“Desire makes us move forward, and pain makes people grow.” Ou Yingxin looked at Fang Ye’s script and fell into deep thought.
“Hey, little assistant, what are you doing so seriously?” Fang Ye tapped her head and said with a grin.
Ou Yingxin rolled her eyes at him and threw the script back to him.
“Hurry up and memorize your lines, the director is going to scold you again.”
Fang Ye stuck out his tongue and picked up the script obediently.
Ou Yingxin’s bumpy college life has entered the internship period. The internship is not too difficult for her, just too busy.
In this world of decadence and extravagance, too many temptations made her confused and she didn’t know how to choose.
After finishing a period of work, Fang Ye brought her a big box of local specialties.
“Little agent, are you going home again for the holidays?”
“Yes.” Ou Yingxin took the specialty and carefully put it in the suitcase.
Although she was going home, she didn’t have any “home” suitable to go back to. As for her mother, she hoped that her mother could have her own life as soon as possible and not revolve around her.
She couldn’t fit in with the excitement at her father’s side. There were too many relatives there, fighting openly and secretly, and she felt bad just thinking about it.
Dragging her suitcase, she walked out of the crew’s hotel in a daze. A gentle man with glasses was waiting at the door and looked at her with a smile, “I heard you’re on vacation, let me take you home.”
Ou Yingxin looked at the man’s car parked next to her, hesitated for a second, and finally refused, “Thank you, I want to go back by myself.”
The man did not force her, but smiled and said, “Then I’ll take you to the train station.”
Ou Yingxin wanted to refuse, but the man interrupted her with a smile, “We are all friends. It is not convenient for you to carry such a big box. This is a task assigned to me by President Qiao. Consider it a favor for you. Otherwise, President Qiao will deduct my salary.”
This man’s name is Xiao Ming. He is the blind date that Qiao’s father introduced to her for the N+1th time.
Parents seem to be very enthusiastic about these, as if they are afraid that their children will not respect the laws of nature and reproduce.
Ou Yingxin was not interested in these, but Xiao Ming had a very high emotional intelligence. Ou Yingxin’s direct or indirect rejection was like hitting cotton. She even admired this man’s emotional intelligence. She heard that he was a powerful elite talent in Qiao’s company.
In the end, Xiao Ming used his own method and went back with Ou Yingxin.
When getting off the train, Ou Yingxin insisted on dragging her suitcase out by herself. When she arrived at the entrance of the train station, she saw Ou’s mother who was already waiting there.
She turned around and looked around, but didn’t see anyone else.
Mother Ou saw through everything and said helplessly: “Xiao Lin will be back in the afternoon. Her school holiday is late.”
“Oh.” Ou Yingxin responded sullenly.
“Are you two arguing again?” Mother Ou took her backpack and said helplessly.
“What does it have to do with me? It’s still her…” Ou Yingxin gritted her teeth angrily and didn’t want to say anything more.
“Hello, auntie. I’m Xiao Ming.” Xiao Ming stepped forward to greet her cordially, making his presence felt.
Mother Ou looked at him and greeted him politely but distantly.
Xiao Ming enthusiastically sent them to the taxi before leaving. Mother Ou took a look at the young man, sighed softly, and asked her daughter, “Did your father introduce him again?”
Ou Yingxin said “hmm”.
Mother Ou asked, “What do you think?”
“I didn’t think much about it. He said he was on his way. The train is not mine, so I can’t chase him away.” Ou Yingxin muttered every day, “I’m not interested in dating. Isn’t it better to focus on making money?”
When Mother Ou heard what she said, she sighed. She couldn’t persuade her anymore.
The Qiao family is snobbish, and her daughter really wants to prove herself.
The mother and daughter returned home. Ou Yingxin went back to her room to answer a work call, while her mother tidied up, put on an apron and prepared to cook a big meal.
At this time, the doorbell rang. When Mother Ou walked to the door, she heard the door of her daughter’s room open and she seemed to be running over.
It was at this time that the door was opened.
Ou Yingxin looked at the person outside the door with anticipation, but when she saw Xiao Ming’s gentle face, her eyes immediately dimmed.
Xiao Ming didn’t know if he saw it or not, so he said politely, “Auntie, I heard that there are some procedural issues with the renovation of your old building, and Mr. Qiao asked me to come and handle it.”
Mother Ou glanced at her daughter and waited for her to speak.
Ou Yingxin was also very embarrassed being caught in the middle. Old Qiao and her mother still had some old properties to count, so she didn’t know what to say and had to let him in.
“Mom, you guys chat, I’ll go to my room.” She returned to her room in a depressed mood. She was supposed to be in a good mood when she got home, but for some reason she felt terrible.
She flipped through her phone and looked at the number at the top of the page, which made her feel even worse.
She clicked on it and took a look to make sure that she was not blocked this time.
That means they haven’t been in touch for almost half a semester.
The last time they separated, it wasn’t really a quarrel. It’s just that the two of them were living well outside the school, but that piece of wood suddenly wanted to move back into the school dormitory.
“Lin Cijiu, what do you mean?” she asked angrily, but got no answer.
It’s really despairing when that nerd doesn’t speak.
Her friends advised her that college was about to end and couples would break up, let alone them. Everyone advised her that it was too tiring to get along with someone with Lin Cijiu’s personality. She was always in her own world and didn’t want to be disturbed.
Ou Yingxin put on her headphones in annoyance, not wanting to hear the noise outside. However, after a while, someone knocked on the door.
She didn’t want to pay attention, but the knocking on the door never stopped.
“Just chat among yourselves, don’t bother me!” She opened the door angrily, looking very mad, but in a flash she saw Lin Cijiu standing blankly at the door.
“Auntie asked me to call you for dinner.” Lin Cijiu thought that he might not be welcome anymore, and added sullenly, “I’m leaving first.”
She turned around only to be pulled into the room and hugged the next second.
Mother Ou waited for a long time but no one came. How come one of them was broken when she asked someone to eat?
“Oh baby, it’s time to eat!”
The two of them came out slowly. Lin Cijiu secretly glanced at Ou Yingxin and saw that her eyes were a little red.
She secretly pulled her clothes and dragged her to the bathroom.
“Auntie, let’s wash our hands.”
When they got to the bathroom, Lin Cijiu asked with a serious expression, “Were you bullied?” He treated you badly? Was it because of me?
Before she finished speaking, Ou Baobao rolled his eyes at her.
“Wash your hands!” Ou Yingxin didn’t want to pay attention to this idiot.
She didn’t want to admit that she was mad at this idiot and cried.
Lin Cijiu looked at her with some confusion and worry.
Ou Yingxin didn’t want to pay attention to her, so she wiped her hands and pushed her out.
Xiao Ming was there too, and he helped a lot. It was dinner time, and Mother Ou couldn’t ask him to leave at that time, so she could only politely ask him to stay for dinner.
But the atmosphere at the dinner table was a little strange. Lin Cijiu looked at Ou Yingxin with confusion from time to time, and she rolled her eyes in return.
She looked at Xiao Ming warily again. This gentle man always had a smile on his face, but when Lin Cijiu looked at him, the smile on the corner of his mouth was a little contemptuous.
Lin Cijiu had met this man once before. He was a very scheming man. Her eyes turned cold again.
“Eat more. Every time you call me, you order food, but you don’t eat it when I cook.” Seeing that the two of them were arguing and seemed to have not yet reconciled, Ou’s mother secretly kicked her daughter.
“Xiao Xiao, you should have some food too. Don’t be polite. Thank you so much for renovating this old building. Don’t worry, I will not give you less than a penny of the remuneration you deserve.” When Ou’s mother greeted the guests, she had to inadvertently indicate the closeness and the identity of the guests. As Ou’s biological mother, she was also very worried.
“Auntie, you are so polite…”
Ou Yingxin didn’t listen to what Xiao Ming said. She glanced at Lin Cijiu and said, “I want to eat shrimp.”
Lin Cijiu silently picked up a fat shrimp and gave it to her.
Ou Yingxin rolled her eyes at her again and said, “Peel it off.”
Lin Cijiu was stunned for a moment, picked up the shrimp, put down his chopsticks and peeled it for her.
Mother Ou couldn’t stand it anymore and said to her daughter, “Can’t you peel it yourself? Why do you always bully her?”
“Who made her always make me angry? Humph!” Ou Yingxin said stubbornly.
Lin Cijiu was peeling shrimps, feeling a little confused. She wondered whether Ou Baobao was bullied by others or was he just angry with her.
Why does it seem like he’s just angry with her?
Xiao Ming smiled and said, “Let me peel it for you. I’m an expert at this.” He then perfectly demonstrated how to peel a crystal clear shrimp in three seconds, which was much better than Lin Cijiu’s level.
“Thank you, no need, just let her peel it.” Ou Yingxin said harsh words, but her eyes could not hide a hint of tenderness. From time to time, she put some of Lin Cijiu’s favorite dishes into her bowl.
Lin Cijiu peeled the shrimp and put it in her bowl, then asked her obediently, “Do you want more?”
“No, eat quickly, the food is cold.” Ou Yingxin said, handing her a tissue to wipe her hands.
Mother Ou looked at the two of them and shook her head helplessly.
“What a rivalry.” Mother Ou thought with a sigh.
“I’ll go get the soup.” Ou Yingxin said, taking Lin Cijiu’s bowl to the kitchen, wanting to get a bowl of hot soup.
Mother Ou followed and gently advised, “Daughter, you should be single-minded in life and not play two games at the same time.”
“Mom, I don’t even have a boat.” Ou Yingxin said helplessly as she served soup to Lin Cijiu.
“Oh, I don’t know what you are thinking. Don’t learn from those people in the Qiao family! Xiaolin is a simple-minded child. Don’t always make trouble for her. If you really make her angry and leave, I wonder who you will find to cry to.” Mother Ou sighed and walked out.
“What did I do to her? She was clearly the one ignoring me.” Ou Yingxin said angrily. These elders are really something. They think that just because you can read, you will be obedient, sensible and loved, right?
Do you want to be reasonable?
You don’t know how annoying that guy is when he gets stubborn.
Ou Yingxin was angry for a while, then stood inside in a daze again.
As she gradually entered society, she was indeed a little confused.
Old Joe always advised her, “Don’t take marriage too seriously. Treat it as a partnership, and it may last longer.”
Perhaps she was brainwashed, she did not firmly reject the blind dates arranged by Lao Qiao, and even thought about trying to find a partner with like-minded people.
As for Lin Cijiu, they had different majors and different jobs, and it seemed that they were gradually becoming more and more distant from each other without her noticing, and she did not want to face it.
Growing up seemed to have taught her to compromise and escape first, and she was not sure what she really wanted.
At that time, she saw that her father’s family was full of chaotic emotional relationships and she did not yearn for love.
In her mind, she gradually accepted that marriage was just a cooperative relationship.
In fact, when she got married, she also thought, since it was a collaboration, why not find Lin Cijiu.
“Fool.” Ou Yingxin looked at the curtains in her room and suddenly laughed.
The morning sunlight was a little dazzling, but fortunately the curtains were closed. Before the end of their vacation, Mother Ou finally returned from her trip.
Sleeping in her familiar bed, Ou Yingxin dreamed back to her noisy age.
“Dong dong dong.” The rhythmic sound of chopping meat came from outside. It turned out that all mothers in the world are the same, they never let people sleep well.
Ou Yingxin muttered and huddled back into the quilt.
At this time, the door opened slightly, and Ou Yingxin heard someone walking in lightly on the wooden floor.
“Wife, get up.” Lin Cijiu bent down and lowered his head. His voice was very soft, and it didn’t sound like he really wanted to wake her up.
However, she managed to call the lazy girl out of the quilt. Ou Yingxin put her arms around her neck, and her eyes became clear in an instant.
“Tell me the truth, why did you suddenly move back to the school when you were studying?” Ou Yingxin looked at her fiercely.
Lin Cijiu was stunned for a moment, but fortunately she had a good memory. She quickly recalled and said, “There was a man who said he was your fiancé and asked me to stay away from you.”
“Who? How can I have a fiancé?”
“Later my mother told me, and then I realized that he was lying to me.” Lin Cijiu was too naive back then and was easily fooled by a veteran like Xiao Ming.
“I see.” Ou Yingxin got up and took out her phone to call Lao Qiao. “Lao Qiao, I heard that you have a project in the desert. I think Xiao Ming is good…”
Lin Cijiu took some clothes and put them on her. It was terrible that his wife held such a grudge.
After dealing with the outsiders, Ou Yingxin said angrily, “Humph, I told you not to ask me anything. If my mom hadn’t asked you to come for dinner that day, would you have broken up with me?”
They are probably the two of them that are so close.
If she hadn’t gotten into trouble at that time, which led to their marriage, they would probably have been strangers now.
“There will always be other opportunities.” Lin Cijiu said confidently, not knowing where he got the courage from.
“Humph, it’s always me who comes looking for you.” Ou Yingxin turned around and glared at her.
Lin Cijiu was tongue-tied and didn’t know what to say for a moment, and looked at her with some embarrassment.
Fortunately, Ou Yingxin wasn’t really angry. She quickly thought of another possibility. “If we really weren’t married and had a falling out, I would let Old Joe buy your company. I would become a second-generation rich kid and cause trouble for you every day.”
Lin Cijiu thought about it and felt that this script was very graphic, “It seems not bad.”
“You bad guy, you only know how to plot against me.” Ou Yingxin had long recognized her true face. This guy was extremely bad, but she always acted very cold and played hard to get.
Faced with the accusations, Lin Cijiu remained silent.
Is this the default?
Well, Ou Yingxin was so angry that she laughed.
“Mu Tou, what did you do so early in the morning?” Ou Yingxin leaned on Lin Cijiu and asked lazily.
“Exercise.” Lin Cijiu frowned, obviously the process was very painful.
Ou Yingxin looked at her in confusion.
After being together for so long, Lin Cijiu finally learned not to let her keep asking questions, and continued speaking, “Mom said that I have a weak constitution and need to exercise, so she asked me to go running with her this morning.”
“Poor physical condition?” Ou Yingxin thought about it and understood something, and her thin face turned red.
“Why are those people from your Lin family so talkative?”
Lin Cijiu thought about it for a while and roughly guessed the path of the rumor spread: Su Xiaoxuan – Lin’s mother – Ou’s mother.
“But I’ve had a physical examination and there’s nothing wrong with me. Why are they suddenly concerned about my health?”
Ou Yingxin looked up at the sky helplessly, “It’s better if you don’t know.”
Why else? It can’t be that he cares about the harmony of their lives.
“Don’t exercise if you’re too tired. It’s enough that I’m in better shape than you.” Ou Yingxin said with relief. Both physically and mentally, she was more suitable for having children than Lin Cijiu.
“Lin Cijiu, you were so cute when you were a child. Do you have any childhood photos? Send them to me!” Ou Yingxin suddenly said excitedly.
Lin Cijiu looked confused. Why did they suddenly change to this topic?
Ou Yingxin held her face and rubbed it.
She found that when Lin Mu was a child, his round and cold face was very cute and made people want to rub it.
At the other end of the house, Mother Ou answered the phone, squinting her eyes and smiling wittily. She had thousands of tricks when it came to inducing childbirth.
Mother Lin asked in confusion on the other end of the phone: “My dear, will it be useful to send childhood photos?”
“Don’t worry, it will be done soon.” Mother Ou said with a smile, a clever gleam in her squinting eyes.

(End of this chapter)