Husband and wife......

They have never been husband and wife.

"I'm never married to Moxian, we."

Ji Xiao said this fact with a wry smile.

Ye Jianan was stunned for a moment, and said suspiciously: "Aren't you and your second brother married?" also had a wedding like no other, how could it not be married? ”

"We. I have not received a marriage certificate. ”

"What?"

Ye Jianan's eyes widened, this incident really made him a little stunned, because. Jing Moxian didn't tell him this.

After being silent for a while, Ye Jianan stood up, he pointed in the direction of the bathroom, and said, "Second sister-in-law, I'll go to the bathroom first." ”

said, no matter what Ji Xiao said, he went directly to the bathroom.

As soon as he entered the men's bathroom, Ye Jiannan couldn't wait to take out his mobile phone and call Jing Moxian: "Second brother, what are you doing." You and your second sister-in-law haven't gotten a license yet, and it's not considered married, what kind of Jing family do you let your family manage? ”

He really didn't understand.

At the other end, Jing Moxian sat leisurely in front of a floor-to-ceiling window. Looking at the bustling scenery outside, he said expressionlessly: "She didn't say it, no one knew that we weren't married, did they?" ”

As he spoke, Jing Moxian dropped a sentence directly, he was still very busy, so he hung up the phone.

Ye Jianan looked at the phone and was a little stunned, what was he busy with, staying in the resort, he didn't know how easy it was, and threw all the things to himself.

When he returned to his seat, Ye Jiannan said Jing Moxian's words to Ji Xiao as they were: "Second sister-in-law, anyway, the second brother is no longer here now." As long as you don't say it, who knows if you two have got the certificate, you should come back and help me. Help Jing, please, please. ”

Ye Jianan's expression was that you should help me.

Ji Xiao simply turned his head out of the window, would Jing Moxian want to get involved with Jing again? He seemed to have no way to forgive himself because of that incident.

After thinking about it, Ji Xiao still resolutely rejected him: "My current job is very good, Jing's matter, you should come, okay, let's talk about this specific list." ”

Ji Xiao simply spread the materials she brought on the table, and looked at Ye Jiannan formulaically: "Your request is to build a European-style castle, but you haven't said what it is for, so we haven't started to design it yet, and then, you can tell me what your building is mainly used for." ”

Ye Jiannan saw that Ji Xiao's attitude was so resolute, so he had to shake his head, and said with a wry smile: "What kind of castle, I made it up casually, I just want you to ask you out to talk." ”

He really didn't expect Ji Xiao to be so resolute.

When Ji Xiao heard this, his expression froze, and then he stood up: "Then I'm sorry, I have to go back to work." ”

She doesn't have any time to waste, as the Chinese New Year approaches, she still needs to buy something for her children and Ji Lingling, and the house in Jijia Town should also be renovated.

Ye Jiannan saw that she was leaving, so she quickly stood up and stopped her: "Don't be a second sister-in-law, the business is not emotional, you don't need to be so businesslike, besides, this case is handed over to your company, but the creativity and planning of the design are also handed over to you." ”

That's a big deal.

Ji Xiao thought for a while, then raised his head and said to Ye Jianan: "If that's the case, the price has to be increased more." ”

"No problem."

Ye Jianan agreed.

After talking about this, Ye Jianan looked at Ji Xiao: "Second sister-in-law, after the work is over, can we talk about some personal matters?" ”

Ji Xiao sat down and looked at him: "Is there something wrong with you?" ”

Ye Jianan finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"Second sister-in-law, the second brother is gone, you are alone with two children, what are your plans next?"

Ji Xiao didn't expect Ye Jianan to ask like this, she twisted Lian Lian out of the window, and her voice was unusually calm: "I can bring them up myself." ”

Between the words, she had clearly told Ye Jiannan that she wanted to live alone.

"It's very hard for a single mother, the second brother is gone, the second sister-in-law, you didn't think about finding another one?"

Ji Xiao shook his head.

She smiled bitterly, just one Jing Moxian was enough for her to be immersed in the shadows for the rest of her life, let alone have another relationship.

Ye Jianan looked at Ji Xiao's expression, and secretly took out the mobile phone, he quietly found an angle, quietly took a photo of Ji Xiao, and took it, before pretending to put the mobile phone away as if nothing happened, and helplessly put down a small note: "Second sister-in-law, this is the address of the second brother's cemetery, the Jing family has no one except an old lady now, dead death, prison if you go to prison, if you have time, go see him." ”

After speaking, Ye Jianan stood up first: "There are still a lot of things to deal with over there in the Jing family, second sister-in-law, why don't I send you back first?" ”

Ji Xiao waved his hand: "No, you can go first." ”

Ye Jianan glanced at Ji Xiao and left first.

Ji Xiao stared at the note left by Ye Jiannan on the table, stared at it for a long time, but still took the note and carefully hid it in his wallet.

Jing's land, in the suburbs of Jingzhou, is not optimistic about what it is developed.

After Ji Xiao thought about it carefully, it seems that now, there seem to be very few polar parks in Jingzhou, and there is not even a large-scale one, over there, it happens to be a suburb, the climate is relatively cold all year round, and there are no buildings around, if it is to build such a park, it may be very good.

Thinking of this, Ji Xiao first searched for a lot of pictures about the polar park on the Internet, and then searched for the required conditions, and after evaluating all aspects, Ji Xiao called Ye Jianan.

Soon, the phone was answered: "Second sister-in-law, what's the matter?" ”

Ye Jianan seemed to be very busy, and his tone sounded very hurried.

Ji Xiao briefly told Ye Jianan what she thought, and then sent the information she had searched for herself and thought it was useful to his mailbox, and finally asked him, "What do you think of this idea?" ”

Ye Jianan was silent at first, and after a long while, he said, "Second sister-in-law, can I call you after I read those materials?" ”

"Hmm."

Those things, Ye Jiannan quickly sent them to Jing Moxian.

The location, climate, and intention are obviously very good, Jing Moxian looked at Ji Xiao's thoughts, nodded with satisfaction, and agreed to this matter.

So, Ji Xiao began to get busy.

Many times, when she returned home, the two children had already slept, and only Ji Lingling was still waiting for her.

Although Ji Lingling didn't say it, she also understood in her heart that the reason why Ji Xiao was so desperate was because she had to feed the four of them alone, and on the other hand, she didn't come out of the fact that Jing Moxian had left.

Many times, when Ji Lingling gets up at night to see how the two children are sleeping, when she passes by Ji Xiao's room, she can always see that she has not slept yet, and even, sometimes, she will hear her low sigh.

She felt sad, but she didn't know what to do, so when Ji Xiao came back, she could only serve her a bowl of hot rice, which was all she could do.

In the past few days, the snowflakes have been flying non-stop, and on Chinese New Year's Eve, the snow has stopped slightly.

On Chinese New Year's Eve in Jingzhou, the taste of the New Year was particularly strong, and the landlord warmly invited them to spend it together, but Ji Xiao politely refused, and she was ready to take her children and mother back to Jijia Town for the New Year.

The grandparents didn't expect them to go back, especially when they saw the two children, they seemed very happy.

Grandma looked at Ji Xiao and Ji Lingling with a smile: "Look, you didn't come back early, I and the old man made dumplings for the two of us, which was not enough." ”

"Let's just wrap a little more."

Ji Lingling said with a smile.

Ji Xiao also smiled and agreed.

The night was completely dark, and the Chinese New Year's Eve in Jijia Town was exceptionally quiet, and occasionally the laughter of children playing could be heard.

The adults were wrapping dumplings in the house, Evelyn and Jing Qian were outside, happily playing with their grandfather with fireworks, after a long absence, the family had been together for a year, but Ji Xiao skipped a trace of bitterness in her heart, she forced the sourness in her heart, and always looked at them with a smile on her face.

The dumplings were about to be put into the pot, but outside, the old man's serious voice came: "What are you doing here?!" ”

Ji Xiao hurriedly went out of the house, her grandfather's temper was notoriously stubborn in Jijia Town, and she didn't want anything to happen to her during the Chinese New Year.

When he went out, Ji Xiao saw that the person standing outside the door was Ji Huai'an.

He looked at them with a guilty face, and called out in a trembling voice: "Dad." ”

"Don't call me Dad, I don't have a son like you."

There was an unusual majesty in Grandpa's voice.

Evelyn and Jing Qian hid behind Ji Xiao. Ji Xiao whispered to them: "You guys go into the house to play." ”

The two little children nodded.

It's night, the weather is very cold, Ji Huaian is only wearing thin clothes, and he and his grandfather are in such a stalemate, as if waiting for who will speak first.

Both of them have the same stubborn temper, back then, Ji Huaian left home and never came back for decades, and his grandfather never mentioned him again. Now, the two of them were standing, and Grandpa turned his head to the side with his hands behind his back, and his voice was as cold as the weather: "What are you still standing there for?" Still not leaving? ”

Ji Huai'an stood still, and over the years, he realized how big a mistake he had made.

Ji Xiao walked up to his grandfather and whispered, "Grandpa, go into the house first, it's cold outside." ”

Saying that, Ji Xiao wanted to push the old man home, but she didn't even look at Ji Huai'an.

"Xiaoxiao..."

Ji Huai'an lost her voice and called her name.

Ji Xiao hugged the old man, didn't look back, and only said: "At the beginning, you didn't want us." ”

In a word, such as Daigo empowerment, yes, why should you come back and ask them for forgiveness for the mistakes you have made?

Ji Lingling was pushing the door out of the house, and she said suspiciously: "The dumplings are okay, what are you all doing outside..."

Without finishing a sentence, Ji Lingling saw Ji Huai'an standing outside the door.

Her body shook obviously, and then her face turned cold, and she looked at him: "What are you doing here?" ”

Ji Huai'an looked at Ji Lingling, as well as the backs of Ji Xiao and the old man, and suddenly "plopped" and knelt on the ground.

This is what he owes to this family, Ji Huai'an said in a deep voice: "I'm sorry." ”

He knew that the apology was weak, but he didn't know what to say except for a word of sorry.

Ji Lingling looked at him like this, but still turned her head and said, "What is the use of apologizing now?" ”

They returned to their homes and closed the door.

Inside the house, the room was warm, but outside the room, it was freezing and snowy, and the cold seemed to freeze the whole world.

Ji Huaian stood up from the ground, he lived for most of his life, and only now did he know what was most important to him, he smiled bitterly, and in the end, he deserved this result.

He turned, and in a fiery red light, he left the town.

Because of Ji Huai'an's appearance, the family's mood seems to have become a little worse, and after grandma knew that it was Ji Huai'an outside, she wanted to let him in, but was forcibly stopped by her grandfather.

has lived with grandpa for a lifetime, grandma of course understands grandpa's stubborn temper, she can't resist him, so she simply hides in the small room and cries secretly.

Ji Lingling and Ji Xiao ate some dumplings with their two children and coaxed them to sleep, only Mr. Ji sat on the sofa in the living room alone, and watched this year's Spring Festival Gala with an expressionless face.

A year has been extremely bleak.

Ji Xiao couldn't sleep all night, as if as soon as she arrived at such a festival with a strong sense of ritual, she began to be unable to sleep and began to think about it.

always felt as if something was missing around him, Ji Xiao sighed, simply got up from the bed, turned on the lamp on the table, and began to draw the design.

The construction of a polar park on that piece of land has been decided, she spread out the drawings, picked a pen, and had already thought of the composition in her heart, but she still couldn't put down the pen.

There was a ringtone on the phone, and a text message came.

Ji Xiao took the phone almost reflexively, she even trembled a little, that year, she had received a message from him.

Click on, the message came from Xu Suixin, wishing her a happy new year, It was obviously a group message.

Ji Xiao couldn't help but be disappointed, but he still gave her a call.

It took a long time for the phone to be picked up, Xu Suixin's mood sounded very good, and he greeted her with a smile: "Xiaoxiao, it's so late, you haven't slept yet." ”

"Where are you?"

There seems to be the sound of waves on Xu Suixin's side, and the waves crashing on the beach can be heard clearly on the phone.

"I'm on vacation on a small island, and the sun is very good."

"When will you be back?"

"It's so fun outside, I don't plan to go back for the time being."

Xu Suixin paused, suddenly changed his tone, and asked her with some caution: "Xiaoxiao, is something wrong with you?" Why doesn't the voice sound happy at all? ”

"I'm fine, you don't have to worry about me, just play well, just remember to come back."

Saying that, Ji Xiao quickly said: "I still have something to do here, hang up first." ”

After speaking, Ji Xiao hung up the phone first, and said one more word, perhaps, the bitterness in her heart couldn't be suppressed.

The next day, the weather that had been clear for a while began to snow again, Ji Xiao simply cleaned up, said to Ji Lingling, and drove out.

The weather was gloomy, Ji Lingling looked at Ji Xiao's appearance, although she knew that she had something hidden in her heart, she didn't break it, but suddenly sighed heavily.

Ji Xiao clutched the note given by Ye Jianan, she parked the car at the entrance of the cemetery, got out of the car, and tightened her scarf, which was quiet. A wry smile crossed her lips as she walked up from the entrance.

On the steps paved with bluestone slabs, there was a lot of snow, if you were not careful, it was easy to slip, Ji Xiao walked carefully, this side was already a white expanse, Ji Xiao carefully took the handful of white chrysanthemums in his hand, and walked for a long time before he arrived in front of Jing Moxian's tombstone.

During the Chinese New Year, no one would want to come to the cemetery, Ji Xiao put down the bouquet of white chrysanthemums, looked at the desolation around him, and suddenly thought in his heart, I don't know, just him, staying here, will he feel lonely? He's always been such a calm person, would he like this place?

Ji Xiao looked at the tombstone engraved with Jing Moxian's name in a daze, and subconsciously stretched out his hand to brush away the thin layer of snowflakes that had fallen on his tombstone.

"What are you doing here?"

A cool voice rang out.

Ji Xiao was stunned for a moment, and then subconsciously looked in the direction of the sound, not far away, a person from head to toe was standing not far from him, and there was also a bouquet of white chrysanthemums on the tombstone in front of him.

"Are you talking to me?"

Ji Xiao was a little puzzled.

The man turned his head, he was wearing a thick mask and a peaked cap, armed from head to toe, because he was wearing a mask, his voice sounded sullen: "It seems that there is no one else here." ”

Ji Xiao smiled lightly, too, on this day, it is fate to meet someone in such a place, Ji Xiao simply asked him: "What are you doing here?" ”

The man said to the tombstone: "My whole family is buried here, and I came to celebrate the New Year with them." ”

His voice was calm, but he couldn't hear any sadness.

"What about you?"

The man asked her rhetorically.

"Me? Probably thinking someone was too lonely lying here, so come and have a look. ”

Ji Xiao smiled bitterly, she didn't know why she suddenly came to this place, but on a whim, she ran over.

Hearing her say this, the man in the black windbreaker suddenly walked over, he walked up to Ji Xiao, and looked at her with an absolute height advantage: "Who are you in the tombstone?" ”

As a stranger, he asked, obviously a little abruptly.

Ji Xiao looked at him, but still replied: "I don't know." ”

What should I say about her relationship with Jing Moxian? Ji Xiao really didn't know how to describe it.

"And do you love him?"

"Love."

This question is much easier to answer than the previous one.

The man stopped talking, went directly past Ji Xiao, walked over there, and after taking a few steps, the man stopped: "It's such a cold day, and the snow is getting heavier and heavier, you, go back early." ”

As he spoke, the man gave her a meaningful look and left the place.

Inexplicably, Ji Xiao felt that his tone was inexplicably familiar, like, like...

Ji Xiao was stunned, walked a few steps, but still couldn't catch up with the man's footsteps, she hurriedly ran to the bottom of the mountain, at the entrance, there was still only her car, Ji Xiao hurriedly walked to the management office, and asked the old man who guarded the door: "Master, just now, did you see a man come out?" ”

The old man is old, and his ears are a little back, Ji Xiao asked for a while before the old man heard what she was asking.

"No, I saw you alone today."

"Oh, thank you."

Ji Xiao smiled bitterly, she was too naïve, how could it be? Although that man's body shape and tone are very similar to Jing Moxian, how could it be him?

Ji Xiao was stunned for a moment and drove away.

Not long after she left, Jing Moxian and Ye Jianan came out of the entrance, Ye Jianan tightened his pants, complaining all the way, just now, he just went to the toilet, and when he came out, Jing Moxian was gone.

Really, on such a cold day, the second brother had to take him to the grave of that meaningless tombstone.

"Second brother, let me tell you, because you pulled me out, Bai Ling had an awkward relationship with me, I went back, if Bai Ling demolished the house, you have to compensate me for a house."

Ye Jianan muttered and chattered, but Jing Moxian was in a very good mood, he took off his mask, and suddenly asked him with a smile: "What I asked you to do, how did you do it?" ”

"It's all according to what you said, Shen Jihui seems to be quite happy after receiving that information."

Jing Moxian nodded, it was full of evidence that he had exploited legal loopholes in the business circle over the years, and of course he was happy to get it.

"Second brother, were you listening to me just now? Bai Ling must have demolished the house at home. ”

Ye Jianan pulled the topic back again.

Jing Moxian nodded: "After this matter is done, I will give you ten percent of Jing's shares." ”

Ye Jianan hurriedly waved his hand: "I don't dare to ask for it, you better give me a house." ”

Jing Moxian looked at his scared look, and suddenly smiled in a good mood.

Ye Jianan really didn't understand what Jing Moxian was thinking, for the New Year, he was pulled to the grave, a second ago, he was still in a bad mood, but now the sun is shining like spring.

Moreover, after he showed him the recording of the conversation with Ji Xiao that day and Ji Xiao's haggard photo, Jing Moxian didn't see any reaction.

He subconsciously looked up at the sky, so gray, would it... Ye Jianan subconsciously stopped his thoughts and followed closely behind Jing Moxian.

Since sending those evidences to Shen Jihui, their actions seem to be getting bigger and bigger, and Shen seems to have infiltrated various industries, especially in real estate, which is already on par with Jing's doing, and even surpasses Jing's.

After the New Year, Ji Xiao returned to Jingzhou, and the landlord handed her a bag, Ji Xiao was a little puzzled: "What is this?" ”

"It was given to you by that foreign guy named Alan, who said it was a New Year's gift for you."

Ji Xiao nodded.

Inside the bag, is the time when Ji Xiao and Evelyn were in California, in the photo, Evelyn and herself are smiling in the sunshine, stained with the smell of California sunshine, and the last one is a postcard from California, on which Alan wrote a crooked blessing in Chinese. Morphose number.

He has returned to California and is already planning to get married.

Ji Xiao looked at these photos and smiled, and finally understood what Allen was doing on his trip to China this time.

In the final analysis, Alan is also a person with a strong sense of ceremony, he wants to go back to the original place to say a thorough goodbye to himself, Ji Xiao has a smile on the corner of her mouth, she took out her mobile phone, opened the message very unskillfully, edited a message attentively, and sent it to Alan who was far away on the other side of the ocean.

Life seems to be gradually beginning to calm down, Ji Xiao's design drawings are almost drawn, she was about to discuss the final details with Ye Jianan, but unexpectedly heard a message from the media. A Jing's real estate that had not yet had time to be developed was suddenly acquired by Shen's at a low price.

Ji Xiao had a bad premonition in his heart, and directly called Ye Jianan: "Is there something wrong with the Jing family?" What's going on? ”

Ye Jianan's tone was very solemn: "Yes, the Shen family is now preparing to fully acquire the Jing family, second sister-in-law, you also know that the second brother is gone, and the Jing family is panicking, and now they are just holding on and running." ”

He said against his will.

Ji Xiao's brows tightened more and more, she wanted to help do something, but Ji Xiao only now found out a little depressed, as if she couldn't help Jing do anything other than help Jing's Polar Ocean Park project well.

"So, what are you going to do next?"

"If you can't do it, just throw away some projects."

Ye Jianan sighed, this is also a way to do it.

Ji Xiao pondered for a while, she couldn't help much, but she still shifted the topic to the Polar Ocean Park: "My design drawings are almost complete, let's discuss the final details." ”

Ye Jianan pondered for a while before speaking: "Second sister-in-law, I won't tell you that your project has also been transferred to the Shen family's name, and what to do with that piece of land depends on Shen Zhiyuan." ”

The more Ye Jianan spoke, the quieter he became, like a child who had made a mistake.

Ji Xiao was stunned for a moment, and then said: "Then my design, is it invalid." ”

She said this sentence with some difficulty, this design, no matter how she said it, she spent a lot of effort, and she lost it like this, Ji Xiao suddenly felt a little distressed.

Before Ye Jianan could speak, Shen Zhiyuan's gentle voice came from the other side of the phone: "How come? Xiaoxiao, your design, how can I bear to let her be so silent, don't worry, that piece of land, you can still do your design, and the money you negotiated with Jing's will not change. ”

Ji Xiao listened to the voice on the phone, and obviously paused, what is this? After going around in a circle, she was actually helping Shen Zhiyuan do things?

"Xiaoxiao?"

Shen Zhiyuan's voice came from there, and Ji Xiao groaned slightly, before he said lightly: "Senior brother, I won't do this project." ”

"Work is work, life is life, Xiaoxiao, you can't even tell the difference between this, right?"

Shen Zhiyuan's voice carried a hint of displeasure.

Ji Xiao didn't say anything and hung up the phone.

She just wanted to change the list with the manager, but received a call from her grandfather, "Xiaoxiao, your grandmother is suddenly sick, you come back quickly." ”

Grandpa's voice was eager.

"Grandpa, don't worry, I'll go back."

Ji Xiao hung up the phone, and didn't have time to say anything to the manager, so he drove back to Jijia Town directly.

Grandma had a stroke, and after Ji Xiao went back, he didn't delay for a moment and sent his grandmother to the hospital.

Grandma's condition is more serious and she needs to be hospitalized, but when filling out the hospitalization form, Ji Xiao made a difficulty, and the money in her hands now is not enough to pay...

After thinking about it, Ji Xiao made a call to the manager: "Hey, manager, I want to advance three months' salary." ”

The manager was very angry, and his tone was a little unkind: "Listen to your colleague, you left without permission?" Are you still talking to me about a salary advance? ”

Ji Xiao hung up the phone directly, she didn't have time to listen to the manager's abuse and chatter now.

In a hurry, Ji Xiao called Ye Jianan, but fortunately, after he found out, he quickly rushed to the hospital.

After paying her grandmother's hospitalization fee, Ye Jiannan wanted to give Ji Xiao some more money, but Ji Xiao refused, "Thank you, I will return this money to you as soon as possible." ”

"Second sister-in-law, if you say that, you will see the outside, there is something at home, and I should help you."

Ji Xiao shook his head: "There shouldn't be so much, I will pay you back as soon as possible." ”

She no longer wants to owe anyone favors, Ji Xiao finally understands what it means to be difficult to repay the debt of favors.

Ye Jianan saw that Ji Xiao was so determined, so he didn't say anything anymore, he still had something to do, so he left first. Ji Xiao sat in the corridor of the hospital with his grandfather, holding his arm and comforting him: "Grandpa, don't worry, grandma will be fine." ”

From just now to now, Grandpa didn't say a word, the corners of his mouth tightened, and the expression on his face never changed.

For so many years, Ji Xiao has always felt that his love for his grandmother does not seem to be so strong, and now, when he sees his grandfather in such a restrained state, Ji Xiao understands that it turns out that the stubbornness in his bones and the character that is not good at expressing feelings come from his grandfather.

People like them, the more they care, the more plain they are on the surface.

"My wife followed me, and I didn't enjoy any happiness in my life."

It was a long time before Grandpa spoke, and he suddenly stared blankly at the emergency room door like a helpless child.

Ji Xiao didn't say anything, and stayed with them all the time.

After a long time, the door of the emergency room opened, the nurse pushed the grandmother out, and when the grandfather, who had always been very steady, stood up, he didn't stand firmly, if it wasn't for Ji Xiao's support, he might have fallen.

He looked at the nurse with a hint of nervousness in his voice: "How is the old woman?" ”

The nurse hurriedly came over and hugged the old man, and hurriedly said, "The old lady is fine, fortunately, it was sent in time, and she will be hospitalized for observation for a few days." The latest chapter of "A Marriage Across the Claw Book House" is free to read for the first time.