"It didn't hurt for long, but I accidentally stepped on a rock before." She pretended to be in pain, and hurriedly reached out to pull his hand away, covering the redness and swelling herself to prevent him from seeing.

However, he removed her hand, and while helping her with the ice, he gently held her foot, and gently turned the surface of her foot, and she suddenly screamed in pain, and hurriedly retracted her foot.

"If you are injured like this, you don't have to go back to the company with that Lu Han tomorrow, let's take care of your feet first." He held her leg and didn't let her run away, nor did he touch it again, but he turned his eyes to look at her and said faintly.

She froze: "No, I've only been back in this company for less than a month, and I'm still a few days away from paying my salary!" If I am absent from work for no reason, wouldn't the salary of 3,000 yuan be wasted! ”

"Is money more important or is your feet important? It's so swollen that you can't even wear shoes, what kind of work do you have? His eyes were like water, but his tone was very stern.

Ji Xinyao frowned and muttered in a low voice: "It's all important." ”

Gu Nancy seemed to be stunned for a moment, and frowned: "When did you start talking back like this?" As he spoke, he directly picked her up by the waist.

"What are you doing?" She was startled, almost didn't hold on to the ice pack, and looked up at him in shock.

"Carry you to the shower."

She didn't resist, just raised her eyes to look at him, the kind of caution he was holding her with, as if she was the most precious treasure in the world, the pity in his eyes couldn't be half fake, maybe there were some things she could accept the explanation, she could accept the truth and the reason, but she still couldn't let go, but in the face of him like this, she didn't know whether to push away or let him confuse herself like this.

Perhaps reason was telling her that she should push him away, at least give her some time, let her think carefully about the front and back, but her consciousness controlled her movements, and when he carried her into the bathroom, she subconsciously raised her arms to wrap around his neck.

His white casual suit, which had been on the golf course in the afternoon, had just been soaked in the rain, and now he had changed into a light gray soft knit.

His hair dries quickly, and he doesn't need to do any styling at all, and it is very soft and stylish. When holding her, she was so gentle and careful, as if she was afraid of falling on her and the child, she carried her directly into the bathroom, and because she took the initiative to raise her hand to hug him, a light smile almost washed people's hearts rose on her handsome face.

He bowed his head and kissed her lightly on the forehead, and said above her head: "Xin Yao, this rain is like rain for me. ”

If it weren't for this rain, I don't know how long she would have been awkward with him with the temper of a little hedgehog like her.

"I'm talking like I'm the kind of woman who has nothing to do and is looking for things to do." Ji Xinyao muttered unhappily.

Gu Nancy was amused by her appearance: "Even if you make a work, it is understandable, but you are reluctant." ”

"Do you need to be so confident?" Ji Xinyao glanced at him.

When Gu Nancy put her in the bathtub full of hot water, her arm paused slightly, looked down at her dissatisfied expression, and immediately smiled: "Did I say something wrong?" ”

As he spoke, he lowered her into the water at a moderate temperature.

Ji Xinyao didn't speak, carefully put her feet on the edge of the bathtub, blushed slightly and said, "You go out, I'll wash it myself." ”

She could feel the fire in his eyes that had been extinguished rekindled, and she hurriedly dragged the towel to cover her body in the water, and the top of her belly was already slightly bulging, as if she had gained a lot of weight.

He didn't force her, and put the bath towel and towel within her reach.

"Wash it and call me, your feet can't move on their own now, if you fall indiscriminately, you should understand the consequences."

She reached out and stroked her stomach and nodded, "Well, I'll wash it and call you." ”

Only then did he turn around and go out in reassurance.

The quiet bathroom was steaming, Ji Xinyao raised her eyes, and leaned on the edge of the bathtub a little weakly.

She thought that Gu Nancy had always been so elegant, and she thought that the so-called love between them was just finding someone to settle with, but it was just a faint intimacy of responsibility and long-term affection.

When she left him, she found out that she was in love with him.

And in this rain, under the pergola, his careless kisses and explanations, his pity and patience at this moment, when he walked towards her in the rain, held her who almost fell, and carried her through the long potholed farm, she knew that his feelings were already love, and this love was perhaps deeper than she imagined.

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After soaking in hot water for a long time, she probably forgot how long it had been since she had been so down-to-earth, and just as she was about to get up, she heard a knock on the door outside.

She was stunned, thinking that it didn't seem good to go out like this now and be bumped into, so she quietly continued to soak in the hot water.

"I'm sorry to disturb you, Mayor Gu, may I ask Xin Yao if she is here with you?"

It was Lu Han's voice.

Ji Xinyao froze for a moment, how could Lu Han come here?

It's also her fault to think about it, it's still raining so heavily outside, she suddenly walked out with an umbrella, she didn't go back to them for so long, Lu Han and Linlin would definitely think that something happened to her, as long as they asked the staff, someone would sue him, she was found with Mayor Gu, and now she is here with Mayor Gu.

But Lu Han would come to her on purpose......

She raised her hand to stroke her forehead, a little worried about the development of the situation, but she tried to get up by holding the edge of the bathtub with her hands, but she was completely unable to move because of her swollen feet, and she was afraid that she would not be able to stand steadily and really fall, so she had to sit in the bathtub, but she was really worried.

After that, there was the sound of the door being closed outside, and I couldn't hear Gu Nancy's voice, and I couldn't hear Lu Han's next words, presumably Gu Nancy asked him to go out.

After about five or six minutes, the door opened again, and after a while, Gu Nancy walked into the bathroom, and saw that she was still soaked in the water, so she walked over and stretched out her hand to try the temperature: "After washing for so long, dizzy?" ”

She shook her head, raised her eyes to look at him, but saw that his expression was not unusual, but directly picked up the bath towel, carried her out of the water, wrapped her body with the bath towel, and carefully lifted her feet, wiped the surrounding water, and then carried her out, put her on the bed, and casually took the new ice pack that seemed to have been sent by the staff again, and put it on her ankle.

thought that there should be nothing to talk about between him and Lu Han, Ji Xinyao pulled the bath towel on his body, and freed his hand to get his mobile phone on the table, it was just raining outside, and the mobile phone was in the clothes, it seemed to be in the water, I don't know if it can be used, it doesn't seem to be a big problem.

But as soon as he stretched out his hand, he heard Gu Nancy ask, "What is the matter between you and that Lu Han?" ”

She froze, retracted her hand, turned her head to look at him, and saw that he was looking at herself.

"He's the editor-in-chief of our company's newspaper department." She said.

"He cares about you." He glanced at her again.

“……”

Ji Xinyao didn't know if Lu Han would say something just now, but she and Lu Han were indeed innocent, and seeing Gu Nancy's meaningful expression, she really didn't know where to start explaining: "I just graduated from college more than two years ago, and I went to this company for an internship, and at that time I was directly assigned to the newspaper, and I was lucky to have the editor-in-chief Lu Han take me directly, he helped me a lot and taught me a lot, but he is ten years older than me, and I have always been similar to the kind of feelings that an elder and an intern mentor have for him." ”

Xin Yao looked at his smiling expression, and asked, "I just heard him knock on the door to look for me, what did you say?" ”

Gu Nancy poured a cup of tea on the table next to the bed, the heat in the cup was faint, he turned to look at her: "Are you afraid of what I will say?" ”

"Nope." She raised her hand and grabbed her hair: "I didn't do anything wrong, what is there to be afraid of, it's just that Brother Lu has always taken good care of me, I studied in F City for four years, and then lived here for two years, I have a lot of friends and memories here, I just don't want to stiffen the relationship between these friends, including Brother Lu, he thinks I'm single and has something to pursue me, I didn't agree, and there is no ambiguity between me, so I don't want you to hurt him." ”

He nodded, but did not speak.

Ji Xinyao saw two plates of fruit on the table over there, thinking that the fruits here in the Mid-Levels Hall were really delicious, and she went out without much dinner at night, and now she was very hungry, so she got up and wanted to get the fruit.

"Don't move, just say what you want, your feet should rest." He held her down.

She gestured to the fruit bowl, "Fruit." ”

Gu Nancy walked over, brought the two plates of fruit, and put them within reach of her, she couldn't help but sit up straight and reached out to take the fruit.

Seeing that she looked like she was hungry, Gu Nancy smiled, raised her hand and brushed the hair on her cheek behind her ear: "Didn't eat at night?" ”

Ji Xinyao nodded while nibbling on the apple: "It's okay, eat some fruit and you'll be full, it's late anyway, it doesn't matter if you don't eat at night." ”

He sighed lightly, raised his hand to stroke between her slightly wet hair, and walked out, as soon as he went out, Ji Xinyao's mobile phone that had entered the water rang, she hesitated, wondering if it would be Lu Han calling, if so, how could she say it so as not to hurt people, she didn't mean to hide it, she just blamed too many things that happened in the middle, but presumably Lu Han would be difficult to do after learning the truth. When I opened my mobile phone, I saw that it was Ji Xiuli calling, looking at the time, they should have left after the interview at the Mid-Levels Hall today, but they didn't expect to stay for one night, she forgot to say something to Xiuli, no wonder he called suddenly.

"Hello? Xiuli, I'm blocked by the rain tonight on the side of the Mid-Levels Guild Hall, the road down the mountain is too slippery and unsafe, I can only live here tonight, don't wait for me, go to bed early. Picking up the phone, she spoke directly.

"I thought something had happened to you, and you didn't have a phone call if you didn't come back so late." Ji Xiuli's worried voice came from the other side of the phone, and he said suddenly: "Stay in the Mid-Levels Hall for the night?" Is it safe? Do you need me to pick you up? ”

Just as she was talking, Gu Nancy opened the door and came back and saw her on the phone.

"No need, the mountain road is too slippery, you drive up the mountain is no different from me taking a car down the mountain, the mountain road is too steep, don't drive here, rest early." Xin Yao said with the phone.

Hearing her tone, Gu Nancy was just about to walk to the floor-to-ceiling window when she stopped, looked back at him, and asked in a low voice, "Is it Xiuli?" ”

Ji Xinyao nodded and was about to hang up the phone, but he walked over and took her mobile phone.

She was stunned for a moment, watching his movements in a bit of a daze.

I saw Gu Nancy put her phone to her ear, and Xiuli didn't know what she said on the phone, but she only heard Gu Nancy say: "You don't have to worry, she's here with me." ”

Ji Xinyao picked up the apple again and took a bite of it, and suddenly stopped.

After that, I didn't know what Xiuli said, Gu Nancy raised her eyebrows slightly, and said, "It's approaching the Spring Festival, you don't plan to go back to G City?" ”

After that, there seemed to be silence on the phone for a long time, and after Xiu Li said a word, Xin Yao couldn't hear the content of the phone very clearly, so she could only keep staring at Gu Nancy and watching him answer the phone, but she didn't seem to see any clues.

But Xiuli is a child of the Gu family after all, she used to be her younger brother, and now what Gu Nancy and Xiuli are talking about is not something she can control.

"Well, you'd better think it through." He said this again into the phone before hanging up.

After a while, he turned his eyes to look at her: "I asked someone to prepare dinner, and someone will bring it later, eat less fruit, so as not to be unable to eat." ”

Ji Xinyao put down the apple: "Xiu Li ......"

"I don't need to say it, you also know the relationship between Xiuli and the Gu family." Gu Nancy casually put the mobile phone beside her, took away the fruit bowl in her hand, and said as if she didn't feel anything: "This is the biggest legacy problem in the official and political circles for more than 20 years. ”

"At least Xiuli's grandfather and father will want to give him a home after finding him, at least Mom won't hurt Xiuli." Ji Xinyao suddenly smiled.

When Gu Nancy put down the fruit plate, she turned her eyes, looked at her smiling face, sat beside her, hugged her into her arms, and patted her shoulder gently: "If there is no indifference of the Ji family, how can there be such a strong Ji Xinyao, life cannot be traced, you have to look forward." ”

She nodded in his arms, as if there were many things that had already been relieved at some point, just as when she saw the Ji family on the wedding day, even if she didn't say hello, she would no longer be affected by their appearance and her mood fluctuated.

It's just that she has a deep grudge against Ji Chengcheng, but she knows that it's not that she doesn't report it, the time has not come, just watch it quietly.

Suddenly thinking of something, Ji Xinyao couldn't help asking, "Is Xiu Li's mother still alive?" Before my mother committed suicide twenty years ago, Xiuli was picked up by her in the orphanage, saying that she was afraid that I would be bored alone, so she asked me to have a younger brother, in fact, Xiuli was indeed the only pillar of my life in the previous years, without him, maybe I would not have survived those seven years. ”

Thinking about the era more than 20 years ago, it was indeed an era when too many officials were popular to have affairs, and almost any few officials could find that there were countless women around them, and there were too many romantic histories, she was very suspicious of whether Xiu Li's mother and her mother knew each other, otherwise how could she have hugged Xiu Li back so coincidentally?

At this time, there was a knock on the door, Gu Nancy got up, and then the staff brought in a rich and delicious dinner.

Ji Xinyao was indeed hungry for a long time, just now I thought that eating fruit would cushion my stomach, but I found that the more I ate, the more hungry I became, and when I saw what I was eating, my eyes lit up, and I wanted to get up directly.

Gu Nancy was quick to hug her, so as not to hurt her foot again.

It wasn't until Ji Xinyao started to eat, and while eating, she watched Gu Nancy drink tea slowly, and couldn't help asking: "You haven't answered me just now, is Xiuli's mother still alive?" ”

Gu Nancy paused with the hand holding the teacup and glanced at her: "In the world." "Still alive? Then why didn't she look for Xiuli while she was alive? Letting his son go out for more than 20 years? Is there such a damn thing? If you don't want it, why did you give birth in the first place? She was a little angry.

And he only took a shallow sip of tea, and then said lightly: "She suffered from madness, and was sent to the United States for recuperation a few months after giving birth to a child." ”

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[Happy May Day, happy relatives, at the beginning of the month, ask for a monthly ticket, hehe, although the whale was still the runner-up last month, but the whale is also very happy to stay in front of the computer for every vote for the whale, I am very grateful, everyone will call me the second senior brother in the future, haha~]