Chapter 378: Chapter 378: Another Encounter at the Movie Theater
The people of this era have all gone through hardships, even if they haven’t personally, there’s always someone in the family who has, Yi Roujing thought with some emotion.
"If you like, we can come back next time to eat." Xu Ancheng patted the top of Yi Roujing’s head and said.
"Yeah, Aunt Huo’s cooking is truly unbeatable, the taste of Sichuan cuisine is amazing." Yi Roujing nodded, "But where do Aunt Huo and her team get their ingredients?"
Such fresh river fish and beef, those aren’t easy ingredients to get, definitely not just from a widowed mother and daughter-in-law.
"I introduced someone to Aunt Huo and her team, so there’s no need to worry about ingredients. Generally, those who go to eat will book in advance, and if you don’t book, you just eat whatever is available." Xu Ancheng explained with a smile.
"Wow, I didn’t realize our Xu Ancheng has done so many good deeds in private." Yi Roujing reached out to hold Xu Ancheng’s arm affectionately, resting her head against him, "Truly a kind-hearted person."
Xu Ancheng chuckled, "I’m not kind-hearted. Can kind-hearted people make money?"
"That’s two different things." Yi Roujing nudged her head, "They don’t conflict."
"Even if I help, it’s worth helping those deserving, I won’t even look at the ones wasting away in their own mess." Xu Ancheng said, "Jing, aren’t you afraid of someone like me?"
"Afraid of what?" Yi Roujing’s eyes were full of admiration, "I just like your personality, my judgment was spot-on, choosing someone as good as you."
"Hmm, that’s true." Xu Ancheng rarely indulged in narcissism, then received a side-eye from Yi Roujing.
"I can praise like this, but you can only praise me." Yi Roujing said dissatisfiedly.
Xu Ancheng was a bit startled by what he heard, then burst into laughter, "Praise you, praise you, I really didn’t expect you to be such a good girl, the more we interact, the more I like you, can’t get enough, wife, knowing you, marrying you, is really my great fortune."
"Hmm, good taste." If there was a tail right now, Yi Roujing’s would be wagging high.
"It’s rare for us two to be together, how about we go watch a movie and then have dinner out, enjoy it, and then back to the villa, we’ll..." Xu Ancheng’s eyes were already burning a bit, seeing this, Yi Roujing stepped away from him immediately.
"Come back." Xu Ancheng stretched out his hand and pulled her back to her original spot, "Tell me, ever since Baozi was born, haven’t you neglected me a lot?"
"I haven’t." Yi Roujing defended, "Ever since Baozi was born, except for the first half year when he was still nursing and stayed in our room, for the next two years he hasn’t been staying with us, it’s us who neglected him, okay."
"No difference where you sleep." Xu Ancheng retorted, "He could sleep through the night at that time, wake up and see us."
Yi Roujing smiled exasperatedly, "Then it doesn’t matter where you sleep."
"Hmph, you still won’t admit you neglected me, now I can’t even say a word about that kid." Xu Ancheng sulked and walked a few steps ahead, leaving Yi Roujing behind.
But before he had reached three meters, he turned back, grabbed Yi Roujing’s hand, "Aren’t you going to chase me?"
"I was just about to chase you, but you turned back too fast." Yi Roujing hugged Xu Ancheng’s waist, "I know, I know, I was wrong, tonight it’s up to you."
"Really?" Xu Ancheng was in a good mood after getting the benefit.
"Yes." Yi Roujing nodded.
"By the way, when should we take some time off to visit Mr. Qi?" Yi Roujing asked, "Has Mr. Qi come out of the research institute yet?"
"Their current research is confidential, not finished, they can’t leave, but I’ll check around Mr. Qi’s house, he always goes home first when he returns."
"Hmm."
The two returned to the city, got off at the station and headed towards the cinema.
"Hey, it’s Ding Xingye." Yi Roujing immediately recognized Ding Xingye standing at the cinema entrance, seemingly waiting for someone, it’s been a long time since seeing him, Ding Xingye rarely came to Beiluo Lane, but when he did, he always brought some food for the family, things like malted milk or milk candies, Li Hongying mentioned it more than once.
Afraid to invite him home for meals, Ding Xingye would spend his university supplement on them, so Li Hongying’s family didn’t often invite him, only occasionally sending Ding Anguo to deliver some ordinary food to him.
Ding Anguo and Huang Xiaobao would occasionally interact with Ding Xingye in private, as long as the family knew of his whereabouts, they were at ease even if he didn’t visit home.
"Could it be rekindling old feelings?" When she saw Song Yiluo coming from the other side, Yi Roujing exclaimed, the last time she saw them together was also at the cinema.
"Xingye." Song Yiluo was also surprised to encounter Ding Xingye again at the cinema entrance, seeing him looking different from how he was at the Dingping Production Team, she couldn’t help but look twice.
Wearing an army green outfit, Ding Xingye looked significantly more confident, his posture was more upright, and there seemed to be a hint of unintentional shyness on his face, but when Song Yiluo called out to him, what emanated from him was calmness, which made Song Yiluo’s heart feel a bit tight.
"Song." Ding Xingye replied politely to Song Yiluo.
"You’re here, I thought you hadn’t arrived yet." A playful and proud voice appeared suddenly, Shu Yujie, wearing a blue terylene long sleeve dress with a white cardigan sweater over it, walked up next to Ding Xingye.
Song Yiluo didn’t know Shu Yujie well but had seen her before, seeing the two standing together, her eyes were full of disbelief, "You, you’re actually together, how is this possible."
"Why not." Shu Yujie hummed with a slightly raised head, "As for you, now that Cheng Yijin is unreliable, who have you attached to, the Zheng Family? After all, Deng Yiyi is to be the future daughter-in-law of the Zheng Family."
Song Yiluo’s face didn’t look good, ever since Cheng Yijin acknowledged his ancestry, his personality changed dramatically, either quarreling or arguing at the Deng Family, kicked to the countryside by Deng’s old master, and the Song family’s attitude towards her was changing lately, that’s why she was introduced by Deng Yiyi to the youngest son of the Zheng Family, she was indeed watching a movie with the Zheng Family today.
"Yiluo, you’re here." A young man, standing a little over 1.6 meters tall, with an oil-slicked hair parted to one side, slightly chubby, in his mid-twenties, ran over from afar gasping for breath, seeing Song Yiluo, his eyes lit up with a smile, when he saw Shu Yujie, he greeted her with a smile.
"Shu Yujie, are you here to watch a movie as well, with your brother?"
"My brother will be here soon." Shu Yujie did not deny it.
Song Yiluo felt her heart sink, she really didn’t expect that Ding Xingye was recognized by the Shu Family, how could that be, how could the Shu Family take a liking to Ding Xingye.
"Then let’s go inside first. Yiluo, shall we?"
Ding Xingye looked at Shu Yujie standing next to him, his face uncontrollably blushing slightly, "Sorry, for having you encounter such a thing on our first meeting."
"You know Song Yiluo?" Shu Yujie asked.
