The next day, after the family of three had breakfast at home, Xu Yanfeng drove Ziheng and his schoolbag to Su Jinru.
Su Jinru happily greeted her grandson, picked up his schoolbag, and asked Xu Yanfeng, "Are you free to come over for dinner tonight? I bought a lot of vegetables yesterday. There's also a fresh sea bass in a bucket, and it's jumping around."
Under normal circumstances, Xu Yanfeng would definitely agree immediately, but not today.
As a son-in-law in reserve who was eager to show off, he couldn't directly refuse his future mother-in-law's invitation, so he used Xia Xi as an excuse: "I'm not sure if I'm free. Xia Xi has to work overtime today. I'll take her there and call you later."
Xia Xi: “…”
Su Jinru looked at Xia Xi: "You still have to work on weekends?"
"There's no other way. We have a project that needs to be completed quickly." Xia Xi said helplessly.
Su Jinru stroked her hair and gently reminded her, "Then take care of yourself and don't overwork yourself."
"Don't worry, I'm here and I will supervise her." Xu Yanfeng put his arm around Xia Xi's shoulders and assured Su Jinru.
Su Jinru was already very satisfied with him, and after hearing him say this, she became even happier: "Then I'll leave Xixi in your care."
Xia Xi pulled Xu Yanfeng and waved to Su Jinru: "Let's go." If they didn't leave, Xu Yanfeng didn't know how long he would chat with Su Jinru.
Entering the elevator, Xia Xi let go of her hand, looked at Xu Yanfeng, and settled accounts with him: "You are good at pleasing my mother. It was obviously you who wanted to spend the holiday with me alone, and you dragged me out as a shield."
Xu Yanfeng put on an honest demeanor that was most appreciated by his elders: "How can this be called using you as a shield? You do have to work overtime today, and I wasn't wrong."
"Even though I work overtime, I still have time to go home and have dinner in the evening." The elevator door opened, and Xia Xi pretended to press the number keys, "Why don't I go up now and tell my mom that I'm free."
Xu Yanfeng grabbed her hand and squeezed it hard: "You really don't admit defeat at all."
*
Xu Yanfeng drove Xia Xi to the private manor.
After parking the car, Xu Yanfeng unbuckled his seatbelt and looked at her sideways: "How long will you be busy here?"
"Most of the day, I'll be done with it in the afternoon."
"Call me before you finish and I'll come get you."
"Um."
"How are we going to have lunch?"
"I can just order takeout." Xia Xi laughed, "Don't treat me like a child. I can take care of myself."
"If you really knew how to take care of yourself, you wouldn't have sent yourself to the hospital for surgery before."
“…”
Xia Xi couldn't argue with him, so she gave him a look that said, "Please forgive me." Why did he keep bringing this up? She had a feeling that Xu Yanfeng would talk about her minor surgery to remove a gastric polyp until she was eighty years old.
"Okay, I won't say anything." Xu Yanfeng readily followed her lead and leaned over to press the button on her side. The seatbelt retracted, but he didn't rush to leave. He maintained this posture and looked at her closely. His dark eyes passed over her eyebrows and slowly moved down, staring at her bright red lips. His voice was low and seductive, "You're leaving now, don't you want to show your appreciation?"
If Xia Xi didn't understand what he meant, she would be an idiot. She turned her face away and chuckled, then turned her face back, looked at him, raised her hands to hold his head, and kissed him on the lips.
Xu Yanfeng pursed his lips, savoring her kiss that was as gentle as a dragonfly skimming the water, and commented lightly: "It seems a bit perfunctory."
"You're asking for a lot." Xia Xi clenched her fist and hit him on the shoulder. "Get out of the way. I want to get off."
Xu Yanfeng blocked her tightly, not letting her go down: "Try again."
His breath brushed against Xia Xi's cheeks in waves, and Xia Xi had the illusion that they were not in the car but in bed. Her back was pressed against the back of the seat, and before she could close her eyes, his lips covered hers.
The gentle and lingering kiss almost drained all the oxygen from her chest, suffocating her, yet she couldn't help but long for more. At some point, her hand on his shoulder went around to the back of his neck, her fingers bent, and her fingertips unknowingly pinched into the flesh.
There was a slight stinging pain, and Xu Yanfeng only felt hot. If he continued kissing, it would be dangerous. He forced himself to move away, his jaw line slightly tense, and his breathing became more and more rapid.
Xia Xi's eyes were a little blurry, and it took a while for her to recover. She looked at his lips, which had been stained with lipstick from kissing, more than once. She pursed her lips and smiled, wiping it off with her fingertips. She pushed him away a little, dug out the lipstick and small mirror from her bag, and touched up the faded lipstick on her own lips.
Xia Xi didn't ask Huang Shiyu to come over today. She went in alone. The person in charge of the connection in the manor was Mrs. Li and a servant. Without Li Shiguang, Xia Xi felt relieved.
The workers have returned to the site and are carrying out construction according to the new plan given by Xia Xi, starting with removing the previous decoration of the stairs.
The rustling sound was very loud, and the dust was choking. Mrs. Li invited Xia Xi to the room next to the main building, which was a little quieter and more convenient for conversation.
Mrs. Li had looked at Xia Xi's design plan and was very satisfied with every detail, unable to find any mistakes.
This manor is where she will live in her old age, so naturally she wants every place to be comfortable.
"If I had known earlier, I would have let you, Engineer Xia, take charge from the beginning. If that had been the case, nothing would have gone wrong in the middle. Not only did my mother suffer, but now we have to tear it down and rebuild it, which is a waste of time." Mrs. Li took Xia Xi's hand, her tone a little more cordial than before.
Xia Xi said, "Engineer Gao's design is also excellent. Mrs. Li, you were willing to adopt it before, which shows that you are very satisfied with it. It's just that the negligence of the stairs has affected your mood."
Mrs. Li smiled and invited her to have coffee.
Xia Xi took a sip of coffee and heard the person opposite ask, "Did you bring the design drawings? There's something I want to ask you."
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