Spoiled Marriage Seduces People
Meijia returned home from work when her grandmother was cooking in the kitchen, rarely humming a Yue opera tune and sounding very good.
Put the bag in your hand on the sofa in the living room, and go to the kitchen along with grandma's voice. Grandma seems to have just steamed the fish and is about to take it out of the pot.
Seeing this, Mijia took the initiative to step forward, "Grandma, I'll do it." She put on microwave gloves and took out the fish from the pot, then asked, "Grandma, why did you think of buying fish today?" In fact, neither of them liked eating fish. She had a shadow because she was poked in the throat by a fish bone when she was young, while her grandmother couldn't stand the smell of fish and kept a distance from it.
"It wasn't me who bought it, someone gave it to me." Grandma said with a good mood, always with a smile on her face.
"Who sent it?" Mitya asked casually, carrying the fish dish to a nearby dining table, muttering to himself: "Whoever sent this thing, why didn't they ask if we eat fish at home before sending it?"
"Neither you nor your grandma eat fish?"
A somewhat unfamiliar male voice suddenly sounded in the house, scaring Mitya so much that his hand shook and he almost spilled the fish soup onto the table.
Looking up, I saw a tall figure standing at the kitchen door, still wearing a serious military uniform.
"You, what are you doing in my house?!" Mijia stared at the man in front of her with wide eyes. Although they had only met once before, she recognized him as the man who had gone on a blind date with her more than half a month ago! She still remembered his name, Chengyue!
Her grandmother glanced at Mijia, feeling both annoyed and amused, and scolded with a smile: "You're such a chatterbox." She then turned to Chengyue standing by the kitchen door and said: "Ayue, everything's ready. The food is done too. Come in quickly to wash your hands and eat."
"Ah, the lights in the room kept flickering because the fuse was old and caused voltage instability. I've already replaced it, so there won't be any more problems." He said as he walked in with big strides.
"Alright, alright, hurry up and wash your hands, it's time for dinner." Grandma said as she turned around to serve everyone rice.
Mi Jia watched their interaction, completely out of place, and didn't know what was going on.
Cheng Yue washed his hands, pulled out a paper towel to wipe them while explaining to Mijia who was looking puzzled: "I have something to find you, called your phone but no one answered, so I came directly home, just didn't expect that neither you nor your grandma like eating fish."
Mi Jia stuck out her tongue, feeling a bit guilty, and muttered to herself how she knew the fish was sent by him. She changed the subject and said: "Didn't I answer my phone?" As she took out her phone from her pocket and checked the call log, there was indeed an unanswered call that came in when she was called into the office by Gu Xiangdong that afternoon. When she got back, she did see it, but didn't save the name, thinking it was just a normal sales call, and didn't pay attention to it...
Cheng Yue also saw it, didn't say a word, and directly stretched out his hand to take her phone.
"Uh..." Mei Jia was taken aback, wanting to reach out and take it back, but he just input his own name on his phone and saved the number she had mistaken for a sales call into her contacts.
Handing the phone back to her, he said: "Don't deliberately not answer the phone next time."
"I..." Mika wanted to explain, but he had already turned around and went forward to help his grandmother carry the rice to the table.
"Meijia's grandma was in a good mood today, her mouth couldn't help but curve upwards as she looked at Meijia who was still standing there and said: 'Meijia, hurry up and wash your hands for dinner.'"
Meijia came back to herself, touched her hair, went forward to wash her hands and eat.
Cheng Yue's arrival really lifted Grandma's mood. After a meal, the fish that she originally thought was too smelly was eaten quite a bit today, and of course, Mika was also forced to eat a lot. Poor Mika ate with some trepidation, deeply afraid of getting a fish bone like when he was a kid.
After dinner, Grandma Mei was eager to send the two of them out for a walk downstairs. Mei naturally knew what Grandma was thinking and followed her lead, taking Cheng Yue with her downstairs.
Mei Jia took Cheng Yue to the park on the edge of the community, and both of them seemed a bit silent. Mei Jia didn't know if Cheng Yue was always like this, but she felt slightly awkward and didn't know what to say.
The park is actually just a small garden, during the day or at dusk, many people from the neighborhood come to stroll and take a walk, but now it seems somewhat desolate and quiet.
The road was lined with street lamps at long intervals, the light of which was dim and yellowish, making people's faces look somewhat blurry and unclear.
The two of them walked in silence for a while, before Cheng Yue slowly spoke up and said: "Originally I wanted to call you to tell you that there might be someone coming to investigate the military marriage policy in the next couple of days, but when I called your phone no one answered, so I just drove over."
Mika somewhat embarrassedly fiddled with the hair by her ear, nodded, and asked: "Then what do I need to prepare or pay attention to?"
Cheng Yue shook his head and said, "No need, I just wanted to let you know, so it won't be too sudden later."
Mei Jia nodded and responded softly.
The two of them walked along the garden path like this, Mitya clutching his right hand with his left and not knowing what to say, thinking that after they had taken a turn around he would tell him it was all right to go up.
This kind of silent mutual gaze made people feel embarrassed and uncomfortable. After finally strolling through the entire park, standing at the exit of the park, Mitya secretly sighed in his heart, looked up at him and said: "If there's nothing else, I'll go back first, you be careful on the road when you drive back."
Seeing her about to leave, Cheng Yu spoke up and called out to her, "Wait a minute."
Meijia stopped in her tracks, turned around and looked at him with some confusion, asking: "Is there something else?"
Cheng Yue looked at her, his face showing no emotion, and asked calmly: "Are you in a hurry?"
Mei Jia was taken aback, pulling the corner of her mouth and shaking her head. She wasn't in a hurry, but the two of them wandering around like this without any conversation topics was too embarrassing to bear.
"Are you free next Monday evening?"
Meijia looked puzzled and asked him: "What's wrong?"
"I told my parents about us, and they want to meet you and have dinner with you," Cheng Yue said, his eyes fixed on hers.
Meijia thought for a while, she remembered that Lu Xiaoxiao had told her that she would be back this weekend, and after adjusting to the time difference and sleeping for a day, on Monday, she would probably look for her. This time abroad in a foreign country, how many blonde handsome guys she met.
Seeing her hesitate, Cheng Yue said: "If you're forced, then forget it. I'll explain to them."
Knowing he had misunderstood, Mitya shook his head and refused, saying: "No need, I have time." Since they were going to get married, meeting both sets of parents was also a must, so this request was reasonable and not excessive.
Besides, his parents are not in this city, and it's hard to come over. No matter what the nature of this marriage is, after all, she will be someone's daughter-in-law, and she will fulfill the necessary courtesy and obligations.
Seeing her say this, Cheng Yue nodded and asked: "Where do you work? I'll pick you up at that time."
Mei Jia nodded and told him her company's address.
Cheng Yue saw her off with a gentlemanly demeanor to the entrance of the residential building. As Mijia was about to go upstairs, she heard him ask, "Besides fish, what else don't you eat?"
Mei Jia was taken aback for a moment, recalling what had happened upstairs earlier. She smiled awkwardly and shook her head, saying nothing.
He nodded calmly and said straightforwardly: "Go ahead, call me if anything happens."
Meijia didn't say anything else, turned and went upstairs, but when she reached the corner of the stairs, she turned her head to look at him, saw him standing upright there, and suddenly had a strange idea that marrying such a man should be plain and uneventful.