154 Warm and poignant
The second floor on the right hand side of the stairs is full of books and a collection of books. Moreover, it is clear that these books have been preserved in different ways at different levels.
Some are placed on the shelves, some are placed in fully enclosed bookcases, and some are placed on the shelves, but the books are packaged with special outer packaging. The books on the shelves are carefully categorized into literature, history, philosophy, and natural sciences.
Xiao Tian's villa also has a special library room. At that time, Cai Yue only felt that such a large scale of private book collection was already breathtaking. Now seeing this book collection room, Cai Yue sighed, what is a small thing.
After turning the main building, he took her along the road to the garden and several places outside, and then Qiu Yan had to take her to continue to the annex building.
She hurriedly called a halt.
"Yes, I can't tell the difference between east and west, north and south at all. Tomorrow you must be going to the hospital to accompany your aunt, I'm afraid there will be other things, so rest early. ”
Qiu Yan nodded, and when he got here, he tried his best to arrange his schedule according to the time here, otherwise, in a few days, the biological clock would be disordered. So, he personally led her to the guest bedroom.
Although he is the young master of the Qiu family, here, the owner's rest area and the guest rest area are strictly separated. Cai Yue is not a young lady after all, so she must rest in the guest rest area.
There are servants who have prepared clean pajamas for Caiyue.
The two said goodnight to each other, and Qiu Yan left and went to his own room.
At night, Caiyue lay on the bed, her eyes open, and she couldn't sleep, so she put on her clothes and walked to the window and opened the window. The nose is full of the smell of flowers.
She remembered that not far from the back of the building was a garden. The scent of these flowers is supposed to be the flowers in the garden, which come with the evening breeze.
The fragrance of flowers calmed her nerves, and Caiyue ajar the window and lay back on the bed. I don't know how long it took, but she still slowly fell asleep.
When the sky dawned, she opened her eyes in a daze. According to Qiu Yan's instructions, the servants had already prepared new underwear and outerwear for her. After washing, she changed into her clothes and went to the dining room under the guidance of a young maid.
The restaurant is located on the ground floor of the main building. From the room where she rests to the dining room, every decoration and line along the way makes Caiyue feel that this baroque building is full of male strength and majesty. And on the curtains, ornaments and many decorations in parts, there are delicate and feminine manifestations of the hostess.
When he walked into the restaurant, Qiu Yan was already sitting at the table, and Qiu Guoguang had not yet arrived. At the side of the dining bed stood two domestic servants, a man and a woman.
The dining table is oval, and its style and the embossed style of the surrounding table skirt match the overall style of the building.
Cai Yue didn't dare to sit casually, and the maid pulled out a dining chair directly opposite Qiu Yan for her, and she sat down on that chair.
Qiu Yan immediately saw her restraint and smiled softly at her: "Did you sleep well last night?"
Cai Yue nodded: "It's okay! There is the fragrance of flowers, and I fell asleep when I smelled it." I slept a little too much, and my brain was clouded at this time. ”
"It's okay, it's good to have the jet lag reversed. After speaking, Qiu Yanchong, the manservant standing aside, ordered, "Go and invite my father." ”
The servant was just about to retreat, Qiu Guoguang coughed lightly, and the person had arrived.
Cai Yue hurriedly stood up and looked in the direction of the light cough.
Qiu Guoguang was dressed in a plain dark cloth shirt and walked into the restaurant unhurriedly.
According to Caiyue's understanding, Qiu Guoguang should be 60 this year. About a third of his hair was white, but his face was ruddy, his eyes were bright, and his lips were slightly tense, not angry but self-assured.
In terms of appearance, Qiu Yan is still a little more inclined to his mother.
"Chairman, good morning!" Unlike when she faced Qiu Yan's mother yesterday, she didn't dare to call Qiu Guoguang "uncle", but called him in the group.
"Morning!" Qiu Guoguang nodded as he walked towards the main seat of the table, "Sit!"
Cai Yue sat down, then lowered her head slightly, looking at the table in front of her.
As soon as Qiu Guoguang arrived, the servants officially brought the breakfast.
Fortunately, it was not as complex and rich as she imagined that it would be a Manchu and Han banquet. It's similar to ordinary people, just very simple sour milk, bread, and a small plate of side dishes for each person, which are a few slices of cut beef slices with sauce, all kinds of vegetables and fruits, and about two spoonfuls of sauce, the sauce smells very fragrant, but I can't tell what it is, it seems to be used to spread bread.
Such a breakfast should be considered Western-style. It seems that the Qiu family has developed overseas for three generations, and it is indeed more Westernized. Otherwise, they wouldn't have been able to do this big.
"Let's eat!" Qiu Guoguang said these two words, and breakfast officially began.
This reminded Caiyue that every time she had an executive meeting, Qiu Yan said "let's start", and then, the meeting began.
After chewing it, the bread was clearly not baked with wheat as a grain. I took a slice of beef in sauce, and the taste was obviously different from ordinary beef. After tasting the sauce again, Caiyue ate caviar and pine cones, and the others could not be eaten.
Qiu Guoguang, whether it looks on the surface or in fact, is indeed as Qiu Yan said, "very serious". Although the breakfast tasted good, Caiyue felt a little depressed.
Qiu Guoguang didn't say much, only asked her a few words, such as how she rested at night, how did breakfast taste, and whether she was used to eating.
After breakfast, the plates and forks were removed, the father and son stood up one after another, and Cai Yue also stood up immediately.
Uncle Xiang walked over, "Master, the car is ready." ”
So, the three of them walked towards the gate together. Qiu Guoguang is in front, Qiu Yan and Caiyue are in the back. The black elongated Lincoln was still parked in the doorway. Qiu Yan personally opened the car door for his father.
The car went straight to the hospital where I had been last night.
According to Mrs. Qiu's own intentions, she wanted to go back to her home, but her body was too weak and she might need the help of a doctor at any time. Therefore, Qiu Guoguang still persuaded his wife to listen to the doctor and stay in the hospital. It's just that he himself, in his wife's last days, no matter how busy he is, he has to spend at least half a day every day to be by his wife's side.
Cai Yue was on the side, watching the father and son sitting around Mrs. Qiu's hospital bed.
Qiu Guoguang, who had a serious face, came to his wife's bed, and his appearance changed slightly. The voice was no longer cold and hard, not soft, but at least with a little tenderness. The tenderness in his eyes also made him look much kinder.
He gently took his wife's thin hand, leaned close to her, and asked in a low voice, "How do you feel today?"
Mrs. Qiu smiled at her husband and stretched out five fingers and one index finger.
"Six hours of sleep? No wonder you look so good today. Qiu Guoguang's face was excited, "Your son is back, and you are also happy, aren't you?"
Mrs. Qiu smiled and nodded, her eyes looking at Qiu Yan, and then at Caiyue. Meaning, she was happy to see her son with her son's woman.
Caiyue feels that such a picture makes people feel so warm, but it makes people feel even more sad.
No matter how much money you have, no matter how noble your status is, at such a time, you can sleep for six hours a night, but it is an extremely luxurious thing.
Qiu Guoguang sat on the edge of his wife's bed and talked about some past events with her. Occasionally, Qiu Yan would mention some things about his childhood, which made Mrs. Qiu very happy. Although her whole body was in pain, and although she could no longer speak, she could only make a few "ah-woo" sounds from time to time, but Mrs. Qiu looked at her husband and son with a little smile in her eyes from time to time.
Qiu Yan will also pull Caiyue and tell Mrs. Qiu some things about the two of them, mainly how Caiyue cares about him and how he cares about him, and how Caiyue helps him at work.
There are many things that Caiyue doesn't remember by himself, but Qiu Yan remembers them one by one, and even remembers the time and place clearly. For example, in which year and which month the group organized outstanding employees to travel together, where was the beach, because of a leg injury, he sat back on the beach with leg cramps while swimming, and Caiyue helped him massage.
The father and son basically didn't do anything for the whole day, just to accompany Mrs. Qiu.
The next day, Qiu Guoguang had to deal with some important matters, he was absent in the morning, and accompanied his wife for half a day in the afternoon. Qiu Yan and Caiyue have been accompanying Mrs. Qiu. In the next few days, it was basically like this, except for the important things that had to be dealt with immediately, the two fathers and sons basically spent their time with Mrs. Qiu.
Occasionally, some other people would come to visit Mrs. Qiu, mostly foreigners and Chinese, but they would not stay long, say a few words of greeting and leave.
The doctor said that Mrs. Qiu's physical condition seemed to be much better all of a sudden. But Mrs. Qiu seemed to feel that her time was running out, and her eyes were more and more deeply attached to her husband and only son. There was often a tearful smile in her eyes.
During this period, Caiyue saw Qiu Yan alone twice by chance, secretly crying alone in a very hidden corner of the hospital.
Although the family of three is still talking and laughing on the surface, everyone knows that Mrs. Qiu is getting closer and closer to the last days.
On the seventh day, Qiu Guoguang handed Mrs. Qiu a jewelry box that looked old according to his wife's wishes. Mrs. Qiu nodded, Qiu Guoguang opened the box to his wife, and Mrs. Qiu personally reached out and took out a piece wrapped in red cloth from the box.
Qiu Guoguang wanted to help his wife, but she refused. She opened the red cloth, and inside was a pair of jade bracelets of very good color, and then her eyes looked at Caiyue.
Cai Yue knew that it was Mrs. Qiu who asked her to come over. She hurriedly walked to the bed, and Mrs. Qiu raised the jade bracelet slightly towards her.
"This is the ancestral jade bracelet of our Qiu family. When she married me, my mother gave it to her with her own hands, and now she gives you this jade bracelet. Qiu Guoguang explained on the side, his tone was very solemn.
Cai Yue looked at the jade bracelet blankly, the meaning of this jade bracelet is self-evident, which means that she is the daughter-in-law of Mrs. Qiu herself who nodded and admitted.
Cai Yue's mind immediately started fighting. Collect, do not collect, collect, do not collect?