Chapter 66 Section VI

When Cheng returned to the apartment, Xuesui's shoes had already been placed in the entrance, and the sound of cooking could be heard from inside the house.He walked into the living room, where Xuesui in an apron was cooking in the kitchen. "You're back, it's so late," she said loudly, turning the pan.It was past eight thirty. "When did you come back?" Cheng asked standing at the kitchen door. "About an hour ago. I thought I could come back and prepare dinner, so I hurried back." "Well." "It's almost ready, wait a minute."

"Let me tell you," he said, looking at the profile of Yusui who was doing salad neatly, "Today, I met my former friend at the practice field." "Oh, is it? Someone I don't know?" "Ok." "Oh, and then?" "Because we haven't seen each other for a long time, we said we should have a meal together, so we ate casually at a nearby restaurant." Xuesui's hand stopped and raised to near the neck. "what……" "I thought you would be back late today, too, because there seems to be trouble in your shop." "That matter will be resolved soon." Xuesui wiped her neck, then smiled weakly, "That's right, why am I always coming back late."

"Sorry, I should have found a way to contact you." "Don't take it to heart. Then I'd better cook the meal, and eat together if you're hungry." "it is good." "How about golf lessons?" "Oh," Cheng nodded vaguely, "It's nothing, it's just that they have made a schedule and will teach step by step according to the schedule." "Do you still like it?" "Well... this..." How should I explain it?Cheng figured that since Misawa Chien stayed there to take classes, he didn't want to go with Xuesui, so he had to decide to give up the classes there. The problem was how to persuade Xuesui.

"By the way," he was still thinking about how to speak, Xuesui spoke first, "Obviously I suggested it, and I'm really sorry to regret it now, but the situation is really bad." "Ah?" Cheng turned to look at her, "Is there any difficulty? What's wrong?" "Isn't the branch opening? We are recruiting shop assistants, but we haven't been able to find suitable people. You also know that the job market is completely a labor market recently, and newcomers simply refuse to come to a small shop like ours." "so what?" "Today I discussed with Kiko that I will try my best to go to work on Saturdays from now on. I don't think every Saturday has to—"

"So, you're sure the only day you can rest is Sunday?" "Yes." Xuesui shrugged her shoulders and raised her eyes to look at Cheng, obviously afraid that he would be angry. But he wasn't angry, his mind was completely occupied by other things. "That way, you won't be able to take golf lessons." "Yeah, that's why I apologize to you. It was my idea, but I couldn't go by myself. I'm sorry." Xuesui put her hands together in front of her and bowed her head deeply. "You can't go?" "Yeah." She nodded slightly.

"Hey," Cheng crossed his arms and walked towards the sofa, "It's nothing." He said, and sat down on the sofa, "Then I'll go to it myself, since I've attended all the briefing sessions." "Aren't you angry?" Xuesui seemed surprised by her husband's reaction. "Well, I'm not going to be mad about it." "Ah, I thought I'd make you angry again, and I'm in a panic. Other problems are easy to solve, but there's really no way..." "Forget it, don't mention it. It's just that even if you change your mind and still want to learn, you won't be able to keep up with my class."

"Ok, I know." "Okay." Cheng picked up the remote control on the table, turned on the TV, and switched the channel to the baseball game broadcast.The Giants team led by Wang Zhenzhi was in a tough battle with the Chunichi Dragons at the Tokyo Dome, which was just completed this year.However, as he watched the TV, what he thought was neither who would fill the vacancy of pitcher Jiang Chuan who retired last year, nor whether the original player could win the home run title this season.He was wondering when he could make a phone call behind Xuesui's back. That night, Cheng tossed and turned and couldn't sleep, and when he thought of reuniting with Misawa Chitsuru, his body felt inexplicably hot.Her smile flashed in her mind, her voice echoed in her ears.The explanation meeting arranged a visit to the actual teaching, and he went to watch Senduru and the others hit the ball under the guidance of the coach.Sentsuru, who noticed his presence, probably made a few mistakes because he was too nervous.Every time she made a mistake, she would turn her head and stick her tongue out at him.

After the briefing session, Cheng plucked up the courage to invite her to dinner. "I didn't have much to eat after I got home. I was planning to eat out before going home. But eating alone is really meaningless." He made up such an excuse.She seemed to be hesitant, but Xuan replied with a smile: "Then let me accompany you." He saw it, and didn't think she had to accompany her out of affection. Senduru came to the golf driving range by tram and then on foot. Makoto let her get in the car and drove to the Italian restaurant that he had been to several times.He had never brought Xuesui to this store.

In the deliberately dimly lit store, Makoto and Chitsuru were having a meal facing each other.Looking back carefully, when they worked together in the same company, they never even went into a coffee shop together.He was very relaxed, and felt that they were a natural fit, and when he was with her, the topics would come up endlessly, and he even felt that he could speak well.From time to time, she laughed like a silver bell, and said a few words now and then.She has been in various companies, and when she mentioned her experience, some insights even surprised him. "Why would you want to learn golf? For beauty?" he asked during the meal.

"There is no reason. You must say the reason. It is to change yourself." "is it necessary?" "I often think, it's better to change, and I can't live this kind of duckweed life." "Oh." "Why does Mr. Gao Gong want to learn?" "Me?" Cheng didn't know how to answer for a while, and he couldn't say it was because of his wife's suggestion, "Well, it's because of lack of exercise." She seemed to accept the answer. After leaving the restaurant, he sent her home.She once declined, but it seemed that it was not out of disgust. At his insistence, she readily agreed.

Whether she did it on purpose, she didn't ask about his family during the meal.Of course he didn't say anything to make her aware of Xuesui's existence.But shortly after the car started, she asked, "Is your wife not at home today?" Maybe he was suspicious, but her tone sounded a little unnatural."She is very busy with work and is often away from home," he said. She nodded silently, and never asked similar questions again. Her apartment was in a handsome three-story building along the railway line. "Thank you. See you next week," she said before getting out of the car. "Well...but like I said, I'm not necessarily going," he said.At the time, he had no intention of signing up. "Oh. You must be busy." She showed a regretful expression. "But I think we can meet once in a while. Can I call you?" he asked.During the meal, he asked for her phone number. "Okay." She said and nodded. "That's it." "Bye-Bye." As she got out of the car, the urge came to him, he wanted to grab her hand, grab her, pull her over, kiss her.However, these are only in the imagination. Seeing her watching him off from the rearview mirror, Cheng started the car.Would she be happy if I told her I was signing up for golf lessons?He buried his head in the pillow, thinking.Wish I had told her sooner because I didn't get a chance to call tonight. I can see her every week after that.Just thinking about it like that made his heart jump like a boy's.Looking forward to next Saturday... He turned around, only to notice the sound of even breathing from the bed beside him.Tonight, he had no intention of embracing his wife.