Perhaps what she said was so abnormal and shocking that Huo Bainian and Ruan Yin seemed speechless for a moment.
While the two were stunned, Huo Jinbei slowly stood up, still looking at Huo Bainian, and said: "Whether you agree or not, I have booked a flight for tomorrow and will leave then. I
Go up and pack your luggage first."
After saying this, he turned around, glanced at Qianxing, and then went upstairs.
Qianxing met his eyes, her breathing stagnated slightly, but she saw him going upstairs without looking back.
She looked at his back, her eyes not wandering or avoiding at all.
Ruan Yin saw her look in her eyes, and a smile appeared on her face uncontrollably. She stretched out her hand to hold Qianxing, and then said angrily: "You kid, why didn't you say that earlier?"
Qianxing lowered his eyes, and after a while, he whispered: "I always didn't know what to do and what not to do... But now, I know."
"You must not be angry with Xiaobei." Ruan Yin added hurriedly, "He must have been so happy for a moment that he didn't know how to react... I'll go upstairs and talk to him right away, and he will wake up.
"
Ruan Yin said and was about to go upstairs, but Qianxing quickly grabbed her.
"He should be angry with me." Qianxing lowered his eyes and said, "I won't blame him."
Ruan Yin quickly explained for her son: "He won't be angry."
"It doesn't matter, it really doesn't matter." Qianxing replied in a low voice, "Don't talk about him."
Seeing her attitude, Ruan Yin felt really happy. She smiled and said, "Okay, okay, if you don't let me talk about him, then of course I won't. If there's anything else, I'll leave it to you two to talk about it. That's fine."
Bar?"
Qianxing paused for a moment before speaking again: "Then do you know what time his flight will fly to Bincheng tomorrow?"
The two people were talking quietly on one side, and on the other side, Huo Bainian seemed to be completely ignored. When he heard this question, he coughed uncontrollably and regained his sense of presence, "I said it."
Did you let him go?"
Before Qianxing could reply to him, Ruan Yin had already said, "It doesn't matter whether you say it or not. Xiaobei is already so old and he has made his own decisions. Just stop making trouble."
Huo Bainian: "..."
Ruan Yin didn't say anything more to him. She took Qianxing's hand and said, "Come, I'll take you back to your room to rest. Tomorrow, I'll go to Bincheng with Xiaobei."
…
That night, thousands of stars stayed up all night.
She was lying in a familiar room, a familiar and warm bed, but her heart was not at all under control, jumping crazily to the point of weakness.
She seemed to have made a very important decision, so she was nervous and hesitant, feeling uneasy, and even her palms were slightly hot.
She had never thought about such a thing before, so after it finally happened, she was still a little unable to recover.
What about tomorrow? What about the future?
She knew nothing and could not imagine.
The only thing she knew was that now, there was only one way left in front of her.
Now that she has embarked on this road, she can only continue walking without hesitation, even if she stumbles and gets a bloody head.
The next morning, Qianxing got up early.
When he opened the door and walked out of the room, he happened to meet Ruan Yin who was also walking out of the bedroom.
Seeing her, Ruan Yin was startled, "Why did you wake up so early?"
"I can't sleep." Qianxing replied truthfully.
Ruan Yin smiled and said: "Don't worry, it's still early. Why don't you sleep a little longer and I'll call you then."
Qianxing shook his head and said, "I'm not going to sleep anymore. Do you want to make breakfast? I can learn how to make it next to you."
Ruan Yin immediately took her hand and laughed out loud, saying: "That's fine, after all, you are going to help me take care of Xiaobei. It's time to learn a lesson."
Qianxing's face felt slightly hot, but he still followed her downstairs and into the kitchen.
Ruan Yin cooked porridge, fried noodles, and made dumplings and fried dough sticks. Qianxing stood beside her to help her throughout the process, carefully memorizing all the key points, as if she was reviewing before a final exam.
At around eight o'clock, Huo Bainian and Huo Jinbei went downstairs at the same time.
Huo Bainian probably still couldn't accept the fact that his "paternal authority" was being challenged, and his face was slightly ugly. However, Huo Jinbei was as calm as ever, and sat down directly at the dining table without saying anything.
Qianxing walked out of the kitchen with two glasses of milk and placed one of them in front of him.
Huo Jinbei raised his eyes and glanced at her without making any comment.
Qianxing didn't say anything and sat quietly opposite him eating.
After finishing the meal, Huo Jinbei will soon leave for the airport.
Although Huo Bainian disagreed with Huo Jinbei going to Bincheng in his heart, at this moment, he couldn't object anymore. Coupled with years of shortcomings and debts, he still didn't give up and leave.
We sent Huo Jinbei off to the airport together.
Qianxing was naturally traveling with us, but she was very silent along the way.
Ruan Yin saw her reaction in his eyes and just stretched out his hand to hold her tightly.
Qianxing had already been mentally prepared, so naturally he didn't think anything was wrong and just smiled at her.
When they arrived at the airport, Ruan Yincai said to Huo Jinbei again: "Xiaobei, Qianxing is not familiar with the place in Bincheng. You have to take good care of her, do you hear me?"
Huo Jinbei's response to this was unclear until the two of them passed the security check and he went to the bathroom. When he came out, he saw Qianxing standing outside waiting for her.
He finally walked up to her and said slowly: "You spoke for me in front of my father. I should thank you. Now that they have left, you don't really have to follow me to Bincheng. You can think about it yourself."
Let’s go somewhere.”
"The place I want to go to is Bincheng." Qianxing met his gaze without evading it at all, "Besides, I promised your mother that I would help her take care of you."
Hearing the word "take care of", Huo Jinbei seemed to raise his eyebrows slightly, and then said: "Then it's up to you, I won't interfere with you too much."
After saying that, he turned around and walked towards the boarding gate.
Qianxing immediately hurried forward.
The whole journey was silent.
When he arrived in Bincheng, Huo Jinbei returned to his place of residence first, put down his luggage and went straight to the hospital.
Qianxing had said before that she would guard him every step of the way. When she saw him heading to the hospital, she immediately followed him.
The two of them walked to the hospital one after another. Huo Jinbei happened to have a consultation meeting to attend. Qianxing watched him walk into the conference room, so she turned around and went back to his rented place.
He has been away for more than a week, and this house has been vacant for more than a week and needs a good cleaning.
Qianxing was very good at cleaning the house when she was a teenager. Now that she started to clean the house again, probably because she put more effort into it, she seemed to be even neater than before, and she finished it in just an hour.
Looking at the time, she first went to the nearby vegetable market, and then when she arrived at the hospital, she happened to see Huo Jinbei walking out of the outpatient clinic building.
This is too coincidental.
Qianxing immediately hurried forward to greet him, "Can you get off work so early?"
Huo Jinbei glanced at her and said, "Coming back to report today does not count as officially going to work."
"Oh." Qianxing responded, and then said, "Then go back and rest first. Aunt Ruan gave me a few recipes. I just bought vegetables and I can learn to cook them for you."
After hearing these words, Huo Jinbei's eyes stayed on her face for a few seconds, as if he had something to say, but he stopped talking.
Qianxing didn't give him a chance to speak. He stood behind him in a flash and prepared to escort him back all the way.
As expected, Huo Jinbei said nothing more and walked back.
…
Qianxing struggled to finish the meal.
I never went into the kitchen when I lived at my uncle's house, but I was young at that time and had a lot of other housework to do, so I could only occasionally cook noodles and scramble eggs. Now I'm faced with a lot of main ingredients.
She had to look up recipes and take care of the work at hand, so she felt like she was in a hurry.
After she almost caused the hot oil in the pot to burn, Huo Jinbei finally appeared at the kitchen door, crossed his arms, looked inside, and said, "This is a rented house, and I have to return it to the landlord in the future.
"
The implication is, please don't ruin the kitchen.
Qianxing lowered her eyes. Before she could argue anything, Huo Jinbei had already rolled up his sleeves and walked in to help her deal with the aftermath.
Qianxing immediately raised his head again, standing beside him while doing his hands, while carefully memorizing every step he did.
The smoke-filled kitchen war is not over until two dishes and one soup are placed on the dining table.
Qianxing felt a little ashamed.
It was obvious that she had vowed to take care of him, but in the end, it seemed like she was causing trouble.
But judging from the steps he just took, cooking doesn't seem to be difficult, and she should be able to get started quickly.
She was silently reviewing every step she had just taken when she suddenly heard Huo Jinbei across the dining table say: "Is this the life you want and what you want to do?"
Qianxing slowly raised her head to look at him, her eyes glazed over for a moment.
Huo Jinbei continued: "Is this kind of life meaningful?"
Qianxing paused for a moment before finally speaking slowly: "It makes sense."
Huo Jinbei raised his eyes to look at her.
Qianxing said: "For so many years, I haven't done anything meaningful. But now, at least I can work hard for the people I like... I want to make you happy. This is the biggest meaning."