You are Mine

Chapter 22 : Parents

Next Saturday, Qing and Dayu went back to their hometown in Tianjin. They went to their respective house and had lunch with their respective family.

At Dayu's house

"It's great to have you back here, Son," Dayu's mom said with a bright smile. "It's been a long time since the last time I saw your face. You've become thinner."

"Actually, Mom... I gained weight at least 3 kg since the last time I went home."

"Really?" Dayu's mom certainly gave Dayu her disbelief look as she checked Dayu out from head to toe. "You did a lot thinner than before"

Dayu rolled his eyes. He gave up. It's better to not argue with your parents, especially your mom. Her words were absolute.

Dayu and his mother ate in silence, but they enjoyed it. Dayu's real father has long been passed away and his mom was remarried. From the marriage of his mother and his current father, he has a little sister who is 10 years younger than him. His father was going out to fish with his friends and his sister was playing at her friends' house too since early in the morning. So when Dayu came home, only his mother was there.

"Did Xiao Qing come with you?"

"Yes, Mom."

"Tonight, let's have dinner together with them."

"All of us?"

"Yes, all... the four of us."

Dayu nodded his head and continued eating his lunch.

At the same time, at Qing's house

"Qing, eat a lot."

"Mom, I've already eat a lot and you still give me more."

"Because it's been a long time since you eat Mom's cooking, right? You don't miss Mom's cooking?" His mother's face suddenly became sad and sour.

"No, Mom, you are still the best chef I've ever known my entire life."

His mother smiled and grinned, "I cooked all your favourite food. You should finish it all."

Qing felt like dying. His mother made tons of food. It looked like meals for four people instead of two.

"Mom, what is it that you want to talk to me?"

His mother was contemplating to answer it. "Let's wait until dinner time when your father has come back home."

"Why?"

"Because it's something important and it's better if it's your father who says it."

Wang Qing was so curious, but he didn't say it. He just shrugged his shoulders and continued eating his lunch.

Not long after, there was a ringing from his home phone. His mother answered it. From the conversation, he knew that it was Dayu's mom who was calling. When his mother had finished talking to the other line, he asked.

"Oh, nothing, Son. It's just she asked whether it's good to have dinner together tonight."

"Oh." Qing's face was brighten. "So?"

"Of course we will have dinner together!" His mother smiled widely. "We will have dinner here, in our house. The merrier the better."

Dinner Time, at Wang's Household

At 5:30 PM, Dayu and his family came to neighbour next door, which is Wang Qing's family. Jian Hua, Dayu's sister, was helping her mother and Qing's mother in the kitchen to prepare the food. Dayu, Qingge and both fathers were playing mahjong in the living room.