Chapter 16: Chapter 16

Lu Xingxue took the house clothes to rinse, the shower door was not closed tightly, the thin beam of light leaked out along the floor, and the sound of water flow could be faintly heard.
Jiang Ci did not squint, focusing on the photos that appeared on the screen.
A familiar voice suddenly came out from the speaker: "Xiao Bai, let Aunt Yun see, are we more beautiful today than usual?"
Jiang Ci was originally lazy, and straightened up when he heard his voice. In addition to photos, there are videos.
The location of the filming was like a bedroom, with sunlight covering the floor. Xiaolu Xingxue, wearing a short cheongsam with her head tied up, looked somewhere out of the camera. Hearing what Aunt Yun said, she turned her head and stared at the camera.
The and white eyes, the moist eyes, the small pink cheeks, the soft heart will melt.
Aunt Yun outside the screen: "Wow, today's Xiaobai is so beautiful!"
Not knowing what was attracting her attention, Xiaolu Xingxue looked out of the camera again, and Aunt Yun scratched her nose: "Xiao Bai, we'll have to—"
"You can't touch that." Xiaolu Xingxue suddenly said softly and walked directly out of the camera. The camera immediately followed her, and she stopped by the toy box and pulled a well-used doll from the hand of the woman holding the baby.
This is... Jiang Ci squinted his eyes, the aunt Ms. Wang when he was young?
Ms. Wang teased Xiaolu Xingxue: "Xiaobai, can't you give this doll to my sister?"
Xiaolu Xingxue shook his head: "No."
Although his voice was soft and soft, his tone was firm.
Ms. Wang: "Why not? You see so many dolls. You can lend this to your sister for a while. My sister is still young and won't break it."
Xiaolu Xingxue still shook his head, frowning her thin brows: "I like it, it's mine."
Ms. Wang: "Of course it's yours, but toys must be shared together to be happy."
When Jiang Ci saw this, he couldn't help thinking, it is indeed Ms. Wang, who has been so disgusting for decades.
The camera zoomed in, and the video recording aunt Yun walked over: "It is rare for us to have something we like. She, as long as she likes it, never wants others to touch it. Xiaobai, let's ask Auntie to pick another one. Will the baby give it to my sister?"
"Okay," Xiaolu Xingxue hugged the doll in her arms tightly: "You can give the rest to my sister."
Ms. Wang felt a little embarrassed, and she said to herself: "Oh, I knew that our Xiaobai has such a strong desire for exclusivity for things I like. I knew this was the case. Auntie didn't take this doll just now. "
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The door of the shower room opened, and water mist and lights rushed out. Lu Xingxue put on her home clothes, and as she moved, the air was filled with a rich shower fragrance.
It smells exactly like her usual perfume.
Xingxue, the deer on the curtain, wears a paper birthday hat and baby fat, and blows candles earnestly with his cheeks.
In reality, Lu Xingxue stretched out his arms, leaned slightly, and picked up the half glass of water from the short table opposite Jiang Ci.
The jet-black hair drew a curve in the air, and a small tip came out of the round and small ears. On the condensed skin, the dampness has not been removed, and the thin home clothes are close to the body, drawing a beautiful line.
She was drinking water, slowly moving her throat.
Jiang Ci looked at her like a pearl, lustrous and full, exuding a soft light.
"I should be seven years old that year. Grandpa promised me not to host a banquet. Just the two of us had a simple birthday."
Jiang Ci was stunned before realizing that what Lu Xingxue said was the picture that appeared on the screen.
Jiang Ci: "So now is the way to celebrate your birthday?"
Lu Xingxue: "No."
I just had a birthday party. Why didn’t you say anything... Jiang Ci was too lazy to refute, but listened to Lu Xingxue continuing: "I originally wanted to take advantage of this birthday to introduce you to people around me. The birthday message was sent in advance. I went out, but when I went to Professor Xing's house that night, I knew you had a job."
Lu Xingxue: "...I didn't want to embarrass you, so I didn't tell you."
Regardless of whether you want to introduce her to others, or do not mention a word about birthday arrangements because of respect for her work, this is beyond Jiang Ci's cognition.
Very surprised and surprised.
......There is still a touch.
Jiang Ci: "...Wait for me."
She left the room, came back a few minutes later, turned on the light, and the room was shining.
Jiang Ci: "It hasn't passed zero yet."
Lu Xingxue raised his head from the sofa and looked at her for unknown reasons.
Jiang Ci's expression was uncomfortable, and she was a little embarrassed, and sat down facing Lu Xingxue: "I know that your birthday is today.... I have prepared a present for you."
"Lu Xingxue," Jiang Ci opened the box on his hand, "Happy birthday."
When Jiang Ci said the word "gift", Lu Xingxue straightened her waist. After seeing the contents of the gift in the box, she fixed her eyes and said, "...Jiang Ci, you are so kind to me." , How can I return you?"
Inside the box is the pocket watch she fancyed at Mrs. Qian's jewelry show.
Jiang Ci naturally didn't need anything in return. Lu Xingxue liked it, and she happened to be very familiar with the Qians. They were willing to sell her the face, so she collected it for Lu Xingxue, and she had never thought of anything else.
Now that Lu Xingxue said the solemn word "return", Jiang Ci was embarrassed.
She handed it to Lu Xingxue together with the pocket watch box: "We are all married, it is not appropriate to talk about rewards."
Lu Xingxue looked down at her pocket watch, then looked up at Jiang Ci, her lips lightly raised: "Thank you, Mrs. Lu, for she was spending money."
Jiang Ci: "..."
What do you mean by digging a hole for yourself...
Jiang Ci cleared his throat: "Look at the photos another day. It's getting late. I have work tomorrow."
Seeing her getting up to leave, Lu Xingxue moved forward and grabbed her hand: "Jiang Ci."
Jiang Ci: "Huh?"
Lu Xingxue looked up at her: "..."
Jiang Ci: "?"
Lu Xingxue slowly let go: "Are you free tomorrow? Can you have dinner together?"
Jiang Ci thought for a while: "Okay."
Lu Xingxue: "Okay, then... that good night."
Jiang Ci: "Good night."
After Jiang Ci left, Lu Xingxue turned off the projection and went to lie down on the bed.
She sleeps well, with her arms close to her body.
In the dark, his heartbeat was a little fast, as if Jiang Ci said, he really drank too much and was drunk.
A few minutes later, Lu Xingxue stood up and got up. She lifted the bracelet from the bedside table and pushed her fingertips gently, and the pocket watch swayed back and forth in front of her eyes.
She curled her lips and put the watch into her palm.
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The next morning, Jiang Ci received Lu Xingxue's order information. After a busy day, she received a call from Jiang Lin on the way to the restaurant in the evening.
On the phone, Jiang Lin said solemnly: "Wen Nian had a miscarriage."
"..." Jiang Ci suspected that he had heard it wrong.
Jiang Lin: "I had a labor induction in the afternoon, and the situation is temporarily stable. I have to stay in the hospital for observation for two days. I just came out of the hospital."
Jiang Ci immediately asked the driver to drive towards the hospital: "How could this happen?"
Jiang Lin: "Your Aunt Ning said that Wen Nian and Lin Xiao had an argument and accidentally bumped their stomachs during the dispute."
"Dispute?" Jiang Ci quickly turned around in his mind, breathing tightly: "Did Lin Xiao beat her!?"
Ning Shuyue kept talking for the sake of face, but Jiang Lin was not stupid, so Jiang Ci asked this, and she did not deny: "I am ahead of you. You can go see Wen Nian and see. The problem between her and Lin Xiao, Don't mix up. Wen Nian called her father before the operation and said that she was going to get a divorce. Your Aunt Ning was crying to death and was persuading her."
Jiang Ci's chest rises and falls: "Mom! I hit my stomach this time and the child is gone, what about next time?"
Jiang Lin: "Two such big projects, the two were divorced at the moment, and the family became enemies. If the initial investment is not good, no one wants to see this result, whether it is the Lin family or the Wen family. When Wen Nian can be willful."
The taxi rides on the bridge across the river, the setting sun is like a fiery red ball, the porcelain is bathed in the afterglow, but the hands and feet are cold.
Jiang Lin: "I've given you a vaccination. You don't have a lot of mouths in front of Wen Nian, do you hear? It doesn't matter if she leaves or doesn't leave, don't mix up anyway."
Jiang Ci rushed to the hospital, the door of the ward was hidden. She was about to knock on the door, Ning Shuyue intermittently spread out with a crying voice: "Niannian, it is not easy for you to get to this step. You have been excellent since you were a child. But I was crushed everywhere, Lin Xiao is no longer a thing, but without the Lin Family, how long would it take you to have the right to speak in the Four Seasons?"
Jiang Ci retracted his hand.
She stood in the corridor and sent a message to Lu Xingxue: "Wen Nian has something wrong. I'm in the hospital now. I won't be here until later."
After waiting, Lu Xingxue's reply did not come, and Jiang Ci put away the phone.
In the ward next to the door, I could not hear Wen Nian’s response. Ning Shuyue said again:
You have something like this. You see how distressed your father is. Originally, Wen Lin was responsible for the two projects in the'Four Seasons'. Madam’s eldest brother, now your dad says that when you recover, he will give you full authority. The appointment letter is already being drafted."
Wen Nian: "Mom, I have plans. Don't worry about me."
Ning Shuyue: "Good girl, mother doesn't worry about it, and mother doesn't bother you. Think about it yourself, okay?"
Wen Nian: "Go back, remember to take medicine, the doctor said you can't be too emotional."
Ning Shuyue: "Okay, I will see you tomorrow."
The mother-daughter chat came to an end, and the sound of footsteps approached the door. To avoid embarrassment, Jiang Ci raised his hand and knocked on the door.
Ning Shuyue immediately wiped away the tear stains from the corners of her eyes, opened the door, and saw that it was Jiang Ci. With a smile on her face, she turned to Wen Nian in the ward and said, "Niannian, A Ci is here."
The bed was very close to the window, the curtains were open, the window was half open, and the golden afterglow spilled over the bed.
Wen Nian sat and lay half down, turning over the plan in his hand.
Ning Shuyue pulled Jiang Ci out of the door and lowered his voice: "Aci, talk to Niannian and unlock her. The child is gone, there will be others in the future, you can only say...you can only say ta No fate with us...A-ci, auntie, please."
Jiang Ci lowered his eyes: "Aunt Ning, I know."
Ning Shuyue was sent away and Jiang Ci entered the ward.
Knowing that Jiang Ci was coming, Wen Nian had already put the plan aside. Before Jiang Ci came near, she reached out to her: "A Ci."
Jiang Ci was careful not to touch the indwelling needle on the back of her hand, held her hand lightly, and sat down on the accompanying chair by the bed.
Wen Nian's hands were very cold, and she hadn't seen it for some days, and she seemed to be much thinner.
Looking at it this way, there were no other injuries. Jiang Ci settled down and asked her, "How is it?"
Wen Nian frowned: "It hurts."
Wen Nian: "Aji, do you remember? One year when I was hospitalized with acute appendicitis, you skipped class and came to the hospital to accompany me. I am waiting for you every day, as long as you come and talk to me, I will feel the wound It’s not that painful anymore."
Jiang Ci lowered his body: "How can you forget. Are you feeling better now?"
Wen Nian's smile was very weak, she whispered: "Aci, talk to me."
Jiang Ci: "I am here."
When the screen of the mobile phone in his pocket turned on, Lu Xingxue's reply was sent.
[Deer: OK, I'll wait for you. 】