Snowflakes were flying outside the floor-to-ceiling windows, and a thick layer of snow had already accumulated.
Xue Ling stared at the rustling snowflakes outside the window in a daze. She was the only one left in the empty living room sitting in front of the fire. Instead of the bustle and joy earlier, only the cold loneliness left in the room.
"daughter in law."
Cheng Tianyuan came over with a glass of water in his hand and handed it to her: "Here, drink some."
Xue Ling took a sip and asked, "Have your parents rested?"
"They are all fast asleep."
Cheng Tianyuan lowered his voice: "I just went to see them. The temperature in the room was just 26 degrees, and the humidifier was always on.
There was a lot of excitement at home today, and the old man probably didn’t sleep much at noon, so he fell asleep soon after he lay down.”
Xue Ling smiled bitterly: "There were constant surprises during the day, and finally there was a scare at night - today was indeed very lively."
Cheng Tianyuan smiled helplessly: "We are halfway through life, and we find that there are always unexpected surprises on the road."
The couple was warming themselves by the fire, drinking water, looking at the heavy snow outside the window, and chatting in low voices.
After a while, Cheng Huanchong came.
"Dad, Mom, it's already past twelve o'clock. Go to bed quickly."
Xue Ling smiled slightly and asked, "Why didn't you sleep?
Have you arranged for Ah Qing and the others to rest?"
"It's all arranged."
Cheng Huanchong looked out the window and said, "How can we get out when the snow is so heavy?
He...he sleeps with me, and arranges another room for bodyguards and assistants, who usually take turns on duty at night."
Cheng Tianyuan couldn't help but remind: "The security system at home is fine, so there's no need to stay on night duty.
Those who are celebrating the New Year, let them all go and have a rest."
"I've already said it."
Cheng Huanchong explained in a low voice: "However, they still decided to take turns to keep vigil.
They are used to it and don't dare to relax even a little bit."
"Right."
Cheng Tianyuan smiled bitterly and shook his head: "No matter how safe the security system is, it cannot withstand unruly people's hearts.
Be on the safe side and don’t let Ah Qing have another accident at our house."
Cheng Huanchong shook his head quickly, stepped forward and put one hand on his father's shoulder, and hugged his mother with the other.
"You must not feel guilty or apologetic, Ah Qing doesn't blame you at all.
He didn't take it to heart at all, otherwise he wouldn't have taken the initiative to stay.
He also said that if there is such a lively event in Xinyuan in the future, he must be called."
It was late at night, and the snow outside suddenly became heavy again, falling one after another, turning the originally dark earth into a brilliant white.
Lin Qingzhi made an excuse that it was snowing too much and wanted to stay overnight. He refused at first, saying that no matter how heavy the snow was, he could not stop his high-end nanny car.
But he said that if he left in a hurry now, his family might worry that he was caring about the earlier accident.
If he stayed one night or even stayed in Xinyuan tomorrow for the New Year, everyone would believe that he really didn't mind.
He had said so, and Cheng Huanchong couldn't drive him away anymore. Anyway, he had already planned to let him come to the house to walk around more, at least for a while.
Xue Ling smiled softly and said warmly: "Aqing is a very considerate young man who is very considerate of others' feelings.
You tell him that you will continue to invite him to family gatherings in the future."
"He must be very happy!"
Cheng Huanchong said with a smile: "He likes the lively family atmosphere of our home the most, and he is very envious of it."
Cheng Tianyuan thought for a while and whispered: "That's because there are few people in his family and the place is too spacious.
When he gets married, has children, and has more family members, he may be eager to find a quiet place to stay.
Ah Qing was supposed to be a noble man who loved quietness and reading."
Forehead?
Cheng Huanchong realized that this topic could not go on, so he said good night to his parents and hurried back to his room.
Xue Ling and Cheng Tianyuan really couldn't sleep, so they sat in the living room waiting for the news.
After midnight, Xiao Huzi called and said that his father-in-law was rescued in time and was out of danger. However, the doctor required that he must be hospitalized for two days for observation to ensure that no other harm was caused to the body before being discharged.
Xue Ling breathed a sigh of relief and asked, "How will you arrange it?"
"The old man has been sleeping."
Xiao Huzi replied: "I asked Brother Ran and Yangyang not to stay here and go back to rest quickly.
It's hard to stay in the hospital all during the Chinese New Year.
Brother Ran's friend was very considerate and specially arranged a high-end ward with sufficient heating and a sofa for sleeping.
Anyway, there’s nothing going on here, I can just stay here, don’t come and compete with me to sleep on the sofa.”
Xue Ling said warmly: "Okay, then you stay and take care of me.
Tomorrow I will ask some of their buddies to take turns helping."
Xiaohuzi answered and then hung up the call.
Cheng Tianyuan on the side couldn't help but ask: "Didn't Xiao Huzi ask what's going on here?
Didn’t you ask if we checked the surveillance video?”
Xue Ling smiled and shook his head: "He didn't ask. That's because he believed that if something went wrong, we would definitely give an explanation to his father-in-law and mother-in-law, so there was no need to ask."
Xiao Huzi has always been very precise, and he has become more and more sure of what he does.
"If something happens on our property, he doesn't need to ask, we will naturally handle it well."
Cheng Tianyuan sighed softly and suggested: "Daughter-in-law, why don't you go to bed first.
I'm waiting here for the boss and the second boss to come back."
"Let's get together."
Xue Ling smiled bitterly: "I don't feel sleepy at all."
As you get older, once something happens, no matter it is big or small, it will seriously affect your sleep quality.
Although today's incident was not a big deal, they were all severely frightened, especially when they saw Shanyue's coma without any response no matter how he screamed. They were really frightened.
Cheng Tianyuan brought two bowls of leftover sea cucumber soup from the dining room and placed them on the heat preservation stove to warm them.
Xue Ling slowly ate melon seeds and watched TV lazily.
More than half an hour later, Xue Yang came back with his eldest brother.
"Hoo ho! It's very cold outside!"
"Dad, Mom, why aren't you sleeping yet?
It’s already over one o’clock.”
Cheng Tianyuan greeted: "Drink something hot to warm yourself up, and then go to sleep."
The two took off their down jackets, sat down to drink soup, and quietly discussed with their parents.
Xue Yang frowned slightly and lowered his voice: "Dad, Mom, Xiaoxiao has already told me about this.
She and I...are both very sorry.
I had just talked with Xiao Huzi. He said not to make it too embarrassing. He just said that Xiaoxiao's natal sister needed medicine to help her sleep. She accidentally dropped one in the bird's nest and was accidentally eaten by Uncle Shan. It was just a bird's nest.
A misunderstanding.
He also said that his father-in-law and mother-in-law were not very economical, and they might start a riot if they knew the actual situation.
Xiao Huzi doesn’t want Xiaoxiao and I to be in trouble, and he doesn’t want to make things worse, so he plans to explain it this way.”
"oh?"
Xue Ling nodded slowly, smiled and asked, "What else did you discuss?"
Cheng Huanran drank the last sip of the soup and chuckled: "They have agreed on Uncle Lian Shan's nutrition subsidy."
Xue Ling and her husband looked at each other, then turned to their second son.
"One hundred thousand."
Xue Yang gestured with his fingers and whispered: "Give me a little more, after all, something big happened almost, so I don't want Aunt Shan to be angry and make Aunt Shan angry.
Xiaoxiao and I went to the hospital to apologize to Uncle Shan. We also paid for the money.
Dad, Mom, try not to let my father-in-law and mother-in-law know about this.