Ji Suifeng regretted it the moment he mentioned the child, but he couldn't take back what he said. He didn't know how to react at the moment, so he just looked at Mu Qian quietly.
The expression on Mu Qian's face was very calm. After a while, she chuckled softly and said, "Before you said this, I thought you really didn't care."
At that time, Ji Suifeng could be said to have fallen in love with her at first sight, and he pursued her fiercely from then on. Mu Qian had no thoughts at that time and tried her best to avoid him. When Ji Suifeng was about to give up, he accidentally discovered her.
The existence of smile.
After learning about Xiaoxiao's existence, Ji Suifeng disappeared for two days. When he appeared in front of Mu Qian again, he was as usual and even launched a more fierce offensive than before.
At that time, she was only in her early twenties and had to take care of her studies at the same time. It was inevitable that she was unable to do what she wanted with a smile. It was at such a moment that Ji Suifeng stood up.
He really loves Xiaoxiao, is patient and attentive, and often tries his best to make Xiaoxiao happy.
Xiaoxiao liked him very much, but Ji Suifeng only existed for half a year in Xiaoxiao's short life.
Half a year later, Xiaoxiao left, so Ji Suifeng put all his energy into her, coaxing and comforting her as if she were Xiaoxiao.
So Mu Qian thought that he really didn't care.
But the indifference he showed was ultimately not worth the care he felt in his heart.
"Qianqian, I..." Ji Suifeng opened his mouth to explain, but seemed to be speechless and couldn't say anything else.
"So for you, when you chase me, the child is a tool you use, and when you are angry with me, the child is a tool you use to attack me." Mu Qian looked at him, "This love is really simple and direct.
ah."
Ji Suifeng suddenly stretched out his hand to catch her, and said in a hoarse voice: "You know that I really love Xiaoxiao!"
Mu Qian withdrew her hand forcefully, her eyes gradually becoming cold and tired, "Have you said enough?"
Ji Suifeng looked at her and finally said after a long time: "Qianqian, I'm sorry."
Mu Qian didn't respond to him and stood up to leave.
Ji Suifeng immediately stood up, took two strides forward, and hugged Mu Qian tightly from behind.
"Qianqian, I'm sorry, I'm sorry... I know you are angry with me... but you clearly know how I treat you..." Ji Suifeng buried his head in Mu Qian's shoulder and neck, his voice was low and hoarse, "Give me some
How about time? When my family gets through the current difficulties, we can be like before..."
Mu Qian looked at the sky outside the restaurant window and sighed softly: "Ji Suifeng, if you had told me this before starting with Miss Shen, maybe I would have agreed. But now, do you think it's possible?"
…
In the evening, when Huo Jinxi returned to the apartment, Mu Qian was doing handwork with Huo Qiran on the living room floor.
Hearing the sound of the door opening, Mu Qian looked up at him, smiled lukewarmly and said, "Mr. Huo came back very early today."
After saying this, she lowered her head and went back to her work. Huo Jinxi walked to the sofa and sat down. His eyes fell on Mu Qian's calm side face and remained still for a long time.
Until Mu Qian looked up at him again, "Mr. Huo, this is your son's last night, aren't you going to come and help?"
Huo Jinxi then looked away from her face and looked at the messy pile of cardboard on the ground.
The requirement for the manual work was to make a storage cabinet with drawers. It was obvious that neither Mu Qian nor Huo Qiran looked like the people who could handle this task.
Huo Jinxi took off his suit jacket, rolled up his shirt sleeves, walked over and got involved in the handicraft.
With him taking action, everything went smoothly, and a storage cabinet quickly took shape.
Mu Qian couldn't help, so she simply sat with her arms raised and watched. Huo Qiran was very interested in participating, and would hand Huo Jinxi tools from time to time.
Huo Jinxi made the storage cabinet without saying a word. Until it was completed, he raised his eyes and looked at Huo Qiran, "Okay."
Huo Qiran was very excited, with a rare unabashed smile on his face. He walked around the storage cabinet and showed the freely movable drawer to Mu Qian.
"Okay, okay, I know you're good." Mu Qian stretched out her hand and pinched his face, "What a clever little guy."
Huo Jinxi looked at Mu Qian again.
This time, Mu Qian noticed it and met his gaze, "Mr. Huo, is there anything you want to say?"
His eyes were deep and unwavering. Mu Qian had no way of knowing whether he had too many emotions or no emotions at all. But judging from the aura emanating from him, Huo Jinxi was probably not in a very good mood today.
Huo Jinxi did not answer her, and Mu Qian was not interested in getting to the bottom of it. She patted Huo Qiran's butt and said, "Okay, after you finish last night, take a shower and go to bed. I don't have the energy to go crazy with you anymore."
After saying that, she stood up and led Huo Qiran upstairs.
Huo Jinxi sat on the sofa, lit a cigarette, and watched silently as she led Huo Qiran upstairs.
Mu Qian settled down with Huo Qiran and went back to her room without going downstairs, lying on the bed and fell asleep.
Recently, she had been worried about Mr. Huo's condition and had always had trouble sleeping, but today she fell asleep quickly.
In a daze, it felt like she was back in the United States, back in the first apartment she rented in Philadelphia.
The apartment was purchased with Ye Xi's help, so it was not too small. The spacious living room was divided into several areas - a rarely used audio-visual entertainment area, her study and office area, and a large children's play area.
She saw herself sitting in front of the computer cracklingly writing a paper, and behind her, in the enclosed children's play area, Xiaoxiao seemed to be tired of playing with those toys, got up from the ground, and staggered to the small fence.
He stood up on tiptoes and called her: "Mom!"
She turned around and saw the little girl pouting in dissatisfaction and acting coquettishly, "I want a hug——"
She stood up with a helpless smile, walked to the fence, and bent down to pick her up, but he suddenly fell away.
Mu Qian suddenly woke up, and when she opened her eyes, she found that she hadn't even turned off the lights in the room, and had just slept like that.
The electronic clock on the bedside pointed to twelve o'clock, but she no longer felt sleepy and slowly sat up.
…
Huo Jinxi had just half-burned the cigarette in his hand when he heard the sound of opening and closing doors in the corridor.
He sat by the floor-to-ceiling window of the study and did not move.
The sky was clear and clear, and the night sky outside the window was rarely filled with stars, but each one looked dim and dull.
When the cigarette in his hand burned to the end, he threw the cigarette butt into the ashtray, stood up and walked out of the room.
Only the floor lamp was turned on downstairs, and the light was dim. In the hazy light and shadow, Mu Qian sat alone at the bar, with a wine glass in front of her, and next to the wine glass were three or four bottles of wine that were opened at the same time.