??Chapter 17: Chapter 17: Don’t Regret When You’re Old
Chapter 17: Chapter 17: Don’t Regret When You’re Old
Ten minutes later, a delicious bowl of scallion oil noodles ca out of the pan, and Wenyan even fried an extra egg for Shen Jinghe.
These scallion oil noodles might seem simple, but making the fried scallion oil requires so skill; if done poorly, it can taste bitter.
Although Shen Jinghe claid to be not picky with food, he was quite particular.
Even soone as fussy as him couldn’t help but look at Wenyan with newfound respect upon tasting the noodles.
But complinting her was out of the question; he couldn’t bring himself to say such things to Wenyan.
So after finishing his bowl, Shen Jinghe suddenly said to Wenyan, “I owe you a favor.”
Wenyan was luring Shen Pili with a cat treat when she suddenly heard this nonsensical statent and couldn’t help but feel surprised.
“You an this al?”
“Mhm,” Shen Jinghe frowned slightly and squeaked out an uncomfortable sound.
Wenyan looked at Shen Jinghe with a sowhat amused look, thinking it was unnecessary.
A simple ‘thank you’ would have sufficed.
[He’s such a tsundere] Wenyan couldn’t help but muse inwardly again.
Shen Jinghe: …God must’ve let him hear this woman’s thoughts just to mock him.
“I’m feeling a lot better now, you can go.”
Wenyan [Talk about kicking down the bridge after crossing the river, or killing the donkey once the milling is done.]
Shen Jinghe: …Is she ever tired of mocking? Can’t she take a break?
Actually, Wenyan hadn’t planned to stay long, and if it weren’t for Shen Pili being such a beautiful and well-behaved cat, she would have left right after cooking.
“Wait until I finish feeding this cat treat, there isn’t much left, it’ll be quick.”
This ti, Shen Jinghe was wiser and didn’t make any more remarks, turning around to take his empty bowl to the kitchen.
Soon after, Wenyan could hear the sound of washing dishes.
Shen Pili quickly finished a whole cat treat.
By the ti Shen Jinghe ca back, Wenyan had just opened WeChat.
She scrolled through her friend list and asked Shen Jinghe, “We haven’t added each other as friends, have we?”
If he rembered correctly… Shen Jinghe nodded, “I don’t think so.”
“Then let’s add each other,” she suggested.
Shen Jinghe raised his eyebrows, “Is that necessary with the relationship we have?”
“Oh,” Wenyan didn’t just silently scoff this ti but confronted him directly, “who was it that just said he owed
a favor?
Given our relationship, we hardly have the chance to et, and without any contact information, how are you going to return the favor? Or were you just humoring
with polite nothings?”
“…” Shen Jinghe was at a loss for words and silently showed Wenyan his WeChat QR code.
After successfully adding each other on WeChat, Wenyan couldn’t help but slightly curl up the corners of her mouth.
[To think Shen Jinghe is such a proud tsundere with a sharp tongue and hard to deal with; yet, his WeChat profile picture is a cat. How bad can soone who loves small animals really be?]
“I’m off,” Wenyan said, waving her hand at the cat, “Goodbye then, Shen Pili. Take good care of your owner.”
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Wenyan took a taxi back to her apartnt.
In the taxi, she received a call from Su Yang.
“Hello, Mom. …Yes, it’s over, I felt pretty good about it, they told
to wait for notification. …I don’t think it was just politeness, because they directly announced the elimination of a few other people. …Tonight? No, I won’t co back tonight, it’s too late. …Tomorrow? Oh, tomorrow is the weekend, isn’t it? I hadn’t noticed, but, but tomorrow I still want to—”
She hadn’t finished her sentence when suddenly Wenyan realized her phone had run out of battery and shut off.
“No way, the phone died before I could finish talking,” Wenyan complained as she looked at the now dark phone screen.
She was actually talking to herself, but the attentive taxi driver heard her and took the initiative to speak.
“I’ve got a power bank. Do you need it? You were on the phone with your mom just now, right? She’ll definitely be worried about a young girl like you being outside with your phone suddenly turning off so late at night.”
As he spoke, the driver handed over a power bank and charging cable.
Wenyan appreciated the driver’s kindness, but she still declined.
“Thank you, Uncle, but it’s not necessary. I’ll be ho shortly, and I’ll call my mom back then.”
“Oh, that’s true,” the driver retracted his hand, “Just a few more minutes and we’ll be there. You look like you’ve just graduated.”
“Yes, good guess, Uncle. I did graduate this year.”
The taxi driver was chatty. “Job-hunting season for you then?”
“Yes.”
“The call earlier sounded like you’re not living with your parents.”
“Right, I’m not a child anymore. It’s ti to be independent.”
“Independence is good. My daughter is about your age; she moved out on her own after graduating last year. But girl, don’t mind my ddling. No matter how independent you are, you’re still your parents’ treasure, raised from nothing.
In high school, you stay in a dorm, in college you leave your parents’ side, after work it’s even more so, and once you’re married and have your own family, the chances to spend ti with your parents beco even fewer. You really should visit your parents on the weekends when you have ti.
What can’t you deal with during workdays, right? There probably aren’t job interviews on weekends, and if a company calls you in for an interview then, you shouldn’t go. It’s definitely a place that will require lots of overti.
When I was young, I regarded money and work as more important than life, working overti during festivals and holidays, too busy to join family reunions. It was only after my parents passed away that I started to have regrets.
‘Children wish to support their parents, but they may not be there anymore.’ You’re still young, you have lots of ti, but don’t be like , realizing regret in middle age. Your parents are older than you; they have less ti.”
The driver’s words ca from the heart, and Wenyan could tell they were filled with regret.
They also touched her.
Who knows if she’ll still be able to go back through this book in the future, if so, she definitely will take good care of her parents after returning.
For now, she should treat her adoptive parents better.
Once ho, Wenyan imdiately charged her phone and called Su Yang back right away.
“Mom, my phone died halfway through our call earlier, but now I’m back ho.”
On the other end, Su Yang’s voice was full of worry, “Thank goodness you called. Otherwise, I was going to look for you at your apartnt. I think you should co back and live here. I’m not comfortable with you living alone in an apartnt.”
“Mom, today was just a small accident. I’ll make sure to charge my phone next ti. I’ll co to see you tomorrow.”
“Really?” Su Yang sounded clearly delighted, “Didn’t you say you had sothing to do just now?”
“Nothing is more important than coming ho and reuniting with mom. Push everything else back!”
“That’s right, you’re supposed to rest on weekends. Tomorrow your eldest brother and Zhirou will be off too, so it’ll be nice for everyone to have a al together, then stay at ho for the night, and talk about work on Monday.”
“Got it.”
“It’s a pity that your other three brothers are all very busy, your third brother is on a business trip out of province, and the fourth one is still abroad.”
Su Yang went through the whereabouts of each person, except she did not ntion the second son, Shen Jinghe.
Wenyan then asked, “What about Second Brother?”
“Him? Can’t get through to his phone, nobody’s answering. But that’s normal; he’s probably filming and can’t access his phone.”
Wenyan, just back from Shen Jinghe’s: “……”
“Speaking of which, it’s been a long ti since I’ve seen your second brother. As a mother, my only chance to see my son is to watch him on TV; sigh, I might as well be one of the crew mbers around him.”
Su Yang sighed, her tone full of longing and regret.
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