Mu Wanqing was woken up by a phone call. It was already past ten in the morning.
"Hello……"
When he answered the phone sleepily, Zhou Yiru was surprised: "Xiaoqing, are you still sleeping?"
"Well, it's rare to be able to sleep in during the Chinese New Year..."
In fact, it was because I didn't get much sleep while taking care of the children on New Year's Eve. In the past two days, I was disturbed by Wen Zhan's words that day and had trouble sleeping at night, so I couldn't get up in the morning.
"Did I bother you by calling you?" the man asked gently.
"No...it's time for me to get up. What's wrong? Is something wrong?" Mu Wanqing had just woken up, and her voice was soft and worried.
It was this unguarded tone and attitude that made Zhou Yiru's heart soften, and some kind of impulse suddenly emerged.
But if you ask her alone, she will definitely refuse.
"It's nothing... I just have a lot of free time today. I think Yu Qiao has nowhere to go with her children alone. Why don't we go over to pay her New Year's greetings and have dinner at her house at noon to make it fun."
"Okay, then I'll get up and clean up right away!" This was a good suggestion, and Mu Wanqing readily agreed.
"I'll come pick you up, see you later."
After hanging up the phone, Mu Wanqing got up and washed up.
Not long after, Zhou Yiru came downstairs, she picked up her bag, changed her shoes and hurried out.
Although the weather is sunny, the temperature is low. Zhou Yiru was wearing a turtleneck sweater and a cashmere coat. His simple and refreshing outfit exuded a sense of elegance and handsomeness, which was very eye-catching.
Seeing Mu Wanqing walk out of the gate, he immediately turned around and opened the passenger door and shouted: "Happy New Year!"
"Thank you, thank you, happy New Year!" Mu Wanqing was embarrassed by his attentive service, walked to the car and said, "It's cold, just sit in the car and wait."
Zhou Yiru smiled and said nothing, closed the door, walked around to the other side and got into the cab.
"Let's buy some gifts on the way. It's New Year's Eve and we have children at home." Mu Wanqing buckled her seat belt and said casually.
"I've prepared everything. It's in the trunk." Zhou Yiru also fastened his seat belt, but instead of setting off immediately, he handed over two small red envelopes with unique shapes, "Here, good luck."
Mu Wanqing was surprised and embarrassed, "I'm almost a middle-aged aunt, and I still have red envelopes to receive?"
"You little girl, of course you have a movie. Take it and try to get a good start!" Zhou Yiru's words were full of doting, treating her as if he was doting on his girlfriend.
It was hard to refuse the hospitality, so Mu Wanqing had no choice but to accept it, "Thank you, Mr. Zhou!"
She deliberately put herself in the position of an employee. It was customary for the boss to give out New Year's gifts to employees.
Zhou Yiru immediately changed her title after hearing her change. He understood and deliberately made it clear: "I am not Mr. Zhou now."
The tone of his words made it seem like there was another sentence behind it, but he didn't say it.
Mu Wanqing was sitting in the passenger seat and felt something was wrong with the atmosphere in the car. She could only turn her head and look outside, looking for a topic: "It's so lively on the road. You haven't celebrated the Chinese New Year in China for a long time, so you must miss it very much."
She thought this topic was safe enough, but unexpectedly, as soon as Zhou Yiru opened his mouth, the scene was brought back to their shared memories.
"I miss the New Year celebrations when I was a child. Although it was not as prosperous and wealthy as it is now, everyone was looking forward to the New Year."
In fact, Mu Wanqing doesn't miss her childhood very much, because she was too poor, miserable and miserable when she was a child. At that time, she dreamed of growing up quickly.
But having her grandparents by her side when she was little was the only warmth left in her heart.
So she casually added: "Indeed, when I was young, I had a strong sense of youth."
"Or, let's go back to Xu Town tomorrow? Go pay New Year's greetings to Aunt Wang and the others, and feel the flavor of the New Year in our hometown." Zhou Yiru suggested enthusiastically. In fact, he wanted to create more opportunities to be alone with Mu Wanqing.
He had other plans.
I wanted to take advantage of the relaxing atmosphere of returning to my hometown and seize the opportunity to confess my feelings to Mu Wanqing.
She and Wen Zhan have divorced and are now single. Based on her conditions, as her career becomes more and more successful, there will definitely be no shortage of suitors in the future.
He had been waiting for so long, so he couldn't miss the opportunity and had to strike first.
Hearing this, the first thing that came to Mu Wanqing's mind was what Wen Zhan said yesterday. The woman came back to look for her and also found Chongcheng. According to this calculation, she would probably return to Xu Zhen during the Chinese New Year and bump into... Just try your luck and see if you can catch one.
Just in case you happen to meet...
"I...I have plans tomorrow." She made an excuse.
Zhou Yiru looked back and said, "Have you made an appointment with a friend? What about the day after tomorrow? I don't go to work until the seventh day of the lunar month, so I'm free later."
Hearing how persistent he was, Mu Wanqing knew that just making excuses was not enough. After thinking about it for a moment, she had to tell the truth: "Brother Zhou, I... don't want to go back to Xu Zhen for the time being."
Zhou Yiru heard the mystery and looked a little more serious, "What's wrong?"
"My mother is back and is looking for me everywhere. I'm afraid that if she goes back to Xu Town, she might run into her."
Speaking of this, she was quite grateful to Wen Zhan.
If he hadn't been meddling in his own business to find out all this, he would really have returned to Xu Zhen.
She hasn't figured out how to meet that woman, let alone recognize her. If she goes back and bumps into her - just thinking about that scene makes her feel nervous.
"What?" Zhou Yiru was shocked after hearing this. If the car hadn't been on the viaduct, he would have pulled over.
"Your mother is back... Auntie is back? Isn't this a good thing? After so many years, she finally came back. She must have missed you and wanted to come back to make up for you. You mother and daughter haven't seen each other for almost twenty years, and you don't even want to see her. Meet her and get to know her?"
Mu Wanqing didn't want to talk about this topic just now because she was worried that Zhou Yiru would say this and try to persuade him to make peace.
This is the inertial thinking of Chinese people - family ties are more important than anything else, and they love reunions the most.
"Brother Zhou, can we not talk about this topic? In short, I have no plans to go back to my hometown for the time being. If you want to go back and have a look, just go by yourself. But if you happen to meet that person, please help me hide the news. I really don't want to Meet her."
Mu Wanqing's expression was calm and she spoke decisively.
Zhou Yiru felt her resistance and hesitated for a moment, not wanting to continue, so he could only nod his head: "Okay, let's not talk about this anymore. If you don't go back, I won't go back either. Let's talk about it later."
Wen Zhan was also awakened by the phone call while he was sleeping.
Gu Xinchen.
"It's Chinese New Year, why haven't you heard anything these days? Are you isolated from the world with your children?" Mr. Gu's background sound was very noisy, he must be in some game.
"Sleep..." Wen Zhan replied in a vague tone.
"Sleep? It's already noon, and you're still sleeping? Where did you get high last night? Why didn't you call me?" Mr. Gu seemed a little dissatisfied, feeling that his good friend stayed up all night without asking him out.
Wen Zhan didn't respond.
The other person urged me again: "The address has been sent to your mobile phone. Come and sit here. I know you are in a bad mood after the divorce. Come out and play and relax!"
The phone was hung up and Wen Zhan was woken up and couldn't fall asleep.
In my memory, this seems to be the first time that the Chinese New Year has been so deserted.
I was divorced and lost my home. Even though I had a lot of money, I felt like I was walking alone in a vast world.
After getting up and rocking to the living room, he looked out from the balcony again - the house opposite was still quiet and no one was moving.
He frowned slightly, was that woman reincarnated as a pig? You haven't gotten up yet?
Wen Zhan was not interested in the good brothers' game, but he wanted to have lunch with the woman opposite him, so after being confused, he shamelessly took the initiative to call.
Mu Wanqing had just arrived at Yu Qiao's house. When she got off the car, she received a call. After a moment of hesitation, she answered the call - the child was with him after all.
"Hello?"
"Are you awake?" Wen Zhan answered the phone while observing the other side through the telescope, "What are you having for lunch? Do you want to go out and have a meal together?"
