A woman is a shadow. If you chase her, she will avoid you; if you avoid her, she will chase her. - Zhuo Haier
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Summer is here, and Ruochu has finally graduated. The whole family, including Xiaochuan Xiaoqing, Zheng Fang, and Qiao Qian, all attended Ruochu's graduation ceremony. Even Mr. Lu came, and Qin Nan was flattered for Ruochu.
Zheng Fang and his wife gave Ruochu a car as a graduation gift because "Jue·Se" magazine has been published for two issues. Although it is still far from recovering the cost, the market response has been unanimously good. The path and positioning are right. This is also
All thanks to Ruochu.
Thanks to the efforts of Rousseau, Xia Tian and others, the number of clicks on the website has gradually increased. Of course, this is inseparable from the strong support of Xiaochuan Qinnan and Qin Bei. In short, everything is thriving in another June.
June also has a special meaning for Xiaoqing, because she is about to celebrate her birthday again. This birthday is unusual. She has already made mental preparations. As long as Bernard proposes to her, she will decide to marry him.
give him.
Judging from Bernard's performance last time, Xiaoqing has confidence in him, so she has also begun to make preparations for changes in her living environment and try to transfer the affairs of the firm to several other more capable lawyers. If
If Bernard asked, she would not rule out giving up the firm and focusing on being his legal advisor, or even a housewife.
Such a change was not easy for Xiaoqing. Decades of pursuit and living habits could not be changed in just a day or two. But she finally figured it out. For a man, she was willing to give up what she had been determined to do.
Everything she wants to pursue in her life, she will live a life that she has no idea about or is even completely unfamiliar to. Xiaoqing doesn’t know where she got such courage. Maybe it was the few days when Bernard came last time that gave her a taste.
After experiencing the taste of another life, it turns out that this lifestyle that she has never been optimistic about or even disdained is so charming and desirable. Xiaoqing has to admit that if she still insists on not changing as before, then she will never be the same in this life.
It's really going to be wasted.
On her birthday, she deliberately gave herself a half-day off, because as usual, when she got home, she would see Bernard waiting at home. The birthday cake and candles had been laid out, and he would prepare a table of dishes and wait for her.
Celebrating birthdays together, this time she wanted to make an exception. She wanted to prepare for him, at least with two people. When she thought that she might see Bernard when she got home, Xiaoqing was more excited than ever.
She opened the door carefully and came in. There was no sound at all. She looked at the time. Could it be that the plane was delayed? It didn't matter, he wasn't here, so she just happened to prepare it first. Everything in the refrigerator was ready. Xiaoqing started to prepare birthdays for herself and Bernard.
dinner.
In fact, it’s not that no one celebrates Xiaoqing’s birthday, it’s because everyone knows that Bernard will definitely come to celebrate Xiaoqing’s birthday, and the two of them usually get together less often and spend less time alone together, so they consciously give up their time to Xiaoqing.
Gave it to both of them, and Ruochu always gave the gift to Xiaoqing on the second day of her birthday.
After finishing the meal and looking at the time, it was almost time to arrive. Xiaoqing began to prick up her ears and listen to the footsteps in the corridor. This was the first time in twelve years that she had allowed herself to wait for him on this day. It was really special.
Could there be some unexpected surprise this time?
Time passed by, and it was getting dark. Xiaoqing started to get a little anxious. Could something really happen? But it couldn't be such a coincidence. Call Bernard and turn off the phone. What does this mean?
Is it because I'm on the plane or something really makes me unable to leave? But if I can't come, I should at least give myself a message.
Xiaoqing was sitting on pins and needles when a knock on the door suddenly rang. Xiaoqing almost jumped up with excitement. She also forgot that Bernard had the key. She rushed to the door and opened it expectantly.
It was Ruochu who was carrying a big cake box. Xiaoqing's expression dimmed for a moment, then she immediately smiled like a flower.
"Godmother, do you mind if I can be the light bulb? I really want to join in the fun today." Ruochu explained while standing at the door.
"Hey, it's not too late to welcome you. Come in quickly. I didn't buy a birthday cake, so you brought it. Then let's have dinner." Xiaoqing said with a smile.
"Wait a minute, godmother, where is Uncle Bernard?" Ruochu saw the candles and unopened bottles of red wine placed on the dining room table as soon as she entered the door. It was obviously a candlelight dinner for two, and she felt sad. She knew that Uncle Bernard
Uncle Nader won't be coming today, so he came to stay with his godmother. Although the disappointed look on his godmother's face when she opened the door just passed, it still caught her eye, and she really wanted to tell her godmother everything.
Mom, forget it, but you still have to hold back. After all, you have promised Uncle Bernard. Now just stick to it and succeed in the end.
"Maybe there is something delayed. We can't wait for him anymore. I'm already hungry. Come on, let's cut the cake. Ruoruo, go and open the bottle of wine. It's much better to celebrate a birthday with a daughter than a man. Today we
The two of you will have to rest after getting drunk..." Xiaoqing said seemingly nonchalantly.
Ruochu didn't say anything, followed Xiaoqing's instructions, and finally sat where Bernard should have been sitting.
"Come on, Ruoruo, let's have a drink first. You are my best daughter, and my godmother will be happy to see you." Xiaoqing subconsciously glanced at the time before picking up the cup.
Ruo initially picked up the cup and drank it all obediently, and then kept smacking her lips. Xiaoqing drank one cup after another with great interest, and kept talking about her experiences with Bernard over the years.
, talking about the first time they met, it was through Qin Nan's introduction. Later, she was surprised by his proposal, and then there was the proposal once a year. She was used to seeing the endless tricks he came up with for his proposal.
But I never thought of agreeing to him...
"Godmother, if Uncle Bernard proposes this time, you promised me that you would consider it, but I want to know, will you agree?" Ruochu suddenly interrupted Xiaoqing's memory and asked directly.
Xiaoqing was a little drunk at this time. She picked up the goblet in her hand, stared at the half-full glass of wine in the glass, shook it gently with her hand, then drank it all in one gulp, and said with a smile to Ruochu with half-closed eyes.
: "What's the use of talking about this now? There is no longer a thirteenth marriage proposal. It doesn't matter anymore. It doesn't matter whether you agree or not, haha."
"Godmother, no, there will definitely be one. Maybe Uncle Bernard has been delayed by something. Tell me, if there is one, will you agree?" Ruochu continued to ask, this is the first step in the plan,
You must find out what your godmother really thinks.
Xiaoqing shook her head slightly and nodded again. Ruochu frowned and said, "Maybe." After Xiaoqing said that, she actually picked up the bottle. Ruochu couldn't grab it if she wanted to, but she confirmed it.
One thing, it turns out that the existence of Uncle Bernard is not optional. At least from the current point of view, the godmother cares about this matter, so the following things are necessary.
After Xiaoqing's birthday, Bernard seemed to have disappeared from the face of the earth. He could not be contacted by any means, including phone calls, text messages, emails, and other instant messaging methods. If Xiaoqing had not confirmed that the twelve
If Nian was not a dream, she really doubted whether she knew this person, how could he disappear so cleanly and completely? He should have left some traces, at least say hello to her.
However, Xiaoqing felt that she had brought it upon herself. She had already proposed twelve times, and she didn't agree. How could she still expect her to keep proposing? By the way, the number thirteen is unlucky in the West, so she was still waiting for this.
What about the thirteenth proposal? It seems that he really wants to give up and just pretend that this person has never existed in his life.
But if you say you have given up, can you really let go like this? It is false to say that you have no expectations at all. She does not believe that Bernard would be so heartless and irresponsible, even if he really wanted to abandon her.
Then why do you still want to give her such a beautiful life to seduce her? When she has already tasted happiness and then cut off this hope alive, Bernard, Bernard, would he really be so heartless?
She still couldn't believe it.
During this period of time, Xiaoqing was depressed and depressed, but she still had a glimmer of hope.
Because every day when she came home from get off work, she was looking forward to opening the door and seeing Bernard busy in the kitchen. If this was really the case, she decided not to let him go again, but every time she opened the door, what she got was She was disappointed again and again, but as long as he didn't tell her it was over for a day, she would not give up. She would wait for him, even if she waited a lifetime, she could not let him down first.
During this period, Ruochu came to see Xiaoqing very frequently, coming here every now and then. Even Xiaochuan asked her what was going on. If Ruochu said it was okay, Xiaochuan stopped asking.
On this day, Ruochu specially said hello to Xiaochuan and asked Xiaoqing to go shopping on a weekday afternoon. Xiaoqing was actually not in the mood. She would rather kill time through work than wandering around the streets. However,
However, he was forcefully pulled out by Ruochu.
The two of them walked past various display windows with their own thoughts, and no one was interested in finding out. At this time, Xiaoqing's cell phone rang, and Ruochu immediately became alert.
Xiaoqing glanced at the screen habitually, and suddenly became nervous. The hand holding the phone started to shake, and she forgot to answer it.
"Who is it, godmother?" Ruochu felt obliged to remind her.
"Oh, it's... it's... Bernie..." Xiaoqing was so excited that she was speechless.
"Then pick it up quickly." Ruochu urged from the side.
"Oh, okay." Xiaoqing pressed the answer button tremblingly, trying to suppress her inner excitement to greet Bernard. Ruochu turned her head to the side, she really didn't want to see her godmother be hit next.
.But the voice of my godmother became lower and lower in my ears, and I already knew how I got hung up on it.
"Godmother, are you okay?" Ruochu asked quickly and worriedly.
Xiaoqing looked at Ruochu and replied expressionlessly: "He's getting married..."