SWG Chapter 42

Chapter 42

Xiao Wenyu ultimately didn’t manage to leave the house that day. The boss in question insisted that she rest at home for another day, only allowing her to go out after ensuring there were absolutely no problems.

Xiao Wenyu had no choice but to watch movies with this person for the entire afternoon. Coincidentally, there were a few interesting new releases recently. While watching, she studied the usage of the Ruan Shengyi’s smart home system. By the time the movies were almost finished, she had basically learned how to control everything in the house.

Xiao Wenyu leaned against the soft pillows, looked around on her phone, then turned to look at the person beside her. Ruan Shengyi was leaning on the sofa armrest, one leg crossed under the other, engrossed in a pillow.

She put down her phone, moved closer, and gently tugged at Ruan Shengyi’s clothes, saying, “Am I doing this right?”

Ruan Shengyi looked at her, puzzled.

Xiao Wenyu cleared her throat. “Hello, classmate Xiao Mu. Close the living room curtains, turn off the TV, and set the air conditioner to 26 degrees Celsius.”

Ruan Shengyi looked at the TV screen, which had gone black just as it was reaching the most important ending. After a moment of silence, she smiled. “Very good, Teacher Xiao. Have you seen this movie before, Teacher Xiao?”

Xiao Wenyu, immersed in the joy of shouting commands, didn’t turn her head as she replied, “It just came out, I haven’t…”

Ruan Shengyi fiercely threw the pillow. “Then who’s going to compensate me for my movie ending?!”

Xiao Wenyu looked up at her, silently, and then suddenly burst into laughter.

It was the kind of laughter that, if typed out, would be blindingly noisy.

Ruan Shengyi also smiled, feeling a surge of joy in her heart.

A desert rose is most beautiful when it blooms passionately and vibrantly. Fortunately, she has always been a patient person. She will nurture this flower little by little, watch it bloom, and then…

Secretly pluck it into her embrace.

She has always been a greedy person, unwilling to give even half a benefit to others. Otherwise, she wouldn’t have been so determined to escape Shacheng with all her possessions, even if it meant crossing a desolate desert. This time is no different. She wants to see her bloom, and then, bloom only for her.

Not allowing anyone else (except Little Loquat) to see.

Xiao Wenyu laughed enough, covering her chest and catching her breath. “Then, how about I replay it for you? Classmate Xiao Mu, turn on the TV and continue playing the movie.”

Ruan Shengyi chuckled. “That’s more like it.”

“You rascal!”

*

It had been five days since Xiao Wenyu last visited the studio.

As soon as Li Wan saw her come in, she rushed over with teary eyes, hugging her with a handful of tears and snot, sobbing, “Teacher, you scared me to death!! From today on, I’m going to watch you eat every bite of food and schedule every task properly, sob, sob, sob, scared me to death.”

Xiao Wenyu was in a good mood today. She had specially chosen a warm white and khaki-colored dress as her inner layer, and wore a warm brown fleece-lined windbreaker and a dark brown scarf on top. But after being cried and hugged by Li Wan like this, her dark brown scarf was directly out of commission.

Xiao Wenyu was a little helpless, gently pushing her head away. “Okay, I’m fine, aren’t I? Don’t cry.”

Why are all the people around her little crybabies? How is she going to do business today if she has to comfort them one by one?

Fortunately, Li Wan quickly stopped crying. Wiping away her tears, she said intermittently, “Teacher, Ruan Shengyi is really a good person.”

Xiao Wenyu, who was putting away clothes, raised an eyebrow. “How so?”

Li Wan sniffled and said, “She talked to me for a long time that night, constantly comforting me, saying that it wasn’t my fault. I know I was wrong too, I should have urged you to eat more instead of always going along with your temper, but she kept saying it wasn’t my fault, kept comforting me, and even said she would give me extra salary for these two days when I’m the only one here.”

The more Xiao Wenyu listened, the warmer she felt in her heart, and the more joyfully the little deer in her heart jumped. But she still suppressed her eyebrows and raised her voice. “You…?”

Li Wan quickly said, “I didn’t want it! Of course I didn’t want it, this is what I should do!”

Xiao Wenyu raised her hand and pinched the soft flesh on her cheeks, coldly saying, “What do you mean by going along with my temper, huh?” While pinching her cheeks, she gently lifted them up.

She watched as a layer of fear quickly climbed into Li Wan’s teary eyes, and couldn’t help but laugh, releasing her fingers.

How could she really be angry? Besides, this little girl had given her such useful information, how could she be angry?

Li Wan also realized that it was just a tease, cupping her cheeks with her hands and laughing. “Teacher is really getting more energetic this time, that’s great! An energetic teacher is a beautiful teacher!”

Her words made Xiao Wenyu’s face hot. Pretending to hit her, the girl covered her head and dodged to the side, saying, “Boss, I’m going to prepare for work! You take your time!”

Xiao Wenyu laughed and scolded her, this time the laughter was from the bottom of her eyes, warm, just like the sunlight that secretly sneaked in behind her.

She went upstairs with the sunlight.

There was another thing to do today, which was to pack her things and move to Ruan Shengyi’s house. This tree on the second floor was very much worth discussing.

If she didn’t move, it wouldn’t be impossible to come here every day to take photos and record them, but there were times when she wanted to see it, and it wouldn’t be very convenient if she didn’t move.

But if she had to move…

The tree trunk part wasn’t difficult, the focus was on the photo at the top of the tree. Should she move it together? Although the person being photographed already knew about the existence of this photo, they didn’t know that she had posted this photo here so early, posting it on her heart.

What’s more, that person now…

Forget it, let’s just leave the tree here.

Xiao Wenyu stuck the photo she took this time, gently resting her head on the photo, paused, and whispered, “I’m sorry baby, Mom will eat properly from now on when she feels bad, you…”

Although the origin of this child didn’t please her, this child was now truly staying in her body, sharing her joys and sorrows, and was so well-behaved, how could it not move people?

Xiao Wenyu closed her eyes and said softly, “You must grow up well and healthy.”

After packing up, she went downstairs. There were already students who had made an appointment to take ID photos. Seeing her come, their eyes lit up for a moment. “Boss, you’re finally back? Oh, I didn’t take this leave for nothing today!”

Xiao Wenyu smiled shyly, smoothing her hair at her temples, and said, “Please sit down, is it the group-bought package?”

“Yes, I drove half an hour from Beishi. I was thinking I wouldn’t be able to see the charming Boss Xiao, but thankfully, you’re back, oh, my money was well spent. Can I upgrade the package?”

Xiao Wenyu took half a step back without showing any signs of it, took a hair clip from the side and clipped up her hair, and said softly, “Sorry, then you’ll need to wait for rescheduling.”

“Oh~ okay, too bad.”

Xiao Wenyu, with one hand supporting her lower back, raised her hand to apply light makeup for the ID photo for this person, and suddenly remembered that Ruan Shengyi seemed to have been asked this way when they first met.

Actually, she could hear everything in that position, and she also knew that Ruan Shengyi was leaning there, listening to her and Lu Ke chatting.

Some things, in the comings and goings, who can explain the cause and effect clearly, who can speak out the clarity of their heart?

Thinking about it, Xiao Wenyu couldn’t help but curl her lips.

Li Wan suddenly poked her head in and said, “Boss, a sister who looks a lot like you came to look for you a few days ago.”

Xiao Wenyu was stunned by the title of sister, and after a moment of reaction, she realized that she was talking about Xiao Yanyue.

Xiao Yanyue has a strong-featured appearance, with naturally good skin. She wanted her early, so being called her sister… seems quite normal.

Xiao Wenyu suppressed her smile and asked, “And then?”

Li Wan curled her lips and said, “So fierce, she saw you weren’t here and fiercely told you to go home when you have time.”

“She said she forgave you.”

Xiao Wenyu’s heart skipped a beat, and laughter flowed from between her lips.

The customer tilted her head slightly to let her put on makeup, asking, “Boss, do you have a sister?”

Xiao Wenyu said in a calm voice, “She’s talking about my mom.”

A very explosive Northwestern girl, but with the face of a waterside town, it was also with this face that she tricked Zhao Wen, who was transferred over with the unit, into her hands.

So her face control should be inherited from Zhao Wen, but she is a little stronger than Zhao Wen, after all, Ruan Shengyi, who came out of the desert, is not as explosive as Xiao Yanyue.

After finishing the work in the morning, she called home.

“Hello.” A reckless voice immediately came from the phone receiver. Big Cat snarled, “Xiao Wenyu, are you still alive? I thought you died in the hospital, huh? It’s been so long and you don’t even bother to call home? Am I supposed to just not call if I’m angry with you? Huh?”

Boss Xiao knew she was in the wrong. She leaned on the bar counter, her toes slightly tiptoeing, stirring her hair with one hand. After Big Cat scolded enough, she softly opened her mouth and said, “Mom, I was wrong.”

Big Cat likes this the most, with a faint Jiangnan fragrance, a word can smooth all her anxiety.

Otherwise, how could she have been eaten by Zhao Wen for so many years, without any room for resistance.

Sure enough, the person on the other end of the phone immediately gave up, and after a long time, she supported half a breath, pretending to be tough, “What were you wrong about?”

Xiao Wenyu’s voice was even lower and softer, “Didn’t you forgive me?”

Big Cat completely lost the strength to resist, said several “you”s without saying anything concrete, followed by the phone being snatched away by Zhao Wen, who had been waiting on the side. On this end of the phone, you could even hear the rather disgusted sound of being driven away.

Xiao Wenyu felt even softer in her heart, and the remaining hand unconsciously touched her lower abdomen.

Zhao Wen warmed her voice and carefully asked about her condition these past few days. Involving bodily concerns, and since she had already been to the hospital, Xiao Wenyu selectively talked about many problems, but the final focus was still on malnutrition.

Just this one thing was enough for the old woman on the other end of the phone to sigh, and after a long silence, she said softly, “Xiaoyu, don’t you really want to come home?”

Xiao Wenyu lowered her head and said, “Mom, I’m not going back, and I’m not living in this small attic anymore. I rented a house, the rent isn’t expensive, just right.”

Zhao Wen realized something and tentatively said, “It’s not a question of whether the rent is expensive or not, the child has many places to spend money, you come back, wouldn’t it be better to save the rest of the money?”

Next to her, there was still Big Cat’s voice of ‘love or don’t love, if you don’t come back, then forget it’.

Xiao Wenyu thought for a moment, and still truthfully said, “The rent is not money, and I also want to take care of her a little bit, it’s pretty good.”

“Is it the young and promising boss across the street?”

Xiao Wenyu hummed softly.

Zhao Wen couldn’t say much more, said she would send her some food later and hung up the phone, turned around and grabbed the paws of this big cat next to her, who was about to dig a hole in the sofa, annoyed, “What are you making trouble about? Daughter is not coming back now!”

Xiao Yanyue was stunned, why are you being fierce to her? She has already forgiven that little brat! Does she have to personally invite her back??? Besides, it’s not just her who was extremely angry in the beginning!!

Zhao Wen is annoyed when she sees this face now. The younger one seems obedient but is actually scarily opinionated, and this older one has been bothering her at home every day since she accompanied her to take early retirement. Can’t she manage the younger one, can’t she manage the older one?

She threw the cat paws aside, got up and patted her skirt, fiercely saying, “Order takeout for lunch yourself! Not in the mood to cook today!”

Xiao Yanyue: ??? Wait a minute, this matter is too serious. What were the keywords again…

She thought for a while, quickly followed, and said eagerly, “Teacher Zhao, who is the young and promising boss you mentioned? Did she make you angry? How about I go find her trouble?”

Zhao Wen turned around and went into the bedroom, sneering, “You should prepare the next red envelope earlier!”

After speaking, she slammed the door shut, almost hitting the head of this big cat outside the door.

Xiao Yanyue leaned on the door and rubbed her nose, softening her voice, “Teacher Zhao, wife, Dabao, I was wrong…”

But as she rubbed, the voice was wrong, and the movement gradually slowed down. After a moment, Big Cat suddenly stood up straight, exploding, “Who is that little brat?! I want to meet her.”

“Go what go.” The person inside the door saw her angry and inexplicably wasn’t angry herself. She opened the door with a smile, “The person is pretty good, also beautiful, and also a neighbor, don’t go sticking your foot in.”

“…”

Zhao Wen gently hooked her collar, “What do you want to eat for lunch?”

“Whatever you make, it’s all fine.”

“Then let’s have plain noodles.”

“…Let’s have some meat, Teacher Zhao.”

Big Cat played rascal and circled this person into her arms, resting her chin on her shoulder, “But that boss…”

“Watch for a few more days, wait a few more days before going.”

“Okay~”

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