Chapter 4 Section 4

The address on the business card is hard to find, because the place is not on the main road lined with restaurants, and it is a residential area no matter how you look at it.Does this place really have a restaurant?Xi Ji was doubting, when he saw a porch that was more delicately decorated than ordinary houses.Looking inside, there is a doorplate with the name of the shop on the entrance door.What a hidden store, Xi Ji thought so, and guessed that Xiyuan and Lily Hui might actually have a tryst here. As soon as the door was opened, a smiling woman in a black suit appeared. "Waiting for you, I'll take you to the box." The tone was as if he knew Xi Ji.

She took Xi Ji to a separate box, opened the door, and said "your guest has arrived" to the room. Xi Ji took a deep breath before entering the room. A square dining table was placed in the center of the room, and Baihehui and Xiyuan sat next to each other across the corner of the table.Lily Megumi was wearing a lavender shirt with a sparkling platinum necklace around her neck; Nishizono was wearing a dark green suit. "Thanks for your hard work! We've already started." Xiyuan held up a slender glass, the liquid in it seemed to be sherry, and Lily Hui also had the same glass in front of her.

I'm sorry for keeping you waiting - after Xi Ji finished speaking, she sat down at the seat opposite Lily Hui. "You seem to be very busy. But you look good, so I can rest assured." Lily Hui said with a smile. "I'm fine. Where's Mom?" "Well, very good." Lily Hui nodded. In Xi Ji's eyes, her mother, whom she had not seen for a long time, seemed to have lost weight.But that impression is not haggard, but stronger, at least not at all old.On the contrary, Xi Ji thought that her mother had looked younger in recent years.The only possibility she could think of was that everyday life had changed her mother.No matter how you look at it now, my mother is a capable career woman.

The woman in the suit came to ask Xi Ji if she wanted a pre-dinner drink.She refused. "You mother and daughter meet for a long time, how about a drink?" Xiyuan said. Xi Ji shook her head without looking at him. "The hospital may look for me." "The first call tonight is not you, I have already ordered it." "But... it's better not to. After returning to the dormitory, I still want to read some books." She felt Xiyuan sigh. "Now is indeed an important time for you. Then, I will drink alone." "Yes, you two please drink, just like usual." As soon as she said this, she regretted it, and she could see that Bai Hehui's expression froze.

The meal is served.The appetizers were decorated as beautifully as desserts, and they couldn't tell what material they were made of. The woman in the suit explained to them that Xi Ji still didn't understand, but it was really delicious after eating. It was a taste that I had never tasted before. It turned out that Xiyuan usually let Baihehui eat these - she suddenly realized.When did this start?When cooking home-cooked food for her daughter, did Lily Megumi and Xi Yuan go out to eat such unavailable dishes? Kensuke likes strong dishes, especially the potato stew that is marinated into coffee color.Xi Ji recalled how his father watched the baseball broadcast with this dish.As she silently put the food in front of her mouth, she thought, Dad probably never knew this kind of taste in the world in his whole life.

Xiyuan described to Lily Hui how Xi Ji worked in the hospital, and this was how their conversation proceeded.During the period, Lily Hui also asked her if she had eaten well, how to deal with laundry and cleaning, etc. Xi Ji dealt with it casually.As childish as it was, she just didn't want them both to think the meal was worthwhile. The meal draws to a close in this case.Xiyuan ordered red wine on the way, but Xi Ji didn't drink it, and Bai Hehui only drank a glass, so after the main course was finished, there was still more than half of the wine in the bottle. After the dessert was served, Xiyuan left the table. There was no dessert at his table, probably because he ordered it in advance.Only the mother and daughter were left at the banquet.

"I've heard about your situation from the doctor. It seems to be very difficult. Can you handle it?" Bai Hehui asked. "If you lose here, you don't know why you worked so hard before." Yes, Lily Hui replied. "Mom, don't you have something important to tell me? That's why I asked the professor to arrange this dinner." Lily Hui opened her eyes wide, drank the water in the glass, and licked her lips. Xi Ji thought to herself, I had guessed it, and felt an inexplicable anxiety in her heart, and regretted provoking this topic. "It can't be regarded as reporting to Xi Ji... I want to discuss with you."

"What's the matter?" My heart beat faster.At that moment, Xi Ji thought, I really don't want to hear it. "Mom," after saying these words, Lily Hui lowered her eyes, then raised her eyes to look at Xi Ji before continuing, "I think it's time to decide the direction of the future." "future?" "That is to say..." She drank the water again before speaking. "Mom is considering whether to remarry." The pulse beat violently behind the ear.Xi Ji swallowed a mouthful of saliva, and even felt that the sound of swallowing was ringing in her ears.