Xia Mang ran into the kitchen and did not hear any footsteps. She patted her chest to calm herself down. Ye 'zi's incident had given her a warning. She could no longer be willful and reckless in the future. Some things did not have to be rushed. There would be plenty of opportunities in the future. The most important thing for a woman was to cherish her own body. The pot on the stove was fragrant. Xiamang put on gloves and opened the lid to observe the chicken soup.
Sigh, Xia Mang wanted to drool just by smelling the fragrance and looking at the chicken soup. She had to admit that Cheng Mo's culinary skills were really incomparable. The moment the lid was closed, someone hugged her from behind.
"The chicken soup smells so good. When will it be ready?”Xiamang turned around and pretended to be innocent.
"In another hour or so. Why do you suddenly want to drink chicken soup?" Cheng Mo smiled in his heart and leaned in to kiss her. He knew why Xiamang had such an expression on her face, and he couldn't help but feel extremely tender.
" I'm not drinking it." Xiamang shook her head and said fawningly," This is for someone else." When the chicken soup is ready, I'll go and deliver it. It's an apology and a sign of concern.”
"Sammy?" His brows were slightly furrowed, and his words were filled with warning. There was also a hint of dissatisfaction that he did not notice. That's right. If Sammy liked to drink, she could have just ordered Cheng Mo around once. However, she did not expect that after all that trouble, she would actually want to borrow flowers to present to Buddha.
Xiamang raised her head. Of course, she could feel the injustice in his heart. She quickly wrapped her arms around his waist and smiled apologetically."Thank you for the demonstration. I'll cook it myself next time.”
"Not enough." Cheng Mo enjoyed Xia Mang's flattery and wanted an inch after an inch.
"Eh?" Xiamang's hand behind his waist clenched into a fist. This person really deserved a beating!
There was no intimacy that he had expected. Cheng Mo held Xia Mang's hand and pulled her upstairs. Xia Mang followed suit and walked on the floor in her socks. She wasn't used to wearing shoes after entering the house. Anyway, Cheng Mo's place was very clean.
On the balcony of the top floor, Xia Mang was stunned as soon as he stood still. Snowflakes fell from the sky and landed on the glass ceiling. They stuck to the glass walls around the balcony and the green plants around the balcony. It was a dreamy feeling.
To be able to see the moon in the middle of the night and the snow in the sky from this balcony was an extreme romance.
"It's so beautiful. It's the first snow of the year. It's almost the new year. I thought it wouldn't snow this year.”Xia Mang sighed. In her opinion, if it didn't snow in winter, it didn't seem worth the cold.
Cheng Mo smiled at Xia Mang and got up to make tea. It was Xiamang's favorite tea, Tieguanyin, which Cheng Mo also liked.
Xiamang sipped her tea with the naivety and greed of a little woman. She sat on the chair with her knees bent and a cushion in front of her. She was wearing a bright sapphire blue sweater today. It was Cheng Mo's first time seeing her in this color. She looked very beautiful and had a peaceful charm.
The snowflakes scattered and soon accumulated into a thin layer, making the entire balcony look like a pure white castle. It was an incredible fairytale feeling.
Xia Mang scooped some chicken soup and waited for Cheng Mo at the entrance with a thermos. He said that he would send her there, and she was used to it. Cheng Mo had been very competent as a driver recently.
Cheng Mo came out with a coat in his hand. Without saying anything, he draped it over Xia Mang. The beige coat was Cheng Mo's model. It looked big on Xia Mang, making her look petite. It was a wonderful feeling. His woman was wrapped tightly in his clothes, making him feel very satisfied.
The car stopped at Ye 'zi's apartment. Xia Mang pressed the doorbell, but no one answered the door. Xia Mang had no choice but to use Cheng Mo's phone to call Ye 'zi. Ye' zi only picked up after several calls.
"Ye 'zi, I'm downstairs. Open the door.”Did Ye 'zi not feel well, or did she think that Lin Ran was the one who rang the doorbell?
Xia Mang carried the chicken soup upstairs. Ye 'zi's face was indeed a little pale. Xia Mang pulled her to lie down and asked,""Lin Ran came to look for you?"
Leaf nodded and said nothing.
"Have some chicken soup first. It's hot." Xiamang scooped out a bowl of chicken soup and handed it to Leaf, pretending to feed her.
Leaf took it and shook her head. She sat up and leaned against the headboard to drink the soup slowly.
"You stewed it?" Leaf smiled weakly at her.
Xiamang blushed and shook her head. She wanted to explain, but Ye Zi stared at her clothes and smiled weakly."Your relationship has improved by leaps and bounds.”
"I understand everyone's concerns." Xiamang lowered her head. When she looked up again, she had returned to her usual energetic self." But I don't want to give up. I thought that I would never love again, so I can't let it go easily. Ye, you too."
"Sometimes, the more people think highly of two people, the more fated they are. It was as if everyone around you would tell you that Xiao Linghui was the most suitable for you, and you would also think that he was a very good person, but the two of you would never have feelings for each other. Sammy, I just hope that you'll be happy this time.”
Xiamang smiled, feeling touched. She took the bowl from Ye 'zi and turned around to scoop more soup. Her eyes were a little wet. Ye 'zi wouldn't mind the silly things she did in the morning. They had been friends for so many years, and sometimes they were like real sisters.
" Ye 'zi, you must be happy too." Xiamang kept her words in her heart and didn't say them out loud.
In the blink of an eye, it was the new year. Ye 'zi returned home. When Xiamang sent her home, she saw that she was still a little weak and seemed to be lacking in qi and blood. Ye 'zi only rested for two days. She went to work as usual on Monday. If she was used to it, she wouldn't ask for leave. She tried her best to pretend that nothing had happened. In the end, Lin Ran did not follow. Xiamang wanted to say something but hesitated. In the end, she only said," Happy New Year and have a safe trip." She instructed Lin Ran to inform her when she came back so that she could pick her up. In the end, she did not ask about Lin Ran.
Cheng Mo had also returned home. His parents were in City H, so he had to rush back for the reunion dinner. Just like that, it was a seven-day holiday. Xia Mang suddenly felt a sense of loneliness.
After dinner, she was pulled by Xiao Linghui to set off fireworks. In recent years, the city had allowed fireworks to be set off from New Year's Eve to the Lantern Festival. Therefore, from the afternoon of New Year's Eve onwards, the entire city was filled with the smell of gunpowder.
Xiamang looked up at the fireworks. It was a short but beautiful scene, and it was extremely gorgeous. But it was not suitable for life or love. The love she wanted was not to have it in the past, but to last forever. The happiness she wanted was not to have it in the past, but to be beautiful forever.
"Shall we go together, Sammy?" Xiao Linghui handed the fireworks to Xiamang.
"Good!" Xiamang liked those small fireworks. They were the kind that could be held in one's hand and used to draw circles in the air while smiling.
The fireworks were lit in his hand and instantly bloomed outward. Thousands of thousands of fireworks were released like orchids. Xia Mang smiled as he ran. One after another, the fireworks danced in the air and wrote word by word," We must be happy!
It was inevitable that the New Year's dinner would be awkward. At times like this, Xia Mang missed Ye 'zi. He thought about how Ye' zi was in the same awkward situation as him in another city. Ye 'zi had said that she would bring her boyfriend home for the new year, while Xu Wenhao had been visiting Xiamang's house during the holidays since the year before last. Xiamang and Xu Wenhao had broken up in October, but there were always some relatives and friends who were lagging behind, so there were always people at the dinner table who asked with concern,""Where's Vincent, Sammy?"
Hence, Xia Mang had to pretend to be relaxed and indifferent as he smiled and said,""We broke up."
Of course, there were some who didn't care about his expression and continued to ask,"Why did you break up? Wenhao is so good!”Sometimes, he would use the tone of an elder and someone who had been through it before to persuade her earnestly. It was good that she was a good person. They had been together for many years. In addition, their financial conditions were good. They could not lose their temper. They could find Wen Hao because they were lucky in their previous life. At this time, Xiamang lowered her head and smiled. She didn't nod, shake her head, or say anything. When the other party finished speaking, or when she was deliberately interrupted, she stood up and pretended to go to the bathroom.
"Hui, do you have to be faithful to your husband now?”Xiamang complained over the phone. It was human nature to be depressed by such advice and questions for the past few days.
"Because Xu Wenhao has good conditions and treats you well. If it weren't for that matter, it would be perfect. If Xu Wenhao wasn't outstanding at all, then you wouldn't have to wait until now. Your family probably wouldn't agree to your first time bringing him home and would advise you to break up. So, even if that feeling is over, Sammy, you should still be glad that your judgment back then wasn't that bad. Relatives and elders are concerned about you.”
Xia Mang was speechless. She knew Xiao Linghui was right. He could only tell this to Xiao Linghui. If he told Cheng Mo, who knew what he would do.
"I received the gift. Thank you." Xia Mang told Cheng Mo this. Cheng Mo had gone to City H, but he had sent gifts on New Year's Eve and New Year's Day. One of the New Year's gifts was a grassroots gift, while the other was a more expensive one." I eat and sleep every day, and I have to visit relatives to chat with them. I'm very busy and can't think of anyone."”
"Aren't you afraid of becoming a pig?"
"So what if you're a pig? In this world, eating and wearing two things, obliterating one's own enjoyment of life, is the greatest reduction in the quality of life.”Xiamang lay down in bed, her voice lazy.
"You want to sleep?" I have a keen sense of hearing.
"Yes." Xia Mang hesitated for a moment before adding," Cheng Mo, are you confident?”
"You have to have faith in me, Sammy." Cheng Mo smiled comfortingly on the other end of the phone.
Xia Mang smiled when she heard that. She didn't dare to relax, but she was somewhat comforted by Cheng Mo's words.
Cheng Mo came back on the third day of junior high school.
Xiamang's grandparents lived in the suburbs on the first day of the Lunar New Year, and her grandparents lived in the second day of the Lunar New Year. They had a big house and a big yard. It was very lively when the children went home together during the Lunar New Year. Xiamang stayed at home to rest during the third year of junior high school. She had never liked visiting relatives, and this year, she was even more reluctant to do so because of her relationship.
Xia Mang didn't think that Cheng Mo came back early because of her, and Cheng Mo didn't say anything. However, Xia Mang was still happy that he could come back early. She even felt sweet. As Cheng Mo came back too early, Xia Mang hadn't prepared a gift yet. Xia Mang had received a lot of gifts from others, but she had never given Cheng Mo a proper present.
"What are you thinking about?" Sitting in the taxi, Cheng Mo couldn't help but ask when he saw Xia Mang's dazed expression. He had just gotten off the plane. Before boarding the plane, he called Xiamang and told her that she was going to pick him up at the airport. He said that as a girlfriend, everyone took the initiative to pick her up when they knew that her boyfriend was coming back. Sammy, you really failed in your duty.
"I want to give you a gift, but you have to choose it yourself, okay?”Xiamang confessed honestly. She was really not good at giving gifts to men. A pen? Leather belt? Wallet? Tie? She and Xu Wenhao had been together for four years, and Xu Wenhao kept giving her gifts, but she gave very little.
"Pick at will?" A certain Cheng smiled very contentedly as he leaned back in his chair and reached out to embrace Xia Mang.
"Uh, theoretically, yes.”In fact, if Cheng Mo chose something too expensive, she didn't want to go bankrupt. After all, some people were used to being rich, so it was hard to say that they could not imagine the simple life of ordinary people like her.
"Theoretically? Understood." Cheng Mo smiled. How could he not understand what Xia Mang was thinking?
The car stopped at the business street in the city center. Cheng Mo took Xia Mang's hand and walked straight to the jewelry street. In Xia Mang's eyes, he was clearly excited about receiving gifts, which made Xia Mang feel like she was about to be ripped off.
Cheng Mo's footsteps slowed down as he arrived at the entrance of a resplendent shop. When Xia Mang saw it, her heart almost jumped out of her chest. Cheng Mo was really ruthless. He could easily spend more than a hundred thousand yuan at a Rolex store.
"What's wrong? Why do you look so bitter?" A certain someone even pretended not to know and asked in a very gentle and caring manner.
Xiamang shook his head and dragged him forward.
"So Sammy likes Omega more.”A certain someone laughed even more happily.
Xiamang raised her head, her face full of black lines. The next door was an Omega store.
"Let's go. I don't like these things." Cheng Mo finally stopped teasing Xia Mang and continued walking forward.
They entered a jewelry store and chose a pair of couple rings. They were simple platinum rings without any decorations, and the price was very acceptable. Cheng Mo didn't rush to pay. He put the ring on Xia Mang's finger in satisfaction and pulled her out.
"Why are you in such a hurry? Are you afraid that others will treat you as a gigolo?”Xiamang could tell that someone was a little uncomfortable when they were paying the bill.
"I'll still consider it carefully if Sammy wants to raise me.”He held his left hand with his right hand, and the two rings crossed each other.
Xia Mang snorted. He couldn't afford to raise her, and he wasn't someone who wanted to be raised. She wasn't stupid.
The author had something to say." I've been updating every day recently. If there's speed, there's no quality. I've even messed up the general plot that I had thought of in my heart. So, I've been writing these few days..." Tears... Huwen was really an extremely painful thing...
That literary name, f * ck, because it was said that it was not good more than once, I wanted to change it (I thought about it for a whole day when I first named it, and I personally liked it, so I covered my face). Yesterday, I had a stroke and thought of a very popular and straightforward name, but everyone said that it was not good, so I squatted down…
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On the sixth day of the lunar new year, Ye 'zi returned home and a few of her good friends gathered together. Speaking of the changes in Xiamang and Ye, Bai Bai and Yanyan couldn't help but feel a little emotional. Because Yanyan was graduating this year, Mother Yan really pushed the matter of Yanyan's relationship onto the agenda. She even set a blind date. The other party was a turtle and a doctor. He was a few steps older than Yanyan and was very compatible with Yanyan in all aspects. After the Spring Festival, they arranged a blind date. Yanyan could only wait for the notice. Speaking of blind dates, she couldn't help but give Yanyan a few words of advice. She said that men who went on blind dates really didn't meet any good ones. Moreover, the more blind dates they went on, the worse the blind dates were.
In a certain aspect, it made sense that the good goods were not left behind and the leftover goods were not good. However, if it were him, for example, if he was old and still single, he would feel that this was definitely not accurate. Everyone was like this.
"Bai Bai, then don't go on a blind date. Why don't I introduce one to you?”Xia Mang thought of Yu Weitao. He was such a fine man. She didn't know if she would stand a chance. Xiamang naturally wouldn't tell Yu Weitao about this matter openly, but he could arrange for everyone to get to know each other first. After that, it would depend on their fate.
"Who do you have? Don't push your doctor brother out again.”Yanyan expressed her unfairness.
"No, no, he's a very high-quality one. It's not an exaggeration to call him a diamond bachelor. Yanyan, if you're interested, you can join. I'm only responsible for introducing you. Whoever gets it will be lucky.”The more Xia Mang spoke, the more she felt that she should join the ranks of snatching people. Yu Weitao was really not bad, especially his temper and character. He felt that he was more reliable than Cheng Mo.
"Whitey, why do you look so infatuated when you introduce good men to them?”Ye Zi watched as Xia Mang fell into a fantasy and wanted to extinguish the little flower bud in her heart.
"Dead Leaf, do you want to join us? If you come, you have the highest chance of winning among the three.”Xiamang smiled and went to hit Leaf. Leaf retaliated, and the few of them laughed.
Xia Mang sighed in his heart.
The days passed like this. Xia Mang and Cheng Mo's relationship grew stronger as time passed, and there were no small quarrels. Xiamang was also a good-tempered person, but she would throw a tantrum sometimes. Cheng Mo was patient and tolerant, and his relationship was getting better and better.
Xia Mang's mother had talked to Xia Mang about this before. Cheng Mo picked Xia Mang up from work every day. Although Xia Mang often asked Cheng Mo to park his car outside the gate of the neighborhood, Xia Mang's mother still noticed something. Xia Mang did not deny it. When Mother Xia was worried about the problem of matching the family background, Xia Mang only said that he had not thought so far ahead. It was just that no one knew what would happen tomorrow. It was useless to worry about these problems so early. Xiamang knew that her mother was worried, and she was worried as well. However, she was not used to things that she had decided to do not end well. In fact, his mother was only worried that she would get hurt again. Ye 'zi's incident was still there, and it was like a mirror reflecting Xia Mang's heart. Xia Mang was not confident about the realistic problem of matching family status, but it was too early to say that. Xia Mang understood that it was useless to think too much on her own side. She was used to being simple, and she only told herself not to avoid things when she encountered them and not to give up easily.
Ye 'zi and Lin Ran didn't break up, but they dragged it on like this. Ye' zi didn't go to Lin Ran's house again, and Lin Ran didn't have the chance to visit Ye 'zi's parents. It was only later that Xiamang found out that the day before Lin Ran left after seeing Ye 'zi abandon their child, Lin Ran had gone to the real estate transaction center to handle the transfer of ownership of the house. After Lin Ran's insistence, the name of the new house was finally changed to Lin Ran's name. Ye 'zi and Lin Ran both felt that fate was playing tricks on them. Life always had its ironic side. It was just that some things, even if you could forgive them, it was impossible to pretend that they had never happened. The relationship between Lin Ran and Ye 'zi suddenly became useless.
Yan Yanhe put on her usual appearance. Xiao Linghui was getting busier and busier. He often worked overtime since the new year, so he rarely had free time. When spring arrived, Xiamang recalled what she had said at the New Year's party and decided to organize a trip and a picnic for everyone.
"Cheng Mo, let's go hiking this weekend?”Recently, he didn't call her 'hey' or 'uncle', but his name was getting more and more fluent.
"Alright." It was rare for Xia Mang to take the initiative to run out, so Cheng Mo was naturally happy to do so. To be honest, Xiamang was usually a shut-in. She loved to sit on the chair on his balcony with a cushion and enjoy herself. She was like a tired and greedy cat enjoying life.
"President Yu, do you want to go too?" Xiamang looked up and spoke innocently, blinking a few times.
Little abacus! Cheng Mo nodded with a smile. Every time Xia Mang blinked her eyes with this expression, she had a plan in mind. Cheng Mo had already known about this.
"I'll call Ye 'zi and the others. This Saturday, we will meet at the entrance of Tesco in the city center at 9:30 in the morning. We will set off together.”Xiamang stood up eagerly to get her phone. She turned around and said," Actually, I think the grass on the golf course is quite green. It just doesn't look natural enough, hehe.”
Cheng Mo informed Yu Weitao, and the two of them made a decision. Xiamang informed them one by one. Ye 'zi was free, and so was Lin Ran. Xiao Linghui said that he was supposed to be on duty on Saturday, so he wanted to see if he could change shifts.
"Doctor Xiao, are you going to be promoted to director? Why are you so busy?" Recently, Ah Hui had been so busy that he didn't even have time to chat on the phone, and there was even less contact online. He did not expect that after returning to China, he would not have as much contact as when he was studying abroad.
"There are many things to learn. It's not bad to be busy.”Xiao Linghui smiled, but his heart was slightly sour.
"You're already a doctor and you're still so hardworking, then we don't have to live anymore.”Although Xiamang did not hate studying and her grades were good in the past, she was still far from Xiao Linghui. Xiao Linghui had been an excellent student since he was young and loved reading.
Xiao Linghui smiled and did not refute. Xiamang was still worried. She instructed him to arrange as much time as possible before hanging up.
Another thing was that Xia Mang's culinary skills had improved greatly under Cheng Mo's training.
Sometimes, Xia Mang would wonder why Cheng Mo liked to let her do it and stay in the kitchen with her so much. Sometimes, she felt that cooking was quite fun, especially with Cheng Mo beside her. It seemed to have a good effect on the relationship between the two of them. Cheng Mo's performance in the kitchen, his culinary skills, his patient guidance, his helpless sigh, his encouraging smile, and his punishment that made her blush made her unconsciously rely on Cheng Mo even more and her heart moved. A man who could cook would always give off a sense of reliability. Cheng Mo was also good at discovering the joy of the kitchen and allowed Xia Mang to participate in it. He didn't have to worry about cooking every day. It was purely a way to lighten up his daily life. This was something Xia Mang had never thought of before, so Cheng Mo had the upper hand in this aspect.
Moreover, many women subconsciously had a tendency to be abused. They liked their lover to be domineering and tough. Cheng Mo was tough when he should be tough, overbearing when he should be domineering, and gentle when he should be gentle. He was handsome and had good conditions. Putting aside the fact that he had not had any scandals along the way with Xiamang, and even his secretary was a man, it was even more reassuring. He was sincere towards Xiamang. He did not have the superiority complex of a rich person, and he was not unwilling to be ordered around by Xiamang. Just the fact that he had to pick her up and send her to and from work was enough to make others envious.
However, the more beautiful the love was, the more uneasy Xiamang felt. She was always worried that something would happen. The beauty of a thing was always like an appearance. The day this appearance was completely exposed, the damage would be doubled. No matter how bloody the reality was, he had to accept it. Just like Wen Hao, if he didn't invest so deeply, the harm wouldn't be so thorough. Some things were bitter when they came, but happy when they were recalled. And some things were sweeter when they came, but more bitter when they left.
If Wen Hao hadn't betrayed her, she wouldn't have met Cheng Mo. Xia Mang hoped that Cheng Mo was a new beginning and not a continuation and repetition of her previous relationship.
Sometimes, Xiamang would feel conflicted. On one hand, she would tell herself that there was still a chance for her to love again. She had to cherish it and love it well. No matter how hard it was, she had to continue loving. On the other hand, she would selfishly advise herself that the less she gave and invested, the less pain she would suffer.
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