Chapter 89 See you next time, isn’t it about being a father?
"Si Yan, what have you been busy with recently? We haven't gotten together for a while!" On the other end of the phone, the voice of childhood friend Zhong Jie was familiar and cheerful.
"There's a lot to do at the start of the school term, and I also have to take care of the clinic. By the way, why do I feel like we got together not long ago?" Si Yan lowered his voice.
Si Yan thought to himself, you single guys have so much free time, but I’m a married man, can’t we get together less frequently?
"Damn! You sound emotional when you say that? What's going on now? Were you dumped by that sister-in-law from last time?" Zhong Jie said nonsense.
"How can you talk like that? You guys are all certified, okay?" Si Yan made a rare joke.
"Don't brag! Qin Chuan is here with me too. We planned to get together tonight, and you must come!" Zhong Jie issued an ultimatum directly.
"For me...it depends on the situation." Si Yan subconsciously looked towards the living room.
"Don't worry about 'depending on the situation'! Wu Yichen is coming too, so don't spoil the fun!"
Listening to Zhong Jie's "accusation", Si Yan smiled helplessly: "Okay."
Just after I hung up the phone, I heard the sound of a door being pushed open behind me.
Si Yan turned around and saw Su Nian walking towards him rubbing his eyes, his hair a little messy.
He stepped forward to help her straighten it out, his tone apologetic: "Did I wake you up?"
"No, I should have woken up by now." Su Nian shook her head and asked curiously, "Why did you come back so suddenly?"
"I came back to see you." Si Yan ruffled her hair, thinking of the phone call just now, and suggested softly, "I have a party with Zhong Jie and the others tonight. Do you want to come?"
Su Nian thought about it and hesitated for a few seconds, "I'm the only girl, will it bother you?"
"I was worried you'd find them too noisy." Si Yan's eyes lit up with a smile. "If you don't want to go, then let's not go. Let these single people hurt each other."
Seeing his expectant face, she nodded: "Okay... go ahead."
The two made an appointment, Si Yan went back to see patients and came back to pick her up in the evening.
In the afternoon, Su Nian plunged into the studio. After a good sleep, inspiration came like a spring. Combined with the corporate culture of the client company, the design ideas in his mind became clearer and clearer.
It was not until dark that Si Yan came home from get off work, opened the door of the studio, and found her concentrating on painting.
Hearing the sound of the door opening, Su Nianyi didn't even raise his head, but just said softly, "Wait a moment, it will be ready soon."
Si Yan walked over to her with light steps and his eyes fell on the drawing paper - it was a crisp navy blue windbreaker with the client company's iconic ginkgo leaf pattern embroidered in fine lines on the hem. The leaf veins were deliberately left blank, with small words marked "hot stamping silver process".
Su Nian's hand holding the marker did not stop. The tip of the pen paused at the cuff of his sleeve. He added a detachable leather strap and casually drew a small arrow next to it, with the words "suitable for different occasions" written on it.
When she finally put down her pen, she found Si Yan staring at the sketch and smiling. His fingertips touched the paper and said, "Ginkgo leaves embroidered on the hem of a dress will sway when you walk, which is very lively."
Su Nian looked over as he said this, and suddenly felt a little embarrassed: "I just thought that the client wanted 'low-key and high-quality', so I didn't dare to draw the pattern too big, for fear that it would look exaggerated."
Si Yan ruffled her hair and said, "Hurry up and finish it. We'll go to the party soon."
Su Nian only then remembered the time and hurriedly stood up to pack up her brushes. Si Yan had already helped her fold the drawings and put them in a folder. "Don't worry, the place is not far from here. Just change into something comfortable."
The gathering place was still the same old place, near the apartment where Si Yan used to live.
As the car slowly passed the familiar street corner, Su Nian suddenly remembered something and turned her head to ask him, "By the way, is the apartment you used to live in empty now?"
Si Yan looked ahead, a faint smile on his lips: "Well, it's empty. What's the matter, Mrs. Si, do you have any ideas? You have the final say on the disposal of the house."
"Ahem..." Su Nian's ears felt hot when she was called "Mrs. Si". She quickly turned her head and looked out the window. "No, nothing. I just asked casually when I passed by here."
Si Yan turned his head and looked at her seriously: "I will transfer the property certificate to you when we get back, so that you won't have any wild thoughts and suspect that I am hiding some secret."
"How could I doubt you?" Su Nian felt even more embarrassed and glared at him angrily, "Why would I doubt you when everything was fine?"
Si Yan chuckled, his eyes full of amusement. "You can go back and ask Ms. Zhang Minghua about this. She knows much more than you do."
When the two arrived at the party place, Zhong Jie and the other three had already arrived and were chatting around a round table. The bottom of the pot on the table was already steaming.
Seeing Su Nian and Si Yan come in, the three of them immediately stood up and shouted in unison: "Hello, sister-in-law!"
This loud and intimate name made Su Nian's cheeks blush. She didn't know how to respond for a moment and smiled embarrassedly.
Si Yan put his arm around her shoulders, his tone a bit boastful and serious: "Okay, stop calling her sister-in-law. She deserves to be your sister-in-law now—we've got the marriage certificate."
"Huh?!" The three bachelors screamed in unison like cats whose tails had been stepped on, their faces filled with shock and disbelief: "You got the marriage certificate already? We agreed to be single until old age, and you secretly got a hair treatment!"
"Brother, I'm telling you, you change your identity every time you meet." Wu Yichen thought for a moment and said, "When we meet next time, won't you be able to just hold the baby and become a father?"
"Ayan, your progress bar is at 5G network speed! The first time was a girlfriend, the last time was a fiancée, this time it's a wife, and next time, isn't it going to be a father?" Zhong Jie echoed.
Si Yan raised an eyebrow and continued with a smile, "Maybe it's true! Remember to prepare red envelopes when the time comes. The size should refer to the thickness of the dictionary."
It's true that comparison kills people. Qin Chuan muttered, "At this rate, I'm afraid the next gathering will really have to be changed to a parent-child day activity!"
Su Nian already had experience this time. She lowered her head and sipped her milk, listening to their jokes and banter, with a smile on her lips. This group of funny guys was more exciting than a talk show. Except for her Professor Si, each of them was more outrageous than the other.
Wu Yichen was excitedly talking about the interesting things that happened during his blind date last week when Zhong Jie's cell phone suddenly rang in his pocket. He glanced at the caller ID, made a "hush" gesture to everyone, and walked out of the private room to answer the phone.
A few minutes later, he pushed the door open and came in with a mysterious smile on his face. "Brothers, I have a surprise for you! I happen to have a friend nearby, so I asked her to come over and have some fun with us."
Qin Chuan raised his eyebrows: "Your friend? Male or female?"
"It's a woman, right? How can a man be a surprise? It's more like a fright!" Wu Yichen made a bold guess.
Zhong Jie kept the secret and turned to walk out. "Just wait, I'll be right there."
Su Nian was picking up a piece of tripe and preparing to eat it. When she heard this, she couldn't help but look at Si Yan, with a hint of curiosity in her eyes.
Not long after, the door of the private room was pushed open again. Zhong Jie stepped aside to let the person behind him pass, and introduced with a smile: "Let me introduce you, this is my friend Fang Xia."
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