Can you take me to find my mother?
"boss?"
Qi Yue looked at Chu Zhiyi opposite her with a look of exposed expression, and became more convinced of her intuition.
Seeing that things were not going well, the waiter turned and left, leaving only a few words behind.
"Boss, you can call me anytime if you need anything."
Three pairs of eyes looked at Yi Shiwu at the same time. Knowing that he was "exposed", he did not intend to hide anything.
"Yes, let me formally introduce myself. I am the owner of this Starry Sky Restaurant and Bar."
Looking at the people in front of him who were silent, he added a sentence and then turned to look at Qi Yue.
"Your friend, fifteen."
While waiting for the Lan siblings' reaction, countless thoughts flashed through Yi Shiwu's mind.
"What should I do? Will Yueyue be angry? Because I didn't tell him before."
"Why doesn't Damei say a word to help me? Or is he also angry because of my concealment?"
"What am I supposed to say now? They're not going to just turn around and leave!"
Just when Yi Shiwu wanted to say something, Lan Damei broke the awkwardness first.
"Brother Shi, can I get a discount when I eat here next time?"
"Yes, that's right, I can even give you a free meal."
Yi Shiwu seemed to have grabbed a life-saving straw, and his speech speed became faster.
"Hey, Brother Shi, everyone is your good brother, and you never told me to get a free meal."
"As for you, do I need to tell you that you've done everything yourself and signed everything for me."
Chu Zhiyi scratched his head embarrassedly after his shortcoming was exposed.
Realizing that Qi Yue hadn't spoken yet, Yi Shiwu suddenly felt a little anxious, or worried.
"Um, Yueyue, I'm not either..."
"Fifteen, can you tell me the recipe for your sour plum soup?"
"W-what?"
"I think your sour plum soup is better than any I've ever had. I want to have it for myself."
"Oh." Yi Shiwu was left in a state of confusion by Qi Yue's unexpected behavior.
"You what?"
"No, okay, I'll make it for you later."
"What can you make for me to drink? I want the recipe."
"Okay, got it."
"What do you know?" Qi Yue felt that her boss never understood her.
"Hey, sister, can someone make it for you so you don't have to do it yourself?"
"If you work hard, you will have enough food and clothing. Don't you know that?"
"I know, but you rarely do anything."
Qi Yue smiled and hooked her finger.
"I'm going to do something to you tonight, just wait."
Qi Yue didn't care too much about this kind of thing. After all, it was someone else's privacy, not to mention that he was her boss. It was just that she had a rich friend, and a friend she could get along with.
"Yueyue, I am the formula!" Yi Shiwu looked at the laughter and scolding of the person in front of him and his younger brothers, as if he was no longer a person who only focused on work, but a person with color.
Thinking back to what his mother said to him this morning, Yi Shiwu felt that he really didn't need to go home this time.
"Fifteen, you're still going to be alone this year. If you're going to be alone, then why don't you come back?"
"Mom, I'm your only son, and you don't even care about me?"
"I do, but I want to cherish my daughter-in-law. You're always quiet, and I get annoyed when I see you hanging around in front of me."
"Your mother is missing her daughter-in-law. Come on, son, bring her home to your parents." Yi's father walked to Yi's mother with a cup of tea and sat down.
"Dad, I don't care if you spoil your wife, but please don't start a fight?"
"You said you are already an adult, can you do something serious?" Yi's mother said to her disappointing son.
"Mom, I work so hard every day, isn't that my job?"
"Shao Pin, you know that's not what Mom is talking about?"
"No, I don't know." Seeing Yi Shiwu's excuses, Yi's mother was furious.
"Hey kid, look how angry you are to me. Go to work. You are annoying me at home."
"Dad, it's the weekend today, I don't have to go to work."
"Then move to your new home and stay out of your mother's sight."
As Yi's father spoke, he winked at his son and glanced at his daughter-in-law. Seeing that his daughter-in-law didn't say anything, he turned around and continued to criticize himself.
"If you can't find a girlfriend, don't come back."
Hearing that her son was not allowed to go home, Yi's mother became a little anxious.
"Son, why don't you go see your Aunt Xu's daughter? Last time we had a sisters' gathering, your Aunt Xu said her daughter had returned from abroad."
Before his mother finished speaking, Yi Shiwu interrupted her in time and expressed his determination.
"Mom, don't worry, I'm moving out today."
When the old couple heard that their son was really going to move out, they looked at each other, just wanting to put some pressure on their son. They didn't expect that their son was really going to move out, and they suddenly became a little anxious.
"Hey, aren't I going to find a daughter-in-law for you?"
"Really?" the old couple said in unison.
"Just wait, I'm going to move in across from your daughter-in-law's house and keep an eye on her every day. She won't be able to escape."
The two people, thinking that their son must be crazy, shook their heads in disbelief.
"Are you lying to mom and dad? Can you end your single life of more than 30 years in a short time?" Yi's father couldn't help himself after all.
"Don't say anything. Our son never says anything. But if he says it this time, it must be true." Yi's mother said affirmatively.
"Son, is it true that you didn't coax your mother this time?"
"Mom, what's this time or that time? It's just this time, the first time, and the last time."
No one knows a son better than his mother. Yi Shiwu never jokes about matters of the heart. Since she said yes this time, it is a done deal, and she is about to become a future mother-in-law. The happy mother Yi looks at her son with a little more loving eyes.
"Son, pack up and go. Don't stay at home. Get moving." Yi's mother urged repeatedly.
A woman's heart is as unpredictable as the sea, and her expressions are also ever-changing.
"Oh, by the way, why is your restaurant and bar called Starry Sky? It sounds pretty nice." Qi Yue couldn't help but take another sip of sour plum soup. It seemed that this was Qi Yue's favorite.
"I know, I know." Lan Damei volunteered to guess.
"It's because of the neighboring river, right? Look, the river surface is full of reflections of stars, just like a fairyland."
"No, it's because Brother Shi likes the starry sky!" Chu Zhiyi gave a direct and clear answer.
"None of them are right. It's because of people."
"People." The three said in unison.
"right."
"Brother Shi, who is this person? We have known each other for so many years, why have I never heard you mention him?"
The spirit of gossip rose at the table.
"Who is that? He must be very important." Qi Yue looked at Yi Shiwu, but didn't want to meet the other's eyes.
"Yes, it's very important."
Yi Shiwu looked straight at Qi Yue. Qi Yue felt uncomfortable with his fiery gaze, so she found an excuse to look away.
"Since it is so important, we must cherish it."
"Yes, cherish it." Yi Shiwu's eyes were still fixed on Qiyue. Qiyue looked at the two people opposite who were also looking at her straight, then turned around and looked at Yi Shiwu again.
"I?"
"That's unlikely. We've only known each other for a short time. How come your restaurant and bar has been open for so long?"
"Hey, Brother Shi, just tell me, why is it that I don't even have the appetite to eat?" Chu Zhiyi expressed his dissatisfaction strongly.
"When I was in primary school, I lived at Chenxi's grandmother's house. I remember when I was in fourth grade, I was on duty. It just so happened that that week was also the first-grade class, Xiaodoubao, who was starting school. I was in charge of standing at the door to guide them."
"Well, then?"
"Chu Zhiyi, if you interrupt me, I will throw you off this floor."
"Damei, you must have been infected by Qiyue, you are so irritable."
"Then the bell rang. I was about to go back to the classroom when a little girl came up to me crying and told me she wanted to find her mother."
"Then take them with you?" Lan Damei couldn't help but reply.
"Are you stupid? I told you it was the first day of school, and you're dismissed right after you started?"
Seeing Chu Zhiyi's revenge, Lan Damei could only swallow her anger and look for an opportunity to take revenge.
"Yeah, that's what I thought too. Besides, there were so many parents standing at the school gate. How could I know who her mother was? So I asked the little girl which class she was in, and then I sent her to the class."
When Qi Yue first heard this story, she was quite interested. However, the more she listened to it, the more she felt like she had seen it before, as if she had been there. It must be that her memory was messing with her, otherwise how could it be so real?
"Brother Shi, you're really going too far. Why don't you send him to his mother? At least he won't have to go to school."
Lan Damei immediately rolled her eyes at Chu Zhiyi.
"You think everyone is like you, and the most interesting part of school is after school."
Life is so wonderful. Two strangers intersect because of one person, and then develop into two people through one person, from this circle to that circle, and slowly become a big circle.
Searching and searching, going around in circles, what is meant to come will come, and what is meant to leave cannot be kept.
"So, Qiyue, do you still blame me for sending you to class?"
"What?" Lan Damei and Chu Zhiyi seemed to be about to drop their jaws.
"Sister, is that you?"
"Qiyue, is that you? Is it really you?"
Qi Yue looked at the three people looking at her in unison and nodded slightly.
"It seems to be me, because my memory overlaps with mine."
"Brother, how could you be so sure it was Qiyue? Couldn't there be another child who couldn't find the way?"
"No, that day when Qi Yue looked at me with tears in her eyes, the tears sparkled like stars dancing on the sea, dazzling and brilliant."
"Just with a pair of eyes?" Chu Zhiyi said as he moved closer to the dining table to take a closer look.
"Chu Zhiyi, do you want to lean over and take a closer look? You're about to get in my face?"
"I'm sorry, Qiyue, I can't look closer."
On the first day of first grade, Qiyue, who was late, was sent to the school gate by her mother. At this time, her classmates had already lined up to enter the classroom.
Qiyue, who couldn't find her class sign, went back to the gate to look for her mother, but as soon as she reached the gate, she was pushed into the campus by the teacher.
Qi Yue had no choice but to walk to the teaching building. Looking at her brothers who were several heads taller than her, standing on her left and right, she could no longer control her tears. Beads of tears slid down her cheeks one by one.
"Brother, I can't find my mother. Can you take me to find her?"
This is the first time we meet.
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