When she woke up the next day, he was gone. Xia Tong had a headache. She unexpectedly suffered from insomnia last night. She tossed and turned in bed for several hours, and finally fell asleep vaguely at dawn.
His behavior last night still had an impact on her.
When he went downstairs, he had already left. There were some refreshing side dishes on the dining room table, which were still warm. In the rice cooker in the kitchen, seafood porridge was steaming.
The aroma is overflowing.
It is undeniable that he is really a very careful man. The woman who can become his wife will definitely be very happy. Last night, she thought about it all night.
Why doesn't she love him? Obviously that man is so perfect, so perfect that he can satisfy all the fantasies of a woman.
But, how could she not love him?
How incredible.
After filling a bowl of porridge, she walked to the dining table and found a new mobile phone on the table. Under the mobile phone was a note with only three simple words, "I'm sorry."
She thought for a moment, crumpled the note into a ball, and threw it into the trash can.
In fact, she is no longer angry.
******** *********
After breakfast, she went back to her room to draw a sketch. The new mobile phone was put aside, but she found that she was a little absent-minded. Although she was facing the drawing paper, her eyes always glanced at the mobile phone from time to time.
Half an hour later, she threw down her pen in frustration and sat by the window sill holding her cell phone.
I don’t have a contact number on my phone, who should I call?
She frowned and thought, but a string of numbers appeared in her mind as if they had been imprinted for a long time. She was shocked by herself, because she remembered that this string of numbers belonged to Mr. Chocolate, Qin Mu.
What is he doing? Is he doing nothing like me, staring at the window sill in a daze?
After thinking about it, I found it ridiculous. A serious and serious person like him must be busy with a mountain of work right now.
An evil idea came to her mind and she wanted to disturb him.
He lowered his head and wrote a text message: "I bought a new mobile phone, and this is my number." Press send. He should know who the person who sent the text message is, right?
In less than half a minute, the text message came back, just one word: "Yeah."
If she was discouraged and said two more words, would he die?
"What are you doing?" She was at a loss for words.
"Work." There is one more word this time.
Sure enough, it was work. A black line appeared on Xia Tong's head: "Did I disturb you?"
"fine."
Facing the screen, Xia Tong's face was full of pride. He, he, he, he cherished words like gold! She threw the phone aside in frustration, it was so embarrassing. She didn't want to keep putting her hot face on others' cold faces.
butt.
She picked up the paintbrush, hum, she is also very busy, okay?!
The sound of text messages came to mind again, and she turned her face away, not thinking.
Half a minute, one minute, two minutes passed... She finally put down the pen, leaned over with a salivating face, and grabbed the phone.
"Are you free at noon?" he asked.
As soon as her heart skipped a beat, she began to beat wildly. She pretended to be calm and went back: "What are you doing?"
"I want to invite you to dinner." He answered honestly.
Xia Tong's hand on the phone froze, and she remembered the quarrel with Gu Haoran last night. He seemed to really mind that she and Qin Mu were together.
After thinking about this, she replied: "No, my colleagues from Noon Magazine said we want to get together."
There was silence on the other side for more than a minute before a single word came back: "Yeah."
Looking at that word, Xia Tong's heart suddenly became heavy for some reason.
"You should also eat on time and don't eat anything too exciting. It's better for your stomach." She pressed send.
******** ********
In the Disheng conference room, more than a dozen shareholders were having a meeting on the follow-up arrangements for the 'Narcotics Research Center'. Qin Mu was sitting at the head of the table, and beside him stood Nie Sheng.
From the very beginning, Nie Sheng sensed something was wrong with his boss.
In normal meetings, Qin Muxuan would listen to everyone's speech attentively and then give the most appropriate suggestions. But today, he was obviously absent-minded.
He kept his head down with a smile on his face. He didn't know what he was doing. Even when Director An finished explaining the arrangements and asked for his opinion, it took him a long time to come to his senses.
Nie Sheng was curious and moved closer. When he saw clearly the 'little action' he was doing at the moment, he couldn't help but be shocked.
His boss actually hid his hand under the conference table and sent text messages? It’s incredible!
He remembered that Qin Mushi was a very efficient person, and the only function of a mobile phone was to make calls. He had always been disdainful and lazy to explore more of its functions.
In his mind, it takes more than ten minutes for you to send text messages back and forth, even though you can finish talking on the phone in one minute. It's simply sick.
But at this moment, the man who had always prided himself on being calm and rational was doing the 'most sickly' behavior.
Nie Sheng coughed. What should I do? He wanted to laugh.
Qin Muzhen seemed to have noticed his gaze, and looked back at him. He took back his phone with a slight sneer and continued the meeting. However, Nie Sheng knew that his boss could no longer really concentrate on the meeting.
******** ********
After the meeting, Qin Muzhai met a character he could not imagine in the office - Qiao Raorao.
She was standing by the floor-to-ceiling window, looking at everything in front of her curiously. When she heard the door knock, she immediately turned her head. A deliberately pleasing smile appeared on her face: "Qin Mujie, you are back!"
Qin Mujue turned around and asked Nie Sheng behind him to step aside first, then closed the door and asked, "Why are you here?" His voice was no longer as cold as it used to be, and became slightly softer.
In fact, he felt a little regretful after he got angry at her at Huyuan Villa a few days ago. He understood that he had gone too far, and Qiao Raoruo only cared about him.
Qiao Raoruo walked up to him, lowered her head and said, "Daddy has already told me about you." She said very apologetically: "I knew you were in a bad mood that day, but I still pressed you like that, really.
I’m so sorry.”
"It's okay." Qin Mujie said, "I didn't take it to heart. I was also wrong that day."
Qiao Raoruo was silent for a moment and suddenly asked: "Mr. Qin, you once said that you, like me, foolishly put coins into a malfunctioning vending machine." She paused and said, "And you never stopped.
Is the coin-operated vending machine the same Xia Tong?"
"Yes." He didn't want to lie to her.
It was very difficult for Qiao Raorao to continue asking: "Then Guaiguai - is it also your and her child?"
He was silent for a moment and nodded.
"Something happened to her and she doesn't remember many things. Don't mention this in front of her rashly." He said uneasily.
Qiao Raoruo lowered his head and his voice became even lower, like a child who had done something wrong: "I know."
Suddenly, she remembered the man who appeared in the restaurant that day, and blurted out: "Then that man is..." She remembered that the man was very handsome, and he was standing next to her at the time. He seemed very nervous and concerned about her, and the two of them looked very friendly.
Intimacy. It won’t be—
"She is with him now." Qin Muzhen said lightly.
Qiao Raoruo raised her head in surprise: "Aren't you jealous if your wife is with another man?"
He smiled: "Jealous, but I don't want to hurt her."
If she really has amnesia, once he selfishly insists on her remembering him, it will probably bring back the nightmare a year ago and aggravate her depression. But if she pretends to have amnesia, then he can't get close to her.
Already.
He felt that it was good now, keeping a proper distance. It would be enough for him to see her from time to time and know that she was doing well. Even if there were other men around her, he could force himself not to look or think about it.
…
Qiao Raorao shook his head, as if he couldn't understand what he said.
"So, do you still love her now?" She asked the last question.
"In the past, now and in the future, I will always love you." The answer he said surprised him. If she was destined to leave him, he was really not sure whether he could fall in love with another person in the future.
"I understand." Qiao Raoruo smiled and patted his shoulder: "Mr. Qin, come on, I support you!"
After walking out of Disheng, she had already made up her mind. A year ago, she failed to deliver the ring he entrusted to her. A year later, she must help him and put the ring on her again.
Make a promise of love.
******** ********
The DNA test report came out faster than expected. Within a week, Xia Tong was informed to go to the hospital.
The doctor's expression was a little regretful: "I'm sorry, Miss Xia. After professional evaluation, the possibility that you and Miss Xia Guaiguai are mother and daughter is very low."
Holding the appraisal report, Xia Tong sat in the corridor for a long time.
I can't tell what I feel in my heart. I'm a little sad, a little disappointed, and mostly regretful. It's really a pity, after all, she likes that child so much.
But if, if she really was her mother, if she really was... She thought, she would be more angry than happy now.
She will hate the man who has been deliberately lying and keeping her in the dark.
Fortunately, he didn't lie to her, fortunately.
After receiving the appraisal report in her bag, she walked out of the hospital. When she was getting on the bus, she suddenly missed the child. The day after tomorrow, she and Gu Haoran were going back to the United States.
For the next three months, it was unlikely that she would have a chance to meet her.
What to do? She felt very sad when she thought about this.
"Miss, are you getting on the bus?" The bus driver couldn't help but become anxious when he saw her standing at the door in a daze, looking like she couldn't get enough of her.
Then she came back from her thoughts and said sheepishly: "I'm sorry."
Then get off the bus, wait until there is another bus in the back going in a different direction, walk on it, and swipe your card.
She thought that even as an ordinary friend, she should say goodbye to her.
********* ********
Luoyang Primary School, it is time for school to end now.
Xia Guaiguai packed her schoolbag and was leaving the classroom when her good friend Hu Xue suddenly ran over: "My dear, your mommy is here to pick you up!"
Mommy is here?
The little boy happily threw down his schoolbag and ran out.
In the corridor at the entrance of the classroom, Xia Tong was looking at the colorful paintings displayed in the window with his back on his back. Suddenly he felt a gust of wind behind him, and then his legs were hugged tightly by a body, and a soft voice came: "Mommy!"
Xia Tong lowered his head with a smile. Who else could be there besides Xia Guaiguai, the slime?
She squatted down, touched her soft hair, and asked, "Is school over?"
"Yeah..." Guaiguai nodded sharply as if to please: "Is Mommy here to pick up Guaiguai from school?"
"Yeah." Xia Tong said, "Today, mommy treats you to dinner."
"Ah, is it true?" Guobai showed an expectant expression, "Then mommy, wait for me, I'll go in and get my schoolbag."
Xia Tong smiled and said, "Go."
As soon as she walked into the classroom, Xia Guaiguai took out her mobile phone and pressed a series of numbers, but she laughed inwardly.
Idiot Daddy, don’t say I didn’t give you a chance. Whether Mommy can catch it or not depends on you!
Xia Tong led Guaiguai out of the school gate, but to her surprise, she stood still and her round eyes were darting around, seeming to be looking for something.
"What's wrong?" she asked.
"No...it's nothing." She avoided her gaze, obviously there was something behind her words.
Xia Tong frowned, suspicious, very suspicious!
The two of them stood at the door for about five minutes. A sleek business car suddenly stopped at the school gate. The black car body was covered with a layer of mystery in the darkening night.
feel.
This car... Xia Tong pinched her heart, suppressed her rising emotions, and tried her best to pretend to be natural and calm.
The car door was opened, and a familiar figure stepped out of the car. Seeing the person coming, Xia Guaiguai called out in surprise: "Daddy!"
Then he held Xia Tong's hand all the way and ran to the man, raising his head, looking so happy.
"Daddy, you came to pick up Guaiguai after school! I wasn't dreaming, right? Guaiguai is really happy!"
Qin Muzhen covered his lips with his hands, coughed awkwardly, and glanced at her inadvertently.
"What a coincidence," he said.
"What a coincidence." Xia Tong also smiled coquettishly, but she felt it was no coincidence at all. Her chest felt tight, as if she had been betrayed.
"Daddy." Xia Guaiguai shook Qin Muzhao's hand and raised his voice: "Mommy wants to invite Guaiguai to dinner, so you should go too."
He glanced at her, and Xia Guaiguai looked over with understanding: "Mommy doesn't mind, daddy is coming with us, right?"
Xia Tong touched her hair: "How could that happen?"
At this time, she was definitely and definitely convinced that she had been betrayed by Xia Guaiguai! However, she felt a little excited in her heart, as if she had been looking forward to such a meeting.
"What do you want to eat?" In the car, he turned around and asked while wearing his seat belt.
Xia Tong thought for a while: "There is a new Cantonese restaurant opened at the intersection ahead. It seems to be quite famous. I have always wanted to try it. Why not go there today?" She was lying. She has always been a heavy-mouthed person, but she couldn't actually eat it.
He is used to Cantonese cuisine, which is the lightest among the eight major cuisines. But he has a bad stomach and he doesn't want to make him feel uncomfortable.
His hand holding the seat belt paused; he smiled faintly: "Okay."