Chapter 119

119 Chapter 118, I know you feel sorry for me

After hanging up the phone, Li Xu began to count the days with her fingers. There were still more than ten days until she could see Xiao Lei.

As she counted, her eyes were a little red.

In the blink of an eye, it had been several years since they last saw each other.

She wondered what Xiao Lei looked like now!

At eight o’clock in the evening, Zhang Kun and Li Xu cleaned up together before closing the shop.

When the two of them returned home, the three children were playing in the living room. Each of them was holding a bottle of soda and drinking it with a satisfied look on their faces.

Li Xu couldn’t hide the smile on her face. She went forward and picked Ji Yuanyuan up, placing him on her lap, “Yuanyuan, your Eldest Uncle will be back on the day after your birthday. Let’s postpone your birthday this year by one day and go back to celebrate with Grandpa, Grandma, Eldest Uncle, and Second Uncle. What do you think?”

Ji Yuanyuan naturally nodded. She was already an adult, so she didn’t have many expectations for things like celebrating her birthday.

Zhang Kun suggested, “Why don’t you close your shop tomorrow and go out shopping? We can buy some things for Yuanyuan and Xiao Lei.”

Although Li Xu was reluctant to part with that little money, she hardened her heart and agreed, “Alright, we’ll close at 10 a.m. tomorrow. Let’s go out shopping.”

In the end, she still could not bear to close the door at the most crowded time in the morning.

Zhang Kun and the children played until past 9 p.m. then he got up and said, “Then I should go back, I’ll come over early tomorrow morning!”

He took his coat and keys and walked out.

Li Xu Thought for a moment and followed him out.

Just as they walked out of the door, Li Xu grabbed the corner of Zhang Kun’s shirt, “How about…”

Zhang Kun turned around and looked at Li Xu’s expression. He asked curiously, “What’s wrong? Is there anything else?”

Li Xu said in a low voice, “How about you stay here tonight? It’s already ten o’clock when you get back. You still have to come over tomorrow morning. It’s too much.”

As if afraid that Zhang Kun would misunderstand, she quickly said, “Yuanyuan and I will sleep in the same room. I’ll let you sleep in my room!”

Zhang Kun did not say anything. He only looked at Li Xu and smiled.

Li Xu sawhim smile until her face was burning. She unhappily let go of the corner of his shirt, “Forget it, I’m saying nonsense!”

As she said that, she turned around and was about to return to the house.

However, Zhang Kun suddenly reached out and grabbed her arm.

Li Xu turned around and saw Zhang Kun staring at her.

The two of them looked at each other. The surrounding environment became quiet.

A moment later, Zhang Kun opened his mouth to speak, but his voice was a little hoarse, “I know you feel sorry for me running around, but the two of us aren’t married yet. If I were to spend the night here and others know, what would they think?”

Li Xu mumbled softly, “This isn’t the village, and people don’t recognize everyone everywhere. Who cares what they want to do?”

After saying that, she felt that what she said just now was too ambiguous. It was as if she wanted Zhang Kun to stay here, she immediately added, “Forget it, forget it, I was just saying it casually. Then you should hurry back, be careful on the road!”

Zhang Kun chuckled and nodded, “I’ll come over early tomorrow morning. You can just go straight to the shop when you get up, I’ll cook for the children!”

Li Xu pursed her lips and smiled, “I know, hurry up and leave!”

Only then did Zhang Kun go downstairs. Li Xu returned to the bedroom and stood by the window to look at Zhang Kun’s back. Only when she could no longer see his shadow did she reluctantly turn her gaze away.

The children were still playing in the living room. She sat on the bed and thought of the look in Zhang Kun’s eyes just now. Suddenly, her heart started thumping.

She raised her hand and covered her chest. Her breathing gradually became rapid.

All of a sudden, she remembered the time when she was dating Ji Jianguo.

At that time, she was young and it was her first time dating. She was muddle-headed. When she was facing Ji Jianguo, her heart also sped up.

However, that was because she was curious and afraid of the unknown.

However, it was different now. She had experienced everything, but she still wanted to experience it with Zhang Kun.

The person who made her heart race was Zhang Kun.

That night, she did not sleep very well. It was as if she had countless dreams, and all of them were about Zhang Kun.

When she woke up the next day, it was already past seven in the morning.

Li Xu hurriedly called Ji Yuanyuan over. It was Saturday today, so it was time to deliver soup to Qin Junshan.

The mother and daughter went into the space and hurriedly boiled the soup. They put it into the thermos bucket. They were almost late, Li Xu tidied up and quickly went to the shop.

When she went over, there were already several people gathered at the entrance of the shop.

When they saw her coming over, they all complained, “Boss, why are you so late today? We’ve been waiting here for more than ten minutes!”

“Boss, are you still going to do business?”

Li Xu was a little embarrassed as she tucked her hair by her ear, “I’m really sorry, I got up late today.”

As she spoke, she had already opened the door of the shop.

She brought out a few baskets of vegetables from the small warehouse.

Now that the weather was not so hot, the vegetables could also be stored. Therefore, the mother and daughter would only bring out fresh vegetables from their space every other day.

They were so busy that it was almost nine o’clock.

There were fewer customers in the shop, and the busiest time had already passed.

Ji Yuanyuan and Zhang Kun came to bring her food. At first sight of Zhang Kun, Li Xu thought of the dreams she had last night.

She instantly became embarrassed. She lowered her head and pretended to count the money.

“Hurry up and eat. After you finish eating, stay in the shop for a while. I’ll send Yuanyuan to Uncle Qin’s place. When we come back, we’ll go to the department store for a walk,” Zhang Kun said as he placed the bowls and chopsticks in front of Li Xu.

Li Xu lowered her head and responded. Then, she moved to the side to eat.

Zhang Kun and Ji Yuanyuan stood at the checkout counter and helped Li Xu collect the money.

A few old customers saw Zhang Kun and Ji Yuanyuan and joked with Li Xu, “Boss, you’re so lucky. Both your man and daughter love you so much!”

Li Xu raised her head and smiled. She didn’t say anything.

“Your daughter looks good, like you, but not like your man!”

Hearing this, Li Xu subconsciously looked at Zhang Kun.

Zhang Kun didn’t seem to feel anything at all. He reached out his hand to touch Ji Yuanyuan’s head and said with a smile, “Fortunately, she’s like her mother. She’s so good-looking!”

Seeing this, Li Xu heaved a sigh of relief.

The customer also laughed and said flatteringly, “Men ah, as long as they know how to earn money and are good to their wife, it’s fine. What use is it in being handsome? The handsome one must have some tricks up their sleeve!”

“Alright, since you’re so good at praising people, I’ll give you a discount later.”

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Li Xu quickly finished her meal. She placed the bowl and chopsticks to the side and urged, “Hurry up and go!”

Zhang Kun carried Ji Yuanyuan, “Alright, we’ll be back as soon as possible.”

After saying that, he carried Ji Yuanyuan with one hand and the thermos bucket with the other and left.

Ji Yuanyuan lay on Zhang Kun’s shoulder and blinked at Li Xu behind her.

Li Xu was stunned for a moment and then smiled.

In this way, they really looked like biological father and daughter!