bayedsolid Chapter 81 Can You Stop Being So Sentimental?
Chapter 81 Can You Stop Being So Sentimental?
The two strolled back home leisurely, arriving at 9:30.
Hearing a noise coming from the door, Tian Tian immediately got up and ran out.
Seeing that two people had returned, his tense expression immediately relaxed.
He Qiaoyun unconsciously turned her back to where she was carrying the skewers, but Feng Jiashu stepped forward and blocked her from hiding the bag.
At this moment, they are like parents who are warning their children not to eat barbecue skewers outside, but they themselves can't resist sneaking out to eat them.
"It's quite late, why isn't Tian Tian asleep yet?"
Tian Tian smelled the aroma of barbecue, turned her body to the side, wanting to see the bag that He Qiaoyun was hiding behind her.
It's not that we don't want to feed the child, but the main problem is that young children have sensitive stomachs, and we're afraid she'll get diarrhea from eating such greasy food that's high in oil and salt and coated with chili peppers late at night. The two of them agreed on this point.
Just then, Aunt Wang came over and said, "Sir, Sister Qiaoyun, you're back. Did you go out for barbecue? I could smell it from far away."
He Qiaoyun gave a forced smile, without directly answering whether she had eaten barbecue skewers, and simply said, "I went for a walk."
Feng Jiashu said, "Wang Ma, quickly take Tian Tian upstairs to wash up, it's getting late."
Wang Ma hurriedly said, "Oh, Miss, look, they're all back. Come upstairs, wash up, and go to bed."
Tian Tian nodded gently and followed Wang Ma upstairs.
As they watched Tian Tian go upstairs, the two of them turned their heads at the same time, and when their eyes met, they smiled inexplicably.
Watching Tian Tian's retreating figure as she went upstairs, He Qiaoyun asked with some worry, "When will Tian Tian regain her voice? School is about to start, how will she get along with her classmates if she can't speak?"
Feng Jiashu sighed helplessly, "We need to observe her further and not rush things. If it really doesn't work, we'll arrange for her to take a semester off and hire a tutor to come to our home to teach her."
He Qiaoyun smiled and said, "That's all we can do."
She handed the skewers she brought back to Li Ma, saying, "These were a gift from the owner of the skewer restaurant. We've already eaten, so you can have these as a late-night snack."
Li Ma took the bag, her face beaming with joy, and said, "Thank you so much, Sister Qiaoyun! You even thought of bringing us a late-night snack while you were out for a walk."
He Qiaoyun smiled and said, "You're welcome."
Li Ma completely ignored Feng Jiashu's presence, and said to He Qiaoyun with a smile, "I'll go call Butler Li and the others right now." Then she happily left.
Feng Jiashu shook his head helplessly, glanced at the time, and realized he still had a few documents to process. He then said, "I had a great time with the barbecue tonight, so get some rest."
He Qiaoyun smiled gently, "Good night."
She went into the kitchen, drank a glass of water, and then returned to her room.
I went out for barbecue, and I changed my clothes in the afternoon, but now they're already soaked in the barbecue smell.
She took a shower, lay comfortably on the bed, and felt completely relaxed.
I tried to fall asleep, but couldn't. My mind kept replaying everything that happened tonight, and it was all a bit chaotic.
She sat up, turned on the bedside lamp, picked up her phone, opened the video app, and saw that the message count was still 99+.
As she expected, the video received a million likes, and her account gained 100,000 more followers than she anticipated, a full 200,000!
This is all thanks to her viral quote, "My man just died," which was then widely shared and used by various marketing accounts to gain attention. Netizens praised her for her wit, saying that only someone who has actually lost a man would dare to say something like that, and even commented that she had a kind of calm madness...
She looked at the comments from netizens and couldn't help but smile. It was the same as the common saying among young people, "My ex-boyfriend is dead."
As she scrolled through her feed, she came across photos of strangers who had taken pictures with her that evening.
She watched videos for nearly forty minutes until she got sleepy, then put down her phone and fell into a deep sleep.
The next day.
I woke up early in the morning to a phone call from my unlucky ex-husband, Xu Hui.
"You've been spreading rumors that I'm dead everywhere?" Xu Hui berated him harshly.
He Qiaoyun hung up the speakerphone, tossed it aside, drew back the curtains, looked at the rising sun through the clean, bright French windows, and stretched comfortably.
Xu Hui on the other end of the phone was very agitated, "He Qiaoyun, are you mute? Why aren't you saying anything!"
Compared to Xu Hui's uncontrollable rage, He Qiaoyun appeared quite calm. She said, "Xu Hui, you're still so boring. It was just a joke."
Xu Hui became even angrier upon hearing this and said, "He Qiaoyun, are you joking? You're hurting me."
He Qiaoyun couldn't help but laugh and said lightly, "Xu Hui, can you stop being so dramatic? I just said one thing to you, why are you so agitated? Would it hurt you to say one thing to you? You're a grown man, and you have such a narrow mind. Aren't you afraid people will laugh at you? Tsk, it's really no fun chatting with you."
These are the words he said to himself back then, and now he is returning them to him in kind.
Xu Hui was speechless after being uttered a string of words by her. "You!"
After stretching, He Qiaoyun picked up her phone and said as she walked towards the bathroom, "I'll hang up if there's nothing else. Don't call me unless it's important, or your current wife will get jealous."
After saying that, she hung up the phone decisively.
Xu Hui, on the other end of the phone, was so angry when the call was hung up on that he threw his phone down, yelling, "Damn it!"
This action startled Wang Jinghuai and her youngest daughter, causing them to involuntarily take two steps back.
Xu Hui became even more annoyed when he saw the two of them. "Look, look, what are you looking at? Hurry up and make breakfast!"
Wang Jinghuai, looking utterly haggard, led her daughter into the kitchen. Her daughter, Xu Yitong, followed timidly beside her, weakly calling out, "Mommy..."
When she called out "Mom" to her mother, there was no response. Wang Jinghuai's eyes reddened, she sniffed, and tears fell onto the pot where she was washing rice. She wiped away her tears as she washed the rice.
She looked at her rough hands. Xu Hui used to say that her hands were the most beautiful, that they were the face of a life of luxury, and that he wouldn't even let her do chores like washing fruit.
But less than a year into their marriage, the sparkling diamonds on her nails were accidentally knocked off while she was moving heavy objects, leaving a white mark instead.
Suddenly, all the grievances that had been building up in my heart turned into tears and fell.
She couldn't understand why those beautiful days were gone forever, why the man who loved her had changed his heart overnight, and why she had to suffer such injustice and hardship...
Hearing her daughter sobbing softly with her head down, the daughter struggled to stand on tiptoe and gently patted her back. "Mommy, don't cry. Tongtong will be good."
Wang Jinghuai wiped away her tears, forced a smile, squatted down, and said, "Okay, Mom won't cry."
Tongtong reached out and gently wiped away the tears from the corner of her eyes. "Mom is most beautiful when she's not crying."
Wang Jinghuai reached out and hugged her daughter, saying, "Thank you, baby."
Xu Hui waited for a long time but Wang Jinghuai didn't bring out breakfast. When he went into the kitchen, he saw the deep affection between the mother and daughter.
He sneered, "What's the point of being beautiful when you're old and faded? I really spoiled you before, even spending money on cosmetics for your face. Now you look like a monster, what kind of appearance do you look like!"
It's not that Wang Jinghuai's face is sagging, but rather that getting injections in the face is a long-term procedure; once you've had them, you can't stop.
In her youth, she was arrogant and reckless, only knowing that she needed to stay young and beautiful forever, to outshine Xu Hui's other woman, so that she could keep him...
Now we realize that in the end, it was nothing more than a beautiful bubble.
Seeing that she remained unmoved, Xu Hui said, "Damn it, what are you standing there for? Cook! Are you trying to starve me to death?!"
Wang Jinghuai could only silently endure these words. If she angered him, she couldn't fight him, and besides, she had a daughter. She could take a few insults herself, but she couldn't let her daughter be implicated...
"I'll do it now." She stood up silently, numb and indifferent.