Afternoon.
Hua i Estate, Yu ixia’s apartnt.
Ding Dong... Ding Dong... Ding Dong... Yu ixia walks over to open the door.
“Mum! I’m back!” Yu Qianqian shouted as she enters the apartnt.
“Are you cold?” Yu ixia quickly grabbed her daughter’s hands and rubbed them. “Your hands are freezing. Why didn’t you wear more clothes? It’s still very cold now.”
“I forgot.” Yu Qianqian is very close to Yu ixia, and she hugged Yu ixia tightly to warm herself up.
Yu ixia smiled and closed the door. “Your Uncle is here. Go and greet him first.”
“Ah?!” Yu Qianqian looks into the living room. “Big Bro... Ah... Uncle!”
Dong Xuebing laughed and waved for her to go nearer. When Qianqian got closer to Dong Xuebing, he rubbed her head. “I have not seen you for a few days, and you had gotten taller and prettier. Did you listen to your mother when I am not around? Huh? How are your results?”
Yu ixia smiled proudly. “Qianqian got third in her class for the last test.”
“Wow...” Dong Xuebing pinched Qianqian’s cheek lightly. “You are so smart.”
Yu Qianqian felt embarrassed and replied shyly. “It’s because Aunt Luan had given tuition during the winter break.”
Dong Xuebing smiled. “But you are also smart to get third.”
Yu Qianqian let Dong Xuebing pet her head like a kitten as she hugged his arm. “Uncle, there are so problems with my laptop. It suddenly becos very slow. Can you help take a look? Also, I have so math problems with I don’t know how to solve. Can you teach ?” She had not t Dong Xuebing for a few days and wants to be with him.
Yu ixia looks at her daughter. “Your Uncle had just arrived. Let him have dinner first.”
“It’s alright.” Dong Xuebing stood up. “Let’s go. I will repair your laptop first.”
Yu ixia looked at them and smiled. “I will prepare dinner now.
In the kitchen, Yu ixia is still smiling as she prepares the ingredients. She knows she is not smart and only knows how to serve others. After quitting her supermarket cashier job, she had been learning massage and cooking from books.
Twenty minutes later.
All the ingredients are ready, and the doorbell rang again.
Yu ixia opened the door and let the visitor in. “Fang Sao, please co in.”
“ixia, you are preparing dinner?” Fang Sao smiled and passed a plastic container to Yu ixia. “We had prepared braised beef and cannot finish it. I had brought so over for you and Qianqian.”
Yu ixia thanked her. “Sorry to trouble you. Thank you.”
“We are neighbors and should take care of each other. Oh, this is my son. Have you t him before?”
A young man steps forward. He is not bad looking and looks honest.
Yu ixia replied. “Of course. It was Xiao Xu who helped unclog my drainage pipes. Co in.”
Xiao Xu, who is around 23 or 24 years old, greeted Yu ixia politely. “Aunt Yu.”
Fang Sao and Yu ixia are staying on the sa floor, and she is also an ordinary commoner. She and her husband had been working in a bicycle factory. Since New Year, she and her husband had been giving little gifts to Yu ixia and Yu Qianqian. Sotis they will bring food, fruits, and even dresses for Yu Qianqian. When Xiao Xu overheard from Yu Qianqian that their house’s drainage pipe is clogged, he imdiately went over to help. Yu ixia knew they must have heard from sowhere that she was Xiao Bing’s helper before and is trying to suck up to her. But despite this, she is still grateful to Fang Sao and her family for treating her well.
Yu ixia went to brew tea for them after they entered the apartnt.
Fang Sao stopped her. “Don’t worry about us. Haha... I will not treat myself as a stranger and will brew tea myself.”
Fang Sao cos over to Yu ixia’s apartnt often to chat with her and knew where the tea and cups are kept. She reached over and took out the tea leaves, and made a cup of tea for herself.
Yu ixia asked. “Xiao Xu, what fruits would you like? I will go and cut it.”
Xiao Xu quickly waved his hand. “No need... Thank you, Aunt Yu.”
Fang Sao laughed. “Don’t bother with him. This kid does not like fruits.”
“Qianqian also does not like to eat fruits in the past.” Yu ixia took out a plate of fruits and puts it on the coffee table. “But Xiao Bing told her fruits have lots of vitamins, and she must eat it like taking dicine.”
Fang Sao heard Yu ixia ntioning ‘Xiao Bing’ and knew who she was referring to. “Qianqian is not around? Is she studying?”
Yu ixia turned and look at the room. “Xiao Bing is here, and I think he is fixing Qianqian’s computer.”
Chief Dong is here?! Fang Sao imdiately got nervous. “This... Err...”
Xiao Xu is also nervous and looks towards the bedroom door.
Fang Sao composed herself and pulls Yu ixia beside her on the sofa to chat with her. She asked Yu ixia how she maintained her looks and figure. This is not flattery. She had seen more than a dozen n in the estate steal glances at Yu ixia. Even her son, Xiao Xu, also kept looking at her. Yu ixia felt awkward and quickly said that she is not pretty and has wrinkles.
After chatting for a while, Fang Sao started talking about her son. “Your daughter Qianqian takes after you. She looks exactly the sa as you. She will have a bright future, unlike my Xiao Xu. Sigh... He doesn’t have good looks and cannot even find a job. I wonder how he is going to get a wife in the future.”
Yu ixia asked curiously. “Isn’t Xiao Xu working in the County?”
Fang Sao sighed again. “He had gotten an internship with the County’s TV station. But the TV station is not interested in him, and he might not convert to a full-ti staff this year.”
“Ah...” Yu ixia also felt sorry. “Xiao Xu is a good kid. Why can’t he be converted to full-ti?”
Fang Sao replied. “Most of the interns in his group have connections. But we are not wealthy and don’t have any connections. Sigh...” She paused and looks at Yu ixia. “ixi, I am at my wit’s end. If Xiao Xu cannot be converted to be a full-tir, what will he do in the future? I know you are capable. Can you give Xiao Xu a hand?” Fang Sao’s eyes turned red, and a tear rolled down her cheek.
Xiao Xu felt guilty. “Mum, it’s all my fault for being so useless. I...”
Fang Sao wiped her tear and held Yu ixia’s hand. “ixia...”
Yu ixia is softhearted and becos anxious when she saw Fang Sao crying. “Don’t cry... I... Let see what I can do...”
Fang Sao is overjoyed. “No matter what the outco is, I will thank you.”
Yu ixia thought for a while and walked over to the bedroom. She enters and closed the door behind her. Dong Xuebing and Yu Qianqian are playing PC gas in the room. They play a fighting ga against each other, and Qianqian seems to be losing as her face and ears are all red and frowning. She is pressing on the buttons furiously and breathing loudly.
The round ended.
Dong Xuebing laughed. “I won again. Qianqian, you are no match for .”
Qianqian is pouting. She had started using this laptop for a few months. How is it possible for her to win Dong Xuebing?
Yu ixia saw they had finished playing, and she said softly. “Qianqian, Aunt Fang is here. Go out and accompany them.”
Dong Xuebing petted Yu Qianqian’s head. “Let’s continue playing at night. I will teach you a special move, and you might win against next ti.”
“Ok!” Qianqian replied happily and ran out of the room. “Aunt Fang, Brother Xu.”
Yu ixia closed the bedroom door.
“Your friend is here?”
“Yes. They are our neighbors and had treated Qianqian and well.”
“What happened? What’s with that expression? Is there anything wrong?”
Yu ixia hesitated and walks over slowly. She sat beside Dong Xuebing and stroked his hand. This is the first ti she initiated intimacy with Dong Xuebing.
Dong Xuebing is amused. “Seems like this is not a small problem.”
Yu ixia blushed. Xiao Bing had always helped her in the past, and she had never asked him for help. If it was another person who had asked her for help, she would never ask Dong Xuebing. But Fang Sao and her family had treated her well, and she cannot refuse her. “Xiao Bing... I... Fang Sao’s son is an intern with the County TV station. His internship is almost up... but he was not converted to full-ti. That’s why... err... if you can... Can you... it’s fine if you cannot help.” She doesn’t even know what she is talking about.
Dong Xuebing laughed. “That Fang Sao is asking you for a favor?”
Yu ixia nodded. “Fang Sao had helped a lot in the past. Xiao Bing, you... can you help?” She tightens her grip on Dong Xuebing’s hand. This is the first ti Fang Sao asked her for a favor. “Fang Sao and her family are good people.”
Dong Xuebing replied without hesitation. “Ok. I will help you ask around.”
Yu ixia is overjoyed. “Really?!”
Dong Xuebing kissed Sister Yu on her forehead. “This is the first ti you asked for help. How can I reject you?”
Yu ixia smiled sweetly when she heard this. She knows Xiao Bing still likes her.
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