Chapter 338: Finale (I)
Later, at Qiao Hui's suggestion, Jiang Ruo planned to take Man Man to the hospital for a check-up, and if he was in good health, he planned to move back to the seaside villa.
Although the apartment here in Hualing Mansion is a large flat floor, a family of three, plus the sister-in-law and Aunt Wu, as well as Qiao Hui, who has been living for a long time, will indeed lead to a lack of private space between husband and wife.
There is a nanny room at the seaside home, there are guest rooms on the third floor, and the second floor can be used as a private space for a family of three, and the front and back yards are also convenient for walking children.
After passing the physical examination, especially the congenital incomplete development of the lungs, the family moved back to the seaside villa.
The night before the move, Jiang Ruo planned to leave some of the couple's daily necessities and clothes in the bedroom, so that she and Lu Huaishen could come here to settle down when it was too late.
When Lu Huai heard this, he leaned into her ear and said, "Is it convenient to come here to do that?"
Jiang Ruo didn't look back and continued to fold his clothes, and took a deep breath, "Do you only have that thing in your mind every day?" I don't think you are too old to have excess energy, why are you still talking to ......" She stopped, paused and said, "Think about it for the future?"
Lu Huaishen sneered disdainfully and unconvinced, "There are different frequencies for different ages to do this kind of thing, besides, why do you talk about age, your personal physique is different, and your level is different," he leaned against her from behind, and whispered in a small voice, "It seems that you don't know enough about the harmony between me and us, so you will use the average level of the public to measure me." I think a little more often will deepen your understanding of me, don't you think?"
Jiang Ruran said, "I feel a little tired lately. ”
Lu Huaishen's tone became deeper and lower, "Then we can discuss more about how to make you comfortable lying down, huh?" he said and went to pull the clothes in Jiang Ruo's hand, "I haven't seen you fold them for a long time, don't you think about it?"
Jiang Ruo laughed angrily and threw his clothes on his head speechlessly.
Moving back to the seaside villa, Jiang Ruo has a feeling of being in a different world, which seems to be a signal that life is on the right track.
may be a preconceived notion, and this place carries too many memories of her and Lu Huaishen, for her, this is the real home for her and him.
It's just that today's family of three is naturally a little different from before.
Part of the space in the house is full, just like Lu Huaishen and Jiang Ruo have to allocate some of their energy to this new family member.
I don't know if I know that Jiang Ruo's pregnancy is hard, so I am particularly worry-free.
When he was more than six months old, he began to eat supplementary food, and when Jiang Ruo's company had nothing to do, he would personally help him make some fruit puree and vegetable puree, which was full of special face, and those who came did not refuse, and ate it to his mouth. Because he is not a picky eater, the weight gain is very optimistic, and he has now caught up with the average weight of children of the same month who have given birth at term.
Jiang Ruo once wanted to wait for the time to move back, and he would be able to sleep on his own, but now that he has moved back in advance, he is still too young, even if the monitoring is installed in the baby room, Jiang Ruo is not very reluctant.
Previously, after Jiang Ruo's psychological state recovered, Lu Huaishen agreed to move the full bed back to the bedroom, and the time when he woke up at night was basically fixed. But at that time, Lu Huaishen was busy with work, and Jiang Ruo was afraid that waking up at night would disturb his already insufficient sleep.
Until a month ago, Jiang Ruo began to wean him at night, except for the first two days when he was a little unaccustomed, he cried twice at night, but he quickly adapted to being able to sleep through the night, which was quite worry-free, and then Jiang Ruo transferred him to the bedroom.
After Lu Huaishen knew Jiang Ruo's psychology, he suggested that she stay in the bedroom for the time being.
On weekdays, Lu Huaishen was already very busy, and in order to adapt to the rhythm of work, Jiang Ruo spent more time going to the company, and the only time he could get along with was at night.
When he goes to bed at seven o'clock, Jiang Ruo and Lu Huaishen will take turns to play with him for a while, and then give him some bedtime, fall asleep at about nine o'clock, and sleep in the morning, without violating the biological clock of the husband and wife.
On this day, Lu Huaishen's company had a lot of things, after dinner, Jiang Ruo and Qiao Hui took a bath for Manman, and the two accompanied Manman in the bedroom, and Jiang Ruo went downstairs to soak milk Manman.
The full crib was placed on Lu Huaishen's side, by the window, and Qiao Hui sat on the sofa next to him to play with him.
Jiang Ruo came up, Qiao Hui said: "Lawyer Gao called you just now, your mobile phone is vibrating, I mean what is buzzing, and later I found out that he hung up when your mobile phone, do you want to call him back." ”
Jiang Ruo handed the bottle to Qiao Hui and went over to get the phone.
Now that autumn is getting stronger, Jiang Ruo closed the window when she returned to the bedroom, she took her mobile phone and opened the window to the balcony, and closed it after going out.
She unlocked her phone, opened the call log, and sent a push at the top of the screen: Police shot dead a fugitive suspect and ...... in the waters near the port where a small boat docked in Donglin City
Due to the limited banner of the notice, the content behind it could not be displayed, so Jiang Ruo took a general look, crossed it out, and called Gao Sui back.
The phone was connected, and Jiang Ruo asked, "Lawyer Gao, did you call me just now?"
"Are you busy?" Gao Sui's tone was not like chatting, and he was a little serious and dignified in the office.
Jiang Ruo smiled and said, "Soak the child's milk." ”
Gao Suiyan's tone suddenly relaxed, "It's not easy to take care of children, and it's difficult to have personal time." ”
"Actually, it's okay, with the help of someone I can rest assured, I still have enough personal time, but I have more concerns, and I still want to do some things myself. After Jiang Ruo finished speaking, he felt that others were not willing to listen too much to his daily life with children, so he quickly returned to the topic, "Why did you call me just now?"
"Oh, that's the case," Gao Sui's tone instantly became solemn again, "I don't know if you have received the news, the water and fire helped Jiang Ji escape, and the two were shot dead by the police at sea." ”
Jiang Ruo was stunned, holding the railing and sending it away, and he didn't know where to put his hand. The news was like a boulder, and it shook her head, and her throat was hoarse, and she couldn't speak.
She thought of the message push of the social networking site she saw just now, and it took her a long time to find her voice, which was quite calm, "I know, thank you for telling me." ”
Gao Sui was silent for a second, "Okay." He didn't have the right words to answer.
After hanging up the phone, Jiang Ruo opened the social networking site to read the news, and the press release of a certain wave news did not clearly name the name of the suspect who was killed, only "Jiang" and "Sui" were used instead.
In the process of Jiang being released on medical parole, the fugitive Sui helped him escape, and took a hostage, Du, to the wharf, drove a private yacht docked at the wharf and went to sea, intending to board a freighter bound for the southeast region at sea. The police dispatched speedboats and helicopters to chase after them, Sui and Jiang were illegally armed and took the lead in opening fire on the police, and the police exchanged fire with them out of self-defense, and in view of the extremely high danger of the two people, seriously injuring three police personnel, and the possibility of injuring hostages, they shot the two to death, and captured five accomplices at the same time.
This matter has been on the hot search of the social networking site, and it is marked with the word "boiling" in red.
The reason why there was such a big commotion was actually related to the fact that the hostage they took was an actor.
Many netizens who claimed to be witnesses posted that the actor surnamed Du who was hijacked was Du Shengyi, who had been searched many times this year due to scandals.
In fact, there is no need to look at any eyewitnesses to break the news, Jiang Ruo already knew the number in his heart when he saw the "Du" in the official bulletin article, and after browsing the webpage, he didn't look at anything else, and immediately turned off his mobile phone.
Jiang Ruo stood on the balcony for a long time, looking at the floor lamp in the corridor in the backyard, exuding a faint light.
She was wearing only a vintage green knitted suspender dress, the indoor temperature was suitable, and she didn't wear a coat, and the cold wind blew goosebumps on her arms. I don't know if it was because the wind was blowing cold, or if the death of Jiang Ji and Shui Huo was too sudden, which made her tremble.
Qiao Hui had already finished feeding Manman, saw her standing outside for a long time, and took her shawl at the end of the bed and came out.
Jiang Ruo was stunned, her head was empty, and from time to time some scenes related to Jiang Ji appeared like a flashback, she didn't hear the sound of opening and closing the door, until her shoulders were warm, and she turned her head to meet Qiao Hui's worried eyes.
Qiao Hui asked, "What's wrong?"
Jiang Ruo frowned and said this.
Qiao Hui didn't know what to think, but sighed, "It should be a causal cycle." ”
Lu Huaishen came back after ten o'clock, because he was full of sleeping, the lights in the room were adjusted to sleep mode, dim and soft, Jiang Ruo sat in the crib and watched, she had her back to the bedroom door, her long hair was curled behind her head, and her shawl was carried on the crook of her arm, revealing a slender and smooth shoulder and neck arc, and a quiet and silent atmosphere lingered around her body.
She turned around when she heard the movement, her eyes were a little tired, and she asked softly, "Are you back?"
Lu Huaishen walked over and glanced at his son in the small bed, and naturally kissed her on the forehead, "Haven't taken a bath yet?"
Jiang Ruo shook his head.
She lowered her eyes, her eyelashes casting a shadow under her eyes, she opened her lower lip, and paused for a moment before saying, "Do you know ......?"
"Got it. ”
Jiang Ruo looked at him, leaned on him, hugged his waist, and said a little distractedly: "It's too sudden, I still can't digest it." ”
It's one thing for her to want Jiang Ji and Shui Huo to be punished, and preferably not to threaten her life.
But the shock of death is another matter.
And it was such a hard way that she never imagined.
Jiang Ruo couldn't figure it out, "Why do you say Jiang Jin is fleeing, knowing that the chance is one in ten million." ”
"For him, even if it's a 1 in 10,000 chance to live free, he'll try. Lu Huaishen stroked her hair, "What kind of person do you think Jiang Ji is?"
Jiang Ruo thought about it and found that he couldn't define what kind of person Jiang Ji was. He is scheming, but he uses it in the wrong place, and to a certain extent, he is a threat to her.
But that's just from her point of view.
For Jiang Zhouman, although Jiang Jin is very profitable, he also treats his sister as well as possible, and is barely a good brother.
For Mingyu, Jiang Ji may have true feelings for her, but he is also the lover who killed her.
For Jiang Weiming, Jiang Jin is a perfect son who can inherit his long-cherished wish.
Jiang Ruo couldn't see through Jiang Hao, and most of his opinions were superficial, so how could he answer this question.
Lu Huaishen woke him up: "Jiang Ji is also arrogant, he would rather die for Bo's one in ten million chance than waste twenty years of his life in prison." ”
Jiang Ji has passed the year of his establishment, sentenced to 20 years, and is already in his 50s after he comes out, and the 20 years he has lost are the loss of all the possibilities that can be created in the best years of his life.
Jiang Ruo didn't know if Jiang Jin felt that this escape was worth it before he died, but she didn't want Jiang Jin to feel relieved at the last moment, but hoped that he could find a little regret for Ming Yu and realize that this was a retribution for one life.
People are about to die, and they should have such an awakening.
After Jiang Jin's death, Jiang Zhouman, who had been on the other side of the ocean for several months, returned to China and took care of his brother's funeral.
Jiang Ruo also heard Fang also talk about it.
Fang was also very dissatisfied with this, because Jiang Zhouman even asked Fan You to buy the cemetery. From the claim of the body to the cremation, it took only a short time, and no mourning session was held.
When Jiang Weiming heard the bad news of the loss of his son, his blood pressure increased, and he fainted in prison in grief.
On the day of Jiang Ji's burial, Fan You wanted to take Jiang Zhouman home for dinner, but Fang Yemen didn't let them in, Fan You was afraid of damaging Jiang Zhouman's face, so he lied that there was no one at home, and coaxed Fang Ye's youngest son out to have a meal with Jiang Zhouman.
After all, he is a younger brother, and he can't put on a tough posture like his parents, and although the brothers are half-brothers, their relationship has always been good, so he couldn't bear to let his brother lose face, so he followed.
As a result, after eating, he persuaded his brother to go home and admit his mistakes to his parents, and to be soft, but he was taught a lesson by his brother, saying that he was brainwashed by his parents and calling him a traitor.
This made Xiao Fan very unhappy, and he was estranged from his brother, and he hated Jiang Zhouman, who caused tension in the family.
Jiang Zhouman also seemed too anxious to get the Fan family to admit her relationship with Fan You, and after staying in China for two days, she set off for the United States.
Here, Gao entourage Chen Jinnan inquired about the news and learned that the aftermath of the water and fire was handled by Du Shengyi. Because she is a public figure, she asked her agent to help.
This is a social incident, the rapid change of information in the Internet era, quickly covered by other hot spots, the incident subsided.
One weekend in late autumn, Jiang Ruo drove alone to a cemetery in the suburbs.
After registration, the tomb of Jiang Ji was found in the upper mid-levels.
She wore a black trench coat, high heels of the same color, and a bouquet of flowers.
She didn't know Jiang Ji's preferences, when she went to the flower shop, she saw that her eyes were full of bright and delicate, and the tip of her nose was fragrant, she thought of Ming Yu's favorite lily, so she chose a few and bundled them with narcissus.
Perhaps it was past the flowering period, and these were all due to greenhouse cultivation, and Jiang Ruo was not very satisfied with the taste and appearance of the flowers.
Jiang Ruo put the flowers in front of the tomb, looked around with his hands, and said in his heart that Jiang Zhouman had chosen a good position for him.
I don't know if it's deliberate, the cemetery selected by Jiang Zhouman is far away from the cemetery where Jiang Qiying is located.
She paused for a moment and looked at the photo on the tombstone, which should have been taken when she was younger, with handsome facial features and unruly eyebrows, even if the corners of her mouth seemed to be smiling lightly, her eyes were still cold and sharp.
Jiang Ruo thought of the first time she arrived at Jiang's house, and Jiang Jin's eyes when she looked at her were like this.
She had nothing to say to Jiang Jin, and the look in the posthumous photo on the tombstone also made her a little uncomfortable, and she stood for less than two minutes before leaving.
At the end of the year, the situation was basically stable, but the largest branch in North America still had some remaining problems, such as some lawsuits caused by the stallion of the project have not yet been resolved, and the CEO sent by Lu Huaishen to take over the branch was not adaptable, and he had to go to the town in person.
Lu Huaishen roughly estimated that it would be half a month for him to go, and before leaving, Jiang Ruo was worried that he would not be able to come back until next year.
However, a few days before Lu Huaishen's New Year's Eve, when the two were on video, he said that things were going well over there, and it was estimated that he would be able to come back before New Year's Eve.
Unfortunately, the next day, Jiang Ruo was temporarily ordered to go on a business trip to Singapore.
In the actor contact stage of a TV series prepared by the company, the first choice of the actor favored by the company was Qin Shuran, and this Qin Shuran resource book was soft, in order to show his attention, he had to send someone with weight in the company to negotiate with others to show his attention.
Because the investor is rushing the progress, the actor needs to be finalized as soon as possible.
But at the end of the year, Fang Ye's public relations company was too busy, Wang Zhao and Ji Lanzhi also had to be responsible for various matters at the end of the year, and Jiang Ruo's time was flexible and easy to allocate, plus when the script was held in the company this time, Jiang Ruo had read it and had an understanding of it, and Jiang Ruo was quite embarrassed to be a bastard role, so he took the job without saying a word.
Qin Shuran and Du Shengyi were in a summer file last year, because the character design was extremely pleasing, Du Shengyi's momentum crushed the heroine, and the two were selected by netizens as the most regrettable CP of the year, so they have cooperated in a modern urban drama since then.
Now that the drama is nearing completion and the final filming is taking place in Singapore, the film and television companies waiting for his nod are impatient and have sent people to negotiate with him in person.
Jiang Ruo is one of them.
On the day of her departure, it was December 30th, and Lu Huaishen also returned to China on the 30th, and the two were just staggered.
Jiang Ruo and her assistant arrived at Singapore's Changi Airport in the afternoon, and while waiting in line to enter the country, Lu Huaishen sent a message asking if she had arrived.
Jiang Ruo chatted with him on WeChat, and Lu Huaishen asked: When will you be able to come back?
Jiang Ruo: "If it goes well, I may be able to come back tomorrow." ”
Lu Huaishen: "Is there still a situation that is not going well?"
Jiang Ruo said in a voice: "Because I don't know when Qin Shuran will finish work at night, it doesn't seem good to disturb too late, I want to make an appointment with his assistant first." ”
Lu Huaishen: "Okay." Which hotel do you stay in?"
Jiang Ruo realized something, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but smile, "What are you going to do?"
Lu Huaishen: "I'll change the flight." ”
Jiang Ruo stared at the phone and smiled so hard that the corners of his mouth couldn't help but smile: "Mr. Jiang, you and your husband are so sweet?"
Jiang Ruo pretended to calmly put away his mobile phone and said, "No, I'm reading the jokes posted by others in the circle of friends." ”
Jiang Ruo knows that he has not done much practical things, but he still has to be a bit of a leader in the name of vice president.
After a while, the assistant didn't pay attention, turned on his mobile phone again, sent Lu Huaishen the address of the hotel, and sent an emoji with a pouting kiss.
This emoji was saved from Wang Zhao, it was a mouth full of stubble, a little greasy, Jiang Ruo liked it in disgust, and it was very easy to use in the chat with Lu Huaishen.
A minute later, Lu Huaishen replied with a sweaty expression.
The hotel I stayed in on this business trip was booked by the company, the Sands Hotel, a landmark building in Singapore, located in Marina Bay, where the actors of Qin Shuran's crew lived.
The assistant's room has a lower floor, and the room type of Jiang Ruo is a little better, which is a high-rise suite facing the Marina Bay city view.
After moving in, Jiang Ruo personally got in touch with Qin Shuran's assistant, reported to his home, and said that he wanted to meet, but the other party's attitude was respectful on the surface, but in fact he was suspected of being on the shelf, saying that Qin Shuran had a full schedule these days, and if he was free, he would contact her immediately.
Jiang Ruo replied: "Okay, I'll turn on the phone 24 hours a day, welcome to contact me at any time." ”
She thought that if she really waited as Qin Shuran's assistant said, I was afraid that she wouldn't be able to wait until they returned to China.
Before coming, Wang Zhao gave her the floor and room number where Qin Shuran was, which was Fang Ye's previous words for someone from her public relations company who had worked with an actor in the crew.
When Jiang Ruo checked in, he specially asked the front desk for a room on this floor.
In the evening, Jiang Ruo and his assistant went to the hotel restaurant for dinner, and then went back to the room to wait.
She decided that if she didn't get a reply before noon tomorrow, she would personally knock on Qin Shuran's room.
However, at around nine o'clock, Qin Shuran's assistant actually gave a reply, because Qin Shuran's filming day was relatively full, and he would only have free time around eight o'clock tomorrow morning, and he would leave for the set at half past eight, and he only had half an hour to ask her if it was convenient for her to come to the room to talk.
Jiang Ruo naturally had to seize every opportunity, prepare the information about the script and investors at night, get up early the next morning, put on light makeup, change into a white black casual suit, and knock on the door on time at eight o'clock.
The makeup artist was helping Qin Shuran with styling, and it was Qin Shuran's assistant who opened the door, a woman under the age of thirty.
She opened the door, Jiang Ruo smiled and stretched out her hand and said, "Hello, I am Jiang Ruo, a partner of Shengying Media. ”
The assistant shook her hand and invited her in.
Qin Shuran also got up, shook hands, and greeted each other, following the usual meeting routine.
Then Qin Shuran looked at her thoughtfully, "Miss Jiang is a little familiar. ”
Jiang Ruo smiled: "I attended a press conference of your film last year, and I do have a relationship. ”
Qin Shuran recalled for a moment and said, "I have an impression, but I didn't expect to meet in this way for the second time." I remember that the person who contacted me before was a young lady surnamed Wang. ”
"She can't come for some things temporarily, so I came here for her and wanted to talk to you about cooperation. ”
Qin Shuran listened carefully, and his answer was also very sincere: "I have read the book handed over by your company, and I think the quality and subject matter are good, but my company wants me to take on a costume drama next, so I may need to discuss it with my agent again." ”
Jiang Ruo expressed her understanding, she said: "Otherwise, I will first tell you the details of the production team of this drama and our company, so that you can make a decision after understanding with your agent." ”
Qin Shuran's attitude was modest, he paused his styling and listened to Jiang Ruo intently.
She didn't want to delay Qin Shuran's time, so she tried to make a long story short.
After the end, Qin Shuran himself had a strong intention to cooperate, but the caliber did not change, and he still had to negotiate with the company first, "I will try my best to convince them." ”
There was a knock outside the door, and the assistant went to open it.
Qin Shuran said: "Why don't we exchange contact information and tell you when I confirm it." ”
Jiang Ruo also knew that he couldn't force him to nod immediately now, and he needed to respect the other party's arrangement, so he exchanged WeChat with him.
Jiang Ruo saw that it was not early, got up to say goodbye to him, turned her head to look at the door as she spoke, her eyes were fixed, and the last remaining words of "looking forward to cooperating with you" were stuck in her throat.
Du Shengyi held the script in his hand, leaning lazily on the entrance, looking at Jiang Ruo from a distance of more than ten meters.
However, Du Shengyi quickly looked away and looked at Qin Shuran, "You haven't done it yet?"
Qin Shuran responded: "It's good." ”
Jiang Ruo gave up his position to Qin Shuran and the stylist, and then left.
The passage of the entrance was blocked by Du Shengyi and the staff around her, and Jiang Ruo said lightly when she passed by: "Trouble to borrow." ”
Du Shengyi turned sideways and let her go, and Jiang Ruotou didn't go back.
After walking a few steps, she heard Du Shengyi shouting behind her, "Jiang Ruo, do you have time to have a light meal together tonight?"
Jiang Ruo turned around, there was no wave on his face, "I'm sorry, I already have an appointment." ”
Du Shengyi asked again: "What about noon?"
Jiang Ruo lowered her eyes, she was hesitating, she really didn't want to get along with Du Shengyi.
Du Shengyi added in her always cold voice: "I don't mean anything else, just just have a meal, and I will apologize to you for something." ”
Jiang Ruo said that he was not surprised that it was fake, it had been so long, and now he suddenly wanted to apologize to her?
In the past, Du Shengyi tried to apologize to her, but now she is willing to lower her noble head?
Jiang Ruo still didn't give an accurate word, Du Shengyi said to himself: "It's in the restaurant of the hotel downstairs, at twelve o'clock, I will wait for you in a fixed place." ”
After speaking, without waiting for Jiang Ruo to answer, he went in to find Qin Shuran to speak the lines.