That night, Wanqiu couldn't sleep, she lay on the bed, staring blankly at the ceiling, letting grief run rampant in her heart, tears wetting her pillow and bedding.

Wang Xiaolei and Qin Zhiyi went to Hawaii for a vacation, Qin Fengyan was busy with work again, only Mrs. Qin and Late Autumn were left at home, Late Autumn locked herself in the room for three whole days, Old Lady Qin asked her to send meals to her room, and also instructed the kitchen to cook more dishes she liked to eat, but no matter what delicious food, Late Autumn did not touch a bite.

A week later, when Wang Xiaolei and Qin Fengyan returned home one after another, everything had returned to normal, and in the evening the whole family gathered for dinner, Wang Xiaolei distributed gifts to everyone, and told everyone some interesting stories about the journey, and finally complained that the Hawaiian sun was too scorching, and her skin was sunburned.

"Ask you to wear sunscreen, and you don't listen every time. Wanqiu looked at the tanned skin on her mother's arm, and sighed: "Your skin is already tender, and it can't stand such a sun, I have ointment in my room, and I will apply it to you at night." ”

The daughter's well-behaved and sensible won the love of the Qin family, which made Wang Xiaolei very proud, but this time she left home for two weeks, and when she came back, her daughter's delicate and beautiful little face actually lost a whole circle: "Are you uncomfortable? Why did your face lose so much all of a sudden?"

Qin Fengyan, who had been eating in silence, looked up at Late Autumn when she heard this, not only did her face lose weight, but her face was also very bad.

Late autumn touched her face and smiled skillfully: "Grandpa slammed the door, when you weren't there, you only gave me salad every day." ”

Old lady Qin pointed to the late autumn and said with a smile: "You little girl, you don't eat well, but you blame me." "There is a salad, it is because she doesn't eat anything, he is afraid that she will be hungry and sick, so he specially made a refreshing fruit salad and sent it.

The atmosphere at the table was harmonious, and Wang Xiaolei did not doubt him, so she only pinched Wanqiu's face and told her to eat well in the future.

After dinner, the late autumn is very intimate for everyone to prepare wine stuffed dumplings to make desserts, the old lady Qin is old, the glutinous rice is not easy to digest, only ate a small bowl, Wang Xiaolei is afraid of fat, don't want to eat, but thinking that it is made by her daughter, she eats a small half bowl for face, Qin Zhiyi loves sweets, eats a bowl and wants a bowl, late autumn is afraid that the sweet soup is cold and not delicious, and re-open the small heat, afraid that the glutinous rice will stick to the pot, just stand next to it, stirring gently with a spoon.

When the sweet soup was almost hot, a bowl came out in late autumn and asked Zhou's mother to take it to the living room for Qin Zhiyi. Just thinking that no one should eat it, and was about to turn off the fire, a familiar voice came from behind him: "... Is there anything else?"

Wanqiu was startled, turned around, and saw Qin Fengyan standing behind her, holding an empty bowl in his hand, looking at her with a gentle smile.

No matter when, where, or what kind of situation, he can maintain his unique demeanor, and he is like a jade, and his son is unparalleled in the world, which is really appropriate to describe him.

"Yes... You wait a minute..."Late Autumn took a new bowl, filled a bowl and handed it to him: "... Be careful... It's a little hot..."

Qin Fengyan took the bowl and put it on the bar counter in the kitchen, stirring the small balls with a spoon, without speaking, and without the intention of leaving, the atmosphere suddenly fell into embarrassment.

"You... How do you think about it?" Qin Fengyan was the first to break the silence, he had always been calm and light-hearted, and there was a trace of calmness in his voice.

“... What...?" Wanqiu was stunned for a moment, and then reacted, what he said was about consideration, referring to doing the thing of his disgraceful lover.

"Consider? do you mean university?" Wanqiu smiled awkwardly, and deliberately said to the horse: "I have been thinking about it seriously for a long time, I still want to study law, I want to apply to Oxford University in the United Kingdom, if I can't apply, I plan to go back to Hong Kong City to study." “

Qin Fengyan's heart sank little by little with the words of the late autumn, he put down the ceramic spoon in his hand, and looked at the late autumn quietly, his eyes were as cold as ice, and he saw the late autumn in his heart.

Late autumn couldn't maintain the embarrassed smile on his face anymore, hurriedly turned off the fire, and left the kitchen as if he had fled, leaving Qin Fengyan alone, facing a bowl of wine-stuffed balls that had been cooled.

Since that day she made it clear, Late Autumn began to prepare for the final exam in earnest, soaking in the library all day long, being the first to go out every day and the last to go home, and she could properly avoid the opportunity to meet Qin Fengyan every day.

Late autumn thought that it would be good like this, and in September of this year, she would be able to leave the United States and go to the United Kingdom or anywhere in the world, it didn't matter, as long as she could avoid Qin Fengyan from afar.

Two months passed in the blink of an eye, and one late autumn came home and saw Wang Xiaolei drinking alone in the kitchen.

"Don't you sleep so late?" Wanqiu put the books and bags in his hand on the kitchen counter casually, and reached out to grab the wine glass in Wang Xiaolei's hand: "Why do you drink alone?"

Seeing that Wang Xiaolei's eyes were red and a little swollen, she should have just cried, and Wanqiu was a little worried: "What's wrong? Did you quarrel with your uncle?"

Wang Xiaolei shook her head, took back the wine glass from her daughter's hand, and said with a smile: "Your uncle treats me so well, how can he quarrel with me." ”

This is true, Qin Zhiyi has a deep affection for Wang Xiaolei, and he depends on her in everything and takes care of her. In the late autumn, she was very satisfied with this stepfather, so she was relieved to leave home to study.

"Couldn't it be that Dad is calling again?" Recently, He Mutian is very concerned about her studies, and he personally came to the United States last week to make a detailed investigation of the schools and majors she wants to apply for and her future employment. At this point, Wang Xiaolei and him have disagreements, Wang Xiaolei naturally hopes that her daughter can study in the United States, and for this reason, the two also quarreled on the phone.

"No, he was scolded by me last time, where did he dare to call me again. Wang Xiaolei took out another goblet from the cupboard, poured a small half glass of red wine, and handed it to Wanqiu: "Our mother and daughter haven't chatted like this for a long time, you accompany your mother to have a drink." ”

Wanqiu shook her head gently and said, "It's okay to chat with you, I won't drink the wine, I've always had an upset stomach recently." ”

"Uncomfortable. Wang Xiaolei glanced deeply at Wanqiu: "I'll accompany you to the doctor tomorrow, right?"

"No need. In late autumn, Wang Xiaolei looked a little weak-hearted, and covered it up with a smile: "I have seen it myself, it is chronic gastroenteritis, the doctor has prescribed medicine, I will take one or two courses of treatment first, and then I will see." ”

"By the way, Mom, I want to go back to Port City next week. Wanqiu looked at Wang Xiaolei's face and asked cautiously: "Oxford University has never replied to me, but Hong Kong University gave me Offe."

I want to go to the university to have a look, if it's suitable, I won't wait for other schools, and being rejected is also very hurtful to my self-esteem. “

"Rejected?" Wang Xiaolei sneered: "You got the offe from Stanford Law School three months ago."

Why didn't you say that?"

"How do you know?" said Late Autumn, a little surprised.

Wang Xiaolei was a little angry: "Why did your father come to the United States once? What did your father and daughter hide from me?"

"No, I don't. "Late autumn is very weak.

"No, you didn't apply to Oxford University at all, last year you wanted to be with Qin Fengyan wholeheartedly, you didn't apply to universities in the UK at all, all you applied to were American universities, the only Hong Kong University, or under your father's expectations, perfunctory application, you are now going anywhere in order to leave the United States, if the University of Hong Kong does not give you offe."

Are you going to hide from me and go to England for a year of matriculation?"

"Don't be angry first..."It was still a little embarrassing to be debunked by her mother on the spot, but fortunately, she had always been thick-skinned in late autumn, and said with a smile: "There is nothing wrong with going to the UK to study for a preparatory department, the law school of Oxford University is second to none in the world, if you can apply for a one-year preparatory department, isn't it good?"

"Don't confuse me, if you really like Oxford, I don't object to you even if you are studying for a three-year preparatory course, but what about you now? You are now choosing the University of Hong Kong, you say that I am angry, yes, I am really angry, but what am I angry about, what is angry that you don't even want your own future in order to hide from a man? How can the law school of the University of Hong Kong be compared to that of Stanford? Wang Xiaolei was angry, annoyed and distressed.

"It turns out that you are angry that I gave up Stanford..."Late Autumn wanted to be coquettish and foolish, but Wang Xiaolei didn't give her this opportunity.

She took out an envelope, took out a piece of paper from the envelope, and threw it in front of Late Autumn: "What is this?"

Wanqiu picked up the piece of paper, glanced at it, and her face instantly turned whiter than the paper: "You turned over my things?"

"Why didn't you tell me if you were pregnant?" Wang Xiaolei asked bitterly: "... The child is Qin Fengyan?"

Late autumn didn't speak, which was a tacit acquiescence.

"Does your father know about this?" Wang Xiaolei asked sharply, "Do you go back to Gangcheng to see school or go for surgery?" ”

"Mom..."Wanqiu looked at her mother's angry face, suddenly felt very tired, didn't want to hide anything, and said calmly: "Two weeks ago, I fainted in the library and was sent to the hospital by a well-wisher, only to know that I was pregnant, I was very panicked, I didn't know who to talk to, and I didn't want you to embarrass you..."

"So you found your father?" asked Wang Xiaolei sadly.

"I was in the hospital that day, he happened to call me to ask about my school, I was a little emotionally broken, he heard it, kept asking me what happened, I casually perfunctory two sentences, I didn't expect him to come to the United States the next day, and went to the hospital, I couldn't hide it, so I told him. “

He Mutian did not scold her after knowing it, but actively helped her find a way, and even asked her if she wanted to keep the child, if she wanted to stay, during her study, he would sponsor her and help her raise the child, so that she had no worries. Father's attitude surprised and moved Late Autumn.

"What are you going to do?"

"Beat him, of course. Late Autumn said lightly: "Dad helped me make an appointment with the doctor in Hong Kong City." “

"You... Aren't you going to tell Qin Fengyan?" Wang Xiaolei remembered the words that Old Lady Qin hinted at her two days ago, whether it was the Qin family or the Leng family, they had already expressed their attitude and were willing to accept late autumn as Qin Fengyan's outer room.

"If I want to give birth to this child, then I have to tell him, because the biological father has the right to know, but now this child is just an accident, an accident that can be solved by surgery, why should I tell him that they have broken up, why bother to break the thread again, and only add to the family's troubles. There was a hint of sadness in Late Autumn's indifferent tone, and one hand unconsciously took the wine glass that had just been pushed away by her, and shook the red wine in the wine glass for a while.

Wang Xiaolei was silent for a moment, and said dryly: "Are you determined to break up with Qin Fengyan?"

Since she was pregnant, she couldn't smell the wine in late autumn, and tonight maybe the scar was uncovered again, and the pain in her heart was unbearable, and she drank all the red wine in the wine glass in one go: "It's he who wants to break up with me." “

"You can go and fight for it, that's right, your birth is not as good as Leng Yingzi, maybe you are not as good as her in the current situation, but now that you are pregnant, I can see that Qin Fengyan likes you..."

"Mom..."Late Autumn interrupted Wang Xiaolei's words: "Dad also liked you back then, no, he didn't just like it, you used to love each other deeply, but in the end, he married Lin Qianying for his glory and wealth, because you love him, you have been compromised for so many years, and what have you gotten." “

"This is different, your father started by relying on the Lin family, Lin Qianying is strong, even if your father wants to protect our mother and daughter, sometimes he is powerless, and the Qin family is powerful, the Leng family needs to be attached to the Qin family, Qin Fengyan is at home and is full of words, as long as he is willing to protect you..."

"Why does he want to protect me, on family background, on appearance, I can't compare to Leng Yingzi, you say that he likes me, but he is deceiving himself, he may be grateful to me, he may have guilt, but he doesn't like it. Late Autumn wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes and choked up: ".. I don't want to follow the path you've walked, and I don't want my children to repeat my mistakes. ”

"It's me who has caused you, if you are not an illegitimate daughter..."Wang Xiaolei said sadly to herself: "If you didn't come out of my belly, if you were born by Lin Qianying..."

"Then I won't know Qin Fengyan, and it is impossible for me to live in the Qin family with you. Wanqiu wiped away the sadness at the corners of her eyebrows and eyes, held Wang Xiaolei's hand, and said sincerely: "I am an illegitimate daughter, but I am also the illegitimate daughter of a rich man, I have been food and clothing since I was a child, I wear famous brands, I drive a sports car, I am luckier than many people, take 10,000 steps back and say, if I am a little luckier, I am born by an aunt like Wanqing, can the Qin family look down on me?"

This is not wrong, the Qin family is a famous family, and the wealth accumulated over several generations is far from being comparable to the newly rich people like the He family and the Lin family. Even if the Qin family is in trouble now and the wealth is not as good as before, the old lady Qin still can't look down on the birth of the late autumn, of course, he also doesn't look down on the late autumn, after Qin Junyan and the evening are together, the old lady Qin is also a strong opponent, but has a little more affection for the late autumn to get along for a long time.

"I like Brother Fengyan. Wanqiu turned her head, looked at Wang Xiaolei with moist eyes, and said sadly: "I have liked him since I first saw him when I came to the Qin family, and I still like him so much, so I can't let myself become his shackles, and with him, I am already high, and now Sister Yingzi is willing to turn back, he can be regarded as getting what he wants, if I don't withdraw in time, I will only be rejected in the future." ”

Leng Yingzi stands out regardless of family background, education and appearance, and has a childhood sweetheart with Qin Fengyan, the two can be said to be a natural pair of talented women, but in late autumn, he and Qin Fengyan had such a relationship because of fate, and now he and Leng Yingzi have rebuilt the old friendship, and in late autumn, they are caught between them, and they are indeed in an embarrassing situation.

Wanqiu gently stroked her abdomen, tears welling up in her eyelashes: "I have no fate with this child, but I will remember him for the rest of my life, remember that I once had such a child, I am sorry for him..."

Wang Xiaolei couldn't help crying lowly, her daughter was wronged like this, as a mother, she couldn't do anything, she could only watch the child hesitate in pain.

"Mom... Do you still think of your father often, think of his face, think of the vows of your youth?"

Wang Xiaolei nodded: "Yes... I've been with your dad for more than 20 years, and some things have long become habits, and it's hard not to think about them. ”

"Do you still feel uncomfortable, angry, and painful when you think about Dad now?"

"No, it won't. Wang Xiaolei said categorically: "I will think of him from time to time, but there is no hate, no resentment, and no love, I just remember such a person, just because he is your father." “

"Uncle Qin is really good to you. Late Autumn sighed.

"yes. Wang Xiaolei agreed: "He is very good to me, because with him, I can let go so completely."

"Do you think I will meet such a person?" Late Autumn looked at Wang Xiaolei, her tear-stained face was full of anticipation: "He can let me completely let go of Brother Fengyan, treat me like Uncle Qin did to you, suddenly propose to me on an anniversary I can't think of, and then we have children and live a rich but simple life, I don't need him to be rich, but I want him to love me enough..."

"Absolutely. Wang Xiaolei looked at the late autumn, her eyes were full of pride: "My daughter is so good, she will definitely meet an equally excellent man in the future, even if the family is poor, it doesn't matter, your father and I will sponsor him and help him achieve a career, as long as he treats you sincerely." ”

Yes, she wasted half of her life to understand what kind of life is the most precious, and how can she let her daughter repeat the same mistakes.

"Mom... I have to leave the United States, only when I leave, I have a chance to start again, if you miss me, you can come and see me during the summer vacation. Late Autumn said in an almost pleading tone.

Wang Xiaolei was finally moved by her daughter's words, she always knew how much her daughter liked Qin Fengyan, and because she knew, she would admire her daughter's courage to cut through the mess even more.

"If you go back to Hong Kong City to study, I will transfer the apartment under my name to you, Lin Qianying's temper has become more and more eccentric over the years, you must not go back to live with them..."

What Late Autumn didn't know was that outside the kitchen, Qin Fengyan had been listening to the chatter of their mother and daughter.

Since that rejection in the kitchen, he and Late Autumn haven't spoken for two months, Late Autumn has been avoiding him, at first, he thought it was just her desire to catch the old man, and he didn't go to his heart, plus there was a merger and acquisition case at hand to discuss, and he was busy all day long, and he couldn't take care of her, thinking that it would be good for her to be cold, and that rejection still hurt his self-esteem somewhat.

When he was a little less busy, he began to miss her, he was used to her company, used to how busy and tired he was, no matter how much wind and rain the road ahead, as long as he looked up and turned around, he could see her warm smiling face.

Dependence and habit are the most terrible things in the world, especially emotionally, Qin Fengyan realized so clearly for the first time that late autumn was sunshine and poison for him, a poison that would slowly become addictive, perhaps, he was already addicted, Qin Fengyan fell into an unprecedented fear, and the source of fear was that he found that he was becoming more and more unable to control his emotions.

The cold war continued, he arranged for the two of them to be by her side, controlling her whereabouts at any time, two weeks ago, she suddenly fainted in the library, and his people sent her to a private hospital, the director of the hospital was a friend of the Qin family, and after decades of friendship, after diagnosing the late autumn pregnancy, he notified Qin Fengyan as soon as possible.

Ecstasy is not enough to describe Qin Fengyan's mood at that time, he immediately put down all his work and rushed to the hospital, this child came at the right time, it has been a month, the cold war has been too long, they should reconcile.

The hospital was not big, but he went around and around several times to find her in the corner of a corridor, and unlike his joy, she sat on the stairs in despair, she held the report in one hand, and covered her mouth with the other, crying sadly, because she was immersed in her own grief, she did not notice him not far away.

With her desperate crying, Qin Feng's words were like falling into the abyss, the joy in his heart vanished, his mind was blank, he seemed to have lost the ability to think, step by step back, then retreated, and then turned around and ran out of the hospital.

Originally... She really decided to leave him... In her heart, they really broke up!

After running out of the hospital, Qin Fengyan sat alone in the car for a long time, and his brain, which had always been decisive in killing, became chaotic like paste, until the director of the hospital called him again, saying that Wanqiu decided to take out the child and asked the doctor for surgery, and the dean knew that their family was a famous family, even if Wanqiu was not their family's granddaughter, but abortion was not very decent after all.

Qin Fengyan asked the dean to find a reason to prevaricate, he needed time to deal with it, but the dean didn't dare to ask more, and only delayed the time on the grounds that the late autumn was too weak to meet the requirements of the operation, and he needed to recuperate for a month to supplement nutrition.

For the next two weeks, he lived a life of madness, during the day he went to work normally, put off all meetings and entertainment at six o'clock in the evening, and then went to the city library, sitting in a corner far away, doing nothing, just looking at her. She was very attentive and had an amazing memory, and she finished reading a book on jurisprudence in two weeks.

He once casually asked her why she wanted to study law, and her answer was: "Because I don't want to be a doctor, I'm afraid of blood." ”

"So you want to be a lawyer?" he wondered, there are not only two professions in the world: doctors and lawyers.

Wanqiu nodded: "I don't have the ambition to be a scientist, and I don't want to delve into the brain-burning things of mathematics, physics and chemistry, let alone run a casino, I only have doctors and lawyers, doctors can't do it, then be a lawyer, if I can be admitted to the judge, it would be better." ”

"Very ambitious. In his opinion, the lawyer is just the middle class who lives on the snort of these rich people, and the value is not high, and the judge is indeed respected, but this is just the dream of a little girl, and it cannot be taken seriously.

Until three months ago, she excitedly took the offe from Stanford Law School

, When he wanted to celebrate with him, he was still very surprised, he never thought that Wang Xiaolei's daughter's good grades that he often hung in his mouth were such good results, he always felt that Late Autumn was a good girl, but it was only in character, for the first time, he realized that perhaps, she has a smart mind that does not lose herself, but she has lived in a complex big family for a long time, she learned how to restrain her edge, how to please her elders.

At nine o'clock in the evening, when the library closes, she will also drive to some restaurants that are open 24 hours a day to order a cup of coffee and read a book for a while, because it is a late-night restaurant, the dragon and snake are complicated, and there are often enthusiastic young men to talk, she will politely but slightly coldly refuse, Qin Fengyan followed her into the restaurant, and she couldn't stand it after only sitting for a while, the late-night restaurant, the dragon and snake were complicated and very noisy, but she could not be affected at all, and read intently.

That night, Wanqiu didn't seem to be in good spirits, and went to the toilet several times, Qin Fengyan was very worried, and followed, standing outside the toilet of the restaurant, he could hear a sound of vomiting and a violent cough inside, it should be a morning sickness reaction, Qin Fengyan's heart was like a deer but he was at a loss.

Because of physical discomfort, late autumn didn't sit for long and went home, and happened to see Wang Xiaolei drinking, the mother and daughter chatted, and the conversation was listened to word for word by Qin Fengyan, who followed her.

That night, Qin Fengyan completely lost sleep...

[End of memory]