Chapter 20

Zhao Yaqin asked Lu Xiaoqiao to wait.

“Look at my memory. My friend sent me the hairy crabs by mail this morning. I forgot about them as soon as I turned around and put them in the refrigerator. Lin Lin said you like them. You can take them back. You don’t have to go to work tomorrow, Saturday. You can eat them slowly at home.”

Lu Xiaoqiao really likes hairy crabs, but she was embarrassed to take a whole box.

“Grandma, this is too much. Just take three. My roommate and I can each have one.”

Lin Lin sat on the sofa and ate grapes: “Xiao Qiao, just take it. Didn’t you say you can eat eight hairy crabs in one meal? There are only ten in it.”

Lu Xiaoqiao: “…”

“Take it. There is another box at home. The two of us are old and have bad teeth. They don’t like to eat it either.”

Since they said so, Lu Xiaoqiao couldn’t refuse: “Okay, thank you, grandma!”

After saying goodbye to a few people, Lu Xiaoqiao left with Zhou Qizhen. 𝙒𝙬🆆.𝙑𝓞𝔻🆃🅆1.🅲🅲

The car stopped under the sweet-scented osmanthus tree. When the two walked over, a breeze happened to blow by, and the fragrance of sweet-scented osmanthus instantly came to their faces. Lu Xiaoqiao took a deep breath: “It smells so good!”

Zhou Qi saw the joyful light flashing in her bright eyes, and the corners of his mouth unconsciously rose: “Do you like sweet-scented osmanthus?”

Lu Xiaoqiao smiled and said: “Well, I like it very much. A big reason why I like this city is because of it.”

She likes October in Hangzhou the most. Now it is only the end of September. Because of the weather, the sweet-scented osmanthus trees have bloomed in the past few days!

Wait until the beginning of October, and the whole city of Hangzhou will be shrouded in the charming fragrance of sweet-scented osmanthus.

There are also several sweet-scented osmanthus trees in the community where she lives, but they are all ordinary yellow osmanthus. She has never seen the golden osmanthus in front of her, and the fragrance seems to be more intense.

Lu Xiaoqiao walked to the front of the car and carefully swept the petals that were blown onto the hood into her palm.

Zhou Qizhen watched her carefully collect the petals, and said nothing. Instead, he walked to the osmanthus tree and picked the best branches from the century-old osmanthus tree that Zhou’s father had just had someone do a good job of pruning.

While he was collecting petals, a hand with slender fingers and distinct joints holding a sweet-scented osmanthus flower suddenly appeared in his eyes.

The pale blue veins were looming, and the sweet-scented osmanthus in his hand made people feel one hard and one soft, a perfect combination of strength and tenderness.

Lu Xiaoqiao looked up at him in surprise and said nothing.

“Don’t you like it? Take it.”

Lu Xiaoqiao whispered, “I like it, but I can’t break it off.”

Understanding what she meant, Zhou Qizhen only replied, “It won’t be bald.”

On the way back, the whole car was filled with the fragrance of the sweet-scented osmanthus in Lu Xiaoqiao’s hand.

Zhou Qizhen stared at the road ahead with deep eyes. He saw his left hand casually resting on the car window, and his right hand turning the steering wheel skillfully and steadily.

“Are you going home for the National Day holiday?”

“No, my roommate works part-time in physical sales at our company. There was an emergency at home. It’s too busy here to ask for leave, so I’ll take her place for a few days.”

It was mainly because the salary deducted for taking leave was a bit high. Knowing how much Qin Momo needed money, Lu Xiaoqiao didn’t want her to hide and cry about money again.

“All your colleagues have gone back, so are you afraid of being left alone in the place you live?”

“It’s okay, I still have a dog to keep me company.”

Zhou Qizhen thought of the puppy as big as his hand and didn’t say anything.

…

Zhou’s old house.

Zhao Yaqin lay on the bed and couldn’t fall asleep. She was still thinking about Zhou Qizhen’s expression when he looked at Lu Xiaoqiao, and thinking about the backs of the two people standing side by side after they went out. They really looked more and more compatible.

The two have known each other for two or three years. When did they fall in love? There was no sign before. It seemed that Lu Xiaoqiao knew nothing at all.

“Why are you tossing and turning and not sleeping?”

“Hey! What do you think of Xiaoqiao?”

Father Zhou didn’t know what she meant: “What do you mean?”

“The kind that we would marry into our family as our wife.”

“Ah! You’re talking about this. I think it’s quite suitable. The two of them are quite compatible in appearance and age. What’s the point of us thinking that it’s good? Ziyang has a girlfriend. And you mentioned it before. Ziyang said that he treats Xiaoqiao as his sister. So, just give up on that idea!” 𝓦🆆𝙬.🆅🄾🅳𝓣🅆1.ℂ🅲

After listening to what Father Zhou said, Zhao Yaqin knew that he had misunderstood. She hurriedly sat up from the bed and turned on the bedside lamp.

“Oh! What are you talking about? I was talking about Qi Zheng, how did it get to Zi Yang?”

Zhou’s father also sat up: “What did you say? Qi Zheng and Xiao Qiao? You are confused! Two people who have nothing in common, it’s impossible, you actually thought of it.”

“How is it impossible? I think they are a good match. Besides, as long as Qi Zheng is willing, I tell you, don’t interfere. It’s not easy to find someone you like.”

Zhou’s father snorted and didn’t believe what she said: “Did he say that to you?”

“How could he say that to me on his own initiative? But, Qi Zheng was brought up by me, I still know him. You don’t know, I can tell from the way he looks at Xiao Qiao. Also, have you ever thought about why he agreed to stay for dinner tonight? He never listens to you.”

This son really likes to go against him. Zhou’s father recalled the situation at that time and nodded as he thought.

“You know what? It seems to be the case. What does Xiao Qiao mean? There is a big age gap between them. She even called me grandpa today. What’s going on? No, I’ll call and ask.”

Zhao Yaqin quickly stopped him: “Don’t call him. He won’t tell you even if you ask him. Don’t let him think we are meddling too much and start a quarrel again.”

Zhou’s father also hesitated: “Then I’ll let Qi Yue call him? He can still listen to a few words of his sister’s words.”

…

When the car was about to reach the community, Lu Xiaoqiao asked Zhou Qizhen to park the car on the side of the road, but Zhou Qizhen drove in without listening to her.

After the car was parked, Lu Xiaoqiao said goodbye to him and was about to open the door and get out. She had seen news about door-opening murders several times, so she developed the habit of looking at the rearview mirror every time she got out of the car to make sure no one behind the car would open the door.

She glanced at the rearview mirror and saw two people standing at the corner of the corridor when she was about to get out of the car. To be exact, they were two people who were tearing each other apart.

She turned her head and put her face close to the car window. With her 1.5 vision and obvious height, she could tell at a glance that it was Zhao Jia and Zhao Zhizhi.

“What’s wrong?” Zhou Qizhen saw that her upper body was almost sticking to the glass.

Lu Xiaoqiao whispered in a low voice: “My roommate.”

Zhou Qizhen unbuckled his seat belt, leaned over to Lu Xiaoqiao, and followed her line of sight to look at the two people who were hugging and kissing passionately.

Look at Lu Xiaoqiao again, her sparkling eyes are full of gossip.

The two of them were so engrossed in the kiss that they didn’t notice the car parked here, nor did they care about the light from the car headlights.

In the end, the two of them kissed for more than ten minutes before Zhao Jia reluctantly went upstairs.

Zhou Qizhen sat back in his driver’s seat: “Have they reconciled?” He remembered that when they were in Haicheng, Lu Xiaoqiao had a fight with others because of them.

“I guess so, they even kissed each other.”

Lu Xiaoqiao snorted, “If it were me, I would definitely not forgive him so easily.”

Zhou Qizhen looked at her angry expression and couldn’t help but curled his lips: “If it were you, what would you do to forgive your boyfriend for making a mistake?”

Lu Xiaoqiao smiled slyly, “I’ll make him learn to scream like a dumpling!”

Zhou Qizhen: “…”