Epilogue, for the first time in a long time watching him fall asleep like this
Qin Zixin slowly stood up from the sofa.
Ji Lingtian had already looked towards Qin Zixin.
Inadvertently, their eyes met.
Her face turned pale, with some disbelief and some unspeakable emotions, and she quickly looked away.
She saw him walking towards her out of the corner of her eye.
He wore a black woolen windbreaker today. He looked very gentlemanly and looked much younger than his usual serious appearance.
When his tall figure stood in front of her, she had to raise her eyes to look at him.
His eyes were as dark as ever.
She thought he would definitely launch an attack at this moment, but the first words he spoke were, "Wife."
His address made her already pale face become even paler. She widened her eyes and looked at him with some confusion.
He reached out and caressed her face.
She was astonished and a little at a loss.
He stared at her without blinking, his eyes filled with strong longing.
She frowned slightly, and she could feel the warmth of his big palm touching her on her cheek.
The next second, he grabbed her with his big hand, hugged her close to him, lowered his head at lightning speed, and captured her lips.
"Well..."
She kept turning her head.
But he held her tightly, not allowing her to retreat.
She wanted to climb onto him with her feet, but he seemed to understand her thoughts in advance and clamped her legs tightly with his own legs.
It took several seconds before he let her go.
Her lips were red and swollen from his kiss, and she became so angry that she wanted to curse him. Suddenly, the figure of a lively little girl in her peripheral vision stopped her.
Ji Lingtian smiled and put his arms around her.
Although she was extremely disgusted that he had touched her with the dirty hands of other women, she could not help but cooperate with his acting, so she could only smile at him with a shy face.
Qian Qian excitedly jumped in front of them and hugged them, "Daddy, Mommy!!"
Ji Lingtian asked his daughter with a look of pity, "Qianqian, do you miss daddy?"
Qian Qian nodded vigorously, then looked up at her mother, "Mommy, this is a surprise that Daddy and I cooperated to give you... Daddy is back, are you very happy?"
It turns out... her precious daughter was in cahoots with Ji Lingtian.
Qin Zixin felt helpless and wanted to slap her forehead.
This idea must have been proposed by her precious daughter to Ji Lingtian, and Ji Lingtian could not refuse.
Qin Zixin pretended to blame her and said, "You ghost...you even lied to mommy."
Qin Ziqian chuckled, "Daddy will never come back to celebrate my birthday with me. Mommy, you are too stupid."
"Yes, I'm stupid...that's why you bullied me." Qin Zixin pushed Ji Lingtian away angrily. Although it was an act, she really wanted to distance herself from him.
Qin Ziqian blinked at Ji Lingtian, "Daddy, Mommy is angry, go and calm her down..."
Ji Lingtian picked up Qin Ziqian and whispered in her ear, "Daddy will go back to the room to comfort you later."
Qin Ziqian nodded fiercely.
Ji Lingtian hugged Qin Ziqian on his lap, "Tell Daddy how much you miss Daddy?"
"I really want to, but no mommy wants to."
"Oh? What does your mommy think?"
"Mommy tells me every day that she misses Daddy and hopes that Daddy will come back soon."
Ji Lingtian raised his head and glanced at Qin Zixin, who was standing aside, with a smile on his lips. "Honey, thank you for your hard work during this time."
Qin Zixin glared at Ji Lingtian, telling him not to misunderstand that she was just acting.
Seeing Qin Zixin's expression, Qin Zi smiled slightly and said, "Daddy, Mommy is shy."
Ji Lingtian smiled and nodded.
"Daddy, you just got off the plane, are you tired?"
"A little bit."
"Then you go to bed early..."
Ji Lingtian couldn't help but kiss his sensible daughter, "It's okay, Daddy wants to chat with you."
Qian Qian clapped her hands happily, "Okay!"
"Ling Tian, let me put the bath water for you first." It was Qin Zixin who spoke. She was a little jealous when she saw her father and daughter getting along well, but she was very relieved and didn't want to disturb them.
Ji Lingtian replied with the word "hmm".
Qin Zixin turned around and went back to the room.
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Standing at the corner of the stairs, Qin Zixin turned around and looked at the father and daughter in the hall.
He was very good at teasing children, and Qin Ziqian was made to giggle by him.
Seeing her daughter so happy, she felt that her mood had improved a lot.
For a second, her eyes fell inadvertently on his handsome profile, and she saw his truest fatherly love.
Thinking about it, she was indeed a little impulsive just now. He has always loved Qian Qian.
Qin Zixin breathed a sigh of relief.
Finally, there was something that made her happy...
She thought that even if she was no longer in this world, she could safely leave her child to him. Today at least proved that he cared about Qianqian more than Ren Qingle.
…
She returned to the room in a good mood and walked to the balcony.
The wind tonight seems not to be as cold as in the past. It blows coolly on the body, but it has a refreshing feeling.
She leaned against the Roman columns on the balcony and inadvertently heard the laughter of the father and daughter coming from the first floor, and she couldn't help but smile sweetly along with her.
Suddenly, she walked into the room and pulled out a diary from the drawer of the bedside table.
That was a diary she started writing recently... I don't know if this is what every dying person wants to do, to leave something behind in this world.
She took out her pen, lay on the bed, and wrote down notes in her diary.
Today is October 16th, and suddenly I have the idea of recording today...
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It was already twelve o'clock in the evening when Ji Lingtian returned to the room. He obviously went back to the room after coaxing Qian Qian to sleep.
She did not sleep, but sat on the edge of the bed waiting for him.
As he closed the door, he asked her, "Why aren't you sleeping yet?"
She stood up straight and said to him calmly, "I have something to tell you."
He threw himself onto the soft sofa in the room, "Say it!"
Qin Zixin turned around and stood in front of him, and said slowly, "First of all, I'm sorry for calling you tonight..."
He lit a cigarette, took a puff, and put his hand on the table with the ashtray next to him, "I don't blame you."
For the first time in so long, what he said was beyond her expectations.
She thought that as long as there was a chance, he would never give up being sarcastic to her.
"you……"
She suddenly didn't know what to say.
Ji Lingtian flicked the cigarette ashes at hand and said, "Say what you want to say!"
Qin Zixin came back to her senses, bit her lower lip lightly, and slowly said, "I want to discuss something with you."
"Tell me and listen."
"I have something to do and I have to go abroad in two months... Can you go back to City Y and take care of Qianqian?"
"What's up?"
"It's my private matter." It means it's not convenient to tell him.
He answered simply, "No problem."
Qin Zixin nodded, "Thank you."
"No need, Qianqian is also my daughter."
"I hope you can spend more time caring about Qianqian when I'm away."
The gravelly voice she spoke made him frown slightly. "What, it's going to take a long time?"
It's been a long time... and it will never come back again, but you won't care either.
Qin Zixin smiled and replied, "A few days!"
"Well." Ji Lingtian put out the cigarette butt and stood up, "I'm tired... If there's anything else, we'll talk about it tomorrow."
Qin Zixin nodded lightly.
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Since this room belonged to him, when she moved into this villa to live with him, she slept on the sofa in this room and never slept in his bed.
It's not that he has no grace, it's that she doesn't want to sleep in his bed.
So, after Ji Lingtian went into the bathroom to take a shower, she hugged the quilt and fell asleep on the sofa.
…
When Ji Lingtian came out of the bathroom, Qin Zixin had already fallen asleep on the sofa.
Her hands were folded on her chest, her breathing was steady, her cheeks were slightly red due to the heat of her body, and she looked very peaceful.
In fact, she was not asleep, she could even feel his eyes passing over her, and then heard him pour herself a glass of wine.
"Gu Yuchen is looking for me."
He spoke quickly.
She opened her eyes suddenly and realized that he knew she was not asleep.
Ji Lingtian was not surprised when she opened her eyes, but held the glass of red wine on the table between her middle finger and index finger and shook it lightly.
Qin Zixin sat up and looked at him with a slight panic in her eyes, "He... what did he say to you?" The imperial minister won't break his promise, right?
"Why are you so nervous?"
"No...no!"
"A guilty conscience?"
"Why do you have a guilty conscience?"
Ji Lingtian stared at the swaying liquid in the cup and said calmly, "In our legal and valid marriage, you accepted the pursuit of other men."
Hearing what Ji Lingtian said, Qin Zixin took a deep breath and asked, "Are you blaming me now?"
Ji Lingtian's eyes darkened as he looked at her, but he did not open his pursed lips.
Qin Zixin said calmly, "You should know that even if I am with Gu Yuchen, you have no right to accuse me, because in terms of our marriage relationship, there is no so-called cheating within marriage, and even if there is, the person who cheated first
It’s you too.”
His tone was calm, without the slightest hint of anger, "This is not the issue I want to discuss with you..."
"Then what do you want to say?"
Ji Lingtian raised his eyebrows, "That's enough..."
Qin Zixin frowned, "What?"
Ji Lingtian looked at Qin Zixin calmly, "What happened back then ends here."
Qin Zixin's body trembled slightly, what did he say?
Ji Lingtian looked at her distantly, "You must have scolded me thousands of times in your heart over the years, right?"
Qin Zixin turned his head to the side and said angrily, "You are self-aware."
Ji Lingtian smiled softly and elegantly.
Qin Zixin, who heard his laughter, slowly turned her head and looked at him in confusion.
He was really weird tonight...
In the past, I wanted to have the upper hand in every sentence, but tonight I automatically lowered my stance.
Ji Lingtian quickly picked up the glass and drank all the wine, then stood up and said coldly, "After Qianqian celebrates her birthday, let's go with Gu Yuchen... before I regret it now."
She watched him walk out of the room blankly, without reacting for a while.
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In the study, Ji Lingtian leaned tiredly on the back of the chair. He closed his eyes, but thoughts were flooding in his mind.
Ling Tian, I know you may not like to hear what I say, and you may not listen to it, but as your mother, I still want to remind you... Escape is not the way, if you don't care, let her go early, but if you really want to
If it's not allowed, just think about how to save it... Life is very short, don't wait until it's irreversible and then regret it.
Mr. Ji, I am Gu Yuchen... Zixin has told me about your marriage. I want to tell you that Zixin and I are dating now, so please don't do anything to hurt Zixin during this period.
Otherwise, I will fight you at all costs... Please leave a way for Zixin to survive. She has endured enough.
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After Ji Lingtian left the room, Qin Zixin couldn't sleep.
She tossed and turned, still unable to figure out why Ji Lingtian said what he said to her tonight.
Also, is he really relieved of the past?
Finally, Qin Zixin got up from the sofa irritably, put on her pajamas, and walked out of the room.
She first went to Qian Qian's room to look for him. After seeing no one else, she came to the study.
The study door was ajar, and she knew he was inside, but she kept leaning against the white wall, hesitating whether to go in and ask him clearly.
Finally, she mustered up the courage to knock on the door.
He didn't answer.
She frowned, reached out and gently pushed open the door.
To her surprise, she saw him falling asleep leaning against the back of the chair.
After being in the same room with him for so long, she rarely saw him sleeping because she didn't even dare to get close to him.
It wasn't until now that she realized that he looked just as good-looking as before when he was sleeping.
Quietly exiting the study, Qin Zixin took a deep breath and turned back to the room.
When she met a servant on duty at night in the corridor, she said to the servant, "Send a blanket to Mr. Ji. He is asleep in the study."
The servant replied respectfully, "Yes."
ps: I will continue to update 10,000 tomorrow. If there is no update tomorrow morning, it will be updated around 5 pm, and then updated in the evening.