“Son, what time is it? Why are you still sleeping?”
In his deep sleep, Wang Yifan vaguely heard his mother’s voice and slowly opened his eyes.
“Mom, what are you doing here?”
“You’re still sleeping? It’s already past one in the afternoon. Are you going to eat?”
“Didn’t I send you a message saying I wasn’t going to eat?”
“Fine, don’t eat. But first tell me, is Lusi coming or not?”
“She’s coming, she’s coming. She’s coming tomorrow. I’ll go to the high-speed railway station to pick her up tomorrow.”
Wang Yifan was still very sleepy.
He casually answered his mother, intending to go back to sleep.
But the moment his mother heard that Zhao Lusi was coming, her entire face lit up with joy, and she could hardly stop smiling!
She didn’t even care whether Wang Yifan wanted to sleep anymore.
She hurried out of his room and went downstairs from the third floor before immediately heading to his aunt’s house.
Since Wang Yifan was an only child, he lived alone on the first floor of his family’s house.
The first floor contained the living room, kitchen, and other common areas.
His parents lived on the second floor, while the third floor belonged to him.
There was also a small room on the rooftop, but nobody lived there.
Soon, Wang Yifan’s mother arrived at Wang Baoshan’s house.
At that moment, Wang Yifan’s father was having a meal with Wang Baoshan’s father and several others.
Just as he was about to drink, she hurried over.
“Guo’an, don’t drink anymore. In a little while, drive over to our house and get two chickens.”
Wang Guo’an looked at her in confusion.
“Why do you suddenly want two chickens?”
“Our son said Lusi is coming tomorrow.”
Wang Baoshan’s father and everyone else sitting at the table looked at the two of them in confusion.
“Lusi is coming tomorrow?”
“Yes. Our son just told me.”
“Alright, then I won’t drink. I’ll take you there after I finish eating.”
With that, Wang Yifan’s mother left.
As soon as she was gone, everyone at the table looked toward Wang Yifan’s father.
“Guo’an, are you having guests tomorrow?”
“Yes. Yifan’s girlfriend is coming tomorrow, so I’m not drinking today. I still have things to take care of later.”
“Yifan has a girlfriend?” Wang Baoshan’s father asked in surprise.
“Yes. We don’t even know when he started dating her. He only told us last night.”
“That’s good. Even if Yifan doesn’t have a job, at least you don’t have to worry so much anymore.”
When Wang Baoshan’s father said the words “doesn’t have a job,” he deliberately emphasized them, as though he were saying that his own son was still better than Wang Yifan.
Even after finding a girlfriend, Wang Yifan was still inferior to his son.
Wang Guo’an didn’t take it to heart.
He was still his elder brother, after all.
Although their relationship wasn’t particularly good, there was no need to make things even more unpleasant.
Meanwhile, after leaving Wang Baoshan’s aunt’s house, Wang Yifan’s mother first visited several families she had a good relationship with.
She went to Wang Yifan’s third uncle’s house.
“Yifan’s mom, are you having guests?”
“My son’s girlfriend is coming tomorrow.”
“Yifan has a girlfriend? Alright, alright! I’ll definitely come tomorrow!”
“Great!”
Wang Yifan’s mother walked through the village with a huge smile on her face.
She had never been this happy before.
As she walked through the village, many people noticed her cheerful expression and couldn’t help asking what happy occasion had happened.
“Yifan’s mom, what’s the good news? Why are you so happy?”
“My son’s girlfriend is coming tomorrow. Come over for dinner tomorrow evening!”
“Yifan’s mom, your son’s girlfriend is coming tomorrow?”
“That’s right!”
“What’s your son’s girlfriend’s name?”
“Her name is Lusi! I won’t keep you. I still have things to prepare!”
Everyone watched Wang Yifan’s mother walk away with such a happy expression and smiled.
After all, the entire village already knew that Wang Yifan had graduated from university a year ago and had been staying at home ever since because he hadn’t found a job.
They didn’t believe a good girl would actually take a liking to Wang Yifan.
Of course, there were also people who genuinely believed in him.
For example, the first person Wang Yifan’s mother told—the wife of his third uncle—was sincerely happy when she heard that Wang Yifan had found a girlfriend.
The only people who weren’t happy were those whose children had been in the same graduating class as Wang Yifan but had failed to get into university.
And just like that, Wang Yifan’s mother spread the news of Zhao Lusi’s arrival throughout the entire village.
Meanwhile, Wang Yifan was still sleeping soundly, completely unaware that his parents had already announced the news everywhere.
By now, the entire village knew that his girlfriend was coming tomorrow!
Three in the afternoon.
He rubbed his eyes and finally got up from his warm bed.
The moment he threw off the quilt, he immediately crawled back underneath it.
It was freezing!
After gathering his courage for a while, he finally climbed out of bed again.
He put on his clothes and trousers, then went downstairs to wash up.
After finishing, he discovered that there wasn’t a single person at home.
“Dad? Mom?”
He called out several times, but no one answered.
The only sign that his parents had already gotten up was the fire burning beneath the meat-drying rack.
No—he should say that he had simply gotten up too late.
After waking up, Wang Yifan felt a little hungry, so he began looking for something to eat.
He went to the cabinet, opened it, and searched around.
Before long, he found a packet of instant noodles.
He took out a bowl, prepared the noodles, and poured in the hot water.
While the noodles were soaking, he took out his phone and called his mother. beep… beep…
After ringing for a while, the call was answered.
“Son!”
“Mom, where did you and Dad go?”
“We came to your grandmother’s house. If you’re hungry, make something for yourself.”
“What did you come to Grandma’s house for?”
“To get two chickens.”
“Oh.”
He hung up after saying that.
Holding his phone, he looked at Zhao Lusi’s WeChat account.
After thinking for a moment, he clicked on it and started a video call.
As the ringtone sounded, his heart began beating faster and faster.
Thump!
Thump!
Thump!
He could practically hear his own heartbeat.
“Hello, Xiaofan-ge!”
“Baby, what are you doing?”
“I’m packing the things I need to bring tomorrow!”
“Did you get your ticket?”
“Yes. Our two provinces aren’t far apart, so tickets are easy to get. If I couldn’t get one, I would’ve driven over.”
“What time will you arrive tomorrow?”
“My high-speed train leaves at ten tomorrow morning, and I’ll arrive at one-thirty.”
“Okay. I’ll go pick you up tomorrow.”
“Mm-hmm. Xiaofan-ge, are you eating instant noodles?”
“Yeah. I just woke up, and I’m hungry.”
“Wow, you slept for so long. You’re so lazy!”
“I went to bed late last night.”
“I don’t believe you. You’re just lazy!”
“No, you’re wronging me. Come tomorrow, and you’ll see whether I can get up early the day after tomorrow.”
“If you can’t get up, I’ll bite you!”
“I’ll definitely get up!”
Wang Yifan felt that he and Zhao Lusi really clicked.
No matter what they talked about, it always felt as though they were on exactly the same wavelength.
And so, he continued chatting with Zhao Lusi for a long time.
Suddenly, he remembered something.
Yesterday, Song Qingshu, the president of Yinfu Video, had told him that his share of last year’s earnings would be transferred to his bank account today.
It should have arrived by now, right?
No, he had to check!
“Xiaofan-ge, why are you spacing out?”