Halfway through, Lu Huaishen called Jiang Ruo and asked her where she was.

Jiang Ruo was picking shrimp at the time, saying, "I'll wait for my mother to go to the supermarket to buy something." ”

In the end, he was concerned about whether his dinner had been settled.

Lu Huaishen heard the murmur on the other side of the phone, "I'll come and pick you up later?"

Jiang Ruo said yes.

I was about to say something, but the voice of the supermarket shopping guide made her distracted, forgot for a while, and then hung up the phone.

Jiang Ruo bought milk stains and steaks, as well as some dry goods and snacks that Cheng Xiao likes to eat.

After walking around, Jiang Ruo said, "I'm done buying, what do you want to buy?"

Gao Sui grabbed beer and mineral water from the shelves near the exit, and also selected two bottles of red wine.

Gao Sui has been working as a coolie for her, Jiang Ruo is embarrassed, when she goes to the cashier, she wanted to help Gao Sui settle the bill together, but Gao Sui didn't let her, Jiang Ruo didn't buy anything as expensive as his bottle of red wine, he didn't think it was good, and finally helped her pay the money.

Jiang Ruo didn't say anything at the time and thanked him.

Below the community, there are many things, Gao Sui drove the car into the downstairs of her unit, casually asked the floor, too high, she must be difficult to carry up a pregnant woman, so she said to help carry it up.

From the afternoon to the present, Gao Sui has been running around for her business, and Jiang Ruo feels that he should stay with others for dinner out of politeness.

Gao Sui politely refused: "Your family is eating, I don't want to disturb me, I'll go out to eat in a while." ”

"It's just me and my mom, who bought so many dishes, and made two more and more pairs of chopsticks in a while. ”

Gao thought about it for a moment and agreed.

Everything was put in the trunk, Gao Sui picked up the red wine he had just bought, and said, "I suddenly came to the door to eat, and I didn't prepare any gifts, so this is good as a souvenir." ”

Without waiting for Jiang Ruo to answer, he had already taken the things in his hand, "Let's go." ”

Jiang Ruo could only keep his mouth shut and swallowed the words back into his stomach.

The two were just about to go upstairs, when a car light hit, followed by two rhythmic whistles, the meaning of the deliberate reminder was obvious, and Jiang Ruogao looked in the direction of Qi Qi's car.

The car was the same car that Jiang Ruo took when he went to Jiang's in the morning.

The dust rolled in the light and shadow of the headlights, Jiang Ruo saw Lu Huaishen's backlit expressionless face, his eyes were fixed on the two of them, although his expression was the same as usual, Jiang Ruo could detect the subtle difference in his eyes.

Jiang Ruo froze, Lu Huaishen put out the fire and got out of the car.

"Why didn't you come early?"

Jiang Ruo heard him say on the phone to pick her up, but he didn't say the time, so he automatically understood it as after dinner, but he didn't expect him to come over at this time.

Lu Huaishen glanced at her, "Didn't I tell you on the phone?"

Jiang Ruo found that his way of speaking was also weird, so he was no longer confined to this stubble, "In the afternoon, Lawyer Gao went to my grandfather's place with me, I didn't drive, Lawyer Gao sent me over, and I invited him to dinner at home by the way." ”

Gao Sui and Lu Huaishen nodded and greeted.

Lu Huaishen smiled and said politely: "I've caused trouble for Lawyer Gao today." ”

"It should. ”

Lu Huaishen took the shopping bag from Gao Sui's hand, Gao Sui is not an uninteresting person, except for red wine, all other items are in Lu Huaishen's hands.

Twilight, Qiao Hui waited back to Jiangruo, got up to cook, saw Gao Sui for the first time, both of them were very polite, Qiao Hui asked them to sit on the sofa for a while.

Her body was almost fine, cooking or something, Jiang Ruo walked into the kitchen to help her.

After becoming pregnant, Qiao Hui thought of her as extremely fragile, and she was reluctant to let her wash one of the bowls, and when she saw her come in, she immediately wanted to drive her out.

Jiang Ruo didn't leave, "How can pregnancy be so delicate, and it's not a glass, it will break when you touch it." ”

Wanting to reach into the pool to help her, Qiao Hui slapped her hand away.

"It's not that you're pregnant, it's you. In the past, when I was pregnant with Cheng Xiao, I still did the same housework, but your generation is different from us, you have never done real physical work, and your physical fitness cannot be compared with us. Qiao Hui complained a little, "Especially you, you either have a fever or a stomach ache, and your body is not good at a young age." ”

Jiang Ruo laughed: "Why don't you hurt me and don't forget to praise myself?"

Qiao Hui laughed to herself.

Jiang Ruo glanced at her and didn't speak, Qiao Hui lowered her head to wash the vegetables, Jiang Ruo helped her turn down the faucet, and then pillowed her head on her shoulder from behind.

She used to love this when she was a child, when Qiao Hui was a little chubby, and she felt comfortable and secure, but now she can feel the protruding bone contours on her shoulders.

Qiao Hui asked her, "What's wrong?"

"Nothing, a little tired. ”

Qiao Hui was silent for a moment, put her head on her face, and comforted her: "Don't be tired, don't put too much pressure on yourself, just let everything go naturally." ”

Jiang Ruo nodded, his eyes warm.

Jiang Ruo leaned in for a while, feeling better, still helping to wash and chop vegetables, and Qiao Hui heated the pot.

Jiang Ruo said, "I'll fry the steak later." ”

"Your friends are here, why don't you go out and talk to them?"

"Lu Huaishen is here. ”

The TV was on outside, Qiao Hui usually had nothing to do, she liked to watch some serials, and at seven o'clock, the TV began to broadcast news broadcasts.

Lu Huaishen and Gao Sui were both on the balcony.

Outside the balcony there is a row of plants, of various species, but all of them have been ruined, because of the poor weather and improper cooking in early winter, the potted plants are basically full of dead branches and leaves, and occasionally there are one or two leaves that are not yet dead, only the succulents and cacti on the indoor flower shelves are still alive.

Gao Suixian picked up the topic, "Do you know the final result of the Jiang family's high-level meeting today?"

Lu Huaishen nodded: "I know." ”

"Mr. Jiang's opinion is that Jiang Ruo should sell his shares to compensate for Jiang's economic losses. ”

Lu Huaishen looked out of the balcony and asked without any surprise: "Is it?"

Gao Sui glanced at Lu Huaishen, maybe he could guess his thoughts, but he would never be able to see this person clearly.

Lu Huaishen retracted his thoughts, "Does Lawyer Gao have any relationship with the Jiang family?"

"I can't talk about the origin. ”

"Then it's a little bit. ”

Gao Sui said ambiguously: "Maybe it's counted." ”

The two exchanged briefly, Gao Sui returned to the living room and sat on the sofa, Lu Huaishen was still standing on the balcony, holding on to the window and looking out, his back blended with quiet.

There were many people at dinner, Jiang Ruo fried all the steaks he bought, left one for Cheng Xiao, and divided the rest into four portions.

At the dinner table, they didn't talk about anything related to today's meeting, Gao Sui and Lu Huaishen talked about stock market finance and industry anecdotes, and Jiang Ruo talked to Qiao Hui about vegetable prices and old gossip.

After the meal, the three left, Gao Sui's car was in front, at the gate of the community, the two cars went in different directions, Gao Sui waved his hand backwards and turned right.

Lu Huaishen drove to the left, and all the way over, Jiang Ruo found that the car was going to Hualingfu.

Jiang Ruo put his hand on his belly, which became more and more round after being full of wine and food, "Aren't you going home?"

"Stay one more night. ”

"Then what should I do if I'm hungry at night? There's nothing ready in the fridge, so you can make me something to eat?"

"Why weren't you hungry last night?"

"Because I can stretch. ”

The car was passing by the congested traffic light, Lu Huai looked at her with a deep smile, and she looked out the window.

Nearby is a park, a family of three on the sidewalk out for a walk, a child wearing a cartoon bear one-piece cotton suit, walking still staggering, dad is dragging a rope in his hand, the other end of the rope is on the child's school bag.

Jiang Ruo's face was full of like: "That dad walks the child like walking the dog." ”

Lu Huaishen looked at her eyes full of longing, and his heart couldn't help but be moved, and his expression softened.

I was afraid that she would be really hungry at night, so when I passed by the mall, I went in and bought some supper to take home.