Please, come home and practice the piano

Chapter 1317, Section 537: Gossipy Adults

The aftereffects came on very quickly.

I didn't feel anything in the car before going to bed last night, but when I woke up this morning, I found that my whole body was sore.

Tang Xiaoxing didn't even hear the alarm clock and was still fast asleep.

Xiao Che turned off her phone alarm and quietly got out of bed. The outside was bright and sunny, clearly a beautiful day.

There was half a bowl of ice jelly left on the desk. There was very little jelly left in the bowl; it was mostly raisins and hawthorn pieces.

Xiao Che picked up the cart and smiled, "Everyone is different."

"Good morning, teacher."

As usual, the little car yawned as it walked out of the little house. When it saw the teacher, it greeted her with a "Good morning," as if it had completely forgotten about last night.

"Good morning, Xiaoxing is still asleep."

Ang Lee put down his tablet, stood up, and stretched. He had gotten up around 6 a.m.

"No."

She casually tossed the ice jelly into the trash can next to the coffee table, and Xiao Che bent down to close the trash bag in the can. "She was exhausted yesterday too."

"Are you alright?" Li An asked as he helped with packing.

"Various aches and pains," Xiao Che recalled for a moment, "It must have been from being hit by bumper cars."

Lee An-lo: "Do you still want to go?"

The little car grinned: "I want to, teacher, let's go together next time. You're sure you dare to ride the roller coaster."

“Sure,” Li An actually planned to go and have some fun when Chen Xuan came back this time, “Let’s wait until the music season is over, before you start school.”

Xiao Che: "Hehe, Master's wife will be back in eight days. Aren't you getting impatient?"

Ang Lee: "Absolutely."

While they were chatting, the teacher and student tidied up the living room.

During this time, Bawan and Xiaobai engaged in a thrilling chase around the sofa.

"Teacher, we need to go pick up our package."

Ang Lee glanced back at the cabinet; the compartment for storing cat litter was completely empty.

"Go wake Xiaoxing up. Let's go downstairs, have breakfast, and then pick up the package."
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At 9:15, the three teachers and students got ready and headed to the Ximen Steamed Bun Shop.

After showing off three baskets of steamed buns, I went to the Cainiao Post Station next door.

Luckily, he brought two helpers, otherwise Li An really wouldn't have been able to carry all the packages that had been piling up for almost ten days at once.

"Alright, you two go practice your piano."

"Teacher, we'll help you take it inside."

"Let's go, I'll dismantle it right at the entrance. You two can eat lunch by yourselves."

"Okay, teacher."

The two girls took the elevator directly to the parking garage.

Ang Lee went inside, brought out a chair, and leisurely began unpacking the package.

Besides the cat litter, there were about thirty other items of various sizes.

Most of them were bought by Chen Xuan, and some were sent by her future mother-in-law and family.

There are at least three sets of four-piece bedding sets.

"It should be able to move in now."

Ang Lee put down the scissors, picked up his phone from beside his feet, and made a call to the car.

Before he could even ask anything after the call connected, Xiao Che reported, "0.08."

0.08 is the number the car is currently seeing, from the formaldehyde electronic tester placed on the piano. The screen is green, indicating safety.

Li Anle: "Okay, you two practice."

After hanging up the phone, Li An continued unpacking the packages, thinking to himself whether he should go and stay there for a couple of days.

Ideally, Chen Xuan would return and they would move into their new home immediately.

After unpacking, Li An carefully selected and packed the items he needed to take to his new home into his suitcase, and then went to 2201.

Two young girls were discussing the film in the living room. Ang Lee didn't interrupt, only saying, "You two keep talking."

He threw the four-piece bedding set that Chen Xuan had bought into the washing machine and opened a new bottle of laundry detergent.

Water it!

While the washing machine was busy, he recorded a few videos for the two little girls.

After the washing machine finished its work, he started the dryer up again.

“Wow—”

"It's starting to look pretty spectacular. Keep playing like this, and you'll really shine at the opening ceremony."

"Hahaha!"

"Teacher, do you have to be so blunt!"

At 11:15, Ang Lee neatly folded the dried four-piece bedding set and threw it into the storage box in the dressing room.

Speaking of the storage box, Chen Xuan felt it was unnecessary to buy so many, but Ang Lee said that if they didn't buy more, where would they put all the things?

A four-piece set is enough to almost fill a storage box.

After casually snapping a photo and sending it to Chen Xuan, Ang Lee returned to the living room, sat on the sofa, and listened for a while longer.

Five minutes later, after the two girls finished playing the piece, he stood up and waved.

"I'll leave first."

He left quietly, just as quietly as he came.

No sooner had he left than Tang Xiaoxing said, "I thought the teacher wasn't going out at noon again."

Little Car: "So what are we having for lunch?"

Tang Xiaoxing: "Rice noodles?"

Xiao Che: "Add fish balls."

Tang Xiaoxing: "Add sweet and not spicy."

Car: "Then let's hurry!"

A moment later, the music of fate began again.

"Clang clang clang-!"
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As Xiao Che had predicted, it was lunchtime, and Li An and Xu Li met at a Sichuan restaurant near Shuren.

Ang Lee arrived a little late, and Xu Li had already ordered the food.

A large portion of boiled fish, a portion of spicy chicken, a portion of sliced ​​beef and tripe in chili sauce, and a portion of Mapo tofu.

"We didn't have breakfast until after nine o'clock."

Li An sat down, took out his phone, and glanced at it. "Xu Mingyu just renewed his course."

“Sister Wang is really something,” Xu Li gestured to the waiter to bring two bottles of beer. “His mother hasn’t been replying to messages for the past two days.”

Ang Lee: "Want to grab a drink?"

Xu Li: "I don't drink. I'm driving to his grandma's this afternoon."

Ang Lee: "How is he? Is he alright?"

Xu Li: "Don't even mention it. I wake up every morning complaining of aches and pains."

Ang Lee: "The two of them were really exhausted from playing. Xiao Xing was still asleep at nine o'clock."

Xu Li: "He also gets up at 9:30. If I don't wake him up, he could sleep until noon today."

At that moment, the waiter brought over the beer.

"Thanks, please get a cold bottle." Li An took the bottle and opened it directly.

A moment later, "Are you staying at his grandmother's house tonight?"

Xu Li: "I'll be back after I finish eating. He'll go straight to Qin Yong's place tomorrow morning." Li An thought for a moment: "I'll pick him up tomorrow morning, and I'll show him around after his class."

Xu Li: "Tomorrow?"

Ang Lee: "Anything else planned for tomorrow?"

Xu Li: "It's nothing, I'm just a little worried."

Ang Lee was silent for a moment, then said, “There’s nothing to worry about. With you by his side, he’ll be fine. Even if he can’t accept it for a while, that’s understandable.”

“I’ll see how things go tomorrow. I don’t think there’s a big problem. He’s old enough to understand things now, and summer camp is coming up soon. He’ll adjust quickly when there are more kids around.”

Xu Li: "Mm."

Li An smiled and said, "Tang Xiaoxing called home last night, and Che Lin and I went out for a walk and talked a lot. Did he say anything to you yesterday?"

Xu Li smiled and said, "Him? It would be great if he could say something to me, how would he say it?"

Ang Lee: "Yesterday, they didn't have to queue everywhere they went; while queuing, they played a game of 'Who's the Spy' together."

ten minutes later.

“This fish is so spicy today,” Li An said, taking a couple of sips of his wine. “Sister Xu, you should have some too.”

"Linlin understands now." Xu Li picked up two pieces of fish and put them on the plate.

After a moment, she thought, "Didn't she notice anything before?"

Ang Lee: "I think she probably really didn't know, or rather, she never thought about it in that way."

Xu Li: "She told you on her own initiative?"

Ang Lee: "Yeah, I was totally stunned. She was very direct. She just told me directly that Wang Xiaohu might like me."

"Huh?" Xu Li stopped eating in surprise. "Just that one sentence all of a sudden?"

Ang Lee: "Oh! Just like that, I was immediately thinking, what should I do? What should I do? I wasn't prepared at all."

Xu Li: "And then?"

Ang Lee: "I definitely didn't want this situation to happen, so I calmly asked her what was going on. Then she told me that they were playing a game called 'Who's the Spy'."

“I didn’t realize she already knew, so I tried to guide her by saying maybe you’re overthinking it. I told her that Wang Xiaohu has loved toy cars since he was little.”

Xu Li: "Was she already very clear about it at that time?"

Ang Lee: "Later I realized that she came to me with an answer. She gave me a few examples of things that had happened between the two of them. The first few were just small, scattered things. Guess what question she asked me in the end?"

Xu Li: "Tell me quickly, tell me quickly."

Ang Lee: "What's the rush? Let me tell you slowly, it's very interesting."

Xu Li was both annoyed and amused: "Shouldn't I be in a hurry about this? You know what I'm most worried about."

Ang Lee: "Okay, okay, at the end she asked me, 'Where did you get that necklace in your car?'"

Xu Li frowned: "Why would you pay attention to this place?"

Ang Lee scoffed, "You'll have to ask your son. Do you know what birthday present Wang Xiaohu gave Che Lin last year?"

Xu Li: "He said he gave Linlin a penguin."

Ang Lee: "You see, he never tells the truth about this. He only bought that penguin after we met at the Natural History Museum, when he heard Che Lin say she liked it. In reality, he had already prepared a gift for her."

"It's almost exactly the same as the necklace you're wearing in your car."

Xu Li shook her head helplessly upon hearing this, looking as if she had been defeated. "No."

“Wang Xiaohu,” Xu Li didn’t know what to say for a moment, “how could he have thought of giving such a gift?”

“What else could it be?” Li An took a sip from his glass. “Isn’t the meaning obvious? It’s about giving this gift a symbol in your heart. To be honest, I can understand. Giving something to a girl you like takes a lot of thought.”

Xu Li sighed softly, and after a moment, said, "That doesn't make sense either. Her birthday was last year, and it wasn't yesterday that Linlin rode in my car for the first time. Didn't she have any doubts before?"

Ang Lee: "I didn't expect to ask her that. I was too overwhelmed to think about it at the time. It's one thing for you to hear me tell you, but if you were there, you would know. Holy crap, that was something else."

He paused, then said, “However, I think she may have been curious before, but as I said before, she didn’t consider Wang Xiaohu’s behavior in that way, so her curiosity was just pure curiosity.”

"As for why she eventually connected the dots to the necklace in your car, I think it's because she pieced together the whole story."

"Actually, she already knew in her heart whether or not the same necklace existed."

"So now that I think about it, her final question to me was just another form of simple curiosity."

Xu Li blinked at Li An's gaze and then suddenly smiled.

"Are you just curious?"

Ann Lee: "Then you tell me."

Xu Li: "Linlin didn't tell me, how would I know? I have to hear what you have to say."

They both laughed as they talked.

Xu Li: "Tsk tsk, if you have a daughter in the future, whoever becomes your son-in-law will probably have a hard time."

Ang Lee: "Haha, you can't say that. Let's stick to the facts. I don't take sides."

a long time.

Xu Li: "Hey, actually I've never told you this before, but from my perspective, Linlin has some feelings for Xiaohu."

"Wait, is it okay if I say it like this?"

Ang Lee scoffed: "Say it, just don't say it's a woman's self-awareness."

Xu Li: "You said Wang Xiaohu is good to Linlin, and he always thinks of Linlin when something happens. That's understandable, he likes her."

Ang Lee: "You see, I just had a good impression of him, but now I like him."

Xu Li: "You see, who can have a good life as your son-in-law?"

Ang Lee: "Continue, continue."

Xu Li: "Of all these children, who is the best to Wang Xiaohu?"

Ang Lee: That's true.

Xu Li: "Linlin helped Wang Xiaohu back last night. When he came in, she was giving him instructions and helping him. Some things can't be faked."

“Once, the two of them were doing their homework together in the store. Linlin explained the questions to her very seriously, repeating them over and over again, as if afraid that Wang Xiaohu hadn’t understood them yet. I know that Linlin is a kind-hearted child, but she is different with Wang Xiaohu in many ways.”

"At first I didn't think much about it, but one time I vaguely felt that something was different."

“That day, his tablet was on in bed. I was tidying up his room when I noticed it was open on WeChat.”

Ang Lee: "With Linlin."

Xu Li: "I didn't actually want to watch it, but..."

Ang Lee: "If it were me, I definitely wouldn't have been able to resist."

Xu Li: "I really didn't scroll up, and I don't know what they were talking about. Linlin told him not to lie to me, and said, 'Can't you just tell your aunt the truth?' When I saw that sentence, I was about to scroll up."

"Then I saw Linlin say, 'Just say you're going downstairs to buy a pen, why say you're going downstairs to take out the trash?'"

Ang Lee: "That's the thing about Wang Xiaohu. Sometimes he has to go through a roundabout way to do something that's very simple."

Xu Li: That's right. He developed this habit from a young age, and he's always afraid that others will know what he's thinking.

Ang Lee: "What did he say to Linlin?"

Xu Li: "He said he would change, and sure enough, I found that he was not the same as before."

"My impression of Linlin at the time was that she genuinely wanted Wang Xiaohu to be happy."

"Another time was in the car when I wrongly accused Wang Xiaohu. Linlin immediately told me the whole story, and she was so protective of him."

Li An nodded: "Actually, I feel the same way as you. I spend more time with them. Sometimes Linlin did show some feelings for Wang Xiaohu that went beyond friendship. Maybe, as she said last night, she didn't know what she was thinking at the time."

moment.

Xu Li: "Did she say she liked Wang Xiaohu?"

Ang Lee: "It seems like she said it, but it also seems like she didn't. She expressed it very tactfully. But don't worry, Linlin is fine now. She knows what she should do."

“We all know this child.”

Xu Li sighed for someone, and after a moment, said, "Hey Li An, you said another ten or eight years."

Li An sighed, picked up his wine glass, and smiled, "Who knows?"