Chapter 268: Who Is He?
The following morning, after breakfast, the young couple prepared to go to the mall to buy gifts. Just as they stepped out of their house, they ran into Liu Qing, who was preparing to go downstairs with her child.
"You’re going out too?" Before Tong Yao could reply, she added, "Dr. Si, could you please help carry my child downstairs? My back has been hurting for the past few days, and he insists on being carried."
Being neighbors in the same housing complex, helping to carry a child was no big deal. Si Chen took over the child with one hand and started walking down the stairs, occasionally glancing back at Tong Yao. Liu Qing followed closely behind him laughing, "It’s so easy for men to carry children."
Tong Yao rolled her eyes. It seemed like they were a family of three, and she was the odd one out.
Sure enough, several women with children downstairs saw Si Chen carrying the child with Liu Qing trailing behind him and couldn’t help but tease Liu Qing with a smirk on their faces, "At first glance, you guys look like a family of three."
"Don’t joke around, if Tong Yao hears this, she’ll be jealous." as soon as Liu Qing finished speaking, Si Chen put the child down and walked towards the gate hand in hand with Tong Yao, without saying a word to Liu Qing the whole time. This left Liu Qing feeling slightly embarrassed.
One of the women covered her mouth and laughed, "Look at how sweet they are, walking hand in hand. Which couple in our complex does that when they go out? Even when my husband and I were dating, we weren’t that affectionate. These young couples are different from our times."
Whether intentional or not, she spoke loud enough for Tong Yao, who hadn’t walked very far, to hear everything. Tong Yao paused, turned around and said, "The times are changing. Looking at the new world with old perspectives won’t work. We’re affectionate because we have a good relationship."
After saying this, she turned around and left.
The woman was caught off guard by Tong Yao’s sharp reply. By the time she regained her senses, the young couple had already disappeared out of sight.