Chapter 278: There is one more person in the family
After a life of debauchery, a gentleman only feels the emptiness and loneliness after a hangover.
By July 4, Jiang Qin no longer planned to continue socializing, so he packed his bags and prepared to go home. Although subsequent invitations to drinking parties continued to come in, he rejected them all.
Sorry, Mr. X, it’s summer vacation. Have you forgotten that I’m only 19 years old and still a college student?
All the bosses who answered the phone were sullen. After hanging up the phone, they fell into deep thought, wondering what they were doing when they were 19 years old.
In this way, he packed his things until after ten o'clock, and then drove back home.
"Mom and Dad, I'm back. Your dear son is back!"
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At twelve o'clock noon, Jiang Qin stood at the door and knocked for a long time, but there was no movement at home, as if no one was there.
Jiang Qin couldn't help but take out his phone to check the time. He thought, it's the weekend, right? Where are the old couple? They didn't even wait for their beloved son to return home.
Jiang Qin lifted the floor mat, took out the spare key from underneath, and opened the door.
The environment at home has not changed, with the same small coffee table, small sofa and small TV, full of familiar recipes and familiar flavors.
Jiang Qin put her bag on the shoe cabinet and squatted in the entrance to change into slippers. But when she glanced around, she found a pair of pink slippers she had never seen before in the cabinet. There was a cartoon ear on them, which looked very cute and was obviously for girls.
Huh? Jiang Qin felt it was quite baffling.
There are only three people in this family, an old mother approaching menopause, a mighty and tall old father, and a suave eldest son. Who would wear such slippers?
Is it my eldest uncle's sister who is here? Or is it my third uncle's sister who is here?
Jiang Qin didn't think too much about it. He changed into slippers and went to the bathroom, planning to wash up thoroughly and then go back to the room to catch up on some sleep.
However, when he came to the bathroom, he found a white rabbit-shaped toothbrush cup on the sink, with a pink toothbrush in it, which looked brand new.
He touched the bristles lightly with his hand and felt that they were still slightly damp, obviously having been used by someone.
It's really weird. I haven't been home for only half a year, and it's like there's one more person in the house out of nowhere.
“…”
Jiang Qin walked out of the bathroom while brushing his teeth, went to the stairwell and looked at his house number.
There's nothing wrong with it, this is clearly my home.
He had a strange feeling in his heart, but he was a little tired after driving for the whole morning, so he didn't think about it too much. He rinsed his mouth and went back to the room.
As a result, as soon as he entered the door, he was suffocated by the pink four-piece suit and pink teddy bear.
Damn, I definitely walked into the wrong house. This is clearly a family with a daughter!
He had seen a skit before, which said that the screws of the downstairs house number were knocked off by the renovation work upstairs, causing the 6 to become a 9. The family living upstairs hired a decorator who used a large hammer of 80 yuan and a small hammer of 40 yuan to tear the house to pieces.
Jiang Qin smacked his lips. He never expected that such a thing as entering the wrong house would happen to him.
Why are the furniture and appliances in the house all the same? This is also based on reason. In the days when online shopping was not well developed, people would go to department stores to buy things, and there were generally only a few popular styles, which were basically the ones with high profits and promoted by merchants.
What you bought is this kind, and what I bought is this kind. Otherwise, why are there so many blankets, tea trays, and quilt covers that are unified across the country?
But……
Jiang Qin walked to the living room and took a look. He thought to himself, the family portrait on the TV can't be the same! This mom looks like my mom, this dad looks like my dad, and the guy standing in the middle is just as handsome as me.
"I must be too sleepy. I need to go to sleep first. Everything will be normal when I wake up."
Jiang Qin turned around and went back to his room, covered his head with the quilt and fell into a deep sleep.
I don’t know how long I slept. When I opened my eyes again, Jiang Qin found that light was coming through the crack in the door, and at the same time, there were bursts of voices coming from it.
Jiang Qin lifted the quilt, scratched his head and walked out of the room, and found Jiang Zhenghong sitting on the sofa, drinking tea and watching TV, and the conversation came from the kitchen at home.
"Dad, how about tea?"
"You little rascal, you still remember to go home? It's been three days since the holiday." Jiang Zhenghong scolded him with a threatening face.
Jiang Qin yawned and turned to look in the direction of the kitchen: "I have been too busy these three days and have been delayed for a while. By the way, are there any guests at home?"
"Heh, brat, you're quite self-aware. You already know that you're a guest?"
"?"
Jiang Qin was stunned for a moment: "What do you mean, Old Jiang? I've only been away from home for half a year. You guys wouldn't have replaced all your sons, right?"
Jiang Zhenghong pondered for a moment and said, "If you say so, there's nothing wrong with that."
“…”
Jiang Qin turned around and ran straight to the kitchen, thinking to himself, I want to see who has taken over the kitchen. As a result, as soon as he entered the room, he saw Yuan Youqin cooking with a girl cooking beside her.
She is very tall, with long legs and a thin waist, and long, smooth black hair that falls down her shoulders. Her profile is soft, her eyebrows and eyes are charming, and her long eyelashes are illuminated by the kitchen light. Her aloof expression makes her look both cool and silly.
And the shoes she was wearing were the slippers that Jiang Qin found in the shoe cabinet when he came back.
At this moment, Yuan Youqin scooped a spoonful of soup from the casserole with a spoon and handed it to the girl. The girl opened her mouth slightly, exhaled twice, took a sip, and then made a satisfied sound, her eyes shining.
“Is it delicious?”
"It's delicious. Everything Auntie makes is delicious."
Damn, what's this feeling of loving mother and filial daughter, plus a happy family? Jiang Qin was confused.
He is the only son in the Jiang family. I have never heard of the family members going to bed together before the only son returns home. What kind of logic is this?
Could it be that suddenly having one more person at home really make things so natural?
Jiang Qin was just confused when he realized that the girl standing in front of him had turned her head and was looking at him coldly like a rich and beautiful woman, but her eyes were obviously filled with joy.
"Little rich woman, why are you in my house?"
"Since you didn't come back, I came here to play." Feng Nanshu said righteously.
"But there was no one there when I got home. Where did you go?"
"Auntie took me to the market to buy vegetables."
Yuan Youqin closed the lid of the casserole and said, "Nan Shu came over on the first day of the holiday and asked me if I had returned. I thought since you were not at home and the room was empty, I let her stay at home for two days."
"Mom, it's impolite to force a female classmate to live in our house." Jiang Qin frowned slightly.
"She said she would eat alone when she got home. How could I, as her mother, not feel bad? Even if it was a stranger, I couldn't just watch her leave in such a pitiful way, right, Nanshu?"
Feng Nanshu nodded seriously: "I eat alone, it's pitiful."
Jiang Qin stared at her beautiful eyes with curiosity: "Where on earth did you learn all this? Even I don't know how to do this!"
"I don't know."
Yuan Youqin suddenly handed him a pair of chopsticks and said, "You little brat, you only know how to ask questions when you come back. Hurry up and serve the dishes. It's time to eat."
Jiang Qin said "oh", carried the dishes back to the table, and then turned back: "Mom, have you watched the news recently?"
"What news?"
"It's the morning news and livelihood program of Linchuan local TV station. Have you watched it?"
Yuan Youqin closed the lid of the casserole and said, "I could see it before, but now I can't seem to find it. Why don't you go ask your father?"
Jiang Qin turned and went to the living room: "Dad, have you watched the news in Linchuan recently? The morning news or the people's livelihood column."
"Linchuan? We could still see it when we used a satellite antenna, but after a period of severe crackdown, the whole city switched to closed-circuit television. Except for the major satellite TV stations and CCTV, those local stations have long been unavailable. Why are you asking this?"
“…”
Jiang Qin felt a little uncomfortable, thinking that if such an appearance on TV was not "accidentally" seen by others and widely spread, and then "accidentally" reached the ears of his parents, then it would be the same as if it had never happened, and it would not have any effect on people's hearts at all.
Damn, if I had known earlier I would have gone to Jeju Vocational and Technical School. Even though it’s a technical college, once it’s on TV it will become known all over Jeju in an instant.
It seems that the local TV stations are still not spreadable enough. Apart from some elderly people in the area who like to watch them, no one is willing to take a second look at them.
But it doesn’t matter. At the latest next year, my parents will be able to see the news about me with their own eyes.
"Jiang Qin, call your dad to eat!"
"It's just over 100 square meters, and we still have to use beacon fire to send messages." Jiang Qin couldn't help but sigh.
Feng Nanshu also came out of the kitchen at this time and sat down next to Jiang Qin obediently: "Jiang Qin, I like your family."
"Damn it, are you so Versailles? I like your garden villa. Let's trade. These two bedrooms and one living room are yours."
"I like the people in your family." Feng Nanshu's eyes sparkled.
Jiang Qin looked back and forth and found that his parents had not come yet, so he pinched a fungus and fed it to her mouth: "We are similar, I like your family's money."
Yuan Youqin came over with a plate and said, "It's time to eat. Have you both washed your hands?"
"I washed it." Feng Nanshu stretched out two clean little hands.
"I didn't wash, but I was brave."
Jiang Qin reached out to grab the chopsticks, but was hit on the back of his hand. He could only shout "wash it" and then went into the bathroom.
During the meal, Yuan Youqin announced something: "Tomorrow afternoon, when the temperature is a little cooler, our whole family will go to the Seagull Photo Studio to take a family photo."
"Don't we have a family portrait?"
"That family photo is old. Your father and I are old now, and you've grown up. Let's take a new one."
Jiang Qin turned to look at the family photo on the TV: "It's not that exaggerated, right? I remember that family photo was taken just last year?"
Yuan Youqin picked up a piece of meat with fat and lean strips and put it in Feng Nanshu's bowl: "I am the one who aged the fastest this year, because you are the most annoying this year. Going to school is like being kidnapped, and you don't call home for ten days or half a month."
"I agree with this statement." Jiang Zhenghong went with the flow.
"Then...just take the photo."
Jiang Qin decided not to express any opinions, because his mother had a special ability. No matter what topic you started with, you would be the one in trouble in the end. Continuing the conversation was like drawing fire.
Yuan Youqin thought for a moment and said, "Nanshu, remember to wear that little white skirt tomorrow. Auntie likes you to wear it like that. It makes you look especially beautiful."
Feng Nanshu was so pleased with Yuan Youqin's coaxing that he wanted to cheer her up, but he still nodded seriously: "I understand."
"?"
Jiang Qin looked at his mother and then at the rich young woman: "Including Feng Nanshu? A family photo of four of us?"
"What else?"
"No, Mom, you're taking it a little too far. Who would bring their best friends along for a family photo? I've never heard of that."
"You just got back, so stop talking so much. Let's eat first. If others have any other opinions about the plan of taking family photos, we can discuss it after the photos are taken."
(End of this chapter)
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