After Chang An found out that she was pregnant, Xiao Zhao was transferred by Zhou Xian, mainly responsible for her daily travel.

Chang An felt that it was exaggerated enough to get a full-time driver to wait in Changhe all day long, but Zhou Yan hired two people from the security company a few days ago, which is good, now when you go out to visit a flower shop or the back of a shopping mall, you have to follow at least three people, so Chang An is not willing to go out now.

She asked Zhou Xin directly on the phone: "Why don't you come to the house?"

Zhou Xin refused, "Come out, it's a distraction, I heard that you don't want to go out now, and it's not a good thing for your body to be bored at home all day." ”

It makes sense to think about it, plus the weather was good that day, there had just been a rain, the heat was dissipated, and the shade was cool and very comfortable, Chang An agreed, and explained a few words to Aunt Fang to change clothes and go out.

Tuya Cafe is located near the Long River.

Chang An originally wanted to walk over and exercise as a walk, but when she thought that the two big men would always follow her like a shadow, it was estimated that it would be enough to choke on the way, and finally asked Xiao Zhao to drive her.

The car drove to the side of the road and stopped, Chang An got out of the car, and saw a shadow sitting under the parasol at the door of the café from afar, with short hair, dyed the most popular dark red of the season, a black polka-dot semi-sheer shirt on the upper body, a narrow skirt on the lower body, the skirt was very high, and two straight and long legs were obliquely out of the fork.

Chang An has always known that Zhou Xin is full of charm and outstanding temperament, and he is the type that can be found at a glance in the crowd.

It's just that I didn't expect that I hadn't seen her for so long, she has grown older, but the edge on her body is even worse.

Some people are destined to be the focus of attention everywhere, just a few steps from the side of the road to the door of the coffee shop, there are no less than three passing men frequently saluting Zhou Xin, and Zhou Xin seems to enjoy the feeling of being watched, she crosses her legs, sipping coffee, and her expression is leisurely and comfortable.

It was a summer afternoon that had just rained and the sun hadn't had time to peek out.

"Sorry, waited a long time?"

Zhou Xin, who was originally sitting there drinking coffee, raised her head, and her eyes were briefly distracted when she made contact with Chang An, but she disguised it very quickly, and returned to normal almost in an instant.

"It's been a long time, you're walking here?"

"No, Xiao Zhao stopped and went. ”

"I'll just say, it doesn't look like it!"

The two haven't seen each other for three years, and just a few words can be regarded as greetings, and the way is naturally like an old friend who has known each other for many years.

Chang An's originally uncomfortable mood was also relieved, and she sat down.

The waiter came.

"What to drink?" Zhou Xin asked.

"Plain water. ”

"So taboo?"

"You can't drink coffee!"

"Fruit juice and flower tea are not good?"

"I can drink a little, but the doctor said try to consume as little sugar as possible. ”

"You're not fat, you still look as thin as before!" Zhou Xin didn't shy away from it, and his eyes circled around her.

Chang An wore a very loose cotton skirt that day, afraid of coming out to bask in the sun, so he deliberately chose three-quarter sleeves, and the small half of his arms were still white and thin.

Calculated that the pregnancy period is also three months old, but Chang An's weight is not long at all, and a few days ago, the doctor went to the physical examination to remind her to pay attention to nutrition, and Zhou Miao muttered about it.

"Pay attention to gestational diabetes, the thinner the person, the easier it is to get it. ”

The topic seemed to naturally deviate to this matter, Chang An turned to the waiter and said, "Give me a glass of warm water!"

The waiter left in response, and before leaving, he still couldn't help but glance at the two big men standing behind Chang An.

The big man is dressed in tendons, and he is covered in a uniform black suit on a hot day, wearing sunglasses, his feet are shoulder-width apart, and his hands are folded behind him.

The waiter's face was strange, but he didn't dare to show it too obviously, and almost tilted his body to bypass them in front of them.

"My brother found it for you?" Zhou Xin asked with a slight tilt of his chin.

Chang An smiled awkwardly, "Well, isn't it weird?"

"It's weird, it's just too bad!"

“……”

"But it's understandable, your level is different now, and it's normal for my brother to be nervous!"

Chang An ignored the sourness in Zhou Xin's words, and turned to greet one of the big men, "We have something to discuss, can you find a place to sit for the time being?"

Dahan shook his head, swearing that he was unwilling to leave his post, Chang An was a little speechless, "Otherwise, you take a few steps back, and I'll be within your line of sight!"

The two big men looked at each other, probably thinking that this proposal was reasonable, after all, the chat between women would be somewhat secret, so they strode back a few meters together.

Chang Andong felt a lot more comfortable.

Zhou Xin smiled, and his gaze naturally fell back on her.

It was not obvious when Chang'an stood just now, but now when he sits down, he can see that he is three months pregnant, and he is twins, even if he is loose in the skirt, he can still see that there is a slight bulge in the lower abdomen.

There are two lives being born there, her and Zhou's child.

Zhou Xin pursed his lips a little unnaturally, and the coffee in his mouth was bitter and bitter.

"How's it going, isn't it hard?"

"Huh?"

"I said you were pregnant like this!"

Chang An realized that Zhou Xin was asking about her child, and smiled: "Fortunately, I don't think anything about it because I'm young now, but the doctor said that it may not be so easy in the future." ”

"Well, it's normal, being a mother always has to pay a little price!" After speaking, Zhou Xin smiled to himself, and his eyes fell to the cup.

In the cup is an American-style that has been cooled.

She touched the rim of the cup, "After all, you seem to be luckier than me in everything!"

Chang An's heart wrinkled, and he could hear the emotions in the other party's tone, although Zhou Xin had already covered it up well, there were still very subtle things leaking out.

Chang An remembered that Zhou Xin was also the one who had been sentenced by the doctor, and it was difficult for her to get pregnant again in her life.

"Yes!" Chang An sighed lightly, "Maybe, I think so sometimes." ”

"Poof!" Zhou Xin laughed again, "I thought you were going to pour me chicken soup for the soul!"

"Why do you think that?"

"After all, you have suffered a lot today, which is considered hard enough. ”

"Well, that's true, but I never deny that a large part of it is because I'm lucky!"

For example, when she was saved by Ding Shouquan when she was about to die, for example, she met Xiaozhi's mother in Tianyou, and when she came back in the mud, those who loved her were still in place, Zhou Wei, Chang Jiahui, Chen Haodong, including Grandma Chen who met over the years, and even the aunt who sold flowers, these people gave her a second life and gave her a chance to start over, including the two children in her womb, which belong to the gift of life.

"When I think about it, God really doesn't seem to be kind to me. ”

Unexpectedly, Zhou Xin "sneered" very unceremoniously, "Do you know what I hated you the most before?"

"Huh?"

"That's all you have!"

“……”

It seems that no matter how much he is wronged, he will not complain, and he will never compete with himself, but he will secretly work hard behind his back. ”

“……”

"Really, every time you are like this, I feel very hypocritical and annoying, but I have to admit that such a woman probably has a fatal charm, so I have always been thinking all these years, where did I lose and where did I lose, now I know, I probably lost in character! I am too strong, my temper is straight and hard, and you can always be soft at the right time, you should cry, you should be strong, but you are never strong, so my brother was eaten to death by you. ”

“……”

"Of course, this is your cleverness, but also your character advantage, innate, I can't compare, I can't learn, I'm willing to gamble and lose, but it doesn't mean that I'm not as good as you, do you admit this?" Zhou Xin suddenly threw a question to Chang An, with a serious expression.

Chang'an felt the breeze blowing in the distance, with the freshness after the rain.

To be honest, in this environment and conversation, she wanted to laugh and did.

"What's the point of comparing you to me?"

"Of course it makes sense!"

"Okay. Chang An covered his lower lip with his hand and tried to hold back a smile, "I never thought I was better than you, on the contrary, you are talented, have a successful career, you already have your own independent studio at a young age, and your works have won many awards, these are all worthy of my envy, but I will not compare myself with you." ”

Zhou Xin said very unceremoniously "heh" again, "These aspects are natural, you can't beat me, of course you won't compare with me." ”

"Wrong!" Chang An denied, "The reason why I don't compare with you is not because I know that I can't win, but because I don't need to compete with anyone to win or lose, and I rarely rob others, what should be mine is mine, and I won't force it if it shouldn't be mine, so winning or losing doesn't mean anything to me at all!"

From the original Fang Rushan, to He Ling, to Zhou Xin, and even a Tian Jiaqi, Chang An has a lot of "enemies", but she is always unhurried, calmly and only herself, this state of mind is the most eye-catching place in her.

Why doesn't Zhou Xin know?

Once a woman falls into the vicious circle of "winning and losing mode", she will lose herself, become suffering from gains and losses and even humble, just like her wishful thinking to "dedicate" Chu Feng back then, and the reason is nothing more than wanting to satisfy her own psychology of winning and losing.

At that time, she just wanted to compare with Chang An, and she could help Zhou Wei get through the difficulties than herself, but Chang An didn't have this ability, this sense of accomplishment made her feel that she was "needed", but this kind of "being needed" was like a mirror, it was all imagined by herself, in fact, Zhou Wei didn't need her sacrifice, let alone accept this way.

It's a pity that she didn't understand it back then, and she had to pay a lot of money to hit her head and break her blood before she could wake up.

"Actually, I really hated you back then!" Zhou Xin's words became more and more unscrupulous, probably thinking that since he had made an appointment to talk, it was better to talk more thoroughly.

Chang An is also this mentality.

"I know, I know you're not going to like me. ”

"It's not because you're married to my brother that I hate you!"

"Well, I can feel that you didn't really hate me at first. ”

I still remember that when she and Zhou Xin first got married, Zhou Xin still called "little sister-in-law, little sister-in-law" all day long, "You even looked at me at that time with sympathy in your eyes!"

Because there was also Fang Rushan at that time, everyone outside knew that Fang Rushan was Zhou Yan's lover, and Chang An would naturally be sympathized with as a "family bran".

"When did you start hating me? Let me think... It should be that one day you suddenly realized that Zhou Wei began to be tempted by me, and then you had a sense of crisis, and you began to test and provoke, remember, at that time, you posted photos in the circle of friends at the end of three days, and the ambiguous photos between you and Zhou Wei should have been sent to me, do you want me to retreat or do you want to pass me something? But then I thought, maybe you did something wrong at that time. ”

"What's wrong?"

"It's all wrong!" Chang An leaned back on the sofa relaxedly, "You shouldn't post those things in the circle of friends, let me notice your panic." ”

"I'm not panicking!"

"You have!"

“……”

"And obviously, although you will definitely not admit it!" Chang An smiled softly, his eyes clear, "But I can see it clearly, you are just because you are flustered to do those tricks, and I guess you also blocked Zhou Wei at that time, think about the pride of you, you should be quite disdainful of doing these small actions, right? But you still did it, what does it mean? It means that you are afraid, you feel that you are going to lose him, once people show their timidity, they will be in a hurry, you were in this situation at the time!"

“……”

"You began to treat me as an imaginary enemy, and you taboo and even hate me, this kind of dislike is completely different from how you feel about the other party. ”

"What's the difference?"

"Of course it's different!" Chang An recalled those people and things back then, "The difference is too obvious, you think, Fang Rushan was still working in your studio at that time, but everyone knew that she was a woman raised by Zhou Wei outside at that time, and you could still coexist peacefully with her and work happily together, what does this mean? It shows that you don't hate her, you know that she is not a threat to you, and you may even have sympathy for her in your heart, knowing that Zhou Tao was attracted to her back then probably because she was slightly similar to you from some angles!"

Chang An also said bluntly, and she also believed that Zhou Xin should be able to see this back then.

After thinking about it, he asked again: "The man I like confesses to myself, but I reject him, and then he turns around and finds a woman similar to himself to stay by his side, isn't this feeling quite enjoyable!"

"You..."

"I guessed right, right?" Chang An smiled more relaxedly, "You should have been quite proud at that time, and even the existence of the other party Rushan was very happy, thinking that as long as she stayed by Zhou Yuan's side for one day, it meant that you stayed in his heart for another day, Fang Rushan is your shadow, you see your own presence from her, but then I appeared, at first you probably didn't feel anything, because I really ...... between me and him It was terrible at first. ”

Chang An recalled that in the first two years, the way she and Zhou Wei got along was not even as good as a stranger.

"You should have known at the time that I was separated from him for two years. ”

"That's right!" Zhou Xin answered, "I admit that I didn't put you in my eyes at all at first, you know, you ...... like that"

Zhou Xin thought of the first time he saw Chang'an.

At that time, Zhou Xin had not yet obtained a certificate with her, but the two families were already preparing to get married, and Zhou Xin found an excuse to come back from Hong Kong, in fact, the main purpose was to meet Chang An and meet the woman who was about to become Mrs. Zhou.

She got her wish and saw Chang An at the family banquet, well, I don't remember much about the specific process, but she still clearly imprinted the appearance of seeing Chang An for the first time in her mind.

That woman, oh no, that girl, wears a pale white dress, wears a pale long straight hair, no makeup, and sits with clear soup and noodles.

Looking at the facial features and figure, there is no sense of amazement, at most it is clear and beautiful.

"I was relieved to see you at the time, and I didn't think my brother would like you. ”

"Are you so sure?"

Zhou Xin smiled bitterly, "After all, we grew up together, and I know what type he likes!"

At that time, the two met for the first time, and after a simple exchange, Zhou Xin knew that Chang An would not be Zhou Wei's dish, because she was too responsible and boring, and most of the opposite sex that Zhou Wei had dated before was wanton.

"Hmm. Chang An replied meaninglessly, "Then do you know that I deliberately checked him before returning to China." ”

"What?"

"I know that he has a lot of women, I know that he is romantic, and I also know the existence of Fang Rushan, I even know that he and you are not a simple brother and sister relationship, and this is why I chose him, he needs a wife who can satisfy the elders, and I need a reason to return to China, we fulfill each other, so I agreed with him at the beginning that we will not interfere with each other, and marriage is just a pretense. ”

“……”

Zhou Xin had a shocked expression on his face, but after thinking about it, how reasonable this was, "So at that time, you were able to turn a blind eye to him, and you didn't mind Fang Rushan's existence at all?"

"Yes, because I know that Fang Rushan is just a shadow, and he was actually pretending to be you in his heart at that time. ”

Zhou Xin pursed her lips and looked into the distance, this is really a rather cruel fact, after a long time, there was a sound of traffic on the road, and she spoke: "Actually, I regret it!"

Chang An: "What do you regret?"

Zhou Xin: "If I hadn't rejected him back then, it would definitely not be you standing by his side now!"

"Really?" Chang An smiled faintly, "You think so?"

"Isn't it? If I had followed his wishes and we had started over in another city, there would have been no you at all!"

"I don't deny this, but have you ever thought that if you do it again, you will still choose to give up him and go to Hong Kong, because you don't have enough confidence in him, so you choose the latter between your relationship and career, and you still naively think that there are only ethical problems between you, ethics can't be overcome, you try to defeat it with time, thinking that as long as he still has you in his heart, no matter when you come back, he will wait in the same place, but what about the facts? There are not so many unswerving and unswerving things in this world, let alone fluctuating feelings. ”

"Wrong!" Zhou Xin retorted unceremoniously, "That's because you appeared, otherwise he wouldn't empathize, we grew up together since childhood, I know him very well, he is actually very affectionate in his bones!"

Chang An frowned and smiled bitterly, "So you still think that it was my existence that caused you to die without a problem?"

"Isn't it?"

Chang An was dumbfounded, she was not angry with Zhou Xin's remarks, but more sad, for this obsessive woman, and for the relationship between her and Zhou Wei.

"Well, if you still think so, I can only say that you don't know him at all! Although you keep saying that you grew up together and that you have been in a relationship for more than 30 years, you don't know that he is a person, long-term affection, and ruthlessness!"

Chang An sketched countless appearances in his mind.

"He proposed to start over with you in another city, because he was ready to betray his parents' affection and even break the boat, so in fact, the pressure he was under and the sacrifice he made at that time was greater than yours, and he could do this, it is undeniable that he really loved you at that time, but you still rejected him, what reason did you give him at that time?"

"I ......"

"Don't say it yet, let me guess!" Chang An propped his head with his hand, "Did you say at the time that the time has not yet come, you can wait?"

“……”

"And then you must have expressed your sure love to him, but in the face of the facts, you hope he can think about it carefully!"

"Is it rare that I said it wrong? At that time, when we changed cities, we had to start from scratch, so why did we have to be in such a hurry!" to this day, Zhou Xin does not feel that he is wrong.

Chang An smiled, "You are right, you have your position, but you have made a choice since the moment you rejected him, between your career and him, you choose the former, and he is the one you gave up!"

"I didn't!"

"Do you know it yourself, but from his point of view, he won't forgive you!"

"Why can't you forgive? He said he loves me, and I love him, I just need a little more time, a year, two years, if I'm lucky, maybe the time will be shorter, I ......" Zhou Xin suddenly became excited, his voice became louder, and the two bodyguards behind him strode forward.

Chang An raised his hand to stop, "You guys go back!"

"Ma'am!"

"Go back!"

The bodyguards had to obey.

Chang An licked her lips and knocked on her head, she suddenly felt that she shouldn't have come today, she hadn't confronted her for so many years, why bother to come to this obsessive woman at this time? But after thinking about it, she was too "stupid", if she didn't say it clearly today, maybe this woman would be so "stupid" for the rest of her life.

"Okay, let me tell you this, take work as an example, you have cooperated a lot, his temper, have you ever seen him go back on any project?"

Zhou Xin was stunned for a moment and thought for a while, "No!"

"So you should know better than me, he is persistent and strong, he won't look back when he hits the south wall, he just gritted his teeth and moved forward, this character is the same emotionally, you think his dedication is nothing more than that he thinks that he will not change his mind easily when he identifies something, but if he wants to give up, it is the same if he gives up, once he determines to let go, ten cows can't pull back, so even if there is no me, no Fang Rushan, from the moment you give up on him, it will be over between you, and he will not give you a second chance to choose!"