Li Yong was driving home when he suddenly received a call from Zhong Xiaoqin on the way.
"Hey, what's wrong?"
"..."
There was no response from the other side, only slight breathing could be heard, and then some strange noises.
This sudden abnormal situation made Li Yong's heart skip a beat, and he had a bad premonition. He immediately pulled over and asked, "Xiaoqin, Xiaoqin, are you listening?"
"I am here……"
Finally hearing the response, although the voice was a bit strange, as if it was deliberately lowered, Li Yong still breathed a sigh of relief, and then realized that this was not a suspenseful horror film, but an urban emotional drama. Logically speaking, there would be no such thing as making people on tenterhooks. The situation is right.
However, he was still uneasy and asked immediately: "Are you still there now? Don't move around where you are. Wait for me. I will go back soon..."
"No, I'm fine..." Zhong Xiaoqin said at this time, then suddenly paused, and after a while she said in surprise: "It's Chen Yu!"
"Chen Yu?"
What does this have to do with Chen Yu?
"He's... burying the body..."
"???"
Li Yong was also taken aback, feeling that the painting style had become too abrupt, and then he quickly reacted, dumbfounded: "You mean, the carcass of the fish, right?"
"Yes..." Zhong Xiaoqin still lowered her voice and said, "I'm sorry, Li Yong, I'm sorry to bother you. I'll hang up now. Don't worry, I'll be fine."
"I..." As soon as Li Yong said that, a "beep" sound came from the other side. After thinking about it, Li Yong turned around and went back.
Based on Zhong Xiaoqin's current situation and Chen Yu's mentality at this time, the two of them would definitely quarrel again if they met.
Even though Zhong Xiaoqin had heard so much from Li Yong in the car and seemed to have made up her mind, it would be difficult to remain calm when she actually faced the problem.
The most important thing is the lack of communication between her and Chen Yu for a long time. Even if one party is willing to give in first, the other party may not be willing to appreciate it. In this case, of course, the feud will only become bigger and bigger and irreparable.
Li Yong could even feel that Zhong Xiaoqin was already thinking about divorce, and there was almost only one opportunity left.
Of course, Li Yong himself does not aim to be a life mentor, so the remarks he made to Zhong Xiaoqin before actually have some hidden guidance, but Zhong Xiaoqin may not be aware of it.
Of course Li Yong didn't mind them quarreling. It would be best if they left immediately after the quarrel. But this kind of moment was a good opportunity to take advantage of the situation. Of course, he had to rush to the scene and receive the sad person as soon as possible.
However, he didn't hurry too much. He knew that if he went there early, he would hit him head-on, which would not look good and might cause additional trouble. It was best to wait until they had finished arguing.
So he kept going all the way and waited for more than half an hour before finally returning to where he was.
However, he did not see Zhong Xiaoqin, nor Chen Yu, nor the "burial place".
He was not in a hurry, and sat in the car and waited patiently for a while, and sure enough he saw Zhong Xiaoqin changing her clothes and walking out of the building.
Her coat was relatively thin, and maybe she was walking in a hurry and didn't think too much, so she couldn't help shivering when the wind blew her as soon as she came out, but she gritted her teeth and still insisted on walking out without looking back.
Li Yong waited for her to walk a certain distance and looked like he was about to stop a car on the road, so he drove up and followed her. When he was about to get close to her, he honked the horn and stopped.
"Li Yong?!" Zhong Xiaoqin turned around and was surprised to see Li Yong in the car, "Why are you back?"
"I was worried that something would happen to you, so I thought about it and came back to take a look." Li Yong tilted his head and gestured, "Get in the car!"
Of course Zhong Xiaoqin didn't go out alone, she hadn't forgotten to bring the island with her.
Just as he was about to put the dog cage into the trunk, he heard Li Yong say: "It only takes a moment, forget it, just put it in the back."
When she got in the car and saw Li Yong driving, she didn't ask anything, not even where she wanted to go. Zhong Xiaoqin couldn't help herself: "Why don't you ask me, what happened?"
Li Yong smiled casually and said: "Looking at you like this, you have run away from home. Why should I ask you to remember those sad things?"
When Zhong Xiaoqin heard what he said, she looked at his back for a while, then came to her senses, shook her head and said, "Actually, thinking about it now, it's nothing..."
To put it bluntly, she still needs someone to listen to her talk. She originally planned to go to her best friend Gu Jia, but now she meets Li Yong, it is not just right.
According to her, after she got out of the car, she suddenly heard a strange sound while passing by the flowerbed. She went to look out of curiosity, but she didn't expect that it was Chen Yu digging a hole there to bury his dead fish.
Looking at his serious attitude, those who didn't know it thought he was burying his child.
Anyway, that was the comparison in Zhong Xiaoqin's mind, so she couldn't help but go up and argue with him. Then the two of them started to quarrel after a few sentences, and Zhong Xiaoqin completely forgot about Li Yong's "persuasion" before.
Chen Yu was a little surprised to see her come back, but he was immediately shocked when he heard her words.
He said why it was okay for her to raise cats and dogs, but not for him to raise fish, and fish were not as troublesome as cats and dogs. If there were no cats, his fish would not die at all.
Zhong Xiaoqin couldn't help but said that the death of the fish had nothing to do with the cat. It was her mother who thought it was a waste of electricity, so she unplugged it.
Mother was also thinking about them. She was obviously living a very stressful life, but she still had to provide such a large, power-consuming fish tank with only a few small fish in it.
Raising cats and dogs may not cost as much as him, but he still has the nerve to tell her?
Now Chen Yu was even more angry. This reason was even more ridiculous than being played to death by a cat.
He said that he paid the electricity bill, not the Zhong family, and he could pay as much as he was willing to pay. On the contrary, her mother took his things without permission, which was too much.
Then he said that the fish that killed him was not enough, and a fish was cooked for lunch to stimulate him. How could he eat it?
He had known for a long time that nothing good would happen to her mother living here, and it turned out like this.
His fishes died entirely because of her mother. He would rather die than a cat or a dog, but why did it have to be his fish?
Of course Zhong Xiaoqin couldn't stand hearing this. Chen Yu suddenly included cats, dogs and her mother, so the two broke up on bad terms again.
But when Zhong Xiaoqin went upstairs and returned to the house gloomily, she didn't expect that her mother was missing, and even Pikachu couldn't be found.
"My mother probably heard the two of us arguing when she went downstairs to wait for me, so she was also sad and went back secretly. I just called my dad..."
When she called, her mother had just arrived home, so Zhong Xiaoqin was naturally relieved to know that she was safe.
What really concerned Zhong Xiaoqin was, of course, what Chen Yu said about her mother. Even she couldn't bear it. It is conceivable that Zhong Mu herself must be even more uncomfortable.
After all, the things she did were done with good intentions, and she never thought of targeting Chen Yu. She didn't expect her son-in-law to have so much dissatisfaction with him in private.
But she was quite sensible. She knew that she had done something wrong in this matter, and she was at fault. Feeling guilty, she felt that she was causing trouble to her daughter and son-in-law here, and she didn't want to watch them quarrel over her, so she simply Just left.
Of course, Zhong Xiaoqin would not have expected so much, nor would he think about it. He placed all the blame on Chen Yu. Anyway, he was already in the best position to take the blame. One more or one less would not have a big impact.
Li Yong sighed and said: "This is really... it is difficult for an upright official to deal with household matters. I won't comment on the right and wrong. It's good for you to stay apart like this for the time being and calm down. So where are you going now?"
Of course Mother Zhong was at fault in causing this incident and was the trigger. Even if she had good intentions, it was still wrong to do bad things with good intentions.
Then Chen Yu also made mistakes, the way he handled the problem was wrong, and his attitude was also wrong. Moreover, this was actually a long-term problem, not just this time.
Because of long-term poor communication, so much dissatisfaction gradually accumulates, otherwise it would be difficult for him to completely burst over some small things.
As for Zhong Xiaoqin, she wants to protect her pets and her mother. Of course, she doesn’t want to quarrel with Chen Yu like this. But she has made a sandwich pancake. No matter what she does, it is wrong. Either she will make this person sad or that person will be sad. .
Noise is definitely inevitable in ordinary families, but it can actually be avoided. In the final analysis, it still depends on communication.
But it would be nice if Li Yong didn't "add insult to injury" at this time. Naturally, he couldn't say anything to help.
Seeing Zhong Xiaoqin's confused expression in the rearview mirror, Li Yong suddenly said: "Otherwise, why don't you go to my house and stay one night first? It's so late, and you don't feel safe going out alone. My house is quite big. The guest room doesn’t matter.”
Zhong Xiaoqin hesitated for a moment, shook her head, and then said: "I'd better go find Gu Jia..."
Her original plan was to go to her best friend for comfort, but she happened to run into Li Yong.
"It's so late now, and their family has to sleep. It's not good to disturb others at this time, right? Or are you afraid that I will do something to you?"
Zhong Xiaoqin waved her hands quickly and said: "I didn't mean that... I believe you, Li Yong, I know you are a good person..."
Li Yong thought to himself, just give me a good person card. I just want to be a good person, but I don’t want to be a good person.
"Okay, I was a bit abrupt. It's so late for you to go to my place. It's really not suitable for a man and a woman alone. If Chen Yu knows about it, I'm afraid..."
"Then go to your place!"
Li Yong looked back at Zhong Xiaoqin in surprise and saw her expressionless face. Unexpectedly, this casual comment turned into a provocation.
But regardless of whether Zhong Xiaoqin would regret what she said, Li Yong would definitely not give her a chance to regret it, and immediately drove to Junyue Mansion.
