Christina strolled around the neighborhood and finally sat on a stone chair under the shade of a tree.She raised her head and looked thoughtfully up at a commercial building of more than 60 stories in front of her.
The entire building's exterior wall was made of black special glass.
IP&G Group, the huge silver logo in the sun came into her view, low-key while extravagant.
As if something bad suddenly struck her mind, she lowered her head and kicked the small gravel beside her feet.
This neighborhood was very close to where she worked, with a distance of only two kilometers.
Before, she only wanted to rent a house as soon as possible without thinking too much.
Now looking at this building, she felt very uncomfortable.
"Should I go somewhere else?"
She was struggling with the question.
The location of this residential area was very advantageous.
It was surrounded by commercial streets for dining and shopping.
The traffic and security in the eastern part of the city were among the best in the country.
If it weren't for that the documents for the reconstruction of the community had not been approved yet, this place would have become a commercial district like the one across the street.
"What are you thinking?"
"I was wondering if I should move" A voice came from behind, and she replied subconsciously.
She was bemused for a second, then turned around and looked at the two people in front of her in surprise.
"Christina, I heard you just moved here"
Betty looked at her and said in a complicated and low voice.
Crystal came back, but she was still a little angry.
"You were so heartless to drive me away this morning.I wanted to leave you and not to care your living or death anymore, but Aunt Garner said that it was auspicious to burn incense and pray after moving into a new house."
Finishing the words, she added, "By the way, Derek is here too."
In the corridor behind them, there was really a long and thin figure coming.
Looking at these people who came here spontaneously, Christina had no expression on her face.
"Aunt Garner, according to Chinese custom, should we burn incense and pray in the four corners of the house?"
"Why don’t we go out and buy some food for dinner? Let's celebrate by cooking at home:"
Crystal and Betty chatted enthusiastically as if they were moving into a new house.
They also planned to buy a metal basin to burn some ancestor money for good luck.
After sending Christina to buy things, Crystal and Betty went upstairs to work on their superstition events.
Derek accompanied Christina to the nearby supermarket.
Without saying a word, they walked out of the gate of the neighborhood one after another, but their steps were naturally tacit.
"How did the two of them get along in the past? Was Derek silent like that before?"
Crystal looked at the two figures and a piece of gossip welled up in her heart.She felt extremely flattered to have spent two months with Derek.
Christina was also in the apartment, but she had been in a bad state of mind before, so they basically had no communication.
Betty was seriously burning incense and praying in the apartment.
When it was almost finished, she told Crystal with a smile, "You'll find out soon."
"The shorter a woman's skirt is, the better the performance of the capital market..."
When Crystal ran to open the door, she saw Christina and Derek coming back with big bags of things.She also heard Derek's clear and pleasant voice saying something strange.
"A man was on a business trip and was about to stay in a hotel.
The tour guide took him to a villa area with upscale European decoration for the night.
The man was worried that the fee would be too high, while the tour guide said that the accommodation fee was only half the market price.
The man was surprised when he heard that, so he suspected that there was something wrong with the place"
"What are you talking about?"
Crystal took over a large bag of fresh ingredients and asked them with a gossiping face.
Christina glanced at her and told her, "Derek is telling a joke"
Crystal was dumbfound.
The two of them went straight to the small living room and sat down.
Derek continued in a very calm voice, "..The tour guide told him not to worry, because the place was used to raise pigs in the past."
Christina squinted and nodded in response to show her understanding.
Crystal moved to the kitchen in a petrified state and asked Betty with a confused expression, "What are they talking about?"
Could that be a joke? Betty opened the bag and began to wash the vegetables.
She smiled and said, "Derek used to talk about the word ‘finance’ He said it was too close to the money and too few people knew about it.You should be careful because there were traps everywhere""
Crystal was still confused.
Was he telling a financial joke just now? She turned around and glanced at the two people on the sofa again.
Crystal concluded, "Derek's way of coaxing people is so special."
Mr.McDreamy was forcing himself to tell a joke.
"It's not usually like this.Derek tells Christina jokes because she is in a bad mood."
In normal circumstances, nobody could expect Derek to say one more word.
Crystal sighed, "They match quite much."
"If she had listened to her elders from the beginning, there wouldn't be so many things."
Betty's face suddenly darkened.
"I kept those two cans of ashes at home and used clean water to bless them every day.Anyway, I did that for the peace of mind."
There was also a trace of sadness in Crystal's eyes.
The room was so small, so they did not dare to talk about the kids anymore, afraid that Christina would hear and feel sad.
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