Chapter 14: Chapter 14

Jiang Ci got out of the car one street in advance and walked home along the sidewalk.
It rained during the day and the night breeze was a bit cool, and the autumn in City G grew stronger.
Passing the fruit shop, Jiang Ci went in and picked a bag of apples.
There was a snowball-like puppet cat lying on the cash register. Jiang Ci kept staring at it when he checked out. Seeing that Jiang Ci’s eyes were sticking to the cat, the shop manager generously invited her to tease the cat: "It has a very good temper. If you like, you can touch it."
"Is it okay..." Jiang Ci was moved, reaching out his hand and touching the tip of the doll's ears. The doll was lazily and flicked its ears.
Cats are really cute little creatures.
Jiang Ci raked the puppet's head a few more times, and the puppet narrowed his eyes comfortably, raising his head and sniffing Jiang Ci's fingers.
Taking advantage of the idleness of the fruit shop, Jiang Ci wasted a while, and then there was a constant flow of people at the checkout, so she thanked the store manager and brought Apple to leave.
Pushing open the glass door, there was a car parked on the side of the street a few steps away, and the rear window slowly lowered.
The street light must be too bright, otherwise why would Jiang Ci see the snow on the car at a glance?
Lu Xingxue smiled and said, "Ginger porcelain."
Jiang Ci held an umbrella in his left hand, and walked towards her with an apple in his right hand. While walking, he looked back to the fruit shop—you can see the cashier in this direction. How long did Lu Xingxue stay there? Is it a bit naive to play with the cat yourself?
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Lu Xingxue: "Buy fruits?"
Jiang Ci stopped by the car: "I picked some apples."
Lu Xingxue: "Do you want to come up?"
Jiang Ci looked in from the window. Today's driver is Luo Mingliang. Luo Mingliang met Jiang Ci's gaze in the rearview mirror, and suddenly he was excited: "Good evening, madam."
Jiang Ci and Lu Xingxue have been married for more than three years. This is the first time Luo Mingliang calls her "Mrs."
Jiang Ci was puzzled in her heart, but Lu Xingxue didn't reveal anything unusual about this title, so she didn't make a fuss, and calmly responded to him: "Good evening."
He said to Lu Xingxue: "It's all at the gate of the community, I'd better go back."
Lu Xingxue nodded: "Also."
The window of the car lifted up.
Jiang Ci stepped back, waiting for the car to leave. Unexpectedly, the wheels did not roll, but the door opened, and the white feet stepped out of the car on the high heels of silver gradient.
The delicate sheepskin sole stomped on the damp ground, and Lu Xingxue carried the bag of apples from Jiang Ci: "Let's go together."
Jiang Ci: "Huh?...oh."
The two of them walked along the street, and most of the pedestrians were nearby residents. When they knew each other, they gathered together and chatted with each other.
"Are you tired from work today?" Lu Xingxue asked, her voice tactfully, not knowing whether it was light or starlight, which fell into her eyes, making her look particularly gentle tonight.
Jiang Ci looked away in a blink of an eye: "I'm not tired. I didn't arrange to tune the piano. I'm back to the company for a regular meeting."
"A regular meeting..." Lu Xingxue repeated slowly, "Me too, I have been in meetings from morning to night, and my head is full of data. Fortunately, meeting you, taking a walk will ease a lot."
The sweet-scented osmanthus by the side of the road is blooming, and the air is full of refreshing fragrance.
Jiang Ci and Lu Xingxue occasionally went out and went in at the same time, but it was the first time in the impression that they carried fruits, talked about work, and slowed down and walked home.
Like a pair of ordinary and ordinary partners that can be seen everywhere in life.
Jiang Ci suddenly had a chat: "I often get off the car early and walk back.... Lu Xingxue, do you smell it, the fragrance? After a while, the ginkgo leaves along the street will turn yellow."
She knows the changes in this street throughout the year, and she has lived here for three years without knowing it.
The halo of the street lamp is yellow, and unknown little flying insects fly around the lampshade. The shadow of the tree fell on the ground, and the leaves were swayed back and forth by the evening breeze. From time to time, small water drops fell from above.
Lu Xingxue looked at Jiang Ci with a smile.
"Auntie~Auntie~"
Entering the community, a four or five-year-old girl greeted them with a biscuit bucket with a sweet and crisp voice: "Good evening, Auntie."
Jiang Ci recognized that this was the child who lived in the building next to them.
Lu Xingxue touched the little girl's croissants: "Tongtong, good evening to you too."
Jiang Ci was a little surprised, Lu Xingxue unexpectedly knew her name.
Tongtong happily opened the cookie bucket and took out a small bag of cookies from it: "Today is my birthday. These are the cookies I made with my mother. Please eat them."
Lu Xingxue was carrying the bag in her hand, looking a little heavy, and Tongtong handed the biscuits to Jiang Ci with insight.
Jiang Ci: "Ah...Happy birthday. Auntie, here is an apple. Can I give you one too?"
As she said, Lu Xingxue picked an apple out of the bag.
"...Okay." Tongtong said yes, but did not reach out, his big eyes were full of entanglement.
Jiang Ci thought it was her parents who taught her not to accept other people's things at will. Who knows, the little girl drooped her head and said, "Auntie gave me apples because I liked me, and I should accept the kindness of auntie. But I don't like eating apples. Apples It's often sour."
A child of this age is so innocent and cute even with troubles, and an apple will stump her.
Lu Xingxue bent her knees so that Tongtong could look at herself and smiled: "But apples are sometimes sweet. If you don't believe me, ask this auntie."
Tongtong asked Jiang Ci: "Auntie, is this apple sweet?"
Jiang Ci: "...sweet."
"Really..." Tongtong still hesitated.
Lu Xingxue hooked her finger to her, motioned her to come closer, and said patiently: "Auntie tells you another way, even if it is a sour apple, if you use this method, it will become sweet."
Tongtong curiously asked: "What?"
Jiang Ci was also very curious, but Lu Xingxue spoke in Tongtong's ear, and his voice was so soft that no one else could hear it.
After Lu Xingxue finished speaking, her eyes widened: "Really?"
Lu Xingxue showed a convincing expression: "Really."
Tongtong took the apple and hugged it in her arms, looking forward to her face: "Then I want to try!"
The little girl ran away, Jiang Ci endured all the way, and finally when fast entering the courtyard gate, she asked Lu Xingxue: "What is the way you told Tongtong? Sweeten the sour apple?"
Lu Xingxue: "Are you also troubled by eating apples?"
Jiang Ci: "..."
Jiang Ci: "I don't have one."
When the voice fell, the phone rang, Jiang Lin's call.
Jiang Lin obviously hadn't calmed down yet, and she was full of impatience: "You collected the money I transferred to you yesterday."
Jiang Ci: "It's really not necessary, not much."
Jiang Lin was once again annoyed by her non-cooperation: "If you give it to you, you will accept it! I am your mother, and my mother can't give her daughter money? Or are you trying to anger me?"
Jiang Ci helplessly said: "I didn't mean that....Well, I won't charge the money. If you have time, you can find a friend to accompany you for a big meal. Let me ask you guys, OK?"
Lu Xingxue opened the courtyard door and waited for Jiang Ci to enter with him.
This attitude made Jiang Lin somewhat satisfied. Hearing the faint wind and human language on Jiang Ci, it was not like being indoors, and asked her: "Isn't home yet?"
Jiang Ci: "I'm back, I'm in the yard."
Jiang Ci was about to close, and Lu Xingxue said, "I'm coming."
Jiang Lin heard Lu Xingxue's voice, her voice suddenly dropped: "...Lu Xingxue is by your side?"
Jiang Ci directly gave Lu Xingxue the phone: "My mother, you can say hello to her."
She originally only wanted Lu Xingxue to say hello to Jiang Lin. Who knows that when Lu Xingxue listened to the phone, Jiang Lin immediately cared about food, clothing, housing and transportation to work. The two entered the room, Jiang Ci peeled off the apple, and bit down. The call continued.
Apples are sweet, but they don’t seem to be as sweet as Professor Xing’s.
Lu Xingxue said to Jiang Lin on the phone, "The weather has turned cold recently. You have to take care of your body. I ordered some tonics and will be sent to you tomorrow. Jiang Ci and I are usually busy and cannot take care of you. I'm really ashamed."
The corners of Jiang Ci's lips gradually rose, and they were covered with apples, clearly smiling.
A faint lipstick mark remained on the flesh. Lu Xingxue saw it, her eyes stopped and she moved away.
Jiang Lin was naturally coaxed to be excited, Jiang Ci followed the light, and at the end of the day, the mobile phone returned to Jiang Ci's hands, Jiang Lin just told her: "You are good."
No longer educate her in lengthy terms.
Hanging up the phone, Jiang Ci sighed in the quiet room: "You should be my mother's daughter."
Lu Xingxue: "Don't I count?"
Jiang Ci: "..."
Before going to bed, Jiang Ci was visiting a mobile shopping website, and Jiang Lin's message suddenly popped up.
[Jiang Lin: Is it convenient for you now? 】
Jiang Ci clicked in and replied: "Convenient."
[Jiang Lin: Lu Xingxue is filial to us and makes me happy by saying nice things. In the final analysis, it is for your face and love you. Do you understand this truth? 】
After Jiang Ci finished reading, the phone switched back to the page of the shopping website and added the book he was browsing to the shopping cart.
Understand literally, this is true. Although she and Lu Xingxue get along better than before, there is no relationship in that respect after all. Jiang Ci can handle it clearly, and Lu Xingxue's doing this is purely proficient in the world.
[Jiang Lin: Do you understand? 】
[Jiang Lin: Do you understand? 】
[Jiang Lin: Do you understand? 】
Seeing that Jiang Ci did not reply, Jiang Lin chased and sent three messages to confirm with her.
Jiang Ci could only say: "Understood."
[Jiang Lin: If you remember correctly, Lu Xingxue's birthday this month? Make arrangements for how to accompany her on her birthday, give her a surprise, and promote feelings. 】
On Lu Xingxue’s birthday, Jiang Ci will have a concert with Professor Xing, but Jiang Ci thinks that it’s better not to tell Jiang Lin about the truth, and she promised: "I see."
[Jiang Lin: That's fine, you two rest early, don't get too late. 】
Jiang Ci: "Okay. Good night."
Jiang Ci entered the shopping cart, ordered the settlement, and bought all the dozen or so maternal and child books that he had just added, then put down his phone, turned off the floor lamp, and lay down holding the cat doll.
?
Does mother's last sentence imply something?
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One day later, the book arrived. The property steward confirmed Jiang Ci's time, pushed the trolley to the door at night, and delivered the courier.
The butler enthusiastically said: "This package is quite heavy, Miss Jiang, let me move in for you, where do you want to put it?"
The housekeeper was thin and weak, Jiang Ci said hurriedly: "No need, just put it by the door, I will clean it up."
Luxing Snowman was feeding the fish in the living room, and heard the housekeeper's suggestion: "Miss Jiang, or you will unpack the package and I will take the garbage away."
Jiang Ci: "...Alright, I'm sorry to trouble you."
Butler: "No trouble, I have small scissors here, I will cut the tape for you."
The housekeeper did what he said. The package of the courier was quickly opened. She was half surprised and surprised when she saw the book inside. She glanced at Jiang Ci's belly: "So many maternal and child books...Miss Jiang , Are you and Miss Lu planning to have a baby, or are they pregnant?"
Jiang Ci was taken aback by the question.
The butler smiled all over his face: "Congratulations, you two look so good-looking, no matter who the children look like! Ah, we will have another little princess at that time."
Jiang Ci turned back reflexively, Lu Xingxue turned and looked here, apparently hearing the housekeeper's words without a word.
Jiang Ci didn't expect to cause this kind of misunderstanding, and immediately clarified: "Neither, I bought the book because--"
"I understand, the baby is stingy just now, can't mention it, don't worry, I won't talk too much outside." The butler interrupted Jiang Ci with a voice of someone who came over, and showed an expression of "I do work, you can rest assured".
Jiang Ci: "..."
The butler left with the removed package, and Jiang Ci took the book casually. When she passed the living room, Lu Xingxue smiled and said, "Are we going to have a baby?"
Jiang Ci has been irritated by the housekeeper, so he simply followed Lu Xingxue's words and asked, "Is it you or me?"
Lu Xingxue turned his head and thought about it, and said, "Whether it is conception or childbirth, the current medicine cannot be completely painless. Are you afraid?"
Is there anyone who is not afraid of pain:)
Jiang Ci ended the topic: "I bought these for Wen Nian."
The fish flicked their tails and pecked at the feed on the surface of the water. Lu Xingxue looked at the tank full of fish swimming, thoughtfully: "Have you seen Mr. Wen recently? How is she?"
Jiang Ci scanned the contents of the book at a glance: "I see, she is very sick with morning sickness."