Ye Xingchen couldn't help being shocked. She didn't expect Jing Sa to be so direct.
However, it can be seen that Jing Sa is a decisive woman. It can be seen from her behavior when facing the robbers that day. She is calm, responsive and witty, and... she cooperates so well with Lou Xi.
I felt a dull, sour taste in my heart.
But besides being sour, there is also a sad feeling. Does Jing Sa also want to use Sisi to get close to Lou Xi? Has she never thought about how cruel this is to Sisi and how unfair it is to Lou Xi? A Chen
Still not enough?
Her hands subconsciously grabbed the hem of her clothes, feeling as if she was sad or angry. All kinds of emotions came rushing in. She couldn't tell what they felt like. She clenched her lips unconsciously, "Miss Jing, you should know that I and I
Lou Xi is getting married in the military, I can't..."
Dangdang——
A knock on the door interrupted her.
Ye Xingchen suddenly felt a sense of relief. She didn't dare to look at Jing Sa and walked quickly to open the door. However, she didn't realize that Jing Sa behind her was smiling, but the loneliness in that smile could not be concealed.
The person outside the door made Ye Xingchen startled again, Lou Yi!
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Of course Ye Xingchen knew Lou Yi, but she didn't expect that they would meet again under such circumstances.
This was the first family member of Lou Xi that she had faced. For a moment, she was at a loss and didn't even know what to call him.
"Chief of Staff?" Ye Xingchen greeted him nervously, calling him Lou Xi's job title. He was the Chief of Staff of a division in the J Military Region.
Lou Yi was slightly surprised by this title, but then he smiled and said easily, "This is not a military unit. Just call me brother or Lou Yi."
elder brother?
Ye Xingchen's face heated up, he nodded shyly, and then quickly gave way to go out, "Please come in."
Lou Yi stepped lightly into the ward and saw Jing Sa. He quickly glanced at Ye Xingchen from the corner of his eye. There was a trace of worry in his eyes, which disappeared in a flash.
"Jing Sa, why are you here?" he asked suspiciously.
"I will soon be Sisi's chief surgeon." Jing Sa replied unhurriedly, as if he was telling someone on purpose.
Ye Xingchen bit his lip secretly, turned around and poured water, three cups, one cup for each person.
"Thank you." Lou Yi took the paper cup and took a sip. Jing Sa did the same, but she drank a little slowly.
Lou Yi heard about Sisi's illness from Lou Xi, so he came to the hospital to see her. After asking with concern, his eyebrows became solemn and he felt very sorry for Sisi.
The three of them chatted for a while around Sisi's topic. Jing Sa suddenly received a call. It was the dean who was looking for her. "I'll leave first. Let's have dinner together at noon?"
Lou Yi nodded and said yes.
Jing Sa put down the paper cup and stood up to leave. Ye Xingchen noticed that there was a faint lipstick mark left on the edge of the cup, which was light rose in color.
She looked at the beautiful lip prints, slightly absent-minded, and never took a sip of the water in her hand.
Opposite me, Lou Yi suddenly put down the cup in his hand, as if on purpose. Ye Xingchen suddenly came back to his senses, raised his eyes, and met his pair of black eyes. Lou Yi looked at her with deep meaning, and said in a deep voice, "Jing Sa has been there since she was a child.
She is just arrogant and unwilling, so don’t think too much about it."
"I, I didn't." Ye Xingchen's heart skipped a beat and he couldn't help but stutter.
Lou Yi curled his lips and smiled faintly, "I was very fierce during the military training that year, right? When you saw Lou Xi, did you hate him very much?"
Ye Xingchen's face felt hot again. It was really embarrassing that she recognized the wrong person. She pulled her lips and smiled awkwardly.
"To be honest, I was also surprised about what happened between you and Lou Xi, but he always knew what he was doing. Now that you are married, let's live a good life." Lou Yi said earnestly.
Ye Xingchen couldn't help but sigh. The two brothers said very similar things. They both said they had a good life and so on.
At this time, the door of the ward was knocked open again, and a nurse came in gently, wanting to give Sisi an intravenous drip.
Ye Xingchen cooperated with the nurse to pull up Sisi's quilt, unbuttoned her little clothes, took off half of her sleeves, revealing her pink and tender arms. The nurse applied it with an alcohol cotton ball, and Sisi felt the smell.
Feeling cool, he opened his eyes slightly.
Ye Xingchen looked at the nurse and nodded gently.
The nurse took advantage of Sisi's confusion and quickly injected the needle.
"Ugh..." Sisi felt pain and struggled, and Ye Xingchen quickly held it down.
The nurse quickly applied tape to fix the needle, and then warned, "Mom and dad should watch carefully and don't let the baby roll the needle."
Ye Xingchen and Lou Yi were startled at the same time. The nurse went out. Both of them couldn't help laughing. It seemed that she was not the only one who recognized the wrong person.
Ye Xingchen coaxed Sisi for a while, and the little girl slowly calmed down, but not long after, she ran into trouble again.
Sisi hummed twice, as if she felt uncomfortable. Ye Xingchen quickly checked and found that the little girl had wet the bed!
This situation is rare. Although Sisi is only over 2 years old, her ability to take care of herself is very good. Every time she wants to go to the bathroom, she will take the initiative to say so. However, she is sick now, and she had eaten porridge before and was on an intravenous drip.
Self-control is not that good.
Ye Xingchen wanted to help Sisi change her pants and diapers, but one of her hands had to hold Sisi's little hand on the IV to prevent her from moving around, so she could only free one hand and it was a bit laborious to do the work.
"I'll do it." Lou Yi said proactively.
"This..." Ye Xingchen was a little embarrassed, but Lou Yi had already started to move.
He gently took off Sisi's pants and her little cotton socks, which were also a little damp. Then he turned around and went to the bathroom. He twisted a hot towel back and wiped Sisi's butt and legs slightly.
After she was done, he helped her put on a diaper, clean pants and cotton socks, very skillfully.
Ye Xingchen was even a little dumbfounded. How could he do so well? Suddenly she had a feeling that this man was a man with a story!
Lou Yi did everything and went to the bathroom to wash his hands. When he came back, he saw Ye Xingchen looking stunned, so he took the initiative to explain, "My daughter..." paused and gestured with her hand, "She's so high.
I brought him up single-handedly."
What? Daughter?
Ye Xingchen was shocked. Lou Yi has a child? Didn't you hear that he got married?
"Adopted?" she asked subconsciously.
Lou Yi shook his head and said in a deep voice, "My biological child."
Ye Xingchen opened his eyes wide and couldn't believe it at all.
"Her name is Xinxin. She has a very cute name, but she is very naughty. Sometimes I can't control her. I often have the urge to beat her, but I can't do it... Motherless children are always very pitiful." He smiled.
He said, the loneliness in his tone was so obvious.
Ye Xingchen was completely confused. What on earth was going on?
"Xinxin... Where is Xinxin's mother?" she asked anxiously.
Lou Yi was silent for a moment, as if reminiscing, with a sad haze between his eyebrows. Ye Xingchen bit his lips secretly, regretting that he had asked this question.
Lou Yi raised his eyes slightly and saw her remorseful expression. He quickly put away his emotions and said in a deep voice, "He passed away seven years ago. He was still very young when he left."
died?
Ye Xingchen's heartstrings tightened, no wonder she felt that Lou Yi was different from a few years ago, after experiencing such misery.
"I'm sorry." She apologized for bringing back his sad past.
Lou Yi shook his head, "It's okay, it's all over."
He raised his eyes again, his eyes as deep as glass.
Ye Xingchen lowered his head slightly, not knowing what to say. The atmosphere suddenly became tense. Lou Yi was silent for a while and spoke again, "Xingchen..."
He called her by her name directly, but it didn't seem abrupt. Instead, it seemed cordial and a little cautious.
Ye Xingchen subconsciously tightened his breathing, slowly raised his eyes, and saw Lou Yi's deep eyes, and his deep male voice was hoarse, "I have loved and suffered pain, so I don't want Lou Xi to be like me. I hope
If you can give him happiness, he deserves it, really."
Ye Xingchen was stunned, there was even a hint of request in his tone?
Lou Yi tugged his lips, smiled lightly, stood up and left the ward, "Let's have dinner together at noon, Lou Xi should be back in time."
Ye Xingchen's heart trembled slightly with the sound of the door closing.
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As expected, Lou Xi called at noon and said he was on the way and would be back in twenty minutes, so the meal was for four people, her, Lou Xi, Lou Yi, and Jing Sa.
Because everyone was worried about Sisi, they chose a location very close to the hospital. The place where Jing Sa was sitting was the Sichuan restaurant opposite the hospital. Ye Xingchen complained slightly in his heart, but didn't say anything.
She, Lou Yi and Jing Sa entered the Sichuan restaurant first, and the waiter took them to a small private room and a small table for four.
Lou Yi randomly picked a seat and sat down. Ye Xingchen sat opposite him, and Jing Sa then sat next to her. Obviously, she deliberately arranged Lou Xi and Lou Yi together and deliberately separated her from Lou Xi.
Ye Xingchen frowned subconsciously, feeling a little weird in his heart.
Not long after, Lou Xi arrived. When he took his seat, he didn't seem to have any strong reaction. He only glanced at the empty seat, something almost invisible slipped through his eyes, and then he sat down with a natural expression.
When she started ordering, Ye Xingchen didn't say anything. She didn't like spicy food, and basically all the dishes here didn't suit her appetite. She just wanted to take a few bites.
Lou Xi didn't say much. He was very familiar with this Sichuan restaurant. He misunderstood her because of Li Yi's incident, so he invited her to eat here and wanted to apologize. However, he was on a temporary mission and later broke the appointment. The second
When he asked her out for the first time, he had noticed her hesitation. She didn't like spicy food, so he changed places.
Jing Sa and Lou Yi discussed and ordered a few dishes, "Spicy diving shrimp, Chongqing spicy chicken, spicy lotus root slices, chrysanthemum fish-flavored eggplant, spicy fungus, is that enough?"
Ye Xingchen's heart was shaking when he heard those spicy words, but he still smiled and nodded.
Jing Sa raised his eyes and asked Xiang Lou Xi, "How about another dry-roasted fish that you like?"
Lou Xi raised his eyebrows slightly, did not say anything, and just nodded silently.
Jing Sa smiled slightly and said to the waiter, "Add another dry roasted fish."
Ye Xingchen saw everything in his eyes and lowered his eyes slightly. After they got married, fish was rarely eaten at home. She thought he didn't like fish, but she didn't know that he liked to eat it dry.
After the food was served, several people chatted while eating. Lou Xi and Lou Yi basically talked about things surrounding the 11th military exercise. This exercise was very large in scale and involved some personnel from several other military regions. Jing Sa also knew them.
Some of them joined in their conversation, but Ye Xingchen couldn't get in the conversation at all. He wanted to eat silently, but he thought it was spicy. He was very embarrassed for a while.
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After eating, the four of them divided into two groups. Lou Xi and Ye Xingchen wanted to go back home to pick up some items that Sisi needed for hospitalization. They went downstairs first and drove away.
Jing Sa noticed that when they went downstairs, they walked in tandem, and they didn't hold hands after they went out. The corners of their mouths suddenly raised, as if they had succeeded.
Lou Yi finished paying the bill, grabbed Jing Sa's arm, raised his lips slightly, half-smile, "Since when did Lou Xi like to eat dried fish, how come I didn't know?"
Jing Sa blinked innocently, "I don't know either, I'm just guessing."
Lou Yi sighed softly, let go of her arm, and said earnestly, "Jing Sa, I know you did it on purpose, but what's the point of doing this? Lou Yi is already married, although he hid it from me.
Everyone in the family is worried about it, but it is a fact that he is married. You are also a child born in the compound. You should know that for a family like ours, no matter whether it is a military marriage or not, divorce is impossible, so don't worry about it anymore.
Let Lou Xi go, let yourself go, aren't you tired after so many years?"
Jing Sa smiled miserably, "I'm just too tired to think of this. I know Lou Xi always talks the truth, so I don't understand even more. If he didn't want to be with me back then, why didn't he just get rid of me and why he indulged me?
Leave Beijing with him? He gave me hope, but ruthlessly destroyed it. I don’t understand, if he doesn’t like me, why would he let me get on the train with him? Does he just need a traveling companion?”
Lou Yi was suddenly startled. Maybe yes, Lou Xi back then might have really just needed a traveling companion because... he was too lonely.
But that's definitely not love.
Because his heart is riddled with holes, he has no strength to love anymore. Anyone in Beijing will make him feel tired. Neither Hongyu nor Jing Sa can be his choice.
So he chose Ye Xingchen, who was far away, because she was different from them. She would not let him think of the past, but would only let him see the future.
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Ye Xingchen and Lou Xi were silent all the way, and the atmosphere in the carriage was extremely low.
When we returned to the new house, there was no conversation.
After entering the door, Ye Xingchen ran directly into the children's room, quickly packed some of Sisi's belongings and put them into a travel bag. Then he packed up two pieces of his own clothes and stuffed them in together. After finishing, he packed the travel bag
After zipping it up, carry it to the entrance.
Just as I was about to change my shoes and go out, I suddenly thought of something. I put my travel bag on the ground, turned around and went to the kitchen again.
There is still some leftover food in the refrigerator, but I probably won’t have time to come back and eat it in the next few days. In order to prevent the food from rotting and getting moldy, I have to throw it out in advance.
But looking at the refrigerator, she couldn't help but think about the dry-roasted fish again. She felt depressed, as if she had been stuck by a fish bone, and frowned subconsciously.
"Uh... shall I throw away the food?" She turned to look at Lou Xi.
Lou Xi slowly raised his head, looked at the refrigerator, his eyes were thoughtful, and he was silent for a moment without saying a word.
Ye Xingchen didn't know whether he allowed it or not, and stood there in a daze, but Lou Xi approached her, opened the refrigerator door, took out the remaining food, and heated it in the microwave.
"I just didn't have enough to eat." He said in a deep voice, not sure whether he was talking about himself or her.
Ye Xingchen was suspicious and froze there, seeing his tall figure busy in the kitchen. After the microwave dinged, he went to get the dishes and chopsticks again. She hesitated for a moment, but walked over to help.
There wasn't much leftover, only about a bowl and a half. She filled half the bowl for herself and the other bowl for him, but he suddenly dropped the two bowls and said in a deep voice, "Eat quickly."
Ye Xingchen was worried, but there was a small hint of sweetness spreading in his heart.
The two of them sat at the dining table, eating in silence, and the atmosphere was a little strange.
Lou Xi finished eating quickly, got up and went to the study.
After a while, he walked out again, took out a pen, stood in front of the refrigerator door, took off a sticky note, quickly wrote something, and then stuck the sticky note on the refrigerator door.
Ye Xingchen was suspicious and turned around to look. The distance was a bit far and he couldn't see his handwriting clearly, so he quickly took two mouthfuls of food and walked over quickly after finishing the meal. When he saw it, he was suddenly stunned.