Since Xu Shiqi was unwilling to speak now, Wen Jialuo didn't force her anymore. He didn't even pay attention to the scarf around her neck. He just sat with her in the living room and watched TV.
The sofa in her house was very small, and it was piled with a few pillows and blankets. Xu Shiqi helped Wen Jialuo onto the sofa. Although she didn't allow anyone to see her wound, she insisted on taking off the girl's coat.
Wen Jialuo struggled for a few times, but gave up under her gaze and took off his coat with a slightly red face.
"The wound can't be seen from the outside." Wen Jialuo explained, while lifting up the sweater he was wearing underneath.
Xu Shiqi covered her head with the sweater and then lifted up her underwear.
Wen Jialuo hissed softly, her hair standing on end. This woman didn't have air conditioning at home, and she had just turned on an electric heater, but it could only warm her feet for a while, and her chest was still a little cold. Now that her head was covered and her vision was blocked, Wen Jialuo wanted to use force to brighten her vision, but there was no way one hand kept pressing on her head, and the other hand just pinched her waist, as if to warn her not to move.
Wen Jialuo felt her waist soften, panting slightly, and her face under her sweater turned redder. She couldn't help being sensitive, and the hand that was pinching her was slowly moving upwards, like inspecting the territory, touching every inch of her skin, afraid to miss even the slightest unevenness.
"I told you I've recovered well." Wen Jialuo muttered in the dark. Feeling a little itchy, he moved back, but he didn't expect that this would make things convenient for the woman, and he threw her onto the sofa.
Xu Shiqi lowered her head to kiss Wen Jialuo's chest. The girl gasped in excitement, and the ribs on her chest became more obvious. She moved her fingers one by one, stopping at the row of ribs on the left. She knew that the girl turned the steering wheel desperately at the last moment. If it wasn't for that, she might not have suffered for more than a month. But whether it was the two meetings or the text messages in the past month, she never heard the girl mention it.
This person has naturally placed her in a position more important than his own life.
When she thought of this, Xu Shiqi couldn't control her emotions. She kissed and sucked there repeatedly, her eyes slightly hot, and her determination became stronger.
"I'm dying of suffocation." Wen Jialuo finally pulled the sweater down after several efforts. She rubbed it down and pulled the woman on the inside of the sofa. With her chin against Xu Shiqi's head, she said depressedly, "Why do we always have a connection with sofas?"
Xu Shiqi smiled and reached out to stroke her back. There was some weight on her back, so she seemed quite obedient.
Only his own voice was speaking. Wen Jialuo listened blankly, feeling extremely sad. How could he make this woman believe that he didn't just love her voice? How could he give her the confidence to speak
The voice of one person also fell silent. Xu Shiqi seemed to sense something was wrong with the girl, so he patted her on the back and asked her to sit up. She was used to writing with pen and paper, so she just took the paper.
When will you go back
Wen Jialuo tilted her head and asked her, "Have you told them that you are leaving home?"
Not yet, because I don’t know when you will come.
"Then," Wen Jialuo said, "I'll leave now."
Xu Shiqi blinked his eyes, not with reluctance, but with some confusion.
Where are you going and what do you want to do
"Let me go and talk." Wen Jialuo hugged her and stood up pretending to be relaxed. "Don't worry, I won't stay in your store to eat for free. I'll just go and say a few words. I will definitely make them agree that you follow me. Believe me."
Looking up at the back of the girl wearing a coat, Xu Shiqi bent her knees and rested her head on them. She thought the girl would not insist on telling them about their relationship, so well, let me see how you take me out of this house.
The driver was still there when he went downstairs. Wen Jialuo's most important task today was to meet Xu Shiqi's parents.
The car drove into the store and the driver was still waiting outside. As soon as Wen Jialuo entered, the waitress Lingzi, who was walking to the door to leave, recognized her and took two steps back.
"Ah, you're not..." She wanted to say, "Aren't you the one who ruined our boss's daughter's voice?" But luckily she stopped herself in time, and then cleverly patted the counter, "Madam boss..."
Wang Yuan, who was counting the bills, turned around and was stunned when she saw it was her.
"Hello, auntie." Wen Jialuo walked forward and nodded.
Wang Yuan looked her up and down, with a complex look in her eyes: "… Are you healed?"
"Yes." Wen Jialuo asked, "Excuse me, is Uncle Xu here?" She then asked, "I want to talk to you."
Wen Jialuo's expression looked too serious, just like the old lady of the Wen family who came to her house that day. Wang Yuan guessed what she would say and sighed in her heart. This period of time was the heaviest day for their family. Although her daughter's injury was being treated, and the official who could only be seen on TV news also sent people to visit her, these could not make up for the regret in her heart, and this regret might be permanent.
Wen Jialuo had not taken the initiative to appear in front of them since the accident. In fact, she felt an indescribable sense of relief. She felt sorry for the girl's thinness since she first saw her. Later, she and her daughter gradually became closer, and as they became more familiar with each other, she began to like this girl.
No matter from which aspect, the friend my daughter made was a good one, so she never thought that such a disaster would happen. I wanted to blame her for driving carelessly, but in the end I couldn't bear it. But if it wasn't for her, my daughter wouldn't have been injured like that...
In such a complicated and contradictory way, Wang Yuan led Wen Jialuo to a private room, and then called Xu Zhongda.
It took a long time before Xu Zhongda entered the box, smelling of oil smoke. He turned on the air conditioner and the exhaust fan, and started smoking as soon as he sat down.
"What do you want to say?" Xu Zhongda asked her, a little coldly.
"I just went to see Shi Qi, but I feel that it is not enough to just apologize to her." Wen Jialuo said softly, "When children are injured, the most anxious and distressed people are always the parents, so I think I should say sorry to you." She put her hands on her knees, sitting upright and respectful, and everyone who saw it would become serious. "Because I have been lying at home, I didn't apologize to you the first time. This is very wrong - I'm sorry."
Wang Yuan sighed, and Xu Zhongda looked up at her, his expression slightly relaxed: "Got it."
Wen Jialuo stood up, turned over two upside-down cups on the table, filled them with the tea she had poured when she came in, and pushed them in front of them: "Although Shi Qi and I are good friends, I can't shirk my responsibility." Wen Jialuo looked at them sincerely, "Although uncle and aunt didn't say it, I know you blame me."
Wang Yuan looked at the cup for a long time before she picked it up and took a sip: "You've suffered a lot yourself. No one can predict this kind of thing. You can only take it as fate."
"I'm sorry." Wen Jialuo said again bitterly. The two people in front of her were the closest relatives of the person she loved. It was because of them that Xu Shiqi hesitated in his heart for so long before opening his heart to accept her. However, these two people who were too busy to please her, I'm afraid they would not mind her carelessness. It's already clumsy before she can do anything clever, it must be even more difficult.
"It's okay," Xu Zhongda put out his cigarette and took a sip of tea. "Your family has also done their best to help Shi Qi, so I should say thank you."
Wen Jialuo looked up and immediately said to him: "Since I caused the damage, I am willing to take responsibility."
Xu Zhongda was stunned, and an absurd illusion flashed through his mind. It was like "Since I made her unhappy, I must be responsible for making her happy" - wouldn't the usual follow-up be "I am willing to marry her"
Without noticing anything wrong with his tone, Wen Jialuo continued, "Uncle and aunt, I already know that she is unwilling to try to speak, and I want to help her!"
This was exactly what Wang Yuan was most concerned about. She asked hurriedly, "How can I help?"
Wen Jialuo pondered for a moment before saying, "I heard that she usually stays at home now and is reluctant to go out. Perhaps this is because this is a familiar environment for her, and everyone who has come into contact with her has heard her voice, and I don't think anyone would dislike her. But if her voice suddenly changed - perhaps not as pleasant to the ear, everyone would be curious, and would inevitably ask the reason and then feel sympathy and pity. I think she is actually afraid of such a situation." As she spoke, she observed the expressions of Xu's father and mother, and when she saw that they were all listening in silence, she felt a little more confident to continue.
"I think it would be better to change her environment. A strange place with strangers would relieve her stress. It just so happens that I have to go back to work, so," Wen Jialuo paused and said solemnly, "I think she can go with me. I have a house over there, and she doesn't have to pay rent. I don't cook, and there is an auntie who cooks every day, and I also hire someone to clean the house. So she doesn't need to do anything, just relax. Also, I will be back every weekend, and the auntie knows it, so I can bring her back, so you won't be separated from her for a long time."
"Of course," Wen Jialuo added before they could frown, "If you're worried, I won't drive. I have a full-time driver at home, so it's not a problem to pick us up every week. The most important thing is, the person my dad sent to take care of her condition won't dare to slack off if I'm by her side at all times."
In his heart, he silently apologized to the person who worked for his father, borrowing it to add fuel to the fire. After Wen Jialuo finished speaking, he poured himself a cup of tea and waited quietly.
Xu Zhongda and Wang Yuan exchanged glances. There was a tacit understanding between husband and wife. They saw hesitation in each other's eyes, but there was still a hint of doubt.
"Actually..." Wang Yuan said hesitantly, "Your family has done enough. We are not mean people, and we won't hold you to death."
"It's not this reason." Wen Jialuo's face was slightly bitter. "I'm sincere. Please give me a chance to atone for my sins." She almost stood up and bowed 90 degrees.
The word "atonement" is naturally a bit heavy. Wang Yuan was startled and said nothing more. She just glanced at Xu Zhongda.
Xu Zhongda looked at Wen Jialuo. He didn't have much contact with this girl, but he could still tell what was sincere and what was false. What's more, the girl was telling the truth. If his daughter really wanted to go out and relax, it might be a good thing, so he said, "Is this just something you're thinking about, or does Shi Qi also have this idea?"
Wen Jialuo was stunned for a moment, clenched her fists, and said hurriedly: "It must be approved by her. If you believe me, I will persuade her immediately." She said this very nervously, but tried her best to be natural. She must have lost an opportunity to be trusted. It was not even one point, but now it has become negative, so this is also a test. These two people are also very important in their relationship. If they can't get through this level, it will only be more difficult in the future.
Fortunately, Xu Zhongda only thought for a while and nodded: "We don't have any disagreements. It's up to her." The middle-aged man sighed and said, "My daughter is grown up and no longer talks to her parents about her troubles. Maybe you young people will be able to enlighten her more easily if you are together."
Wen Jialuo felt a pang in her heart, and couldn't help but explain for the woman: "Uncle, please don't think so. She just doesn't want you to worry about her too much."
"How could we not know?" Wang Yuan also sighed, "Shi Qi has been thoughtful since she was a child, and she is very considerate. She never makes us worry about what she does, but this is exactly what makes us most worried. No matter how we talk to her during this period, she just smiles foolishly, and doesn't even dare to open her mouth. Sometimes, her teeth seem to be broken, and she can't eat anything that is slightly hard. She thinks we don't know, but in fact, we know but dare not let her know. Alas, we have been busy with business all these years, and over time, we don't know how to communicate with her." After Wang Yuan said these words, she felt better, but a little embarrassed, "Sorry for making you listen to these nagging."
Wen Jialuo had not expected that they would take the initiative to say these words and actually open their hearts to her. This was a rare and precious thing for her, which made her very surprised, but also very painful. She shook her head and felt that the only thing she could control was her head and the expression on her face. From her body to her toes, she was stiff. While she was lying on the bed doing nothing and only eating and drinking, the woman had to suffer a lot to get a smile when she faced her.
What should I do? Wen Jialuo asked himself softly in his heart, what can I do to heal that person's wounds from the bottom of his heart.
Unconsciously, they chatted a little more. Wanting to do her best to perform in front of them, Wen Jialuo always acted perfectly. Wang Yuan and Xu Zhongda knew her family background, and although they had always treated her kindly, they still had a certain distance. Today's sitting down and talking like this actually narrowed the distance a little, and those complicated and contradictory mentalities also turned into a kind of hope. I hope that this girl can help her daughter get through this hurdle, which would be great.
In fact, being a parent is really not easy. The current situation makes people very satisfied, because under the premise that nothing can be changed, they have to automatically seek a balance and lower their expectations.
When Wen Jialuo left, Xu Zhongda and Wang Yuan sent her to the store entrance and watched her put on her hat and gloves. Although it was a cold snap these days, it was spring after all, and it was rare to see someone wrapping themselves up so tightly. However, the two thought that she had just recovered from a serious illness and was not suitable for catching a cold, so they were not surprised by her outfit. It was only after the car left that Wang Yuan belatedly thought about why the hat and gloves looked so familiar...