Can't help feeling for you: can't live without you

Chapter 31
Dong Zhiwei lowered his eyes, only moved his chopsticks, and answered her, "Eat quickly, I'll go back to work in a while."

When Dong Zhiwei entered her office, the phone on the desk rang, and it was the voice of the director of the marketing department who answered her. Halfway through her conversation with him, the phone on the desk also rang, and the phone number displayed on it made her feel uncomfortable. She had to quickly end the previous call, and immediately picked up the phone, and the first sentence she spoke was cautious.

"Auntie, did you call me?"

Yuan's mother's voice sounded from the other end, and she was also a little cautious, as if she had encountered a very embarrassing situation.

She asked Dong Zhiwei, "Zhiwei, why haven't you come to see me recently? Are you angry with Auntie?"

Just such a sentence made Dong Zhiwei's entire face blush.

She has been used to supporting her parents since she was a child, and she hates listening to the old man's sadness. What's more, Yuan Jingrui's mother has always been very kind to her. Secret and happy memories, she felt it was a sin for her to let the old man say this on the phone.

Feeling guilty, Dong Zhiwei immediately opened his mouth to answer. He forgot to say something like "the company is too busy recently" or "something happened to me at home and I can't get away from it", and said directly, "No, auntie , I’ve been thinking about you, do you want any soup? I’ll bring you some soup.”

Yuan's mother smiled on the other end, "You are a caring child, don't bring anything, come to Auntie's house for dinner tonight, Auntie will prepare delicious food for you."

Dong Zhiwei was stunned, and repeated unconsciously, "Dining at home?"

Mother Yuan said affirmatively, "Yes, it's settled, I'll go grocery shopping right away." After she finished speaking, she disconnected the phone without leaving any time for Dong Zhiwei to refuse.

Dong Zhiwei's first reaction was to call back and say that she couldn't go to this dinner.

But she pressed her finger on the callback button, and she couldn't press it any further.

Was she going to reject the old man?She still remembers the first sentence from the phone, the old man asked her, "Zhiwei, why haven't you come to see me lately? Are you angry with Auntie?" After getting her answer, she immediately became happy .

She liked Yuan Jingrui's mother and hoped that she would be happy. She never thought of making the old man sad because of unnecessary misunderstandings.

Dong Zhiwei sat behind his desk and thought about it for a while. The final decision was to go. Yuan Jingrui did not live with his mother, and she also knew that he had a very important banquet tonight. It was set up to wish him a successful road show. Based on her experience, such an occasion must last until midnight. She would go to Yuan's mother's place after work. Even if Yuan Jingrui wanted to see his mother on a whim, when the banquet was over, she would just went home.

After getting off work that day, Dong Zhiwei left immediately, which surprised the rest of the administration department.

Yuan Jingrui's mother still lives in the old city, and she didn't change her way of life because of the sudden attack last time. The old man is a very stubborn person, but Yuan Jingrui also has his own way of persistence. After the accident, he has always hired security The security guards followed his mother, and after being rejected by the old man on the surface, they changed to the secret. It was just hard work for the security guards, who were doing serious things and had to hide. It was not easy to do any work.

In order to save time, Dong Zhiwei called a car to go. He was thinking about these things along the way to distract himself. When he was approaching the destination, he saw a fruit shop on the side of the road and got off the car early. I bought some pomegranates and cherries, which the elderly like to eat, and finally walked into the alley with two big plastic bags.

She hoped that she could make the old man happy, and she felt that by this time, the previous misunderstanding should have been solved on its own, without mentioning it.
Although deep down in her heart, she occasionally feels reluctance and nostalgia for it.

She is such a contradictory person, she obviously has the most tempting and attractive thing in the world in front of her, but she turns around blindfolded, and then regrets, hating herself for not having enough courage, sometimes greed is also a kind of courage, she now It has reached the point where Yuan Jingrui will be affected if he is too close. Occasionally he walks up to her, even if he doesn't look at her or talk to her, she will suddenly think of many episodes that she wants to forget on purpose. These episodes break her heart .

Dong Zhiwei walked and thought all the way, and when he raised his head, he had already reached the door of Yuan's mother's house.She just pressed the doorbell and the door opened. Mother Yuan smiled when she saw her, like a flower blooming on her wrinkled face.

"Come in, smell the fragrance? Auntie cooked braised pork."

Yuan's mother never moved out of the alley, and has been living in an old-fashioned Shikumen house until now. Yuan Jingrui couldn't hold back his mother, so he had to buy and redecorate the whole house to make her live more comfortable.

Yuan's mother lives alone, and an auntie who works part-time comes over three times a week to help clean, that is, to clean the windows and so on. The old man loves cleaning very much.

Yuan's mother said on the phone that she wanted to cook delicious food, and when Dong Zhiwei arrived, the dishes had already filled the table.The two had a meal on the small table in the kitchen. The braised pork was really delicious. Dong Zhiwei unknowingly swallowed a large bowl of rice with the soup. Mother Yuan was very happy and kept feeding her vegetables. While chatting with her about how to make braised pork.

Dong Zhiwei's mother has poor eyesight, she was used to doing things at home since she was a child, and she was very easy to talk about when it came to cooking. The two of them chatted for more than ten minutes on how to cook a braised pork, and even extended to dry cooking. On the best way to cook prawn sauce, fried eel and fish-flavored eggplant, the small kitchen is harmonious and harmonious.

Mother Yuan sighed as she spoke, "It's still nice to have someone to chat with. I usually eat alone, and I'm bored to death."

Dong Zhiwei comforted, "Mr. Yuan is just too busy, but he really cares about you."

"I know, but the house is too deserted. Look at this house. I'm the only old woman sleeping at night. If there are a few children running up and down, it will be so lively."

Dong Zhiwei was stunned, wondering why the topic turned to children.

"Zhiwei, how old are your parents?"

"My father is sixty, and my mother is two years younger than my father." Dong Zhiwei was relieved to hear Yuan's mother stopped talking about her child, and immediately replied.

"Then they are not in a hurry?" Mother Yuan asked anxiously.

"Ah?" Dong Zhiwei was so asked that he could only answer a single syllable.

"Look, Jingrui is already in his thirties, and you are not young anymore. When will the matter between you two be settled? You are not in a hurry, but I am in a hurry. I won't be able to take care of you in a few years. Move the child, I don't advocate that the child should be taken by a nanny, no one is as reliable as their own family, don't you think?"

Dong Zhiwei panicked, "Auntie, how could you think of me and Mr. Yuan..."

"Why did you make him bark so loudly?" Yuan's mother frowned, and then she stopped eating, put down her chopsticks and reached up to grab Dong Zhiwei's hand, "Did you guys quarrel? Auntie knows, sure It's his fault, that brat didn't know how to coax girls since he was a child, you say, if you have any anger, I will take it out for you."

"He didn't... no, no, I didn't..." Dong Zhiwei was at a loss.

"I know my own son, Zhiwei, Jingrui likes you. Even if he didn't say that, I can tell."

One sentence made Dong Zhiwei's face flush red, and at this moment, the doorbell rang again.

The two people in the kitchen looked up at the clock hanging on the wall at the same time, and Mother Yuan murmured, "It must be that the Zhao family aunt came to chat with me again, and I told her that I have something to do tonight. People really don't have a long memory." As he spoke, he was about to stand up.

Dong Zhiwei was also relieved when he checked the time. It was not even eight o'clock. Yuan Jingrui must still be at the banquet at this point. He is the guest of honor. Even if he left early, he would not have returned home by this time.

As long as it is not Yuan Jingrui, it is good for anyone to come here as a guest, so that she can leave as soon as possible, without having to answer the dumbfounded questions raised by Yuan's mother.

Dong Zhiwei pushed aside the chair and stood up, "I'll go and open the door, auntie, we're almost done eating, I'll clear the table for you later and then I'll leave." Then he walked over and opened the door, and met the people outside the door We were having a face-to-face meeting.

Then the two of them froze together.

Standing outside the door was actually Chen Wenwen, Dong Zhiwei never thought that he would meet Chen Wenwen in this place, and Chen Wenwen was the same, both of them had extremely surprised expressions on their faces.

"Zhiwei, who is it?" Yuan's mother's voice and footsteps came from inside, but stopped abruptly after reaching the door. The old lady looked at Chen Wenwen who was holding a beautiful fruit and flower gift basket outside the door, and stretched out a finger, showing a hesitant expression.

Chen Wenwen, however, recognized Yuan's mother at a glance, temporarily turned her eyes away from Dong Zhiwei, and said with a smile, "Auntie, it's me. I'm Chen Wenwen, Jingrui's former college classmate."

After a few seconds, Yuan's mother said "Oh" slowly, and answered, "It's you."

Dong Zhiwei was embarrassed, "Auntie, then I'll go first, you and Ms. Chen can talk slowly."

Yuan's mother didn't show much enthusiasm for the unexpected visitor, but instead held Dong Zhiwei from letting her leave, and said, "What's the hurry, didn't we agree that I'm here to accompany Auntie tonight? It's all right. After speaking, he greeted Chen Wenwen, "Are you looking for Jingrui? He doesn't live here, and he doesn't know when he will come back."

Obvious indifference.

Chen Wenwen still had a smile on her face, her self-cultivation was good enough, and she held the gift basket over with both hands, "Auntie, I made a special trip to see you today, Jingrui knows." Then she turned to look at Dong Zhiwei, "Zhiwei, so It just so happens that you're here too."

"You know each other?" Mother Yuan was a little surprised.

"Ms. Chen and Mr. Yuan have been to the company together." Dong Zhiwei explained.

"Really?" Mother Yuan showed a very unhappy expression.

Dong Zhiwei was very embarrassed. Yuan's mother was a very active old man, and she was holding her arm tightly as she spoke. He didn't ask to go in, and after greeting Yuan's mother, he said goodbye.

"Auntie, today I took the liberty to come here without saying hello. Are you and Zhiwei still having dinner? I won't bother you any more. I'll see you next time."

Yuan's mother nodded and didn't hold her back. Dong Zhiwei didn't know what to say, and watched Chen Wenwen leave.

"Leave her alone, let's continue talking." Yuan's mother pulled Dong Zhiwei into the room, turned around and closed the door, "Why is she back again? She even went to the company to find Jingrui? Why didn't you tell me about this, oh , could it be because of this that you..."

"Auntie, don't get me wrong. I'm just an employee of Chengfang. Ms. Chen is an old friend of Mr. Yuan. They have known each other for many years."

"Yeah, it would be great if I didn't know her before. As long as I have her, it's all bad when I think about it." Yuan's mother said bitterly.

Dong Zhiwei had heard about Yuan Jingrui and Chen Wenwen's events back then, and could understand Yuan's mother's reaction, but what Yuan's mother said next made her overwhelmed.

"Zhiwei, this is my son's fault. I'll call him right now and tell him to come back and apologize to you."

"No, no, auntie." Dong Zhiwei was anxious, "Oh, why don't you listen to me, I don't have the relationship you think with Mr. Yuan, I...he...I..."

Just as Dong Zhiwei said this, the phone rang, and the ring was vibrating. She lowered her head and took it out. The screen of the phone had a dazzling name, and even Mother Yuan saw it. She pointed at it and said, "Just right, Jingrui called coming."

Dong Zhiwei answered the phone, and Yuan Jingrui's voice came from the other end of the phone. The first sentence was, "Where are you?"

She opened her mouth but didn't know how to answer him, her heart was beating violently, and her hands were sweaty, as if she had done something wrong that she didn't want to be known but was caught.

It was Yuan's mother who answered for her, "Zhiwei is at home."

Dong Zhiwei covered the phone, but it was too late, Yuan Jingrui's voice sounded again, surprised, "Are you at my house?"

Dong Zhiwei screamed in his heart, but had no choice but to answer, "Yes, the thing is like this..."

He interrupted her, "There is an urgent meeting for you to attend tonight, I will ask Lao Chen to pick you up, my mother... tell her, I will call her later." After finishing speaking, he hung up the phone.

"How is it?" Yuan's mother asked anxiously beside her.

Dong Zhiwei put away the phone and answered her with a smile as much as possible, "It's nothing, Mr. Yuan asked me to work overtime tonight, and I have a meeting to attend."

Yuan's mother snorted bitterly, "What the hell are you doing?" After speaking, she smiled at Dong Zhi again, "Okay, go to work overtime, come back later, I will cook supper for you." Eat it, and give him a good meal by the way."

Hearing that, Dong Zhiwei didn't even have the energy to answer.

(End of this chapter)