"There is a pianist's recital today, and Makiyuki took Suixin and Tatsuhito to go. After saying goodbye, go home for dinner. Zhi Shen explained.

Jingyi was stunned for a moment before asking, "They know I'm coming?" ”

"Makino knows." Zhishen said, seeing Jingyi's face turned white instantly, "It's rare for him to have time to accompany him." If it weren't for his heart, how would he have come to my door? ”

Jingyi took a sip of her coffee. They were not in contact for two days. Except for that day, because Aunt Li's husband called 61 words. I don't know what happened to Suixin......

Seeing that her face was even worse, Hui'an said: "Mu Zhi heard that you were here, so he still brought Suixin here, which shows that he is also thinking about you...... Is it coming? ”

Hui An heard a noise outside and asked the housekeeper to go and see Da.

Before anyone came to report, Jingyi had already stood up.

Seeing her like this, Zhishen and Hui'an also got up. Hui An patted Yue Ning and asked her to go and see first.

Jing Yi saw Yue Ning move out gracefully. After a while, the children's laughter was heard. Her heart felt soft and sour...... It's satisfying. She could tell it was satisfying. Then the heart came.

Hui Ann took her hand and squeezed it tightly.

"Uncle, aunt!" Sui Xin followed Yue Ning and Daren in and shouted.

Jing Yi turned her head to look over, and it was Suixin who was wearing a crimson dress. Behind her, Tao Xiang was dressed in a dress. Tao Xiang nodded at her. She reluctantly nodded in return, but her eyes immediately looked at Suixin—Suixin was very surprised to see her. She glanced back at her father.

Tao Xiang said in a low voice, but without question: "Nan, call someone." ”

Sui Xin pursed his lips.

"Huh?" Tao Xiang called her again.

Sui Xin looked at his father with wide eyes, and stubbornly refused to speak.

"Forget it......" Jingyi couldn't bear it.

Sui Xin immediately turned his face to her, opened his small mouth, and called out clearly, "Aunt Catherine." ”

Everyone heard it clearly, and even the ignorant children were stunned.

Tao Xiao glanced at Jing Yi's face, thinking that she was about to faint or rush over to pull Sui Xin over and shout, but she quickly shook her head at Tao Xiao and responded in a low voice: "Hey." ”

Sui Xin seemed to be overwhelmed by her submissiveness, and her little face turned red.

"Don't stand still...... Then I went to wash my hands and get ready to eat. My aunt asked you to prepare your favorite dishes...... Yue Ning, you take your heart with you. Daren come here, this is the tenth aunt. It's just that you haven't seen Aunt Shi, come. Hui An beckoned her eldest son over in time.

Daren was called over by his mother, saluted Jingyi dignifiedly, and said, "Hello Aunt Shi, I'm Daren." ”

Jing Yi looked away from Suixin, looked at the tall, sturdy Daren, smiled and nodded, "It's nice to meet you, Daren." ”

This is the only child of Zhishen and Hui'an she has ever held, and it is also the eldest grandson of the Cheng family. She could still remember how cute he was when he was a child. She stretched out her hand to Daren and treated the eldest child of the Cheng family's generation like an adult.

It was as if she saw the shadows of her father and brothers in Tatsuren.

Daren was steady and generous, but he couldn't help but blush slightly and be a little shy in the face of this beautiful aunt.

Hui'an asked Daren to take his younger brothers to wash their hands, and asked his mother to follow, only to see Jingyi and Tao Xiang, and said, "Give the child some time." Suixin is so sensible, and he will turn around soon. ”

"Makiyuki, this way, please." Zhi Shen never spoke, and took the initiative to ask Tao Xiang to go to the restaurant at this time.

Hui An took Jingyi and walked ahead of them.

The children were brought in by their mothers, and when the adults were seated, they were seated in turn.

Hui'an specially arranged for Jingyi to sit next to each other. Suixin didn't look awkward, but he didn't look at Jingyi either. On the contrary, Jingyi is a little cramped, and she has to look at her heart from time to time...... She occasionally raised her eyes to look at Tao Xiang, who was sitting opposite. He didn't speak much, and Tong Zhishen only talked occasionally. But he was looking at her and Suixin, and she knew.

It was also because of Tao Xiang's gaze that he sat here quietly.

This man, sometimes he doesn't need to open his mouth at all, he can achieve what he wants. Whatever it is, even for his daughter......

She thought about it, and couldn't help but feel a little sad in her heart. She knew that he was helping her in this way, and he was also helping Suixin. Realizing this, she was especially upset.

Fortunately, several children are lively, especially Yue Ning, who likes her tenth aunt very much. Tongsui Xin sat next to Jingyi left and right, Suixin didn't say a word, but Yue Ning always talked to Jingyi. Yue Ning is more lively and talkative than her brother. Jingyi saw that she was young, and she had the charm of her mother-in-law, Du, and couldn't help but feel that she was amiable from the bottom of her heart.

"Ten aunts are better than seven aunts and eight aunts." Dade said suddenly.

The adults at the table fell silent, and Daren, who was beside Dade, asked his brother slowly, "Why?" ”

Zhishen looked at Jingyi with a smile, and also asked Dade: "Xiaode likes Shigu?" ”

"Loved it. The eighth aunt would only say what jewelry and clothes she bought, and the seventh aunt always kept a straight face and bullied her mother. Ten aunts like their mothers. Dade said.

Hui An said funny: "Xiaode, don't talk nonsense. ”

Zhishen said: "The child's words may not be unreasonable. As for the eldest sister, I don't see them once a year, these two sisters. As he spoke, he smiled and added some wine to Tao Xiang, looking at the wine in his cup was still so much, "Drink a little more." ”

Tao Xiang smiled, took the wine glass, motioned to Hui'an, and said, "Thank you for your hospitality." ”

Hui'an looked at Jingyi and said with a smile: "It's all your own people, what do you want to do so politely?" It's rare to sit together for a meal, and Zhishen even has to take out the housework and shake it...... You're not afraid of shepherds' jokes. This last sentence is, of course, said with caution.

Zhi Shen also smiled.

Jingyi drank all the wine in the cup, and the servant came to add it to her.

After dinner, Jingyi drank almost half a bottle of red wine, her face was ruddy, she smiled a lot, and she talked a lot...... The Daren siblings dragged her hand and left the restaurant first, and she stood down to look at her heart. So he refused to look at her with a cold face. Seeing this, Taren came over and took his hand. Then I followed my cousin out.

Hui An wanted to get up and go out, but Zhishen whispered, "Let's not go over first, let them play with Xiao Shi for a while." ”

Tao Xiang also sat still, but looked back - Daren pushed Jingyi to sit on the piano bench, several children chattered and quarreled, except for Suixin standing outside, everyone else scrambled to talk to Jingyi...... She picked up the youngest Daxian and listened to them talking, smiling softly. Probably because she had drunk, she smiled a little naïve.

"When are you leaving?" Zhi Shen asked Tao Xiang. He took his glass.

"In two days." Tao Xiang didn't take a wine glass, but lit a cigarette.

There was a "bang" of the piano, and the living room fell silent.

Tao Xiang stopped smoking, and heard a series of clear and fast notes slip out. After a pause, the children were laughing and shouting, and Daren was saying that the tenth aunt would play a tune for us...... Jingyi's voice is very low, but you can hear it with a smile, ding ding dong, intermittent twisting bullets, laughing with the children for a while, playing a few times. But I can't hear the voice of the heart...... Suixin played the piano very well, and sometimes when he was talking to someone in the study, he listened to her practice upstairs, and no matter how bad things were, his mood would be calmer.

The laughter in the living room continued, and the piano music was easy at first, one more difficult than the other. The children didn't make any noise, but after Jingyi finished playing a song, they called for another song...... He listened a little intently, and looked at Zhishen and Hui'an—Hui'an was standing by the door, Zhishen holding his arms and closing his eyes, all quietly as if enjoying this rare moment.

Suddenly, there was a loud buzz of the piano, Yue Ning screamed, and suddenly she cried, and the three adults woke up and hurriedly rushed out to see. Jing Yi held Yue Ning's hand in her hand with a pale face, and Yue Ning, who was crying, saw her parents coming, and she was even more aggrieved to the point of choking when she cried.

Jingyi asked the servant to fetch ice cubes and comforted Yue Ning.

Tao Xiao looked at Yue Ning's hand, which was red and swollen by the lid. Turning his face to look at Suixin standing by the piano, he was immediately furious and shouted, "Nannan, come out with me!" ”

"Pastikyuki." Hui'an saw Tao Xiang angry and hurriedly stopped him. "It's not a heart, don't get angry. Whoa? ”

So he had a heart attack and looked up at his father, rushed over and pushed Yue Ning, which was not counted, and pushed Jingyi again, and said in his mouth: "You hate it!" ”

Tao Xiang had a cold face and picked up Suixin.

Hui An wanted to stop her, but Zhishen grabbed her.

She was also worried about Yue Ning's injured hand, and watched Jing Yi put ice on Yue Ning, and said, "It doesn't matter, you go and see Nan Nan." ”

Jingyi looked at Yue Ning, who was crying and sobbing, patted her face and said, "Yue Ning, don't be angry?" I'll apologize to you. ”

Yue Ning sobbed and nodded, looked at her, and said, "I know, Tenth Aunt." I don't like Aunt Ten and I are good. ”

Hui'an and Jingyi were both stunned.

"Aunt Shi, I don't hurt anymore." Yue Ning said, "I was just frightened. ”

Jingyi kissed Yuening.

Hui An whispered, "Yue Ning is nothing. I don't know how many times I knock the piano every day. You go and see Nannan and Muzhi. ”

Jingyi got up and pulled the hem of her skirt, and went in the direction of Tao Xiang's father and daughter walking out.

"Mom, why is my heart angry with my sister-in-law?" Yue Ning asked with tears in her eyes.

Hui An smiled and rubbed her daughter's face and said, "Like you, I don't like my mother to favor others, don't you?" You should let Suixin play with Shigu for a while. ”

"She doesn't want to play with Aunt Shi." Yue Ning frowned and looked at her hands, "Mom, Aunt Shi's hands must be hurt even more." ”

Hui An was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly chased out with the ice......

Tao Xiang stood on the platform outside, pinching his waist and glaring at Suixin.

"Do you know it's wrong?" He asked in a low voice.

Sui Xin stared at him with wide eyes and remained silent.

"Say, why did you do that?" Tao Xiang asked.

Then he didn't answer him, and there were tears in his big eyes.

Tao Xiang looked at Suixin like this in the past, and he couldn't help but soften his heart, but today he feels extremely irritable. He turned around and saw Jing Yi coming out of it, but after taking two steps and standing down, he felt even more irritated. Seeing that Sui Xin was still holding his neck, he said in a low voice: "Go in and apologize to Yue Ning." ”

"I don't." Then he said, "I don't like her like that!" ”

Tao Xiang took a breath and asked, "What?" ”

"I don't like her being with Catherine. Catherine hates it, and so does she! Then his voice was high-pitched. The shrill voice made Jing Yi's footsteps that she wanted to move over completely stopped. She looked at the little Suixin and confronted her tall father, and she didn't cry, but this scene made her feel heartache...... "Dad hates it too!" Deceitful...... Deceitful! The liar said they were going to take me out to play...... Big liar! You're all ...... Lie to me that my mother has a stomachache and leave me behind, lie to me and say that my mother is gone...... She's so good, she just doesn't want me anymore! I hate you guys! ”

Tao Xiang only felt a hot head.

With a wave of his hand, he grabbed Suixin and slapped her ass.

Listening to the sound of "pop", he was stunned.

Jingyi hugged Suixin in her arms. Tao Xiang's slap was not heavy, but it hurt a little on his body. Suixin was obviously frightened, she didn't expect her father to really beat her, and she didn't expect Jingyi to suddenly appear. She didn't even make a sound like a ghost, so she hugged her firmly and protected her in her arms...... Sui Xin stared at Jingyi with a blank face.

"Don't hit her......" Jingyi let go of her heart and sorted out her clothes. Then the heart was silent. She squatted in front of Suixin and said very seriously: "Nan, it's not right for Dad to beat you." But that doesn't mean you're doing the right thing. You must apologize to Yue Ning before leaving. You know it's wrong to hurt someone like that. If you don't admit your mistakes, you're a coward, you're a bad boy. ”

She stood up, looked at Tao Xiang, and said, "She is at fault, of course you should teach her a lesson, but don't beat her...... You might as well beat her as well as hit me. I gave birth to her, but I didn't teach her. ”

Tao Xiang looked at her sparkling eyes and knew that she was in pain at this time. He glanced at Suixin, who was looking at the two of them, took Jingyi's hand, let Suixin look at it, and said, "Nan, apologize." ”

The red and swollen part of Jingyi's fingers is exactly where the lid bumps, and a red mark is shocking. She didn't want Tao Xiang to do this, so she hurriedly withdrew her hand. Sui Xin pursed her lips, as if frightened by the wound on her hand, but she couldn't hold back.

"Muzhi, Jingyi." Hui An watched it for a long time in the back, for fear that the scene would be stiff again, so he hurriedly came over and took Suixin's hand, "It's not a heart, what are you doing...... Nan Nan came with her aunt and asked her father and mother to talk. ”

As she spoke, she handed the towel wrapped in ice cubes to Tao Xiang's hand, pulled it up and went into the house.

Jingyi was about to leave, but Tao Xiang didn't let go, and took the ice cube and put it on her hand. Only then did she feel the pain in her fingers.

Tao Xiang asked in a low voice, "How long have you been practicing?" ”

She was stunned, the ice cube was applied to her hand, cold, but his hand was hot.

"Not long." She whispered.

Tao Xiang saw her hang her head, and her hand softened...... He raised his eyebrows, let go of her hand, and said, "My hands are swollen, haven't they been long?" ”

Jing Yi was silent.

After meeting Suixin at Teacher Anna's house, she started playing the piano again. There is an old-fashioned German piano at home, and the tone is not very accurate. She specially invited a tuner to tune it up, and she has been practicing for the past few days. However, after all, the piano art has been deserted for a long time, and there is always some inadequacy. Yesterday I practiced for a long time, my fingers were indeed swollen, and my arms hurt.

I practiced so hard, but I just wanted to be able to play the piano decently in front of my daughter.

"I'll take the girl first...... Take your time, still ripples. He whispered before he turned around.

Jingyi turned her back to him and nodded.

She listened to his footsteps drift away. The ice cubes in his hands melted, and the towel was wet. She unfolded the towel and covered her face. The heat on his face gradually warmed up the ice towel...... When the car sounded, she took off the towel and saw Tao Xiang and Sui Xin walking out one after the other. Zhishen and his wife took their four children to see them off—Tao Xiang stood by the car, looking at Suixin.

Then he stood down, and after a while, he turned back awkwardly, hugged Xia Yuening, quickly let go, and got into the car as if he was fleeing. Tao Xiang shook hands with the couple and said goodbye. His whole body seemed relaxed, and he specially bent down to talk to the Daren brothers and sisters for a while, smiling...... From such a distance, Jingyi could see his smile. Warm and loving. She raised her hand and covered her lips. My fingers hurt more and more, my heart hurt, and I gradually didn't know where my whole body was hurting.

He glanced in her direction. It's just a glimpse, and nothing else. She turned and listened to the car pull away...... Her eyes were a little blurry, and she looked up.

The sky is covered with stars.

In the deep night, the stars seem quiet......

It was late when she left, and when she returned home, she received a call from Tao Xiang on word 61.

Tao Xiang asked her to wait. She waited for a while with the receiver, and then he said, "I'll let you talk to you."

She froze, only to hear a small "I'm sorry".

"It's okay, baby." The tip of her nose was sour.

Suixin's stubborn and angry appearance made her sad when she thought about it.

It was quiet again in the earpiece, and then Tao Xiang took the electric 61 words.

In the 61st episode of the telegram, he only said a few words: "I am still in Shanghai for the past two days, you can take the girl out to play." Good night. ”

61

61

61 The next day, Jingyi specially set aside time to go to No. 6 Gisfield Road to pick up her heart.

Before leaving, Mrs. Tao still looked at her, her face sinking like water. The others were okay, Tao Xiao took Suixin's hand and handed it to her, and Tao Jun and Er An also talked to her for a while. Tao Jun also said that he would return to Lanzhou in the next two days. Jingyi asked him to ask his aunts and grandmothers about their families.

In fact, Jingyi didn't know if they still wanted to receive her greetings, but looking at Tao Jun's happy and relieved expression, she felt that she had done the right thing.

Then he sat in the car with a puffed face and did not speak to her. No matter how she tried to start communicating with her in a different way, she ignored her.

Jing Yi simply kept silent.

When she arrived at the park, Jingyi walked behind Suixin.

It's not a weekend, it's morning again, and it's quieter in the park.

Jingyi carried Suixin's things, let the car wait outside, and she accompanied Suixin, who was silent and had a straight face.

So he reluctantly came out with her, it was nothing more than her obedient listening to Tao Xiang's words. Even Qiu Wei helped with a car of good words.

"Hello." Jingyi saw Suixin's white shoes stepping on the mud and shouted at her.

But it seemed to be deliberate, and he ran over it hard. It had just rained, and the wet mud splashed up, and mud spots suddenly stuck to the white socks of Suixin. Jingyi looked at it and knew that she was still vindictive.

"I hate you." Sui Xin said.

Jingyi walked up and grabbed Suixin's hand.

Sui Xin shook off her hand, glared at her, and said, "I just hate you!" ”

Jingyi squatted down and clutched Suixin's arm hard.

Then he looked at her with big black eyes, and his small mouth was tightly pursed.

"Mom, mom doesn't make you like mom right away, but you have to give mom a chance...... Give mom a chance to take care of you......"

"I don't want it. I have someone to take care of, and it's good. Then he was unmoved.

Jing Yi's face turned pale. I only felt that the words that popped out of Suixin's little mouth were cold and cruel.

"Dad said he wanted me to come with you. I don't. Then he said clearly.

"Nan Nan ......"

"You're my mom, I know. But I'm not going to leave my dad behind. In the past, without you, my father and grandmother, Aunt Wei and Uncle Xiao were all very good. Sui Xin frowned.

Jing Yi let go of the hand holding Suixin's arm, and felt a deep sense of powerlessness.

"Well, you don't come with me. I'm here to stay with you. She whispered.

He wants to go to the battlefield, and he wants his daughter to settle down with her family and have no worries. Maybe he's prepared for the worst.

Although she understood his situation, she was uncontrollably painful every time she thought about him, and she was willing to take her daughter away from the war...... But now that she looks at Suixin, she just wants to never be separated from her daughter again.

Then he glared at her for a while before he said, "It's up to you." I have Aunt Wei, Grandma, Blessed Mother, and Grandma Zhang, and I don't want you to do anything. ”

Jingyi stood up and looked down at this stubborn child.

She seemed to see someone's shadow in her...... She bit her lip.

It's herself.

Sui Xin seemed to be a little more relaxed because she had finished what she was going to say, and when she walked again, her steps were brisk.

Jingyi followed her, not leaving an inch.

Suixin felt impatient and glared back at her.

"Do you want to eat chocolate?" Jingyi asked softly.

There were some snacks in the handbag. It was Qiu Wei who told her what she liked to eat. She opened her handbag and wanted to give it to Suixin. Then he shook his head.

"So what are we going to eat for lunch? What do you want to eat? Jingyi asked good-naturedly.

Sui Xin looked at her and said lightly: "You don't have to be so good to me. ”

Jingyi froze and closed her handbag. The warm and sweet aroma of chocolate is powerless in the cold, damp air. Just like her enthusiasm, there is no place for her cold heart.

She raised her eyes, looked at Suixin, still smiled, and asked, "Then I want to be good to you too." ”

He shrugged, looked at her again before turning, and said, "Okay then...... Lunch is up to you. It's nothing uncommon anyway. ”

"Okay." Jingyi agreed and walked to Suixin's side.

A family of three who came from the opposite side, the little boy held a marshmallow in his hand, held his mother's hand, and watched Suixin and Jingyi while eating...... Jingyi looked down at Suixin and asked, "Want to eat marshmallows?" ”

Sui Xin twisted his face away and shook his head.

Jingyi looked at Suixin's eyes, and looked back at the guards who were following them from afar—Suixin didn't like them to follow closely, and asked them to go away as soon as they came—but she didn't see it, and then looked at Suixin, looking at her.

"Grandma won't let me eat this, saying it's not clean." Then he whispered and sighed.

Soft sighs, listening to the quiet ripples and soft intestines.

She whispered, "It's okay to eat once in a while, it's not that unhygienic." ”

"Well, grandma also bought me rock sugar gourds." Then he said suddenly.

Jingyi was stunned for a moment, realizing that the grandmother she was talking about was Du's ...... She looked in the direction of the entrance to the park and said, "I'll buy it for you when I go out." ”

Sui Xin frowned slightly, but did not object.

Xu is marshmallow opened the door to dialogue between the two, Jing Yitong walked casually, looking for topics to talk about, and was willing to say a word or two to her occasionally.

Jing Yi was in good spirits.

She basically didn't sleep in two emergency surgeries in a row last night. After giving birth, the good body that was recuperated in the heart has never recovered well because of Can'er's child. In recent years, her body has indeed been much worse than before, and she gets tired easily.

Sui Xin walked faster than her, she looked at this small figure in front of her and seemed to be getting smaller and smaller, only to feel a burst of Venus in front of her, and had to hold on to the bench to stand firm. After a while of dizziness, she took a deep breath, and when she woke up, she suddenly found that she was no longer satisfied with her heart. She hurriedly turned her head, looking for Suixin.