"Hmm." Nangong Chen casually threw his suit jacket on the sofa, poured a glass of boiled water, walked to the bay window and sat down.

Bai Muqing followed and looked at him: "Did you find her?" ”

Judging by his expression, he shouldn't have found it, right?

Nangong Chen shook his head. Said sadly: "I can't find it." ”

Bai Muqing sat down on the other side of the bay window, her small hands on the back of his hands.

Her fingertips were slightly cool, and the back of her hand was as soft and delicate as silk.

"It's been so many years, can we stop looking for it?" She stared at him, feeling distressed.

A big man like him shouldn't be hurt like this by a woman!

Nangong Chen smiled bitterly, over the years, he had said this sentence to himself no less than a hundred times, but what was the use? He'd still go crazy all night because of a figure that looked like her back.

That night, he searched almost the entire commercial street, and even went to the villa where her family lived to find it, but the response was that the family had moved, and the property rights of the villa had changed hands.

He came down from the windowsill and walked over to the bar with a bottle of red wine and two crystal goblets. Immediately handed one of the poured glasses of red wine to Bai Muqing.

Bai Muqing lowered his eyes and glanced at the red wine in his hand, but did not reach out to take it.

"What? Don't even want to have a drink with me? He shook the goblet in his hand, and the red liquid in the cup tumbled into small waves, bewitching and gorgeous.

Bai Muqing really had the urge to take it and kill it, but she couldn't do it, she was a pregnant woman!

"Have you forgotten that your stomach is not well? No alcohol. She said that she was about to snatch the bottle from his hand.

Nangong Chen grabbed her palm and put the wine glass into her palm: "If it weren't for taking care of you, I would choose to drink liquor." ”

With that, he picked up another cup, touched it with her, and tilted his head to drink it down.

Watching him pour the wine glass again, Bai Muqing knew that she couldn't stop her no matter what, so she had no choice but to symbolically touch the wine with her lips at his repeated requests.

Red wine is a good vintage, but no matter how good it is. Drinking cup after cup like him hurts his body.

"Alright, don't drink any more." She forcibly snatched the wine glass from his hand, stared at him and said angrily, "Isn't it just a woman?" Look what you've done with yourself. ”

"You don't understand anything at all."

"Why don't I understand, it's not like I haven't been abandoned by men, but do you see that I have made myself as embarrassed as you are?"

This time, Nangong Chen didn't snatch the wine glass back, he leaned his head against the window edge, and smiled sadly: "Anyway, she doesn't want me anymore, what does it matter what it looks like?" Hehe, really, even she is afraid of me, she clearly said that she is not afraid...... Obviously not afraid of ....... ”

After speaking, he suddenly sat up straight and pinched her shoulders with both hands: "Have you ever tried to be afraid of being disliked?" Surely not, right? But I have. I've lived with this taste since I was a child. At the beginning, it was in the western suburbs of Yancheng, and several new friends who had a good time with me immediately ran away after hearing that I was an ominous person, and then I got lost and fell ill in the rain. I finally met someone who wasn't afraid that I wouldn't dislike me, I thought I could be with her for the rest of my life, but in the end? It turned out to be just a dream, a ....... ”

"Say no more." Bai Muqing leaned over and hugged him tightly: "It's not that no one wants you, at least I want you." I am not afraid of you, and I do not dislike you. ”

"You're not afraid of me?" Nangong Chen sneered.

"Well, I'll admit that I was a little scared at first, because I've never encountered anything like this. Because the rumors outside are so outrageous. But now I'm not afraid, and I won't be afraid in the future, no matter what happens in the future, I will spend it with you, please believe me. ”

"Two months ago, would you have said that?" Nangong Chen sneered again: "No, right?" ”

Bai Muqing was stunned, she knew that Nangong Chen was referring to before she knew his true identity. But she can swear to God, she really didn't decide to live with him after seeing his appearance and knowing that he wouldn't reject his wife.

From the moment she was forced to marry him, she had accepted everything!

It's no wonder he thinks so, since he appeared at the banquet of Nangong's house, how many women have been regretting and regretting it, even Bai Ying'an, the rich and powerful daughter, is dreaming of becoming his wife.

Nangong Chen didn't push Bai Muqing away, and he was too tired to push her away, so he let her hold him.

Bai Muqing took a light breath in his arms and said with a wry smile: "If I say that I am different from them, you will definitely not believe it, and there is no reason for you to believe it." ”

She finally let go of him, looked at him, and said, "Is enough of venting?" If that's enough, go in and take a shower, I'll cook the porridge and serve it to you. ”

He didn't eat much during the dinner, and Miss Zhu, who was looking for him this night, probably couldn't have the heart to eat.

Before Bai Muqing left the bedroom, she also thoughtfully entered the bathroom and put a tank of bath water for him.

By the time she brought the porridge hot, Nangong Chen had already fallen asleep on the windowsill.

She walked over, pushed his arm and whispered, "Young Master, it's okay if you don't take a bath, but you must eat porridge, otherwise you will be hungry at night." ”

Nangong Chen had just poured down most of the bottles of red wine in a row, and the stamina of the red wine was great, and he had gradually begun to get a little drunk.

Nangong Chen was indeed hungry, he tried to stabilize his body, took the white porridge in her hand and ate it quickly.

After eating the porridge, he lay down on the bed with Bai Muqing's support, probably because the movement was too big, and his stomach suddenly turned upside down. The body threw forward, and the white porridge that had just been eaten spit out, and spit it out on Bai Muqing's body impartially.

Bai Muqing couldn't dodge, and the pajamas she had just changed into were all dirty. But at this time, she couldn't care so much, and hurriedly stepped forward to live in Nangong Chen's body and said with concern: "Young Master, are you okay?" ”

After Nangong Chen lay on the edge of the bed and vomited violently, his stomach finally emptied, and he was finally more comfortable.

He fell back on the bed with a puffed face, looking at Bai Mu, who was embarrassed but didn't care at all, and felt a little embarrassed in his heart. He waved uncomfortably, signaling him to leave himself alone.

Bai Muqing poured him warm boiled water, and said with disgust: "Look, I told you not to drink so much." ”

After serving him to drink warm water, she asked again, "I have vomited all the porridge I just ate, do you want me to serve you another bowl?" ”

"No need." I was hungry, but I didn't have an appetite.

Bai Muqing could see that he had no appetite, and he was no longer reluctant, so he walked into the bathroom and began to clean himself up. After she finished taking a bath, she remembered that she had only brought a set of pajamas, and now that the pajamas were dirty by him, she had to wrap herself in a bath towel.

Fortunately, Nangong Chen had already fallen asleep, and she couldn't see her wrapped in a bath towel.

After cleaning up herself and cleaning the floor, Bai Muqing brought a basin of hot water to the bed, and used a towel to help Nangong Chen wipe her face and hands.

The warm towel was very comfortable and warm on his face, Bai Muqing helped him wipe his face, and when he was about to move the towel away, the small hand holding the towel was suddenly wrapped in his big palm.

She was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly used her other hand to cover the bath towel on her body, and when she instinctively wanted to break free of his big palm, she was clenched tighter by him.

"Stay with me...... Sleep will. His voice was as low as a murmur.

Bai Muqing turned her hand vigorously, and resisted in a sour tone: "I've said it many times, it's not your Zhu Zhu!" ”

"I know." He was still dreaming.

He knows? Bai Muqing stopped struggling and looked at him with a surprised expression. Does he really know? Really didn't think of her as Miss Zhu?

Although he is very pitiful and sympathetic at the moment, she is still very unhappy if she wants to play Miss Zhu to please him, this is the most basic matter of principle!

"What about you...... Tell me, what's my name? In order to keep her distance, Bai Muqing deliberately rubbed beside the bed. However, before she could think about what to do, Nangong Chen had already forcibly dragged her to the bed and pinched her into her arms.

was dragged by him like this, and the bath towel on Bai Muqing's body finally fell off. Feeling the nakedness on her body, Nangong Chen touched her with his hand, and then propped himself up and stared at her, his eyes full of mockery.

Bai Muqing knew that he must have misunderstood, and hurriedly clarified: "The only set of pajamas I have was soiled by you. ”

"Sorry......." His palm roamed over her, and his body gradually reacted, Bai Muqing was worried that he would not be able to bear his beastly nature, so he hurriedly grabbed his palm, stared at him and begged: "I've been serving you for a night, I'm already very tired, can I change the day?" ”

When it came to this, she didn't believe that he still wouldn't let go of herself.

When Nangong Chen heard her say this, he really stopped the assault, and hugged her instead.

After tossing all night, he was actually very tired.

The next day, Bai Muqing got up early, went to the neighborhood to buy simple ingredients and came back to cook breakfast.

When she returned to the bedroom, Nangong Chen had just woken up and sat up from the bed.

"Woke up?" Bai Muqing looked at him.

Nangong Chen looked at her, remembering the bits and pieces of last night, and couldn't help laughing at herself in her heart.

What the hell did you do last night?!

For a woman who couldn't come back for a night, he lost his soul all night, and drank himself to the brink of embarrassment, such Nangong Chen was disgusted even when he saw it.

"Last night...... Thank you for your hard work. He said a rare gentle word to her.

In the past, he would only take everything she did last night for granted, because she was the wife he bought, and he had never looked at her as an equal, because he was shameless.

It was probably because of the long time that he gradually discovered that she was indeed different from others, so his attitude towards her changed.

Not to mention himself, even Bai Muqing felt unaccustomed to hearing him speak in such a tone. But thinking about last night, she did despise it.

She smiled a little mockingly, "So you remember what stupid thing you did last night?" ”

"What do you mean?" Nangong Chen pretended to be stupid.

"Nothing." Bai Muqing picked up a coat from the chair and threw it to him: "Hurry up and put on your clothes, be careful of catching a cold, and also, hurry down and eat breakfast after washing." With that, he turned and left the bedroom and went downstairs.

Nangong Chen walked into the bathroom to wash up, and took a shower by the way, and when he came out, he was already fresh and clean. As he walked towards the bedroom door, his eyes accidentally fell on the shopping bag on the sofa, and the logo on the shopping bag was the same one from the shawl store last night.

He paused and walked back to the door.

When eating breakfast, Nangong Chen buried his head in eating the lean porridge in the bowl, and Bai Muqing, who was sitting opposite, was eating porridge while swiping the web page with his mobile phone, and the mobile phone screen displayed the characteristics and traffic conditions of Yancheng.

She hasn't been back to Yancheng for too long, and many places have changed, so she wants to take advantage of this time to come back and get familiar with it.

"Where are you going to go today?" Nangong Chen suddenly asked.

"I don't know, I'm looking for it." Bai Muqing took a bite of the porridge in the bowl, and responded casually without raising her head.

"Do you want me to come with you?"

"Huh?" Bai Muqing finally raised her head and looked at him in surprise.

She heard her right, right? Nangong Chen took the initiative to say that he wanted to go out with her? It's not like his style!

When I begged him to accompany me to the shopping mall yesterday, I didn't ask for a long time, and in the end I was turned by her because I didn't have a car.

"What? Don't need it? "The first offering is diligent, but I can't get the cheers I deserve, and I feel a little unhappy in my heart.

He was able to offer to accompany him to go shopping, Bai Muqing was of course full of joy, but she was not the kind of person who didn't care about the inconvenience of others for her own happiness.

"But...... Don't you have something important to do today? Bai Muqing looked at him and said that when she hadn't arrived home last night, she had received a call from Assistant Yan, reminding her not to take Nangong Chen too late, because she still had important things to do the next day.

"Forget it, let's let Xiao Lin accompany me." Bai Muqing smiled, and then asked, "By the way, was Xiaolin finally fired by you?" ”

"Nope." Nangong Chen lowered his head and continued to eat porridge.

Since she said so, he naturally has no reason to continue to recommend himself to curry favor, and he does have something to do today.

Originally, he wanted to push the matter to Assistant Yan to deal with, and he was officially accompanying her for a day to repay her for taking care of her yesterday.

"I thought you'd fire him, yes, a caring boss." Bai Muqing gave him a thumbs up and smiled approvingly.

Nangong Chen glanced at her with a flat face, he also thought that he would fire Xiao Lin.

It seems that he has indeed changed a lot recently, and the person who has slowly changed himself is the woman in front of him who has not achieved enough things and has a lot of failures.

Bai Muqing and Nangong Chen went out together, and after getting off at the door of the new real estate, Nangong Chen really sent Xiaolin to Bai Muqing.

Kobayashi is a lively and cheerful boy, and he has heard about the fact that he was almost expelled last night.

As soon as he saw Bai Muqing, he was grateful and said, "Young lady, I really thanked you last night, thank you." ”

"Last night?" Bai Muqing was still a little confused, she didn't take such a little thing to heart at all.

"I heard what Assistant Yan said, it was you who pleaded with Chen Shao on my behalf, so I was able to keep my job." Xiao Lin said with a smile: "I shouldn't have left my post last night, so that Chen Shao didn't have a car to sit in." ”

In the past, he would have been fired a long time ago.

"Such a small thing is not enough to worry about, just do it well in the future." Bai Muqing smiled at him.

"I will." Kobayashi replied loudly.

After the car started, the carriage was quiet, and Bai Muqing couldn't help but think to herself, if she hadn't interceded for Xiao Lin so much last night, Nangong Chen would have stood at the door of the hotel and waited for Xiao Lin to come over, and she wouldn't have been abducted to the commercial street, she wouldn't have met that girl, and she wouldn't ......have been looking for her all night.

She shook her head, what was she thinking?

If Nangong Chen has that woman in his heart, not only in the commercial street, but everywhere he goes, he will have her shadow, and he will think of her wherever he goes.

In fact, part of the reason why she refused Nangong Chen to accompany her today was because she didn't plan to go anywhere at all, but decided to go to her grandmother's grave to have a look and worship her old man.

After putting Nangong Chen down, she asked Xiao Lin to send her to the cemetery in the north of the city

****

Nangong Chen finished his business, closed the folder and pressed the internal phone.

Soon, Assistant Yan walked in, stood still in front of him, and said righteously: "Chen Shao, are you done?" ”

"Hmm."

"Then I'll report to you about the Zhu family's courtyard now." Assistant Yan handed the folder in his hand to Nangong Chen: "This is the basic information sheet of the Zhu family's personnel, as well as all the documents when the Zhu family's small courtyard was purchased. ”

Nangong Chen opened the folder, and the first one was the basic information of the old lady of the Zhu family, and the date of her death was the time when he bought the Zhu family's courtyard.

After scrolling down a few more times, his movements suddenly stopped and stopped at one person's profile.

Familiar names, familiar faces .......

Zhu Zhu, a simple name with a little cuteness, he still remembers the first time he asked her what her name was, she was embarrassed to say it, just let him call her Xiao Zhu.

He laughed and said that Xiao Zhu was not intimate and wanted to call her Zhu Zhu, but she yelled angrily that he was a pig.

Later, he screamed, and he slowly confirmed her piggy's name.

"Chen Shao." Assistant Yan called, Nangong Chen came back to his senses, stabilized his emotions and said, "You say." ”

"I have already investigated, and this is the case, when Mr. He came forward to talk to Zhu Zhiwen, the son of Mrs. Zhu, about buying the Zhu family's courtyard. As soon as Zhu Zhiwen heard that he could compensate the villa in the Zhu family's urban area, he immediately agreed, but Mrs. Zhu refused to sell the courtyard and threatened to commit suicide. In order to complete the task as soon as possible, Mr. He united with Zhu Zhiwen's family to force the old lady out of the courtyard, and the old lady jumped from the second floor in a fit of anger and broke her leg bone. But the strange thing is that the old lady died the day after she was admitted to the hospital, apparently only with external injuries. It is rumored that Zhu Zhiwen took the opportunity to kill the old lady in order to get this property, but whether this is the case or not, I am afraid only Zhu Zhiwen knows. ”

Nangong Chen groaned, thoughtful.

"But one thing is certain, Mrs. Zhu was forced to die in the Zhu family's small courtyard business." Assistant Yan continued.

Really! Sure enough, he was forced to die!

Nangong Chen's hands on the folder clenched little by little, and he smiled sadly: "It seems that it is still my fault." ”

At the beginning, he just wanted to buy the small courtyard anonymously and arrange a good residence for the Zhu family, so he sent He Feng to talk to the people of the Zhu family, but he didn't expect this kind of thing to happen.

Thinking about it, He Feng misunderstood what he meant, thinking that he was interested in the Zhu family's courtyard and sent him there, and Assistant He, who was eager to get to the top at that time, in order to complete the task as soon as possible to please him, united with Zhu Zhiwen to force Mrs. Zhu to death.

He knew that Mrs. Zhu was the only relative who loved Zhu Zhu, and she was also the one Zhu Zhu loved and cared about the most, however, he inadvertently killed the person she loved the most.

"Chen Shao, don't say that." Assistant Yan opened his mouth and comforted: "It's none of your business. ”

"How can it be none of my business? If it weren't for my troubles, Mrs. Zhu wouldn't have died. Nangong Chen took a light breath helplessly, and looked up at Assistant Yan: "Have you found out where Old Lady Zhu's grave is?" ”

"I've checked it." Assistant Yan said that it is her characteristic to be comprehensive, and even the old lady's favorite lily she has investigated clearly.

"Chen Shao, are you going to the cemetery to worship Mrs. Zhu?" Assistant Yan asked suspiciously.

Nangong Chen nodded.

"I'll get you the car." Assistant Yan walked out after speaking. What is the blood of the female soil.

*****

Bai Muqing accompanied her in front of her grandmother's grave for a long time before she took a faint breath and wiped away the tears that had accidentally appeared under her eyes with the back of her hand.

This farewell, and I don't know when I will come back, even though I am very reluctant, I have to leave.

She still remembers that when she left the Zhu family, her grandmother held her with her old palm, tears were full of tears, reluctant, and finally forced the last dozens of yuan in her pocket to her.

Grandma said to her that if the road to recognizing relatives is not good, then come back to Yancheng, no matter how bad Yancheng is, it is always a place to stay.

She promised with all her mouth, and the road to recognizing her relatives was really not easy, but with her uncle and aunt here, she would never be able to return to this home.

"Grandma, don't worry, I'm doing well now." She raised her palm, and her fingertips gently stroked the photo of the old lady on the tombstone: "In the future, I will come back to see you every year and send you your favorite lilies." ”

It's a pity that no matter what nice things she says, my grandmother can't respond to her anymore.

After Bai Muqing left the cemetery and returned to the car, Xiao Lin looked at her with wet eyes and asked with concern, "Young lady, are you okay?" ”

"I'm fine." Bai Muqing sniffed and touched her cheek with her hand.

Xiao Lin looked at her, and then looked at the cemetery, is it sad to see a friend like this? He was a little confused.

"Let's drive." Bai Muqing urged.

Xiao Lin nodded, started the car and drove in the direction of the outside of the cemetery.

Driving out of the cemetery road, there is a road leading to the city, and shortly after the car drove out, a silver-gray limousine drove up.

The car was rented by Yancheng, Xiao Lin and Bai Muqing were not familiar with it, and they didn't notice that Assistant Yan and Nangong Chen were sitting in the car.

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