Tang Yizhou: "Xu Er was deceived by you. I'm not stupid. You'd better be smart and stop playing tricks to sow discord. When the real thing comes, do you think Xu Er cares more about you or the brotherhood of more than 20 years?"
When Xia Xi saw a series of messages, there was only one thought in his mind: No, is this person sick?
She responded to Tang Yizhou with two words: "Nervous."
Then, he was decisively blacklisted and never saw the light of day again.
It can be seen that the saying "birds of a feather flock together" is not necessarily correct. Tang Yizhou may be a qualified friend who can go through fire and water for his buddies, but he can really be called inferior in other aspects.
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In a blink of an eye, a semester has passed.
This year's Chinese New Year is neither early nor late, on February 7th.
The restaurant was quite busy, and it was after eight o'clock in the evening before the Xia family sat down at the table to eat their New Year's Eve dinner.
Compared to last year's New Year's Eve, Xia Yue and her husband, Zhou Hongsheng, were missing. This year, the young couple celebrated at Zhou's home. It was a plan they'd agreed to after their marriage, to alternate between the two families. Xia Yue had just called; she'd already finished her New Year's Eve dinner and was watching the Spring Festival Gala with her family. During the conversation, she mentioned her plans to have a child this year.
The happiest person was Su Jinru, who said that she would become a grandmother by the end of this year or early next year. She was so happy that she couldn't help but drink a few more glasses of wine.
Xia Xi stared at her, and seeing that she was about to get drunk, she quickly replaced her wine with grape juice: "Mom, drink less, or you'll get drunk if you drink more."
Su Jinru's eyes were blurry with drunkenness and her mouth was never closed.
Xia Chenggang frowned, looked at Xia Xi with an uneasy expression, and said, "Your mother wants to drink, what's wrong with letting her drink a little? She's been very busy at the restaurant today, and she might drink a little to fall asleep, so don't bother her all the time."
Xia Xi had a lot of complaints about this usually taciturn father who only cared about himself. Hearing this, she endured it for a moment, not wanting to argue with him during the New Year, so she said calmly, "My mother's blood pressure has been a little high recently. I just took her to the hospital last week to get some medicine. You might not know this."
Grandma also said: "Xixi is right, Jinru, you should drink less."
Xia Chenggang was grinding his back teeth, not daring to contradict the old lady. He didn't say anything else, poured himself a glass of white wine, and drank it in one gulp. Just then, his cell phone rang. When he saw the caller ID, his face changed. He walked away while covering the phone with his hand, coughing, and his face turned eggplant purple.
Out of sight of his family, Xia Chenggang hurriedly picked up the phone and said incoherently: "Brother, brother, today is New Year's Day, you... why are you calling me at this time? Don't worry, I will definitely pay you back... Please give me some more time... No, no, no, please don't come to my house..."
At the dinner table, Su Jinru waved her hands with a red face: "No more drinking, no more drinking. Starting tomorrow, I will stop drinking. I have to take care of my health so that I can take care of my grandchildren."
She pointed at Xia Xi and said with a smile, "Maybe when your sister's child is old enough to help with cooking, yours will be too. I'll be able to help you more when I'm in good health."
Xia Xi was speechless. Xia Xuan covered her mouth and laughed.
While clearing the dishes, Xia Xi lay on Su Jinru's back, hugging her neck with both hands like they did when they were little, and said kindly, "Mom, don't set too many tasks for yourself. You can leave the children to the nanny. You should enjoy your retirement at your age. Just like grandma, you can retire when you are old enough and live the life you want. I will manage the restaurant with you."
Xia Xuan raised her hand to join in the fun: "I can also help Big Sister."
Su Jinru hugged them both and smiled very happily, her eyes a little wet, she was moved and comforted.
People cannot predict the future, so Su Jinru would not know that this was her last comfortable New Year's Eve, and there would never be such a perfect and warm moment again.
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