Liang Rong cooked quickly, and soon a large table was ready. Several people in the living room stood up to help, and then there was the sound of chairs being dragged.
Lin Zhixia took the initiative to take Xie Jiaheng to the bathroom to wash his hands. When they walked out, they were already sitting around the dining table. Li Ci waved to her and pulled out the chair next to her, "Sit here."
When men eat, they must smoke and drink, but the location here is wrong. They have never drank here before. They just simply had a meal with their mother and son and chatted about home affairs.
Perhaps it was their first meeting, and out of fear of Lin Zhixia's restraint, everyone at the dinner table turned the topic to Li Ci.
Zhang Yi, who was sitting next to Li Ci, was the first to ask: "How do you and your siblings know each other?"
After hearing this, the man's mouth curled up slightly with a smile, but he just picked up the cup on the dining table and took a sip of tea, and did not speak for a while.
Lin Zhixia on the side was afraid of the awkward atmosphere, so she couldn't help raising her head and replied: "It's at school."
Hearing this, Liang Rong, who was sitting next to Lin Zhixia, suddenly remembered, looked at Lin Zhixia, and exclaimed: "Is it the time he helped me pick up Hengheng?"
"Um."
Lin Zhixia nodded, her expression a little unnatural. Since she finished speaking, everyone on the table looked at her invariably. Even the person next to her looked at her with a faint smile.
"You can do it, Lao Li. He fell in love with this girl as soon as he met her," Lao Liu, who was sitting opposite Li Ci, said loudly.
Perhaps because they stay in the army all year round, their voices will unconsciously rise a little higher.
Yao Wenyu, who was sitting next to Lao Liu, had a look of pretentious regret. He knew that he went out to pick up the children that time, but his performance at that time was flawless.
"Li Ci, you already had someone in your heart at that time. It's no use that I planned to stay single with you for the rest of my life," he said and deliberately raised his hand to wipe his eyes.
Several people at the table laughed loudly when they heard this. Compared to the others who were chatting more energetically, Li Ci seemed relatively quiet.
He casually leaned back on the chair, with a big hand under the table holding Lin Zhixia's hand tightly and resting on his thigh. To their questions, he would smile and simply answer a few words or just quietly. Listen.
The other people at the table looked at the two of them with interest, with expressions of gossip that they couldn't hide, but he just smiled lightly and ignored their teasing.
Old Liu saw that they couldn't ask anything from Li Ci, so he asked Lin Zhixia with a smile on his face: "Brother and sister, tell us how he caught you."
After speaking, he glanced at Li Ci and continued as if he didn't believe it: "He can chase people with his temperament, why can't we."
As he spoke, his eyes looked at Yao Wenyu next to him from time to time. Suddenly, Yao Wenyu shouted anxiously: "You and I are different, don't confuse us."
Then he stared at Lin Zhixia and continued to echo: "That's right, sister-in-law, tell us, and let us singles learn from it."
Lin Zhixia felt as if he was facing a formidable enemy, but the man beside him didn't seem to have any intention of helping him. He just casually leaned on the back of the chair and occasionally picked up a chopstick of food and put it into his mouth.
Lin Zhixia blushed slightly and looked at the gazes directed at them. As if she had made some kind of determination, she slowly said in a moderate voice, "I was the one who suggested marrying him first."
After saying that, she silently added that although she recognized the wrong person at the time, she was the one who raised the subject of marriage first.
Hearing this, the interest on the faces of the people at the table became even more undisguised. At the same time, they all stared at Li Ci sideways. Old Liu took the lead and said with an unbelievable look on his face: "Okay, Old Li, you are still as charming as before. I I remember that the little girl was chasing you all day long."
After listening, Lin Zhixia couldn't help but glance sideways at the man next to her. She couldn't help but think of the photo she inadvertently saw when she went back to his house. If it hadn't been for the urging of his parents, considering how good and superior he was, Conditions, maybe the person sitting next to him will not be her now.
Thinking of this, Lin Zhixia felt a sour feeling in her heart, as if she was being held tightly by a big invisible hand, making her unable to breathe for a moment.
Maybe he sensed Lin Zhixia's depression. Li Ci, who had been silent all this time, put down the chopsticks in his hand, took Lin Zhixia's hand and squeezed it gently, and slowly explained to those people in a deep voice: "Although she recognized the wrong person at the time, she was sure that it was me who proposed to marry her."
Listening to the active explanation of the man next to her, Lin Zhixia frequently turned her head to look at his side face. As if she felt her gaze, the man actually looked back with a smile in his deep black eyes. , reached out and picked up a chopstick of braised pork ribs and put it into her bowl, "Eat more, you didn't eat much tonight."
On the opposite side, Yao Wenyu seemed to be unable to stand Li Ci's disgusting behavior, so he couldn't help but pretend to shake his body a few times, "You'd better stop spewing dog food. In addition to you and Lao Zhang, there are two singles here." It’s a dog.”
"What is a bachelor?"
When Xie Jiaheng heard the only words he could understand, he couldn't help but ask in his voice as clear and flawless as white jade.
Suddenly, bursts of hearty laughter came from the dining table.
Old Liu looked at Xie Jiaheng's eyes like sparkling pearls, which were full of doubts, and he took the initiative to explain, with a rather serious tone, "Jiaheng, a single dog is just a dog, and no one will keep him company. Do you understand?"
After hearing this, Xie Jiaheng nodded in understanding, and said again: "Is it just like the little white guy at the gate of the community? He often stays alone. It's so pitiful."
"It's as you understand," Zhang Yi, who had been silent until now, suddenly said.
After eating the whole meal, Lin Zhixia gradually lost her initial restraint. They were all old comrades from Li Ci's previous army. Although everyone had a loud voice, they were easy to get along with, simple and enthusiastic.
After dinner, Lin Zhixia took the initiative to help Liang Rong clean up the kitchen. Even though Liang Rong kicked her out again and again, she still pulled up her sleeves and helped clean up.
Xiao Feng originally wanted to go into the kitchen to help again, but she and Liang Rong kicked him out, saying that he had been helping all night and now he was going out to sit and chat with them.
The kitchen was almost clean, and only the last finishing touches were left. Liang Rong asked her to go to the bathroom and wash her hands quickly, saying that she could do the last bit, so she walked out of the kitchen without any further excuses.
As soon as she walked out of the door, she heard Zhang Yi ask Li Ci: "I heard that your transfer order will come down after the New Year."
Yao Wenyu, who was sitting next to him, followed closely and said, "The procedures are almost complete. We should arrive in Lancheng after the new year."
