Tenant's Secret Love

Chapter 79: Respectively

It was already 11 o'clock at night when I got home. I thought my parents were already asleep, but I didn't expect to find them sitting in the living room watching TV.

I closed the door, took off my shoes and got ready to change into my slippers. My mother turned down the volume of the TV and asked me, "Lucas, did you have dinner with that girl tonight?"

"Yes, I took her to a local restaurant." I added, "She's going back to Suzhou tomorrow."

My mother nodded and really stopped asking questions, focusing her attention on the TV show that was being broadcast.

Before I could let out a sigh of relief, my father suddenly asked, "Did she come here to ask you to go back to work in Suzhou?"

"That's the idea," I gave him an ambiguous answer.

"How did you lose your job in Suzhou? Why did she say she had something to do with you losing your job?"

"Dad, I'm not going back to work in Suzhou either, so there's not much point in you asking again, is there?"

My 'stubborn father' said with a scowl, "You can stay in Xuzhou. Find a job yourself, don't expect me to arrange it for you."

I said helplessly, "I've been looking for work on my own recently, so don't worry, I don't need you to arrange it for me."

He ignored me and focused on the TV show that was on.

...

Back in my room, I leaned against the bed, lit a cigarette, and couldn't help but start thinking about the urgent work problem I had recently. If I could, I would still like to work in a department store, but there are only a handful of department stores in the entire Xuzhou, and the demand for personnel is not strong. I guess it will be difficult to find a job in my old position. If that doesn't work, I'll have to lower my requirements and find some low-paying planning work.

In the depression of not being able to see the future, I thought of Renee again. Admittedly, going back to Suzhou with her seemed like a good choice for the time being, but that city really tired me out, and I almost had no sense of expectation left. I didn't want to go back and retrace the path I had already walked.

Sometimes people are like that. Before I decided to leave Suzhou, I still had reluctance and nostalgia. But once I actually made leaving a reality,

The next day, as agreed with Renee, I arrived at the hotel where she was staying before 7 a.m. The two of us said goodbye in the morning sunshine.

I handed Renee a box in my hands and said, "This is a specialty from our hometown of Xuzhou, children's candy. You can chew on it when you're bored at night, and it won't make you fat."

Renee took the box from me and looked at it before smiling and saying, "Thank you."

"Drive slowly on the road, and if you get sleepy, go to a service station and take a nap," I said, a little worried about Renee driving a long distance by herself.

"I know,"

"That..."

Renee looked at me, waiting for me to continue.

"That, come back to Xuzhou to visit us when you have time."

Renee's face showed a hint of disappointment, but she nodded with a smile and then said to me, "I will, and if I have the chance, I hope to come to your place to eat local cuisine."

"Well, then, goodbye, take care,"

"Take care!"

Renee said, and walked towards her car. I finally remembered what I wanted to say, and shouted after her: "Renee, be careful of your uncle, he won't let go so easily."