Every night I watch my boss collapse

On Sunday, Tan Shaoshi wanted to finish drawing the design early, and didn't intend to sleep in, so she set the alarm clock for eight o'clock.

She didn't expect a phone call to wake her up at 07:30.

Tan Shaoshi opened her eyes in a daze, at first she thought it was an alarm ringing, she touched the phone on the bedside table and wanted to swipe it as usual, but she was startled by the text displayed on it.

Mother?Isn't her alarm clock called alarm clock one, alarm clock two?

Tan Shaoshi was stunned for a moment, Yu Zhi turned over, followed the sound to look over, and reminded softly, "Shaoshi, your mother's phone number."

"Ah?!" She came to her senses, sat up with her hands on her hands, stared at "Mom" on the screen for a few seconds, and lifted the quilt out of bed.

The coldness in the morning was exactly what she wanted. Tan Shaoshi trotted all the way to the balcony, shivered by the oncoming morning wind, and came out of the sleepy state completely, and closed the balcony door neatly, clearing the air. The throat makes the voice appear normal.

"Hello?" Tan Shaoshi dared to pick it up after being fully prepared, and greeted with a smile, "Morning, mother~"

Mom didn't like her, and asked calmly, "Are you going to work today?"

Tan Shaoshi thought for a while and still had to catch up with the design drawings today, and couldn't go home, so she answered honestly, "No, but I have to catch up with the design drawings."

"Oh." Mom was used to her working overtime from time to time, so she replied calmly.

Tan Shaoshi always felt that there was something hidden under her mother's calm tone. After thinking about it carefully, she thought that it was half a month ago when she returned home on a day when her inspiration was exhausted and Yu Zhi was not around. Came back and stayed for less than two hours.

"Mom, has the massage cushion I bought for you last time arrived?"

"It's already here." Mom snorted, "It happened ten days ago."

Tan Shaoshi pretended not to hear the sarcasm, and continued to ask, "Is it easy to use?"

"Come back and give it a try." Mom clicked her tongue in dissatisfaction, and finally got to the point, "You're not at home, we have to wear glasses to read the manual, it's hard."

Tan Shaoshi hurriedly apologized, "I'm sorry, I have a lot of new jobs, and I'm busy with overtime. After a while, I will go home often when I stabilize."

"Stability." Mom disliked it, "If you change your job, you will still work overtime every day as before."

Tan Shaoshi didn't know what to say, she used the trick she used when she was a child, softly and coquettishly, "Mom~"

Mom is as soft-hearted as she is, and she calmed down a little when she heard her acting like a baby.

I'm an adult, I work overtime all day long, and I don't know how to call home to say hello, "I know, you're busy, you can't help it, but why don't you have time to make a phone call?"

"When I can rest, you all fell asleep." Tan Shaoshi pursed her lips, carefully flattering her, "I sent you a message."

"Oh, you are as caring as a mobile customer service."

Tan Shaoshi knew that her mother was fond of complaining, so she didn't talk back even if she couldn't laugh or cry. She meekly said some caring words like a good child in her mother's standard, "Is it difficult to read information on your mobile phone? Do you want me to buy you a bigger tablet?"

"Okay, don't waste money." Mom said something else, "How much salary did you get when you joined F company?"

Tan Shaoshi didn't expect her mother to ask this, so she coughed lightly, "I'm still in the probationary period, and I will definitely get high after I become a regular."

My mother was puzzled, "Did you really join company f? I heard from Aunt Xiao that her son's wife has six years of experience and won some kind of award. She is a very good person. She has never been interviewed by company f..."

Tan Shaoshi was dumbfounded, and then she considered that she changed jobs suddenly, so she endured her mother's sense of loss that she didn't trust her, and patiently explained, "Really, I can take a photo of my work permit for you to see."

"No, I'm just asking casually." Mom said, "It's good to be in a big company."

Tan Shaoshi breathed a sigh of relief, "Hmm~"

"Work is important, and finding a partner is also very important." Mom changed the topic, "Aunt Xiao's son's wife also studied design and got married as soon as she graduated. Now that you have joined a big company and met new colleagues, is there anyone suitable for you?" ah?"

The corner of Tan Shaoshi's mouth twitched.

Here we go again, daily marriage reminders.

"It's best if you know each other, and it doesn't matter if you don't. I can ask others to introduce you. Apart from being older, you are in good condition. You work in a big company. You are fairly tall and you don't look ugly..."

Tan Shaoshi numbly listened to her mother repeating what she said before, and gritted her teeth to resist the urge to refute.

How old is she!She doesn't look ugly... She's really a real mother, and I can't bear to praise her, and she came up with a "not ugly" that is a little better than the lowest level of ugliness.

This is the reason why Tan Shaoshi doesn't like to go home. Originally, she was tired of working overtime in the company and changing the picture. When she got home, she had to listen to her mother talking about who's going to have a wedding, who's going to have a baby, and who's bringing her lover home.Even when she came home with good news like bonuses, raises, etc., Mom could get involved in unresolved personal problems, as if she wasn't happy if she wasn't married.

She considered confessing Yu Zhi's matter, but her mother was impatient, and she would only be happy for a few seconds when she heard that she had a partner, and then put her endless enthusiasm into arranging their wedding.

Tan Shaoshi is a coward who Yu Zhi can struggle with for a long time when it comes to rings, she can't figure out how crazy her mother will be, and she can't figure out what Yu Zhi thinks.

What if... Yu Zhi was frightened?

Tan Shaoshi silently postponed the confession, she felt that it was much easier to listen to a few familiar chants than to face a future that might change dramatically.

Her experience is that talking back and refuting will only lead to longer talking, and let her mother express herself without saying a word, looking at the bright sky in the distance, and the sun hiding behind the clouds.

dong dong.

Tan Shaoshi's vacant attention was drawn back by the sound of knocking on the door.She turned her head and saw Yu Zhi smiling at herself through the glass door, so she hurried up to open the glass door.

Yu Zhi glanced at the mobile phone still attached to her ear, said nothing, and put the coat in her hand on her shoulders.

Tan Shaoshi was stunned.

Before she could react, Yu Zhi straightened her coat and left, closing the door gently.

Mom also heard the sound of the balcony door, "What was that sound just now?"

Tan Shaoshi looked at Yu Zhiyuan's back, squeezed her coat, and felt the warmth brought by this gentle concern overwhelm her, melting her hesitation.Her mind became hot, and instead of answering her mother's words directly, she said impulsively, "Mom. Actually, I have a partner."

"What!" Mom was surprised, "Male and female? How old are you? What kind of job do you do? How is the family condition?"

Tan Shaoshi was stunned by a series of questions.

"Hello?" Mom anxiously called out her full name, "Can you hear me? Tan Shaoshi!"

"I can hear you." Tan Shaoshi came back to her senses, and answered her mother's words one by one, "Girl, she is a few years older than me, and she also works in a jewelry company, and the family conditions are very good."

She finished answering in one breath, thinking that her mother would be overjoyed and would ask more questions.

Tan Shaoshi rehearsed in her heart the words "Fall in love first, let marriage take its course", held her breath, and waited for her mother to ask her a question.

Mom was silent.

"Mom?" Tan Shaoshi looked at the phone screen, the signal is there, the call time is still there, but she is missing a mother who talks a lot.

Mom seems to have taken a sip of water, and the sound of putting down the cup was neither soft nor heavy, and it happened to reach her ears through the mobile phone, "Not bad."

that's it?

Tan Shaoshi didn't expect her mother's reaction to be so flat, she frowned, "Oh..."

"It's a good thing, I have time to bring her back for dinner." Mom said, "Aren't you going to catch up on the design? Have breakfast before starting, don't make things difficult for your body. The temperature difference between morning and evening is big recently, and you forget the hot and cold when you draw. Wear some, and be careful of catching a cold."

Inexplicably, my mother turned the topic to paying attention to the body.

Tan Shaoshi couldn't understand what her mother was thinking, so she obediently agreed, and returned to sit by the bed after finishing the call.

Yu Zhi had already washed up, and was wiping her face in front of the dressing table. When she saw her floating back like a wandering spirit, she put down the things at hand and hugged her close, leaning on her shoulder and humming softly.

When Tan Shaoshi heard it, she felt that the humming lightly penetrated into her body, and she poked at the most sensitive apex of her heart.She turned her head and saw Yu Zhi's crooked eyebrows and eyes smiling, her irritability was swept away, she closed her eyes and accepted a pecking good morning kiss.

"What's the matter." Yu Zhi hugged her well, pulled up the quilt and wrapped her in the crooked coat.

Tan Shaoshi couldn't tell what was wrong with her.

Mom is so calm, she should be happy, where does such a sense of loss come from?

"I told my mother that I have a partner." Tan Shaoshi couldn't figure it out, so she asked Yu Zhi for help, "Her reaction was very cold."

Yu Zhi was surprised, "Cold?"

"Yeah, she changed the topic without asking who it was, and hung up the phone in a perfunctory way." Tan Shaoshi looked at the call time on her phone and found that she felt right. Her mother spent 10 minutes urging the marriage. After she announced her love affair, it only took 1 minute to end the call.

"Is something wrong?"

"... Will it? She talks a lot, and she used to call me when she was free."

Yu Zhi smiled, and tapped the tip of her nose, "That's why I'm so happy, one is that I can't react."

"Maybe." Tan Shaoshi couldn't figure it out, so she didn't bother to bother, she fell back into the soft and warm quilt, and let out a long sigh of relief, "It doesn't matter, she will call in the future, let's talk about it when the time comes."

Yu Zhi helped put the phone away, and pulled the quilt to cover her.

The curtains were opened, and the sunlight streamed into the room, soft and clear, with the vitality of the morning.Yu Zhi was in it, lowering her head and drooping her eyes, her exquisite facial features became a little hazy in the light, but her body lines left a beautiful silhouette.

Tan Shaoshi watched and couldn't move her eyes.

Girlfriend is so pretty.

Tan Shaoshi hooked Yu Zhi's hand that was about to withdraw, and raised a smile, "It's still early, do you want to lie down for a while?"

Yu Zhi nodded, lifted the quilt and lay down next to her, her movements were quick and light, so that she could not feel the coolness of the morning air, so she hugged her and kissed her slowly.Tan Shaoshi was agitated by the movement of biting her ears, and before she had time to shrink back and hide, she was soothed by the reaching hand.The room is bright, and she has the shyness of being exposed to the eyes of others. She clutches the corner of the quilt tightly and swallows her low moan forcefully as Yu Zhi winds down. trembling.

The alarm clock rang at eight o'clock.

Yu Zhi slowed down, and Tan Shaoshi also had some strength to touch the phone, just like before, she couldn't find the right place, lying on the pillow and staring at it in a daze.Yu Zhifu came up and gently guided her, left, right, up, down, tap and swipe, she didn't know if she was talking about the phone or the fingertips of Youyue.Tan Shaoshi simply turned off the phone and turned over to discuss an explanation with Yu Zhi.

They never expected that the doorbell rang again.

"Someone rang the doorbell?" Yu Zhi was surprised, put on her clothes and went out.

Tan Shaoshi didn't dare to stare, she shrank into the bed, and waited for Yu Zhi to bring a nightgown before packing herself up.

When they came to the porch, Yu Zhi didn't respond when they saw the people on the screen, and Tan Shaoshi froze in place.

"mom?"

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Tan Shaoshi panicked, and hurriedly asked, "Mom, why are you here?"

"I'll come and see you." When Mom heard her voice, the seriousness on her face finally faded, she smiled kindly, and showed her the things in her hand, "I brought you beef sauce. "

"You should have told me before you came."

"I called you." Mom curled her lips, "You turn off the phone. The more I thought about it, the more worried I became, so I just came over to have a look."

"..." Tan Shaoshi didn't expect that a random action of hers would cause such a big trouble, and she couldn't laugh or cry.

Seeing this, Yu Zhi helped her gather up her nightgown with a wide neckline, and whispered in her ear, "Auntie has already gone downstairs, let's clean up and open the door to invite her to come up."

Everyone went downstairs to ring the doorbell, Tan Shaoshi thought it was the only way to go, and said helplessly, "Mom, wait a minute, I'll clean up."

"Okay, I'll go and sit in the gazebo over there, call me when you're done."

"Oh."

As soon as the call was over, Tan Shaoshi hurried back to wash and change clothes.Yu Zhi tied up her hair, made the bed, washed her face briefly, and came to help her when she felt that she could meet people.Tan Shaoshi refused at first, but she didn't expect Yu Zhi to take it off and put it on again, and suddenly found a set of clothes from the closet that was convenient for meeting people.

Tan Shaoshi did not refuse the high collar this time.

They usually clean up a lot, and the house is not messy. It took them 10 minutes to get ready to call their mother.

Yu Zhi stopped her, "Let's go pick her up."

"Huh? She's just downstairs, and it's a few steps away."

"Good boy." Yu Zhi coaxed her, "Let's go together."

"Okay." Seeing Yu Zhi insisting, Tan Shaoshi agreed.

They changed their shoes and went out, and Yu Zhi was free only in the elevator, showing a little nervousness, checking herself through the smooth elevator wall.

"Very beautiful." Tan Shaoshi thought Yu Zhi was so cute, "It's even more beautiful with me as a foil."

Yu Zhi couldn't help but pinch her cheek lightly, "Okay."

Seeing that they were about to get close again, Tan Shaoshi didn't want to kiss the madman, so she pressed Yu Zhi's hand, and walked out as soon as the elevator arrived, calling her mother while walking outside.

Mom saw them without answering the phone and waved.

"Hello, Auntie." Yu Zhi greeted obediently.

Mom smiled, "You are Xiaoxuan, right?"

"...Mom," Tan Shaoshi had no choice but to whisper to her mother quickly, "Didn't I say I changed a roommate?"

"Oh, yes, you said that your former roommate went back to his hometown." Mom remembered, smiled and said to Yu Zhi, "Sorry, I remembered wrongly."

Yu Zhi's smile remained the same, remembering that Tan Shaoshi said before that her mother didn't ask who the partner was, and introduced herself as a roommate, "It's okay, my name is Yu Zhi, and I'm Shaoshi's new roommate."

Mom said hello, and said something else, "How old is Xiao Yu."

"27."

"what do you do?"

"Management." Yu Zhi glanced at Tan Shaoshi and answered vaguely.

Tan Shaoshi told her mother that the object was from a jewelry company, and she was afraid that her mother would ask further questions, so she hurriedly said, "Mom, go up first."

"okay."

When we got to the elevator, Tan Shaoshi thought that her mother would be too busy to ask questions. Unexpectedly, today’s mother likes to observe and look around. When she got out of the elevator, she would look at the corridor, house number, emergency lights, fire extinguishers, and even the safety exit signs. Never let go.

Something didn't feel right to her.

When they entered the house, Yu Zhi walked to the kitchen with her things and poured water, her mother put on the slippers she had prepared, and sat on the sofa while looking around, Tan Shaoshi followed her, followed her mother's line of sight, In this way, I saw the design drawing on the small coffee table that I didn't have time to collect.

Tan Shaoshi didn't want to be called sloppy, so she put it away immediately.

Seeing this, my mother had another reason to dislike her, "The pen needs to be covered."

"Oh, yes." Tan Shaoshi covered the pen, went to the study to put it away and closed the door.

This can hide things, and it can also be a reason to explain to mother - if mother asks, she will say that the study is Yu Zhi's room and cannot be seen, and it is fine to say that the master bedroom is her own room.

When she turned back, she happened to meet her mother's scrutinizing gaze. .

"What are you looking at?" Tan Shaoshi asked hurriedly.

Mom glanced at Yu Zhi who was making tea in the kitchen, and asked, "How many rooms are there?"

"two."

"Do you live in the master bedroom? Is there a bathroom?"

"there is."

"It's better than before. There is a bathroom in the room so you don't have to fight with your roommates."

Tan Shaoshi glanced at Yu Zhi in the kitchen, and didn't have the guts to say what was in her heart:

Mom, I'm grabbing quilts with my roommate now.

"Is it far from the new company?"

"Not far." Tan Shaoshi didn't dare to look at Yu Zhi anymore, and whispered, "There is a direct bus."

Mom's expression softened slightly, "That's okay."

Yu Zhi came over with tea and helped to pour it. Her mother thanked her tenderly, not forgetting to say to Tan Shaoshi, "Look at her, how hardworking she is."

"I know, I will learn from her." Tan Shaoshi followed her mother's words.

Yu Zhi smiled, "Shao Shi is also very diligent and often cleans up the house."

Tan Shaoshi nodded desperately, waiting for her mother to praise herself.

Mom calmly said a word, "Yeah."

"..." Tan Shaoshi gave up hope and took a sip of tea to suppress her shock.

"Xiao Yu, I'm so sorry. I'm worried that Shaoshi will come here suddenly." In front of outsiders, my mother was always very polite, but she blamed Tan Shaoshi in a blink of an eye, "Don't turn off the phone in the future, I've been on the phone for an hour. Can't reach you."

Tan Shaoshi nodded in a daze.

One hour?Had she and Yu Zhi been in the room for so long?

"This house is nice, is life convenient?"

"convenient."

Mom asked some more specific questions. Where is the market, where is the hospital, and the transportation is not convenient. Tan Shaoshi was the same as when she explained the house change before, saying "Yes, it's convenient" and didn't plan to answer it. Be patient, and list the markets and hospitals one by one. Even the convenience of transportation can be divided into buses and subways, extending from southeast to northwest.

Tan Shaoshi was amazed when he heard it.

After all, he is a person who often speaks in meetings, with clear logic and smooth narrative.

Mom was satisfied, she didn't even ask to see her room, she explained twice how to keep the beef sauce and was ready to leave.

"Auntie, let's have a meal together." Yu Zhi said.

"No." Mom looked at Yu Zhi with a smile and replied, "I made an appointment with her dad to go to the park, next time."

"it is good."

Seeing the harmony between the two, Tan Shaoshi felt happy even if the relationship was not broken.

After sending her mother away, Tan Shaoshi heaved a sigh of relief and stretched herself on the sofa, "Finally gone."

"What do you want to eat at noon?" Yu Zhi took the initiative to see that it was almost time.

"Just beef sauce noodles."

"I want some vegetables."

"My mother bought it, if you don't believe me, look in the box."

"..." Yu Zhi flipped through and found a small bag of vegetables, "Really, there are ribs."

"My mother knows I'm lazy, so..."

Yu Zhi nodded, "Okay, you sit down, and I'll cook."

"Let's go together." Tan Shaoshi stretched her hands to get up.

"I'll do it." Yu Zhi stopped.

"But……"

"I know you're lazy." Yu Zhi patted her head, "Don't force yourself."

"No force." Tan Shaoshi was not happy, and was going to follow to the kitchen.

Yu Zhi suddenly turned her head, stared at her seriously and asked, "You cook, what should I do?"

"..." Tan Shaoshi hurried away.

After leaving the kitchen, she looked back and saw Yu Zhi's busy back.

Tan Shaoshi's heart moved, thinking of doing something for Yu Zhi, she went to the study and continued to draw the design of the phoenix brooch.If she finished the painting one day earlier, she might get Ke Yanrui's affirmation earlier, and win some bargaining chips for Yu Zhi's dinner invitation.

She has to go to work tomorrow, so hurry up.

Tan Shaoshi concentrated and continued to draw after lunch.

Yu Zhi didn't bother her, and went out after receiving a call in the afternoon.

Tan Shaoshi worked hard at home alone, and only after scrapping a few drafts did she get a sense of it, and she struggled to draw a simple line draft.She was not sure whether to proceed to the next step, Yu Zhi was not at home, and had no one to discuss with, so she simply called Ke Yanrui for advice.

"Hi Mr. Ke, I'm Tan Shaoshi."

Ke Yanrui's attitude was indifferent, "I know it's you."

Tan Shaoshi felt something was wrong, hesitated for a while before saying, "I drew the first draft, but I didn't color it, and I want to show you..."

"No, if you return the information to me, it will be treated as if nothing happened."

"Ah?" Tan Shaoshi didn't quite understand why Ke Yanrui suddenly spoke in such a harsh tone, "Why?"

"I don't want to work with someone who doesn't keep their promises."

Tan Shaoshi was dumbfounded, "What do you mean? What happened?"

"Did you tell others about the design of the phoenix brooch? Now it's spread all over the world, and many people have contacted my assistant and asked if I need to customize it."

"I didn't say it!" Tan Shaoshi didn't expect such a thing to happen, so she put down the paintbrush in her hand and explained seriously, "You misunderstood, I haven't contacted anyone for the past two days, I have been drawing at home, how can anyone tell me?"

Ke Yanrui still didn't believe it, and asked sharply, "Didn't contact anyone? Do you dare to say that you didn't tell anyone?"

Tan Shaoshi was taken aback.

She didn't dare to say, she did tell Yu Zhi.

but……

"I'm sorry, I told the person I trust the most, because I can't hide things from her," Tan Shaoshi said without hesitation, with a firm tone, "But she will never tell."