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Chapter 30
Chapter 30
The morning sun seemed to have tentacles, climbed in along the windowsill, and touched the slender white hand on the bed. The fingers of that hand curled slightly, as if it was tickled by the sun, and moved slightly, pulling the hand away from the sun.
Xu Xingxing put his hand on his eyes, the back of his hand was warm from the sun, and put it on his eye socket, the warmth gradually penetrated. Finally, she opened her eyes.
The woman's eyes are round and clear, with the laziness she just woke up from. Her demure and small face gradually sinks into a quilt, and the light gray linen fabric makes her complexion more fair and delicate.
She hugged the quilt and turned over, feeling the soreness rushing up from all sides of her body, thinking about what happened last night, and her white and tender cheeks gradually coated with powder. She glanced sideways at her side, and there were few men who got up earlier than her. Xu Xingxing raised his eyes and glanced out the window, and heard the sound of Lingling piano coming from the living room.
Xu Xingxing's eyes lit up slightly, she got up and opened the quilt first, the fine linen rubbed against her skin, Xu Xingxing took over the white nightgown at hand. The large nightgown wrapped her completely, she fastened the loose belt around her waist, and when she was about to go downstairs, she looked up and saw a red smear hanging on the head of her bed.
It was a plump Santa Claus sock with a piece of snow woven at the top, the green of the Christmas tree below, and a Santa Claus wearing a red hat below. Santa Claus is a raised puppet with a smaller reindeer puppet in his arms.
The whole sock is woven with cotton thread. It looks very beautiful and Q, like coaxing children to play.
Xu Xingxing's lips moved slightly, looking at the chubby belly of socks, she reached out and took the socks.
There was something in the socks, heavy.
Holding the sock in his right hand, he opened his left hand at the mouth of the sock and followed, Xu Xingxing shook the sock carefully, and a black, round thing rolled out from the mouth of the sock. Xu Xingxing looked at the thing in his hand, his eyes slightly opened.
It's a pottery.
This pottery xun is made of black pottery. It has ten holes, and the whole body is black and shiny. The front position is engraved with the phoenix totem of the Stone Age. On the double hole on the back, two characters are written in hieroglyphs.
Look at the shape of the text, it looks like "starry sky"
Xu Xingxing thought for a while, his eyelashes trembled slightly, and he ran downstairs with Tao Xun.
When she went downstairs, the sound of the piano downstairs gradually became clear, and she could hear the clear and coherent tunes, revealing the elegant classics of classical music. Xu Xingxing trotted down the stairs, panted, looked up at the window, and stopped.
The floor-to-ceiling windows are opened, generously accommodating the breeze and the rising sun outside the window. With the white gauze curtain by the window, the sea breeze swept over the piano shining in the sun.
The man sat in front of the piano with his back straight, and the elongated shadow beside the piano bench split the sunlight in two. His back is slender and straight, standing against the wind in the sun, like a jade tree standing there, pure and flawless. His fingers fluttered on the black and white keyboard, as if he heard footsteps, and the piano stopped abruptly.
Huaijing turned to one side and looked up at the stairs. The sunlight illuminated his face transparently, and the handsome and delicate facial features seemed to be seen more clearly only by the light brown eyes and red lips. His eyebrows were jade-like, the corners of his lips curled into a smile, and he was picturesque.
Xu Xingxing's breathing stagnated slightly.
"Wake you up?" The man's voice was low, he stretched out his hand to cover the sunshade, and he gestured lazily.
"No." Xu Xingxing shook his head, and the cold Tao Xun in his hand made her return to her senses. She looked at Huaijing and asked, "Did you give this to me?"
While speaking, Xu Xingxing walked to Huaijing's side.
A black clay pottery xun was lying quietly on the woman's hand, making her fingers more beautiful. Huaijing's eyes moved, he looked up at her, and said, "Santa Claus gave it to you."
After hearing the answer, Xu Xingxing's eyes moved, she pursed her lips, and said firmly.
"Don't be kidding, this is what you gave."
Seeing her serious appearance, the man hummed and asked, "Why are you so sure."
Licking his lower lip, Xu Xingxing looked at Huai Jing and said, "Santa Claus doesn't know that I like Xun."
The man raised his eyebrows, Xu Xingxing looked back and said softly.
"But you know."
The woman stood in the backlight, the light behind her shone through her ears, her eyelashes trembled slightly, and the corners of her lips pursed slightly, like a child who was obviously happy after receiving a gift but pretended not to laugh.
Huaijing's heart seemed to have collapsed, revealing a flat and bright open space.
He nodded and admitted, "I gave it to you, do you like it?"
Xu Xingxing's eyes lit up, nodded and said, "I like it."
Her mood is a bit complicated now, as if the missing piece has been filled, making her heart full. It was as if a piece of my heart was dug out, revealing the light inside.
At this moment, Xu Xingxing suddenly had the courage, and she decided to participate in the performance at the annual meeting.
As for what to perform, Huaijing made up her mind.
"Of course I taught you to act."
Xu Xingxing: "..."
Huaijing helped her choose the piece, the first prelude in Bach's well-tempered C major. This is a classical piano piece. The tune is simple and quiet. It is suitable for beginners to play, and it does not sound like a saliva, which makes people feel simple.
Although it is suitable for beginners, Xu Xingxing looked at the sheet music and still had no confidence that he could learn it in a month.
Seeming to understand what she was thinking, Huai Jing looked down at the score, and simply played a series of notes with one hand, and said, "Huai Wan's first performance is also this song."
The two sat on a piano bench, Xu Xingxing turned to look at him slightly. The man's side face was delicate, he turned his head, and after a chuckle, his light brown eyes met Xu Xingxing's gaze.
"She's so stupid that she can learn it, so you'll be fine."
Xu Xingxing: "..."
She remembered that when she answered her questions to Huai Wan, when Huai Wan complained about her brother's teaching, he often gave her a less detailed explanation, but let her think for herself.
Although one brother and sister think the other is stupid and the other thinks the other is not careful, Xu Xingxing can feel that the two have a good relationship.
In Huaijing's eyes, when his father died and his mother became a monk, the only person who could relate to him was Huaiwan.
But Xu Xingxing didn't understand. In this case, why did he let Huaiwan go abroad to study, and he rarely had the chance to come back.
Xu Xingxing was distracted for a moment when the phone rang.
The man glanced at her, Xu Xingxing returned to his senses, took out his mobile phone, and answered the call.
The call was from the veterinary hospital. After two days of treatment and observation, Mimi is no longer in serious condition and can be discharged from the hospital.
Mimi has always been in good health, but Xu Xingxing was startled by the sudden loss of appetite, and she was immediately sent to the hospital. Hearing that it was okay now, Xu Xingxing felt relieved, got up and went upstairs to change clothes to take it home.
The woman stood in front of the bed and quickly changed her clothes. Huaijing stood in front of the door, watching her pull up the collar to cover the bite mark he bit on her neck last night, raised her eyebrows and said, "I'll accompany you. go."
Putting his hair into a low ponytail, and swiping a lock of hair on his cheek, Xu Xingxing said, "No need, I can take a taxi over there."
She didn't want to trouble him.
"As a teacher, I have the obligation to supervise the students." Huai Jing said lightly, he walked to the bed, and his long fingers slowly opened the knot of the nightgown on his abdomen. The nightgown drooped down and loosened, revealing the man's delicate and beautiful abdominal muscles, as well as the beautiful mermaid line under the abdominal muscles.
He put on his clothes, looked at Xu Xingxing, whose cheeks were gradually turning red, and said in a deep voice, "After you pick up Mimi, what if you lose your mind and don't want to come back?"
Xu Xingxing: "..."
Xu Xingxing took Mimi out of the pet hospital. After treatment, the little guy has become much more lively. She carried the cat cage to the door of He Feng's apartment, and when she got to the door, she glanced sideways at the side of the road.
Not far from her, the Bordeaux red Continental parked there quietly, and the man who came to supervise her sat in the driver's seat and seemed to be looking up at her.
Xu Xingxing felt that Huai Jing was like a child competing for favor, and he was afraid that she would neglect him by playing with others.
But what kind of pet is he competing with a cat, why should he compete for pet?
Xu Xingxing took Mimi home. After closing the door, she kneeled on the carpet and carefully opened the cat cage. I haven't seen Mimi for two days, and Xu Xingxing also thinks about it. She turned to Mimi and called out softly, "Mimi, you're home."
Hearing Xu Xingxing's voice, Mimi looked up at her and let out a meow, then walked out with kitten steps. It first looked up at Xu Xingxing, called out again, walked in front of Xu Xingxing, and threw itself into her arms.
In the two days in the hospital, Mimi obviously missed her very much. After hugging her, the soft pad touched her face. The fluffy dumpling could have warmed people's hearts, and Mimi's action made Xu Xingxing's heart soften even more.
"Mimi, stay by yourself first, will I come back to accompany you tonight?" Xu Xingxing hugged Mimi like a child, coaxing softly.
Mimi also hugged her and seemed to understand what she meant. She let out a grievance and rubbed her head against Xu Xingxing's face.
She remembered that before she left with Mimi, the doctor at the hospital said that Mimi was reluctant to eat for the past two days. It may also be because the owner spent too little time with her, which made her feel lonely, which affected her appetite.
Pinching the thick hair on Mimi's neck, Xu Xingxing felt a little sorry for it. And when she was holding Mimi, Mimi also looked up at her, her blue eyes full of reluctance.
Xu Xingxing hesitated.
Xu Xingxing went home after picking up Mimi, because she had to put it down before she could go back with him. Huaijing patiently waited for Xu Xingxing to come back after finishing the treatment. Who would have expected that she would come back with a cat in her hand.
Sitting in the driver's seat, Huai Jing looked at the woman who was wearing the seat belt, and then confronted the cat in the cat cage in her arms. Mimi also seemed to be looking at him, her beautiful eyes full of indifference.
The man's face was not very good-looking, his eyes drooped slightly, his eyes pale, Xu Xingxing felt a little guilty. She said apologetically, "Mimi has just recovered, and I can't leave her alone at home. Can I take her with me?"
Huai Jing retracted his gaze, met Xu Xingxing's eyes, and answered briefly and neatly.
"Can't."
"Ah." Xu Xingxing was a little frustrated, she knew that Huaijing didn't like cats very much, but she couldn't leave Mimi at home by herself. After weighing it, Xu Xingxing said, "Then I won't practice the piano today, tomorrow..."
With that said, Xu Xingxing reached out to unfasten the seat belt.
Before her hand touched the seat belt, the man suddenly started the car and drove out.
Xu Xingxing: "..."
Is this agreed now?
Back at the former home, Mimi's little head obviously didn't react. It thought that Xu Xingxing had brought it back, and was afraid that Xu Xingxing would leave it here. Mimi could be said to be inseparable to her, forever standing between Xu Xingxing and Huaijing.
Even when Xu Xingxing was practicing the piano, it had to be in the middle of the piano bench to separate the two.
Huaijing's face was getting worse and worse, but Xu Xingxing was very happy that she could accompany both of them.
However, what Huai Jing said was true. With Mimi by his side, Xu Xingxing would be distracted, playing the piano while watching it. Mimi snuggled up beside her legs, very well-behaved.
Xu Xingxing looked a little distracted at Mimi. After listening to Xu Xingxing play a sound, he reached out and pressed Xu Xingxing's hand.
Xu Xingxing raised his head in a guilty conscience. The man put his eyes on the sheet music, pressed his fingers against hers, and said in a flat tone, "I didn't play this sound well, play it with me twice."
His fingers pressed against hers and flicked twice.
Being caught, Xu Xingxing blushed slightly, she said, "Okay."
The man didn't take his fingers away, his fingers pressed against hers, and the warmth gradually penetrated to the fingertips, making Xu Xingxing's face even hotter.
When the two of them were playing, Mimi in the middle suddenly let out a "meow". Both of them focused their attention on it, only to see Mimi staring at Huaijing fiercely. After raising her front paws, she patted Huaijing's hand on the piano bench.
Obviously, the kitten is very smart and knows that Huaijing is Xu Xingxing's friend, so it didn't stretch out its nails, but just patted the back of his hand as a warning, and the pads were soft and cool.
Mimi's action made the man's eyes light up.
Xu Xingxing was taken aback. After all, it was his cat who hit him. Xu Xingxing glanced at Huaijing a little embarrassedly, and then scolded in a low voice, "Mimi!"
She had just finished scolding, her chin was slightly cold, and something pinched her, Xu Xingxing recovered, and the man had already kissed her.
The kiss was just a touch of water, and the man's soft and warm lips seemed to just wipe her.
The sudden kiss made Xu Xingxing's heart tremble slightly. She raised her eyes to look at Huai Jing, with a smile in her eyes, motioning her to look at Mimi, Xu Xingxing looked down.
Seeing Xu Xingxing's kissed Mimi, it suddenly became more vicious, it grunted in its throat, raised its front paws again, and faced Huaijing's hand with another strong paw.
Xu Xingxing: "..."
"I'm protecting you." Huai Jing raised her eyes and said lightly. When Xu Xingxing looked up at him, the man squeezed her chin with his fingers and leaned over to kiss her.
This time the kiss was long, he kissed softly and long, his lips rubbed, as if rubbing against her heart. Xu Xingxing opened his eyes wide and looked at the man in front of him.
He closed his eyes, his long curly eyelashes black and shiny, reflecting the sunlight.
As the tip of the man's tongue entered her mouth, she tasted the sunshine, which disturbed her heart.
Xu Xingxing closed his eyes.
After the long kiss ended, Xu Xingxing's cheeks were flushed, her eyes were blurred, and she was a little breathless.
Looking up at the soft light in the man's eyes, her fast-beating heart beat heavily on her chest.
Mimi next to him patted Huaijing's hand again, making Xu Xingxing a little confused. She looked at Huai Jing, her voice carrying her tender anger in her anger.
"Are you naive or not, why do you have the same knowledge as a cat?"
The man looked at her slightly frowning brows, thinking about the heart that was scratched when he kissed her just now, and hummed: "Who knows her in general?"
Licking her lips, Huai Jing raised the corners of her lips and said.
"I just wanted to kiss you."
When Chen Wanwan heard that Xu Xingxing was going to perform at the annual meeting, she naturally supported it 100%. Xu Xingxing's agreement to perform in front of so many people was already a great improvement. As for the ranking, it was second.
"What are you going to perform?" Chen Wanwan grabbed her shoulder and asked with a smile.
"The first prelude of Bach's well-tempered C major." Xu Xingxing finally recited this string of tall names.
"Bach?" Chen Wanwan was stunned for a moment and asked in doubt, "Is this a good one?"
Xu Xingxing smiled when she said it, and she explained, "I want to play the piano."
"Wow!" Chen Wanwan was obviously startled, looked at Xu Xingxing in disbelief and said, "You still play the piano? When did you learn it?"
Asked about this, Xu Xingxing smiled, she looked away, and whispered, "Just... just recently."
"No wonder you haven't been seen in the last weekend." Chen Wanwan said, grabbed her and continued to ask, "Which training institution? How about the fees? Is there any kindergarten piano class? I'll ask Kang Kang to be your apprentice and brother."
Chen Wanwan's series of questions bombarded Xu Xingkong with a bit of a laugh. She pushed her and said, "Aren't you going to find Lao Huang? Go quickly."
"Old Huang is not here today." Chen Wanwan shrugged and said, "Today is our chairman's 50th birthday, and he went to Yinzi International Hotel early in the morning."
"Today is the chairman's 50th birthday?" Xu Xingxing asked.
"That's right." Chen Wanwan said, "I didn't expect it? Our chairman is so young, so he is in charge of such a big Huai family. Most large companies are six or seven-year-old old men, tsk tsk."
Xu Xingxing didn't care much about these. She remembered last night that Huaijing said that she couldn't accompany her to practice the piano today. In this way, he should have gone to the birthday banquet of the Huaichang Dynasty.
Huaijing's father died, and the Huai family is now in the hands of Huaichangchao. Huaichangchao intends to cultivate his son Huaiyangping. The relationship between Huaijing and his second uncle and cousin should be quite complicated.
Xu Xingxing pursed her lips and didn't think about it any further, no matter what, her relationship with Huaijing had not yet reached the point where she could worry about it.
After get off work, Xu Xingxing went home from shopping. After dinner, she was holding Mimi while reading the score. She bought an electronic keyboard herself, just to practice finger proficiency. The sound of the electronic organ was crisp, Xu Xingxing flipped his fingers back and forth on it, Mimi was in her arms, and his little paws pressed the keys from time to time, which made Xu Xingkong laugh.
While one person and one cat were having fun, Xu Xingxing's cell phone rang. Hearing the ringtone, Xu Xingxing's brows softened. He hugged Mimi up and went to the dining table to get the phone. Seeing the name displayed on it, Xu Xingxing smiled and pressed the answer.
"Sister." Xu Xingyuan called her with a smile.
"Well." Xu Xingxing hugged Mimi, got back on the sofa, sat cross-legged, and asked, "How is your family now?"
She and her family talk on the phone twice a week, usually just to talk about everyday things.
"It's good." Xu Xingyuan replied, "Our mother's wrist is also much better. I asked her to ask an aunt to help her. The family's business is good in winter..."
While Xu Xingyuan was babbling, Lin Meihui suddenly interjected and said helplessly: "What do you always say about me? Talk about your own affairs."
Lin Meihui's voice was very low, Xu Xingxing heard it, she first mentioned it in her heart, and asked, "What happened?"
"Ah." Xu Xingyuan's voice was low, and he seemed a little embarrassed, but he was a little shy between hesitating and hesitating, "It's...it's me..."
"Mom?" Xu Xingxing called out.
Lin Meihui said "Oops", answered the phone, and said with a smile, "Why are you shy with your sister?"
Xu Xingxing listened to the tone of her mother and brother talking, and it seemed that it was not a bad thing. She felt relieved, hugged Mimi and asked, "What's wrong?"
Lin Meihui is much more neat than Xu Xingyuan. She said, "Tongtong's family said they were discussing getting engaged during the twelfth lunar month."
"Really?" Xu Xingxing laughed and said, "This is a good thing, why is Xingyuan so shy?"
On the other end of the phone, Xu Xingxing giggled.
When he first saw Zhou Tongtong's family, Xu Xingxing didn't have such a strong feeling. Now that her brother is about to get engaged, she really feels that Xingyuan has grown up and become a man in the sky.
"When?" Xu Xingxing asked in detail. She looked up at the calendar. Their company had a holiday on the 23rd of the twelfth lunar month.
"The twenty-fourth day of the twelfth lunar month, after the small year." Lin Meihui said, "This is the day when Tongtong's mother finds her husband to check, saying that it is good for both children."
"I can catch up." Xu Xingxing was happy, she said, "I will take the late bus back on the 23rd night."
"Hey, that's good, that's good..." After Lin Meihui said a few words, she lost her voice again.
"Mom?" Xu Xingxing called out.
"Yeah." Lin Meihui replied shallowly, hesitated for a long time, and then asked cautiously, "Then...then, do you still invite relatives from your grandma's house?"
The smile on Xu Xingxing's lips stopped.
Engagement is a major event, and relatives on both sides have to go to a comprehensive place. Huaicheng is an old city, and this aspect is especially important. But Xu Xingxing really didn't want to invite those relatives of the Xu family if it wasn't necessary.
When she was divorced, she was advised to leave. Knowing that she got divorced and shared a sum of money, she introduced a blind date to her like a business. She left Huai City in order to avoid a blind date, and those relatives were still talking behind their backs.
However, since Lin Meihui asked like this, she must have wanted them to go.
Lin Meihui is a very traditional woman. Xu Xingxing's father died early, and she never remarried. First, she was afraid that the Xu family would not let her enter the Xu family's ancestral grave to accompany Xu Xingxing's father after her death. Second, she was afraid of Xu Xingxing and Xu Xingyuan. She was excluded from both the Xu family and her relatives after she remarried.
In her heart, if they didn't leave that family, they had roots.
Moreover, if they didn't invite Xu's family to come over, then the Zhou family would be all relatives, and there were only three of them there, what would it look like.
"I said no need to invite..." Xu Xingyuan said another sentence over there.
"Please." Xu Xingxing said,
"Okay, please." Lin Meihui was relieved with the support of Xu Xingxing. She heard Xu Xingyuan still babbling about not to ask, and she said, "If you want to invite the relatives of the Xu family, then the child will face It doesn't look good either."
Xu Xingyuan lost his voice.
Although it was a little awkward to invite Xu's family, Xu Xingxing was even more happy that Xu Xingyuan was getting engaged. She hugged Mimi, kissed Mimi twice, and said with a smile, "Mimi, Mimi, I'm going to be an aunt soon~"
Speaking of which, Xu Xingyuan got married, and she was happiest about this. If she can't give birth, then if she has a nephew or niece, she will definitely take them seriously.
Just after putting Mimi down, the phone rang again, Xu Xingxing picked up the phone and rubbed Mimi's hair in response.
"Hey."
The woman's voice has a long cavity that is elongated due to happiness. Her voice is soft, and this long cavity is also very gentle. Huai Jing raised her lips and asked, "So happy?"
Huaijing attended Huaichang Dynasty's birthday banquet tonight, and she was still able to call her. It seemed that she was not very busy. Xu Xingxing was in a good mood, pinched Mimi's meat pad, and said with a smile, "Yeah. My brother just called and said he was getting engaged."
Xu Xingxing had been to Huaijing's house, but Huaijing knew nothing about Xuxing's house.
Infected by Xu Xingxing's laughter, the man also smiled and asked, "How old is your brother?"
He was just chatting with Xu Xing for free. Huaiwan was 18 years younger than him. The age difference between the two brothers and sisters was relatively rare. He wanted to see how different Xu Xingxing was from her younger brother.
"Twenty-three years old." Xu Xingxing said, "It's twenty-four after the new year, but it's just an empty year."
"Get engaged at the age of twenty-three?" Huai Jing asked.
Xu Xingxing heard his surprise and explained: "We get married early there. Some people get married at the age of 20, and wait until the legal age to get a marriage certificate."
After all, Xu Xingyuan was too late.
Listening to her detailed explanation, the smile in Huai Jing's eyes deepened.
"Your brother was engaged when he was only twenty-three, are you embarrassed?"
The man's tone was narrow and narrow, as if to say that she was getting older, and it was not as early as her brother's marriage. Xu Xingxing knew that he was joking, but he was still blocked by him.
She blushed from being blocked, pinched Mimi's paw, and murmured in a hurry.
"You...you're older than me, are you embarrassed?"
When she scolded someone, her voice was small and soft, her tone was hurried, like a weak wind that passed over his heart.
So soft, so soft, so soft that he softened his eyebrows.
"President Huai." Someone called him on the other end of the phone.
"Well." Huai Jing raised her eyes and responded lightly, rubbing the rim of the goblet with her fingertips.He smiled at the woman on the phone, as if he didn't hear it clearly, and asked in a deep voice, "What did you just say?"
"I didn't say anything." Xu Xingxing muttered, afraid that he would really hear it, so he didn't say it a second time.