Chapter 118 I Know You Feel Afraid of Me
After hanging up the phone, Li Xu started counting the days on his fingers. In just over ten days, he would be able to see Xiao Lei.
As I counted, my eyes started to turn red.
In the blink of an eye, it has been several years since we last met.
I wonder what Xiaolei looks like now!
At eight o'clock in the evening, Zhang Kun and Li Xu cleaned the store together and then closed the store.
When the two returned home, their three children were playing in the living room. One of them was holding a bottle of soda and drinking it with a look of satisfaction on his face.
Li Xu couldn't hide her smile on her face. She walked over, picked up Ji Yuanyuan, put her on her lap, and asked, "Yuanyuan, your uncle came back the day after your birthday. How about we postpone our birthday this year by one day and go back to celebrate with grandpa, grandma, uncle and second uncle?"
Ji Yuanyuan nodded naturally. She was an adult already and didn't look forward to celebrating her birthday much.
Zhang Kun suggested: "Why don't you not open your store tomorrow? Let's go shopping and buy something for Yuanyuan and Xiaolei."
Although Li Xu was reluctant to part with that little money, she hardened her heart and agreed, "Okay, the store will close at 10 am tomorrow, and we'll go shopping."
After all, I couldn’t bear to close the store during the busiest time in the morning.
Zhang Kun played with the children until about nine o'clock in the evening, then he stood up and said, "Then I should go back. I'll come early tomorrow morning!"
He grabbed his coat and car keys and headed outside.
Li Xu thought about it and followed him out.
As soon as he walked out of the door, Li Xu grabbed the corner of Zhang Kun's clothes: "Or..."
Zhang Kun turned around, looked at Li Xu's face, and asked curiously, "What's wrong? Is there anything else?"
Li Xu whispered, "Why don't you stay here tonight? It's already ten o'clock waiting for you to go back. You have to come here early tomorrow morning, which is too much trouble."
As if afraid that Zhang Kun would misunderstand, he quickly said, "Yuanyuan and I sleep in the same room, so I'll give my room to you!"
Zhang Kun didn't say anything, just looked at Li Xu and smiled.
Li Xu's face was burning from his laughter, and she loosened the corner of his clothes in annoyance: "Forget it, I'm just being nosy!"
Having said that, he turned around and went back to the house.
Zhang Kun suddenly reached out and grabbed her arm.
Li Xu turned around and saw Zhang Kun staring at her intently.
The two of them just stared at each other, and the surrounding environment became quiet.
After a moment, Zhang Kun spoke, but his voice was a little hoarse: "I know you feel sorry for me running around, but we are not married yet. If I spend the night here, what will others think if they know?"
Li Xu muttered in a low voice: "This is not in the village. There are strangers all around. Why should we care what they think and do?"
After saying that, he seemed to feel that what he had just said was too ambiguous, as if he had to force Zhang Kun to stay, and immediately added: "Forget it, forget it, I just said it casually, then you should go back quickly and be careful on the road!"
Zhang Kun chuckled and nodded: "I'll come early tomorrow morning, you can just get up and go directly to the store, I'll cook for the kids!"
Li Xu pursed her lips and smiled, "I know, you can go now!"
Zhang Kun then went downstairs, and Li Xu returned to the bedroom, standing by the window and looking at Zhang Kun's back. She reluctantly withdrew her gaze until she could no longer see his shadow.
The children were still playing in the living room. She sat on the bed, thinking about Zhang Kun's look just now, and her heart suddenly started beating wildly.
She raised her hands and covered her chest, and her breathing gradually became rapid.
Suddenly, she remembered the time when she was in love with Ji Jianguo.
At that time, I was young and it was my first time to fall in love. I was completely confused and my heart beat faster when I faced Ji Jianguo.
But that's all curiosity and fear of the unknown.
But now it’s different. She has experienced everything, but she still wants to experience it with Zhang Kun.
What made her heart beat faster was Zhang Kun.
She didn't sleep well that night. It seemed like she had countless dreams, all of which were about Zhang Kun.
When I woke up the next day, it was already past seven in the morning.
Li Xu quickly woke up Ji Yuanyuan. Today was Saturday, and it was time to go and deliver soup to Qin Junshan.
The mother and daughter went into the space, quickly cooked the soup and put it into the thermos. It was almost too late, so Li Xu packed up and hurried to the store.
When she went over, there were already several people gathered in front of the store.
Seeing her coming, they all complained: "Boss, why are you so late today? We have been waiting here for more than ten minutes!"
"Boss, are you still doing business?"
Li Xu gathered the hair around her ears a little embarrassedly: "I'm so sorry, I got up late today."
As he spoke, he had already swiftly opened the shop door.
Several baskets of vegetables were moved out of the small warehouse.
Now that the weather is not so hot, the vegetables can be kept. So the mother and daughter only take out fresh vegetables from the space every other day.
I was so busy that I stayed busy until almost nine o'clock.
There are fewer customers in the store and the busiest time has passed.
Ji Yuanyuan and Zhang Kun came to bring her food. When she saw Zhang Kun, Li Xu remembered the dreams she had last night.
She instantly became embarrassed, lowered her head and pretended to count money.
"Eat quickly. After that you stay in the store for a while. I'll take Yuanyuan to Uncle Qin's place. We'll go shopping in the department store together when we come back." Zhang Kun said as he placed the bowls and chopsticks in front of Li Xu.
Li Xu lowered his head, responded, and moved to the side to eat.
Zhang Kun and Ji Yuanyuan were standing at the cashier counter, helping Li Xu collect money.
A few old customers saw Zhang Kun and Ji Yuanyuan and joked with Li Xu, "Boss, you are so lucky. Both your husband and your daughter love you so much!"
Li Xu looked up and smiled, but said nothing.
"Your daughter is pretty, she looks like you, not like your man!"
Hearing this, Li Xu subconsciously looked at Zhang Kun.
Zhang Kun didn't seem to feel anything at all. He reached out and touched Ji Yuanyuan's head, smiling and said, "Luckily she takes after her mother. She's so pretty!"
Li Xu breathed a sigh of relief when he saw this.
The customer also laughed and gave a halfhearted compliment: "As a man, it's enough to make money and be good to your wife. Why does he need to be so good-looking? If he's good-looking, he's bound to be unfaithful!"
"Okay, since you are so good at praising people, I will give you a discount later."
…
Li Xu finished her meal quickly. She put her bowl and chopsticks aside and urged, "Hurry up!"
Zhang Kun picked up Ji Yuanyuan and said, "Okay, we'll be back as soon as possible."
After saying that, he left, holding Ji Yuanyuan in one hand and carrying the thermos bucket in the other.
Ji Yuanyuan lay on Zhang Kun's shoulder and winked at Li Xu behind her.
Li Xu was stunned for a moment, then laughed.
Looking at it this way, they really look like real father and daughter!
(End of this chapter)
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