142 In his heart, he can only be second at most

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The exhibition went very smoothly, in fact, there was no Huo Jiangcheng to support it, and An Muyang's paintings were also quite popular. Although the price is not too high, at least someone can see it and is willing to spend money to buy it, which is rare.

An Shutong asked Huo Jiangcheng to help buy two paintings, one is Jiang Jinghong's masterpiece, and the other is An Muyang's autumn harvest picture. Because she could see that when her sister-in-law's eyes were staring at the autumn harvest map, her eyes were full of light. An Shutong knew that Zhao Mengqing was actually quite a backbone person, her mother's family was poor, and she was just a little nurse with little money. But she has strong self-esteem, even if her husband has a lot of money and is the eldest son of the Huo Group, which is popular all over the world, she has never had the luxury of asking for a penny too much.

After participating in the exhibition, the three of them had dinner together. When they were separated, An Shutong quietly gave the painting to Zhao Mengqing.

"This is...... For me? Zhao Mengqing didn't expect An Shutong to give the painting to herself, she thought that she wanted to collect it herself.

"yes, for you." An Shutong said, "I just saw it, and my sister-in-law seems to like this painting." In this case, a gentleman does not take the favor of others. ”

"I actually ......" Zhao Mengqing didn't expect that her thoughts would be seen through, but she didn't want to accept gifts easily, "You spent a lot of money to buy this painting, so give it to me like this, it's not good." No, I can't take it. Besides, it was the second child who spent money to buy it for you. ”

"The second brother's money is the Huo family's money. You are the daughter-in-law of the Huo family, why can't you take it? An Shutong's attitude was also quite tough, and he was stunned to stuff the gift into Zhao Mengqing's hand, "Sister-in-law, don't be polite to me, okay?" Big deal, in a few days, you'll give me another gift. I remember, just these days, is it your birthday? ”

"If you remember, I forgot it myself." Zhao Mengqing smiled a little bitterly, and didn't shirk it, but only accepted the painting and said, "I know, you bought it for me sincerely, so if I shirk it, it will seem that we are a little out of sight." Is this painting a birthday present from you? Hmm~ When it comes to your birthday, I'll also prepare a gift. However, I don't have any money, so don't dislike me for being a light gift. ”

"Why don't you pack you up and give it to me?" An Shutong is happy to joke, and he also regards Zhao Mengqing as a real friend, "I'm afraid that my eldest brother will beat me." ”

The smile on Zhao Mengqing's face was not reduced by half, but there were tears in her eyes.

"You still have your body with you, go back and rest early." Zhao Mengqing waved at Huo Jiangcheng and said, "Take good care of Tong Tong, I'll go first." ”

"It's so late, let's drive you back." An Shutong suggested.

"No need, where does it need to be so troublesome." Zhao Mengqing waved her hand, standing on the side of the road, she had already reached out to stop a taxi, she stood outside and said, "Go back, I'm home, I'll send you a >."

"Okay then." An Shutong stood in the wind, Huo Jiangcheng was waiting beside her, she was not frozen, she just waved at Zhao Mengqing and said, "Sister-in-law, happy birthday!" ”

Zhao Mengqing was walking into the car and was stunned. She didn't turn back, just raised her hand high and waved at An Shutong.

When sitting in the back seat of the taxi, Zhao Mengqing suddenly felt aggrieved and couldn't help crying. Actually, there's no grievance, at least, Jiang Li treats her better now than before, isn't he? There is more and more communication between them, and he is also trying to care for himself.

But because of this, she is even more sad. Because I used to think that the reason why they lived like that was because there was no communication and no communication, because he had a prejudice against himself in his heart, and he didn't know himself at all. But now, she felt completely wrong. That man, he will love, but he always has someone else in his heart. He's a good man, he knows what responsibility is, and he's trying to take his responsibility.

However, the human heart cannot be deceived. If he doesn't love, he doesn't love, and no matter how much he does, it's not in the name of love.

In fact, the love that Zhao Mengqing dreamed of when she was a child was like Huo Jiangcheng and An Shutong. Maybe you don't need to be so rich, but there must be a strong love between husband and wife, no matter when, they will give everything for each other from the bottom of their hearts.

She hopes that both husband and wife can be each other's only.

Sometimes, I really don't care if I have more money or less money. All I care about is the heart. For this reason, she even selfishly thought about how good it would be if he wasn't the eldest son of the Huo family, and if the beginning of the evil relationship between them wasn't overnight. How good it should be, if they are in a normal relationship and married, how good it would be.

Zhao Mengqing went upstairs with a painting, Xiao Weimin hadn't slept yet, and when he saw his mother coming back, he rubbed his eyes and ran out of his bedroom.

"Mom." Wei Min hugged his mother's leg, looked up and asked, "Where have you been?" Why did you come home so late, Dad left later than you, and he came back for a while. ”

"Mom went to an art exhibition, with your second uncle and aunt." Zhao Mengqing said, "Look, is this painting beautiful? ”

"This painting is so beautiful, did my mother buy it?"

Huo Jiangli has also been with his son all the time, he stood at the door with his beautiful body, his hands gently on his son's shoulders, and said to his wife: "Wei Min said that he would wait for you to come back and sleep again, and he has been holding on until now." However, I just told him the story, and I was obedient. ”

"It's time to sleep, too." Zhao Mengqing said, "Weimin, obedient, I have to go to class tomorrow, and children can't stay up late." ”

"Then I'll go to sleep, good night Mom and Dad." Wei Min may have noticed that the relationship between his parents has improved a lot recently, and the child behaved very positively, and turned around before entering the house, "Mom and Dad also go to bed early, don't go to the study and stay up late." ”

The husband and wife also understood what the son meant. Huo Jiangli glanced at his wife, unfolded it from her hand and took the painting to look at it, and then said, "You bought it?" ”

Zhao Mengqing shook her head: "Shu Tong's sister is now working in a gallery, and today is the first time to hold an art exhibition, they went to support, and I met someone in the hospital, so I followed." As he spoke, the person had already gone to the bedroom, and Huo Jiangli followed.

"Why don't you tell me?" After entering the bedroom, Huo Jiangli said, "I called you, and the mobile phone was turned off." ”

"Well, it's out of power." Zhao Mengqing took out her mobile phone and laughed awkwardly, she didn't want to mention this again, and asked, "The hospital is not busy today?" I remember when I left, your department wasn't doing an operation, and I thought I wouldn't be back until the night. ”

"It's not a major surgery, and it's a success." Huo Jiangli was indeed a little tired, his handsome face frowned slightly, he bent down and sat down on the sofa at the end of the bed, and then talked to her about his son's study, "Wei Min has been obedient recently, although he has just entered the first grade, he has to start his studies from a young age. I wondered if I should hire a governess for him if necessary. You don't have to stay at home every day, just come to tutor outside of class two or three times a week. ”

"You have to ask your son if he likes it, and the pressure is not too much. Today's children are under too much pressure to study, and they don't have any childhood fun at all. Zhao Mengqing actually doesn't want her son to be so tired, but if her son likes it, she has no opinion.

"He doesn't care." Huo Jiangli said, "I think that although it is okay to tutor by ourselves, we often work overtime, and the hours are not fixed. ”

"It's good if he says yes, and don't learn anything too esoteric." Zhao Mengqing picked up her mobile phone and sent a message to An Shutong on WeChat: I arrived home, and after that, I picked up my pajamas and said, "I'll go take a shower first, I'm really tired today." ”

Huo Jiangli didn't speak again, and Zhao Mengqing entered the bathroom when the mobile phone prompt sounded.

The mobile phone was thrown at the end of the bed, and Huo Jiangli saw it at a glance. Seeing the words "Happy Birthday", he seemed to suddenly remember that today is his wife's birthday.

Huo Jiangli held his head in his hands, sat quietly on the side for a while, picked up the cigarette case and lighter, and went to smoke on the balcony outside the bedroom. One was pumped and the other was drawn, and it was dark outside, only the red light shimmered.

It wasn't until Zhao Mengqing finished taking a bath that he heard the movement behind him and walked back.

"You smoked?" Looking at the tall man standing at the door of the balcony, Zhao Mengqing could clearly see the exhaustion and pain on his face, and her heart suddenly ached.

Her man, at the moment, is wearing a white shirt and black trousers. His legs are long and straight, his temperament is melancholy, how can she be indifferent to such a man with a faint sadness on his eyebrows?

"The addiction to cigarettes came up, and I smoked two." Huo Jiangli walked to his wife's side, lowered his eyes to look at her face, and then stretched out his hand, hugged the person gently, and said in her ear, "I'm sorry, I forgot that today is your birthday, and I didn't even prepare a gift." ”

"How do you know?" Zhao Mengqing still had some surprises in her heart, thinking, maybe she was really busy and forgot. But now that I think about it, it's not too late.

Besides, I haven't done these for the past seven years, so it's normal if I don't remember. But after hearing him say that she saw what Shu Tong said on WeChat, her heart felt like someone had poured a basin of cold water, and gradually, it became cold a little bit.

"Let's go take a shower, my body smells of smoke." She squeezed out a laugh and reached out to push him.

Huo Jiangli's chin scraped lightly on her cheek, and her voice was low: "Okay, let's go." ”

After he left, Zhao Mengqing's face was red and her ears were hot.

Listening to the sound of rushing water from the bathroom, Zhao Mengqing suddenly felt that she couldn't sleep. She remembered that a little girl in the same department was about to take the job title exam, and asked her to borrow a previous reference book, so she went next to the drawer to look for it, but found a delicate little box in a drawer on the bedside table.

Inside the box was a pink note that read: Today is the seventh year of Xiao Wei's departure, and I hope she will be well in heaven. Under the box, there are also invoices for buying flowers and gifts. There are also a lot of invoice stubs, all of which are from these years.

Zhao Mengqing suddenly didn't hold back, covered her mouth and cried.

She felt that maybe in his heart, she couldn't compare to the girl named Xiaowei. If she works hard for ten years, twenty years, maybe a lifetime, she will be at most and can only be second in his heart.