Back home, Lin Xi took a shower and lay on the sofa in pajamas.
The living room was very quiet and the night air began to get cold the windows were closed by Chu Muqing, and the curtains were drawn.
The headlights above were turned off, leaving only a few small lights around, the dim yellow light was soothing and warm.
The wall clock in the living room was still ticking, time passed by one minute and soon it would be twelve o'clock. The sound of clattering came from the direction of the bathroom and the sound was not loud.
The little guy had already fallen asleep and Chu Muqing was taking a shower in the bathroom.
Maybe it was because of eating Japanese foods in the evening. Every dish of this restaurant was paired with wine. The excitement of alcohol hadn't subsided in her mind and she had some insomnia.
Chu Muqing bought her new clothes today and specially invited her to dinner, was it to thank her?
With Chu Muqing's introverted personality, expressing gratitude in this way is not surprising.
After a few minutes, the sound of the doorknob turning came and it was Chu Muqing who came out.
"Want to drink water?" A calm voice rang in her ears.
Lin Xi turned around and raised her eyes to look at her.
She was still wearing a nightgown, her slightly wet long hair was casually scattered behind her shoulders and the warm light shone on her delicate facial features making her cold eyebrows soft and gentle.
Lin Xi shook her head and sat up. She wrapped the quilt on her body only showing her head.
Seeing her actions, Chu Muqing hesitated for a while and asked her softly, "Will it be cold to sleep in the living room?"
"Ah? It's not cold." Lin Xi reacted later pulling the quilt on her body and said with a smile, "I'm used to this kind of things."
Chu Muqing's eyes fell on her face: "Huh?"
"It's a bit complicated..." Lin Xi thought for a while: "I used to have a very bad life. When I first graduated, I was a little poor."
Chu Muqing raised her eyebrows slightly.
"Then I found an internship job and I shared a house for several hundred yuan near the company. The rent in the city center is very expensive and I can't find a cheaper one,only the room that faces north and the windows that leaks in winter and there is no heating and I'm reluctant to turn on the air conditioner."
Chu Muqing listened quietly.
"That's why I covered the quilt on the bed all winter and this habit formed over time." Lin Xi smiled and asked her with a wink"Is it hard to imagine that the graduates are in such a difficult situation?"
Chu Muqing paused, how could it be unimaginable?
When she first interned in college her situation was not much better than that of Lin Xi.
Chu Muqing asked her, "Then how did you endure it?"
"That's just the beginning." Lin Xi lazily leaned back on the sofa with a smile on the corners of her eyes: "It got better after that, the second month after the salary started, I immediately changed to a nice big house, the air conditioner can be turned on for as long as i want and its very comfortable."
Lin Xi's tone made Chu Muqing silent her eyes fell on Lin Xi's face and Lin Xi was still smiling.
Some inexplicable emotions emerged in Chu Muqing's heart.
A person tells her difficult past without complaining or cynical dissatisfaction, just speaking it out to others easily rather than trying to seek pity and sympathy from others.
Before Chu Muqing could speak, Lin Xi pointed to the wall clock and reminded, "Chu Muqing, it's very late, you should rest."
Chu Muqing responded, "En."
Lin Xi smiled and said, "Good night."
"OK, good night."
Chu Muqing walked to the base of the wall and turned off the lights in the room.
The room fell into darkness.
The curtains were drawn and Lin Xi waited for a few seconds but did not wait for the sound of Chu Muqing's footsteps returning to the bedroom.
"Lin Xi."
She heard Chu Muqing calling her.
"what?"
Chu Muqing said, "After moving, you can sleep in the bedroom."
Lin Xi was slightly startled.
sleep in the bedroom? sleep together?
"I think......"
Chu Muqing subconsciously added: "Chengcheng said that she wants to live in a big house."
Lin Xi coughed lightly and understood: "I also think two bedrooms and one living room are very good. What you said is right. I can share the rent with you at that time."
Chu Muqing didn't say a word.
Hearing the movement, she walked towards the bedroom.
The living room fell into silence again, Lin Xi opened her eyes and lay down on the sofa.
Looking at the top of the ceiling, Lin Xi thought what was she thinking about in the moment just now?
...again insomnia.
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It was early morning when she woke up again, Lin Xi yawned and the little guy was sitting quietly not far from her.
"Mother Lin, good morning." The little guy shouted in a milky voice.
Lin Xi yawned and smiled, "Morning, cub."
The little guy changed into a duck-patterned dress today ran to Lin Xi happily and asked her happily, "Mother Lin, does cheng look good in this?"
Lin Xi rubbed her tender little face: "Of course it looks good, you look good in anything you wear."
The little guy smiled and said, "Mom is going to take cheng to see grandma today."
Lin Xi was slightly startled: "Huh? Grandma?"
Is it Chu Muqing's mother?
In the original plot all the content related to Chu Muqing's mother was only explained as "her deceased mother" the reason for her death was not explained nor how long it had been since she passed away. They only mentioned that the death of her mother had dealt a huge blow to Chu Muqing and she could only recall regrets.
Lin Xi's heartbeat suddenly accelerated, which meant that Chu Muqing's mother had not died yet.
In addition, Chu Muqing never mentioned her mother's existence to her so she ignored it... In other words, her old mother is still alive and well!
"Mom is preparing for breakfast."
The little guy's voice suddenly came and Lin Xi came back to her senses: "Huh?"
"Breakfast is sandwich." The little guy pointed in the direction of the kitchen.
Lin Xi thought for a moment put on her slippers got up and walked to the kitchen.
She stood at the door of the kitchen her index finger lightly clasped the door a few times.
Chu Muqing was cleaning the sandwich maker.
"Chu Muqing..."
Listening to her movement, Chu Muqing turned off the tap and turned around: "Huh?"
Lin Xi smiled: "Good morning."
Lin Xi thought for a while but still asked, "Are you going to take the cubs to see your mother today?"
"En." Chu Muqing lowered her eyebrows and said in a low voice, "Go to the hospital."
Lin Xi frowned.
Hospital......
Chu Muqing was in desperate need of money, and was already in a hurry to sell the house.
It seems that something is gradually connected in my mind and the vague setting of the original text seems to gradually become clear.
Lin Xi responded: "Okay, I understand, pay attention to safety on the road."
Chu Muqing obviously no longer wanted to continue this topic and urged: "You go to wash first, breakfast will be ready soon."
Lin Xi smiled: "Okay, I will."
She put on her slippers to wash and changed her clothes.
When she came out dressed neatly, Chu Muqing had already prepared and put it on the dining table. Lin Xi looked at it from a distance. Although it didn't look very good, the way the little guy devoured her food was clearly the pinnacle of Chu Muqing's cooking skills.
She rolled up her sleeves and sat at the dining table with a glass of hot milk in front of her besides a sandwich.
Lin Xi smiled and asked the little guy, "Is it delicious?"
The little guy puffed out her cheeks and mumbled, "Mmmm! It's delicious!"
Lin Xi sighed and looked at Chu Muqing: "It seems that our Miss Chu is very good at cooking."
Chu Muqing looked at her: "Eat quickly, it's going to get cold."
Lin Xi replied with a smile: "Okay."
She picked up the sandwich on the plate and was about to put it in her mouth when the phone on the table rang.
Lin Xi glanced at the caller ID, it was Zheng Yayi who called.
Lin Xi could only put down the sandwich wiped her hands with a tissue and answered the phone.
"Miss Lin, you didn't forget, right? You agreed to accompany me to the hospital?" Zheng Yayi's movement came from the other end: "Go downstairs, i'm outside your community."
Lin Xi glanced at the sandwiches on the table: "Can you wait a while? I haven't eaten yet..."
"Why don't you go downstairs first? I've signed up. I can't wait. I finally got to this doctor and I'm going to be late." Zheng Yayi said with a smile, "I'll invite you to lunch after we're done, the place is whatever you want. ."
Lin Xi thought for a while then looked at the sandwich on the table: "Well, wait for me for a while."
Hanging up the phone, Lin Xi quickly drank all the milk on the table in one breath and said to Chu Muqing, "I'm going out, do you have any fresh-keeping bags at home?"
Chu Muqing reminded: "In the second drawer in the kitchen."
Lin Xi smiled: "Thanks."
She got up and went to the kitchen took out the plastic bag and carefully packed the sandwich.
Putting on her coat and preparing to go out, Chu Muqing asked her, "Where are you going?"
"Ah?" Lin Xi turned her head and replied, "I'm also going to the hospital."
Chu Muqing responded her scrutiny eyes fell on her face and she asked in a low voice, "Who are you with?"
"Zheng Yayi," Lin Xi blinked not knowing why, "what's the matter?"
Chu Muqing lowered her head: "It's nothing, go."
Lin Xi smiled and waved to the little guy again: "Then I'm leaving?"
"Goodbye, Mama Lin." The little guy licked the milk from her lips and continued to eat the sandwich in her hand.
Lin Xi came all the way to the outside of the community and sure enough, she saw Zheng Yayi's windy sports car at a glance.
After opening the rear door, Lin Xi sat up took a breath and asked her"Have you been smoking? Are you smoking in the car?" (Special reminder: Smoking is harmful to health.)
Zheng Yayi shook her head with a smile and lowered the window to ventilate: "is it so sensitive? I can't even smoke a cigarette after waiting for a long time? "
She turned her eyes and settled on Lin Xi's hand.
"Where did you get your sandwiches?"
Lin Xi raised her face shook the sandwich lazily and said, "See, my wife made it herself."
"..." Zheng Yayi couldn't stand her bragging appearance: "You are stinky!"
Lin Xi lowered her head and opened the packaging bag.
Zheng Ya said: "Didn't I said I'll invite you to a big meal, Miss Lin, don't you believe me?"
Lin Xi said dissatisfiedly: "If you don't eat in the morning, it's easy to get motion sickness. I have to eat it."
"..." Zheng Yayi broke it down in one sentence: "Just making an excuse, I think you just can't bear to not eat the sandwich made by Chu Muqing herself, so you brought it down because you were afraid your wife would be disappointed."
Lin Xi ignored her.
"Miss Lin, when did you become a wife-slave?" Zheng Yayi shook her head repeatedly, hating iron for not turning into steel: "I tell you, there are only 0 and countless times as a wife-slave and you won't have any initiative in the future. ?"
Lin Xi glanced at her with a smile: "What kind of wives aren't slaves to their wives? I just respect the fruits of Chu Muqing's labor."
"Just make a quibble." Zheng Yayi remembered something and said with a smile, "isn't all of your Lin family like this? I saw your cousin Lin Su a few days ago. Good guy, she Xiaolin is always pleasing her wife, Carrying her bag, it's called a courteous one."
Lin Xi coughed lightly: "This is called traditional virtue."
"...does it taste good?" Zheng Yayi put her hands on the steering wheel and looked at the sandwich in her hand: "Why don't you give me half of my sister-in-law's craftsmanship?"
Lin Xi decisively refused: "Wait for the next opportunity."
Zheng Yayi: ...
Not to be so stingy!
Lin Xi had already bit down on the sandwich.
But just chewed a couple of bites—
Suddenly stunned.
The moment the salt on the fried egg touched the tip of the tongue the strong salty taste hit the sky.
She didn't spit it out, she didn't swallow it, she was about to cry.
"What's wrong?" Zheng Ya looked at her suspiciously: "Is it not delicious?"
Lin Xi swallowed expressionlessly and rolled her eyes: "My wife made it herself, how can it be not delicious?"
She said, and calmly took a second bite.
Zheng Yayi: ...
But your expression doesn't look like you can eat it!