Because of the open-mindedness of Cheng’s parents and Cheng’s mother, Cheng Youyou’s road to coming out of the closet was smoother than she could have imagined.

She stopped crying after eating a meal of glutinous rice balls mixed with sweet and salty flavors. She took the initiative to pack up the dishes and went into the kitchen. While squeezing out the dish soap, she suddenly thought of Luo Zijin.

Want to tell her about it.

I want my tablemate to know that the two of them are now a couple who have passed the bright road with their parents!

Cheng Youyou was in a happy mood like bubbles in the sun, reflecting colorful colors, rising slowly and lightly, heading towards the place where the sun is.

She carefully washed the bowls and dishes, stacked them in the disinfection cabinet, and hummed a song to rinse the cooking pots, listening to Cheng’s father and Cheng’s mother in the living room outside, they could only look at each other. I saw the helplessness in the opponent’s eyes.

Cheng Dali’s expression was more complicated. Even though he had been thinking about it all afternoon, he still hadn’t recovered from this shocking incident, but inexplicably, he had a feeling that in fact, the family had always been peaceful and peaceful. It looks pretty good.

At that moment, he realized that maybe he was really old.

If you heard such things when you were young, maybe even if you dote on your child, you will swear to bring her back from the crooked path, and even threaten her with something like ‘severing ties’.

But now Cheng Youyou has grown up, not fifteen or sixteen years old, but twenty-five six, earning money, and even occasionally subsidizing the family. The biggest wish of him and his wife is to see that the two sisters can live a good life happily ,enough.

Those troubles will not only disturb the family, but also make the children resent themselves in the end, why bother?

Countless thoughts popped up in Cheng Dali’s mind, but in the end he just shook his head self-consciously.

Jiang Yan saw his movement from the side and reached out to pat the back of his hand.

·In the afternoon, the two husband and wife actually comforted each other to get through this incident. Jiang Yan’s impulsive anger was suppressed by Cheng Dali at that time, and he was refuted by Cheng Jin’s rebuttal. Over time, now that the daughters have grown up, they are no longer easily manipulated by their parents.

They have their own ideas and their own lives, even if the two of them worry about them, they may not be able to agree in the end.

So I can only persuade myself, forget it, people live forever, why is the way of living not living?

Both she and Cheng Dali are over half a hundred years old, and it will be another 20 years at most. The days should be counted backwards. Now that they have tried their best to break up Cheng Youyou and the others, where do they want to find her again? What about new objects?

Don’t wait until you are old and in front of the bed, you will still see your daughter alone and helpless, I don’t think you can feel at ease when you leave.

Just don’t care so much, whether it’s getting together or dividing, it’s naturally the younger generation’s own business. As parents, they can only help out. Since Cheng Youyou is determined to be with that girl, They will first see what kind of person they are, and if they feel that they are really inappropriate, maybe they will separate without the two of them persuading them.

……

When Cheng Youyou finished washing the dishes and walked out of the kitchen, she saw her parents sitting silently on the sofa.

Fortunately, the sound of the TV rang in the hall, creating an atmosphere that the two of them were watching the drama seriously.

It’s still the previous “Ling Jun” plot, and I don’t know how many episodes have been broadcast in a day from the afternoon to now, so that when Cheng Youyou heard the voice of the supporting role, he immediately recalled the content of this scene in his mind.

In fact, she knew that her parents didn’t have any intentions of watching TV dramas at this time, so she didn’t bother them, but walked back to the room quietly, leaned back on the bed, took out her mobile phone and called Luo Zijin.

Luo Zijin just visited her in the afternoon, and was still thinking about finding a way to coax her, when she received a call from her, and her tone sounded very cheerful:

“Luo Zijin~”

Cheng Youyou called out her name in a soft voice, it was rare that she didn’t call her ‘same table’.

In such a cheerful tone, when she was called by her name, there was an inexplicable sense of intimacy.

The listener laughed involuntarily, responded, and asked, “What? Your parents agreed?”

Cheng Youyou was stunned by her question: “How do you know?”

The smile on Luo Zijin’s lips did not fade, and he only uttered three words: “Little fool.”

The two of them have been together for so long, can Luo Zijin not hear her voice when she is in a bad mood?

Cheng Youyou wanted to refute something, but after thinking about it, she felt that she was in a very good mood at the moment, so be silly if she was stupid, so she honestly recognized the title and asked her:

“The little fool wants to ask you, when will you have time to have dinner with her parents?”

Luo Zijin and Cheng’s father and Cheng’s mother had met each other twice, and they also had a general impression of the two elders, knowing that this meal might not be simple.

Cheng Youyou’s character is well-behaved, but she looked at him with an unkind look, maybe Cheng’s parents and Cheng’s mother would think that he led this cute little baby astray.

but–

Luo Zijin thought about it for a while, and felt that this made sense. After all, Cheng Youyou fell for her because she liked her, so she still had to bear the blame firmly.

Thoughts turned around in her stomach, but it didn’t affect her answering this question:

“I’m free anytime, look at your side.”

After thinking about it, she added: “The sooner the better.”

Cheng Youyou didn’t expect that Luo Zijin wasn’t worried about seeing her parents at all, and was a little surprised by her words, and wanted to know how such a strong mentality was cultivated.

At this moment, I heard Luo Zijin continue slowly:

“That way I can see you sooner.”

……

Cheng Jin didn’t know how powerful her outburst was, so she couldn’t wait to call Dad Cheng when she got off the plane and asked him where he was right now.

As a result, the person on the other end of the phone was silent for a long time, and replied to her:

“Oh, forgot.”

Cheng Jin: “…???”

Wait, I only promised to pick her up at the airport a few hours ago, so I forgot?

forget?

Is she Cheng Dali’s biological daughter?

Cheng Jin was dazed and helpless, opened his mouth, and finally could only say weakly: “Forget it, I’ll call you back.”

When she got home, she didn’t feel that there was anything wrong with the atmosphere. She put a box at the door and announced: “I’m back!”

Cheng’s father and Cheng’s mother glanced at her, and Cheng Dali asked meaningfully, “Have you had dinner yet?”

Cheng Jin lowered his head and took slippers from the shoe cabinet: “I had a meal before boarding the plane. I felt that the food in the economy class on the plane tasted too bad. I heard that the food in the first class was the one that my sister cooperated with before. This is a bit of a psychological gap. , so I went on a hunger strike in protest.”

Jiang Yan let out an ‘oh’, raised her chin, and gestured to her in the direction of the kitchen:

“Then go and see how many glutinous rice balls are still in the pot, eat them hot.”

After changing her slippers, Cheng Jin raised her head and heard this sentence. She looked at the big box she dragged back, and then at her parents on the sofa. The expression on her face was full of disbelief:

“sweet dumpling?”

Just this for dinner?

Cheng Jin, who was a little tired and a little hungry, felt that he might need another hunger strike.

She belatedly remembered the phone call in the afternoon, and guessed that Cheng Youyou’s coming out of the closet had stimulated the second elder, so she offered such a perfunctory dinner.

So she pulled the suitcase into the door, unscrewed the door of her own room, pushed the suitcase in, and went back into Cheng Youyou’s room.

He solemnly demanded:

“Sister, I haven’t eaten dinner, you have to help me make it.”

Cheng Youyou just hung up the phone with Luo Zijin, and was scrolling through the comments on her Weibo. Hearing what she said, she realized that today’s dinner was really not to Cheng Jin’s liking. She sat up from the bed and stretched her feet to step on her slippers. Asked a sentence:

“What to eat?”

“Whatever, as long as it’s salty and has rice.”

After thinking about it, Cheng Jinsi didn’t find anything to do, so he simply followed Cheng Youyou into the kitchen, leaned against the door to see her busy inside, and asked:

“Did you come out with your parents today?”

At that time, Cheng Youyou had just found the fresh chicken legs that parents bought today in the refrigerator. The chicken legs were already chopped into small pieces, and they just needed to be marinated in a bowl with soy sauce, cooking wine and other seasonings.

Hearing her question, Cheng Youyou replied without raising her head:

“Well, how did you know that?”

Cheng Jin pouted, took off the hat on his head, stroked the hair on his forehead, and blew on his bangs before answering her:

“They called me and told me about it, and they told me about it at the time, asking why I didn’t stop you, and then they gave me a few words, but they didn’t come to the airport to pick me up, and now they don’t even have a meal Do it for me, hey, my life is really miserable.”

Cheng Youyou grabbed a few dried shiitake mushrooms and soaked them in water. Hearing her exclamation, she turned around with a smile and said:

“Thank you for your hard work.”

Cheng Jin snorted, and replied briskly, “You’re welcome, it’s a matter of courtesy.”

Cheng Youyou didn’t realize what she said, and blinked at her.

Cheng Jin didn’t mention it anymore.

That was around junior high school.

Unlike Cheng Youyou’s usual cuteness, Cheng Jin’s temper has always been like that of Jiang Yan, who would immediately explode if he couldn’t say a word, especially in the second grade of junior high school when everyone was rebellious.

Not only puppy love, but also quarreling with parents every day when they disagree with each other. His grades in school are not very good, so after the puppy love is discovered, the price of being a scumbag is that the teacher will notify the parents as soon as possible. It’s a big hit.

At that time, Cheng Youyou was in high school, she practiced dancing every day, and she had to study too. Her schoolwork was very stressful, and her parents loved her very much, making her almost responsive at home, which was in stark contrast to Cheng Jin, who was so indifferent. contrast.

After the puppy love affair was exposed, Cheng Jin almost had to bear the double pressure from teachers and parents.

She thought that Cheng Youyou would not care about this matter. After all, at that time, the two sisters had almost no common topics, and they didn’t even care about what the other was going to do. The relationship might not even be as good as that of other cousins.

But Cheng Youyou spoke for her.

When Cheng Dali and Jiang Yan aggressively reprimanded her and asked her to break up with that boy, when Cheng Youyou came out of the room and poured water for herself, she passed the living room but didn’t go any further.

“Father, I don’t think Xiao Jin did anything wrong.”

The words Cheng Youyou said made Cheng Dali and Jiang Yan, who were still angry at the time, direct their cannon-fire at her. It turned out that this was the result in the end, because Cheng Youyou was almost chased and chanted in the end.

Cheng Dali: “Your sister has a puppy love, and you are still here to help her talk, you, as a sister, why don’t you take a good lead?”

Cheng Youyou: “…Dad, am I really not in love right now?”

Jiang Yan: “Hurry up and study, what’s the trouble here, it’s Xiaojin, not you.”

Cheng Youyou: “Mom, I just came out to pour a glass of water.”

Cheng Jin was in a very complicated mood listening to it, because she knew that Cheng Youyou had nothing to do with this matter at first, and heard that her parents later called Cheng Youyou’s class teacher because of this incident. After confirming that her life in school was either busy with dieting and dancing, or being tortured by homework, the first two seniors dispelled her suspicions.

Cheng Jin broke up with that boy later.

But she always remembered Cheng Youyou speaking for herself.

Maybe it was from then on that the relationship between the two of them gradually improved, and later became so close that they talked about everything. Even now that they have grown up for a long time, their relationship is still very good.

For example, Cheng Jin could tell her sister to get up and cook at the slightest disagreement. Whether it was breakfast or supper, Cheng Youyou had a good temper anyway, and basically let her bully her.

Smelling the smell of fried chicken drumsticks in the pot, Cheng Jin came back to his senses, and said slowly:

“It happened in junior high school.”

Cheng Youyou turned off the fire, put the fried chicken thighs on the plate, and the aroma of ginger and chili came out of the plate.

Hearing Cheng Jin’s words, she leaned over and took out a casserole from the cupboard, recalled it for a while, and smiled: “I remembered.”

Then Cheng Jin heard her say another sentence:

“Actually, Zijin and I were at the same table at that time.”

She didn’t really speak for Cheng Jin on a whim, but at that time, she just had some hazy and elusive thoughts. She always felt that if her liking for Luo Zijin was discovered, then facing her parents with such an attitude, Must be very desperate.

So I couldn’t help but opened my mouth, as if I saw my own shadow in Cheng Jin who was sitting on the sofa and refused to communicate.

Hearing the lines in her words, Cheng Jin smiled and shrugged, “It doesn’t matter, anyway, I’m on your side in this matter.”

Cheng Youyou also laughed along with her, and smelling the aroma coming out of the vent of the casserole, she suddenly answered:

“Hey, I’m hungry too.”

As she said that, she went to wash rice and cook, and asked Cheng’s father and Cheng’s mother if they wanted extra meals, but was rejected by two people who were determined to keep in good health, so this pot of delicious braised chicken finally became the two of them. supper.

After the lid was lifted, the steam coming out of the pot was mixed with the smell of chicken and shiitake mushrooms, and the lettuce put in it bent green on the edge of the still bubbling thick soup, and mixed with the green Colored peppers echo each other.

Cheng Jin whetted his appetite, picked up a piece of chicken, put it in a bowl, and ate it happily.

The tender chicken skin is soaked in the sauce, and it is extremely delicious when bitten down. In addition, the chicken thigh itself is tender. When the spiciness is slightly blooming on the tongue, the meat aroma is mixed and tasted, which can make people feel satisfied Eat three bowls of rice with vegetables.

The flavor of dried shiitake mushrooms is quite strong. Compared with fresh shiitake mushrooms, it has a less moist taste, as if the most essential part of shiitake mushrooms has been concentrated, and after soaking in water again, it becomes the most obvious embellishment of the whole dish. smell.

A bite of chicken, a bite of shiitake mushrooms, and occasionally some lettuce to relieve the greasy, Cheng Jin finished a bowl of rice without knowing it.

Cheng Youyou’s eating speed was a little slower than hers, but it was not much worse. The two almost finished their supper one after the other.

Cheng Jin hiccupped, leaned back in the chair, and sighed, “It would be better if there was soup.”

After she finished speaking, she remembered the distiller’s grains used to cook the glutinous rice balls. Now that she had the appetite to eat glutinous rice balls, she immediately went to heat up their dinner tonight.

Cheng Youyou looked at her bowl, smiled and said nothing, and let her go to the kitchen to toss out two bowls of rice wine soup and serve them out.

……

The day I finally decided to have dinner with Luo Zijin was the eighth day of the Lunar New Year.

The normal working day on the seventh day of the lunar new year has passed, and many people in Meicheng have also rushed from home to work one after another. It is an ordinary day after such a year, and Luo Zijin came to the door with a few boxes of gifts.

Jiang Yan and Cheng Dali went out early to buy fresh ingredients. When she came, Cheng Dali was left busy in the kitchen alone, while she was entertaining guests in the living room.

Luo Zijin smiled more than usual that day, and even praised Jiang Yan’s clothes, especially the red and black skirt.

Afterwards, Cheng Jin secretly pulled Cheng Youyou with emotion: “Hey, your partner really worked hard to please mom.”

Tangtang, a big star who has been on the cover of a fashion magazine, can actually praise this skirt with such a unique taste?

Cheng Youyou cleared her throat and pretended not to hear.

But she watched Luo Zijin’s thoughtful etiquette after entering the door, as well as the various appropriate gifts she gave, as well as her performance at the dinner table, and she gradually figured out a little taste.

When sending her downstairs, he suddenly asked:

“Are you nervous?”

Luo Zijin froze for a moment, hooked her lips, and asked her with a smile, “Why are you nervous?”

Cheng Youyou raised her hand and tapped her lips with her right index finger, just pressing on the curvature of her raised lips: “Look, your smile is very standard, just like when you were acting.”

She was a little suspicious now, whether Luo Zijin had been thinking about it for a long time with the script of several daughters-in-law meeting their in-laws before practicing such a coping scene.

And Cheng Youyou felt that the more he thought about it, the more he resembled her.

Luo Zijin froze for a moment at the smile she pressed, and after a while he sighed and continued: “A little bit.”

Because of her family background, she has a relatively lonely personality since she was a child, and she has hardly encountered any people or things that she needs to deliberately please. When she first comes into contact with this kind of scene, she can only think about the usual scripts , and even asked He Zhi about it.

At least she was referring to her mother’s opinion when it came to gift giving.

Cheng Youyou laughed, and Taohua’s eyes sparkled with dots of smiles. When he continued to walk downstairs with her, he said with a smile:

“At the same table, I think you are a bit cute.”

Luo Zijin looked at her smiling face, stretched out his hand and pinched her face, and in her bewildered expression after being suddenly attacked, she returned to her usual appearance, and said unhurriedly:

“Okay, you dare to tease me.”

Her strength was not strong, Cheng Youyou hid from her strength by tilting her head, nodded calmly, and added:

“Always dare.”

Luo Zijin sighed, feeling that since the hospital gave a certain orange a taste of some benefits, it has become more and more arrogant, and she must find a chance to let her know herself again.

Walking downstairs, when he was about to walk out the door, Luo Zijin put his arms around her waist, led her to the slightly darker passage of the nearby emergency exit, and said in a low voice:

“I really want to take you home.”

The sight in front of Cheng Youyou suddenly dimmed, and then she slowly got used to the dim light. Hearing Luo Zijin’s words, she turned her head and touched the other’s lips lightly.

There is cherishment and reluctance in the little kiss.

Luo Zijin didn’t want to let her go even more, but when he thought that after abducting this little orange, the slight favorability he had just brushed up with the two parents might drop to zero again, so he could only give up the idea regretfully .

Turning to another question:

“When will you return to the capital?”

Even if it’s at Xie Tiao’s place, it’s better than in Meicheng, at least she doesn’t have to be patient when she wants to hug this cutie.

Cheng Youyou knew what she meant, and said with a smile:

“But Master said, see you directly on the field next time.”

The World Gourmet Association just sent her an invitation letter. The competition venue inside is kept secret from the outside world. Cheng Youyou doesn’t know how long it will take.

Hearing her words, Luo Zijin smiled softly, “That’s right.”

After all, Master Xie also needs to set aside time to fall in love, and they can’t always let the couple hang around in their own territory to show their affection.

Cheng Youyou: “?”

Luo Zijin kissed her on the side of the cheek, and replied: “Then I can only wait pitifully for you to finish the New Year.”

The two whispered a few words there before Cheng Youyou sent her out. Originally, she just went downstairs, but because she hadn’t seen each other during the whole Chinese New Year, she couldn’t help but followed Luo Zijin for a few more steps.

It was delivered to the gate of the community.

It wasn’t until the cold wind swished that Cheng Youyou shrank her neck and said: “Then, then you go back first.”

Seeing that her cold cheeks were about to fade, Luo Zijin felt a little helpless, took off the scarf around her neck and tied it for her, and when Cheng Youyou wanted to refuse, she said in advance:

“Okay, my driver will be here in a while, you go back first.”

Cheng Youyou saw her wearing a scarf on herself with unquestionable movements, hesitated for a while before saying, “But I’ll be home in two steps.”

Luo Zijin let out an ‘hmm’, rubbed her head, and when she spoke, a thin white mist appeared in the air:

“Isn’t tomorrow your menstrual period? Don’t catch a cold at this time, or your stomach hurts and no one will rub it for you. Go back quickly.”

Cheng Youyou wanted to stay again, but a car not far away had already slowly approached and stopped by the side of the road to wait for Luo Zijin, so she had no chance to return the scarf, and could only look at Luo Zijin After getting into the car, he turned around and continued walking in the direction of home.

After returning home, Jiang Yan looked at the scarf around her neck, and then at the clock.

Very good, after sending someone off for 10 minutes, she almost thought that Cheng Youyou sent him home directly.

Cheng Youyou looked at her mother’s gaze, somewhat embarrassed, what Luo Zijin told her just now was still in her ears, thinking about it, her face couldn’t help steaming.

Seeing her expression, Jiang Yan sighed.

I feel that my daughter may not be able to drag her back.

She looked at Dad Cheng who was smoking a cigarette against the cold wind on the balcony, and said to Cheng Youyou:

“Okay, your dad and I have already met her. She has a good personality and a nice person. You have to live well. Don’t give her a share after all the trouble. Don’t let your dad and I worry about it. That’s it.”

Cheng Youyou kept nodding.

When I breathed a sigh of relief in my heart, I heard Jiang Yan say to Cheng Jin happily:

“Tsk, I said my dress looks good, right? Even big stars praise it. You guys don’t know how to appreciate it. Learn from others.”

Cheng Youyou thought about it, and decided not to convey to her the crucial flattery that Luo Zijin was recognized.

after all–

Not everyone has the courage to face their own lies for the second time.