City Center, Cafe

The city center with every fortune will never lack liveliness. Even if it is not during rush hour, there are still traffic and people coming and going.

It may be that the price of high-end cafes is too high, or it may not be time to eat and drink coffee, so there are only a few customers and the business is a bit deserted.

Xue Ling sat by the floor-to-ceiling window, slowly mixing the mocha in the cup, while watching the young people coming and going on the street.

It’s not that she likes to come to such a place, but that the person she wants to meet is nearby. It happens that there are few people here and it’s a place where you can chat well.

She doesn't drink coffee and only drinks tea, so she goes to the cafe so few times.

Now that she is old this year, drinking coffee with strong taste and excellent refreshing effect can easily cause insomnia and even can't sleep all night, so she only took two sips and put the cup down.

Not far away was a young couple sitting, handsome and pretty, dressed very well and fashionable. It’s a pity that the man had a dark face and the woman was sobbing with red eyes.

The music in the cafe is neither high nor low, sometimes melodious and sometimes low, but it still cannot cover the quarrels that the two of them deliberately lowered.

"What do you mean? What do you mean?!" The woman asked: "Do I want this bag? What I want is that you are kind to me and that you are kind to me! You can afford it, why don't you buy it for me?! I finally bought it for me now, why do you show my face? Since you are reluctant, don't buy it!"

The young man said angrily: "If you don't buy it for you, it's just that you are not good enough to you! It's just that I don't love you enough! Yes! I can afford it! But I can't buy all the money for you! I still have to have dinner and social activities, and I have to save money to buy a house! If I don't have a house or a car, will you still marry me in the future? I'm making a lot now, tens of thousands a month. But if I don't save money well, I will have to buy a house in the imperial capital in which year and month! The housing prices are so high now, and it's enough to save the down payment alone!"

The woman was also very aggrieved: "I said I like it... because my colleagues and friends around me have... and I really like this bag. I have been thinking about it for several months. The beautiful bag is so generous and elegant that I carry it on my body... Why don't you think about it for me?"

"Stop talking." The man said in a deep voice: "I just want to ask you one thing today - do you want to marry me? I am in love to marry a girl who can live a good life with me, not to find happiness, nor to be born with a romantic and elegant person. I am almost thirty years old now, and I want to settle down and live a stable life, but I don't want to make trouble anymore."

The woman sniffed: "You are not married yet, you are already treating me like this... You are like this, I really have no confidence in you."

"Then break up." The man said coldly, then stood up.

The woman was stunned for a moment, thinking that she had heard it wrong. It was not until she saw the man's resolute back that she realized something and hurriedly got up and chased after her.

Xue Ling glanced at their backs as they left one after another, lowered her eyes and took a sip of coffee.

"Aunt Ling." Xiao Tong called in a low voice.

Xue Ling turned his face sideways when she heard this and saw Xiao Tong wearing high-end professional outfit, her hair was meticulously combed, her makeup was a bit heavy, her feet were sexy and she was smiling at herself.

"Sit down." Xue Ling asked softly with a smile: "Will you disturb you when you ask for your appointment at this time?"

Xiao Tong sat opposite and shook her head: "No, the meeting just ended, there was nothing else in the office."

Xue Ling looked at her and found that although she was dressed properly and beautifully, her heavy makeup could not hide the fatigue of her eyebrows and eyes, and the thick feeling of fatigue in her eyes.

Xiao Tong was slightly embarrassed and whispered: "Auntie, why are you here? I - my company is not far from here and you can get there after crossing the road. I just saw your news and ran down immediately. Will you wait for a long time?"

"No." Xue Ling smiled and said, "I waited while looking at the scenery, but I didn't think it was long. The city center has changed a lot and has become faster. We used to live in Ronghua Mall over there, but so many years have passed. The city center has almost become a new look in a few years. If you don't come often, you may even go wrong."

Xiao Tong nodded: "I have been working here for almost a year, and I will make mistakes from time to time."

Xue Ling couldn't help but sigh: "I didn't expect that you have graduated for almost a year... Life is so fast!"

Xiao Tong smiled obediently and explained: "I graduated in June. I completed my graduation thesis ahead of schedule... I started my business last summer, and now it's almost a year."

Xue Ling laughed silently: "I'm sorry, I'm old and I can't remember the specific time."

Xiao Tong shook his head and shouted to the waiter who came over: "A cup of espresso, thank you."

The waiter answered and left quickly.

After a moment, a cup of coffee with a strong and black flavor was served.

Xue Ling glanced at it and couldn't help asking: "Is it too thick? Do you add some sugar or milk?"

"No," Xiao Tong replied: "I'm used to drinking it, and I like not to add anything. Espresso has a very good refreshing effect. It tastes a bit difficult to accept at the beginning, but I get used to it after drinking too much."

Xue Ling looked at the dizziness and swelling under her eyes, and even thick makeup could not cover it, so she couldn't help but feel distressed.

"Xiao Tong, I came to find you specifically. Usually I am busy with the elderly and children at home, and I don't care or pay enough attention to you. Last night, Ranran and An An got engaged, and you and Duoduo didn't go. I was worried if something happened to you, so I ran to the apartment to find you early in the morning and realized that you were having a quarrel recently. I heard that the trouble was quite serious. The aunt was very surprised and sad."

"...I'm sorry." Xiao Tong had red eyes: "Auntie, it's our fault... It makes you sad and sad."

Xue Ling asked softly: "Why don't you come to me? I remember when you married Duoduo, I promised to take good care of you in front of your parents. Your parents' home is far away, and I even asked you to treat Xinyuan as half of your parents' home. I remember all these words in my heart. Xiao Tong, have you forgotten them? Or do you think your aunt is just talking casually and saying some decent and polite words to coax your parents?"

"No! Of course not!" Xiao Tong shook his head: "I know that Auntie, you really feel sorry for me. You have always taken good care of me after graduation."

Xue Ling couldn't help asking: "Then you have such a big problem with Duoduo this time, why don't you tell me? Auntie can't guarantee that she can help you, but it's always okay to act as a listener? Let me try to be a peacemaker, right?"

The beautiful woman opposite her lowered her eyes and gently stirred the coffee with one hand.

"Auntie, don't get me wrong... It's not that I don't want to find you... it's not that I can't trust you."

Xue Ling smiled slightly and asked softly: "Why is that?"
Chapter completed!