After dinner, Shen Yin accompanied Qin Hansheng for a walk around Zuofeng Mountain Road.
Qin Muzhen stayed in the study room on the second floor to deal with some documents. His eyes turned during the break and fell on the shopping bag placed by the door of the study room.
He hesitated for a moment, stood up, carried the shopping bag behind him, and walked downstairs with his hands behind his back.
It was almost nine o'clock before Xia Tong could eat. Her stomach was already growling with hunger. She didn't care about her appearance and ate hungrily. When she heard footsteps, she looked up and saw Qin Mu walking towards her. determine.
After a pause in swallowing, a few grains of rice accidentally choked into his throat.
"Cough cough cough cough..." Xia Tong put down her chopsticks and coughed until her face turned red.
Qin Muzhen's cold eyes softened slightly, he sat down opposite her and handed over a glass of water.
The tone is still stiff: "Eat slowly, and no one will compete with you."
Xia Tong took the cup, raised his head and drank the water. The congestion in his chest eased. He lowered his eyes and looked at the man in front of him, feeling a little embarrassed.
I want to eat, but I feel it's inappropriate; if I don't eat, I feel hungry again. I can't help but feel a little melancholy.
"I--."
She opened her mouth and was about to speak, but two people spoke at the same time. Qin Mujie secretly shook the shopping bag under the table and said, "You go ahead and speak."
"Mr. Qin, can I eat now?" After Xia Tong finished speaking, he felt a little embarrassed and reached out to touch his head.
Qin Muxie nodded, with an imperceptible smile on his lips, which he carefully hid: "Well, let's eat."
After receiving the permission, Xia Tong lowered her head and continued to eat. However, she always felt that there was a burning gaze in front of her, falling on her all the time, forcing her to lose all appetite, but she did not dare to raise her head.
Just when she was thinking about finding an excuse to run away, the mobile phone in her bag suddenly rang. Xia Tong pressed the answer button, and a crying voice came from inside: "Mommy... Mommy, are you there?" Where are they? There are several ferocious old witches coming to the house... They are grabbing Guaiguai... They don't let Guaiguai eat or drink... Guaiguai is so scared... Wuwu..."
At first, Xia Tong thought that Xia Guaiguai had been kidnapped, so she stood up in fright, but after thinking about it, she sat down again. One of her daughter's best tricks is to exaggerate the truth and act coquettishly, pretending to be stupid. Those "old witches" in her mouth 'It should just be the maid sent by Qin Mujie to take care of her.
So Xia Tong said: "My dear, Mommy has something to do now and can't go back yet. You should listen to those 'old witches' first and eat well and read a book. Mommy will be back in a moment."
"No...Mommy, please come back quickly. I'm so scared, darling... I want you, darling... ugh..." As she said that, she started crying on the phone.
Xia Tong held the phone, her temples twitching, and hung up the phone after a while. She said with a bad expression: "Mr. Qin, I don't know if there is anything else to do later. If not, I will go back first."
"What happened?" He stood up.
"It's nothing, it's just that Guaiguai has been used to being taken care of by me since she was a child and is not used to other people. She just insisted on me going back."
"Oh... I see..." He lowered his head and looked at his watch: "There's nothing going on. If you want to go back now, can I see you off?"
Xia Tong instinctively drew a line: "No need, I can do it myself."
Qin Mujue frowned: "Xia Tong, this is halfway up the mountain and there are no buses. Do you plan to walk back?"
"But——." She hesitated, thinking that it would be very troublesome if Shen Yin came back later and found that both she and Qin Muxue were missing.
"Nothing to worry about." He pulled her out and when he reached the door, he happened to bump into Shen Yin and Qin Hansheng who were returning from a walk. When Xia Tong saw the two of them, she subconsciously broke away from his hand.
Qin Mujie took Xia Tong's open hand and squeezed it tightly: "joey, Xia Tong has something to do and needs to leave first. I'll see her off."
"But——." Before Shen Yuan could finish her words, Qin Muzhen ignored her and walked past her directly into his car. He closed the car door and walked away.
Xia Tong sat in the passenger seat, holding her head, struggling secretly. This time, she seemed to have caused a big trouble again.
***** *****
The whole journey was in silence, and after walking for a long time, we arrived at the community where Xia Tong was located.
Qin Mujie stopped the car, looked at the shopping bag at his feet, and tightened his grip on the steering wheel. How should he speak to send this thing away?
Xia Tong took off her seat belt and was about to get out of the car when she saw Qin Muzhen beside her suddenly looking sideways at her, with a deep meaning in his eyes that she couldn't understand.
"What's wrong?" she asked.
"I..." Qin Mucai hesitated to speak. He put one hand on the seat and touched the shopping bag behind him with the other hand: "I want..."
Xia Tong waited for a long time, but when he saw that he still didn't speak, he couldn't help but said: "I've been waiting for you for a long time, so I'll get off the car first. Qin Mujie, if you have anything to do, let's talk about it tomorrow."
After saying this, he hurriedly got out of the car without waiting for his reaction.
The last trace of expression on Qin Muzhen's face finally faded away, and was replaced by a coldness. He irritably hit the steering wheel with his fist a few times, and leaned on the back of the chair behind him...
***** ****
Xia Tong hurried upstairs and opened the door. There was no crying or noisy scene as she expected, and the house was actually very harmonious. From time to time in the living room, the happy shouts of children could be heard, mixed with the low laughter of men, which was very pleasant. .
Hearing the doorbell, Xia Guaiguai, who had been coquettishly nestled in Gu Haoran's arms, immediately stood up from the sofa, threw her bare feet into Xia Tong's arms, and shouted excitedly: "Mommy!"
Xia Tong hugged her daughter and asked doubtfully: "Where is the old witch who bullied you?"
Xia Guaiguai giggled in her arms: "I'm telling Princess Mommy that the old witch has been driven away by Prince Shu!"
Princess mommy, prince squid...
Xia Tong twitched the corner of his mouth speechlessly when he heard his daughter's new term.
She hugged her obediently and sat on the sofa, but she saw Gu Haoran licking her face and coming towards her with an envious look: "Tongtong, baby, I want to hug you too..."
Xia Tong pushed his face away and asked, "Why are you here?"
Before he could speak, Xia Guaiguai said first: "Prince Shu is here today to rescue the little sweetie from the clutches of the old witch!"
Xia Tong twitched. Xia Guaiguai said with a smile: "Not only that, Prince Shu also specially bought gifts for the little cutie and Princess Mommy. Does Mommy want to see it?"
After saying that, she rolled down from Xia Tong's arms and stood in the center of the living room. Her chubby little hands grabbed the gauze skirts on both sides and spun around like a cute little penguin. Then she spread her hands to support the pink little skirt. Cheeks, put in the shape of a flower.
"Mommy, do you look good?"
Xia Tong was amused by her series of actions, and nodded with a smile: "It looks good...it looks good..." She then discovered that Xia Guaiguai was wearing a pink and white dress with embellishments on the skirt.
There are many pearls on it and a long gauze on the back of the waist, which is worth a lot at first sight.
"Did you give this to her?" Xia Tong asked Gu Haoran.
At some point, he had sat next to her, smiling at Xia Guaiguai in front of him. His eyebrows were curved, soft and delicate, and the warmth in his eyes seemed to melt the first ray of sunshine in the morning.
Xia Tong was stunned, and he looked at her: "How is it? My taste is pretty good, right?"
Xia Guaiguai jumped into Xia Tong's arms, bent down and pulled her shoes: "Mommy, Prince Shu also gave you a gift, please take off your shoes quickly!"
Xia Tong was a little embarrassed and stopped her daughter's movements: "How can you take off your shoes in front of the guests, how can you take off your shoes in front of the guests? How rude?!"
Xia Guaiguai tilted her head, confused: "But if you don't take off your shoes, how can you try on the gift?"
Just when the mother and daughter were in a stalemate, Gu Haoran beside her suddenly bent down unexpectedly, half-knelt in front of Xia Tong, held her right ankle with one hand, and slowly took off her flat bottom with the other hand.
Beef tendon moccasins.
Xia Tong froze, extremely embarrassed, and wanted to retract her feet, but he refused to let her go. His palm seemed to be holding her gently, but it was full of strength.
The other hand opened a shoe box next to the sofa, took out a pair of high heels, and gently put them on for her. Xia Tong's eyes widened, this...this...isn't this what she was looking at in the boutique this afternoon?
The shoes?
Was actually bought by Gu Haoran?!
At this moment, the door to the living room was suddenly pushed open, and Qin Mujie hurriedly walked in. There was a slight sweat on his forehead, and he was obviously walking in a hurry.
But when he saw the scene in front of the sofa, his steps stopped abruptly, his thin lips pursed tightly, and his hands were clasped behind his back, as if he wanted to hide something.
At this time, Gu Haoran had already put on Xia Tong's shoes, stood up, and looked at him quietly.
Xia Guaiguai was even happier when she saw Qin Mujue coming. She shouted in surprise: "Sweetie, Mommy finally has glass slippers! Look, aren't they very beautiful..."
She pulled Xia Tong out. It was the first time Xia Tong wore high heels and she almost fell due to her unstable center of gravity. She finally managed to stand up while holding on to the table.
Qin Mujie's cold eyes slowly moved down, falling on Xia Tong's white feet, and he tightened his grip on the shopping bag.
The silver-white shoes are exquisite and delicate, and the thin straps are wrapped around each other, making the ankles white and beautiful, soft and boneless, like a piece of art that captures the sky.
I have to say, this pair of high heels really suits her.
"It's beautiful." Finally, he said.
"Thank you..." Xia Tong's cheeks turned red and she looked down at her feet, completely unaware of the man's frozen face.
"By the way..." She raised her head: "Why did you come to me?"
"It's okay," Qin Mujie said, "I just came up to see if the maid was gone. It's okay now."
"Um."
Qin Mujue turned around and brought the hand behind his back back in front of him. The hand holding the bag was so tight that it turned blue, and the back of the hand was full of protruding meridians.
"Wait a minute..." Somehow, Xia Tong suddenly spoke up. Even she didn't know why, and she regretted the words as soon as she said them.
Qin Mushi stopped.
"Well, pay attention to your safety." After a while, she said dullly.
Qin Mujue walked downstairs, looked at the crumpled shopping bag in his hand, and suddenly threw it into a trash can on the roadside. Then he walked into the car and started the engine. After walking a few dozen meters, he stopped again.
, walked back, opened the trash can, took out the shopping bag, hesitated for a moment, and threw it into the car again.