Seeing Jing Yi sitting on the chair and listening to her report, Mei Yanchun smiled and was silent for a while, and asked, "Dean Cheng, what do you think?" ”

"Of course, I can fight for more." Jingyi said with a smile. Her spirits were lifted.

Anita Mui clapped her hands and said, "That's my idea!" He"

Jingyi breathed a sigh of relief and said, "It's finally working." When the new dean comes, I can take this burden off my shoulders. ”

As she spoke, she rubbed her shoulders, as if there was a real burden on her shoulders, and her back hurt from the pressure.

Anita Mui hesitated and said, "I'm afraid ......"

Jingyi looked up at her.

Anita Mui placed a telegram in front of her and said, "Dr. Johnson is sick and cannot go to work. ”

Jingyi almost gasped.

She opened the telegram and looked at it carefully, and secretly complained. The telegram not only stated that Dr. Johnson was ill and could not come to China to take up a job, but also clearly told her that she must stick to her post...... She remembered the kind and majestic gaze of her mentor, who had probably made such arrangements since the day she left Baltimore.

She didn't feel like she was up to the task. But from her heart, she would rather return to her work as soon as possible and work quietly as a specialist. It was wonderful for her to be able to deliver adorable pink babies and hear their first cry when they came into the world...... Of course, it would be better if you could take away your wishes.

When she thought of this, her heart ached. The spirit that had just been lifted up was also lowered.

Anita Mui looked at her a little strangely.

Jingyi put down the telegram and asked, "Xiaomei, when did you meet Mr. Ping and Mr. Fu?" ”

Xiaomei read it to her according to her notebook.

She scheduled these important appointments for two days.

Jingyi wrote it down, and when Xiaomei went out, she called Dunhuang - after he left last night, there has been no news until now.

The adjutant of Xiao Dunhuang said that the commander of the army had gone out early in the morning. Ask her what's the matter. She was speechless, as if there was nothing particularly important to look for him, so she vaguely said that she didn't need to.

Jingyi put down the phone, and within a few minutes, Dunhuang called the phone back.

"Why are you in such a hurry to find me?" There was a noisy background in Dunhuang, and he yelled loudly into the microphone.

Jingyi said, "I'm not in a hurry. ”

"It's no wonder that there isn't. I can find me when I come here...... Do you have a meal for me in the evening? Dunhuang roared loudly again.

"Okay." Jingyi happily agreed.

Xiao Dunhuang left last night, and she felt uneasy.

How do you know that when Dunhuang heard her agree to this dinner, he laughed in the phone, and there was no unpleasantness at all. It was as if a dinner was enough to relieve him.

The phone hung up, and Jingyi seemed to be able to hear the laughter...... No matter how depressed she was, she couldn't help but be infected when she heard such a hearty laugh from Dunhuang.

They are old friends who haven't seen each other in years, and they always need to find a chance to sit down and talk about their experiences over the years. She also has something to say to Dunhuang. He is always for her good, does not hesitate to support her, and will not hesitate to teach her a lesson. How lucky she is to have a friend like Dunhuang. It's been more than ten years, and it's been so long since they recognized it...... In the past ten years, she even feels like she has lived several lifetimes. And Xiao Dunhuang has always supported her.

Xiaomei came in and brought her coffee, she looked at Xiaomei and smiled.

Xiaomei was inexplicably looked at by her, and she couldn't ask anything, so she went out.

Jingyi sipped her coffee slowly, and when she heard the sound of branches banging on the window, she turned around. It's a foggy day, and it's cold. She rubbed her hands together and saw the ring on her finger...... Tao Xiang's words also drilled into his ears.

Until now, she still couldn't imagine how she had not only faced him, but also told him such a heavy and painful past...... And so he was.

She didn't want to admit it, but she could still feel that his pain was no less than hers.

Alarmed by the knock on the door, she shook her hand, and the coffee in the cup spilled out, spilling into her sweater, and it was cold.

"Please come in." She took a towel and wiped her clothes.

"Dean Cheng, there are guests." Xiaomei came in, and her expression was a little strange.

Jingyi knew that the visitor must be extraordinary, and sure enough, Xiaomei lowered her voice and said, "It's Madame."

Now that she deserves the title of "Mrs.", Jingyi doesn't think about it as a second person.

She said, "Please." ”

As soon as the words fell, Xiaomei hadn't turned around yet, and the people outside had already walked in.

The body is a black "mouth clock". Like her husband, she preferred such a robe that looked even more condescending. But at this time, it was raining outside, and a bell could keep out the cold.

Jingyi opened her mouth and called her: "Third sister-in-law." ”

Suo Yanlin motioned to the attendant to close the door. Her beautiful eyes looked at Jingyi.

I haven't seen him for a long time, Suo Yanlin is still tall, but compared to back then, he looks a little plump, and he is more and more noble.

"You are still willing to call me the third sister-in-law, why do you always refuse to see me?" Suo Yanlin took off his gloves, walked over, held Jingyi's shoulder, and looked at her, his eyes shining with tears. Seeing that the tears were about to fall, she just controlled it very well. "You told me to wait, Jingyi."

Jingyi was hugged by Suo Yanlin and smelled the perfume on her body.

The rich fragrance that has not changed for many years, never publicized.

"Third sister-in-law, there is a huge difference between you and me today's status and status. It is inconvenient to meet rashly. Jingyi asked Suo Yanlin to sit down and speak frankly about her concerns. This is a pretext, but it is also true.

Suo Yanlin groaned.

Xiaomei served the coffee. Jingyi and Yanlin smiled when they saw that the coffee that came up was clear coffee.

"You've got a very well-behaved secretary." Suo Yan Lindao. Didn't touch the coffee.

Jing Yi looked at Suo Yanlin's deep eyes and smiled slightly.

She had nothing to say, so she waited for Suo Yanlin to speak.

Sure enough, Suo Yanlin said: "I came to persuade you to go to Nanjing." I miss you. Father and mother are even more worried about you. If you really don't want to see him, next month he will be on a tour of the war zone, and I will accompany him. For about a week, he was not in Nanjing. ”

"Third sister-in-law, I ......"

"Jingyi, why are you so stubborn? Your parents are very old, even your third brother, and he has already given birth to gray hair. Tao Xiang has been put down, what about you? Suo Yanlin looked directly at Jingyi. She was a beautiful and elegant lady, but there was always some majesty in her eyes that could not be ignored.

Jingyi pursed her lips.

Tao Xiang put it down...... Her heart trembled.

Even if Tao Xiang let it go, he didn't plan to let her go.

"Third sister-in-law, when I win my heart, I will no longer be stubborn." Jingyi asked.

Suo Yan was silent for a long time.

"Third sister-in-law," Jing Yi turned the ring on her hand, "I want to go back to visit my mother." ”

Suo Yanlin nodded and said, "Mother misses you the most. Although my father never mentions it, every year on your birthday, my father always remembers to ask people to make noodles. ”

"Are they all alright?" Jingyi asked.

"The third wife passed away a few years ago, stomach cancer. The fourth wife is fine. As soon as the third wife left, most of the people who accompany her mother now are her. They are all old. Jingyi, I know that you have suffered a lot, and the Cheng family also has a lot of things that can't stand you. After so many years, if there is anything in your heart, please let it go for the time being, and give you a little comfort. Moreover, my father's health has not been very good in the past two years. Suo Yanlin said.

Jingyi was silent.

Suo Yanlin understands that freezing three feet is not a day's cold, and it is naturally not a day's work for Jingyi to change her attitude.

"I have other activities to schedule, so I won't delay you too much. We'll meet another day. There is one more important thing to do today. Suo Yanlin said, took out a piece of paper from his handbag and put it on the coffee table.

Jingyi saw that it was a check and hurriedly excused herself.

"It's not for you. Know you don't want to touch our light. I set aside a small amount of money from my private account to support Tzu Chi. Although it is a drop in the bucket, it can be regarded as a little support for you. Don't say no. You are also a career woman, and you know how to distinguish between public and private. Suo Yanlin said seriously.

"Since this is the case, I would like to thank my sister-in-law on behalf of all Tzu Chi colleagues." Jingyi accepted the check.

Suo Yanlin listened to Jing Yi's dripping answer, and her impeccable politeness and politeness made her feel a little uncomfortable.

Compared with the delicate girl who called her the third sister-in-law and the third sister-in-law back then, or the Jingyi who was red-faced and red-eared and broke down affairs with her, this mature and rational woman now makes her feel strange.

But she still said Jingyi, we are waiting for you to go home.

Jingyi didn't immediately say anything.

However, she still saw a flash of tenderness in Jing Yi's eyes...... She was relieved almost instantly.

No matter how mature and calm he is, deep down, this is still the little ten who is always gentle to his family.

……

Although she made an appointment to have dinner with Dunhuang, Jingyi still went to visit Qiu Wei first after work. Halfway through, the driver deliberately stopped the car, bought a lot of fruits and snacks, and filled most of the carriage.

Tu Huyi was still at home, and the servant went up to report, and he personally came down to pick up Jingyi.

"Grandma Seven." He still calls Jingyi that.

Jingyi sighed. Didn't force him to change it. Seeing that his face was not good, he asked, "Didn't you rest well?" How is Qiu Wei? ”

Tu Huyi said: "I'm always crying. ”

Jingyi was silent for a moment and said, "I'll go up and see her." Don't be too upset. ”

Tu Huyi followed behind Jing Yi and whispered, "I just feel sorry for her suffering." ”

Jing Yi took advantage of the turn to look at Tu Huyi.

There was a crackling of footsteps in the corridor upstairs, accompanied by the playfulness of the urchins. Apparently the children did not know what was going on at home.

Jingyi looked up and heard Tu Huyi say, "The old lady has arrived, and the seventh young lady took Miss Suixin back to live." The old lady hasn't seen Miss Suixin for a while, and she misses it very much. ”

"Hmm." Jingyi nodded and continued upstairs.

When the boys saw the tiger wings, they shouted and pounced, hugging their thighs and climbing their shoulders like little monkeys...... The youngest one would not be able to walk for a long time, and he was nervous to see his brothers pestering his father and coming over, and seeing his mother chasing after him.

She saw that Huyi was tired of dealing with this bunch of sons, and she thought it was very interesting. After watching it for a while, he quietly went to Qiu Wei's room. Tourmaline happened to come out, saw her, and hurriedly invited her in.

Before Jing Yi entered the door, he looked at the father and son again—Tu Huyi held a small one in one hand and led two ...... There is still one less son left to enter the department.

Not to mention hard work, if there are troubles, I'm afraid they are also happy troubles.

She looked at it for a moment before entering.

"Miss?" Qiu Wei saw her come in and called her.

Jingyi closed the door and said with a smile: "It's the first time I've seen your four precious sons get together." All of them are lively and healthy. It's just more like Atul than like you. ”

are all tiger-headed, presumably they will grow up in the future, and they are all good-looking men.

Qiu Wei wiped her nose and said, "What's so good about him like him, I'm stunned." ”

Jingyi felt a little wrong when she heard this, so she came over and sat on the edge of the bed and asked, "What's the matter, did you have a problem with Atul?" She pulled down the curtains with her hand, the light came in, and looked at Qiu Wei with unkempt hair, "You gather less and leave more, and you are willing to spend time arguing?" He is leading troops to fight outside, and you don't know the hardships, so be more considerate of him. ”

"Miss, you don't know what he's talking to me...... If it is said that it is gone, it will be gone, and when it starts, it will drag ...... It's not something I don't want...... Now tell me this......" Qiu Wei was about to cry when she said it, looking very aggrieved.

Jingyi originally wanted to comfort her, but seeing her like this, she was speechless for a while. Because he saw a kettle on the side, he poured a cup of hot water for Qiu Wei. When he came back, he sat down and didn't make a sound. Qiu Wei took the hot water and looked at Jingyi quietly for a while, only to feel that a thousand things were entangled in her heart, and she didn't know where to start, so she simply cried.

Jingyi was crying by her, and she cried seriously in a daze.

"If you want to cry again, I won't want you." Jing Yi said suddenly.

Qiu Wei stopped, and after a moment, she simply cried loudly.

Crying out of breath and choking. Alarmed outside, Tu Huyi knocked on the door and came in, looking at Qiu Wei crying and Jing Yi being angry on the side. Jingyi waved his hand to let him go out first, and he hesitated for a moment to obey the order.

"Still crying?" Jingyi said irritably.

Qiu Wei sobbed and wiped her tears.

"Miss, you used to scare me so much when you were a child...... "She said.

Jingyi snorted and said, "You're still thinking about it." Is that still silent? ”

"Thought. I've been thinking about it all my life...... I sometimes have nightmares and wake up in the middle of the night, and he asks me what nightmares I have, and I say, I heard the young lady say that she doesn't want me anymore......" Qiu Wei said and cried. Several handkerchiefs were wet.

Jingyi knows that as the old saying goes, people in confinement can't cry. She didn't believe that. Qiu Wei was sad, and it was not good not to let her cry.

"He will also comfort me, saying that you are not a young grandmother now, you are mine. She doesn't want you anymore, and I ......" Qiu Wei blew her nose and cried again.

"Listen to you yourself, why are you crying when Atul treats you like this?" Jingyi asked angrily.

Qiu Wei cried for a long time, as if she was happy. was asked by Jingyi like this, and he didn't say anything.

Jingyi got up and wrung a hot towel for her, saying, "He's right." One is the words of comfort, and the other is the truth. ”

"It's all said that this battle won't be fought for long......" Qiu Wei wiped her face and looked at Jingyi, with some hesitation in her tone.

Jingyi looked at her and whispered, "Who is right about the war?" ”

"Then, Miss is also because of this, and she wants to come back and take away Nannan?" Qiu Wei asked.

Speaking of Suixin, Qiu Wei immediately became sober. She looked at Jing Yi. She hesitated, as if she wanted to ask something but it was inconvenient to ask immediately.

Jing Yi looked at her and said, "I saw him last night." ”

Qiu Wei nodded and said, "When Atul asked, I guessed that my uncle would definitely know right away." Maybe I knew you'd be back...... Uncle does things, no one can guess. That...... Miss, you have met, has your uncle embarrassed you? ”

Jingyi listened to Qiu Wei call several "uncles" in a row, looked at her, and thought that Tu Huyi didn't call her the seventh young grandmother as usual...... So he only said, "You didn't embarrass me." I owe him an account. ”

Qiu Wei looked at Jingyi in a daze and said, "Miss, I don't want to make you sad. I also want to know, what happened to that child? ”

Jing Yi turned the ring in her hand.

"Qiu Wei, I can't think about it anymore...... All I can say is that I did everything I could. She said softly, "Can'a walked in my arms." I owe him nothing but the afterlife. If we are in the next life, we still have fate to be mother and child. ”

"Miss......" Qiu Wei's tears flowed down again.

Jingyi wanted to smile at her, but she didn't laugh, "It's you girl who has a lot of things, so you have to ask." I'm not sad anymore, really...... I still have a baby. If she had recognized me, I would have been a mother. ”

"How could she deny you?" Qiu Wei wiped her tears.

Jingyi smiled bitterly.

It's not that easy, and of course she knows it.

"Take your time." Jingyi said.

"I don't know how much I want a mother. Miss, I'll help you explain it to you when the time comes......" Qiu Wei said. Even if others don't know, she always knows how difficult Jingyi is.

Jingyi looked at her and said, "She's still young. I'm afraid I can't understand it. Suddenly a mother came, how is it good for her? ”

Although she said this, when she thought of the small appearance of Suixin, her heart softened, and she was sour for a while, and numb for a while......

……

Jingyi returned home, and Aunt Li had already prepared dinner according to her instructions. According to the taste of Dunhuang, this dinner is a famous dish in the northwest. Although here, you can't make that rough taste no matter how you do it, but it is a kind of respect for Dunhuang.

He went to the appointment on time, and shouted that he was hungry when he entered the door.

Jing Yi saw that his military uniform was wet with fog, and knew that he must have been running around outside for a day today. She prepared the dishes and chopsticks and waited for Dunhuang to sit down to eat.

Xiao Dunhuang entered the restaurant, watched her sit at the table in a comfortable cotton robe at home, waited for him to sit down, and served him a bowl of soup with his own hands, and couldn't help but sigh. Before he could speak, Jingyi pointed to the wet towel in his hand for him to wipe his hands, and said, "Don't talk bastard." ”

Dunhuang grinned and said, "How do you know that what I'm going to say is a bastard?" ”

Jingyi glanced at him and said, "You're always like this, it's hard for me to say." ”

Dunhuang smiled and buried himself in eating.

Jingyi didn't eat much, and always gave Dunhuang cloth vegetables.

"You don't eat such a table of dishes, and you are not allowed to tell people when you turn around, I am a pot-bellied man." Dunhuang joked. It can be seen that Jingyi is in a very low mood.

"It's for you to eat." Jingyi said.

Aunt Li served the last dish and went down. There was only a small maid left in the restaurant to wait.

"Your cook is really unusual." Dunhuang said.

Jing Yi smiled and said, "Of course it's not ordinary. ”

"This Yellow River carp should be eaten by Mu Zhi - I ran with him all day today. Didn't eat lunch. He's not hungry, we're hungry. He's busy with his life. These days the troops are resting, and he should have rested. Do you know what other generals do when they are resting? The chief Song of the Second War Zone flew from Chongqing to Shanghai with his wife from Chongqing to buy a special office. Needless to say, there is nothing you can't think of, nothing they can't do. As for him, he remembered where to check and was going to go immediately. The heavens and the earth are also gone. There was not a single person who followed him who was not afraid. Bitterness is also true bitterness. Xiao Dunhuang sandwiched a piece of fish, saw that Jingyi was not particularly disgusted, and continued, "He had a stomach hemorrhage that year. It was because he drank and got hurt, and after that, he quit drinking. It was then that the old lady insisted that he marry again. The old lady said that he didn't even have a wife, and that he could still take care of him when she was there, and that one day she was gone, and he couldn't have no one by his side. You also know that the pastor is extremely filial. The old lady spoke, but he still carried it. Not because of you? ”

"Save yourself." Jingyi spoke.

Dunhuang raised its head. As soon as Jing Yi called his words, there was nothing good to say.