Chapter 81: A Difficult Question. “Which of you two will give birth?”
Cheng Yang wiped her hands, brought over a plate of freshly cut fruit, and walked over.
She noticed that the two of them’s expressions looked a little strange, and Yu Mei also had a half-smiling expression.
Cheng Yang nonchalantly placed the fruit platter on the table and looked into Yu Mei’s eyes.
“Did you secretly say something bad about me to A-Xun?”
Yu Mei shook her head and said with a smile, “Am I that kind of person?”
Cheng Yang retorted, “Aren’t you?”
Yu Mei sighed, a look of hurt on her face. “Is that the image I have in your heart? Sigh.”
“…”
Cheng Yang changed the subject guiltily. “It’s good that you didn’t. Hurry up and have some of my freshly cut fruit.”
Yu Mei looked at the freshly cut pineapple and watermelon, her gaze on the fruit-laden peach tree outside the window.
“Don’t you have peaches at your house?”
Cheng Yang explained, “A-Xun is allergic to peaches.”
Yu Mei was surprised. “Since she’s allergic, then why did you plant so many…”
Before she could finish, Yu Mei seemed to have thought of something.
She said with a smile, “That’s really deep love. But you can’t eat peaches either. Won’t those peaches outside be wasted after they’re ripe?”
Hearing Yu Mei’s hint, Xu Xun said with a smile, “The peaches outside have already ripened a lot. I’ll have the auntie pick them later. You can take some back and let your uncle and auntie have a taste.”
Yu Mei accepted with a smile. She continued, “I see that you have a lot of vegetables in your small vegetable garden. That…”
“Hey.”
Cheng Yang crossed her arms and stared straight at Yu Mei. “You’re eating and taking?”
Yu Mei said with a grin, “I haven’t had home-grown vegetables for a long time. I’m craving them. With our relationship, what’s wrong with you giving me a few vegetables? I’ve never seen such a stingy person, not even willing to part with a few vegetables.”
Cheng Yang opened her mouth, and Yu Mei teased again, “No, I shouldn’t be asking for your opinion. A-Xun is the head of the family. As for whether to give them or not, A-Xun can decide.”
“…”
Cheng Yang turned to look at Xu Xun and asked pitifully, “Wifey, what’s your opinion?”
Xu Xun said with a smile, “We’ll all be family in the future. Meimei, if you want to eat anything, you can just drive over and pick it yourself. These vegetables are all hand-planted and have never been sprayed with pesticides. There might be some insects in them.”
Cheng Yang nodded. “Yeah, the cabbage in the yard hasn’t been sprayed with pesticides. It’s all been eaten into a lace edge by the insects, but it’s crispy and sweet to eat.”
After finishing the fruit, Cheng Yang handed over the subsequent stir-frying task to the auntie and went to the small vegetable garden in the back with Xu Xun.
Yu Mei looked at the rich variety of vegetables and said with a smile, “This cucumber is not bad. Give me a few. This tomato is very red. It must be very sweet. Wow, what a big loofah. So tender…”
Cheng Yang followed behind the two of them, holding an increasingly heavy basket in her hand, and said with a blank expression, “You’re here specifically to raid, right?”
Xu Xun couldn’t help but laugh and secretly pinched the back of Cheng Yang’s hand.
After picking the vegetables, Yu Mei held the heavy vegetable basket and put it in her trunk.
She was so happy she couldn’t close her mouth. “These vegetables are so fresh. They smell of a unique, fresh fragrance. I’ll have a taste when I get home.”
Cheng Yang let out a cold “oh.” “Then you should hurry back and cook. Our family is going to eat.”
The three words “our family” were said very heavily by Cheng Yang.
Yu Mei closed the trunk and said with a smile, “How long has it been? Didn’t you invite me to stay at your place for a few more days? There’s no need to be in a hurry.”
She had the driver drive home, brought the freshly picked vegetables back, and then turned to follow Cheng Yang and Xu Xun back home.
Cheng Yang held Xu Xun’s hand tightly. “Wifey, I’m hungry. Let’s go home and eat.”
Yu Mei shrugged her shoulders helplessly and continued to follow behind the two of them.
Before, she had always felt that she was a third wheel, but now she hadn’t expected that it would be quite interesting to tease these two.
The moment she saw Cheng Yang’s defeated and dark face, Yu Mei wanted to laugh.
After returning home, the auntie had already served the stir-fried dishes and brought them to the dining table.
Cheng Yang insisted on sitting next to Xu Xun. The two of them were squeezed together, their arms pressed against each other, their shoulders against each other, and their hair was all tangled together.
Yu Mei had already overcome this kind of scene of showing off their affection. She nonchalantly served herself a chicken wing, and then she saw Cheng Yang take a large chicken leg and place it in the bowl in front of Xu Xun.
“…”
Cheng Yang said with a smile, “You don’t like to eat chicken skin. I’ll peel all the chicken skin for you.”
As she smiled, she glanced at Yu Mei from the corner of her eye and then let out a light hum.
Even a fool could see that she was doing this on purpose.
Xu Xun couldn’t help but laugh. “Thank you.”
Cheng Yang was not happy. “We’re already married. You’re still saying thank you to me. You’re being distant.”
Xu Xun pressed her lips together and said with a smile, “I was wrong.”
Cheng Yang added, “And you’re not allowed to apologize to me.”
Xu Xun nodded. “Alright then.”
Yu Mei was biting a chicken wing and had a feeling that it tasted a little sour.
After dinner, Xu Xun suggested going for a walk in the nearby park.
Cheng Yang held Little Lamb and followed behind the two of them.
This more than ten-pound semi-trailer was not willing to be held by Cheng Yang and insisted on climbing up her shoulder and then lying lazily on top of Cheng Yang’s head.
Seeing that Cheng Yang had not caught up, Xu Xun turned her head to look and saw that she had already merged with Little Lamb.
Cheng Yang had been doting on Little Lamb for more than a day or two. She hadn’t expected to have to put it on her head when she went out. She was really doting on it to the point of lawlessness.
However, since Cheng Yang liked it, and Little Lamb was comfortable lying there, it didn’t matter.
Seeing this, Yu Mei said with a teasing smile, “Yo, you’re not allergic to cat fur anymore?”
Cheng Yang was afraid that Little Lamb would fall from her head, so she walked slowly.
“You still say that. That’s just my reason for rejecting others. Don’t you know?”
Yu Mei smiled without saying a word.
Xu Xun said, “Does your head still hurt? Although Little Lamb is just a little kitten, its weight is not light. You have to be careful.”
Cheng Yang stroked Little Lamb’s drooping, fluffy, and big tail and said with a smile, “Little Lamb is the most well-behaved. Whatever our precious daughter does is right.”
“…”
Yu Mei frowned. “Let’s go, let’s go, A-Xun. Let’s not wait for her. Let her be with her precious daughter.”
Cheng Yang watched as Yu Mei took her wife away. She stood there, stomping her feet, and then followed.
In fact, it was risky to let Little Lamb lie on her head.
Once before, it had been like this. Little Lamb had been lying on her shoulder, and a dog without a leash had suddenly appeared from somewhere and had scared Little Lamb so much that its fur had stood up, and it had jumped off Cheng Yang.
But Little Lamb had not controlled its strength well. When it had fallen from above, its claws had hooked onto Cheng Yang’s clothes.
Cheng Yang had felt a sharp pain, and her arms and back had been scratched with several clear blood marks.
Although a house cat did not need a vaccine, Xu Xun had still insisted on taking Cheng Yang to the epidemic prevention station.
After the vaccine, she had had a fever again.
Xu Xun looked back with some worry. Seeing that Cheng Yang had not caught up, she was about to turn back to find her.
Yu Mei stopped her and said with a smile, “Don’t mind her. Have you forgotten what I told you? She’s a Sanda expert.”
The two of them sat on a long bench in the park. Yu Mei’s two hands were properly on her knees, and she casually found a topic to talk about.
“I just contacted Director Chen again. She asked if you have time to rehearse in a few days. She wants to see your acting skills in person.”
Xu Xun smiled and nodded. “Okay. I was just thinking of visiting Director Chen, but I’ve never worked with Director Chen before. I’m still quite nervous.”
Yu Mei said, “Director Chen is relatively easygoing. She’s getting old. This movie is probably her last work. She probably won’t film any more movies in the future.”
The more Xu Xun heard, the more she felt overwhelmed by the favor.
If it weren’t for Cheng Yang and Yu Mei, she would never have been in contact with a director of this status.
Xu Xun’s gaze fell on the street lamp not far away. “Meimei, what you said today, actually, even if Yangyang didn’t interrupt, I would have known.”
She said with a smile, “Actually, I’ve known for a long time that the original lead of Director Zhang’s movie was not me. It was she who fought for the opportunity for me.”
Yu Mei turned to look at her. “You’re right. Director Zhang had been looking for a lead for a long time. It was Yangyang who recommended you. She had asked her to meet in private several times, and finally, it was settled. But in the end, you did not disappoint and won an international award.”
Xu Xun pressed her lower lip. “At that time, I was at a low point in my career and had been shelved for half a year. When I received the news, I thought it was someone’s prank.”
The unspoken rules in the entertainment industry were countless, especially for a beautiful and up-and-coming young actress like her, who was the easiest target to be targeted.
“I knew that I had a noble person helping me from behind, but I never thought that that person would be Yangyang.”
Xu Xun recalled the Cheng Yang from before and said with a smile, “She didn’t talk much at that time. She looked easygoing and humorous on camera, but in private, she never even looked at me once.”
Yu Mei sighed. “She’s an actress. She can pretend anything, including her indifference to you. In reality, who knows how many times she has secretly looked at you from the corner of her eye.”
Xu Xun’s cheeks turned slightly red. “I don’t know. I was also too embarrassed to secretly look at her. I was afraid that after she found out, she would hate me, so I just…”
“So you just ignored her?”
Yu Mei shook her head helplessly. “You two are really… I have nothing to say. If one of you could have been a little braver and pierced this layer of window paper, you wouldn’t have been delayed for so many years.”
“But now it’s fine. It’s all over. The biggest obstacle between you is Auntie Cheng.”
“Mmm, Yangyang has mentioned it to me.”
Yu Mei added, “In the end, I suspect that it was she who had angered Auntie Cheng to death. One was a control freak, and the other was a stubborn person. As expected of a mother and daughter.”
Xu Xun knew that Yu Mei was just joking. “Actually, I’m also stubborn. For Yangyang, I can do anything.”
The two of them had already developed a good friendship. On this side, they were laughing and chatting, and on that side, Cheng Yang was holding Little Lamb and standing by the fountain, teasing the fish.
“Shall we go and find Mom?”
Seeing that Little Lamb was about to rush out of her arms and pounce on the ornamental fish in the pond.
Cheng Yang quickly held it, covered its eyes, and quickly fled the pond.
“You can’t eat it! Mom will have to pay if you eat it!”
On this side, Yu Mei still couldn’t hold back her curiosity.
The sound she had heard today, and the suspicious marks she had seen on Cheng Yang, the impact was really too great.
Yu Mei brewed for a while and mustered her courage.
“I want to ask, if you two are going to have a child in the future, who will give birth?”
Xu Xun was taken aback for a moment. “Why are you suddenly asking this question?”
Yu Mei said in a small voice, “Aren’t you two OA? If you’re having a child, it should be the one on the bottom who gives birth, right?”
“…”
Xu Xun was stunned.
Yu Mei seemed to have misunderstood something.