Li Xiang originally planned to see what the real picture Li Xiang had given him before leaving.
Unexpectedly, because of a phone call from his grandma, he had to leave first.
In order to attend to birthday matters, grandma didn't give Li Xiang a chance to interrupt as soon as she opened her mouth, until he patiently listened to the call and walked out of the villa door.
He explained to the phone with a little helplessness: "Mother, didn't I tell you that? It's not that you can't do anything about your birthday, it's just that my grandson has been really busy recently and can't get away."
Grandma is eager to use her birthday to bring Li Xiang and Zhang Ling together.
Because of Li Xiang's inconvenience, he didn't want to worry his grandma by telling the truth, so he could only find various excuses to temporarily avoid it. Unexpectedly, it would be almost a month later.
Grandma was obviously a little anxious.
Because she told Zhang Ling that her birthday would be in two days. But this two days made grandma herself feel that it was a little too long!
"You're so busy, you only have work in your eyes, right? You promised to visit grandma every week, but now I haven't seen you for two or three weeks. That's all. Grandma's time is running out, but
I want to celebrate one more birthday for myself, but you, my unfilial grandson, keep putting it off. Do you want your grandma to die with hatred?"
Grandma vented out all the resentment she had accumulated recently, and started sobbing as she spoke.
Li Xiang, who was on the other end of the phone, felt sad for a while. His previous plan to leave Zhen Li Xiang was to look up the meaning of the foreign language on the medicine box in the trash can. Now he completely forgot about it.
Because to him, grandma's things are always the most important.
"No, ma'am, no, ma'am, you should listen to my grandson. He is really busy. If you don't believe what he says, you can ask Zhang Ling for confirmation." Li Xiang tried his best to explain.
Grandma called Zhang Ling because she was worried. If she was asked when her birthday was, she felt that this question was extremely difficult to answer.
The day was approaching, but my grandson was not ready. When it was far away, I was worried that the relationship between my grandson and Zhang Ling would change. So I never dared to make this call.
Twice, Zhang Ling just made polite phone calls to check on her grandma's health. She was so scared that she didn't answer the phone.
Afterwards, grandma was smart enough to ask the helper to call her back and simply explained that she didn't answer the phone because she was busy doing a check-up.
"Don't come here. Do you still plan to celebrate grandma's birthday? You must give grandma a guarantee today." Grandma said with a strong attitude.
"I'll do it, I'll definitely do it." Li Xiang said decisively, and then continued to explain, "I've just finished this stage of my work. I was about to go out to organize your birthday. If you hadn't called, I would have
Already on the way to book a hotel.”
"Which hotel are you going to? You prodigal child, why do you have to spend that money for something good? Wouldn't it be nice to keep that money to buy Zhang Ling a new dress?" Grandma refused decisively.
Li Xiang quickly explained: "My dear, you don't know that it was Zhang Ling's intention to go to the hotel to hold her birthday. Besides, your grandson won't buy clothes for women. If Zhang Ling doesn't like it, wouldn't it be a waste of money?"
"
"You bastard grandson, how can I teach you to understand?" Grandma said angrily.
Li Xiang scratched his head and said, "Empress, what did you teach me?"
In his impression, he really didn't feel that his grandma taught him anything.
"You..." Grandma suppressed her anger and breathed a long sigh of relief and said, "Forget it, let me tell you this. If a woman really falls in love with a man, no matter what kind of clothes the man buys, the woman will like it when she sees it. Because
What a woman wants is a man's heart that cares about her. Do you understand now?"
What grandma taught Li Xiang was obviously another test for Zhang Ling.
"Is this really the case?" Li Xiang said with some doubt.
"If you really want to buy something that Zhang Ling likes, you can get a feel for it from her usual dressing style. Forget it, it seems like you, a brat, don't have the talent for this. Then go directly and ask the relatives who are familiar with Zhang Ling.
My friend is fine." Grandma said, a little bit annoyed that iron cannot become steel.
After hearing what grandma said, the first person Li Xiang thought of was Yan Yuan.
"Oh, I understand. But it's your birthday..."
Grandma directly interrupted Li Xiang and said: "Listen to grandma, don't think about the hotel. Grandma has already thought of a good place. You don't have to worry about this. All you need to do is set a time and bring Zhang Ling's child to grandma."
Just come."
Li Xiang had a bad premonition when he heard grandma's tone. He silently prayed that grandma would never choose that place.
That was when Li Xiang rented a house near the hospital in order to take care of his grandma and make it easier for her to see a doctor.
The walls of the rental house were dark as if there had been a serious fire in the past.
None of this is fatal. The most terrible thing is that there is no furniture at all. It is as simple and crude as the simple dormitories of migrant workers at construction sites.
However, there are many good memories between him and his grandma here. So there is no problem for him and his grandma to stay there.
But now Zhang Ling was asked to accompany him to celebrate grandma's birthday there. He simply fantasized about the possible scenarios in his mind, feeling that Zhang Ling would slam the door and leave in anger.
Grandma did not indicate whether the place where the birthday was held was a rental house.
Li Xiang felt bad after hanging up the phone.
A man was walking on the road in a daze, making everyone who passed by him think that he must have lost a loved one.
It was a kind-hearted old man who took the initiative to come forward to comfort him and express his condolences.
"What kind of condolences?" Li Xiang finally came to his senses and asked.
This kind-hearted old man combed his hair very carefully. The silvery white hair mixed with a little black hair was clearly visible, without any mess. In the slightly sunken eye sockets, there was a pair of dark brown eyes, which looked a little dazed.
looked at him and said:
"Looking at your devastated look, I feel like you must have lost a loved one. Am I wrong?"
Li Xiang looked at the kind-hearted old man and could only say helplessly: "You are worrying too much. I am just in a bad mood because of some trivial matters at home."
"Every family has its own scriptures that are difficult to recite. It's okay, young people want to be more open-minded." After the kind-hearted old man comforted Li Xiang, he turned to look at the old lady not far away and said, "Oh, I guessed wrong. You won."
Already."
The old lady walked over slowly, with a pair of reading glasses on her high cheekbones, and a kind smile on her wrinkled face. She looked at the kind-hearted old man and said:
"Not bad, you didn't act shady this time."
When Li Xiang heard the conversation between the two elders, an inexplicable anger arose in his heart.
What a disrespectful old couple!
It's okay, the two old men are not shy to team up and make bets on things that he is unhappy with.
Li Xianggang wanted to scold the old couple, but after hearing the kind-hearted old man's words, his anger disappeared instantly.
I saw the old man hurriedly greeted the old lady with a little stagger. Obviously he was afraid that the old lady would fall, so he went to help her and said: "Old lady, please slow down. Then I listen to you, old lady, we will go to the XX Hotel to celebrate the wedding."
The sixtieth anniversary is here."
The kind-hearted old man may have deliberately avoided the old lady's accusation because of face problems, but he still fulfilled his promise.
60 years of marriage!
Li Xiang was happy that the old couple had been able to stay together for so many years, so he took the initiative to send his blessings.
In this age of impetuous people, countless young people treat marriage and divorce as if they were children playing house. Being lucky enough to see a couple who have been together for 60 years is simply more valuable than winning a million-dollar lottery ticket.
Happy.
In order to get a little bit of luck, Li Xiang deliberately sent the old couple some distance away from each other.
Say goodbye to each other and say goodbye.
He looked at the old couple with envy, and supported each other as they walked away. He couldn't help but imagine that one day he would be lucky enough to be with Zhang Ling on their 60th wedding anniversary like these two old men.
Here, work together to choose an elegant place to celebrate.
Sometimes people just can't help but talk.
At this time, the phone rang, and the caller was Zhang Ling.
Li Xiang answered the call with a smile on his face. Before he could say hello, the other party's angry voice came out: "Li Xiang, you have done a good job!"
He briefly recalled that he had indeed done nothing bad, and asked in a daze: "What's wrong?"
Zhang Ling said in a very aggressive tone: "Stop talking nonsense, you must come to my house and see for yourself within half an hour!"
Li Xianggang wanted to ask more, but it was too late. Zhang Ling had hung up the phone.
With a worried heart, he was driving quickly to Zhang Ling's house, analyzing in his mind what on earth he had done to offend Zhang Ling?
After much thought, I'm afraid there's only one thing left.
Li Xiang finally got rid of the casts on his legs and feet, and completely abandoned the wheelchair. Thanks to Zhang Ling for preparing breakfast in the morning for many days, he felt that he had to do something to express his feelings.
When Chen Jian arrived last night, he expressed what he wanted to express to Zhang Ling.
Chen Jian is worthy of being a self-proclaimed emotional expert. He immediately gave Li Xiang three choices:
Option 1: Prepare breakfast early in the morning like Zhang Ling.
Of course, Li Xiang was not confident in his cooking skills and had no choice but to give up this option.
Option 2: Spend money to buy two movie tickets, theater tickets or musical tickets, etc., and make an appointment to watch them together.
This choice sounded really good at first glance, and under Chen Jian's evil bewitching explanation, Li Xiang could not help but fantasize about related ambiguous scenes, and even started to buy suitable tickets excitedly.
He never expected to accidentally see a post in Zhang Ling’s circle of friends saying that he didn’t like these things. He decisively gave up this choice.
Option 3: Imitate the scene in the movie and TV series where a ring is hidden in cakes and other desserts to propose. Carefully prepare something that Zhang Ling likes, and then hide it in items that Zhang Ling uses every day.
This choice made Li Xiang a little fanciful for a while, thinking that his relationship with Zhang Ling was still unstable and it was too early to propose. He might be forced to have close contact with a flat surface again.
When Li Xianggang rejected the third option provided by Chen Jian, he accidentally saw the updates in Zhang Ling's circle of friends.
Zhang Ling said that she really misses the Tanji Snail Noodles near Wuchuan No. 3 Middle School! She wonders when she will have the opportunity to try it again? (Then she posted a photo of a bowl of snail noodles.)
Chen Jian came over and took a look, and said angrily: "This female doctor is so special. She actually likes to eat this stuff."
"What's wrong? This thing..." Li Xiang almost said that he didn't like it.
Fortunately, a list of Zhen Li Xiang's hobbies flashed into his mind.
Chen Jian asked casually: "What's wrong?"
Li Xiang explained: "Oh, I mean the smell of snail noodles has nothing to do with rice noodles. Most of the smell is caused by sour bamboo shoots."
"Huh?" Chen Jian looked at Li Xiang more curiously because of his explanation and said, "You're wrong."
Oops!
Could it be that it's about to be discovered that he is the real Li Xiang's stand-in?
He tried his best to recall the relevant details in his mind, and felt that there was nothing wrong with it. He could only suppress the panic in his heart and said: "What's wrong? I'm still me, the good friend who helps you stretch your muscles from time to time."
Chen Jian lowered his head with a livid face for a moment, as if he had found a perfect reason, then looked up at Li and said, "Don't come here! That's because I'm letting you get better."
"Understood!" Li Xiang said reassuringly with a strange smile.
Chen Jian then looked at Li seriously and wanted to say: "From these two times, you are indeed different from before. You are obviously stronger than before. And you have snail noodles."
Li Xiang indeed ignored this point for Zhang Ling.
He was a migrant worker who had been working on construction sites for many years. Because of his obsession with intelligent technology, he applied for adult self-study exams in related majors in his spare time.
After working hard all the way, I was lucky enough to get a job at Zhihua Technology, but on the first day of the interview, I was selected as a substitute by Zhen Li Xiang.
His strength was really honed at the construction site. How can someone like Li Xiang, who has never suffered much, compare to him?
"What happened to the snail noodles?" Li Xiang asked nervously.
Chen Jian deliberately observed him for a while and said: "You used to have a contemptuous attitude towards food like snail noodles. But I just saw the excitement and expectation in your expression when you mentioned snail noodles. It seems that this thing was something you used to
’s favorite.”
Li Xiang began to feel a little uneasy after hearing this.
I can clearly feel the cold sweat running down my spine.
His expression was solemn, veins protruded in his hands, his eyes were fixed on Chen Jian, and he was considering extreme ways to deal with this hidden danger.
Chen Jian suddenly asked cheerfully: "Honestly, did you secretly eat snail noodles behind my back?"
It turned out that everything was a false alarm.
What Chen Jian is curious about is this.
His tense nerves were completely relaxed, and he breathed a sigh of relief secretly, and a relieved smile appeared on his lips unconsciously.
Chen Jian caught his smile and continued: "Look. I said sooner or later you will be unable to help but want to eat. Tell me, how do you feel after eating?"
In order to prevent the real Li Xiang's character from collapsing, Li Xiang could only suppress the temptation of snail noodles and said calmly: "No, I haven't eaten it. At most, it's because Zhang Ling likes it, so I only like it."
I made a brief understanding of it. So you are overthinking it..."
Chen Jian would not easily believe Li Xiang's explanation, so he dragged Li Xiang to argue with him for almost half an hour before giving up and continuing to explore further.
I thought the matter about snail noodles was over.
Chen Jian suddenly smiled and said: "Li Xiang, since you have chosen to express your feelings through snail noodles. And you hate the taste of snail noodles. Why not, let me handle this matter for you, brother."
I promise to help you handle it properly."
Li Xiang originally thought that after being beaten twice, Chen Jian would probably not do anything wrong again. He chose to agree to this brother's request on the spot.
Now he suddenly recalled Chen Jian's weird smile at that time...