"You say it first, and then I decide whether to believe it or not." Lingse urged, "Hurry up." You didn't know me at the beginning, and you didn't know me, but you still chose me as your wife, and I want to know this reason. ”

It's me who wants to know, not I want to know.

He gently hooked his lips, interlocking his fingers with hers.

"At the feast, I recognized you."

"And then?"

"You've been bullied so badly."

"Yes, it's pretty miserable...... Lingse smiled bitterly, "I was slapped by Xiaoya and my father that day, and there are so many people here, I want to die." That day, if he hadn't been relieved, she would have been drowned by people with spittle. If he hadn't stood by her side and blocked out the whispers of those people, she would have been in a worse situation.

"To tell you the truth, I don't know why, I feel very distressed for a moment when I see you in the crowd, so isolated, I want to cry but stubbornly don't cry, and you have to be so proud. I want to hold you behind me and help you resist those malicious eyes. I want to protect you from the stubborn expression on your face that makes me feel distressed. ”

"Another lie!" Lingse raised his head and poked his fingers into his chest, "Ye Chengshu, can't you just tell me the reason honestly?" How can you deceive people again! ”

Ye Chengshu shook his head helplessly, "Look, wife." I said it, and you won't believe me when I tell the truth. ”

"How do you want me to believe it!" Lingse was aggrieved, "Who are you?" The Ye family's solitude, Ye Tezhu of Jiangnan Province! The future is immeasurable, and the limelight is strong. You are cold, selfish, intelligent, skillful and urban. Everything you do is purposeful. People like you, just meet one, no, two-sided, you want to protect others, how is this possible! You don't have that kind of empathy. ”

Shaking her eyelids, she repeated softly, "You don't have that kind of empathy. You're nasty and selfish, and you seem to smile kindly and gracefully at everyone, but you don't know what you think about people. I think they are annoying, but they have to deal with politeness. Ye Chengshu, you are such a person. When it comes to compassion, Quan Zimo is hundreds of times stronger than you. ”

"Wife, isn't it appropriate to praise the man in front of me like this?" Ye Chengshu asked with a smile, there was no dissatisfaction on his handsome face, on the contrary, he was faintly happy?

Because the aura saw him very thoroughly, and saw his dark side, not his bright side. And she, after seeing through him as a selfish and indifferent bastard, still wants to be his wife. Isn't this kind of wife much better than the kind of wife who only sees him elegant and unparalleled?

You don't need to pretend to be such a person, it's good to have such a person.

Lingse glanced at him, pursed his lips, and said coldly, "Hey, let's get to the point." Don't interrupt. You, Ye Chengshu, why did you decide to marry me after only seeing me twice? If you don't make this reason clear today, I'll-"

"You're just?"

"Sleep on the couch." The so-called weakness is that it is not too much to use it as many times. And there are no false hairs!

Ye Tezhu squinted his eyes breathlessly and endured it.

"Hurry up." Lingse slammed his chest with his head, "How long are you going to shirk?" Hey, it's almost half past nine, I still have a show to chase at ten o'clock, don't delay my time. ”

"Even I don't think it's likely." Ye Chengshu suddenly spoke.

Lingse was stunned for a moment, "What do you think is unlikely?" ”

"I want to marry you after seeing you twice, and I think it's impossible. But that's the way it is. Ye Chengshu spread his hands, "I really didn't want to see you being bullied, and I wanted to help you isolate those malicious eyes." I always feel that in those bright eyes, I don't want to see those forbearance emotions anymore. At that time, I was forced by the old man to be tight, and I thought at the time, if I couldn't marry Yao Xiaohan, in fact, it would be the same for whoever I married, it didn't matter. So I thought it would be better to marry you, on the one hand, I won't be controlled by the old man in my marriage, and on the other hand, I can also protect someone. ”

"Protect someone?" Lingse accurately grasped the point.

Ye Chengshu nodded, "That's right, protect one person." Wife, do you know that I have a lot of power in my hands, but I have never used it to protect a person. I'm just using the power in my hands for my own career, for the sake of calculating others, framing others. I was thinking, why can't I try to protect someone with my rights. That's probably what I thought at the time. ”

Lingse bit her lip and didn't speak. Ye Chengshu did not speak again. The two of them snuggled up to each other and hugged each other, and they didn't know how much time had passed.

"Have you eaten enough?" Suddenly there was a sound. Break the silence in the living room.

Nodding, "I'm full." ”

"But you haven't eaten much." He pointed to the small bowl that was still full.

"I don't know what's going on, I've always been hungry lately. What about you? Have you eaten enough? ”

"No, wife." Ye Chengshu spread his hands, "Just after two bites, you are about to start interrogating me." What a chance to eat. ”

"Then you go upstairs and change your clothes. I'm going to help you heat up your meal. ”

"Okay, thank you, wife."

Lingse smiled, withdrew from his arms, and went into the kitchen with a plate to help him heat the food. The microwave at home, they hardly ever used. Don't look at Ye Chengshu is not very picky about what he eats, that's because he is picky, not in the style of the dishes, but in many small details that others won't notice at all.

Just like he drinks water, he doesn't like to drink blow water, he only likes to drink boiled tap water, and it should be just the right amount of cold, not hot or cold. He also eats and doesn't like to use the microwave to heat the dishes. Because the dish that is heated in the microwave oven is hot in the middle, but cold on the outside. uneven.

Lingse added some water to the cauldron, put the plate in, and slowly heated it over a warm fire. In this way, the temperature of the heated meal is very uniform, and the taste will be better.

Leaning against the kitchen door frame, Lingse sneered helplessly. It's not comfortable to lean on, why does he always like to lean here and watch her cook in the kitchen. Seeing that he leaned on so elegantly, she thought that this broken door frame was so comfortable, but it turned out to be nothing more than that.

Protecting a person? She will no longer be deceived by Ye Chengshu's beautiful lies. No, it should be that he didn't deceive her, but hid part of it from her.

He said he wanted to protect a person, and she believed that. But why did he suddenly have a reason to protect others, I'm afraid it was because of Lawyer Yao?

Ye Chengshu didn't say it, but Quan Zimo did. He said that she and lawyer Yao have many similarities. It's not demeanor, it's not looks, it's not personality. It's a glance in the eye, a hook of the lips, a chuckle, a wink.

"I met Yao Meinu quite accidentally. I've forgotten who was hosting the party, it's kind of old-fashioned anyway. It's drinking, bragging, and finally playing with women. That's it, nothing new. I was bored and wanted to leave. As a result, I met Yao Beauty. She seems to be entangled by a few very rich old men, although she smiles very well, she can also play with those old men, and she has a good time chatting with old men. But she bit her lip and frowned in a place where the old men couldn't see, how can I say that it feels very similar to you. ”

"And then? Are you going to go up and help Lawyer Yao out? ”

"I'm the kind of person who is indiscriminate, right? How can it be! I didn't care, there are many beautiful women who are pestered by old men, if I go to help solve the siege one by one, then I don't have to do anything, just save the beautiful women who are harassed by old men. ”

"So what are you doing?"

"Me? I'm just watching. ”

"Quan Zimo, you really have no conscience."

"Hehe, probably. I watched Yao Meinu send those old men away with ease, and she also noticed that I had been staring at her. He rolled his eyes at me impatiently. Well, the play is over. I walked to the elevator and heard a commotion inside. Nyoz, and guess what I did? ”

"Watching a play. If you have a good show to watch, you will definitely not let it go. ”

"There's nothing wrong with that. So I turned around and went back to the show. As a result, I saw that Yao Meinu was besieged by several old women. It's the real lady of the old men who harassed her just now. It is said that Yao Meinu is relying on her youth and beauty all day long to seduce other people's husbands. There is nothing new, how the old women in Jiangnan Province scolded you, how those old women scolded Yao Beauty. ”

"Tsk, this tastes unpleasant. It's embarrassing. ”

"Yao Meinu's performance is much stronger than yours. Whoever spilled her wine, she spilled it back on the spot. And he threw a dozen slaps out. It's completely different from you. However, there is one thing, the two of you are really exactly the same. ”

"What?"

"Looks."

"Eyes?"

"Well, looks. Very hurt and fragile, but he pretended to be calm and strong arrogance. By the way, how does Ye Chengshu describe you? Proud white peacock. That's right, that's it. At that moment, I really felt as if I was seeing you being bullied. So...... Hehe, I couldn't hold back for a while, and went up to help Yao Beauty. That's how we both met. ”

"I'm more curious, how did you help Lawyer Yao out of the siege?"

"I walked over to her, put my arms around her waist, and kissed her on the lips."

"Poof...... Quan Zimo, you, you are really ...... Enough to make people speechless! ”

"Lustful girl, it's still a French long kiss. Yao Meinu's lips are quite soft, and they are very comfortable to kiss. ”

"Shameless, who wants to listen to you say this. Dirty! ”

"After the kiss, Yao Meinu stepped on my feet with a high heel and almost gave me half my life. Then, it was like the two of us went to drink in a different place. I was drunk, and by the time I woke up, there was no one around. But there is an extra phone number in the phone. ”

"Quan Zimo, you...... Uh, you didn't do anything to Lawyer Yao, did you? ”

"What do you think! He kissed her, and she stomped on my little thumb, and if I did anything to her, I would have the life to come back to see you. ”

"That's right. So, that's all the process of getting to know Mr. Yao? ”

"What else can there be? That's it. After she took the initiative to save the phone to my phone, I didn't call her once. In fact, after a few days, I forgot about this person. It was a long time before we met again. She called, and she was almost out crying. But I couldn't remember who this woman was. ”

"Tsk, that's your character. There are so many women around, I'm afraid you won't remember what the woman who slept with you last night looked like! ”

"But you also know that I can't see a woman shed tears the most. I had no choice but to comfort. As a result, as soon as I was comforted, the crying over there was even worse. I'm impatient. ”

"And in the end?"

"No end. I just turned off the phone. At that time, I was talking to a few bosses in the province about business. I don't have time to take care of it. By the time I'm done talking, it's early in the morning, right? I'm afraid that something will happen, and you know, there was a woman who wanted to kill herself because I didn't answer her phone and just turned on the gas. I was afraid that would happen, so I dialed the phone again. The call was answered pretty quickly, and I was told a bunch of sorry and apologetic things. When she met her first boyfriend, she felt uncomfortable, and she wanted to find someone to talk to, but no one around her could say it. I remembered that I was a half-stranger. She also said thank you for accompanying her, and I said you're welcome. ”

"Gone?"

"It's gone. Later, I never talked to Yao Meinu on the phone. It's just that every New Year's holiday, she will send me a text message and wish me a happy holiday. will also say a word or two about what lawsuit she won and where she traveled. ”

"And what did you reply to?"

"Not once."

"Then you can still be good friends."

"Friends, who can say this kind of thing clearly. People who see each other every day don't necessarily become friends. People who haven't seen each other for several years can still become friends. I don't know. ”

"But after hearing what you said so much, I still don't understand how I resemble Lawyer Yao."

"Nyoz, are you an idiot? As I said, your eyes are very similar. The eyes are also very similar. Especially when being bullied, the kind of stubborn pretending to be strong is the most like. ”

"I don't understand. Still don't understand. ”

"You're stupid. I don't understand pulling down, so I'm too lazy to tell you more. ”

What she didn't understand at the time, she understands now. Ye Chengshu concealed her things, that's it. Because she looked very similar to Lawyer Yao when she was bullied, he wanted to protect her from being bullied. Actually, where did he want to protect her.

He, is he treating her as a substitute for Lawyer Yao?

At least, that's how it was then. As for whether it is now, she can't figure it out, and she doesn't want to figure it out. I'm afraid that the ending is something she can't bear.

No matter how good and gentle Ye Chengshu treats her now. But their beginnings were still because of one person, Yao Xiaohan. If it weren't for Yao Xiaohan, they wouldn't even be able to start.

The first meeting, that rainy night. He sat in the car, rolled down the window, and gave her an umbrella overnight while squatting on the road to prevent her from getting wet. It's because of Lawyer Yao.

The second meeting, the charity dinner. He smiled and stretched out his hand to help her up from the ground, and the gentleman helped her out of the siege so that she would not be ridiculed. It's also because of Lawyer Yao.

And he said that he liked her eyes the most. Or because of Lawyer Yao. Because she is very similar to Lawyer Yao's eyes.

So...... His kindness to her is all about Lawyer Yao's goodness. He held her in the palm of his hand and allowed her to pamper her with three thousand. None of those are for her, but for Lawyer Yao. She, from beginning to end, is a substitute, a substitute for Lawyer Yao, a substitute for his first love.

As for why lawyer Yao has come back now and wants to reconcile with him, he unilaterally refuses. I'm afraid this reason doesn't have much to do with her. The reason why Ye Chengshu rejected Lawyer Yao must not be because he loves Gu Lingse. Maybe there are various reasons, maybe it's because Ye Chengshu is unwilling to break his promise to her and doesn't want to hurt her. But no matter what the reason is, there is no reason why he loves her.

"Wife, isn't it hot yet? I'm dying of hunger. The man's aggrieved and coquettish voice came from not far away.

Lingse hurriedly reached out and touched his eyes indiscriminately, and responded: "It's already hot, but you haven't changed your clothes, I'm afraid it's cold again." ”

"Do you want my help?"

"No, I don't have to. You sit in the dining room, and I'll bring it out and you'll be able to eat. ”

"Wife, can you eat with me again? You haven't eaten well all day today. ”

Lingse said that the plate was placed back on the table in the dining room, and he sat down across from him, but shook his head, "I'm not hungry, I can't eat." You eat, I'll watch you eat. ”

The man who has been busy all day is indeed a little hungry. He nodded, and said no more, keeping his pace fast enough to stuff food into his mouth, but still elegant.

It's a treat to watch handsome men eat elegantly. It's more fun than watching a movie.

Lingse propped up his cheeks on the table with one hand, and kept helping him pick up vegetables with the other hand. is already an old husband and wife, there are no words of thanks at the table, eating in silence, and there is no communication. But the occasional eye contact is so tacit and natural.

Appropriate, not awkward silence, that's the relationship between them. Very comfortable and natural. It doesn't feel dull at all, even if they don't say a word all night.

After eating, Ye Chengshu went to wash the dishes. Lingse was not idle, so he made soup for him next to him. His hard work recently is really called hard work. Staying up late to read documents before, compared with the current hard work, it is all trivial. After all, he has officially taken office, and the annoying Zhang Deliang is no longer there, and the entire provincial department, without exaggeration, is maintained by Ye Chengshu alone. He's like a spinning top, spinning all day long. Not to mention anything else, his voice alone has become a little hoarse because he has made too many reports and said too many words.

"What kind of soup are you cooking today?" After washing the dishes, Ye Chengshu wiped his hands with a towel, and then moved to the side of Lingse, and glanced at the casserole with white smoke.

"It's the same as yesterday, but with a little more fat sea and white fungus. It's all throat moisturizing stuff. Lingse replied as she gently stirred it with a spoon.

"Put it here. Wait a minute, Aunt Wu will come and see, go upstairs and sleep, wife, I'm sleepy. I can't even open my eyes. Ye Chengshu coquettishly hugged Lingse's waist from behind, and put his chin on her shoulder very familiarly.

"Don't bother Aunt Wu, it's almost ready, go to sleep when you're sleepy, I'll go to sleep later."

"Don't, I can't sleep well without my wife holding me."

Lingse felt that the McDull in Ye Tesuke's body seemed to be resurrected again.

She sighed, "Then you can be obedient, don't bother me." ”

"When did I bother you?"

"Where are your hands touching?"

"My wife's breasts."

"Ye Chengshu......" Lingse's voice trembled a little, "Take your claws away for me!" If you still want soup tomorrow morning, get it out of my way! ”

"Okay, just take it away." Ye Chengshu said spinelessly, "By the way, wife, has Gu Baobao contacted you?" ”

"Hmm." Lingse nodded slightly, "Xiaoya sent me a text message, saying that she has already visited New Zealand." ”

"None?"

"It's gone. That's it. She didn't say anything else. ”

"She called me and talked a lot." Ye Chengshu blinked, "Do you want to know?" ”

Lingse shook her head and replied with certainty, "I don't want to know." ”

Because she had already guessed. It's just to let him help the Gu family more, don't be like the Gu family. Xiaoya's feelings for the Gu family are very deep. It's a depth that outsiders can't understand.

"Actually, Gu Baobao also said a word, she asked me to treat you well. Don't let you be sad. Because you can't go back to the Gu family, your home is only me. Actually, Gu Baobao still feels sorry for your sister. ”

The long eyelashes trembled violently, and the spirit was a little choked, but he just whined and didn't dare to speak. I'm afraid that as soon as she opens her mouth, she can't help but cry.

When she thought she had no family, Xiaoya could treat her like this. She was really touched and kind of wanted to cry.

"Wife, don't cry. I only promised today that Gu Baobao wouldn't make you sad, and you cried at night, so what happened to me? I can't do anything that breaks my promise. ”

"Nonsense, I didn't cry." Lingse said in a muffled voice, wiped his eyes indiscriminately, turned on the gas stove to the minimum, and closed the lid of the pot, and then said, "Okay, just let it stew all the time." Stew it overnight to get the better taste. Tomorrow when you go to work, remember to drink. ”

"Good. I'll remember. ”

"Also, if you want to - uh, forget it, I'll get up tomorrow to help you get it up, put it in a thermos cup, and you can take it to the provincial hall." wiped his hands, took off his apron, and Lingse and Ye Chengshu slowly got on the elevator.

"By the way, should I prepare another one for Secretary Bai? He's working hard with you. ”

Pursing his lips, Ye Chengshu said dispensably: "Zinuo, if there is anything left, then prepare one for him." ”

"Of course there is a surplus. I've boiled up a lot, and you can't finish it alone. Lingse thought about it for a while, and couldn't help but ask again, "Ye Chengshu, can I really go to work tomorrow?" ”

"Absolutely. You're not a prisoner, so why should you be locked up at home and can't go out? You have your job, you can't just because you married me, even your own job has to be lost, there is no reason for that. ”