to Zhou Qianling, Liu Guiyan became reserved in the room and quickly said, "I ate. I ate a bucket of instant noodles as soon as I got off the car."
"Thank you for the trouble our sister has been having. I'll take her back in a few days."
Zhou Qianling frowned.
"Mom, I'm not going back."
"Why are you drifting around outside all the time if you don't go back?"
"I like."
"What's the point of liking her anymore? Are you going to look for a husband in a place tens of thousands of miles away? Who will help you if you get bullied?"
"Who said..."
"Sister, come here. Auntie must be tired after sitting in the car for a whole day. Let her rest for a while." Zhou Qianling interrupted in time when he saw that the situation was about to escalate.
She took a quilt from the bedroom, pushed open the door of the seldom-used guest bedroom, and began to make the bed.
Liu Guiyan didn't feel comfortable tiring her, so she didn't ask whether she would go back or not. She grabbed the quilt and said, "I can do it myself. It's really too much of a bother."
But she found it a bit strange: there were extra beds, so why did they insist on sleeping in one bed?
It wasn't a cold day, but as soon as she got out of the car she was greeted by a burst of hot and humid air.
The two of them had such a good relationship that she had always thought they were just having a big conflict.
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