C39 Smile (1/2)

Chen Jing smiled sincerely: ”Alright, Aunt, as long as you welcome me, I will definitely go!”

”Welcome, welcome, how can I not welcome you? My family's Baoer is here, thanks to the care of our comrades!” Mother continued, ”In the future, we will need to worry more about our comrades …”

Chen Jing looked at me complacently. I knew that she was proud to know my nickname.

Then Mom and Dad followed me to my dorm.

When I got to my dorm room, the atmosphere suddenly tensed up. Dad had been trying his best not to smoke in my office, so maybe he was just holding it in too much, or maybe he was just sitting on the edge of my bed, fumbling around for a dry tobacco pouch. While he was stuffing the tobacco into the pipe, he glared at me gloomily: ”Where's Qing Er?”

Mother was also sitting beside Father as she looked at me: ”Baoer, have you and Qing Er made up yet?”

I sat down on the stool opposite my parents and bowed my head in silence.

Mother was worried, so she came over and patted my shoulder. ”Talk, Baoer, your father and I will be waiting at home everyday for you to bring Qing Er back. When we don't meet again after waiting for a while, we all became anxious, so we came over to take a look …”

”Didn't I already tell you? I broke up with her!” I said in a muffled voice.

”You?” You evil son, it seems like you really want to walk through a dead end, don't you? ” Father was so angry that he jumped up and almost knocked me on the head with the pipe in his hand.

”Silly son, what's wrong with Qing Er? How can she not be a woman that's a little older than you? The mother sat there wiping her tears. ”This woman is 12 years older than men. I've never heard of her before. Which life did we live in? The heavens are about to punish us …”

”Where is that woman you were talking about? Your mother and I will go meet her!” His father said angrily, ”I saw me! Did she call me big brother or uncle …”

”She's not in the sea, she works far away,” I replied. ”She's a very good woman, and Qing Er is also very good, but he's not the same type of woman as her, and there's no way to compare him … Anyway, I just like her! ”

Dad was trembling with anger. ”You? You want to piss me off? As long as I still have one breath left, you can forget about having this dream. She's out of the country, that's just nice. Bring me and your mother now, find Qing Er, and make up with her in front of me and your mother! ”

”I'm not going!” I sat there, unmoving, and answered without thinking.

”Fine, fine, I told you not to go, I'll go to your unit to report to your boss and sue you, this heartless Chen Shimei, and have your boss send you back to your hometown to farm your land so that you can have your dreams again …” Father was furious. He stood up and was about to leave.

Hearing that, I became afraid, of course I wasn't afraid of being sent back to my home to farm, but was that I was afraid that if this matter got out of hand, it would affect Liu Yue and hurt him. I knew that if Dad got angry, he would really do what he said.

Mother is also afraid, she must be afraid that I will really be sent back home to farm, then wouldn't all her years of hard work be in vain? She hurriedly pulled Father and then said to me, ”Baoer, don't make your father angry, your father and I have not seen Qing Er for a long time and we also want to see her. Good son, listen to mother, let's go find Qing Er …”

There was nothing I could do, so I quickly went down the slope and promised my parents.

Afterwards, we went out together, took the bus to Jianghai University, and quickly arrived at Qing Er's dorm.

When we arrived at the front door of Qing Er's dormitory, the door was slightly ajar. I stopped and said to my parents, ”You guys can go in.”

Father stared at me. ”What nonsense are you talking about? Go, knock on the door, bring us in.”

Just as I was hesitating, the door suddenly opened. Qing Er was about to pour water into the washbasin.

After that, a blush appeared on his pale face. He no longer looked at me, but shouted at his parents, ”Uncle, Aunt, you've all come. Come, come, sit in the room.”

As he spoke, he let his parents in.

When Father and Mother saw Qing Er, their expressions immediately turned gloomy and clear as smiles blossomed on their faces.

I know that Father and Mother's smile, on one hand, was because they saw Qing Er's joy. In their hearts, they had long since treated Qing Er as their own daughter;

”Qing Er, your uncle and I have specially come from our hometown to visit you!” The mother held Qing Er's hand and spoke as they entered the house.

Dad followed his mother into the house.

I followed my dad inside, my head down.

Qing Er's room was as clean and tidy as usual. There was even heat in the room and a faint smell of Chinese medicine wafted in the air.

Qing Er and Mom sat on the edge of the bed while Dad and I sat on two of the chairs in the room.

Qing Er busily looked for a cup of tea, poured some water, and gave it to his father and mother first. After that, he also poured a cup of tea and stood in front of me.

I don't know if Qing Er looked at my face, because I kept my head down. I took the glass without a word.

Then, Father drank some water and didn't speak. The mother held Qing Er's hand and sat on the edge of the bed as she looked at Qing Er benevolently. ”Qing Er, your complexion isn't too good.

”No, Aunt, I'm fine!” Qing Er chuckled. ”How are your and uncle's bodies?”