"What can happen?" Jian Anran said to the other end of the phone, "Didn't you ask me to go back for a meal when I was free a few days ago? You don't want me to go back?"
"Why are you kid speaking so harshly?" Her mother, Yang Yahui, immediately raised her voice, "This is how we taught you? Is this how you talked to teachers at school? You plan to talk to leaders in this tone when you get out of society.
?When I saw..."
Before Yang Yahui finished speaking, a feeling of irritation arose in her heart. Jian Anran was a little impatient and subconsciously gave a slight "tsk". Yang Yahui on the other end of the phone caught it immediately.
"What? I have raised you for more than 20 years. It was so hard at home in the past. I couldn't endure it for you. I was not willing to buy two more taels of meat. I just wanted to save some money to buy you some milk powder and diapers, which made you tired.
It's so big, why can't I just say a few words to you?"
Speaking of the hard years in the past, Yang Yahui was very talkative. Knowing that her mother always wanted to talk about topics such as "what do we do for you" and "what do we do if it's not because of you", Jian Anran hurriedly stopped.
.
"I went back on Thursday afternoon and was still busy, that's all."
The phone was like a hot potato. Jian Anran hurriedly took it from her ear. The sound in the receiver was still outputting uninterruptedly. She hurriedly hung up the phone.
She could feel the storm coming before she even got home. Jian Anran couldn't imagine how she would have to face the storm when she went back.
"Did something happen in the office?" Ning Beibei asked impatiently as soon as she saw Jian Anran coming in from the door.
She shook her head and tried her best to squeeze out a smile, "It's from my senior sister, asking me if a document has been archived. I just told her which folder to go to via the phone line."
"That's it," Ning Beibei said casually, "It's hard enough for you to do the project."
……
Jian Anran had no classes all day on Thursday. Perhaps because of her inner resistance, she still delayed getting on the bus home until after four in the afternoon.
When she heard that they had cut off her living expenses, Jian Anran was so angry that she blocked all chats between her parents in the past six months. She did not know whether they contacted her again in the future. Only Jian Anran
An Jie sent her a WeChat message more than a month ago:
[Jian Anjie: Sister, when will you come back]
There was only this one message in the dialog box. I don’t know if he wanted to send it himself or if his parents instigated him to send it. Jian Anran still didn’t reply anything in the end.
Scenes from the past seemed to be still in front of her. She took out her phone distractedly and opened the bank's app——
One, two, three, four, five, five digits, and the number seven is followed by four zeros. This is the first time Jian Anran has received such a huge sum of money.
Her footsteps stopped at the familiar green door of the unit. Looking up, she could see that the lights on their balcony had begun to light up. Taking out the access card from her bag, Jian Anran walked straight into this familiar but suddenly strange place.
Corridor.
"An Ran, why haven't I seen you recently?" He met Grandma Wang who lived on the first floor.
Jian Anran smiled awkwardly and said, "I have been busy studying recently and have been living on campus."
"I see, you are the hardest working child in our unit, so you should study hard!" After greeting Grandma Wang on the first floor, Jian Anran continued to go upstairs.
When she arrived at the door of her house, she was about to take out the keys from her pocket. After a moment of hesitation, her hand was still hanging in the air——
Is it better to ring the doorbell? Or just get the key?
"Xiao Jie, go and set the dishes! Your sister should be here soon!" The sound insulation in the corridor was not good, and she could hear Yang Yahui's voice in the kitchen while standing at the door.
"Ding dong——"
"Look! I just said, here we are, Xiao Jie, go and open the door!"
Old-fashioned suites usually have two doors per door frame. As soon as the inner floor was opened, Jian Anran met Jian Anjie's somewhat unfamiliar eyes.
The moment the security door was pushed open, Jian Anjie hesitated for a moment, then whispered: "Sister."
"Hmm", Jian Anran handed over the bag in her hand, which was pork jerky bought across from the barbecue restaurant yesterday. Jian Anjie and her father Jian Shaobo both liked to eat it.
As soon as she took off her sneakers, her old slippers had been laid out for some time. Jian Anran put them on. When she walked to the restaurant, Yang Yahui was still busy in the kitchen.
"An Ran, you're back! Go watch TV with your dad on the sofa. The meal will be ready soon."
Different from her tone on the phone, Yang Yahui's attitude today was so good, even a little polite, that Jian Anran felt like she was a guest.
Jian Shaobo was watching the replay of the classic TV series on the sofa. When he saw Jian Anran, he just said casually, "You are back, let's go on winter vacation soon." After she responded, the father and daughter fell into silence again.
The position in the middle of the sofa is like the Milky Way, with Jian Anran and Jian Shaobo at one end and the other at that end.
"It's time to eat, come and eat!" Yang Yahui's voice instantly saved the two of them.
As soon as she turned around, she saw the steaming dishes on the table, walking towards the restaurant. Jian Anran could obviously notice that there were several more dishes on the table than usual.
It’s not the standard for their family to eat by themselves, it’s like——
To entertain guests.
"Hurry and get something to cushion it!" Yang Yahui walked out of the kitchen with small steps holding the soup, "It's hot!"
Jian Anjie hurriedly took out a stack of newspapers from the sideboard and placed it in the center of the dining table.
"I specially cooked clam soup," Yang Yahui's face glowed with heat because she didn't know it had been in the kitchen for too long, "your favorite food."
Clam...soup, Jian Anran just smiled reluctantly and said nothing.
At the dinner table, Jian Shaobo remained silent as always. Jian Anjie seemed to be very curious about Jian Anran. She seemed to be holding back what she wanted to say. Yang Yahui kept asking questions throughout the whole process, "Is the schoolwork stressful?" and "When?"
Start looking for an internship?" and "How are your relationships with your friends?".
The last sentence seemed to be an insinuation about Wen Siheng's relationship with her. Jian Anran pretended not to understand and specifically replied: "Of course Ning Beibei and I are fine." After hearing this, Yang Yahui did not ask any more questions and just smiled awkwardly.
Laugh.
"By the way," Yang Yahui said suddenly after a moment of silence, "I have been looking for a job at the People's Hospital since last week."
"Work?" Jian Anran was a little surprised.
Jian Shaobo, who is extremely controlling, has not allowed Yang Yahui to go out to work since she got married. Since Jian Anran can remember, she has heard several times about Yang Yahui wanting to go out to work. The final outcome was that her parents had a big fight and nothing happened.
.
She subconsciously looked at Jian Shaobo, who seemed to finally have no objection to Yang Yahui's work this time and remained silent.