For a whole afternoon, Xu Yue and Aunt Qin did not come back.
As Ruan Xingwan gradually explored the matter, he was no longer as at a loss as he was in the morning about taking care of children.
The little guy actually slept most of the time. When he woke up, she would either play with him for a while with toys, or ask Zhou Cishen to get milk powder.
Although the dog man had a cold face, with barely any reluctance written on his face, he strangely did not refuse.
The afternoon sun shone on his face, and Ruan Xingwan had an illusion.
It seems like they are a family of three, as if everything comes naturally...
After noticing her gaze, Zhou Cishen looked over: "What's wrong?"
Ruan Xingwan pursed her lips, stood up and said, "Mr. Zhou, please check on the child. I'll go out for a while."
With that said, she quickly walked out of the courtyard without waiting for Zhou Cishen's consent.
After walking along the long street for a few minutes, Ruan Xingwan came to the place where he and Zhou Cishen had taken a boat trip on the lake.
She stood under the shade of a tree, looking into the distance with a quiet look on her face, not knowing what she was thinking.
Not long after, there were footsteps behind her, and a slender and tall figure stood next to her.
Ruan Xingwan took a deep breath: "Why did Mr. Zhou come out? Didn't he ask you to look after the child?"
"He's asleep. There's nothing interesting to see, and he can't run away."
Zhou Cishen looked sideways at her, "If I don't come out, you will be the one running away."
Ruan Xingwan lowered his eyes: "I just came out to get some air."
After speaking, she looked at Zhou Cishen again: "Mr. Zhou, can you leave me alone for a while? I don't want to see you now."
Zhou Cishen said calmly: "When did you want to see me?"
Ruan Xingwan: "..."
What he said is correct.
It's just that now she feels panicked and depressed, and it makes her annoyed when she sees him.
Ruan Xingwan looked extremely serious: "I'm serious, I just want to be alone now."
At this time, the boat docked below asked them in dialect if they wanted to get on the boat.
Ruan Xingwan responded. After walking down two steps, he looked at Zhou Cishen and reminded, "Don't follow me. Just treat it as a good deed every day."
Zhou Cishen: "..."
When Ruan Xing got off the boat at night and the boat was rowing far away, until she could no longer be seen, Zhou Cishen slowly withdrew his sight.
Lin Nan appeared out of nowhere and asked in a low voice: "Mr. Zhou, do you want to follow?"
Zhou Cishen said calmly: "No need."
He knew what Ruan Xingwan was thinking.
Zhou Cishen turned back and glanced at Lin Nan: "Didn't I ask you to stay in? What are you doing out here?"
Lin Nan said: "Mrs. Xu and the others are back."
After a while, Lin Nan answered the phone and said: "Mr. Zhou, everything has been arranged. Is it still as planned?"
Zhou Cishen looked into the distance and said in a calm tone: "Let them deal with it, I won't go."
"yes."
Lin Nan responded and left.
The reason why Mr. Zhou came to Nancheng this time was to deal with Zhou Anan personally.
But I didn't expect to meet my wife here.
It seems Zhou always changed his mind.
On the lake.
Ruan Xingwan looked aimlessly into the distance with a sad expression.
If her child is still alive, it should be three or four months old.
He would probably be like Aunt Qin's grandson, lying in the cradle carefree, smiling at her when he saw her, and puckering his lips and wanting to cry when he saw Zhou Cishen.
Ruan Xingwan hugged his knees with his hands, his thoughts drifting away uncontrollably.
I don’t know how long it took, but the sun gradually set, the sky gradually darkened, and the cold wind came one after another.
Ruan Xingwan couldn't help sneezing a few times, and then said to the boatman: "Please turn around and go back."
"Hey, that's great!"
The boatman held the oar and chatted with her, "Girl, this is your second time traveling with us."
Ruan Xingwan nodded: "I was on your boat last time."
"Let me just say, I looked familiar to you just now. I remember you came here with your husband last time, a few months ago. At that time, I recommended some tourist attractions to him. How about it? It's not bad.
Bar?
The Yuelao Temple we have here is amazing. Couples and couples who go there can stay together for a long time."
Ruan Xingwan was stunned, unable to react for a while.
No wonder Zhou Cishen would cross half of the city to take her to such a far away place for dinner. Was it because of this?
By the time the ship docked, the entire sky was enveloped in a layer of gray.
Ruan Xingwan got off the boat and was thinking about other things. She didn't notice her feet and almost stumbled. At this moment, a big hand held her firmly.
After Ruan Xingwan stood still, he was silent for a few seconds before asking: "Has Mr. Zhou been waiting here all this time?"
"Well, if you don't want to throw yourself into the lake, you can fish it out faster."
Ruan Xingwan gritted his teeth, resisted the urge to step on him, stepped up the steps without looking back, and strode away.
Zhou Cishen followed and asked slowly: "Are you feeling better?"
"My mood doesn't get better when I see Mr. Zhou."
"Then you get over it, or close your eyes."
“…”
Ruan Xingwan felt that she had not been mad at him until now, and it was really because she was lucky.
Just when she reached the door of Xu Yue's house and was about to go in, Zhou Cishen held her wrist: "I'll take you somewhere."
Ruan Xingwan paused for a moment and said deliberately: "Could it be Yuelao Temple again?"
"If you want to, it's not impossible."
Ruan Xingwan gritted his teeth: "I don't want to!"
Zhou Cishen's thin lips curled up, and he pulled her into the black Maybach parked nearby.
After driving for about twenty minutes, the car stopped in front of the pier.
On the sea, there was a cruise ship slowly leaving the dock.
Ruan Xingwan turned to look at Zhou Cishen, slightly puzzled.
Zhou Cishen held the steering wheel with one hand and tapped lightly with his long fingers: "Zhou An'an is on this ship."
After a long while, Ruan Xingwan said: "Oh."
Zhou Cishen looked at the cruise ship and said slowly: "Ruan Xingwan, I will pay back everything they owe you."
Ruan Xingwan looked very calm: "Even if this is the case, it cannot change the outcome."
"No one knows what the outcome will be until the end."
Ruan Xingwan turned his head, always feeling that there was something in Zhou Cishen's words.
But hearing what he meant, he wouldn't tell her.
After the cruise ship sailed away, Zhou Cishen looked away, restarted the accelerator and left.
On the way back, Ruan Xingwan leaned against the car window and stared at the flickering lights and shadows outside in a daze.
Just when she sighed for the unknown number of times, she looked up again and found that the car was parked at the entrance to the ancient street of Yuelao Temple.
Ruan Xingwan's eyes widened in disbelief, and he suddenly looked at the dog man next to him: "Mr. Zhou, you..."
Zhou Cishen looked calm: "Don't you want to come?"