Chapter 16

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Lu Xingxue took her pajamas into the bathroom, but the shower door was not closed tightly, and a thin light beam leaked out along the floor, along with the faint sound of flowing water.

Jiang Ci looked carefully, focusing on the photos that appeared on the screen.

A familiar voice suddenly came out from a speaker: “Xiaobai, let Auntie Yun see, are we more beautiful today than usual?”

Jiang Ci, who was slowly relaxing, shot up when she heard this voice. It turned out that in addition to photos, there were also videos.

The location of the video seemed to be in a bedroom, with sunlight covering the floor. The little Lu Xingxue, who was wearing a short cheongsam with her hair tied up, was looking away from the camera. Hearing Aunt Yun’s voice, she turned around to stare into the lens.

Those big, moist eyes and that soft pink face would melt any heart.

Aunt Yun from outside the frame: “Wow, today’s Xiaobai is so beautiful!”

Something outside of the frame was drawing her attention, and the little Lu Xingxue looked out of the camera again. Aunt Yun scratched her nose: “Xiaobai, we are going to—”

”You can’t touch that.” Little Lu Xingxue suddenly spoke softly and walked directly out of the camera. The camera immediately followed her, and she stopped by a toy box and pulled a well-used doll back from another woman, who was holding a baby.

This was… Jiang Ci squinted her eyes, the young Aunt Wang?

Ms. Wang teased the little Lu Xingxue: “Xiaobai, can’t you give this doll to my sister?”

She shook her head: “No.”

Although her voice was soft and gentle, her tone was firm.

Ms. Wang: “Why not? You have so many dolls. Let your sister play this for a while. She is still young and won’t break it.”

Lu Xingxue still shook her head, her thin brows frowning: “I like it, it’s mine.”

Ms. Wang: “Of course it’s yours, but toys should be shared together so everyone can be happy.”

(TN: our toy)

Jiang Ci couldn’t help but think that this was indeed Ms. Wang, who has been so disgusting for decades.

The camera zoomed in, and Aunt Yun, who was recording, walked over: “Our Xiaobai rarely has something she likes. She, as long as she likes it, never wants others to touch it. Xiaobai, let’s ask Auntie to pick another one.”

“Okay,” Little Lu Xingxue hugged the doll in her arms tightly: “The rest of them can be given to my sister.”

Ms. Wang was a bit embarrassed, and she said to herself: “Oh, I didn’t realize that our Xiaobai has such a strong desire for monopolization of things she likes. If I knew this was the case, Auntie wouldn’t have taken this doll just now. “

……

The door of the shower room opened, and light flooded out, followed by a curtain of steam. Lu Xingxue put on her pajamas, and as she moved, the air was filled with a rich fragrance of bathing, exactly the same as her usual perfume.

The little Lu Xingxue on the screen was wearing a paper birthday hat, and her little cheeks, still with baby fat on them, were puffed out as she seriously blew out the candles.

Meanwhile, the Lu Xingxue in reality stretched out her arms, leaned over slightly, and picked up the half glass of water left over from the short table opposite Jiang Ci.

Her jet-black hair flowed over her shoulder, and a corner of her small, round ears was revealed. There were still traces of water droplets on her fair skin, and her pajamas clung closely to her body, highlighting her beautiful curves.

She was drinking water, and her throat moved rhythmically as she swallowed.

Jiang Ci looked at her, glowing like a pearl, shiny and full, exuding a soft light.

”I think I was seven years old that year. Grandpa promised me that he wouldn’t hold a banquet. Just the two of us had a simple birthday.”

Jiang Ci was confused before she realized that Lu Xingxue was talking about the photo that had appeared on the screen.

Jiang Ci: “So now a banquet is the way to celebrate your birthday?”

Lu Xingxue: “No.”

You just had a birthday party. Why won’t you say anything… Jiang Ci was too lazy to refute, but listened to Lu Xingxue continuing: “I wanted to take advantage of this birthday to introduce you to people around me. The birthday message was sent in advance. I went out, but when I went to Professor Xing’s house that night, I realized you had a job.”

Lu Xingxue: “…I didn’t want to embarrass you, so I didn’t tell you.”

Whether it was her desire to introduce her to others, or the fact that she didn’t mention it because she was considerate of her job, it was all beyond Jiang Ci’s understanding, she was surprised, and…

Touched…

Jiang Ci: “…Wait for me.”

She left the room and came back a few minutes later, turning off the light and letting the room be filled by a soft glow.

Jiang Ci: “It hasn’t passed midnight yet.”

Lu Xingxue stirred from the sofa and looked at her with unknown feelings in her eyes.

Jiang Ci’s expression was a bit stiff, and she was a little embarrassed, but she sat down facing Lu Xingxue: “I know your birthday is today… so I prepared a present for you.”

”Lu Xingxue,” Jiang Ci opened the box in her hand, “Happy birthday.”

When Jiang Ci said the word “gift,” Lu Xingxue sat up straighter. After seeing the contents of the gift in the box, she looked into her eyes and said, “…Jiang Ci, you are so kind to me… How can I repay you?”

Inside the box is the pocket watch she fancyed at Mrs. Qian’s jewelry exhibition.

Jiang Ci naturally does not need anything in return. Lu Xingxue liked it, and she happened to be very familiar with the Qian couple. They were willing to give her face and sell it to her, so she bought it for Lu Xingxue, and she has never thought of receiving anything in return.

Now that Lu Xingxue mentioned the solemn word “repay,” Jiang Ci was embarrassed.

She gave it to Lu Xingxue still in the box: “We are married, and it is not appropriate to talk about repayment.”

Lu Xingxue looked down at her pocket watch, then looked up at Jiang Ci, her lips lightly raised: “Thank you, Mrs. Lu, for the gift.”

Jiang Ci: “……”

What do you mean by saying that yourself…

Jiang Ci cleared her throat: “I will look at the photos another day, it’s getting late, and I have work tomorrow.”

Seeing her getting up to leave, Lu Xingxue moved forward and grabbed her hand: “Jiang Ci.”

Jiang Ci: “Huh?”

Lu Xingxue looked up at her: “…”

Jiang Ci: “?”

Lu Xingxue slowly let go: “Are you free tomorrow? Can we have dinner together?”

Jiang Ci thought for a while: “Okay.”

Lu Xingxue: “Okay, then… good night.”

Jiang Ci: “Good night.”

After Jiang Ci left, Lu Xingxue turned off the photo album and went to lie down on the bed.

She slept well, with her arms hugging her body.

In the dark, her heartbeat was really a bit fast, as Jiang Ci said, she really drank too much.

A few minutes later, Lu Xingxue got up. She lifted the bracelet from the bedside table and pushed it gently with her fingertips, and the pocket watch swayed back and forth in front of her eyes.

She curled her lips and put her pocket watch in her palm.

……

The next morning, Jiang Ci received Lu Xingxue’s reservation. After a busy day, she received a call from Jiang Lin on the way to the restaurant in the evening.

On the phone, Jiang Lin said solemnly: “Wen Nian had a miscarriage.”

”…” Jiang Ci suspected that she had heard wrong.

Jiang Lin: “She had a labor induction in the afternoon, and her condition is temporarily stable, but she has to stay in the hospital for observation for two days. I just came out of the hospital.”

Jiang Ci immediately asked the driver to drive towards the hospital: “How could this happen?”

Jiang Lin: “Your Aunt Ning said that Wen Nian and Lin Xiao had an argument and he accidentally bumped her stomach during the dispute.”

”Dispute?” Jiang Ci’s thoughts churned violently in her mind, and she began to breathe tightly: “Did Lin Xiao beat her!?”

Ning Shuyue kept talking for the sake of face, but Jiang Lin was not stupid, so Jiang Ci asked this, and she did not deny: “I am ahead of you, but you can go to Wen Nian and see. The problem between her and Lin Xiao, don’t get involved. Wen Nian called her father before the operation and said that she was going to get a divorce. Your Aunt Ning was crying so hard trying to persuade her not to.”

Jiang Ci’s chest rose and fell: “Mom! he hit her stomach this time and the child is gone, what about next time?”

Jiang Lin: “Two such big families, if the two get divorced now, and the families become enemies, no one wants to see this result, whether it is the Lin family or the Wen family. This is not a case where Wen Nian can be willful.”

A taxi rode on the bridge across the river, and the setting sun was a fiery red ball. Jiang Ci was bathed in the afterglow, but her hands and feet were cold.

Jiang Lin: “I have given you advice. You don’t speak in front of Wen Nian, do you hear? Whether she leaves or does not leave, don’t get involved either way.”

……

Jiang Ci rushed to the hospital, the door of the ward was closed. She was about to knock on the door, Ning Shuyue intermittently said with a crying voice: “Nian Nian, it is not easy for you to get to this step. You have been excellent since you were a child. But without the Lin Family, how long would it take you to have the right to speak in the ‘Four Seasons?'”

Jiang Ci retracted her hand.

She stood in the corridor and sent a message to Lu Xingxue: “Wen Nian has something wrong. I’m in the hospital now. I won’t be there until later.”

She waited, but Lu Xingxue’s reply did not come, so Jiang Ci put away the phone.

In the ward next to the door, she could not hear Wen Nian’s response. Ning Shuyue said again: “You have something like this. You see how your father feels distressed. Originally, Wen Lin was responsible for the two projects in the ‘Four Seasons.’ He is madam’s eldest brother, but now your dad says that when you recover, he will give you all the power. The appointment letter is already being drafted.”

Wen Nian: “Mom, I have plans, don’t worry about me.”

Ning Shuyue: “Good girl, mom won’t worry about it, and mom won’t bother you. Think about it yourself, okay?”

Wen Nian: “Go back, remember to take medicine, the doctor said you can’t be too agitated.”

Ning Shuyue: “Well, good, mother will come to see you tomorrow.”

The mother-daughter chat came to an end, and the sound of footsteps approached the door. In order to avoid embarrassment, Jiang Ci raised her hand and knocked on the door.

Ning Shuyue immediately wiped away the tear stains from the corners of his eyes, opened the door, and saw Jiang Ci, with a smile on her face, turned to Wen Nian in the ward and said, “Nian Nian, Ah-Ci is here.”

The bed was very close to the window, and since it was half open, and the curtains were thrown wide, the golden afterglow spilled over the bed.

Wen Nian sat half-lying, mulling over the plan in her hand.

Ning Shuyue pulled Jiang Ci out of the door and said in a low voice: “Ah-Ci, you can talk to Nian Nian and help her release her baggage. The child is gone, but there will be others in the future…I can only say…I can only say his fate was not with us…Ah-Ci, please.”

Jiang Ci lowered her eyes: “Aunt Ning, I know.”

Seeing Ning Shuyue off, Jiang Ci entered the ward.

Knowing that Jiang Ci is coming, Wen Nian had already put the plan aside. Before Jiang Ci approached, she called out to her: “Ah-Ci.”

Jiang Ci, careful not to touch the IV on the back of her hand, held her hand lightly, and sat down on the accompanying chair by the bed.

Wen Nian’s hands were cold, and she hadn’t seen her for some days, but she seemed to be much thinner.

Looking at it this way, there were no other injuries. Jiang Ci settled down and asked her, “How are you doing?”

Wen Nian frowned: “It hurts.”

Wen Nian: “Ah-Ci, do you remember? One year when I was hospitalized with acute appendicitis, you skipped class and came to the hospital to accompany me. I’d wait for you every day, as long as you came and talked to me, I would feel the wound was not that painful anymore.”

Jiang Ci lowered her body: “How can I forget. Are you feeling better now?”

Wennian’s smile was very weak, she whispered: “Ah-Ci, talk to me.”

Jiang Ci: “I am here.”

The phone in her pocket, the screen turned on, and Lu Xingxue’s reply was sent.

【Lu Xingxue: Okay, I’ll wait for you. 】

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