Returning to Jiangcheng, Chen Xiao and Li Ziqing did not use any means of transportation.
Chen Xiao gave Li Ziqing a taste of instant movement.
Li Ziqing saw Chen Xiao produce a very thick and long brush from somewhere, scribbling on the ground. Immediately, with a flash of light, she found herself back in the villa at Shanhai Yipin.
“What, what, what is going on?”
Looking at her surroundings, Li Ziqing was full of bewilderment.
Chen Xiao smiled mysteriously and said, “This brush of mine is called the Judge’s Brush. I snatched it from Lu Pan?”
“Judge’s Brush? Lu Pan? The Lu Pan from the underworld you’re talking about?”
Li Ziqing asked with an exaggerated expression.
“Precisely!”
Chen Xiao said with a serious face.
Li Ziqing rolled her eyes. “I don’t believe you!”
I really got it from Lu Pan, why don’t you believe me!
Just as Chen Xiao was about to explain, the sound of a door opening was heard from outside, followed by light footsteps.
Liu Zhen had returned, carrying two plastic bags filled with meat and several vegetables, clearly just back from the market.
“Oh? You two are both here!”
Seeing Chen Xiao and Li Ziqing at home, Liu Zhen was happy but also a little disbelieving.
These two young people were simply too busy, it was normal for them not to be home for ten days to half a month.
And even when they did come back, they rarely saw each other.
Liu Zhen even wondered if their relationship was unstable, if it was about to end.
Thinking this, Liu Zhen couldn’t help but worry. “What’s going on with you two today? It’s not even dark yet, why are you both home? Did something happen?”
“Mom, actually, there’s something we need to tell you.”
Chen Xiao said with a serious face, his tone even a little hesitant.
He was acting this way because he was a little nervous, after all, what he was about to say was about his marriage.
However, Liu Zhen completely misunderstood. Seeing Chen Xiao’s hesitant demeanor, she sighed and waved her hand, saying, “Ah, forget it, you don’t need to say it, I already guessed.”
“You, you guessed?”
Li Ziqing looked shocked and confused. Could something like this be guessed? And why did Mom look unhappy?
Did she not want me and Chen Xiao to be together?
Thinking this, Li Ziqing also started to feel anxious.
Although she hadn’t married Chen Xiao yet, she had already started calling Liu Zhen ‘Mom,’ and Liu Zhen had given her the warmth of a mother.
“Yes.”
Liu Zhen nodded, looking at Li Ziqing. “This is probably a case of fate without fulfillment. You two are too busy, you see each other too little, and problems are inevitable… But Ziqing, if you don’t mind, I’ll always be your mom, you two are my most beloved children.”
As she spoke, Liu Zhen’s voice choked up, and she was about to cry.
Chen Xiao and Li Ziqing were first bewildered, then they looked at each other and burst into laughter.
“Hahahaha, Mom, what are you thinking? You think Chen Xiao and I broke up?”
Chen Xiao asked with a hearty laugh.
“Aren’t you? If it weren’t for this, how could you two have come back so early, and together at that, with you looking so hesitant and saying you had something important to tell me…”
Liu Zhen’s analysis was logical and well-founded. She asked doubtfully, “Could it be that what you two wanted to tell me isn’t about breaking up?”
“Of course not!”
Chen Xiao and Li Ziqing said in unison.
“That’s good, that’s good, you scared me to death just now!”
Liu Zhen patted her chest, then her expression changed, showing impatience, and she urged, “Then what is it that’s so mysterious? Hurry up and say it, don’t delay dinner!”
“Cough, cough, why don’t you say it?”
Chen Xiao coughed twice and looked at Li Ziqing.
“I won’t, you say it!”
Li Ziqing kicked the ball back to Chen Xiao.
Chen Xiao gritted his teeth. What was there to be afraid of? It was a happy event, why shouldn’t he say it!
“Cough, cough, well, Mom, Ziqing and I, we’ve decided to get married!”
Chen Xiao finally managed to say the sentence, though it was a bit stammered, he finally said it.
“What did you say? I didn’t hear clearly, you, you, you say it again!”
Liu Zhen’s voice also became excited. She had heard clearly, but she dared not confirm, afraid she had misheard.
“We’re getting married!”
This time, Chen Xiao and Li Ziqing said it in unison.
Liu Zhen was stunned for a long time, and after a while, she repeatedly said, “Good, good, good…”
Saying this, she turned and walked towards the kitchen.
“Mom, is that it? What are you going to do?”
Chen Xiao felt that his mother was a little off.
“Mom, Mom is going to make dumplings for you!”
Liu Zhen’s voice was choked with emotion, and tears streamed down her face.
However, it was different from before. Before, it was sadness and heartache, but this time it was overwhelming joy, crying tears of happiness!
“Yay, that’s great, I get to eat Mom’s dumplings again!”
Li Ziqing remembered that the first time she ate at Chen Xiao’s house, it was dumplings.
From then on, the taste of those dumplings seemed to be etched into her DNA.
No matter what unhappy or sad things she encountered, as long as she ate a meal of dumplings made by Liu Zhen, she could become happy.
“Mom, wait for me, I’ll help you make them!”
Li Ziqing happily walked towards the kitchen, skipping along the way.
Looking at the backs of his mother and future wife, Chen Xiao’s mood was indescribable.
He could be sure that the feeling was happiness, and it was a particularly fulfilling happiness, so full that it was almost overflowing.
He even wished that time could stay at this moment forever.
But he understood the principle that the moon waxes and wanes, and water overflows when it’s full.
There were still many unknowns ahead, with both dangers and opportunities.
He secretly committed the feeling of this moment to his heart. He absolutely would not allow anyone, anything, to snatch away this happiness that he could hold in his hands!
Heavenly Dao, if you want to come, then come. When you come, I will make sure you regret it.
Chen Xiao clenched his fist, and the imaginary enemies in his mind became clearer and clearer.
He remembered every moment the scenes he had seen in the Qingqiu illusion.
And he absolutely would not allow such scenes to happen in reality.
Just as Chen Xiao was somewhat lost in thought about the anticipated great battle, his phone suddenly rang.
Taking out his phone, he saw an unfamiliar number. Chen Xiao directly hung up. Nowadays, he didn’t answer calls from people he didn’t know.
But after he hung up three times in a row, the call still kept coming.
Chen Xiao finally answered the phone. “Hello, who is this, what do you want?”
“Are you Chen Xiao?”
A cold voice came from the other end. Chen Xiao said, “It’s me!”
The other side said, “I am from the Jiangcheng Hospital’s Human Resources Department. Due to your prolonged and unjustified absence from work, the hospital is now officially terminating your employment. Please come to the hospital as soon as possible to handle your personal belongings.”