"Oh, I thought you had done something bad to keep you awake. ”

The quiet needle drop in the room could be heard, Cheng Xunxuan could almost hear Xiaonuo's slight breathing, and Zhou Yanqing's voice was not loud, but it was extremely clear. The words fell on her ears, and it sounded as if she didn't say anything, but in fact she said everything. But Cheng Xunxun was unwilling to say this frankly from beginning to end, some things can be said clearly, some things can't, even if the other party knows it in his heart, he can't say it.

Cheng Xunxun bent his back, folded his hands on the edge of the small bed, and silently looked at the sleeping Xiao Nuo on the small bed. After a long time, he lay back, covered the quilt, turned his head to look at Zhou Yanqing, and said, "Good night." ”

Zhou Yanqing didn't say a word, just hooked his lips.

Midnight. Xiao Nuo made a small fuss again, Cheng Xunxun couldn't sleep at all, as soon as Xiao Nuo cried, she quickly got up from the bed, and walked out with him in her arms as fast as possible, trying not to make Zhou Yanqing sleep.

Fortunately, he is also quite well-behaved, he doesn't cry as soon as he drinks milk, and the little red hand is on her chest, and she can see it when she looks down. At a glance, I felt like I had slashed my heart with a knife. Maybe she shouldn't have given birth to this child in the first place, but if it wasn't for this child, maybe she wouldn't be where she is today.

Looking at the child's stable face, Cheng Xunxun's heart suddenly had the idea of giving up and selling ten percent of the shares in his hand to Zhou Yanqing. After a sum of money, I left here. Find a city far away from Luancheng and spend the rest of her life in peace, Tang Weixi's identity is gone, and she doesn't mix with the rights and wrongs of the Tang family, as long as she leaves, Tang Yisen may not come to her trouble, as long as she is far away from the Zhou family, those rights and wrongs will no longer exist, let alone worry about this and that.

However. When Zhou Yanqing gave her a chance to leave, she chose to stay, so how could he easily let her go now, what is ten percent of the shares, he allows her to endure her now, but because of her identity. The people of the Zhou family have all done their best, how could Zhou Yanqing really stay out of the matter.

Just as Cheng Xunxun was thinking about it, a piece of clothing suddenly fell on her body, she suddenly came back to her senses, and when she turned her head, she saw Zhou Yanqing.

"Isn't it cold?"

"Still woke you up. She smiled faintly, reached out and pulled her clothes, and said, "Thank you." ”

"He's my son, and I've been doing it for a month and I've never lost my temper. Don't you think it's hypocritical that you're afraid to argue with me now?" he placed a box of cigarettes on the coffee table, sat down beside her, and asked, "You think I can't protect you and the child?"

"Of course not. She chuckled, turned her head to look at him and said, "I can't rely on you for everything, and besides, when you are not by my side, if you have to rely on you for everything, won't you be tired to death? If I can do it myself, why do I have to wait for you to save me? You are a backer, not a dependent." Backing is not the same as relying on, I understand. ”

"And, I want everything to be equal between us, and I don't want to owe you too much favor. ”

The expression on Zhou Yanqing's face was a little indifferent, he raised his hand and touched his chin, with a thoughtful look, and said with a smile: "It's not too difficult to return benefits to favors." Do you not want to owe, or are you worried that I will take away your Tang family? You don't want to have too much to do with me? Cheng Xunxun, you plan to part ways with me after returning to the Tang family, right?"

"Am I such a person?"

"You dare to say you're not?" Zhou Yanqing asked rhetorically.

"It's not. Cheng Xunxun looked at him, didn't even avoid his eyes, shook his body with a smile, and said with a smile: "This is our child, even if we really want to part ways one day, because of him getting together again, I'm afraid you don't want to see me at that time." ”

"You also know that he is my child, since you know that he is my child, you should also know that you should explain to me every penny of his touch, what do you think?" He leaned on the sofa with one hand, leaning on the sofa, affectionate and indifferent.

She paused slightly and said, "Of course I will explain it to you." ”

"Then you say it again, what the hell is going on with the burns on Xiaonuo's hands. He was a little aggressive, knowing that Cheng Xunxun was reluctant to say it, but he still forced her to let her say it again in person.

Cheng Xunxun was silent, and after waiting for Xiaonuo to eat for a long time, she sorted out the clothes on her body, and carried the child into the room without saying a word. Zhou Yanqing raised his eyebrows, reached out and picked up the cigarette case on the coffee table for a moment, took one out and lit it, took a deep breath, and spewed out blue-white smoke from his nose for a while. When he finished smoking half of his cigarette, Cheng Xunxuan walked out of it again, the clothes that were originally draped on her body were gone, she was only wearing a thin shirt, and sat back next to Zhou Yanqing.

"You say. ”

"What?" Zhou Yanqing raised his eyebrows, and the half-smoked cigarette was caught between his fingertips, and the smoke curled up between the two of them.

She turned her head, looked at his side face and said, "What do you want, you say." ”

Hearing this, Zhou Yanqing slowly turned his head, met her gaze, and didn't speak for a long time.

"As long as I'm still your wife, I can't let Sister-in-law Qing stay in Zhou's house for one more day. Her back was straight, her hands were clasped tightly between her legs, and her expression was determined, "I don't deny that I have a problem, he shouldn't have been reincarnated in my womb, and from the moment he was in my womb, I started to use him." I'm not a good person, but if I don't, my sister-in-law will always stay with the old lady, like a time bomb, and it will explode if she is not careful. She can't move you, she can't move me, and she can't move the old lady, but she can move this child who has no power to resist. ”

"I'm sorry to tell you, but I don't regret doing it. She lowered her eyes, was silent for a long time, suddenly smiled lightly, and said: "If you really want to say that you regret it, you shouldn't have kept him in the first place, but if I didn't keep him, I probably wouldn't have had the opportunity to get close to you." You snuck away at the time, you probably didn't think about admitting it, did you?"

What she said was that on the night she married Zhou Jiashu, she had a night of upheaval, and when she woke up the next morning, all she was left with was a pool of blood on her underwear. If she hadn't known in advance and set an alarm clock on her mobile phone to wake herself up, otherwise those uninvited servants would have made a fuss when they saw such a scene, and they wouldn't have been able to wait for her to destroy the body.

"Being a man is always so contradictory, always thinking that everything can be the best of both worlds, but is this possible? I take the liberty of asking again, how much do you care about Xiao Nuo? How many times have you hugged him since he was born? It's just a handful, right? Xiao Nuo is injured, I am more distressed, sad, and blamed myself more than you, but I am afraid, I can't help it. I'm afraid he'll hurt, and I'm even more afraid he'll die. I'm like an ant all the time in this house, anyone can trample me to death silently, and I don't even need to explain to anyone. I'm actually worse than Jiang Ruhui, I don't know what day when I have no use value, how the old lady will arrange me. ”

Her smile became a little bleak, her eyes were slightly red, and there was something glittering in her eyes, she raised her head slightly, the corners of her lips insisted on rising, and a slight hum came out of her nose, like laughter but not so much. She felt uncomfortable in her heart, and the burned part hurt like a needle prick, and she couldn't sleep when she lay on the bed and tossed and turned.

Zhou Yanqing's aggressiveness made her heart collapse a little, although she had endured it, but as soon as the words opened, she couldn't help it as soon as her emotions came up, all kinds of past things kept coming to her mind, and the road ahead was foggy, she felt that she might be possessed by Xianglin's sister-in-law, there were too many things to say, and she wanted to say it over and over again. She has been suppressed for too long and too long, she has hidden too many things in her heart, and the final result of being overburdened can only be crushed to death.

She caught a glimpse of Zhou Yanqing's cigarette still smoking between her fingers, and suddenly reached out to grab it, but fortunately he was quick to move, and the moment she stretched out her hand, Zhou Yanqing raised her hand high, frowned slightly, glanced at her, and said, "No." ”

"I'm only going to smoke this half. Cheng Xunxun pounced suddenly, also raised his hand to grab his clothes, threw him down on the sofa, stared straight at the half of the cigarette in his hand, like a vampire who saw blood, his eyes were full of desire, and he kept climbing up, and in a moment the whole person pressed on his body, his cheeks were very close, but Cheng Xunxun's eyes were the half of the cigarette in Zhou Yanqing's hand from beginning to end, so he didn't notice that they were so close, and even felt each other's breath.

Naturally, she didn't see Zhou Yanqing's eyes looking at her.

Cheng Xunxun persistently tried to take the cigarette in his hand, and when his fingers were about to touch, Zhou Yanqing flicked his fingers, and the half of the cigarette in his hand was bounced out by him, fell to the floor, and after rolling around, the side of the door.

She let out an 'ah' sound, frowned, turned her gaze to his, and said, "Why?"

"If I say no, I can't. Zhou Yanqing also said in a serious tone.

After staring at him for a few seconds, Cheng Xunxun suddenly seemed to think of something, quickly got up from him, and reached out to get the cigarette case on the coffee table. But Zhou Yanqing's speed was faster than her, and she snatched the box first, and then threw it far away.

"I said no. ”

Cheng Xunxun's hand was still hanging in the air, and the whole person maintained the movement of holding the cigarette case, and his fingers moved slightly. After a while, he slowly withdrew his hand, shrunk back on the sofa, hugged his head with both hands, and said with a sneer: "It's just a puff of cigarette, it's not like I haven't smoked." When I used to follow Cheng Blind, I smoked all the good cigarettes he had hidden behind his back, and he just felt sorry for him. You don't lack this, why can't you let me smoke one? You don't even want to smoke half a one, it's too stingy, even more stingy than Cheng's blindness. ”

She muttered to herself, "Maybe Zhou Jiayu is right, I chose the wrong path to go, originally I could have lived a relaxed and happy life, without worrying about food and clothing, let alone worrying about money, Jiashu had already paved the way for me during his lifetime, it was I who didn't choose well, I didn't let go." ”

Although she whispered, not a word fell into Zhou Yanqing's ears, and he said, "Do you regret it?"

Cheng Xunxun didn't seem to hear his words, just sat there quietly motionless, when Zhou Yanqing was defenseless, Cheng Xunxun suddenly pounced, the whole person pressed on him, looked at him with burning eyes, gritted his teeth and said: "What am I wrong? What have I done wrong? From beginning to end, I have never complained about what has happened to me, they have harmed me, deceived me, and lied to me, can I only endure it? Why can they do it, but I can't! I can only swallow my anger, retreat and retreat, endure and endure, do I have to endure until I die? I can only watch them harm me, I can't do anything!"

Then why does my mother want to die, why does Jiashu want to die, and even Cheng Blind, who has a trace of kindness in his heart, wants to die! Why doesn't Tang Yisen die, Tang Weixi doesn't die, Qing sister-in-law doesn't die, and you Zhou family people who eat people and don't spit out bones don't die! Does God really have eyes? If so, why don't the damned people die, and why don't all the unworthy people die? You tell me!" Cheng Xunxun's forehead burst into blue tendons, and tears burst out of his eyes.

Immediately, she snorted and laughed again, softened her tone, and said word by word: "How can I swallow this breath, I live so hard, but they are beautiful, why should I give up." I want to go back to the Tang family, Mrs. Zhou I want to be, I see who will touch me at that time, who will dare to touch me and my children again!"

Her tears dripped from her eyes, fell on Zhou Yanqing's cheeks with a snap, and slowly slipped down into his lips and tongue, full of saltiness and a hint of bitterness.

Zhou Yanqing looked at her, and after being silent for a moment, she slowly raised her hand to cover the back of her head, and the other hand wrapped around her body, pressed her head to her chest with a little force, and then gently patted her head twice, and whispered: "I don't blame you, you did the right thing." ”

Cheng Xunxun's eyes widened, his breathing was a little short, deep and shallow, his lips were tightly pursed into a straight line, his lips were white, his hands were tightly gripping his clothes, tears kept sliding down her eyes, and her whole body was tightly tense. Zhou Yanqing gently patted her back again and again, and the hand on the back of her head stroked from time to time, and the movements were gentle as if it was a silent comfort.

The two of them were half-lying on the couch.

I don't know how long it took for Cheng Xunxun's tense body to slowly relax, the whole person was soft on his body, and his originally round eyes slowly closed, and then he turned his head sideways, buried his cheek in his chest, and sobbed quietly.

Cheng Xunxun lost the strength just now, she was weak and helpless at this moment, Zhou Yanqing could feel it.

……

Early the next morning, Zhou Yanqing personally arranged for a car and someone to send him back to Oak Bay, and Zhou Yanan came over early in the morning to wait, planning to take a ride. Rong Ping kept following her, nagging about something, until the old lady came down from the stairs with Cheng Xun, and she closed her mouth in time.

Zhou Yanan looked back and saw them, quickly stood up, greeted him, looked Cheng Xunxun up and down, saw the burn marks on her neck, and asked, "Is it serious?"

Cheng Xunxun's eyes were a little swollen when she got up early in the morning, so she put on some makeup and covered it up a little, but she still couldn't hide the tiredness in her eyes, and she didn't sleep well last night. She smiled slightly, shook her head, and said, "It's okay, don't worry. ”

Sister-in-law Qing will come over and say, "Breakfast is ready, let's go after breakfast, anyway, it's not in a hurry." ”

"No, I said I'd take her to a breakfast restaurant for porridge, so I won't eat breakfast here. Zhou Yanqing slowed them down a few steps, came down the stairs, and replied with a light smile.

Sister-in-law Qing didn't say anything, just smiled and stepped aside. Dou Lanying didn't stay, and sent them to the door, Zhang Ruilin was already waiting outside, Xu's mother got into the car first with the child, Luo Xing waited aside, Zhou Yanqing exchanged a few words with Dou Lanying, and then got into the car with Cheng Xun. Zhou Yanan originally wanted to squeeze together, but seeing that the car was full, he took a step back, waved at them, and watched the car go away.

Dou Lanying went to the Buddhist hall after breakfast, and after Sister-in-law Qing finished ordering some things, she made a pot of tea and entered the Buddhist hall and put the teapot on the table. Just as she was about to go out, Dou Lanying suddenly opened her eyes and stopped her.

"Qingping. ”

Sister-in-law Qing had already walked to the door, but she still stopped, turned around slowly with a light smile on her face, stood at the door, and said, "What are your orders?"

"Come here, I want to talk to you. Dou Lanying turned sideways, put the Buddha beads in her hand into the box on the side, reached out and touched the teapot, it was very hot, it should be just brewed tea, she poured herself a cup, and took another cup and poured it full, it seemed to be prepared for Sister-in-law Qing.

Sister-in-law Qing raised her eyes and glanced at her, but without hesitation, she returned to her side.

Just as Dou Lanying poured the tea in the cup, put the teapot aside, and asked, "I want to ask you, why is the water in the kettle last night boiling?"

Sister-in-law Qing stood on one side with low eyebrows, folded her hands in front of her, and said lightly: "I don't know, I remember that it was warm water at the beginning." ”

"I don't know, do you really not know, or do you pretend not to know?" she said, picking up her cup and taking a shallow sip of tea.

"I really don't know, you didn't tell me to do this, how can I know if it's warm water or boiling water. You should ask the person in charge of this. ”

Dou Lanying's hand holding the teacup tightened, and then put the cup back in place, her fingers gently rubbed the wall of the cup, and asked with a smile: "Then who do you think would be so bold as to dare to do things under my nose." ”

"I don't know. She replied crisply.

However, before the words fell, Sister-in-law Qing screamed again, took a few steps back, hot water entered her eyes, it hurt badly, and she was covered with tea. When Dou Lanying picked up the cup and splashed her, she moved very fast, or Sister-in-law Qing didn't expect her to come out like this, and she didn't have any precautions, so she was hit head-on.

"What lie is the Bodhisattva talking in front of him!Who is it going to say!" Dou Lanying quietly put the empty cup back into the distance and said, "This is the tea I poured for you, how is it? Is it delicious? Do you feel a little hot? But this bit of hotness, where can it compare to last night's boiling water." Your skin is also old, it's nothing to burn, even if you are burned, you are unrecognizable, and I will let you stay by my side and serve. ”

"But Xiao Nuo is such a big child, even if he scalds it with this kind of water, it will hurt, let alone the kind of boiling water. It is also a loss of fast reaction and sensitive movements, otherwise the boiling water will burn directly on Xiaonuo's face, and this child will probably be wasted. ”

Sister-in-law Qing raised her hand to wipe the water on her cheeks, slowly opened her eyes, chuckled, and said, "Good tea, really good tea." I brew it every day, but I have never tasted it, and it turns out that this tea is so delicious. Thank you, ma'am, for giving me a drink. ”

Dou Lanying's face sank, and her chin raised slightly, "Do you think you can be as lucky as last time this time?" Do you think I can still tolerate you?"

"Don't tolerate me, but it's not Madame, you have the final say, since you know that Xun Xun is the master's child, when will you tolerate me? But what if you can't tolerate me? Won't I stay in the Zhou Mansion well?" Sister-in-law Qing also raised her head, her cheeks were flushed, and even a pair of eyes were covered with red bloodshots, but there was no fear in that look.

Dou Lanying looked at her, the corners of her lips twitched slightly, and there was hatred and regret in her eyes.

"Actually, I should call you sister, it's just that the Zhou family pays attention to etiquette, righteousness and shame, so naturally they won't spread this out, after all, the master wants to save face. Sister, in fact, I have always respected you very much, I have always thought that you are big, whatever you say is what you say, and I will never have any objection to what you ask me to do, but in my heart, the old man is more important than you. Why does warm water turn into boiling water, you should ask the old man. As she spoke, she slowly wiped the droplets of water from her face, wiping them off little by little.

"Don't forget, she was only seventeen years old when she died, and you shouldn't forget why she died. She suddenly raised her eyes and looked straight at Dou Lanying, with resentment in her eyes.

Dou Lanying still sat there upright, one hand clenched into a fist, took a deep breath, was silent for a moment, then smiled lightly, and said, "Then you will wait and see, and see if you are in the arms of admiration this time, or if you are smart but you are mistaken." Do you really think you can move in the middle of the day?"

She stood up and slowly walked to Sister-in-law Qing, with sorrow and disappointment in her eyes, and said word by word: "Qingping, you think too much of yourself, do you really think that I can't move you? I trust you and reuse you, but what is the result?"

"As a result, you actually climbed into my man's bed and gave birth to him, you did such a thing, and you haven't even said sorry to me until now, do I blame you? Why do you make me embarrassed? The most ridiculous time, I still trust you so much, and I also believe the lies you made up with Zhou Jingyang. I regret the death of Xun Xun, and I am very sorry, I am not so great as to save your daughter without regard for the safety of my own children. Su Qingping, I don't help you for a reason, help you for a favor! Don't take all this for granted! I keep you because of the love between us, and I call me a kiss when I am in the flood season! It's not that I can't touch you, you know!"

The expression on Sister-in-law Qing's face remained unchanged, she smiled faintly, with mockery in her eyes, and said with a smile: "Didn't I climb into his bed, and I was also helping you? If it weren't for me, how could he have been considerate of you in the future?"

'Bang', Dou Lan raised her hand and slapped her hard, probably too excited, after the beating, the whole person took a step back, pressed tightly on the table, firmly buckled the table with one hand, slowly raised a hand, pointed to her nose, and said, "You shameless thing." ”

"Zhou Jingyang loves you a little, you know it in your heart, you don't need me to remind you. And you have a little love for Zhou Jingyang, you yourself understand. What the Dou family had in mind back then, you and I know it well, do you know why the Dou family's power in Yufeng collapsed in the end?"

Dou Lanying's eyes couldn't help but widen, and there was no need for Sister-in-law Qing to say the words later, she raised her hand again, but this time she didn't wait to touch her cheek, she was stopped by Sister-in-law Qing, looked at her with a hideous face, and said: "You said that you treat me sincerely, you said that you treat Xun Xun as your own daughter, do you think I didn't see how you pushed Xun Xun when you pulled Zhou Yanqing back, do you think I didn't see it?"

"Dou Lanying, you eat fasting and chanting Buddha all day long, do you think you can be forgiven for the things you did? The flood was killed by your own hands, not an accident!" Sister-in-law Qing approached and glared angrily.

Dou Lanying was not afraid of her, her eyes were cold, she was silent for a long time, the corners of her lips suddenly lifted slightly, she stood up straight suddenly, and said with a smile: "So what? Do you think Jing Yang will abandon me for you? Although the Dou family is far away from the center of power, it is not completely extinct, but what do you have? Ah? Su Qingping, let me tell you, I can't tolerate you this time! Since you know Jing Yang so well, do you guess he loves you more or does he love interests more? Do you think I kept Cheng Xunxun because the fifth child likes it? Ho ......

She said with a cold smile, and that smile, the person who laughed was creepy.

……

After Cheng Xunchun and they returned to Oak Bay, Zhou Yanqing went to the company, and Cheng Xunxuan chatted with Xu's mother alone for a while.

Cheng Xunxun said: "Mother Xu, don't mention this matter again in the future, forget it as soon as possible, you can't say it to anyone, even if Zhou Yanqing comes to ask you alone one day, don't say it, you know?"

Mother Xu wrinkled her brows, her expression was complicated, her hands were clasped tightly together, as if she wanted to say something, but she was very hesitant. Cheng Xunxun didn't let her say it, only stepped forward, took her hand, and said, "Mother Xu, you won't understand my situation and experience." You don't see these things, and you can rest assured that you won't do anything to Xiaonuo anymore. ”

Mother Xu pursed her lips, raised her eyes and looked at her deeply, and suddenly reached out and hugged her. The expression on Cheng Xunxun's face froze, and he even showed a slight smile, patted her back, and said, "It's okay, don't worry." ”

"In the future, we won't go to Zhou's house in the future, and it's okay to have less contact with them. I don't just feel sorry for Xiaonuo, I also feel sorry for you. You see that you have a good face, you are permed like this, but don't leave a scar, you are a girl, and your cheeks are very important. ”

Cheng Xunxun didn't speak, but finally opened his hands, gave her a big hug, and said with a smile: "With Mother Xu here, there will definitely be no scars, I am very relieved." ”

Mother Xu only smiled lowly, and sniffed again after a moment, "You kid, in short, don't do this in the future, I know you feel uncomfortable." If you let Mr. know, he will have an opinion about you, men like simple and kind girls. ”

These words made the smile on Cheng Xunxun's face fade, but when he recalled the scene last night, he inevitably felt a trace of warmth in his heart, and a faint smile rose at the corner of his lips. After a moment, he nodded and said, "Got it." ”

……

A week later.

When Zhou Yanqing came back in the evening, Cheng Xunxun was playing with Xiaonuo in the living room, he didn't stop at all, he just looked at her in the living room and said, "Xunxun, you come up for a while." After saying that, he went straight upstairs.

Cheng Xunxun sat in place, turned his head to look at his back as he went upstairs, and looked like something had happened, he couldn't help but be slightly stunned, and then handed the child to Xu's mother. Mother Xu took the child nervously, unconsciously lowered her voice, and said, "What's the matter?"

She shook her head and said, "I don't know, I'll go up first, don't worry." She patted her sister-in-law's hand, stood up, straightened her clothes, and went upstairs.

Cheng Xunxun went straight to the bedroom, and when he passed by the study, he found that the light was on inside, and it came out of the hidden door, so he couldn't help but stop, stood at the door and knocked on the door panel, and waited for a while before pushing the door and walking in. Zhou Yanqing reclined on the desk, standing there with her hands on her chest and looking at her, with a serious face.

Cheng Xunxun looked dazed, closed the door of the study with his hand, tugged at the corner of his lips, and said, "What's wrong?

Zhou Yanqing reached out and picked up the yellow paper bag on the desk, handed it to her, and said, "Look at this, and you can explain it to me after reading it." ”

His appearance was very serious, and there was a chill and anger in this seriousness, and Cheng Xunxun didn't know why. She glanced at the paper bag, paused for a few seconds, and then reached out to take it, and asked with a smile, "What is it?" She pinched it with her fingers, the thing was thin and not heavy, it should be a piece of paper.

Immediately, she opened the bag and pulled out the contents, which was a paternity test. She raised her eyebrows slightly, a smile fleeting on her face, and when she saw the results, her fingers loosened, and the paper bag fell to the ground along with the thin piece of paper.

"Give me an explanation. Zhou Yanqing clasped her arms with her hands, staring at her face intently, seeing her expression when she saw the appraisal results, the expression on Zhou Yanqing's face was a little relieved, and even the tone of her speech eased a lot.

Cheng Xunxun's face was full of confusion, his eyes were full of incomprehension, he kept shaking his head, and couldn't help but take a step back. After a moment, he squatted down suddenly, picked up the appraisal report from the ground, and looked at it carefully, his brows were deep, and he suddenly looked up at Zhou Yanqing in front of him, swallowed his saliva, and said, "Why?

Zhou Yanqing raised his eyebrows slightly, and said, "I should have asked you this, why?"

He threw these two questions back to her, but Cheng Xunxun couldn't say a word.