646: I hope this incident will not affect your relationship
Seeing his father, Zhou Ziheng stopped and shouted:
"Dad, I'm back."
Zhou Jingru's eyes were dark as he stared at his son whom he hadn't seen for a year. He had a stern face and was about to blame him, but when he saw that the boy was holding the girl's hand tightly, his dark eyes flashed slightly and he forgot all the words of blame.
By the time he remembered what to say, Zhuang Huaijian had already taken the briefcase and luggage bag from Zhou Ziheng's hands and urged them:
"You must be hungry. Go wash your hands and eat. We haven't eaten yet. We've been waiting for you."
Seeing that his father didn't say anything, Zhou Ziheng took Yu Xiaoye to wash his hands in the washbasin at the entrance.
After washing his hands, Zhou Ziheng took the towel from the towel rack to wipe the water stains on his hands.
After wiping his own hands, he wiped Yu Xiaoye's hands.
Yu Xiaoye felt that it was a bit inappropriate to let Zhou Ziheng wipe his hands in front of Zhou's parents. He was afraid of causing disgust from the old couple and wanted to pull his hand back.
But Zhou Ziheng held her wrist tightly, and wiped the back of her hand and the palm of her hand quickly a few times as if no one was around, and wiped the water off Yu Xiaoye's hands with neat movements.
Zhou Jingru and Aunt Zhang saw this scene. This boy actually helped the girl wipe her hands?!
Both of them were stunned, staring at the whole process without blinking.
Only Zhuang Huaijian had experienced his son's gentleness and patience towards the girl, so he smiled without being surprised.
After wiping his hands, Zhou Ziheng took Yu Xiaoye's hand and walked to the dining table.
Yu Xiaoye shouted to Zhou Jingru:
"Uncle Zhou."
Zhou Jingru raised his eyelids and glanced at Yu Xiaoye. During this half day, Zhou Jingru had already learned about Yu Xiaoye from his wife. He also knew that his son was having an affair with a young girl who was twelve years younger than him.
Being twelve years younger is not a problem. There are many older men with younger wives in the army. Not to mention being twelve years younger, there are even those who are twenty years younger. For example, You Wenyue's parents are twenty years apart in age. So Zhou Jingru thinks that the twelve-year age difference is not a problem.
The problem is, this girl's behavior seems too tough. What exactly does my son like about her?
My husband insists that this girl is well-behaved. What makes her so well-behaved?
This is the first time in their family that someone has been hit by a plate!
If it weren't for the fact that this girl was his son's girlfriend, Zhou Jingru would have arrested her and locked her up for two days for letting her reflect on her actions just because she dared to beat someone in their home.
——But on second thought, the beating was not Yu Xiaoye’s fault alone.
It takes two to tango. It was indeed Juventus who was at fault this afternoon.
Zhou Jingru always thought that Wen Yue was a sensible and polite child. He didn't expect that she would be so excited about Zhou Ziheng having a girlfriend that she lost her mind. Not only did she speak excessively, but if Yu Xiaoye hadn't hit someone with a plate at that time, it would probably have been Yu Xiaoye who was beaten.
If Wen Yue had not yet married, it would be understandable that she was so excited, but Wen Yue is already married and her children can run and jump. If she continues to be jealous, it would be somewhat ignorant of the rules and would easily cause family conflicts.
So, in today's incident, both You Wenyue and Yu Xiaoye were at fault and should be punished accordingly.
Therefore, Zhou Jingru did not have such a strong prejudice against Yu Xiaoye.
Seeing Yu Xiaoye coming over to greet him, she looked quite gentle and well-behaved, without any of the arrogance she had shown towards You Wenyue during the day, so he nodded expressionlessly.
"Sit down and eat."
Yu Xiaoye sat down next to Zhou Ziheng with confidence.
There were six dishes on the table, all home-cooked meals, as well as a small basket of steamed buns and a pot of egg drop soup. It looked quite sumptuous.
Aunt Zhang came over and served each of them a bowl of soup, then went back to the kitchen to busy herself.
Only family members are left at the dinner table.
The atmosphere is still a little unnatural.
Zhou Jingru was originally dissatisfied with Zhou Ziheng for giving up his future in the army and retiring to the Great Northern Wilderness. In addition, both father and son had strong personalities and often disagreed, so their relationship was not very close.
Seeing that his son didn't say a word and didn't take the initiative to talk to him, Zhou Jingru saw that his son was stubborn and clearly expressing his dissatisfaction through silence, so he didn't bother to pay attention to him.
I had prepared some words to say, but I was too lazy to ask, so I just said like an order:
"Have a meal!"
At the command, Zhou Ziheng took a steamed bun from the basket, broke it in half, gave half to Yu Xiaoye, and kept the other half for himself.
Zhuang Huaijian, who was sitting opposite, saw the two of them sharing a steamed bun so naturally. It was obvious that their relationship had been going on for a long time, and they already had the visual feeling of an old married couple. He felt more at ease and glanced at Zhou Jingru with a smile. He found that Zhou Jingru was also secretly watching this scene out of the corner of his eye.
Zhuang Huaijian thought that Old Zhou had never seen his son interact with any girl like this before, and he was probably just finding it strange.
I don’t know if the old man would feel relieved, but the more Zhuang Huaijian looked at his son and the girl, the more he felt that they looked very happy and harmonious.
Zhuang Huaijian smiled and took the chopsticks, picked up a piece of stir-fried pork with garlic shoots and put it into Yu Xiaoye's bowl:
"Xiao Ye, eat more. You must be tired today."
"Thank you, auntie."
"Don't be so polite, make sure you eat your fill."
"Um."
Yu Xiaoye picked up the chopsticks and ate all the shredded pork with garlic chives in the bowl.
Zhou Ziheng picked up another portion of scrambled eggs with green onions for her.
Yu Xiaoye raised his eyelids and gave Zhou Ziheng a look, asking him to stop picking up food for him, as it would not be good if his parents saw him. But Zhou Ziheng ignored him and kept busy picking up food for Yu Xiaoye while eating himself, as if his parents didn't exist.
Yu Xiaoye even secretly nudged him with his leg under the table, and Zhou Ziheng reciprocated by nudging him back without stopping what he was doing.
Only then did Yu Xiaoye realize that Zhou Ziheng had done this on purpose in front of his parents.
Doing this in front of her parents is not a show of affection, but a strong demonstration of her status in the family, or her status in Zhou Ziheng's heart, hoping that her family will value her existence.
This action was a bit childish, but it made Yu Xiaoye feel warm.
Everyone ate quietly.
Halfway through the meal, the atmosphere was not as tense as it had been at the beginning, and Zhuang Huaijian said to Yu Xiaoye:
"Xiao Ye, don't take what happened during the day to heart. You should also know about Wen Yue and Heng Zi's past. Our two families have a long-standing friendship. Your Uncle Zhou and Wen Yue's father have known each other since the Long March of the Red Army.
The two crossed the grassland together, later fought together, and later worked in the same compound. They were not only revolutionary comrades, but also best friends.
So over the past few decades, the relationship between our two families has been very good.
In the past, the parents of both families did intend to help them get together, but because of Hengzi's injury, the matter was dropped. At that time, Wenyue had married someone else and had a child.
I originally thought that Wen Yue could let go of the past, but I didn't expect that she would treat you like that when she saw you today.
Xiaoye, don't worry, no matter how much trouble Wenyue makes in the future, in our hearts, you are Hengzi's girlfriend, and I hope this incident will not affect the relationship between you two."
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