Xi Bao is not here tonight, and it is a rare world for two people. There are no lights in the room, only the dim moonlight from outside shines in, but it is still very dark, so dark that you can't see anything.
No one spoke in the room, only the sound of rapid or heavy breathing. Qiao Xinwei leaned on Jiang Hao's chest. She could clearly hear the sound of his heart beating, so strong and so energetic. For a long time,
No one spoke, and Qiao Xinwei felt sleepy unconsciously.
When she woke up later, her eyes were still dark. She touched her side and found no one, but the bed was still warm.
After checking her phone, at three o'clock in the middle of the night, she put on some clothes and walked out of the room. She saw the lights on in the kitchen downstairs, and Jiang Hao was cooking in the kitchen.
"Did it wake you up?" Jiang Hao asked her while continuing his movements.
"No, I woke up suddenly. When I woke up and found you weren't there, I thought what were you doing?" She walked behind him, stretched out her arms and hugged him from behind. She hadn't been so pretentious in a long time.
Jiang Hao paused, then smiled gently and said, "I'm a little hungry. Let's eat. Would you like some too?"
"Spicy noodles?"
Jiang Hao looked back at her, and the two of them laughed in unison. The bowl of oily spicy noodles four years ago was really unforgettable. "The spicy noodles are so hot, how about the noodles with scallion oil?"
"Okay, you make the decision." Qiao Xinwei deliberately pinched his waist. The hard muscles were still layered.
Late at night in the cold winter, the couple sat face to face, each holding a steaming bowl of scallion oil noodles and eating. Jiang Hao was really hungry, and finished the bowl in three or five mouthfuls. When he didn't eat enough, he turned on the heat again.
A bowl.
Qiao Xinwei teased him and said, "Don't eat well during meal time. You've eaten so much in the middle of the night. Be careful with your stomach."
"Feed me first and then talk about it. You're down there and you don't understand how much energy it takes for me to be up there."
"Pfft..." Qiao Xinwei couldn't hold it back for a moment, and all the noodles in her mouth spurted out. Jiang Hao laughed at her, and she was angry and ashamed, and kicked his calf under the table.
After eating and cleaning up, it was already past four o'clock when we lay back on the bed, and neither of us felt sleepy at all.
"Xinwei, why don't you just leave Xi Bao at your parents' house? You still have to go to work. When Xi Bao goes to middle school next year, he will have lunch in the kindergarten. Then you only need to pick him up and drop him off in the morning and evening."
"That's fine, but Xi Bao and I have never been separated. I'm afraid he won't get used to it."
"I think you're not used to it, and I didn't ask you to separate. The kindergarten is in our community. If you want to see Xi Bao, it's only a matter of minutes. Besides, my dad is in poor health and always hopes to spend more time with his grandson.
Together. You can also take Xi Bao to visit your parents’ place on weekends. Old people like children."
"Okay, it's up to you."
"Also, don't work too hard. There is nothing you need to bear at home. You can just kill time. Do you hear me?"
"oh."
"You know where my bank card is. Alas, that supplementary card is in vain. You don't even use it. Keep it all together."
"Oh, I got it."
Seeing her being so well-behaved and docile, Jiang Hao became confused, "Hey, why didn't you tell me to shut up when I said this?"
Qiao Xinwei pinched him and said, "Don't worry if I don't let you tell me."
"Haha, you still understand me."
"Jiang Hao, you really don't have to worry about me. When I was in Linzhou, I had no money and no job, so I took good care of Xi Bao. Now it's much better than before. At least I don't have to worry about making a living.
, Xi Bao has grandparents, uncles and aunts who love him, he won’t embarrass you, don’t worry.”
Jiang Hao lowered his head and kissed her forehead. He thought she would cry when he explained this. Unexpectedly, she comforted him and reassured him. Jiang Hao had to sigh sincerely, "Xinwei, you are really
You have changed, I'm sorry, it was me who forced you to be so strong, I'm sorry..."
"You are wrong. Have you ever heard of the phrase 'being a mother makes you strong'? Now that I am a mother, I am naturally stronger than when I was a little girl."
Speaking of the past, Jiang Hao suddenly remembered something, "Xinwei, Ji Xiaohai came to see me."
"Really? He is still in the capital. Why is he looking for you?"
"I didn't look for him deliberately, I just met him once in a hotel. Our rooms happened to be next to each other, so he came over to chat with me."
"What to talk about?"
"Are you curious?"
Qiao Xinwei clicked her tongue twice in disdain, "I'm not curious, not at all, it's just that I can't bear to pour cold water on you when you're talking in full force. You can choose not to say it."
Jiang Hao squeezed her arm and smiled lightly, "Hehehe, yes, that's what I want to say, please listen to me."
"All ears."
"It happened two years ago. To be honest, I don't even remember it. I never want to remember too much about other people's affairs. But I remember one of his words. He said, Jiang Hao, if I had known Xinwei earlier,
This is the fate of marrying you. Even if she stalks you, I will chase her back."
After hearing this, Qiao Xinwei had nothing but a smile, "He really thinks highly of himself."
"Don't laugh, he knows what he wants better than before. Sometimes I also think, if he had done nothing wrong, you would have married him, and you would have lived an ordinary life, which would be pretty good."
Qiao Xinwei curled her fingers and knocked hard on his forehead, "What are you talking about? Do you imagine that your wife will marry her ex-boyfriend like this?! Then if Xiao Tianai hadn't taken a detour
, haven’t you married her yet?”
Jiang Hao couldn't help but sigh, "I never told you that Xiao Tianai is actually the daughter of a couple on death row, right?"
"What?"
"Her biological parents were a pair of death row prisoners for producing and selling drugs. Uncle Xiao and Aunt Xiao had never had children, so they took her home because they saw how pitiful she was. Sometimes people have to believe in fate. Everyone thinks this
The child finally escaped from the sea of suffering and entered a happy family, but in the end, it was still the same, the blessings accumulated in the previous life were not enough."
"Then do more good deeds in this life, accumulate more blessings, and hope that all your dreams will come true in the next life."
Jiang Hao pursed his lips tightly and was finally speechless. His heart felt sour. Qiao Xinwei felt his heavier breathing, and also felt that his hands holding her tightly were shaking slightly. She said nothing.
, just pressed her cheek tightly against his chest.
The time we spend together is always short, and it feels like the sky is getting slightly brighter just after talking for a while.
After getting up, washing and dressing, Qiao Xinwei took out the military uniform hanging at the bottom of the closet. They all thought they would never have to wear it again, but they didn't expect to wear it again so soon. Jiang Hao quickly put it on.
After putting on his military uniform, the morning light slanted in from outside the window and shone on his badge, shining brightly.
Qiao Xinwei buttoned the top button for him and stroked his collar and hem with both hands. She smiled lightly and said, "He's so handsome!"
Jiang Hao touched her face, lifted her chin, and kissed her passionately.
There was a sound of opening the door downstairs, and then "Dad" was heard. It was Xi Bao who was back. Jiang Zhizhong and Lin Caiyin came back with Xi Bao.
After going downstairs, Xi Bao's eyes lit up as soon as he saw Jiang Hao in military uniform. He ran quickly and threw himself into his arms. Everything he saw was strange, "Wow, Dad, you are so handsome. Wow."
, what a beautiful five-pointed star, wow, my dad is the most powerful dad in the world!"
Lin Caiyin saw Jiang Hao's clothes and couldn't help crying. She looked at Qiao Xinwei and said, "You really let him go? You really don't want to persuade him?"
Before Qiao Xinwei could say anything, Jiang Hao said first, "Mom, I leave Xinwei and Xi Bao to you. You can take good care of them for me."
"No, don't tell me this, I won't listen."
Jiang Hao had no choice but to change the topic, "Dad, Xinwei wants to continue working, so Xi Bao will be taken care of by you for the first half of next year. In the second half of the year, Xi Bao will go to middle school, and lunch can be served at
Eat in the kindergarten so that Xinwei can be busy."
Lin Caiyin cried while Jiang Zhizhong nodded solemnly and agreed: "Okay, let alone half a year, even if Xi Bao lives with us, there will be no problem."
Jiang Hao kept holding Xi Bao and was really reluctant to let him go. He kissed Xi Bao and said, "Be obedient and be a good boy."
Xi Bao shouted: "Okay, I will be obedient, and I will be as powerful as my father when I grow up."
Jiang Hao smiled and touched the child's face, then turned to look at Qiao Xinwei. Qiao Xinwei smiled faintly. He didn't care that the child was there, pulled her over and kissed her fiercely.
"Yeah, dad, kiss mom!" Zai Xi yelled and quickly covered his eyes, but his palms were exposed and his eyes kept peeking, "Dad, dad, please tell us before you kiss mom, we can
Went to play outside."
Jiang Hao smiled and reluctantly put the child down. He finally hugged Qiao Xinwei, put his mouth close to her ear, and whispered: "I have only one wish in this life and the next, and that is to be with you."
Let’s grow old together.”
Qiao Xinwei's lips trembled, and she held back again and again, forcing back the tears in her eyes. She thought she must not cry, she wanted Jiang Hao to go to the battlefield without any worries.
"Mom, I have to leave."
Lin Caiyin wiped her tears. She knew that she could not change Jiang Hao's choice. She knew, "Son..." Lin Caiyin cried and hugged him, patting his back again and again, "You must take care of yourself.
No matter what, we must come back alive."
Jiang Zhizhong also stepped forward and patted Jiang Hao's shoulder, and said in a rustling voice: "Okay, the army's car is already waiting downstairs. Let's get down soon. Ah Hao, take care."
Jiang Hao took a deep breath, straightened his clothes, and solemnly saluted his father with a military salute, "Take care."
Jiang Hao stepped out of the house, stepped into the elevator, and finally disappeared into the elevator door. Qiao Xinwei also burst into tears as the elevator door closed, feeling extremely distressed.
"Mom, mom, what's wrong with you?" Although Xi Bao didn't know anything, he could feel the adults' sadness.
Qiao Xinwei knelt down, hugged her son, and said as calmly as possible: "Remember what dad said, be a good boy."