Chapter 74(1/2)
It's almost time to get off work, but there's something on hand that hasn't been done. Zhao Nanxiao doesn't want to leave until tomorrow, so he plans to finish it first and then leave.
Unexpectedly, at five o'clock, the death call came on time. Xu Shu said that he had been waiting for her in the garage and could not see her within five minutes, so he came up to find her.
At this time, the most people came and went in the headquarters building. Zhao Nanxiao didn't want him to sway over the city and ran up to show his love. He quickly turned off the computer and got off work. He hurriedly went down. He saw a car parked in the passage, ran over and sat in.
Xu Shu's eyes finally retracted from the time display next to the dashboard and said, "Four minutes and fifty seconds, it's okay. I was planning to find a parking space and parked in to find you."
Zhao Nanxiao saw that several cars were already driving behind him and urged: "Okay, okay, I'll accept you. Go away quickly and don't block others' way!"
He finally drove forward, and Zhao Nanxiao took out his mobile phone and flipped through the latest movie, recited the name, and asked him what he wanted to watch.
"What do you want to see, I'll watch with you."
He glanced at her and said.
"Nothing wants to see..."
"Yes, I think so too. When we go home, it's better to watch the movies at home."
After he finished speaking, his eyes looked ahead with a serious expression.
I don’t know when, “watching movies” seems to have become a reference between the two that can only be understood but not expressed in words.
Zhao Nanxiao turned to look at him, and he also turned around and smiled at her.
Zhao Nanxiao pretended not to understand: "Don't look at me! Drive your car!"
He said oh, and at this time her cell phone rang. It was a call from her mother Shen Xiaoman. She asked her if she had gotten off work and where Xu Shu was. She learned that she had gotten off work and was in his car. She was very happy and said that Xu Shu's father had just returned from business trip in the afternoon and went to see his grandfather. His grandfather kept him for dinner and asked them to come together for dinner.
Zhao Nanxiao immediately agreed, said to Xu Shu, and asked him to change his way.
The two of them came to their grandfather's house at around six o'clock. As soon as they entered the door, they smelled the fragrance of the food.
Grandpa and Xu Shu’s father were sitting in the living room chatting, while mother and nanny aunt were still busy in the kitchen.
"Grandpa! Dad!"
Zhao Nanxiao walked in and screamed with a smile.
"Xiao Nan, are you here? How about you? Are you busy recently? Are you still adapting to the new work environment? If you have any problems, just tell me."
Xu Zhenzhong said with a smile.
"Everything is pretty good. I'm not very busy at work now. Thank you for your concern."
"Dad, why are you here at grandpa's house? You're going to reply in advance? Uncle Duan said you'll be back tomorrow."
Xu Shu followed in, called his grandfather, put down the fruit he bought on the road, and talked to his father.
Xu Zhenzhong said: "I'm going to come back early when I'm fine. I haven't seen my grandfather for a long time, so I'll come to see him. Why, I'll ask you to approve me when I come to my grandfather's house?"
"Seeing what you said, I just asked a little more, why did it become mine again? I haven't seen you for half a month. If I don't speak, are you blaming me for not caring?"
When there were no outsiders, this was the daily dialogue pattern between the Xu family and his son. Zhao Nanxiao had long been used to it. He twisted Xu Shu who was fighting with his father and signaled him to be honest.
Xu Shu then shut up.
Xu Zhenzhong said to his grandfather: "Grandpa, look, he is like this, and he must be honest with Xiaonan. I said that our Xu family had accumulated virtue in the previous life so that he could marry Xiaonan as his wife."
Grandpa shook his head and smiled: "Don't be polite, Zhenzhong, I think Xu Shu is very good. In short, it's because the two children can be together, so they are destined to be together."
"Yes, yes, grandpa, you're right."
Zhao Nanxiao was a little embarrassed and was about to slip away, but fortunately her mother came out at this time and smiled and asked everyone to have a meal.
Xu Zhenzhong took the bottle of wine he brought over and said he wanted to drink some with his grandfather.
Grandpa was a little moved when he looked at it and was about to nod, Chen Xiaoman said, "Dad, I think he should not drink it anymore. The blood pressure in the physical examination is a little higher, and at this age, it is best to quit drinking."
Xu Zhenzhong glanced at Chen Xiaoman and immediately stopped the wine: "I blame me for being careless and not drinking anymore. Grandpa, I will still drink tea with you, and use tea instead of wine, the same is true."
Grandpa smiled and sighed: "It seems that there is nothing to drink from the future. The bottles of wine in the house were also confiscated by Xiaonan's mother."
Chen Xiaoman said: "Dad, don't bother me, I'm for your own good! And Lao Xu, you are the same. It's not that I meddled with other people's business. Like you usually have too many social engagements, it's impossible to tell you not to touch anything at all, but if you can drink less, you should try to drink as little as possible. You are no longer young, your own health is the most important thing."
Xu Zhenzhong and Zheng emphasized: "Yes, yes, you are right. I will quit drinking in the future and try to drink as little as possible!"
Zhao Nanxiao and Xu Shu were still scared and looked at each other secretly, glad that they did not attract their mother's attention, so they lowered their heads to eat without saying a word.
After dinner, grandpa and Xu family continued to drink tea and chat in the living room. Zhao Nanxiao went to the kitchen to help clean up. The mother asked the nanny and aunt to go home first, leaving the mother and daughter. Zhao Nanxiao saw that she looked at her lower abdomen and felt something was wrong. She was about to sneak out but was called.
"When I was having dinner, I didn't ask in front of Lao Xu. Your wedding day with Xu Shu is not short. Why is there no movement yet? Do you need your mother to accompany you to the hospital for a check-up?" Chen Xiaoman asked his daughter with concern.
Zhao Nanxiao immediately shook his head: "I'm fine, what are you looking at?"
"That's not Xu Shu? It depends on what's going on with you for the rest of your life!"
Chen Xiaoman looked outside suspiciously, his voice lowered, and his expression became a little more worried.
She hasn't been pregnant for so long because she has been contraceptive when they were together.
Xu Shu didn't like baby. Last year, when Li's little baby celebrated his first birthday, he saw him and asked him to hug him. After he held his hands and feet stiffly, he went home. Zhao Nanxiao asked him if he wanted to have a child. He shook his head and said three "no" in succession, asking him why, and Zhenzhen said: "Forget it if the child quarreled, I don't want multiple people to snatch you from me in the future. How good is our world!"
Because he didn't like it, Zhao Nanxiao hesitated. In addition, both of them were so busy with work, so things were dragged down day by day.
Unexpectedly, my mother suspected Xu Shu's ability. Zhao Nanxiao was so amused and said hurriedly: "Mom, don't think about it anymore. He is so busy. He only met a few times a month ago. Besides, now I have to prepare a new project, and I don't have time to consider this. We know, don't worry."
Chen Xiaoman said: "It's not that I urge you, but that you feel that it's time for you to get married. Although Xu Shu's father didn't say anything, he definitely hoped that you would have a baby sooner. Also, you are not young, so it's time to consider this issue. How good is it to have a child? Home is like a home."
"I know, I will consider..."
Zhao Nanxiao made excuses.
At around nine o'clock in the evening, Xu Zhenzhong said goodbye and took Zhao Nanxiao's mother back by the way. The young couple returned to their place of residence, a wedding room that Xu Shu's father had prepared for his son a long time ago.
After getting married, because Xu Shu was not at home for many years, Zhao Nanxiao had three homes. The Xu family, his parents' home, and the small love nest for two. Where they lived before depends on the situation. If Xu Shu was not in Beijing, she would stay at home to accompany Xu Shu's father, or go back to her mother's place to accompany her mother. When Xu Shu came back, the young couple would usually come out alone, so as not to accidentally be met by their parents when they were intimate, just like when they first got married, and they were embarrassed.
As soon as he got home, Xu Shu urged her to take a shower. She had only taken a shower halfway, and he forced himself in and wanted to wash with her.
There was a sound of laughter in the bathroom at the beginning, but it soon became quiet. Only the water flowed under the shower head, and a pair of figures hugged each other, intimate.
Xu Shu's breathing gradually became heavy. He suddenly reached out and turned off the water, pulled the bath towel to wrap her, wiped her body, took it out of the bathroom and put it on the bed, and followed him up.
Zhao Nanxiao felt that he was particularly anxious tonight.
He has been at home recently, so he is not considered a small separation better than a newlywed. Even if he is clingy, he will not be so clingy.
Seeing that he didn't even protect himself, Zhao Nanxiao couldn't help but remind him.
While kissing her, he said vaguely: "No, I like this, we will all be like this in the future!"
Zhao Nanxiao was a little surprised and pushed him away a little: "I'm not safe these two days, you know. If it's..."
"That's the best! Don't you like children very much? Is it good for us to have a baby..."
Zhao Nanxiao was even more surprised, wondering why he suddenly changed his mind.
"Hey... wait, stop me first..."
Zhao Nanxiao pushed him away with all his might.
"Xu Shu, what are you doing? Sometimes, sometimes, then, do you think giving birth to a baby to play house? If you don't explain it clearly, you have to give birth to yourself!"
He stopped and slowly stopped moving.
As soon as he stopped, Zhao Nanxiao felt that he was extremely heavy and he couldn't breathe. After pushing him down, he lay softly on the pillow, motionless.
She took a breath and suddenly remembered the incident during the day.
"By the way, I haven't asked you yet. It's been so many years, why are you still having to be in trouble with Ye Zhizhou now? You still use this kind of method! If someone knows, it's so embarrassing!"
He didn't respond, and seemed to have fallen asleep.
"Don't pretend. Tell me!"
He finally turned over and stared at her, but he still didn't say anything, looking aggrieved.
Zhao Nanxiao was most disgusted with him, and his tone suddenly became soft.
"You said, what are you thinking?"
"You asked me to say it, I said it, don't be angry!"
"I'm not angry, you said."
He looked like he was about to say something, and suddenly he shouted: "I can't believe you. You have to give me a promise first, you can swear!"
"I promise, I swear. Is that OK? Tell me!"
Xu Shu finally said, "Why should he bid for the Jiangwan Bridge logo? I think he is not kind to you! If he really doesn't have that idea about you, you said just now that he has been alone for so many years? Anyway, my intuition is just wrong. Is he still waiting for the opportunity to work with you in the future? Let him give up as soon as possible!"
Zhao Nanxiao suddenly realized: "So you changed your mind and wanted to have a baby?"
He didn't say anything.
Zhao Nanxiao couldn't help it, and knocked his finger on his head: "Xu Shu, what are you thinking all day long? He also came to bid because it was a good project, and I guess it was related to his former boss. I heard that he came out of the original firm because of some differences, and it was a little unhappy at the time. The firm used its influence in the industry to secretly isolate and suppress him. Now his old boss is here, he is here too. Why, isn't this obvious? As for being alone so far, this is purely a personal choice. He is a mature person and should have his own considerations. Why do you do or don't do anything to prove to others?"
After she finished speaking, she asked, "Do you understand?"
He nodded, but still said nothing, and did not bother her to be intimate, looking at her still depressed look.
Zhao Nanxiao waited for a while, then gently kicked him with his toes: "Are you unhappy?"
"No, I'm happy..." he said with his eyes closed.
To be continued...