Chapter 32 Returning Home
Yu Nian sneaked back to the office.
Poured a glass of water and drank it.
Chen Liya had already returned and handed over a small thermos cup. "Nian Nian, if you feel uncomfortable in your stomach, you can drink some seafood porridge. I brought some for you. You can't go without a meal."
"Thank you." Yu Nian took it and looked at the thermos box with despair. She rubbed her stomach. She was too full. How could she eat more? "I'm not hungry yet. I'll eat later."
Forget it, don't force yourself.
I was really full because Ji Feizhi fed me too much.
"Okay, remember to drink it later."
"Okay." Yu Nian looked at her and smiled.
It feels so good to have someone care about her. During the four years she was abroad, she rarely interacted with others and built friendly relationships. She locked herself in a box.
You can't get out, and people outside can't get in.
"Niannian, why do I seem to smell the scent of spicy crayfish?" Chen Liya suddenly took a deep sniff and said.
Yu Nian was startled, "Smell, did I smell the wrong thing?"
Is your nose so sensitive?
Quickly drink a glass of water in one breath.
Now it’s tasteless, right?
Chen Liya sniffed again and said, "Maybe I smelled it wrong."
"Is that so?" Yu Nian agreed.
"You don't know, the restaurant doesn't have spicy crayfish today. I wanted to eat some." Chen Liya complained.
"Really? Maybe the kitchen didn't buy it." Yu Nian felt a little guilty and puzzled. She clearly ate it, which meant there were crayfish today.
Blame it on Chef Nick, who ate all the crawfish.
Finally, he made a spicy crayfish dish that he was quite satisfied with.
The people in the kitchen had a headache.
For a dish of spicy crayfish, the kitchen of a high-end restaurant is busy, okay?!
Before leaving, Ji Feizhi sent her a text message.
Yu Nian tentatively asked if anyone had WeChat, and then the two added each other on WeChat.
WeChat chatting is more convenient.
He sent, "Leave."
She replied with a GIF, [Have a safe journey].
It’s great that I don’t have to type and figure out the meaning and tone of each word.
As tomorrow is the weekend, Yu Nian decided to go back to his hometown.
It's been more than a month since I came back, and it's time to go back and take a look.
My parents don’t know that I’m back yet, right?
Over the years, she only called them occasionally.
I looked online and saw that the only tickets left were for tomorrow afternoon, so I bought one without hesitation.
In the evening, Yu Nian received food from the boss again. He knew he couldn't refuse, so he ate it with peace of mind.
Anyway, she doesn't dislike Ji Feizhi. Maybe it's good to have a relationship. Why should she care so much about the future?
Yu Nian's home is in Anshi, a one and a half hour flight from Beijing.
Before boarding the plane, she sent a WeChat message to her boss to report her itinerary.
After all, his overseas business trip was also reported to her.
She understands the importance of reciprocity.
The flight was at 2:30 in the afternoon. Yu Nian didn’t bring any luggage with him, just a backpack. After getting off the plane, he went straight to the taxi stand.
"Where to?" the master asked in a familiar Anshi accent.
Yu Nian felt very familiar with the taste of his hometown.
"Master, please go to Jixiangju Community." The moment she reported the address, she felt very complicated.
Yu Nian grew up in An City. After graduating from high school, he and Xiao Cheng'an were admitted to a university in Jing City.
Although Anshi is not as prosperous as Beijing, it is also a first-tier city.
Looking at the places she hadn't set foot in for four years, she didn't feel unfamiliar. These streets had her footprints and memories.
After arriving at the destination, Yu Nian paid the fare, opened the door and got off.
The gate of Jixiangli is the same as I remember.
She couldn't help but stop and look for a while.
I couldn't move for a long time, and I felt even more timid as I got closer to home. So this is what it feels like.
Jixiangli is where Yu Nian grew up, and it has been her home since she can remember.
Over the past 20 years, even the most upscale residential areas have shown signs of decline caused by the passage of time.
"Is that Yu Nian?" An auntie in a floral dress came out from the gate with a parasol in her hand.
"Aunt Liu, it's me." Yu Nian nodded and smiled, greeting her.
The neighbor upstairs can be said to be the aunt who watched her grow up.
"Oh, it's really Nian Nian who's back! Why are you standing here instead of going home? It's been almost four or five years since we last met. Your mom said you went abroad to study. Are you back?" Aunt Liu said enthusiastically. "Your mom and dad must be so happy now that you're back, right? Are you leaving now that you're back?"
Yu Nian smiled and said nothing, changing the subject. There were too many questions for her to answer, and she didn't want to answer them all. "What is Aunt Liu doing?"
"I went to buy a bottle of soy sauce. I was cooking when I realized it was out." Sure enough, changing the subject worked well.
"Oh. Then I'll go back first, Aunt Liu. The sun is strong, you should go quickly and come back soon. Come to my house when you have time." Yu Nian ended the conversation decisively.
"well......"
Standing at the gate, Yu Nian hesitated again.
She didn't know whether to knock on the door or just open it and go in.
I don’t know if the password of the combination lock has been changed. If it has been changed, wouldn’t it be embarrassing if she presses the password again and hears a sound prompt when she enters the wrong password?
Ever since that incident, my parents, who used to be so close, don’t seem to be that close anymore.
It's been four years. How should she face them?
Just when Yu Nian was still in a daze, the door was suddenly opened.
"You, why don't you come back..." Li Shulan was cooking in the kitchen. When she heard the smart door lock alert her that someone was wandering around, she thought it was her husband who had come back. She hurried over to open the door with flour on his hands.
After seeing who was outside the door, Li Shulan choked up, her lips trembling, tears in her eyes, and she said in surprise, "Nian, Nian Nian! You're back!"
"Mom, I'm back." Yu Nian looked at his mother who seemed to have aged a lot, feeling mixed emotions.
At this moment, nothing else matters.
Although she had been away from home for four years and had hardly contacted them, she knew clearly that she missed them, and missed her parents madly.
That is the unbreakable family bond that is thicker than blood, and it is also the parents who raised her in the palm of their hands since she was a child!
Yu Nian hugged his mother and said, "Mom, I miss you so much."
I buried my face in my mother's shoulder, took a deep breath of the familiar scent of my mother, and suddenly felt extremely calm and peaceful in my heart.
Li Shulan raised her dirty hands, but didn't dare to hug back. She could only rub her head against Yu Nian's head, tears streaming down her face. "It's good that you're back, it's good that you're back..."
They hugged each other for an unknown amount of time before letting go.
Li Shulan quickly went to the kitchen to wash her hands, then returned to the entrance and took out Yu Nian's slippers with great familiarity. "Niannian, come sit down and have a rest. It's very hot outside, isn't it?"
Yu Nian looked at his own slippers. Even though he had not been back for four years, they were still there, and they were cleaned very cleanly without a speck of dust.
Thinking of the image of my mother washing my slippers every time, I couldn't help but feel sad.
After Li Shulan took Yu Nian's backpack, she hurriedly looked for the remote control for the air conditioner in the living room. "It's too hot, Nian Nian, mommy, turn down the AC a little bit."
"Niannian, are you thirsty? Mommy will pour you a glass of water."
"Niannian, are you hungry? Mommy will find you some snacks. The snacks in the snack cabinet are all newly bought. What do you want to eat?" Over the years, the snack cabinet has never been empty. The expired items were thrown away, and then bought again. Finally, it waited for its owner.
Li Shulan couldn't help but have tears in her eyes again. Her daughter was back!
"Niannian, have some fruit. These are your favorite lychees, mangoes, and strawberries..."
Yu Nian felt heavy in his heart and tried to smile, "Mom, I can do it myself. This is my home and I'm very familiar with it."
"Yes, yes... Nian Nian is back, my dear daughter is finally back..."
When Yu Nian saw his mother secretly wiping away tears again, his heart ached.
"By the way, Mom, where's my dad?"
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