Chapter 23 Ex-husband and Ex-wife Gathering
Chu Yao returned to the living room and sat down.
As luck would have it, Sheng Rong received a call from the company at this time and went back to the study to deal with work.
There were only her and Qin Jiahuai in the living room.
She sat on the sofa.
Qin Jiahuai was looking at the photos of Sheng Rong's family in recent years on the photo wall.
There was an awkward silence.
"Or..." Chu Yao raised her head and looked at Qin Jiahuai.
Qin Jiahuai turned his head and looked at her quietly, his eyes very indifferent.
Chu Yao tried to lighten the mood: "Go and help cook a couple of dishes. You're free anyway."
Qin Jiahuai raised the corners of his lips slightly, but the smile did not reach his eyes: "You are quite free and have time to observe me."
Jiang Yue poked her head out of the kitchen, spatula in hand. "No, no, you two just sit there. It'll be ready soon. Yaoyao, please hand me the bottle of cooking wine on top of the refrigerator."
Chu Yao immediately stood up and went to the refrigerator.
As she walked to the refrigerator, Qin Jiahuai's arm had already reached over her head and taken the bottle of cooking wine.
Chu Yao turned around and her nose rubbed against his rolled-up sleeves.
There was still the scent of the orchid laundry detergent they had used for many years when they were together.
Chu Yao hurriedly took it and took it to the kitchen to give to Jiang Yue.
After a few minutes, the food was finally ready.
Five people sat around the table.
Sheng Rong suddenly stood up, holding the phone, walked between Chu Yao and Qin Jiahuai, and placed the phone in front of them.
"Today's historic moment requires both of you to participate!"
"That is, help me press the repayment button and pay off the last debt of my family!"
Chu Yao looked down and saw that it said: Repayment amount: 500,000.
She felt it was unnecessary and embarrassing, so she waved her hand and said, "You should do it yourself."
Sheng Rong insisted, "No, you two must participate. Without you two, our family wouldn't be where we are today!"
Chu Yao was still hesitating when Qin Jiahuai suddenly held her hand.
His warm, dry palm covered the veins on the back of her hand. He held her together and pressed the repayment button together with Sheng Rong.
Soon, four big words "Repayment successful" popped up on the screen.
Sheng Rong held up his phone and shouted happily, "Yeah! Ten years, thirty million, our family has finally paid it off!"
Sheng Cheng, who was sitting across the table, looked at the three children with a smile.
Jiang Yue got up and went to the kitchen, took out the cake she had just made and put it on the table.
It was written in large letters: "Congratulations to the Sheng family for clearing their assets."
Chu Yao silently pulled her hand back from Qin Jiahuai's hand, and subconsciously picked up the water cup in front of her and took a sip.
The atmosphere is so good now, Qin Jiahuai probably doesn't want to spoil their fun, and she feels the same way.
Sheng Rong poured them both more wine.
He said it was a good wine he brought back from abroad and insisted that they try it.
Qin Jiahuai said he wanted to drive and refused.
Chu Yao drank some to give him face.
Everyone was happily eating halfway when Chu Yao's phone in her pocket started vibrating non-stop.
She was afraid it was work, so she lowered her head and took a quick look.
It was sent by Song Huiping.
Photo of a box of mangoes.
"Yaoyao, I bought your favorite mangoes. When you are free, come back. Mangoes can't be kept for too long or they will go bad."
"These mangoes are quite expensive. If I hadn't thought about you liking them, I wouldn't have bought such expensive fruits."
Chu Yao was upset... because she really liked eating mangoes.
Her mother did not remember her preference wrongly, and the mangoes she bought were indeed of very good quality, and it was obvious that the price was not cheap.
Song Huiping always has the ability to make her feel that her mother cares about her.
She also couldn't escape the mother-daughter relationship that was entangled with blood and emotions.
She didn't respond for the time being, but just drank to suppress her irritability.
Sheng Rong thought she liked to drink, so he poured her several cups in a row.
Until Qin Jiahuai reached out to take the cup and told Sheng Rong: "She can't drink anymore."
Sheng Rong then stopped falling.
It was already past ten o'clock in the evening when we had this meal.
I don't know when it started raining outside.
The weather in early spring is a bit cooler.
Chu Yao casually picked up the coat on the sofa and put it on. She tried to zip it up, but the metal buckle got stuck halfway.
Qin Jiahuai walked past her and naturally reached out his hand to pull her up.
His fingers were cold, and when his fingertips gently rubbed the middle of her collarbone, he suddenly stopped, as if realizing that they shouldn't be like this anymore.
Chu Yao had drunk too much and her reaction was a little slow. She raised her head and saw the red corners of her eyes reflected in his pupils.
She stretched out her hand, wanting to hold his hand out of habit.
But he turned around and left first.
Chu Yao reacted suddenly.
Oh, and they're divorced.
She followed him out the door.
I heard Jiang Yue and Sheng Rong talking behind me.
"Look at how good they are. They're still so good after all these years. When are you going to find a girlfriend?"
"Don't rush me, don't rush me. When the time comes, it will come naturally. Mom, I'll go see them off."
Sheng Rong quickly chased after him.
Qin Jiahuai had already pressed the elevator button.
Chu Yao suddenly turned around and said to Sheng Rong: "Actually, Qin Jiahuai and I are divorced."
Sheng Rong was stunned: "Huh?"
Chu Yao sniffed and nodded: "So next time for this kind of activity, don't put us together. It's awkward."
She said that and left.
Sheng Rong walked them both into the elevator.
I went back to my balcony and looked downstairs.
There is a short distance from the building gate to the parking lot.
The two of them came out of the building.
Qin Jiahuai's umbrella was tilted three-quarters, covering Chu Yao.
Chu Yao was completely under his protection, while his body, leaning outside, was wet by the rain.
Sheng Rong smiled. This didn't look like a divorce at all.
Mom is right, they are still so good after all these years.
I guess they just had a quarrel, and Chu Yao drank a little too much, so she was not in her right mind and said such things.
Sheng Rong sent a message to Qin Jiahuai: "Take good care of her tonight, she's drunk."
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Qin Jiahuai originally wanted to send Chu Yao home.
But when she got to the car, she refused to get in and insisted on going to the roadside to hail a taxi.
Qin Jiahuai grabbed her wrist and said, "Get in the car. I haven't used up the hundred yuan you gave me last time."
Chu Yao kept shaking her head, her eyes red: "Qin Jiahuai, don't be nice to me anymore, if you want to leave, just leave cleanly..."
Then they started talking about "Daddy Pig", "Mommy Pig", "Baby Pig"...
Hearing these words, Qin Jiahuai's heart was stabbed hard.
No wonder she was so sad today.
She thought of...the piglet again.
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