Chapter 205: Hug
Sunlight streams in from the window, making the already spacious dining room even brighter and more colorful.
The round table was filled with various delicacies and everyone sat around it to eat.
The atmosphere at the dinner table was not awkward, but there was an indescribable weirdness to it.
Qi Yan was finally forced to stay for dinner, but the meal was a torture for her. Everything she ate tasted bland.
Qi Zhen has been busy with announcements lately and hasn't been home at all, so it was just the four of them having this meal.
"Yan Yan, come and have some crabs." As soon as the meal started, Qi Zhen's mother started peeling crab shells and gave the prepared crab meat to Qi Yan.
Qi Yan not only refused to accept it, but also sneered, "You don't need to pretend to be nice to me."
"How do you talk to your Aunt Qin?" Seeing that she had no manners at all, Qi's father put down his chopsticks and looked at her seriously.
"What Aunt Qin? A mistress is a mistress." Qi Yan didn't act like a mistress anymore. She looked at her father and said arrogantly, "And you, what qualifications do you have to talk to me?"
Every time she came back, she would turn the house upside down. This time, in front of grandma, Qi Yan did not give them a good look.
Qi's father had tolerated her for many years, but now he was furious with her, his voice filled with strong anger: "I am your father, why don't I have the right to talk to you?"
"Yan Yan, don't be rude." Grandma Qi was sitting right between the two of them. Both sides were talking, and the noise forced her to step out.
"She dared to enter my house before my mother's body was even cold. What else could she be but a mistress? What did I say wrong?" While she was criticizing Qi Zhen's mother, she also cursed her own father: "You are of the same mind, and you are nothing either."
Qi Yan had a thorn in her heart that had been with her for many years.
Her biological mother took a large amount of sleeping pills at home and died despite rescue efforts. At that time, Qi Yan didn't know why her mother did this. In her impression, her mother was depressed all day long and did not live a happy life.
She thought that the self-harm accident was her mother's way of relief, but it was not until Qi Yan came back from abroad and found that there was a woman and a child in the house that she realized how naive she was.
Judging from Qi Zhen's age, the child was born when her mother was still alive.
Qi's father: "What do you know? I had already divorced your mother before I met your Aunt Qin, otherwise how could we have gotten the certificate?"
"You can remarry if you've been widowed. Do you still treat me like a three-year-old child?"
Qi Yan dared to say this because she knew that they had indeed obtained the marriage certificate after her mother's death.
"If you don't believe me, I can show you the divorce certificate right now."
"Who knows if you'll come up with a fake divorce certificate to fool me?" Ever since that incident, she had completely trusted this man. Even if it was real, she wouldn't accept it. "Anyway, I still say the same thing. This family either has her or me, or me or her."
After Qi Yan made these harsh words, she stood up and left.
…
In the afternoon, there were a few irregular white clouds hanging in the blue sky.
Lu Qingye moved the suitcase he had packed earlier downstairs and was about to leave for the airport.
"Do you need me to take you to the airport?" Meng Chuyuan happened to be sitting in the lobby downstairs. When she saw Lu Qingye coming down, she raised her eyes and glanced at him.
Lu Qingye found it incredible that Meng Chuyuan took the initiative to bring up this matter.
He pulled up the handle of the suitcase and replied to her softly: "No need."
Jiang Yi said he would come to see him off later, as they still had some work matters to discuss.
Lu Qingye knew that she got up a little early today and would definitely need a nap later, so he didn't want Meng Chuyuan to accompany her.
"Okay, I won't see you off later."
Not long after, Jiang Yi drove to Lu's house alone. The two chatted briefly in the living room, but had to stop chatting temporarily because they were afraid of traffic jams.
Jiang Yi put the suitcase into the car for Lu Qingye early on, put his hand on the car body, and looked at them with interest.
Meng Chuyuan only saw him off to the door, and before parting, she thoughtfully asked him, "Have you brought everything?"
"All ready." His luggage was not big to begin with, containing only a few warm clothes, and he carried most of the important documents and certificates with him.
Seeing their conversation so concise, Jiang Yi couldn't wait to ask, "Don't you two want to hug each other?"
The two of them turned sideways to face Jiang Yi. From his perspective, Lu Qingye and Meng Chuyuan were probably standing less than three feet apart.
Jiang Yi's voice reached Lu Qingye's ears, causing him to frown slightly.
Meng Chuyuan acted calm and composed, with no trace of emotion in his eyes.
After a while, Meng Chuyuan took the initiative to step forward, looked up at the man in front of him, and said in a slightly gentle voice: "Then hug me."
She opened her arms calmly and generously, passed them through the inner sleeves of Lu Qingye's clothes, leaned forward slightly, and gently grasped the sides of his coat with her hands.
Meng Chuyuan's hug was like a breeze blowing through the willows, leaving slightly turbulent ripples.
There was a light and elegant fragrance in the air, and he felt a slight falling sensation as she grabbed the clothes on his waist. All of this told him that it was real.
In an instant, Lu Qingye came to his senses and instinctively raised his hand and placed it lightly on her back.
A simple hug was nothing in Jiang Yi's eyes, but when he saw Lu Qingye getting so close to a girl for the first time, his expression became a little more complicated.
The hug only lasted two or three seconds. When they separated, Meng Chuyuan raised her head and smiled at him: "Have a safe journey."
Perhaps it was because what happened just now happened too quickly that Lu Qingye was still a little slow to react.
At this moment, they were already on their way to the airport. Jiang Yi spoke to him for a few words, but Lu Qingye seemed absent-minded and didn't listen seriously at all.
Jiang Yi glanced at him through the rearview mirror and said with some disdain: "Is your soul not left at home?"
Lu Qingye: "..."
After he adjusted himself, thinking about what happened a while ago, Lu Qingye asked, "How's the thing I asked you to do last time?"
Jiang Yi patted his chest reassuringly: "Don't worry, I'll take care of it."
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Lu Qianling's school has recently started preparing for the school sports meeting. Each class has already counted the number of participants, and will also organize square formation rehearsal training after class.
Lu Qianling's class happened to have a physical education class this afternoon. The students who signed up for the sports meet used their free time during the class to practice intensively. The remaining students who were cheerleaders also thought of slogans in advance in private. Only Lu Qianling was idle.
A classmate saw Lu Qianling standing idly under the shade of a tree and suddenly came up to her and said, "Lu Qianling, didn't you sign up for the women's 1,500-meter race? Why aren't you training?"
Lu Qianling responded calmly: "It's only 1,500 meters, what's the point of practicing?"
Every time there was a school sports meet, Lu Qianling wanted to ask for leave and leave school, so how could she take the initiative to sign up to participate?
However, their class's performance in the school sports meet last year was a mess. In terms of academics, their class was naturally first in the grade, but in terms of sports, they were almost at the bottom of the grade.
When counting the registrations that day, Lu Qianling used this matter to mock those classmates who disliked her, and as a result, the fact that she did not register was also brought up.
For this matter, Lu Qianling directly signed up for the women's 1500-meter race on the last day of registration. Seeing that she dared to take such a big risk, the participating students naturally promised to bring back the best.
"That's all? Lu Qianling, you have no idea what this is?"
Lu Qianling curled her lips into a cold smile: "When have you ever seen me gasping for breath during a physical test?"
She is not a spoiled young lady.
When she was a child, her two older brothers had the habit of jogging in the morning and at night, so Lu Qianling was naturally not idle either.
If they weren't so busy with work now, you might see them coming back sweating every morning.
"That's only a few meters on the physical test. I bet you won't be able to stand up after running 1,500 meters."
Lu Qianling: "Then please open your eyes and see if I can stand up."
…
There are still three days until the variety show starts.
Liao Jiake took the initiative to contact Liao Jiayan that day, but was ignored by her for several days.
When Liao Jiayan woke up, she saw her message again and finally remembered to reply to her: [I will go]
Last time, she was getting drunk at an open-air barbecue bar and met Meng Chuyuan by chance. In fact, Liao Jiayan couldn't remember what they talked about that night the next day.
However, she vaguely remembered what Meng Chuyuan said: her parents only used Liao Jiake as a tool to make money.
When Liao Jiayan thought of this sentence again, her mood was indeed a little different from before.
Liao Jiake replied almost instantly: [That’s great, Yanyan, thank you]
After reading it, Liao Jiayan exited the chat box, then added Meng Chuyuan's WeChat through the program team's WeChat group chat. The verification text message directly stated the purpose: [Are you free to have dinner together tonight?]
About half an hour later, Meng Chuyuan saw the friend request.
Considering the friendship they had established by exchanging stories that night, Meng Chuyuan agreed to the friend request and said, "Okay."
Liao Jiayan: [Are you bringing anyone?]
Meng Chuyuan looked at the message she sent, obviously not understanding it, and slowly typed a question mark in the message.
Liao Jiayan: [Is your husband coming? I don't mean anything special, I just want to ask how many people are coming so I can book a table in advance.]
I'm alone
Meng Chuyuan stayed at home most of the time, chatting with her mother-in-law, teaching her how to play cards, etc. Liao Jiayan asked her out for dinner tonight, and she happened to want to go out too.
In the evening, Meng Chuyuan showed up on time at the restaurant where they had agreed to meet.
"Am I late?" Meng Chuyuan was a little surprised to see Liao Jiayan already sitting in her seat.
"I arrived early." She lives in an apartment nearby.
After Meng Chuyuan sat down, he took a cup of hot water to warm his hands. It was rare to see Liao Jiayan much more cheerful than on the show, so he couldn't help but teasingly said, "Sister Yanyan, you look good recently."
"Really?" Liao Jiayan was praised by her and held her face shyly. When she raised her eyes inadvertently, she found that Meng Chuyuan was wearing a silk scarf around her neck today, and the workmanship seemed to be quite unique.
She stared at it for two or three seconds and said, "Your scarf is very beautiful."
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