On Friday afternoon, Xia Xi finished her work early and went to pick up her child from kindergarten.
On the way back, she said to the two children sitting in the back seat, "Mom is going on a short business trip to the North City tomorrow and will be back the day after tomorrow. Do you want to go back to your grandma's house for the weekend, or go to the North City with Mom?"
Ziheng said first: "I want to go to North City with my mother."
Xia Xi glanced at the rearview mirror and asked the other person, "Where's Youyou?"
Youyou raised her hand high: "I'm going too!"
"Let me make this clear first. Mom has to finish her work before she can play with you guys." While waiting for the red light, Xia Xi picked up the phone from the armrest and passed it to the back, "Ziheng, call grandma and tell her."
Ziheng picked up the phone, found Su Jinru's number and dialed it.
After waiting for a few seconds, Xia Yue's voice came from the other side: "Xixi, Mom is in the bathroom. Her phone is on the sofa in the living room. I saw it was you calling, so I answered it for her."
Ziheng turned on the hands-free mode and said to the phone, "Aunt, it's me."
"Ziheng." Xia Yue smiled.
"Mom said she would take Youyou and me to North City on a business trip tomorrow and asked me to tell you and grandma." Ziheng spoke clearly, relaying Xia Xi's words.
"Your mother is still busy with work. Is it convenient for you two children to go with her?" Xia Yue was a little worried. Xia Xi couldn't bring the children with him when he was at work.
"Don't worry, auntie. I will take good care of myself and Youyou." Ziheng assured her.
Xia Xi turned back, worried that Xia Yue on the phone wouldn't hear clearly, so she raised her voice and said, "My assistant will go with me and help look after them. Zhou Du is in North City, so you can leave the two children with him. I'll pick them up when I'm done. Or you can come over with Mom for a couple of days. It's still in time to book tickets."
Xia Yue: "Mom and I won't join in the fun, you guys have fun."
Youyou tilted her head and came closer: "You and grandma are fine, I'll be back soon."
Xia Yue felt warm in her heart, and her voice was filled with happiness: "Okay."
Xia Xi brought the two children home. There was no one at home. The nanny was not there, and Xu Yanfeng had not returned yet. Xia Xi put down her things, turned on the TV, washed some fruit for the two children, and brought it to the coffee table.
"It's still early, you two can play for a while, I'll go pack my suitcase."
Because it was a short trip and they would be back after one night, they didn't need to bring that much stuff. One suitcase was enough to hold the clothes of the three of them. Xia Xi quickly packed up and pushed the suitcase to the corner of the wall.
After sitting down and resting for a while, Xia Xi received a call from the nanny.
"I'm so sorry, Miss Xia, something happened at home and I may not be able to come today. Please tell my husband."
Although they hadn't been together for long, Xia Xi had a good impression of this aunt. Hearing the anxiety in her voice, she asked, "Is there anything I can help you with? It's okay if I can't come."
"My father-in-law was in a car accident and broke his femoral head. He needs surgery to replace it," the aunt said. "Thank you for your concern. I don't need any help for now. Our family can handle it."
After Xia Xi finished talking to her aunt on the phone, she got up and walked to the refrigerator to check the ingredients inside.
Fortunately, everything is available here, so there is no need to go to the supermarket.
After spending a few minutes thinking about what to eat in the evening, Xia Xi selected the ingredients from the refrigerator and rolled up his sleeves to wash the rice.
I don’t know what time Xu Yanfeng will be back.
Thinking of this, Xia Xi paused in washing rice, took a tissue to dry his hands, leaned against the edge of the sink, and hesitated for a long time with his head down at his phone, repeatedly clicking on Xu Yanfeng's WeChat avatar and then exiting.
After all, we live together, so it's normal to ask.
Xia Xi thought so, tapped the screen a few times with her finger, typed three words and sent it over: "What time will you be back?"
When Xu Yanfeng received the message, he suspected he had misread it, or perhaps Xia Xi had sent it to the wrong person. She had never proactively asked when he would be home. She treated her home like a hotel, and she didn't care who stayed there or what time they would be back.
Another possibility is that someone sent it using Xia Xi's phone.
It can’t be Ziheng. That brat wouldn’t care what time his dad will be home.
Xu Yanfeng: "Youyou, return the phone to your mother."
Xia Xi: “?”
It turned out that I took the wrong medicine.
Xu Yanfeng: "Uncle will be back in half an hour. Be good and go play by yourself."
Xia Xi stared at the words on the screen without blinking, as if he understood what he was talking about. He thought the person who sent him the message was Youyou? How could he have such an idea?
It's not that you took the wrong medicine, but that something is wrong with your nerves.
Xia Xi didn't correct him, letting him pretend to be whoever he wanted to be. She asked him what time he would be back because she wanted to confirm how many people she would be cooking for.
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Guan He went to the president's office to remind Xu Yanfeng that he had a social event in the evening.
Xu Yanfeng was about to leave, but when he heard this, his expression froze and he completely forgot about the matter.
It wasn't a big deal. He could go to the social event tonight or not. Xu Yanfeng thought about it and said, "Go tell Vice President Zhang and ask him to go in my place."
Guan He understood that with a future wife and child, President Xu was eager to go home every day. "Okay, I'll go talk to Vice President Zhang right away."
Xu Yanfeng sat in the car, looking down at his phone. On the screen was the WeChat chat interface. His eyes were fixed on the question mark. After pondering for a while, he felt that it was not like a child's chat style, but more like Xia Xi's reaction.
Could it be... that it was really Xia Xi who sent it to him?
Combined with the above, he mentioned Youyou and the other party expressed doubts, which can only mean that it was not Youyou who sent the message.
He's so stupid that he didn't even realize that.
The corners of Xu Yanfeng's lips curled up slightly, and a smile spread to his eyes.
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