Chapter 39

Early in the morning on the 28th day of the twelfth lunar month, Xu Xingyuan drove Zhou Tongtong to her grandma's house. Xu Xingxing and Lin Meihui also got up early and set up a breakfast stall in the morning. After closing the stall, they went home to pack up their new year's things at their new home.

I just went to new home to celebrate the New Year, and didn't stay there permanently. mainly brought ingredients for the New Year's Eve dinner.

Lin Meihui had almost packed all of these yesterday. After putting the ingredients in the big box, Xu Xingxing went to Lin Meihui's bedroom to help with the bedding.

Huaicheng is more traditional, and you cannot have the same room unless you are married. On New Year's Eve, Xu Xingxing and Lin Meihui shared a room, Xu Xingyuan and Zhou Tongtong shared a room, and the newlyweds had to build new quilts and make new mattresses.

Although Lin Meihui's room is the master bedroom at home, it is not actually large. A bed and a wardrobe take up most of the area.

After Xu Xingyuan and Zhou Tongtong's affairs were settled, Lin Meihui, who couldn't take it easy, bought cotton, cut new cloth, and made the new bedding. Now they are all packed together in thick plastic film bags and stuffed on the top of the wardrobe.

When Xu Xingxing went in, Lin Meihui was about to get on the chair and get enough quilts. Xu Xingxing was shocked when she saw the little old lady reaching out her hand, and hurried over to support her and said, "Mom, let me come."

Young people are always more agile, and the chairs are not too high and not dangerous. Lin Meihui obediently got down from the chair and said to Xu Xingxing, "Take the blue and yellow bed."

"Okay." Looking up, Xu Xingxing got into the chair and grabbed the two beds.

After grabbing, she pulled the two beds out of the closet with her arms. With a half of the quilt still on the wardrobe, Xu Xingxing glanced down at the ground and said, "Mom, get out of the way."

Lin Meihui hid at the door, Xu Xingxing slammed the quilt and got off the chair.

The two quilts were not too light. When Xu Xingxing was dragged down, something came down with them.

"What?" Xu Xingxing looked on the ground, afraid of something that might fall. There was a small quilt wrapped in a ball on the ground, and it broke halfway when it just fell. In that half, a small shoe the size of a slap was exposed, as well as the trouser legs of a pair of cotton trousers.

Xu Xingxing's eyes moved, looked up at Lin Meihui, put down the quilt, and picked up the small quilt and the things wrapped in the quilt.

There are a lot of things wrapped in the quilt, in addition to cotton trousers and shoes, there are also small cotton jackets and other small clothes. Every small dress and small shoes have a different color. Looking at the color, Xu Xingxing recognized it.

This is the color of the quilts that she accompanied her when she got married.

The traditional custom in Huaicheng is that parents have to prepare new quilts regardless of whether their sons or daughters are married. She was not willing to throw away some leftovers left over from making quilts for Xu Xingxing. After taking it home, made these things to use for Xu Xingxing's children, but didn't expect Xu Xingxing to be pregnant and now divorced.

Despite this, Lin Meihui did not throw away these things. In her heart, she was still looking forward to that Xu Xingxing could have a child. But she didn't want Xu Xingxing to know that she was looking forward to it, for fear of putting pressure on her.

Who would have thought that these things were stuffed behind the quilt for so many years, and when Xu Xingxing pulled the quilt, they pulled them out.

Lin Meihui looked at Xu Xingxing and flipped back and forth between the small shoes and padded trousers, but her expression did not change. She moved her lips and said to Xu Xingxing, "I didn't have time to throw it away... I forgot it myself."

Xu Xingxing looked down at the fine stitches on the small shoes, which were all stitched by Lin Meihui. She put away the small shoes, looked up at Lin Meihui with a smile, and said, "What a pity to throw it away, leave it to Xingyuan and Tongtong's children."

After speaking, Xu Xingxing got up and put the packed quilt into the plastic bag with the new quilt.

Lin Meihui looked at her daughter's thin back, and a layer of sadness filled her heart.

After Xu Xingxing sorted out, she looked back at Lin Meihui. She pursed her lips and said, "My good friend Chen Wanwan took me to see a famous old Chinese medicine doctor. The traditional Chinese medicine I drink every day is for conditioning my body."

She never told Lin Meihui about this. She was afraid that she would not succeed in the end, and her disappointment made Lin Meihui happy. But I didn't expect that Lin Meihui had been thinking about it all the time, so she just told her this time.

She usually doesn't ask anything, but she is not less worried at all.

Hearing her say this, Lin Meihui's eyes lit up and asked, "Is it useful?"

Xu Xingxing couldn't answer this question herself, she said to Lin Meihui, "I'm really looking better recently, it should be useful."

"Then you..." Lin Meihui moved her lips slightly, looked up at her, and only spoke half of her words.

Xu Xingxing understood what she meant, took the words and said, "I'm still single now, and I won't necessarily get married in the future. But if there is a chance, I will have a child and I will raise it myself."

Speaking of this, Xu Xingxing smiled and continued: "Look at yourself, don't you also take care of me and Xingyuan well?"

This should be Xu Xingxing's true thoughts, this kind of thinking is simply outrageous in the eyes of Huaicheng people. But Lin Meihui had already thought about it. Her biggest worry about Xu Xingxing was that she had no one to accompany her, and that she would have no one to rely on when she got old.

She is now starting to recuperate her body. If she can give birth to a child to accompany her, and if she can help her when she is old, then she, as a mother, will be relieved.

After packing up the things, Xu Xingxing went to the small market outside the community to find a small truck and pulled the things to the new home.

When we arrived at our new home, it was already afternoon. The sun shines on the large balcony outside, making the home extra bright. Lin Meihui was cleaning up the kitchen, and Xu Xingxing also helped to clean up the bed.

After Xu Xingyuan and Zhou Tongtong's beds were made, Xu Xingxing also tidied up her and Lin Meihui's rooms. Although the room she and Lin Meihui lived in was the second bedroom, it had a small balcony. After Xu Xingxing made the bed, he opened the curtains and the sunlight came in, just enough to dry the bedding.

Xu Xingxing sat on the bed, squinting his eyes and basking in the sun for a while.

After drying for a while, Xu Xingxing got up and went to the kitchen to help. Passing by the door, there was a meowing sound outside, and a little milky voice learned the meowing sound of meowing.

Xu Xingxing felt an itch in his heart, turned his steps, walked to the door and opened the door.

Xu Xingyuan has two neighbors, and the voice just now came from the door of the neighbor on the left of his house. The door of the house is very particular, and there are two pots of green plants.

Next to the green plants, a man in a white FILA down jacket stood there. Beside his legs, a little girl in a white cherry-patterned down jacket is squatting in front of a pot of green plants. In the green plant pot, an orange kitten is looking up at the branches of the green plant, reaching out and grabbing two leaves from time to time. It grabs once, and the little girl laughs along with it. The little girl laughs once, and the man standing laughs once.

Aware that Xu Xingxing opened the door, the man looked up. He looks very handsome, with big eyes and very obvious double eyelids. He looks very energetic and looks about thirty years old.

When he looked up, there was still a smile in his eyes. After seeing Xu Xingxing, the smile deepened. He first said hello and asked, "Moved here?"

Although the neighbors do not have much in-depth contact, they can still know about the move. Xu Xingxing smiled politely at him and said, "I just live here for the past two days during the Chinese New Year."

When the two were talking, the little girl squatting on the ground also raised her head. She inherited her father's eyes and double eyelids, and her face was round. In such a squatting position, it seems that she has no neck, and a big face is directly pressed against the collar of her down jacket, which makes people want to pinch.

The little girl blinked at Xu Xingxing, her eyelashes were long and thick, her eyes were as black as the night sky, beautiful and charming.

"This is my daughter." Seeing Xu Xingxing looking down at her, the man smiled and said, "Fufu, call me auntie."

"Hello, Auntie~" the little girl called out obediently. She looked at only two or three years old, and she couldn't speak well. The last word "okay" was not suppressed, and it became a second sound. The small voice was cute and cute.

"Hello." Xu Xingxing's heart was melted by the "Hello, Auntie". Her brows were full of tenderness, and she carefully squatted beside her to look at her.

After mumbling said auntie hello, after a couple of oks, he pointed to the kitten and barked, "meow~"

After barking, he retracted his chubby little hand and turned back to look at the kitten. When she turned around, she only left a profile face for Xu Xingxing, the profile of that profile was exactly the same as the Q version of the anime character.

Xu Xingxing's mood is a little unspeakable now. When she first got married, she especially wanted a daughter. The blur in front of her simply satisfied all her fantasies.

Xu Xingxing's eyes moved, she looked up at the man and asked, "Can I take a short video?"

She may rarely come to Xu Xingyuan's place in the future, and she will rarely encounter Fufu. She wants to take a small video, and she can take it out for a look at that time.

It can be seen that Xu Xingxing really likes children, and that his daughter is liked, he is also happy. The man nodded and readily agreed.

"sure."

Xu Xing thanked him, took out his phone, and switched to video recording mode.

The blurry shot is very strong. After Xu Xingxing took out his mobile phone, he looked back. She smiled at first, then stretched out her chubby little hand again, compared with the fingers of a non-standard scissor hand, opened her mouth, dragged a long voice, and shouted in a milky voice: "V~"

Almost suffocated Xu Xingxing.

Seeing that Xu Xingxing was obviously stunned for a moment, the man smiled lowly and said, "I am a photographer, and I usually take some pictures of her, and she will pose."

"She's smart too." She would look for a camera at a young age, and it seems that she inherited her father.

After all, it was the first time we met, Xu Xingxing was not too rash, he put away his phone after taking a short video.

Seeing her put away her phone, the man started chatting with her.

"When are you going to move in?" After speaking, the man introduced himself with a smile, "My name is Nie Gengqing."

"My name is Xu Xingxing." Xu Xingxing replied with a smile, "This is my brother's wedding room. It is estimated that he will be able to move in after he gets married next year. If you move here, you will be neighbors."

"Yes." Nie Gengqing laughed and said, "I've seen their husband and wife, and they are a perfect match."

Xu Xingyuan is disabled, and being able to say this to Nie Gengqing shows that Nie Gengqing is quite cultivated. After chatting for a while, Xu Xingxing felt that Nie Gengqing had a cheerful and optimistic personality.

However, when the two chatted, they never saw his wife come out. After chatting for a while, the little orange cat had had enough, jumped down from the green plant and entered the house, and followed him in while barking the little cat. After Nie Gengqing and Xu Xingxing nodded, they also went home.

As soon as Xu Xingxing opened the door and went in, Lin Meihui asked, "What are you doing?"

"I met a neighbor and chatted for a while." Xu Xingxing said, looked up at the kitchen, and asked, "Are you done?"

"It's all packed up." Lin Meihui nodded and said.

"Then you should go and rest for a while." Although the Chinese New Year is a rest day, it is quite tiring to work before and after.

Lin Meihui nodded in agreement, got up and entered the bedroom. Xu Xingxing was about to go in with him when his phone suddenly received a WeChat message. She opened WeChat and her eyes moved.

It is Huaijing.

IO's accident was handled very successfully in the end. IO seemed to have anticipated it early and quickly launched a remedial plan after the accident.

First apologize, then withdraw the endorsement, and at the same time provide compensation to the customers who have purchased, and change the brand spokesperson, who is endorsed by the actress Shu Wu, who is popular and well-reputed in the entertainment industry.

After doing this series, the trend of social media seems to be under control, and all swiping IO is also a victim, and expressed support for IO.

This time, it seemed like a big wave hit the reef, shattering some edges and corners, and finally it was silent.

Huaijing sent a picture over, Xu Xingxing sat on the sofa and opened his dialog box. At the moment of opening, Xu Xingxing's lips curled into a smile.

This is a picture of Mimi.

Mimi squatted in front of the floor-to-ceiling window, the fur of the puppet cat was beautiful and noble in the sunlight. And such a noble Mimi is raising her paws and grinning to grab the cat-friendly stick above it.

This funny cat stick is held by Huaijing without even thinking about it.

Is their relationship so good now? Xu Xingxing was surprised. After all, Mimi has been in Huaijing's house for more than half a year, and there is almost no contact between one person and one cat.

Huaijing sent Mimi's photo, which reminded her of Lolita and Orange Cat she just saw. She clicked on the WeChat album and sent the small video she just recorded.

While posting it, Xu Xingxing opened the small video and watched it again.

"V~" She filmed the entire scene of "V~" facing the camera rather than scissor hands.

A lovely daughter and a lovely cat together, what a desirable life!

Xu Xingxing finished watching it, and when she exited the video, she saw Huaijing's reply.

[Huai: Want? 】

Xu Xingxing frowned, not understanding what he meant, she typed two words and sent it.

[Starry sky: what? 】

After sending it, a short while later, received a reply from the man.

[Huai: I will give you whatever you want. 】

The fingertips touched the screen, and the fingers were connected to the heart. The temperature on the screen seemed to touch Xu Xingxing's heart like a trace of electricity. Her throat moved, and her fingers tapped a few words. After typing, pressed the delete button to delete all of them, and did not reply.

She wants a child, but he can't.

The woman didn't reply to the message, Huaijing put the phone aside and continued to tease Mimi with the cat-fighting stick. Just as Mimi was about to pounce in anger, the password lock suddenly sounded decrypted, and Huaijing raised her eyes slightly to look out the door.

The door opened, and Huai Wan walked in with her bag on her back.

The little girl was wearing a light pink short down jacket with long and straight legs wrapped in black trousers. It was very cold outside, her cheeks were red from freezing, the corners of her eyes were slightly raised, and she smiled and cried when she saw Huai Jing.

"elder brother!"

Huai Jing's eyes sank, and she got up and walked in front of Huai Wan. Huaiwan looked at him holding a cat-friendly stick, and asked with a strange expression, "Don't you hate cats the most?"

Without answering her words, Huai Jing's expression did not change, she looked down at her and asked, "What are you doing here?"

The Spring Festival is only a domestic holiday, foreign schools do not have holidays, and Huaiwan came back from truancy.

From the moment she got on the plane, Huaiwan knew that she would definitely be scolded when she came back, but she didn't regret it at all. Putting away the smile on her face, Huai Wan raised her eyes to look at Huai Jing and said, "I heard that you and the second uncle are on the board of directors..."

Huai Jing's eyes sank slightly, and when she listened to Huai Wan's words, she had already taken out her mobile phone. Huaiwan knew what he was going to do when he saw his phone.

Huaiwan frowned, her eyes flushed and said, "Don't call Leo, I'm not leaving. I want to stay with you at home. I want grandma to know that Huai Changzhuo is not only your son, but also me. This daughter. They don't bully you just because you're alone."

The brothers and sisters looked at each other, one with tears and anger, the other still as calm as water.

There was no movement in Huaijing's hand, Huaiwan blinked her eyes to hold back her tears, she looked down at the funny cat stick in Huaijing's hand, and whispered, "I know you sent your mother to Qingping Temple and sent me abroad. To protect both of us. But we both want to protect you, too."

Looking down at the 15-year-old Huai Wan, who was brazenly trying to protect him, Huai Jing pursed her lips and said, "Finish today's homework first."

When Huaiwan went to the bedroom to finish her homework, it was already dark. She came down from the upstairs and saw Huai Jing standing in front of the floor-to-ceiling window, looking out the window, wondering what she was thinking.

The light was on in the living room, and it was pitch black outside the window with no stars to be seen. The light pulled his shadow to one side, long and lonely.

Her brother, who seems to be joking and gossiping, is actually very cold in his bones. And cold people are destined to be lonely.

Hearing the sound of going downstairs, Huai Jing turned and glanced at Huai Wan who was going downstairs. After Huaiwan came back, she went to the bedroom to do her homework, which she just finished now.

"Want something to eat?" Huai Jing asked.

It's past seven now, and Huaiwan is really hungry.

Hearing Huaijing's question, Huaiwan's eyes lit up and she asked in surprise, "Brother, do you know how to cook?"

Looking up at her sister, Huaijing raised her eyebrows and said honestly, "I can only burn ginger syrup."

Obviously, ginger syrup cannot be eaten for dinner. At this time, Huaiwan did not continue to think about what to do for dinner, but turned his head and asked a question.

"Brother, how do you say ginger syrup in German?"

Huai Jing pressed the corner of her lips, turned her head to look out the window, and said lightly.

"Check for yourself."

Hearing the expected answer, Huai Wan rolled her eyes and mumbled, "Can't you just tell me directly?"

Complaining was complaining, but Huaiwan turned to go upstairs and went to Huaijing's study to check the information.

Huaijing's study is also a duplex. There is another rotating escalator from the first floor to go up. The rotating escalator is surrounded by bookshelves, and the bookshelves are full of books. After going up the escalator, there is a wider space. The wall is about four meters high, and it is full of bookshelves and dense books.

Below the bookshelf is relatively simple, with only a sofa and a desk. Under the desk is a white carpet with a light-colored abstract pattern. There are some white papers and a pencil on the desk, quietly under the lamp.

Seeing the desk, Huai Wan was curious for a moment and walked to the desk. When he saw what was drawn on the white paper, he opened his eyes slightly, picked up the white paper and ran downstairs.

Although it is not New Year's Eve, there is a festive atmosphere one after another. Not far from the floor-to-ceiling windows, someone has set off fireworks. Colorful fireworks blasted the dark sky, and people's faces changed colors.

"Brother!" Huaiwan took the paper and ran in front of Huaijing. She looked at the paper and then at Huaijing, and asked, "Is this what you designed?"

On the paper is a sketch of jewelry, drawn in pencil, like a bracelet. The design of the bracelet is very unique. The thin bracelet passes through two "H"-shaped hooks, and in the middle of the hooks is a star-shaped diamond buckle.

Huaijing studied jewelry design, and his father brought him into the door at first. He hasn't painted these things since his father died. When Huaiwan was a child, he also wore a small crown designed by him.

Looking down at the design blueprint in Huaiguan's hand, Huai Jing's eyes darkened and she responded lightly.

"Um."

"It's so beautiful." Huai Wan said with a smile, the fireworks outside the window made her face red, she looked down at the bracelet and asked, "Do you have a name?"

Usually, this kind of private jewelry design will be named. Huaiwan still remembers Huaijing naming her small crown "Smile and sorrow".

The five words mean that she is happy and happy, without any worries.

"Yes." Huaijing said, looking at the design drawings.

"What's it called?" Huai Wan asked.

Outside the floor-to-ceiling window, the largest fireworks burst into the night sky. The man stood in the light and shadow, and his cold and handsome eyebrows were dyed with a layer of tenderness.

"The starry sky is in my arms."