Chapter 14: The Rain Grows Stronger (9)
Er Yi smiled, looked at Jingyi, and said, "Seventh sister-in-law is fortunate that she doesn't have such a bad brother, otherwise she would be as miserable as me, and she would have to be taken care of even by a foreign name." Fortunately, Brother Qi has been out a few years ago, if he is always at home, I don't know what it would be like to be bullied...... Seventh sister-in-law, you have a good relationship with your brothers, right? He"
Jing Yi smiled and didn't make a sound.
Tao Xiang glared at Er Yi and didn't make a sound.
Er Yi hasn't been out for a long time, and he is naturally very happy to go out with his brother and sister-in-law.
The plane took off a few minutes later.
Er Yi chirped and spoke, Jing Yi felt that it was okay, but Tao Xiang couldn't stand people talking so much.
Fortunately, it didn't take long for Er Yi to get sleepy, and he shrank in his chair and fell asleep.
Without her to make trouble, the cabin suddenly fell silent, except for a slight roar, no one made a sound. Tao Xiang looked before and after, most of the attendants and servants were asleep, and only Ma Xingjian and Cen Gaoying were awake. Seeing him come over, Ma Xingjian thought he had something wrong, and he waved his hand to indicate that he didn't need to come.
The flight attendant came over and brought him a drink. I don't know if the waiter has confessed, or the flight attendant has remembered his habits and sent a clear coffee. He said thank you, and wanted to ask Jingyi if he wanted anything else, and he sent two glasses of orange water together, which were prepared for her and Eryi.
The flight attendant smiled at him and made a sleep gesture.
He turned his head to see that Jingyi was already asleep.
The flight attendant brought a blanket, one for Er Yi to cover, and one for Tao Xiang.
Tao Xiao put the blanket on her lap for a long time before she unfolded it, and before she could cover Jingyi, she leaned over and leaned on his shoulder.
Tao Xiao shook the blanket and covered her chin.
But after a while, she slept deeply.
He still had the thin booklet in his hand.
He pulled out the pamphlet, and she didn't notice it, but leaned over to him. The face was pressed against his arm, probably because he thought it was more comfortable. He just kept that posture and opened the pamphlet and looked ......
Jingyi didn't know how long she had been asleep, and when she woke up, she saw the milky white leather surface on the top of the cabin. The lower part of the neck is warm and elastic, and the body feels very warm...... It turned out to be covered with a blanket. Although there is a bit of fresh wool taste, in the end it is very comfortable. No wonder she was still dreaming just now, and in her dream she was sleeping on her own kang, which was very warm...... She suddenly realized that something was wrong, and when she turned her head, she saw a white shirt, a dark brown belt, and a silver button on the belt...... Shirt...... She put her hand over her eyes and tried to sit up, but the plane jolted and she fell back on.
A strong arm blocked her from rolling off her seat.
It took a while for her to get up from her seat, and Er Yi on the other side was still asleep, while Tao Xiao next to her was looking at the documents casually. He had her booklet of English poetry in his hand, as well as snacks and orange water.
"Something to eat?" He asked, without turning his face. "There's still an hour to go."
She shook her head.
Thinking that he couldn't see it, he said, "Don't eat it." Eight sisters sleep all the time? β
"I woke up once and ate a lot of things." Tao Xiang said.
Jingyi was suddenly embarrassed.
Originally, I didn't want to eat anything, so I couldn't help but take orange water to drink...... Fortunately, Tao Xiang had been concentrating on his business, and after a while, he got up and walked around the cabin twice, and then he and his entourage didn't know what kind of meeting they were having, apparently discussing a very serious topic, and gave her his back.
She glanced at the seat next to Tao Xiang who had sat next to herβin fact, this person was spacious enough, and she was obviously leaning on that side when she fell asleep......
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When the plane landed, it was pouring rain in Nanjing.
Jingyi hadn't seen such heavy rain for a long time, and the rain was pouring down from the cabin door. They were about to go down, and a person in a raincoat came in the cabin, and Er Yi immediately called the second brother.
Jing Yi recognized it, and it was indeed Tao Si.
Tao Si smiled, the rain on the raincoat fell straight down, standing with Tao Xiang, Jing Yi looked at them, and found that Tao Xiang looked much darker and thinner than Tao Si...... Tao Si beckoned them to get off the plane.
The car stopped under the gangway, and Jingyi and they quickly got into the car.
Tao Si sat in front, drove herself, and said with a smile: "Yamei and Cersei want to pick you up together, but the rain is still so heavy when they go out, I didn't let them come." I'm waiting for you at home for dinner. β
"Are the second sister-in-law and Cersei okay?" Jingyi asked.
"Wait a minute, you will see yourself." Tao Si said with a smile.
Jingyi looked at him, it was dark, and he couldn't see his face clearly, but he always felt that he was in a good mood when he heard the voice...... She took a towel to wipe the rain splashed on her legs, the light reflected off the headlights on the airport runway illuminated the car, she noticed that Tao Xiang was also looking at Tao Si, and she saw it, he took the towel out of her hand and wiped the rain falling on her shoulder.
There were also a few drops of rain on his forehead, and Jingyi saw that there was a dry towel at hand, and she took it and wiped his forehead. Quickly, before he realized it, she had already put the towel away......
The residence of Mr. and Mrs. Tao Si is in Meihua Lane, which is a small but chic mansion. It seemed that the car arrived at the door of the inner house after entering the gate for a while, Jingyi opened the curtain, and sure enough, she saw Yamei standing outside with Cersei, and when she saw their car arrive, Cersei jumped up beside Yamei and waved her hand.
As soon as the car stopped, Jingyi didn't wait for anyone to open the door, opened the car door and came down, and as soon as Cersei saw her, she immediately pounced. Jingyi picked her up.
"Little aunt!" There was some crying in her delicate voice. Climbing Jingyi's neck, he saw Er Yi and Tao Xiang getting off one after another, and shouted: "Little aunt, seventh uncle." "I'm going to hug Tao Xiang again. No matter how Er Yi teases Cersei, Cersei only needs Tao Xiang to hug her first, and the angry Eryi patted Cersei's little ass and said, "What a conscienceless Cersei!" β
Tao Xiang smiled when he saw Cersei, hugged Cersei over before greeting Yamei, called the second sister-in-law, and followed Tao Si into the house first.
Yamei pulled Eryi with one hand and Jingyi with the other, looked left and right, and joked: "It is obvious that the eighth child has slept all the way and is jumping around." Jingyi's face is not good, she didn't sleep on the road, right? β
Er Yi laughed as if he had been scratched on the itch, wanted to say something, looked at Jingyi's expression, endured it, couldn't hold it back, and said, "Seventh sister-in-law hasn't slept yet...... Seventh sister-in-law...... Slept all the way! β
Yamei smiled and asked, "Huh?" Then why is your seventh sister-in-law so bad-looking? β
Jingyi's face turned red and glared at Er Yi.
"Actually, it's nothing." Eryi ran to the front with a grin and teased little Cersei.
"What happened on the way?" Yamei asked with a smile.
Jing Yi was silent.
Truly...... It's nothing. But if you want her to talk to Yamei, she is a little speechless.
Yamei was not reluctant, seeing that Cersei and Tao Si Tao Xiang were having a good time, she had already ignored them, so she took Jingyi and Er Yi up to their room to change clothes. Eryi lived on one end by himself, and Jingyi and Tao Xiang's room was at the other end of the second floor. Yamei followed Jingyi in, and when Jingyi changed her clothes, she watched from the sidelines and didn't make a sound.
"Second sister-in-law?" Jingyi saw that she was a little distracted, so she called her, "You haven't seen me for a few days?" Don't you know each other? β
Yamei smiled and said, "Are you living a fairy-like life?" I don't see you for three or four months. She looked at Jingyi's still plain dress. Presumably in the Tao family, Jingyi in the heavy filial piety is not convenient to wear too plain because of the old grandmother's presence, and there are not so many taboos when she comes out, Qiu Wei hung up the clothes for her one by one, almost all of them were black and white. Jingyi was originally very good-looking in these two colors, but in her eyes, she couldn't help but feel distressed. "You always write letters saying yes, and I don't know if you are coaxing me. So this time I said that Lao Qi was coming, I think if you don't come, I really have to send a few telegrams to urge me. I didn't think that such a big thing happened a few days ago, I thought that the seventh brother would not take you out, and I told your second brother seriously, and I don't know when I will see you. β
"Isn't this coming? It's nothing. It's not that I've never experienced it. Jingyi came over and sat down. The long black silk dress was attached to her legs, and it was very feminine.
Yamei looked at her as if she felt that there was something different about her, and said, "I feel more relieved to see that you are doing well in front of me." β
"Second sister-in-law," Jingyi smiled, "You are like my mother." As soon as we met, we were very long-winded. If I live here, will I still have to? I'm afraid I'm going to have calluses in my ears. β
Yamei sighed and said, "You have come to dislike me for being verbose." By the way, let me tell you something. β
Jingyi nodded.
Yamei said: "These days, the heads of all parties are in Nanjing, and Lao Qi is here for his father, so there may be many occasions for you to accompany Lao Qi to attend." I don't think the seventh child may be going to all of them, but the dinner at the Governor's Mansion must be attended. In addition, I met with Grandma San last week, and she said that she wanted to invite us alone. I don't know if you said that? I thought about your family meeting, and Goyuki and I didn't participate. Your sisters-in-law and brothers and sisters haven't seen each other for a long time, and it's not good for us to meet and talk about family life. β
Jingyi shook her head and said, "He has been doing his business these days, I'll contact the third sister-in-law." β
She also knew what Suo Yanlin meant. Since I have come here, I must meet them all. It's what Yamei said about the dinner party at Chief Suo's mansion, needless to say, she will meet them, so she might as well go to meet people generously. Sometimes, Tao Xiang must be accompanied by her. He asked her to come, and that's all.
Seeing that she was silent, Yamei's face was a little gloomy, and she didn't know why, and wanted to ask, but the tiger girl knocked on the door outside and invited them to go down for dinner. Yamei clapped her hands and said, "Look at me, how many words can't be said while eating...... Come on. I recently hired a good chef to cook authentic Huaiyang dishes. I don't know if you're used to eating...... Talking, others are not in a hurry to go first, tomorrow I will accompany you to Wujian to see her big fat boy. You haven't arrived yet, and she's called several times. If it weren't for her family's Kong Yuanyu to stop her, she wouldn't have been able to care about what came first...... Haha, you don't know what she's fat now......"
Yamei said and laughed. To describe the appearance of being fat and fat, he used "the face is like a pumpkin and the body is like a winter melon".
Jingyi couldn't help but laugh when she heard it.
The messages are always pleasant...... So when she went downstairs, she had a big smile on her face.
All night, she listened quietly to Tao Si and Yamei telling all kinds of news or jokes.
There were two phone calls in the middle of the day, namely Zhao Wujian and Suo Yanlin: Wujian told Jingyi that Wujian had heard that she had come to Nanjing, and the sisters who came to visit her in the past two days got together; Although Yan Lin's tone on the phone was as gentle as possible, she did not allow the slightest hesitation, as if she had the slightest hesitation, and decided to meet tomorrow...... Jingyi held the earpiece for a long time before putting it down, and when she saw Tao Xiang looking at her, she said, "I'll go see the third sister-in-law tomorrow." β
She didn't say anything about the third brother.
Presumably, the subconscious mind also avoided it.
Tao Xiang looked at her, not like she had some mood fluctuations, knowing that she was well controlled.
When she went to rest at night, she took a shower and went to bed first.
When Tao Xiang came out, she saw that the lamp at her bedside was still on, but the person had shrunk under the sheet.
He sat down to look at her and turned off the lights. After a while, he reached over and turned off the light on her side. Touching her arm, I felt her shrink a little. It's so fast, it's almost imperceptible. He saw her face before the light went out, the delicate tiny color, and as the light faded, it became only a thick black shadow before his eyes, and it took him a moment before he could discern the outline of her face...... The body close to him was trembling, and the inaudible breathing gradually became heavier...... He held that position for a long time, and then rolled over and lay back heavily.
Jing Yi's heartbeat was almost out of control, and it took a long time to spit out the breath in her chest.
Tao Xiang didn't fall asleep, she knew.
He didn't sleep, and she didn't dare sleep. Even though she was already tired.
The horseshoe clock at the head of the bed jingled along...... I don't know how long I walked, but Tao Xiang got up.
She saw the bedroom door open and close, and the light from the porch let in a littleβhe had gone out in his long nightgown. It was the new, plain silk pajamas she had brought with her before leaving......
Tao Xiang remembered that in Tao Si's house, there was a small bar on this floor. I walked out of the room and found it after a few steps. The servant on duty at night found him and was sent away by his two words. He went into the small bar and searched, but for a moment he couldn't do anything.
"Why don't you sleep in the middle of the night and find a drink?"