The original plan was that as soon as she arrived at Ninglin, Yan Li called Wu Yudong and said that she had gone back.

But I don't know if she did it on purpose or because she was too busy cleaning just now and forgot to call.

In short, the call was not dialed in the end, and Wu Yudong did not know that Yan Li had returned to Ninglin.

He called to greet me as usual during the day, but he couldn't get through after calling several times.

Out of concern, he finally called Zhang Mingyang's nephew's mobile phone.

And this good nephew had no intention of hiding it, and said directly: "We are already in Ninglin, didn't my aunt tell you?"

After hearing this, Wu Yudong was silent for a while, hurriedly said that he didn't know, and asked if Yan Li was around now because he had something to say.

Not long after I finished speaking, the door to the room opened.

Yan Li and Xia Xingruo changed their clothes and came out. Zhang Mingyang handed over the phone without even thinking about it.

He guessed in his mind what his aunt was thinking.

It is very likely that she herself has not thought about how to tell Wu Yudong now. Zhang Mingyang used this method to make her face the problem head-on.

Now the mobile phone is in front of Yan Li, and there are two juniors standing next to her.

Zhang Mingyang knew his aunt very well. Even if she wanted to escape, she would not be able to hang up the phone in front of them and could only pick up the call.

Just as he expected, Yan Li took the phone and said softly: "Hello."

He didn't speak again after that, probably because Wu Yudong had been talking on the other end of the phone.

Now that the call has been connected, the remaining matters are left to the two elders to decide.

Zhang Mingyang waved to Sister Ruoruo and motioned to come to him.

Xia Xingruo looked at Yan Li, who was still on the phone next to her, and suddenly had a look of realization on her face, and hurriedly ran to her junior classmate.

The two left the house hand in hand. Before leaving, Zhang Mingyang did not forget to turn around and help his aunt close the door to the room.

With them around, Yan Li would be embarrassed to say many things.

Only when they leave can the two of them open their hearts.

"You think if they succeed, will we have a share of the credit?" Xia Xingruo asked with a smile.

"Yes, yes, I will definitely give you a red envelope when the time comes."

Although Zhang Mingyang has never been to Ninglin, he is quite familiar with the area.

Xia Xingruo said that she would like to cook a meal for her aunt while she had time now.

When she was cleaning just now, she looked at the refrigerator. Although the refrigerator was still working, it was empty except for a pitiful box of ice cubes on the lower freezer layer.

The kitchen is fully stocked with all utensils and seasonings, but it doesn't look like they have been used at all.

The big bucket of cooking oil hasn't even been opened yet.

If they want to cook, they just need to go to the market to buy some food and bring it back.

Zhang Mingyang agreed with Sister Ruoruo's idea and followed her to look for supermarkets in the surrounding area.

On the way, Xia Xingruo kept asking Yan Li about her taste.

Zhang Mingyang said that he didn't know either, so they could only stay in the dark now.

Fortunately, Xia Xingruo taught herself a lot of Linjiang specialties and decided to cook something that would never go wrong.

After finding the supermarket, the two bought some daily necessities in addition to groceries.

After all, my aunt’s family didn’t look like they would prepare these things. There was one person who didn’t bring anything with him except an ID card.

"These should be enough, right? Go back now?" Xia Xingruo picked through the shopping cart and said after making sure that nothing was left behind.

Zhang Mingyang, who was pushing the shopping cart, was unhurried. He looked at the time and said, "Don't worry, we'll go back after a while."

He sighed in his heart, where can he find such a sensible junior like him?

If Wu Yudong and his aunt really got married, they would have to give him a big red envelope.

After finding a bench, Zhang Mingyang and Xia Xingruo sat down together and looked at the flow of people passing by in front of them.

Juniors are often very interested in the gossip of their elders.

Zhang Mingyang is like this, and Xia Xingruo is no exception.

As soon as they sat down, the two started talking about things related to Yan Li.

Xia Xingruo was very confused as to why her aunt had lived alone for so many years.

He has neither a husband nor children.

A person lives alone in such a big house.

Zhang Mingyang didn't know much, so he told Sister Ruoruo all the stories he heard from his mother.

Yan Li once had a husband, but later her husband cheated on her. After the two divorced, she has been busy with work, so she still lives alone.

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What he didn't say was that if it weren't for Qing Lian, she would have been single all her life.

"My mother said that my uncle-in-law used to dislike my aunt for being too enterprising. But at that time, his salary was only a few dozen yuan a month, and he played cards every day. It was not enough to spend, and he was not willing to make my own money."

These are the whispers that several sisters talked about together.

Zhang Mingyang was still very young at that time, so I didn't tell him behind his back.

They thought the children didn't understand anything, but in fact they were very happy to hear it.

After listening to Yan Li's story, Xia Xingruo said that the score was good.

"It's like my aunt. She's always on her own now, but she's not married at all. My grandpa and the others are almost dying of anxiety."

The chatter box opened up and she also started to share things about her family.

Zhang Mingyang commented with a smile, same world, same aunt.

Taking this opportunity, he also began to inquire about Xia Xingruo's family affairs.

Until now, Zhang Mingyang has only met Sister Ruoruo's parents, and does not know the other relatives at all.

Xia Xingruo mainly talked about her aunt, saying that every year someone introduced her to someone, but she didn't like any of them.

As she talked, she mentioned that her mother's relatives, that is, her mother's family, all lived in the capital, and Liu Zhujun followed Xia Ling to the Northeast.

Zhang Mingyang did not continue to ask, without even thinking about it, the identities of these relatives living in the capital must not be simple.

"Then why did you come back directly after signing a contract with the website last time? Don't you need to go see them?"

It is estimated that if you just move a place here to support it, the website would not dare to go too far.

"I told my mother that I would start school early. If I go to see them, wouldn't my mother know everything?" Xia Xingruo was also very helpless.

Before the winter vacation, she never told her mother about writing a novel.

After the junior classmate came once, he took her and had a big quarrel with her parents, and all the problems were finally solved.

"And I don't want those relatives to know, otherwise they will definitely educate me, what is the future of writing novels?"

After listening to Sister Ruoruo's words, Zhang Mingyang didn't know what to say for a moment.

Compared with their jobs, writing novels is indeed not a promising career.

"But my aunt is very supportive of me. Next time I have a chance to go to the capital, I will take you to meet her." Xia Xingruo continued.

Zhang Mingyang is not surprised at all. A woman who can insist on not getting married in her thirties under such circumstances sounds as "deviant" as writing a novel.

Time flew by while chatting about gossip about relatives at home.

After all this time, Yan Li still didn't call them to urge them to go back.

Before leaving, he specifically asked Sister Ruoruo if her aunt had her phone number.

No matter how good the conversation is, we can't forget these two juniors!

After working for such a long time, he hasn't eaten yet.

Seeing that almost two hours had passed, Zhang Mingyang and Sister Ruoruo suggested that they should go back.

"Aren't you going to let them chat for a while longer?" Xia Xingruo asked.

"How long have we been chatting? Let's go back and see how the battlefield is."

Zhang Mingyang has imagined many "battlefield" situations.

For example, the aunt cried bitterly and told them that she wanted to go back to Linjiang.

Or maybe the aunt is very calm, has sorted out her emotions by the time they go back, and chooses to continue being the strong woman she is.

The only thing he didn't expect was that when he returned to his aunt's house, the door he had closed would be wide open.

Wu Yudong, who was far away in Linjiang, was standing at the door.

Judging from Yan Li's performance, this person must have just arrived, because they all still have mobile phones in their hands and have not hung up the phone.

He thought to himself that he came back at the wrong time, because when they walked in, the two elders looked over together, and the accumulated emotions were probably gone.
To be continued...