When he woke up, Fang Xiaogang did not know where he was. The sunlight shone in through the window and hit the English poem on the wall, reminding him of what had happened yesterday.
Shirley had changed into a tight-fitting long-sleeved T-shirt and shorts as she came out of the bathroom. Seeing that he was already awake, she smiled and said,"I told you I don't know how to cook. We have to go out for breakfast.”She went to the wardrobe to get a pair of well-fitting jeans and a casual suit jacket. Her figure and appearance were impeccable.
He waved at her from the bed, and she came over to sit by his bed.
" You're up so early. I wanted to…" He grabbed her hand and said.
"I have something to do today. You have to wait for a while before you become a secretary.”She broke free from her grip and stood up. She took some bottles from the bedside table and went to the bathroom to put on her makeup.
"I only said to rest for a while. It's Saturday today, isn't it?”He explained to her back.
"Then you can continue sleeping. I'll go buy breakfast for you. What do you want to eat?”she asked in the bathroom.
"You've only been here for a few days. I'll take you out for breakfast.”He rolled up.
The car drove up from the garage. Fang Xiaogang decided to take Shirley to a remote noodle shop for breakfast. "Where are we going?" Shirley asked.
"I'll take you to a noodle shop." he said with a smile.
Xue Li was silent for a while before she couldn't help but say,""Do you want to turn on your phone and contact your family?”
"It's okay. We're all adults.”he said casually.
"Then do you want to contact your parents and the child?”she asked.
"Uh…I will, when I'm free. They usually don't look for me." he said.
Shirley stopped talking and looked out the window. "What's wrong? Do you miss your parents?" Fang Xiaogang asked.”
"I'm an orphan. My adoptive parents adopted many children. Everyone knows that they were adopted, so we don't have real parents in our hearts.”
"I seem to remember that you were adopted by a British Chinese?”
"Yes, it's more like a school than a home.”
"Have you been in England for many years?”he asked.
"No, we spent seven years in Basel, Switzerland.”
"What kind of place is that? I've never heard of it.”he said with a smile.
"It's very beautiful. They're all old houses that weren't built high. The Rhine River ran through the city center and could be used to feed pigeons and swans.”she said nostalgically.
He looked at the side of her face. Perhaps it was because she had lived in Europe for a long time, but her facial features were so three-dimensional, thin, beautiful, and artistic.
"If there's a chance, I'd like to go and take a look.”he said.
"There will definitely be a chance." she said with a smile.
"Then why would an Englishman raise you in Switzerland?”he asked again.
Xue Li smiled again and looked at him. Suddenly, she wanted to say something but hesitated."How would I know? Alright, I'm hungry. We're not there yet? It's just breakfast."
"We're here, we're here." The car stopped by a narrow road.
The storefront facing the street was the noodle shop. It had two floors. The first floor was the cashier's place, the first floor was the kitchen, and the rest were seats. At this time, there were not many people who came to eat noodles. The specialty of this restaurant was stir-fried toppings. Fang Xiaogang ordered garlic stir-fried pork liver noodles for himself and eel paste noodles for Shirley.
When Xue Li's noodles arrived, he helped her mix them.
"It smells so good." Shirley watched as he stirred the noodles and eel paste. The onions and seasonings were used to season each noodle, and the stir-fried eel shreds were evenly distributed into the noodles.
"You said you had something to do today. What is it?”Fang Xiaogang asked when the two of them started eating noodles.
"Shopping. There are too many things missing at home." she said.
"Alright, I thought it was something important.”
"How is buying necessities not important?”
"If you need necessities, there is a small market nearby. Everything." he said.
"Alright, let's go and take a look." She nodded.
The small commodity market was even bigger than a large shopping mall. Thousands of shops were packed inside. Seeing so many products in front of you like a dark cloud covering the sun, Shirley was stunned.
"Alright, what do you want to buy?" he asked.
Shirley stared blankly at the endless shops and said,"" Pajama, towel, slippers, toilet brush, mop, garbage bag…"
Fang Xiaogang felt much better shopping here than shopping in the mall. He bought a lot of small items. Xue Li was also surprised by the low prices here.
"The company's global layout probably didn't take this into account, right?”he asked.
"This place can really disrupt the international market. However, the product design here did not consider other people's patents and brands.”
"Many of those are made by small processing factories. Without such awareness, even if they did, they would deliberately plagiarize for the sake of sales.”
When they arrived at the clothing section, Xue Li picked out a lot of clothes and bought two sets of clothes for Fang Xiaogang. Pajamas, towels, slippers, and so on were all bought for men. There was only a four-piece set for the bed. Shirley bought a set of colors and patterns that she liked.
She was here to shop for him to stay for a long time. After understanding this, he felt happy, touched, and uneasy. He suddenly wanted to call Yang Dan and ask her how she was, even though she had only been away for one night.
They bought more and more things. They went back to the car several times to put the goods they had bought before going back to buy enough. Non-slip blankets, drying racks, laundry liquids…There were many things that he had not thought of buying before. Now that he had seen them here, he felt that he could buy one again. Thankfully, he was able to store them all in his MODELX.
"You should go to the supermarket to buy daily chemicals.”He had stopped her from buying those fake facial cleansers and toothpaste.
"Alright, then let's go back. We have to tidy up the house.”She was in an exceptionally good mood after buying so many things. Her originally radiant appearance now seemed to have the aura of a protagonist.
Just as he was about to go back after shopping, Fang Xiaogang secretly turned on his phone while he was in the bathroom. After much hesitation, he still didn't call Yang Dan. After peeing, he returned to the car. Just as he and Shirley were about to drive back, his phone rang.
She looked nervously and saw that it was her father calling.
"Hello, Dad." he said first. He had intentionally said this for Xue Li to hear.
"Why did you turn off your phone? What if my family needs you for something?" his father said unkindly.
"Ah, the battery is dead. I just turned it on." He could only lie.
"Are you free at noon?"
"What time?"
"At 11:15, go to the Children's Palace to pick up your son.”his father said.
" Oh." He nodded and tried to recall what class his son had today.
"If you can, I'll ask your mother not to pick it up.”
"Alright, I'll go pick it up."
After hanging up the phone, he said to Shirley," My son has class at the Children's Palace at 11 o'clock today. I have to pick him up."”
Shirley thought for a moment and said," Then send me back and help me move the things I bought today. Will you make it?"”
"There's still time. Let's go."
They rushed back to Shirley's place and moved upstairs from the underground garage. They finally finished moving after two trips.
"Bye bye, you can go." Xue Li said to him.
"Do you want to accompany me to pick up the child? Let's go out and play together in the afternoon." Fang Xiaogang asked.
"There are so many things to pack." she said.
"Some of these things won't be needed for a while. Leave them here first and accompany me.”
She smiled and said,"You're already so old. Do you still want me to keep you company?"”
"I just can't bear to part with you all of a sudden.”he said honestly.
" But your son…How should I introduce myself…" She hesitated.
"Let's go. Just tell the truth. He's my colleague.”He pulled her out of the door.
There were two rows of cars blocking the entrance of the Children's Palace. The traffic was jammed, and there was no space in the parking lot.
"I'll go look for my son. You drive around again.”Fang Xiaogang left the car.
On the third floor of the Children's Palace, he saw his son carrying a Mickey Mouse schoolbag in the classroom. He was leaning on the table and looking at the little toy in the teacher's hand.
"Fang Feng Yu, let's go." He stepped forward and shouted.
They bid farewell to the teachers at the Children's Palace and returned to the main road amid the crowd of parents and children. "Daddy, how are we going back?”his son asked.
"Don't worry, there's an auntie driving to pick us up.”Fang Xiaogang said.
Xue Li drove around the Children's Palace and returned to where she was. Fang Xiaogang sat in the front passenger seat, and his son sat in the back seat. When the back door opened, his son shouted in surprise,"Wow, this door is amazing."
"Hurry up and get in the car. Do you see the traffic?”He called out to his son.
After closing the door, the car started moving. Fang Xiaogang turned around and said to his son,"Feng Yu, call for help."
"Hello, Auntie." his son shouted.
Xue Li felt as if she had been punched in the back of her head. She turned around and said to Fang Feng Yu,"No, you should call me sister.”
The son did not know if he should listen to her and looked at his father.
Fang Xiaogang said to Xue Li,"Isn't it a bit messy to call her elder sister?"”
Shirley ignored him and said to the child,"Don't listen to your father. Just call me sister. I'm still young and can't be your auntie.”
"Then you can call her Sister Xue Li." Fang Xiaogang said to his son.
"Sister Xue Li, is this beautiful car yours?”his son asked.
"The car is not mine. It's your father's." Xue Li said.
"Ah?" his son said happily. Dad, when did you buy this car?”
Fang Xiaogang said," It's not Dad's. This car belongs to Dad's workplace. Dad is just using it temporarily."”
His son nodded and said nothing. "Boss, where are we going now?" Shirley asked.”
"Take our son to eat first. Feng Yu, what do you want to eat?"
"I don't know." his son said.
"Do you want to eat KFC?" he asked. His son smiled and nodded.
Shirley looked for the nearest KFC on the central control screen and drove over.
"Dad, why did sister call you boss?”
"Ah, because my sister helps me at work.”
"Yes, I work for him." Xue Li said. She glanced at Fang Xiaogang when she said the word 'f * ck'.
"Is it because Daddy is not good at work, so he needs Sister's help?”his son asked.
Fang Xiaogang coughed when he heard that. Xue Li almost laughed out loud, but she held it in and replied,"Your father is quite good at work. I'm just assisting him. I'm his secretary, do you understand?”
"Never heard of it."”
When they arrived at KFC, she ordered all the dishes that her son wanted to eat. She and Shirley were not hungry, so they ate a few to fill their stomachs.
"I'm free this afternoon. Do you want to go watch a movie together?" Fang Xiaogang asked Shirley.”
Unexpectedly, Shirley was quite happy." Sure," she said." I've never watched a movie before."”
He turned on his phone and scrolled through it. There was a pre-screening of a classic disney animated film. He asked her happily,"There's Zoottopia. Have you seen it?”
Shirley said no, so she bought three tickets and rushed over after eating KFC.
When they arrived at the cinema, they bought popcorn and coke, grabbed their 3D glasses, and went in. His son habitually sat between the two of them. Fang Xiaogang called him to change his seat, so he sat in the middle.
There were not many people watching this kind of old movie, which was suitable for this leisurely afternoon. This was an almost perfect movie. The plot was reasonable, the pace was good, the characters were well-rounded, and the images were cute and realistic. Every detail was meticulously polished, and the completion was very high.
The two adults were more focused than the children. Fang Xiaogang had already seen it, but he was still moved. When he saw some emotional scenes, he would secretly hold Shirley's hand on the other side of the chair where his son could not see.
After the movie ended, the three of them walked out of the cinema together. Fang Xiaogang patted his son's head and sighed.
Shirley heard the sigh and said,"I'm going back." Goodbye, Boss."
"What's wrong?" he asked, surprised.”
"I still have a lot of things to do when I go back. Boss, see you at the company on Monday.”Xue Li said.
"Then I'll send you off." he said.
"No, I'll take a taxi." She smiled and patted Fang Feng Yu's shoulder,"Little brother, big sister is leaving."
"Oh, goodbye, sister." his son said.
She nodded with a smile, waved goodbye to Fang Xiaogang, and turned to leave. They watched as her jeans and long legs disappeared into the crowd.
He brought his son home. Yang Dan was sitting on the sofa in the living room playing with her phone. The father and son opened the door and ignored them.
"Mom, we're back." his son shouted.
"Oh, wash your hands first." She said to her son without looking up.
His son agreed and changed his shoes to wash his hands.
Seeing that she didn't want to talk, Fang Xiaogang ignored her and went to the fridge to get a drink. He sat on the sofa far away from her and drank while looking at his phone.
When his son came back from washing his hands and saw this, he muttered to himself,"Hey, we quarreled again."
Fang Xiaogang smiled and said to his son," We didn't say a word. How did we quarrel? Do you want a drink?"”He waved the bottle in his hand.
When her son walked over, Yang Dan suddenly said,""Don't drink anything cold."
"Then go boil some hot water for him." Fang Xiaogang said.
"Why don't you burn it?" she said.
"I think it's fine to drink some iced drinks. If you have any ideas, you can do it yourself.”he said.
"Don't you know what will happen to children if they drink something cold?”she said.
"Okay, then go get something that children can drink.”he said.
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