"Okay, okay." Lai Fengyi wiped her tears and took a few deep breaths before she forced herself to calm down. "When I saw you today, I lost my temper. Please don't laugh at me."
"How could that be? I was not paying attention when I spoke, and that's why I made you sad." Chi Weiyang changed another tissue for her. "It's cold outside now, I'll take you home."
The two houses are close to each other, only a few hundred meters apart.
Lai Fengyi nodded, stood up, and said, "It's very dangerous for you, a pregnant woman, to go out at night. Where's the father of the child? Why isn't he with you?"
Her words made Chi Weiyang's heart tighten and hurt. In the end, she just smiled and said, "He was busy and didn't come with me."
"No matter what, it's fate that we meet again. Come back, when Yichen comes, you can have dinner at our house. You two can't be husband and wife, but being friends is a good fit. We haven't been in touch for so long, if he knew he could see you, he would be so happy."
Chi Weiyang did not respond, but just smiled sadly, unable to express his pain.
friend
That day, he said...
When they meet again, they are just two strangers.
What kind of friends are we
… … … … …
After sending Fu's mother home, Chi Weiyang went back with a heavy heart.
Lai Fengyi watched her leave, her emotions still not completely calming down. The cold wind outside made her feel even more uncomfortable.
At this moment, the cell phone suddenly rang.
She closed the door and went back inside. Father Fu handed her the phone and said, "It's my son."
Lai Fengyi said "hmm" and calmed herself down before picking up her phone and walking into the room.
Over the years, their hometown has become very old, but they have already developed feelings for it, and no matter how run-down it is, they still feel it is warmer than the house in the city.
"Why are you calling at this time?" Lai Fengyi asked, "Have you had dinner?"
"Yeah. I just ate." Fu Yichen said, "I was just saying that I might not be able to make it back tomorrow."
"Why can't you come back again? If you don't come back, the New Year will be over."
"I just received an operation. The other party specifically asked me to do it, so I'll do it. It will be the same if I come back the day after tomorrow."
Lai Fengyi sighed, "It's up to you then. Originally, I wanted to invite Wei Yang to dinner tomorrow, thinking you could be her companion. If you don't come back, only the two of us old people will be able to accompany her."
"What did you say?" Fu Yichen's tone suddenly became much higher, "Wei Yang?"
"Yes, it's Weiyang! Chi Weiyang!"
"She's back? She's not... Are you sure she's back?"
"Listen to me! Listen to your tone! You get excited when I mention her! Don't forget that you have a wife now! Is that reasonable? You've been married for so many years, and you haven't even brought your wife home to see her properly. This year, how come..."
"Mom, have you just met Wei Yang?" Fu Yichen didn't want to listen to his mother's nagging. His mind was all on Chi Wei Yang.
"Yes. Not only did I see her, but she was the one who accompanied me back just now. Just as she left, you called me right after that."
Fu Yichen immediately said: "If you invite her tomorrow, I will definitely be back on time for dinner!"
"You can't make it, brat?" Lai Fengyi knew that he had deep feelings for her. Seeing him so excited, she felt melancholy again and added, "Mom has to give you a heads up first. I know you still have her in your heart, but... she's married too. You two can only be friends. Got it?"
"Married?" Fu Yichen's tone suddenly became serious. "When did she get married? Have you met her husband?"
"She said she was married. Besides, she's pregnant now, so what else could she do if she's not married?"
Fu Yichen relaxed immediately after hearing what the old lady said. He hadn't told her about the child right away. Now that he was not around, he couldn't calm her down. She might go straight to the Chi family.
No one knows what kind of trouble will happen by then.
Fu Yichen hung up the phone, but couldn't wait any longer, so he called his assistant and asked her to assign the surgery for the next day to another doctor. That night, he drove back to his hometown overnight.
On the other side…
Chi Weiyang tossed and turned in bed at home, unable to fall asleep. When she was chatting with Fu's mother just now, she didn't feel it, but now that she came back and thought about it carefully, she always felt that Fu's mother's out-of-control emotions were not just because she regretted the ending of her and Fu Yichen.
What was the secret behind their sudden move away
That day in Country M, what he said he wanted to tell her, was it the same thing that happened back then
Now recalling the expression on Fu's mother's face, he felt that his experience during that period was probably not very good. But, what could it be
She tossed and turned, thinking over and over, but she still couldn't think of anything that could have caused him to disappear without a trace, without even giving her any information.
… … … … … …
the other side.
Xia Xingchen had just come out of the shower when her cell phone rang.
The words "Xiao Bai" flashed on the screen. She grabbed the phone, hid under the quilt, and then picked up the phone and put it to her ear.
"Asleep?"
"Just got out of the shower."
"Is the temperature much lower over there?" Bai Yeqing stood at the window of the terrace and looked up at the sky.
"Yeah. It's quite cold. I covered myself with two layers of quilts." Xia Xingchen rolled up the quilt and wrapped herself tighter. In the Presidential Palace, the temperature was constant and it was much more comfortable. With him by her side, the feeling was naturally different.
She suddenly started to miss him.
I don’t know when I got used to his arms and the bed with his body temperature.
"Are you asleep now?"
"I'm just packing my luggage."
Xia Xingchen half-sat up from the quilt and said, "Pack your luggage. Where are you going?"
"On a business trip to a neighboring country."
She pursed her lips, hummed while holding the phone, and said nothing. She had felt sleepy at first, but now she was not sleepy at all.
"Can't bear to leave?" he asked. His voice was low, "I told you to come back in the evening, but you didn't listen."
"You didn't say you were going abroad tomorrow..." Xia Xingchen pinched a corner of the quilt, and the ending tone was drawn out, "The day after tomorrow is the 30th night, New Year's Eve, you won't be away, right?"
There was something sour in her tone, and she couldn't help but feel a little sour in her heart.
Even before he left, she was already reluctant to let him go.
This was the first year she spent with him, so she naturally wanted him to be by her side.
Her tone made him feel nostalgic and concerned. Before he met her, he had never felt this way when he was on a business trip. He felt free and easy wherever he went. But now, even before he left, his heart seemed to be restrained.