Chapter 56: Independence
Nguyen Yue's driver's license was taken in the year she graduated from high school.
When she graduated, because of Grandpa Bai's mandatory requirements, everyone in the Bai family gave her graduation gifts.
Bai Chengning was already financially independent at that time, and he was very generous, and gave her a brand-new car, with a white body and smooth and elegant lines.
Even Ruan Yue, who doesn't know how to drive, knows that this must be the best time at that time.
Ruan Yue still remembers that on the day Bai Chengning gave her the car, she was standing on the grass in the Bai family's garden, holding a water hose and watering the flowers, because she was so serious that she didn't notice the sound of the engine behind her.
By the time she reacted, the car lid was already on her calf!
She was startled, and when she turned around, she stepped on the water pipe and fell directly to the ground, and the water pipe was like her, and it went on a rampage, drenching her with water, from head to toe.
And Bai Chengning stepped down from the car with a temperament, stood in front of the car and laughed teasingly, and finally raised his hand, threw the key to her and left.
Ruan Yue took the key, angry and happy in her heart.
Later, it took her two months to get her driver's license.
When she came back to her senses, Ruan Yue found that she had driven the car to Ji Shu's door by instinct, and she didn't remember everything on the road, including what Ji Shu had been making noise, and she didn't know.
After getting out of the car, the servants of the Ji family immediately came out to carry her luggage into the house.
When she was about to follow in, her wrist was suddenly grabbed, and she turned her head to see that it was Ji Shu.
Ruan Yue was puzzled, "What's wrong?" ”
"I said that I was going to my apartment, and I reminded you several times on the way." Ji Shu frowned, obviously dissatisfied with Ruan Yue's distracted driving.
Ruan Yue knew her mistake, and immediately put on a smiling face in front of Ji Shu, pulled her arm and said, "I'm sorry, I won't do this again next time." ”
"You're dangerous."
"I know it's wrong."
"Ugh." Ji Shu sighed and said helplessly: "Forget it, let's stay here if you come here." It's just a little annoying, Ji Zhiheng has also been forced to live at home recently. ”
Hearing Ji Zhiheng's name, Ruan Yue lowered her eyes, remembering the last time she fainted in the hospital, she hadn't had time to express her gratitude to Ji Zhiheng.
This time there is a chance to meet, and you have to take advantage of it.
After following Ji Shu into the living room, Ruan Yue saw Lu Qing standing on the table in front of the floor-to-ceiling window on the lawn and writing calligraphy.
When Lu Qing's gaze came over, Ruan Yue's face began to be a little unnatural, and she felt awkward.
In the next second, I saw Lu Qing gently put down the brush, and said to Ruan Yue while wiping his hands: "Sit on the sofa, I have something to ask you." ”
Hearing this, Ruan Yue's breath stagnated.
Because no matter what Lu Qing asked, she didn't know how to answer well.
It's not good to tell the truth, and it's not good to tell the truth.
Ji Shu could see that Ruan Yue was very nervous, so he took her hand and walked to the sofa, and whispered in a low voice in her ear: "It's okay, I'll accompany you." ”
As soon as Ji Shu's words fell, Lu Qing said, "Ji Shu, you go upstairs to see if your brother needs afternoon tea." ”
Lu Qing's tone was commanding.
Ji Shu and Ruan Yue looked at each other, their brows furrowed slightly, and they were about to open their mouths to refuse, but Lu Qing's gaze looked at them very sternly.
That look, as if he is serving the family law if he can't say it.
For the sake of friendship, Ji Shu stalked his neck, "Don't go!" ”
Sure enough, in the next second, Lu Qing said: "Before tonight, copy two copies of the family law and send them to the study." ”
The family law of the Ji family, copying the family letter, and it is a brush letter, a small block of fly.
Ji Shu gritted his teeth, glanced at Ruan Yue sympathetically, and then went upstairs without knocking on the door, kicked open Ji Zhiheng's door and shouted: "Do you want afternoon tea!" ”
After yelling, he found that Ji Zhiheng at the door of the bathroom was naked, and he actually ......
No clothes on!!
Ji Shu opened his mouth and was speechless.
Ji Zhiheng was very calm, walked to the window and picked up the bathrobe and wrapped it, and the corners of his mouth hooked: "Door-to-door service?" ”
……
Downstairs, at the couch.
Ruan Yue sat on the sofa with her back straight, her legs close together, and her posture was dignified and polite.
Lu Qing walked over slowly, looking at Ruan Yue without stopping, to be honest, there was nothing to be faulty about Ruan Yue's appearance and etiquette.
Just looking at her belly, Lu Qing's brows furrowed.
They are all women, Lu Qing can see the strangeness of Ruan Yue's belly, and although Ruan Yue's hands are folded on her thighs at first glance, they are actually subconsciously protecting her belly.
Lu Qing's eyebrows sank a little more, and he couldn't wait to fall on the sofa and asked, "What you said in the news, is the matter between you and Chengning true?" ”
Ruan Yue pursed her lips, her heart beating faster.
It wasn't until Lu Qing sat down on the sofa that she replied, "Didn't Grandpa Bai come out to clarify later?" ”
When the words fell, Ruan Yue thought that Lu Qing would believe it.
Who knew that Lu Qing shook his head, sneered, and said sarcastically: "His words have almost no credibility. ”
Since then, Ruan Yue remembered that Grandpa Bai and her used to be lovers, and then later, it was Grandpa Bai who broke his faith and did not stay with her, so that he was kicked out of the Bai family and displaced, so he married into the Ji family.
People from the outside world still say that Lu Qing likes to climb high branches and dreams of marrying into a wealthy family.
Ruan Yue actually didn't feel any emotion at all about these gossips, but the reason why she knew it was because of Bai Chengning.
During the years she was in the Bai family, she watched Bai Manning use these things to stimulate Bai Chengning all day long, and she also looked at the people outside, scolding Bai Chengning for being wild and illegitimate children.
She knows all Bai Chengning's pain.
Coming back to her senses, Ruan Yue said very firmly: "What Grandpa Bai said is true. ”
When the words fell, she saw Lu Qing's brows furrowed even tighter.
Ruan Yue smiled politely, "I'm sorry, I really don't have any other answer for you besides this one." ”
Hearing this, Lu Qing's brows still did not loosen, she glanced at Ruan Yue's stomach again, and asked, "Then whose child is in your belly?" ”
Although she had been mentally prepared, Ruan Yue was still stunned when she was asked so directly.
She was stunned for a long time, during which Lu Qing looked at her with disappointed eyes and shook her head, and said, "Ruan Yue, I have always thought that you are a very well-behaved and sensible child. ”
After saying this, Lu Qing got up and left the living room, leaving Ruan Yue with a cold air.
Ruan Yue sat on the sofa and didn't move for a long time.
Yes, before marrying Bai Chengning, she was a good student with excellent character and learning, but after marrying Bai Chengning, she became the protagonist of unruly love, was scolded by 10,000 people, and became a single mother and was looked down upon by others.
After I don't know how long, Ruan Yue got up in despair and walked upstairs.
Halfway through, I hit a man headbuttfully.
When I looked up, it was Ji Zhiheng.
Ji Zhiheng was wearing a dark gray suit, refreshed, and seemed to be planning to go out.
Ruan Yue stepped back a step down the stairs, and she didn't rub her forehead, but looked up at Ji Zhiheng and said, "Mr. Ji, thank you for helping me last time." ”
Ji Zhiheng bowed his head lightly and walked past her.
When he rubbed shoulders, he said in a low voice: "No thanks, I helped you because you are Ji Shu's friend." ”
Ruan Yueleng stayed in place, and she didn't react to what the meaning of this sentence was for a long time, maybe she thought of it, but she didn't dare to think about it further.
Rubbing her forehead, Ruan Yue continued to walk upstairs.
After walking a few steps this time, he ran into Ji Shu hurriedly going downstairs, and when he saw her, he asked, "What about Ji Zhiheng, are you already gone?!" ”
"Gone." Ruan Yue nodded, and asked again: "What's the matter, you have a conflict again?" ”
"Bastard, tease me!"
Ji Shu said indignantly, completely ignoring the fact that Ruan Yue's face next to him had changed.
She craned her neck to look down, only to see Ji Zhiheng's back, completely disappearing in the corner of the living room.
Looking back, Ji Shu saw Ruan Yue looking at him with a strange face, and couldn't help touching his face, except for a little water trace, he didn't touch anything else.
"What's wrong?" Ji Shu was awkward and asked Ruan Yue.
Ruan Yue looked at her and couldn't help asking, "Shu Shu, you and Ji Zhiheng are half-brothers and sisters who are not related by blood, right?" ”
"Why do you ask this?"
Ji Shu was puzzled, raised his feet and walked upstairs to his bedroom.
Ruan Yue followed her into the house, closed the door too deliberately, and then asked, "Is it true?" ”
"Yes, like you and Bai Chengning, there is no blood relationship!" Ji Shu replied perfunctorily, tilted his head and poured directly into his big bed, in a large font.
Ruan Yue walked over to her and sat down, feeling a little unhappy because of the mention of Bai Chengning.
She also lay down on the bed, imagining how Bai Chengning would react when she went home and saw that she was gone, and whether she would look for her immediately.
As a result, she waited a day without hearing from her.
The next day, she walked out of the studio, leaned on the door frame after seeing off the children, took out her quiet mobile phone, flipped through it, and sighed.
"Who's waiting for news?" Bai Zhi's voice suddenly sounded, Ruan Yue was startled, and her phone almost fell to the ground.
In a panic, it was Bai Zhi who caught the phone for her.
Bai Zhi took his mobile phone and looked down, and saw several huge Bai Chengning on the screen.
He raised his eyes and glanced at Ruan Yue meaningfully.
Ruan Yue snatched the phone back, and in a fit of anger, she directly pulled Bai Chengning to the blacklist, then turned her head and returned to the studio to clean up the mess left by the children.
Bai Zhi walked over and directly took the tool basket in her hand.
"I ......"
"You're pregnant, or I'll come." Bai Zhi said, and began to bend down and clean up very seriously.
Ruan Yue stood aside, looked around, still couldn't be idle, and started to help Bai Zhi clean up together.
During the cleaning time, she was cranky, her thoughts were flying, and she even thought of such a question as Bai Zhi and Bai Chengning having the same surname.
Just as she was thinking about it, Bai Zhi suddenly said to her, "Have you considered taking some orders to paint and earn more money?" ”
Ruan Yue groaned, thinking in her heart.
But she felt that she didn't have that ability yet.
She lowered her head and replied softly, "I think I need to go through it again." ”
Bai Zhi said directly: "I have seen your paintings, your graduation works, the paintings are very good, I can see that it is the talent, although I need to experience a little more, but I can already take orders." ”
"I ......"
"You also have to save more money for the baby in your belly, don't you?" Bai Zhi stood up straight, looked at Ruan Yue and said directly.
Ruan Yue frowned, feeling that what he said was reasonable.
She nodded, and Bai Zhi continued: "You follow me, I promise to make you the most sought-after painter in the entire Rong City within one year, and send you to the Milan Art Exhibition within two years." ”
It's embarrassing, but Ruan Yue was really dumbfounded.
When she graduated from college, her teacher knew that she was going to work as a makeup artist at a TV station, and he was very worried about her, and once said that it was a pity.
But Ruan Yue has never listened to anyone, she has such expectations of herself, and she has never looked up to herself so much.
The confusion made her smile awkwardly and replied, "How can he de." ”
Bai Zhi raised a smile, bent down and continued to clean, while saying to Ruan Yue: "If you are not confident yourself, then what I just said can be said in vain." ”
Hearing this, Ruan Yue's face immediately straightened.
The Milan Art Exhibition, her dream.
Her favorite artist, Yves Klein, became known to the world for her participation in the Milan Art Exhibition, and is still popular in art festivals and the fashion industry.
Ruan Yue took a deep breath and said to Bai Zhi, "I will be confident." ”
Bai Zhi raised his head, glanced at her, and smiled.
……
In the next few days, Ruan Yue followed Bai Zhi to learn to paint, refining her painting skills, and most of the time, she almost forgot Bai Chengning's existence.
The next day, she saw Bai Chengning's face on the news.
The man was still dressed in a suit and leather shoes, probably entangled in company things, and he looked tired, obviously not resting.
Ruan Yue looked at it, a little distressed.
But soon, she suppressed the emotion.
She told herself that it wasn't necessary.
On the third day, Bai Zhi gave Ruan Yue a list.
Ruan Yue looked at the list, it was to paint the villa, and in total, it would cost at least ten or more paintings.
The first time she took such an order, Ruan Yue was very bottomless in her heart, and said with some fear: "Teacher Bai, forget it, I'll ...... it again I'll practice again. ”
Bai Zhi stuffed a note with a phone number into her palm, and said ruthlessly: "Do whatever the teacher says, I believe the teacher is right." ”
Ruan Yue took the phone number and frowned tightly.
Bai Zhi laughed, patted her on the shoulder and said, "Don't worry, I'll support you in the back if there is a problem." ”
Hearing this, Ruan Yue's heart was not relaxed.
In the evening, when all the children in the studio were gone, Ruan Yue packed up her things and planned to leave, because she had made an appointment with the client to meet with her last night to discuss the style of the painting and some requirements.
"Ruan Yue, wait."
Bai Zhi came out of the office and called out to Ruan Yue.
Ruan Yue turned around, looked at Bai Zhi in confusion, and then handed a box in front of her, and said, "Change into formal clothes and go to meet customers again." ”
Hearing this, Ruan Yue was extremely embarrassed.
She looked down at what she was wearing, and she really needed to dress formally.
Taking the clothes, she said, "Teacher, I'll turn the money back to you." ”
"No problem, you'll pay it back when the bill is settled." After Bai Zhi finished speaking, he raised his chin to the bathroom of the art gallery, "Go and change, I'll send you over if you change, don't be late." ”
Ruan Yue took her clothes and trotted to the bathroom to change her clothes.
Bai Zhi is very intimate, and picks a more casual and serious little suit, pink and white color, elegant and serious.
The most important thing is that the looser style will not bind Ruan Yue's belly.
Ruan Yue put on her body, and when she looked in the mirror, she seemed to be looking at another person, and she almost didn't know it.
The last time I felt this way, it was Ji Shu who took her to buy clothes.
Because she was in a hurry, Ruan Yue went out after staying in the bathroom for a long time, and the moment Bai Zhi saw her, he raised his eyebrows with great satisfaction, and handed her a pair of shoes.
"Swap this on, and it's perfect."
Ruan Yue lowered her head and saw that the shoes were flats, but the style was simple and atmospheric, which was very flattering to this dress.
Without hesitation, Ruan Yue changed her shoes.
When she walked out of the gallery behind Bai Zhi, the moment the oncoming sunset shone on her body, Ruan Yue suddenly felt like a butterfly breaking out of her cocoon.
Unconsciously, she straightened her back.
But the next moment, when she saw a car parked in front of the gallery, her head buzzed.