Chapter Twenty-Three: Mrs. Jiang in Memory
Xu Yueqing felt Zhuo Xiangyu's gentle movements a little unnaturally, and instinctively tilted her head and dodged Zhuo Xiangyu's hand. His eyes twinkled, and he turned his head to the side, surveying each of the portraits on the wall.
A hint of unnaturalness flashed in Zhuo Xiangyu's eyes, and he slowly withdrew his hand that was frozen in mid-air, then he turned around and walked towards a cabinet in the corner of the room, took something from it and handed it back to Xu Yueqing.
Xu Yueqing was stunned for a moment, and lowered her head to look at the thing in Zhuo Xiangyu's hand, which was a small square photo frame, a simple light green frame, dotted with white petals. In the middle of the frame, there is a sketch portrait of herself, with crooked eyes, a cheerful smile, and the whole person is full of warmth.
Xu Yueqing's eyelashes trembled slightly, and she slowly stretched out her hand to take the portrait, and her fingers couldn't help but gently trace it on it. Zhuo Xiangyu's painting skills are very good, and she paints every one of her expressions very expressively, if you add color, it is estimated that she is like seeing another self.
"This is one of my favorite paintings, and you used to smile at me like this, and it made me miss you for ten years and supported me to this day." Zhuo Xiangyu's deep voice sounded in Xu Yueqing's ears, as if falling into a good memory, soft as moonlight.
Xu Yueqing's hand paused, slowly retracted it, and shook her head slightly, this is Mrs. Jiang in Zhuo Xiangyu's memory, not her Xu Yueqing.
Zhuo Xiangyu was silent for a moment, and then couldn't hide his toughness in his voice: "I know you have forgotten everything, I don't mind, but you are my wife, which is recognized by the law, and no one can change it!" This painting is given to you, and it should have belonged to you. ”
Xu Yueqing frowned and looked at Zhuo Xiangyu in front of her, her face was pale, and she said unhappily: "President, I said before that I am only Xu Yueqing now, not your wife." ”
Zhuo Xiangyu's expression darkened slightly, the corners of his mouth pursed slightly, and he nodded at her, he knew that this was Xu Yueqing's request to stay. Xu Yueqing looked at Zhuo Xiangyu's stubborn expression, sighed in her heart, frowned and looked at the portrait for a long time.
In the end, she held the photo frame in her arms, pursed her lips, and whispered: "Then I will accept this portrait first, it is not early, and the president will rest early, I will go back to the room first." After speaking, without waiting for Zhuo Xiangyu to react, he left the studio in a hurry.
Zhuo Xiangyu looked at the soft figure, breathed a sigh of relief gently, and slowly shook one hand. Don't rush, take your time, he's been waiting for ten years, it's not too late, they will definitely go back to the way they were before.
Xu Yueqing rubbed her eyes, covered her mouth with one hand and yawned gently, looking a little sluggish. I saw the portrait of that room last night, and knew the heavy feelings in Zhuo Xiangyu's heart, coupled with Zhuo Xiangyu's different attitude later, which made Xu Yueqing feel extremely uncomfortable, she was very bored with this situation, so she had gloriously insomnia!
Zhuo Nianqi blinked her clear eyes, and looked at Xu Yueqing curiously while drinking the milk in the cup.
"Qingqing, didn't you sleep well last night?"
Xu Yueqing's yawn that had just been halfway froze suddenly, she instinctively glanced at Zhuo Xiangyu, but found that the other party's deep eyes had been looking at her. Xu Yueqing calmly moved her gaze back, coughed twice unnaturally, and smiled awkwardly at Zhuo Nianqi.
Looking at Xu Yueqing, who was a little cold, Zhuo Xiangyu retracted his gaze, his face was expressionless, and he was clear about her abnormality in his heart. Putting down the chopsticks in his hand, reaching out to pick up the cloth next to him and wiping the corners of his mouth, Zhuo Xiangyu stood up and said hello: "I'll go to work first, you continue to eat." ”
Xu Yueqing held her chopsticks and answered in a low voice, and watched Zhuo Xiangyu leave with Zhuo Nianqi. Finally left, Xu Yueqing exhaled softly, and finally left, she still prefers to keep a distant attitude towards Zhuo Xiangyu, after all, she is just Xu Yueqing, not anyone else.
Xu Yueqing put down the chopsticks in her hand and walked quickly upstairs. No, she felt that her spirit was too bad, and she had to make up for it quickly.
The sound of hurried but light footsteps sounded densely behind her, and Xu Yueqing rushed into her arms with a small body as soon as she turned around. Xu Yueqing lowered her head and looked at the innocent Zhuo Nianqi with wide-eyed eyes, but she couldn't raise her interest.
"Nian Qi, you go first, I'll go sleep for a while, okay."
Zhuo Nianqi's small body kept writhing in Xu Yueqing's arms, and shouted coquettishly: "Qingqing, don't sleep, let's decorate the courtyard together, I'm going to have a birthday party tomorrow." ”
Xu Yueqing was stunned, yes, there will be a birthday banquet tomorrow. She frowned and thought slightly, looking at Zhuo Nianqi's excited expression, she couldn't bear to refuse him in her heart, she tilted her head.
"Are you going to do it yourself? Isn't it faster and better for a maid to do it? ”
Zhuo Nianqi's little head shook violently, looked at Xu Yueqing with some grievances, and kept muttering that this was his first birthday party, and it would be boring if he let the maid do it. He wants to decorate the courtyard beautifully with Qingqing, hoping that Qingqing can help him.
Listening to Zhuo Nianqi's words, Xu Yueqing smiled slightly and agreed with his idea. She rubbed Zhuo Nianqi's head, agreed to Zhuo Nianqi's request with a smile, and looked at Zhuo Nianqi with a cheering laugh.
Xu Yueqing and Zhuo Nianqi squatted in the courtyard, sorting out all kinds of props in front of them. This was prepared by Zhuo Xiangyu before, because Zhuo Nianqi wanted to dress up by himself, so he didn't ask the servants to dress up, and stacked the props in the courtyard.
Zhuo Nianqi grabbed a long ribbon, his eyes flickering up and down, his delicate little face full of joy of exploration. Xu Yueqing smiled slightly, did not interrupt Zhuo Nianqi's nature, picked up another ribbon by herself, wrapped it around the holly tree in the courtyard, and hung all kinds of decorations on it.
"Nian Qi, do you think it's okay to decorate like this? Isn't it like Christmas? You see, we wrap all the holly trees around beautiful ribbons and hang all kinds of decorations, and the whole courtyard will be very beautiful by then! Xu Yueqing wrapped a ribbon, and happened to see Zhuo Nianqi looking at her curiously, she clapped her hands, danced and pointed to the holly tree that she had decorated, and asked Zhuo Nianqi with a smile.
Zhuo Nianqi nodded excitedly, and the ribbon in his hand rippled up and down in mid-air with his running.
"It's really good-looking, I'm going to wrap it too, Qingqing, you teach me." Zhuo Nianqi stood beside Xu Yueqing, learning Xu Yueqing's previous movements and winding them again and again, Xu Yueqing was guiding him beside him, although the movements were very unskillful, but the effect was still very good.
The first success made Zhuo Nianqi very happy, so he let go of his hand, found all kinds of decorations from the props, and decorated the courtyard with his own ideas. Xu Yueqing looked at Zhuo Nianqi, who was completely different from the previous thorns, and smiled with relief, this is the happiness that children should have.
Sensing Xu Yueqing's gaze, Zhuo Nianqi raised his chin proudly at her, and the potential of the demon was once again revealed.
"Qingqing, look at how beautiful my decoration is, you make it so ugly, it's really stupid."
Xu Yueqing's face suddenly froze, and she was really still a bear child! Xu Yueqing no longer paid attention to Zhuo Nianqi, who was entertaining herself, and walked towards the swimming pool on the east side of the courtyard with a bunch of materials, she wanted to make a beautiful decoration on the edge of the pool.
Xu Yueqing squatted on the edge of the pool, concentrating on fiddling with the materials in her hands, a breeze blew, the pool water rippled layers of ripples, the blue shimmer reflected on Xu Yueqing's face, and the white and tender skin showed a soft brilliance.
"Qingqing! You see! I'm not amazing! Zhuo Nianqi's excited shouts came from not far away, and Xu Yueqing turned her head. There are two French plane trees in the courtyard, it is estimated that they have just been planted, and the saplings are not very high.
Around the ladder, there were many servants standing, looking up at Zhuo Nianqi without leaving for a moment, their faces full of worry. But Zhuo Nianqi didn't care about the servants below, with a big smile on his face, and looked at Xu Yueqing with a hint of pride.
Xu Yueqing was shocked, and she was also worried that Zhuo Nianqi would fall from the ladder because she was unstable under her feet, so she hurriedly stood up.
Zhuo Xiangyu walked into his own courtyard, before he received the news from the housekeeper, he heard that Xu Qingyue and Zhuo Nianqi were preparing for tomorrow's birthday banquet at home, and a smile appeared on his face at that time. So today he completed his important work at a rapid pace, and came home early from work to help decorate the courtyard together.
Hearing the undulating screams in the courtyard, Zhuo Xiangyu's brows furrowed, and he quickened his pace and walked into the courtyard. I saw many servants running in the direction of the pool, shouting, "Oh no, no, no!" Miss Xu fell overboard! Hurry up and call the security guards, who knows how to water, go and save people! ”
Zhuo Xiangyu glanced towards the swimming pool, and through the many panicked figures, in the pool, a black head was faintly rising and falling, appearing and disappearing.
"Qingqing! Sunny! Zhuo Xiangyu heard his son's panicked call, his heart jumped, and his face suddenly turned blue. He ran towards the pool, taking off his blazer and throwing it to the side, roaring angrily, "Get out of the way of the people in front!" Don't get in the way of me saving people! ”
The servants gathered around scattered like frightened birds, watching Zhuo Xiangyu rush in front of them, and one got up and jumped into the pool without hesitation. Huge splashes of water fly high and shine in the sun, shining like a rainbow.
Zhuo Xiangyu found Xu Yueqing, who had fainted in the turquoise water, and at this moment she was slowly sinking towards the swimming pool. In the blue water, Xu Yueqing is like a fairy in the water, her long hair is scattered in the water, and her delicate face is serene, beautiful but panicking.