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Chen Zheng asked, "Do you suspect that Dad bought her the same necklace?"

"Yesterday wasn't a special day, why did Dad give Mom a gift?" I bit my lip uneasily, "Maybe I was overthinking it, maybe it was just a coincidence."

"Yuan Yuan, you are too nervous about Mom." Chen Zheng took my phone away and threw it on the bedside table, "Relax, if this continues, you will collapse before Mom."

We lay down, Chen Zheng only left a night light, and there was a Mario doll in front of the light, and the shadow of the doll's hat was projected onto the opposite wall.

"Go to bed early today, I'll accompany you." Chen Zheng put his hand on my waist, and wrapped me in a warm quilt.

I quietly looked at the black shadow on the wall, "Brother Zheng, Mom is very good, and Mom is very good to me. I can tell my conscience, Dad is also very good to me."

"Our family was so good before, how did it become like this..." I murmured.

Chen Zheng hooked one leg over to hold down my lower body, wrapped his hands around my shoulders, "Don't think about it, go to sleep."

I was in his arms, curled up in his arms like a cat.This pose makes me feel safe.

When we woke up the next day, our location had changed.Chen Zheng pulled out his hand and placed it on top of my head. We were still close to each other, but it was too close, so close that my whole face was firmly stuck to his fluffy pajamas, and I was drooling. .

Listening to Chen Zheng's gentle breathing, I secretly took out the paper towel on the bedside table to wipe the small wet spot.

It's just that the saliva has soaked the hair thoroughly, and it can't be wiped off no matter how much you wipe.

I stared blankly at the small patch of shadow, as if I could dry it out with scorching gaze.

Chen Zheng let out a chuckle with his eyes closed, and grabbed my wrist precisely, "Don't wipe it, I saw it."

I was embarrassed, "When did you wake up?"

Chen Zheng sat up slowly, "It's earlier than you."

"You pretended to be asleep again!" I was angry, "Look at my joke."

"I didn't see your joke, baby." Chen Zheng hugged me with a smile, and gave me a kiss on the side of my cheek, "Whatever you do to me is not a joke, you are cute."

I was really shocked by his low "baby", and I didn't speak for a while.

Chen Zheng asked me: "The sun is nice today, where do you want to go? Or just stay at home?"

Something is on my mind, and I don't want to go anywhere.

After two seconds of silence, I said, "Why don't we go back and see Mom today?"

Chen Zheng didn't hesitate: "Okay, our Yuan Yuan is mother's good son."

……

When we went back this time, we didn't carry much, but we brought two catties of canned yellow peaches, which my mother loves.

Get home and knock on the door.

Mom opened the door, looking overjoyed.

"Oh, why are you here together? Come in, come in." Mom took out two pairs of cotton slippers she wove from the shoe cabinet, "It's so lively today, and your Aunt Lan Qing is here too."

Aunt Lan Qing?

I walked through the hallway and into the living room, where my dad was sitting on the sofa and a strange woman was sitting on the other side.

The woman was elegantly dressed in a French sweetheart-neck dress, with a striped scarf around her neck, and her face was exquisitely made up.

When she saw us, she smiled, "Brother Li, this is your son, he is so old, he is such a handsome boy."

"Yes, yes." Dad waved at me, gesturing for me to come over, "This is your Aunt Lan Qing, she hugged you when you were young."

I walked over with some hesitation, glanced at the Cartier bracelet on her wrist, and said calmly, "Hello, auntie."

"Hey! Good, you are good too. Young people are polite." The woman's red lips parted slightly, and she looked at Chen Zheng beside me, "Is this...?"

"Didn't I mention it to you at the class reunion some time ago?" Dad reminded from the side.

The woman looked suddenly enlightened.

"Then he belongs to your son..." She stopped here, as if she was ashamed to continue.

I made a mocking smile, "He is my husband. Auntie, same-sex marriage has been legal for many years, you are a bit behind the times."

Chen Zheng took my hand, "Yes, auntie, both of our parents are enlightened and progressive people, especially Yuan Yuan's father, who is still giving lectures at the university, and his thinking is even more advanced. Discriminate against that set."

Both Chen Zheng and I were satirizing the backward thinking of the woman in front of me.She must have heard it, and her face became obviously a little uncomfortable.

Mom brought a large plate of fruit and a box of toothpicks at the right time, "Stop chatting and come and eat some fruit."

Dad snorted, "You two, be more polite to your elders."

I gritted my teeth, what kind of elder is this woman?

Aunt Lan Qing, Lan Qing, this name makes it hard for me not to think of the "people as clear as orchids" I saw last night.

What a coincidence?

Mom told "Ren Qing Ru Lan" the night before yesterday that she would treat her to dinner when she arrived in City A, and today Aunt Lan Qing came to visit her as a guest.

Thinking of this, I took a special look at the woman's neck.Her neck was blocked by a scarf, so it was impossible to tell whether she was wearing a necklace or not.

Mom spoke up.She gently apologized to the woman: "I'm sorry, Lan Qing, sometimes my Yuan Yuan speaks too bluntly and doesn't know how to worry about other people's feelings. But he doesn't have any bad intentions, so don't take it to heart."

I was eating cantaloupe, and after hearing what my mother said, I almost spit out the fruit pieces in my mouth.

Mom is not apologetic, she is clearly protecting her shortcomings, and she also hurt the other party by the way.

This time, Dad didn't help her.Her face became even more ugly, she grabbed her handbag and stood up, forced a smile and said: "Sulan, Brother Li, I still have something to do at home, so I won't keep you here for lunch, I'll go first."

Mom lowered her face, "The meal is already cooked, how can you not stay? Why is it so urgent that you don't even have time to eat?"

"It's really urgent, I really have to go." The woman walked towards the door as she said that, and her mother went to stop her. The two of them were pushing and shoving, and there was a quarrel for a while.

Dad shouted: "Forget it, forget Su Lan! Since Lan Qing has something urgent to do, it's not good to force her to stay. It's just for dinner, and there will be opportunities in the future."

Mom stopped immediately, and Dad called me and Chen Zheng, "We will send you Aunt Lan Qing off together."

A group of us sent her to the door, and I rolled my eyes a little, this woman is really big.

At this time, there was a shrill "chi chi" sound from the kitchen, louder than louder.

Mom clapped her hands "Ouch", "The pork rib soup needs to be used on a low fire!" Then she ran to the kitchen.

I, Chen Zheng, and my father were left alone, standing in the porch watching the woman put on her shoes.

When the woman bent down and lowered her head, a small pink-gold chain was exposed, and my eyes were drawn to it. The more I looked at it, the more I felt that it was probably the same style as my mother's necklace!

Did she originally intend to use this necklace to demonstrate to my mother?

At this moment, my mother was not there, so I pretended to be surprised without any scruples and said, "Auntie, your necklace is the same as my mother's!"

The woman covered her neck in a panic when she heard the words, and subconsciously glanced in Dad's direction.

I sneered, it seems that the poor woman in my father's mouth is "Aunt Lan Qing".

Dad's face darkened immediately, "What a coincidence."

He dropped this decency, turned around and left.

I stepped forward and opened the door, "Auntie, please walk slowly."

The author says:

Brother Zheng: Yuanyuan, see if my knife is inserted accurately!

Yuan Yuan: wonderful!

Mama Li: Son, come and see me——

Yuan Yuan: unbelievable~