Yun Xu sighed, "That's just how I feel. These two are just too clingy. Ji Yun is always taking pictures of Jing Jing with his phone, and he always changes his screen saver to pictures of Jing Jing."
"Isn't that good?" The old man smiled and said, "The better their relationship is, the happier I am. I'm really happy that someone is taking care of her like this."
Yun Xu lay down on the sofa in frustration. The old lady brought him a plate of sunflower seeds. "Now you know the disadvantages of being single, right? You said everyone is in pairs, but you're all alone, holding your phone."
Yun Xu looked at Li Shu, meaning that his biological mother was also alone at the moment.
Li Shu gathered her shawl to avoid being burned by her youngest son's gaze: "Your father just chatted with me."
The implication is that she is not alone.
Yun Xu looked around and finally picked up his phone again: "Forget it, I'd better play with my phone."
Yun Xu chatted with his friends while Xie Jing and Zhou Jiyun practiced their piano on the balcony. Normally, someone would have protested the disturbance, but today, with so much activity going on in every household, the tiny piano sounds were quickly drowned out by the din.
Yun Lan took a moment to glance at her. "Jingjing is studying art, but we only have a violin at home. Should we build her a practice room? She loves traditional instruments so much."
Cheng Shuying drew a card and said, "Jiyun has already made arrangements, so we don't need to worry about it."
Yun Lan touched a card and saw that it was not the one he wanted, so he played it again: "I am her father."
Cheng Shuying: "She's married and has a family now. She's definitely going to live with Jiyun. If you want to treat her well, why not get her some musical instruments?"
Yun Lan was immediately convinced: "Yes, I do need to look for it. As a father, I can't just sit there and do nothing."
Yun Zhao and Zhu Li exchanged a glance, and suddenly realized that Xie Jing's situation, sandwiched between Yun Lan and Zhou Jiyun, was quite challenging. Alas, with her biological father, whom she later recognized, and her husband, it took some thought to strike the right balance.
On the balcony, after practicing the violin for nearly two hours, Zhou Jiyun stopped at the right time: "Drink some water, I see your voice is a little hoarse."
Xie Jing took two sips of water from his hand and said, "We haven't talked so much, but it's quite interesting."
Zhou Jiyun finished the rest of the tea: "There are dumplings at twelve o'clock. Are you still feeling uncomfortable now?"
Xie Jing touched her stomach and said, "Much better. Are you still practicing piano?"
Zhou Jiyun put the violin into its case and said, "I'm not going to practice anymore. We have a long way to go. We don't need to waste time on this. What do you want to do?"
Xie Jing thought again and again: "Then let's play chess. I can't concentrate on reading in this kind of situation."
Zhou Jiyun's lips curled up: "It's okay to play chess, but there has to be a spur of the moment."
Xie Jing immediately thought of the time when she and Zhou Jiyun played Gobang in the old house. She was obviously an expert, but Zhou Jiyun pretended to be a newbie and made her suffer a black eye.
But thinking about the prize later, Xie Jing smiled again: "Okay, what prize do you want?"
Zhou Jiyun looked around the living room and saw that no one was paying attention to them, so he whispered something in Xie Jing's ear. Xie Jing didn't understand at first, but after seeing the smile on Zhou Jiyun's face, she suddenly had an idea.
"You... do you still have any shame?" Xie Jing's face flushed, her eyes almost watery, she was simply furious at Zhou Jiyun's shamelessness. And a new map for each game? How could Zhou Jiyun even say that?
Zhou Jiyun was calm and composed: "What's there to be embarrassed about? Do you want to play?"
Xie Jing gritted her teeth: "Play, I won't lose."
Ever since she lost the game of Go to Zhou Jiyun, Xie Jing has been studying Go in her spare time. She doesn't believe that she will lose again this time!
But half an hour later, Xie Jing, who had always been an obedient child, started to cheat: "No, I don't want to make this move."
"The previous round doesn't count..."
"Can't you just let me go?"
Zhou Jiyun held the chess piece in his hand and looked at Xie Jing's pitiful appearance across from him. His heart softened immediately: "Okay, who asked you to be my wife?"
As he said this, he deliberately placed the chess piece in a corner of the board. Xie Jing laughed, "Are you letting the game go so deliberately?"
Zhou Jiyun also laughed: "I swear I didn't give in to you. I will definitely try my best."
Xie Jing's smile grew wider, and she wrinkled her nose in triumph. But five minutes later, Xie Jing looked at her defeat and wanted to cry: "Why did I lose again?"
Zhou Jiyun chuckled: "I didn't let you go."
Even though he said that, the smile on his face was obvious to everyone. Xie Jing threw the chess pieces back into the box in frustration. "Am I really such a bad chess player? I've been learning for a long time."
Zhou Jiyun comforted her: "I learned to play chess when I was a child, more than 20 years ago. How long have you been learning? Look at you, you can still hold your own against me for such a long time, which shows that you are still talented in this area."
Xie Jing was comforted: "Really? It's not because I'm not good at this?"
"Of course," Zhou Jiyun lied openly, "My wife is incredibly intelligent and versatile. She can write lyrics and compose music, and she knows how to handle things. How can she not be smart?"
Xie Jing felt that she was not that easy to coax, and would not be amused by a few nice words from others. But why did Zhou Jiyun's words make her so happy?
Seeing the smile gradually filling Xie Jing's eyes, Zhou Jiyun couldn't help but smile too. The longer they spent together, the more he noticed that Xie Jing was becoming more and more temperamental, which meant that she was becoming less and less defensive towards him.
This is a good thing. After all, Xie Jing didn't show these in front of Yun Lan and Cheng Shuying, which means that she is different from others in Xie Jing's eyes.
The two of them were playing Gobang on the balcony. Yunlan took a look during the break and saw that Zhou Jiyun was just playing along and letting Xie Jing win openly, but Xie Jing was completely unaware and seemed particularly happy. Yunlan couldn't help but twitch his lips.
He doesn't understand the world of young people.
They played like this until half past eleven, then everyone tacitly put away their mahjong and went into the kitchen to prepare dumplings. Xie Jing pushed the chess pieces aside and said, "I don't want to play anymore."
She couldn't even remember how many games she had lost today. Since Zhou Jiyun didn't mention it, Xie Jing wouldn't bring it up either. After all, that new map thing was really embarrassing.
Zhou Jiyun didn't want to start a lottery at this time. There was still a long way to go, and the elders were still here. And this kind of little interest between husband and wife was only suitable for discussion when they were together.
While waiting for the dumplings to arrive, Xie Jing took the time to reply to messages from classmates. The one who sent the most messages was naturally Wang Cancan, who was asking Xie Jing to hang out with her in the first grade.
Xie Jing looked at Zhou Jiyun: "Wang Cancan asked me to go out for dinner together tomorrow."
Yun Xu's ears perked up. "I told Mom that we're getting together with friends tomorrow. Xiao Bo is going, as are a few of my friends. If it's convenient, you can ask your classmates to come along. It'll be more lively with more people."
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