My friend's uncle took a fancy to me

Zhao Yaqin asked Lu Xiaoqiao to wait a moment.

"Look at my memory. This morning, my friend mailed me some hairy crabs, but I forgot about them immediately after I put them in the refrigerator. Lin Lin said you like them, so you can take them back. You don't have to work tomorrow, Saturday, so you can eat them slowly at home."

Lu Xiaoqiao really liked hairy crabs, but she was too embarrassed to take away a whole box.

"Grandma, this is too much. Just take three, one for me and my roommate."

Lin Lin sat on the sofa, eating grapes. "Xiao Qiao, just take it. Didn't you say you could eat eight hairy crabs in one meal? There are only ten in there."

Lu Xiaoqiao: “…”

"Take it. We have another box at home. We two old people have bad teeth and can't eat it, and they don't like it much either."

Since everyone said so, Lu Xiaoqiao couldn't refuse any longer: "Okay, thank you grandma!"

After saying goodbye to a few people, Lu Xiaoqiao left with Zhou Qizhen.

The car stopped under the osmanthus tree. As the two walked over, a breeze happened to blow by, and the fragrance of osmanthus instantly hit them. Lu Xiaoqiao took a deep breath and said, "What a nice fragrance!"

Zhou Qizheng saw the joyful light flashing in her bright eyes, and the corners of his mouth rose unconsciously: "Do you like osmanthus?"

Lu Xiaoqiao smiled and said, "Yes, I like it very much. A big reason why I like this city is because of it."

Her favorite time is October in Hangzhou. It is only the end of September now, but due to the weather, the osmanthus trees have been blooming one after another in the past few days!

During the first few days of October, the whole city of Hangzhou will be enveloped in the charming fragrance of osmanthus.

There are also a few osmanthus trees in the community where she lives, but they are all ordinary yellow osmanthus. She has never seen golden osmanthus like this one, and the fragrance it emits seems to be more intense.

Lu Xiaoqiao walked to the front of the car and carefully swept the petals that were blown onto the hood by the wind into her palm.

Zhou Qizhen watched her carefully collect the petals without saying anything. Instead, he walked to the osmanthus tree and picked the best-blooming branches from the century-old osmanthus tree that his father had just had carefully pruned.

While I was carefully collecting flower petals, a hand with slender fingers and distinct joints tightly grasping a sweet-scented osmanthus flower suddenly appeared.

The pale blue veins are faintly visible, mixed with the osmanthus in the hand, making people feel hard and soft, a perfect combination of strength and tenderness.

Lu Xiaoqiao looked up at him in surprise without saying a word.

"Don't you like it? Take it."

Lu Xiaoqiao whispered, "I like it, but I can't break it off."

Understanding what she meant, Zhou Qizheng simply replied, "I can't go bald."

On the way back, the entire carriage was filled with the fragrance of the osmanthus in Lu Xiaoqiao's hand.

Zhou Qi was staring intently at the road ahead with his deep eyes. His left hand was casually resting on the car window, while his right hand was turning the steering wheel skillfully and steadily.

"Are you going home for the National Day holiday?"

"I can't go back. My roommate works part-time in physical sales for our company. She had an emergency at home, and it's too busy here during the National Day holiday to ask for leave, so I'm covering for her for a few days."

The main reason was that the salary deductions for taking leave were a bit too much. Knowing how much Qin Momo needed money, Lu Xiaoqiao didn't want her to hide and cry for money again.

"All my colleagues have gone back, so you're the only one living there. Aren't you afraid?"

"It's okay, I still have a dog with me."

Zhou Qi was thinking about the puppy that was as big as his hand and didn't say anything else.

……

Zhou's old house.

Zhao Yaqin lay in bed unable to fall asleep, still thinking about Zhou Qizhen's expression when he looked at Lu Xiaoqiao, and recalling the backs of the two of them standing side by side after they went out. The more she looked at them, the more they matched each other.

After all, the two of them have known each other for two or three years. When did he fall in love with her? There was no sign of it before, and Lu Xiaoqiao's attitude seemed to be completely ignorant.

"Why are you tossing and turning and not sleeping?"

"Hey! What do you think of this kid Xiao Qiao?"

Father Zhou didn't know what she meant: "What do you mean?"

"The kind that I'll marry into my family."

"Ah! You're talking about this. I think it's quite suitable. The two of them are quite compatible in appearance and age. What's the point of us feeling good about it? Zi Yang has a girlfriend. And you mentioned it before. Zi Yang said that he treats Xiao Qiao as his sister. So, just give up on that idea!"

After listening to what Zhou's father said, Zhao Yaqin knew that he had misunderstood. She hurriedly sat up from the bed and turned on the bedside lamp.

"Ouch! What are you talking about? I was talking about Qi Zheng, why did you bring up Zi Yang?"

Father Zhou also sat up. "What did you say? Qi Zheng and Xiao Qiao? You're confused! Two people who have nothing in common. It's impossible. How could you come up with such an idea?"

"Why is it impossible? I think they are a perfect match. Besides, as long as Qi Zheng is willing, that's fine. I'm telling you, don't get involved. It's so hard to find someone you like."

Father Zhou snorted, not believing what she said: "Did he tell you?"

"How could he possibly say that to me? But I raised Qi Zheng, so I know him. You don't know, but I can tell by the way he looks at Xiao Qiao. Also, have you ever thought about why he agreed to stay for dinner tonight? He never listens to you."

This son really likes to go against him. Zhou's father recalled the situation at that time and nodded as he thought about it.

"You know what? It seems to be the case. What does Xiao Qiao mean? There's a big age gap between them. She even called me grandpa today. What's going on? No, I'll call and ask."

Zhao Yaqin quickly stopped him: "Don't hit him. He won't tell you even if you ask. Don't let him think we're meddling too much and start a fight again."

Father Zhou hesitated for a moment: "Then should I let Qi Yue fight? He still listens to his sister's words."

……

When the car was about to reach the residential complex, Lu Xiaoqiao told Zhou Qizhen to just park the car on the side of the road, but Zhou Qizhen ignored her and drove straight in.

After the car stopped, Lu Xiaoqiao said goodbye to him and was about to open the door and get out. She had read news several times about people being killed by people who opened the door, so she developed the habit of looking in the rearview mirror every time she got out of the car to make sure no one behind her would open the door.

I glanced at the rearview mirror and just as I was about to get out of the car, I saw two people standing at the corner of the corridor, or to be exact, two people fighting.

She turned her head and put her face close to the car window. With her 1 eyesight and obvious height, she could tell at a glance that it was Zhao Jia and Zhao Zhizhi.

"What's wrong?" Zhou Qizhen saw that her upper body was almost sticking to the glass.

Lu Xiaoqiao whispered, "My roommate."

Zhou Qi was unbuckling his seat belt and leaning towards Lu Xiaoqiao, following her gaze at the two people hugging and kissing passionately.

Look at Lu Xiaoqiao again, her sparkling eyes are full of gossip.

The two of them were so engrossed in kissing that they didn't notice the car parked there, nor did they care about the light from the car's headlights.

Finally, the two kissed for more than ten minutes before Zhao Jia reluctantly went upstairs.

Zhou Qizhen sat back in his driver's seat: "Have they reconciled?" He remembered that when they were in Haicheng, Lu Xiaoqiao had a fight with someone because of them.

"I guess so. They kissed each other."

Lu Xiaoqiao snorted angrily, "If it were me, I definitely wouldn't forgive him so easily."

Zhou Qizheng looked at her angry expression and couldn't help but curl his lips: "If it were you, what would you do to forgive your boyfriend if he made a mistake?"

Lu Xiaoqiao smiled slyly, "I want him to learn how to yell like a dumpling!"

Zhou Qizheng: “…”