After the meal, Mrs. Jing called her daughter aside and scolded her.
"Tell me, why are you bringing this up?"
Jing Yanli also looked annoyed and explained: "I thought Ah Xiao knew about this when he came back today. I didn't think much about it at the time."
Hearing this, Mrs. Jing sighed heavily. She actually knew this, and the reason why she never mentioned it was because she was lucky.
She originally thought that if they came over tomorrow and Jing Xiao happened to be at home, she might be able to take this opportunity to help ease their father-son relationship.
But now it's good, Jing Yanli said this at the dinner table, Jing Xiao will definitely not stay at home tomorrow, even if she wants to stay, she can't say so.
Seeing her mother's disappointed look, she frowned and asked, "Mom, haven't you told A Xiao about this matter?"
Hearing this, Mrs. Jing took a deep breath and shook her head, "That's all, I'm too lazy to talk about this matter."
After saying that, she walked back to the living room.
Jing Yanli looked at his mother's retreating back, his expression gradually becoming complicated.
The living room is very lively now.
Zhou Chengsi never stopped talking. Although he was a little noisy, luckily every topic he raised made everyone happy.
Tang Muzhi sat next to Jing Xiao, occasionally echoing a few words, and mostly listening to their speech.
Ever since she wanted to know Jing Xiao, she was quite interested in his affairs.
Therefore, hearing some interesting stories about him from others was a way for her to get to know this guy.
When Zhou Chengsi talked about the time when the two of them were chased by dogs and fell into a smelly ditch when they were children, she laughed out loud as if she had really seen the scene.
Jing Xiao lowered his eyes and glanced at her, and saw that she was smiling so much that her eyes were almost narrowed, and she curled her thin lips, "So, are you so happy to hear about the embarrassing things I did when I was a child?"
Tang Mu Zhi knew the meaning of his words very clearly.
But she didn't show any timidity because of this. Instead, she raised her eyebrows provocatively at him and mocked in a low voice: "You don't still smell like a sewer now, do you?"
Jing Xiao smiled, raised his hand to cover her waist, his warm eyes were full of teasing, "Don't you know if there is any? How about tonight, you can have a good smell?"
Tang Muzhi's heart trembled at his words, and he quickly looked away, pretending not to hear, and continued to listen to the story.
In Jing's house at night, the lights are brightly lit, the moonlight is bright outside the window, and there is laughter and laughter in the house, which is so harmonious.
They just sat on the sofa and chatted.
Somehow, they suddenly started talking about the days when the Jing family was in Tanzhou.
"It was better then, and I could still go up the mountain to hit dates." Zhou Chengsi sighed with emotion, with a hint of melancholy in his deep voice.
That was his memory of his enlightenment. Although it was a little blurry, he would never forget that feeling of happiness from the bottom of his heart.
Mr. Jing couldn't help but recall the past, nodded and praised: "Well, it was really comfortable at that time."
"I think our life is good now." Mrs. Jing interrupted with a smile, and then added, "After all, A Xiao is married to Zhi Zhi now."
After saying that, she didn't forget to look at Jing Xiao, as if asking him if this was the case. After all, this guy was very resistant at first, and now it seemed that his face might be swollen.
Jing Xiao looked at her sideways, and after understanding what she meant, he decisively stretched out his arm and put his arm around Tang Mu Zhi's shoulders as a response.
Just when they were chatting enthusiastically, Zhou Chengsi suddenly walked to the side hall to make a phone call.
The previous compensation matter had come to an end, so he called Yu Youxi and asked her to see if there were any problems.
But as soon as the call came through, before he could get down to business, he heard a howling sound coming from the other end of the phone.
"Can you please lower your voice? My ears are going deaf." He couldn't help complaining and moved the phone away from his ears. After a few seconds, he spoke again and asked, "What's wrong? What's going on? What happened?"
Yu Youxi on the other end of the phone was plunged into darkness, with only the phone in her hand still emitting a faint light.
"I... my house has a power outage." She replied with a trembling voice.
Zhou Chengsi frowned and suddenly felt speechless. He couldn't help but mocked: "Miss Yu is so rich, can't you even pay the electricity bill?"
"It's not about the electricity bill, it's about the power outage. Do you understand the power outage?" She yelled through gritted teeth, as if she was on the verge of an explosion.
Zhou Chengsi was stunned for a moment, then regained his composure and said nonchalantly, "Oh, then you are looking for a property."
After saying that, he was about to hang up the phone, but the next moment, he remembered that he hadn't said anything serious yet, so he reminded him, "Look at the compensation. If there is no problem, just settle the compensation according to that."
"I know, I know." Yu Youxi replied impatiently, and then prepared to get out of bed.
But because the room was too dark, she didn't see what was on the ground clearly when she got out of bed, so she stepped on it and fell to the ground.
Her foot, which was not yet fully healed, was injured again. The pain was excruciating, followed by another burst of wailing.
Zhou Chengsi, who was on the other side of the phone, heard what she said and complained, "Miss Yu, don't you know that shouting at night can scare people to death?"
Yu Youxi let out a cry of pain, picked up the phone that had fallen to the side, and cursed angrily, "Nothing good will happen if I meet you, broom star."
After saying that, he hung up the phone with a bang.
Zhou Chengsi couldn't help but twitch the corner of his mouth when he heard the beeping on the phone.
This young lady's bad temper is getting worse day by day, and she even dares to call him a bad guy.
Thinking of this, he couldn't help but snorted, put away his phone, and walked back to the living room, not bothering to pay attention.
After that, he chatted and laughed with everyone for a while.
Seeing that it was almost past eleven o'clock in the evening, everyone dispersed and prepared to go back to their rooms to rest.
At the end of the day, Mrs. Jing called Jing Xiao away and said she had a few words to say to him, so Tang Muzhi went back to the room by herself.
But when she passed by the corridor, she saw Zhou Chengsi following him, as if he had something to say.
"Is something wrong?" she asked straight to the point.
Zhou Chengsi hesitated for a moment, and then said: "Tomorrow is Jinghe's birthday. Every year at this time, my uncle will invite us to come over for dinner. I don't know what happened today, but I suddenly want to come here for dinner."
Tang Muzhi was stunned for a moment, a little surprised. She didn't quite understand how he could suddenly say such words.
Before she could ask why, Zhou Chengsi spoke again, "The scene at home will be lively tomorrow, but compared to the lively scene my brother caused that shocked the whole city at that time, they are two completely opposite scenes."
Tang Muzhi was confused after hearing this, and couldn't help but frown and asked: "What exactly do you want to say?"
Zhou Chengsi stared at her for a moment, and then spoke softly, "I want to trouble you. You must go out and play with my brother tomorrow."
After that, he turned around and left.
However, Tang Muzhi suddenly grabbed his arm and said, "You only said half of what you said. Why did you say that Jinghe's birthday tomorrow is completely opposite to Jingxiao's birthday back then."
Zhou Chengsi paused and turned his head to look at her.
Then, he spoke calmly and told the whole story of the birthday party.
After hearing what he said, Tang Mu Zhizhi was stunned, and his mind was in chaos.
Seeing this, Zhou Chengsi said nothing more and turned around and walked out.
"It's so late, you want to go out?" Tang Muzhi looked at his back and asked casually.
"I remembered something else." He replied calmly, and then walked away in a hurry.
After Tang Muzhi entered the room, she kept sitting on the sofa, looking blankly at the ceiling, her mind filled with what Zhou Chengsi had said.
The last time Jing Xiao celebrated his birthday, Jing Xunhua made it known throughout the city. Everyone thought that he loved his son and gave him enough face. Even she thought so at the time.
But it wasn't until she heard what Zhou Chengsi said that she realized that things were not like that at all. The birthday party that caused a sensation in Haicheng was just the result of Jing Xunhua's business maximization.
But this time, it was Jinghe's birthday, but he just wanted to have a simple meal with his family.
This was without any purpose or entanglement with commercial interests. It was something Jing Xiao had never gotten, and it was what Zhou Chengsi said, two completely opposite scenes.
When Jing Xiao entered the room, he saw her in a daze and couldn't help but ask, "Why haven't you washed up yet?"
She suddenly came back to her senses, turned to look at him, and replied with a guilty conscience: "Oh, I'll go right away."
Jing Xiao locked the door, walked to sit beside her, put his arm around her shoulders, and asked, "What's wrong? Weren't you quite happy just now?"
Tang Muzhi hesitated for a moment, and then asked in a low voice, "Are you happy then?"
"Yes." Jing Xiao responded softly, closing his eyes slightly, his long eyelashes covering the strange color under his eyes, he just said softly, "Go to bed early tonight, I will take you out to play tomorrow."
Tang Muzhi looked at his handsome face, her mood suddenly became complicated, and a sour feeling spread in her heart.
After a few seconds, she stretched out her arms, took the initiative to hug his waist, and brought her cheek close to his arms, but said nothing.
Jing Xiao lowered his eyes and stared at her without saying a word.
After a long time, he spoke slowly and whispered: "Don't believe everything that guy Zhou Chengsi said."
Hearing this, Tang Muzhi raised his head and looked at him, and said tentatively: "But it's not that you can't believe it, right?"
Jing Xiao knew very well that she already knew something, so she did not avoid the topic and said lightly: "Zhizhi, I'm fine."
Tang Muzhi pursed her lips and mustered up the courage to say, "Then..."
"Everything will be fine as long as you are here from now on." Jing Xiao interrupted her, as if he knew what she wanted to express, and finally added, "Some things are actually fine once you get used to them."
