"What?" Behind him, Yu's mother Zhang Yi asked in surprise: "Yu Xiaoai, what did you say?"
Yu Xiaoai was so frightened that she trembled and looked back quickly, "Mom, why did you come down? I, I didn't say anything just now."
Zhang Yi had a cold face, not wanting outsiders to see the joke, let alone the neighbors, it wouldn't be good for them to hear it. She pulled Yu Xiaoai's hand and said, "Come home with me."
Yu Xiaoai was grabbed by her mother and walked back. She looked back at Guo Jinchen in fear, with a frightened look in her eyes. Guo Jinchen waved to her, saying that there was nothing he could do to help and that he should be happy for himself.
After returning home, Yu Xiaoai sat down on the sofa with her head lowered, not daring to look at the second elder. Xiaoba slowly got into her arms as if to comfort her.
The mess on the coffee table had been cleared away, and the beer cans were put in a plastic bag and placed by the door. Yu Zhenghong was packing his luggage in the room, and Zhang Yi stood at the door with a dark face and called him out.
"Is someone gone?" Father Yu asked casually, sitting on the sofa.
Zhang Yi folded her arms with a look of struggle on her face, glared at Yu Xiaoai across from her, and said angrily: "Let's not talk about the fact that you invited a man to come home to drink. Talk to your dad and me.
You resigned, what happened to such a big thing?"
Yu Zhenghong said "Hmm" in confusion, "Resign? Xiao Ai resigned?"
Zhang Yi took a deep breath and said, "Yes, she resigned. I heard it with my own ears. She just said it to that man!"
Yu Zhenghong couldn't help but look unhappy and asked: "Why do you want to resign? Is that job bad?"
Yu Xiaoai said cowardly: "In the eyes of outsiders, that job is very good, it is an iron rice bowl, and you can work until you are old. But in my eyes, I don't like it, and I feel bad. In the office, we fight openly and secretly every day, and I
very tired."
Zhang Yi said: "That's how it is in the office. You have to learn to adapt. Once you get used to it, you won't feel tired."
"Once I get used to it, I will be like them, doing one thing in front of others and another behind their backs, being duplicitous. I don't want to be such a person!" Yu Xiaoai was full of disgust.
"So, this is the reason for your resignation?" Zhang Yi said angrily: "Where can I work now without intrigues? This is something you have to face in the adult world. If you don't like it, just run away. You are not a child now!
"
Yu Xiaoai argued: "Mom, I am indeed not a child anymore, but in the eyes of you and dad, you still treat me as a child. Why don't you ask me if my current job is what I like?
What? I can adapt to intrigues, but it must be in an environment I like."
"What do you mean, what do you like about your current job? What does it do?" Zhang Yi asked.
Yu Xiaoai said: "It is a studio, mainly engaged in the design of home accessories."
"Look, the man who works for others is so happy. I wonder if he has lost his mind." Zhang Yi leaned on the sofa speechlessly and said to Yu Zhenghong angrily.
Yu Zhenghong, who had been silent all this time, said to his wife: "Pay attention to your attitude when speaking."
He looked at his daughter and asked, "When did you resign?"
"I resigned years ago, and I never dared to tell you." Yu Xiaoai whispered timidly in the face of her father's stern eyes.
Zhang Yi screamed again, "You resigned years ago? You actually kept it secret from us for so long. Yu Xiaoai, your wings are strong, aren't you?"
Yu Xiaoai said seriously to Zhang Yi: "Mom, my wings are not stiff, I have grown up. I am an adult now and have the right to decide what kind of job I want to do. Mom, don't treat me like a child anymore."
Is it okay to have a baby?”
"What about that man just now? Is he your boyfriend? And when did you get married?" Zhang Yi asked angrily.
Yu Zhenghong frowned lightly and said, "Calm down and talk to your child properly. Xiao Ai is so good, he won't have a boyfriend and not tell us."
Yu Xiaoai pursed her lips tightly, "Xiaoai is so good" kept ringing in her ears. Ever since she was a child, no matter family members, relatives or neighbors, when they mentioned her, they would first praise her with "good".
But God knows, she doesn't want to be a good girl. Faced with her father's sternness and her mother's domineering attitude, she doesn't want to be controlled like a puppet on strings. She even wants to tear open the "good" net and escape from it.
I want to rebel head-on, argue with my parents, and be my truest self.
"Yes, I also dated a friend of Qiqi's husband years ago. He is a second-generation rich man and he is very good to me."
At this moment, Yu Xiaoai felt as happy as after her first rebellion. It turns out that rebellion is so good!
Zhang Yi seemed to have been hit, her eyes darkened, and she almost fainted, "I'm telling you, I asked you to go on a blind date before, but you resisted and refused to go. It turned out that you secretly made a boyfriend behind our backs. Do you still have one?"
Do you take your mother and me seriously?"
Yu Zhenghong said: "Xiao Ai, when you grow up, it's okay to date boys. But why don't you tell your family about this? Your parents can help you check it."
"I don't want to say it. I think you won't agree if I tell you." She glanced at Zhang Yi and then said: "The blind date partners my mother has always introduced to me are either the children of your colleagues, doctors or civil servants. My boyfriend
Do you like a businessman?"
I really don't like it. Yu Zhenghong is quite aloof, and Zhang Yi feels that rich people are unreliable and not as reliable as ordinary people with good conditions.
"I don't agree with your boyfriend. Our family is from a scholarly family and they are businessmen. We have different views. It won't work." Zhang Yi suddenly stood up and said forcefully, "This matter is not negotiable!"
"It's too late today, let's talk about it tomorrow." She said to Yu Zhenghong, "Go back to your room and sleep."
As soon as Zhang Yi walked to the door of the room, he suddenly stopped again, turned around, stared at Yu Xiaoai sharply, and asked sternly: "Let me ask you, have you two...ah?"
"Ah? Is there anything?" Yu Xiaoai asked confusedly, not hearing her mother's vague words.
Zhang Yi pursed her lips and asked, "Did you get together tonight?"
Yu Xiaoai's face turned red, and she said angrily: "No! I'm under such strict control by you, how could I dare?"
"I dare not!" Zhang Yi pushed the door open and entered the bedroom.
Yu Zhenghong stood up slowly, sighed, and with a hint of disappointment, said to her: "Go back to the room and sleep first."
Yu Xiaoai bit her lips and stood up, still lowering her head and not daring to look at him, and asked in a low voice: "Dad, are you disappointed to see me like this?"
"Go to sleep and don't think about it."
Yu Xiaoai was lying on the bed, the excitement in her heart was still there, but on the other hand, she felt a little uncomfortable seeing her parents angry. She tossed and turned, unable to sleep, so she took out her mobile phone from under the pillow and sent a WeChat message to Guo Jinchen.