The phone calls and text messages were almost always from the next few days, all related to work.
He put the phone into his pocket, "Thank you doctor..."
He opened the door again and walked to the bed. Seeing that she was embroidering very seriously, he lowered his head and asked, "What are you embroidering?"
She raised her head and smiled at him: "Sunflower."
"You like sunflowers?"
"Yeah." She said: "Sunflowers always face the sun, they are very sunny and optimistic..." She paused, then lowered her head: "Actually, I embroidered it for him..."
"Him?" Qin Muzhen moved a chair and sat beside the bed.
"He is Ah Chang...he really likes sunflowers..." Su Ruo smiled, with a happy face: "I always said that I would give him a gift with sunflowers on it, but I kept breaking my promise.
This time, I must keep my word and embroider it for him."
Qin Mujue looked at the thing in her hand silently and said nothing.
Su Ruo glanced at him: "Does Mr. Qin also like sunflowers?"
He wanted to deny it, but didn't say it.
"If Mr. Qin likes it, I will embroider another one for you. As for this one -" She frowned: "I have to give it to Ah Jie. I have promised him many times, and I can't break my promise this time.
It’s…”
Facing her with a face full of happiness at this moment, he felt a lump in his throat.
"Give it to him, I don't need it."
"Okay!" She smiled sweetly: "I knew you were a good person, Mr. Qin, and you wouldn't argue with my A-Chang."
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Before he knew it, it was the weekend. Qin Muzhen raised his head and looked at the clock. It was already eight o'clock. There was only half an hour left for the time he had agreed with Xia Tong to see Guaguai.
She obediently nestled in his arms and asked: "Daddy, can I really see mommy today?" She hasn't seen mommy for several weeks, and she really misses her. Daddy said mommy
My mom went on a business trip to a far away place, but why didn’t my mom even give me a call when she was on a business trip?
"Ding dong..." The doorbell rang, and he jumped out of Qin Mujue's arms with a huff, ran to the door, and opened the door. When he saw his mother who was thinking about her in front of her, she jumped in again.
In her arms, she whispered: "Mommy, where have you been? I miss you so much!"
Xia Tong smiled and hugged Guaiguai: "Mommy misses you too." But her smile froze for a moment when she saw Qin Mujue standing up behind her.
"You're here..." he said.
"Yeah." She nodded.
"Have you eaten? There is still plenty of breakfast at home..."
"No, I've eaten outside." His tone was neither warm nor distant, it was calm and slightly distant.
She had made an agreement with him before, because she didn't want Guaiguai to get involved in her parents' affairs at such a young age, so she planned to hide the divorce. Since Guaiguai only came home on weekends every week, Xia Tong planned to go out to study as an excuse.
Hiding it from her for now.
If the day came when Xia Tong looked at Guaiguai, in front of her, she and Qin Mukai would still maintain a superficial respect for each other and try not to let their daughter see any flaws.
Even so, Xia Tong didn't know how long such a despicable scam could be concealed.
She knelt down and said to her daughter: "It's rare for Mommy to come home. Where do you want to play with Mommy today?"
"Is it okay to go anywhere?" Xia Guaiguai's eyes were bright.
"certainly."
"I want to go to the amusement park and buy a Barbie doll..."
"Okay." Xia Tong picked up her daughter and agreed simply, but Xia Guaiguai tugged on her clothes and asked, "Won't Daddy come with you?"
Hearing this, both Xia Tong and Qin Muzhen were stunned. Qin Muzhen came over first, touched his daughter's head and said: "Daddy is still busy, it's enough for you to have your mommy with you..."
"
Xia Guaiguai pouted, looking angry and dissatisfied.
Xia Tong thought for a while and said, "Let's go together..."
He looked straight at her, with surprise and a flash of joy in his eyes.
"Okay, I'll go upstairs and change some clothes first, you guys wait a while."
Xia Tong nodded: "Yes."
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After a while, he came downstairs wearing a light gray sportswear. He was tall and tall. From a distance, he looked even more handsome than Song.
He stepped forward and wanted to hold her hand out of habit. He paused and then stiffly retracted her hand. He asked, "Do you need me to hold my dear?"
Xia Tong said: "No need."
Throughout the morning, the three of them played almost all the facilities in the amusement park. Because Xia Tong was slightly afraid of heights, Qin Muzhen took Guaiguai to play in many dangerous activities.
Although Guaiguai is young, she is very courageous. She plays with many things that Xia Tong finds terrifying when she looks at them. Fortunately, Qin Muzhen is with her, otherwise Xia Tong really doesn't know how to accompany this daring daughter.
After playing all morning, Guaiguai was a little hungry. Xia Tong bought Guaiguai a donut and asked, "Where should we go to eat?"
Qin Mujue drove up and said, "I recently discovered a very good restaurant. I'll take you to try it."
The car drove for twenty minutes and stopped at a very famous Sichuan restaurant in City A. Xia Tong looked at him in confusion. In his memory, he had never been able to eat spicy food. How could he...
As soon as Xia Guaiguai saw the hot and shiny poster on the billboard at the entrance of the store, she immediately became excited: "Mommy, I want to eat! I want to eat!"
Xia Guaiguai inherited Xia Tong's heavy taste, and she also enjoys spicy food.
Xia Tong asked: "Are you really sure you want to eat here?"
"Of course." He walked in first.
Xia Tong had no choice but to follow and muttered in a low voice: "When did the flavor change?"
Because this Sichuan restaurant is very famous, and it happens to be lunch time, it seems to be even more crowded. When there are more people, it will be noisy, but when eating this kind of food, everyone wants to be happy and lively.
But obviously, for Qin Mujie, who is always used to eating Western food and dining in a quiet environment, it seems a bit unbearable.
If it had been before, he would have directly pulled her out and drove her to a so-called Italian or French restaurant to eat something that she had no appetite for.
But today, it was really surprising. Not only did he sit down, he also studied the recipe seriously, as if he had no reaction to all the noise around him.
"One piece of stir-fried spicy shredded chicken, one piece of boiled fish fillet..." He handed her the menu: "What else do you need?"
"Uh..." Xia Tong took it over, flipped through the menu from beginning to end, and said, "Are there any dishes that are lighter?"
The waiter was obviously a little disdainful of her question: "Miss, the most famous thing about our store is its unique chili pepper. Just a little bit can make your face turn red and make you sweat. If you want something light, why come to us?
here?"
Xia Tong glanced at him casually, but saw his expression changed.
"Oh...that's it." Xia Tong closed the menu. She admitted that she was evil-minded and wanted to punish him: "Then which dish is the most signature and spicy?"
"Then it must be this spicy bullfrog with pickled peppers. It is absolutely super spicy. If you take a bite, miss, you will definitely be so spicy that you want to cut off your tongue!"
The face on the other side was even darker.
Xia Tong asked Guaiguai next to him: "Guaiguai, what do you think of this?"
My daughter was already dancing excitedly: "This is it! I love chili the most!"
"OK!" Xia Tong handed the menu to the waiter: "Then let's add this one."
"Mr. Qin, what do you think?" Xia Tong asked with a smile.
He pretended to be calm and said, "It's pretty good." Then he stood up and said, "Sorry, I have to go to the bathroom."
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When he came back, the table was already covered with "red mountains and rivers".
Xia Guaiguai had already started eating excitedly. Xia Tong took out his chopsticks and was about to eat. When he saw him coming back, he hurriedly said: "Sit down and eat. This kind of Sichuan food is delicious only when it is hot. It is tasteless when it is cold.
."
He sat down and took the chopsticks, but he didn't know what to pick up.
Xia Tong directly took a spoon and scooped out a spoonful of the legendary spicy dish - spicy bullfrog with pickled peppers. He put it into his bowl and said with a smile: "I came all the way to eat it."
How about ordering the signature dish?”
He held the chopsticks with one hand and put the other hand on the table, tending to clench tightly. Xia Tong supported her head and saw him picking up a small piece with the chopsticks. He hesitated for a moment, but as soon as he put it to his lips, the huge
The spicy taste made me frown. I hesitated for a moment, but finally put it in my mouth.
There was still no expression on his face, but his face was obviously pale, and there was a small amount of sweat on his forehead.
"How is it?" Xia Tong asked.
"It's quite delicious." He said, picked up another piece and put it in his mouth.
Xia Tong was stunned, isn't it extremely spicy? Isn't it so spicy that you want to cut off your tongue after just one bite?
How come this man, who never eats chili peppers, seems to be tasting the most delicious food in his mouth?
Xia Tong couldn't help but curiously picked up a piece, threw it into her mouth, and immediately stood up screaming, "It's so spicy, so spicy, so spicy..." She jumped on her feet, it was so spicy that she wanted to cry.
Qin Muzhao smiled and handed her a glass of ice-cold Coke. Xia Tong took it and took a big gulp, barely suppressing the numbing spiciness on the tip of her tongue.
After a long time, she finally regained consciousness and looked at him opposite, feeling a little embarrassed.
He put some boiled fish in her bowl: "I heard from Ran Ran that this is your favorite..."
There was a deliberately lowered gentleness on his face, which was completely different from the domineering and forceful person he used to be. Xia Tong was a little surprised, handed the bowl to him, and said softly: "Thank you."