Although the tossing didn't stop until the middle of the night, and there was no strength in her body, her eyelids were as heavy as lead, but Ruan Sixian still didn't want to sleep.
The curtains are excellent at blocking light, and even if the world outside is flickering with neon, there is no light inside.
Ruan Sixian huddled under the duvet and rambled about a lot of things and things. She didn't know when she finally fell asleep. The next day, Fu Mingyu woke her up.
After getting on the plane, Ruan Sixian put on a blindfold to make up for her sleep, but the child next to her cried the whole time, and the child's parents sang and hugged and walked around.
So after landing, Ruan Sixian opened her eyes and leaned on the back chair for a while without moving. Her eyes looked a little world-weary. The little girl who borrowed her charger next to the seat didn't even dare to say more, and hurried after she lost a word of "thank you". Get off the plane.
The plane did not stop by the covered bridge, and the first-class passengers got on the shuttle bus first.
Ruan Sixian went up last, leaning her head against the car window, her eyes half-squinted, as if she was going to fall asleep in the next second.
When the shuttle bus slowly approached the terminal, it braked and she knocked her head on the window, and her sleepiness disappeared instantly.
She rubbed her eyes and looked out the window, two young boys were carrying something across the tarmac and ran very fast.
Because the two boys were inexplicably familiar, she took a few more glances and followed their destination. First, she saw the light plate, with a tripod behind it, standing beside... Zheng Youan
"Why are you here?"
Ruan Sixian pulled the flight case and wandered to the apron. After asking, she saw an uncle sitting on the chair behind. Thinking of the photos in Fu Mingyu's phone, she twitched the corners of her mouth, "Where's Mr. Yan?"
Yan An, who was looking at the phone with her legs crossed, raised her eyes when she heard Ruan Sixian's voice, and saw Ruan Sixian's expression, she had goose bumps behind her for no reason.
But Yan An has a clear conscience.
He put away his phone, took the coffee next to him, and took two sips calmly, "What?"
"It's nothing." Ruan Sixian supported her suitcase, looked around and said with a smile, "I just wanted to ask you when to watch a movie next time, so I'll avoid it."
"you-"
Yan An was a little angry, thought about it, and let it go.
Don't compare yourself with women.
But he kindly reported a letter to Fu Mingyu, but he not only did not know the good heart, but also bit Lu Dongbin.
Turning his head and seeing Zheng Youan looking at him again, he stood up and loosened his bow tie, "You ask Zheng Youan, when does she want to watch a movie early in the morning and when will I go."
After speaking, he walked to Zheng Youan with a coffee cup and touched her shoulder, "I'll go to the bathroom."
In the setting sun, Zheng Youan looked at the camera without raising his head, "Oh."
Yan An wanted to say something, but seeing Zheng You An's attitude, she shut up.
When she passed Ruan Sixian, she didn't look unhappy at all, and she knew that it was probably a messy oolong that day, so she was too lazy to ask.
The filming location behind him was also coming to an end. When Ruan Sixian turned around, several pilots were sweating from their foreheads. Facing the photographer in front of them, they dared not speak.
And Zheng Youan turned over the photos on the screen and frowned, "What do you think?"
talk to me
Ruan Sixian leaned over halfway and glanced at it, then nodded, "It's okay."
"It's okay?!" Zheng You'an turned off the camera, holding a tripod in his hand, "It's okay means it's not okay, you and your boyfriend are on the same level of appreciation."
Ruan Sixian: "...?"
Nothing in this world is eternal, but Zheng Youan is.
However, the sky was getting dark at the moment, and even if Zheng Youan wanted to continue to make people, he would have to change the time.
She raised her hand and asked the assistant to pack her things, temporarily letting go of the poor non-professional models.
Now there is no need for Zheng Youan to answer, Ruan Sixian also knows what she is here for.
"This time you took a promotional photo for Beihang for this year's air show?"
"Yes indeed."
Zheng Youan nodded, took the water handed over by his assistant, took two sips, and rolled his eyes, "Yesterday morning..."
"Classmate, I met by chance, I don't know each other well."
"Oh… "
Ruan Sixian raised her hand to cover the sun, pulled her suitcase to leave, and heard Zheng You'an ask, "You must have just returned from Singapore, right? You went to clean yourself up?"
"Otherwise? It really drags you on."
Ruan Sixian turned her head and asked, "Speaking of which, I'm also curious, why did you and Yan An go to the movies early in the morning because the bed was not warm enough?"
"Don't talk nonsense, we didn't sleep together."
"… "
Is this the point
etc.
Ruan Sixian tilted her head, very puzzled, "What do you mean? Are you and Yan An in love?"
"That's it."
Is it
Could this be "isn't it"
Ruan Sixian didn't understand the world of their rich, but Zheng Youan stirred the straw with a look of indifference.
"We're getting engaged."
"what?"
No matter how shocked Ruan Sixian was, the engagement of Zheng Youan and Yanan was a certainty.
Two months later, she and Fu Mingyu both received invitations to hold an engagement banquet at Warner Manor on the eve of Valentine's Day in August.
Fu Mingyu was invited by the banquet family, while Ruan Sixian received an invitation from Zheng Youan himself.
In fact, during the past two months, Ruan Sixian also heard Fu Mingyu talk about this one after another.
Not suddenly, the two have been discussing for a long time.
"So, this is a business marriage?"
Ruan Sixian asked.
Fu Mingyu at the other end of the video was leaning on the bedside, lazily flipping through the book in his hand, "Only two families of equal strength are called a marriage, and they don't count."
"What is that?"
Fu Mingyu looked up at the camera, "The current situation of the Zheng family requires someone to pull them."
"Are they already in such a bad situation..." Ruan Sixian muttered, "Last month, I saw that their wedding anniversary was still very beautiful."
The wedding anniversary she mentioned was naturally Dong Xian and Zheng Taichu's.
"Because of this, the beauty of the show is even more indispensable." Fu Mingyu said, "The capital operation and operation of the Zheng family have collapsed two years ago. They..."
Fu Mingyu thought for a while and didn't say anything.
"When is your plateau flight test?"
"next month."
Ruan Sixian brought up the topic again, and seemed to be very interested in this question, "No way, who is Mr. Yan who is really willing to give up a lot of his forest just to help the Zheng family?"
"Are you a charitable family?"
Fu Mingyu said, "Although the Zheng family is crumbling, the hotel industry base for many years is still there. The Yan family spends financial and material resources to pull them, and the benefits are definitely worth it. In a few years, the actual profits of the Zheng family hotel will flow in. Yan family."
He didn't say the rest, and Ruan Sixian understood.
To make this decision is nothing more than willingness to be a servant.
Although it has lost its sovereignty, it can at least avoid carrying high debts.
As for this marriage, it was just a ruler placed by the Zheng family in the Yan family, which marked the bottom line of the Yan family's work.
Ruan Sixian propped her chin and seemed to be distracted.
Fu Mingyu stood up, only his lower body was left in the camera.
He took two steps back, took off his shirt, and threw it on the bed. He didn't wear any other clothes, and he didn't know what he was looking at while holding the iPad.
Ruan Sixian wandered around the mermaid line at his lower abdomen twice, scratched her ears, and pretended not to care, "Did they hit you before?"
After all, if they want to "marriage", Ruan Sixian feels that Fu Mingyu is more suitable than Yan An.
"Yes."
Fu Mingyu answered so succinctly, but Ruan Sixian didn't know what to say.
She was suddenly frightened.
Although this "fear" is completely redundant at this time.
"Ah..." Ruan Sixian's heart skipped a beat and she said very quietly, "It's dangerous."
But Fu Mingyu still heard it, and he looked back at the camera, "What's the danger? I refused at that time."
"When?"
"The first time you hit me."
Ruan Sixian's pupils trembled, thinking that this person was too strange.
"So it's because I refused?"
Fu Mingyu walked to the camera, the dim light reflected on his face, softened his facial features, and seemed to be close at hand.
"Yeah, honored?"
Ruan Sixian stared at him for a long time, and was shocked by his confidence: "You are so crazy, you dare to choose such a thing without a single word?"
What if you can't catch up? Did he lose a lot
"But it turns out." Fu Mingyu looked at her quietly, "I was right."
The sound of summer insects and cicadas outside the window continued, recalling being pulled back to that time last year.
It seems like it was just yesterday, and it seems like a long time has passed.
Ruan Sixian's eyes were filled with tiny rays of light as she looked at Fu Mingyu on the small screen.
She felt the feeling of being firmly chosen without the chips.
There were a lot of things I wanted to say in my heart, but when I came to my mouth, they turned into a simple sentence.
"Come back soon."
In August, Fu Mingyu had finished his work in Singapore, but he had not returned yet. He was leading his team to check the situation of overseas sales offices. It was like playing aerobics. Today he is in Australia, the day after tomorrow in America, and in two days, he will be back again. in Europe.
Zheng Youan and Yanan's engagement banquet was also this month. Ruan Sixian received a call a week in advance, asking her to try on the dress.
There is a dress customization workshop in Jiangcheng. The owner is a rare designer in China who has obtained the membership of the Paris Haute Couture Union. He only makes semi-custom dresses according to the original shape modification. The time period is short, but it is very popular in Jiangcheng.
Ruan Sixian didn't even want semi-custom. It was easy and convenient to buy ready-to-wear, but He Lanxiang strongly recommended it to her. She couldn't refuse. .
After all, it's someone else's engagement banquet, and it's not good for guests to dominate, so Ruan Sixian chose a pearl white suspender fishtail skirt.
The style is very simple and fits her figure, so she has no extra requirements.
She took a picture in the mirror and sent it to Fu Mingyu.
"Does it look good?"
After waiting for two minutes, Fu Mingyu didn't reply, and Ruan Sixian ignored it.
When I called him yesterday morning, he was still in Dubai and didn't sleep late at night, so he should get some sleep now.
While waiting for packaging in the store, the waiter took Ruan Sixian to see other styles.
Anyway, she was idle, and Ruan Sixian followed her up to the second floor to look at the new styles in the cabinet.
But as soon as she went up the stairs, she heard several familiar voices.
When her vision widened, she saw that the people standing in front of a large mirror were actually Zheng Youan and Dong Xian.
Zheng Youan was wearing a light golden long skirt with fine rhinestones on the skirt. When she moved, the skirt would be full of brilliance.
Dong Xian was busy beside her, and she said that her waist should be tightened a little more, and then she said that her shoulders were too tight.
Not even the matching lace gloves.
"Whatever." Zheng You'an said, "It's all right."
"No." Dong Xian asked someone to re-measure the size, "How can a once-in-a-lifetime engagement be casual."
Zheng Youan lowered his head and adjusted his gloves, and muttered, "Who knows if it's the only time."
Dong Xian's face changed, the words stuck in her throat, and her tone changed.
"An An, my father and I... I'm sorry for you."
They didn't notice someone behind them, and Ruan Sixian could hear them clearly.
She frowned.
You are more than sorry for her alone.
"There's nothing I'm sorry." Zheng Youan was tired from standing, sat on the sofa with his skirt up, and patted the seat next to him, "I always have to pay something for this family, and brother Yanan is also good, the family has money, He's quite handsome, and he's still young, so within the range of choices, he's the best, right?"
Seeing that Dong Xian was not sitting, Zheng Youan lowered her head to adjust the hem of her skirt and said to herself, "If I get divorced, I can still get a lot of money, and our family should be fine by then, so I will marry a little white face. Don't want him to be rich, just listen to me."
Dong Xian took a deep breath, hugged Zheng Youan, and let her head rest on her waist.
"It's okay, if he treats you badly, you can still go home."
Ruan Sixian watched it for a while, feeling a little boring.
This scene made her feel very distressed, as if she had passed by and was just an outsider who disturbed the harmony of others.
But before she turned around, Zheng Youan saw her figure in the mirror.
"Are you here too?"
Zheng Youan spoke, and Dong Xian also looked back.
"Yeah." Ruan Sixian had to walk forward again, "I'll come and get my clothes."
Zheng Youan looked back at Dong Xian and Ruan Sixian, and suddenly lifted the skirt and said, "This dress is too tiring, I'll change it."
She went to the dressing room, but Dong Xian stared straight at Ruan Sixian.
Since the last time they met at home, the two have not seen each other for more than half a year.
The waiter brought Ruan Sixian a cup of hot tea and put it on the table.
White smoke curled up, separated from the sight of the two.
If it was normal, Ruan Sixian would have left long ago.
But today is different.
After being silent for a long time, she suddenly said, "Today is Dad's birthday."
Dong Xian was stunned for a moment, obviously not remembering.
This was Ruan Sixian's expected reaction.
She sighed, "Forget it, I'll go first."
"Wait a minute." Dong Xian stopped her, "Ruan Ruan, do you still mind me and your father?"
Ruan Sixian was very helpless, her heart stabbed, but she didn't know what to say.
It feels like talking too much is mediocre, and not to mention, Dong Xian brought it up again.
Before Ruan Sixian could answer, Dong Xian said it herself.
"There are some things I didn't say before because you were still young and didn't understand."
She paused, "Then..."
"Just say it." Ruan Sixian interrupted her, "Don't talk about those who don't."
Dong Xian seemed to be mulling over her words. After a while, she said, "As a mother, I'm sorry for you. But as a wife, I have done my best."
is good.
Ruan Sixian thought, she did a good job doing laundry, cooking, and taking care of her husband.
"As for why the divorce, I admit that I am very selfish."
"I was thirty-seven when Mr. Guo found me," she said.
She bit those words hard, "I'm thirty-seven years old. If I miss it, I will never have another chance in my life."
Ruan Sixian knew what she meant, but she didn't understand.
"Is this a conflict?"
"In the beginning, I thought there was no conflict." Thinking of the past, Dong Xian held her head and looked light, "But the reality is not as good as I thought, and there is nothing that does not require time and energy. I want to sign a contract with Mr. Guo. , I have to follow him to go south and north, to retreat, to output new works, and I am destined to not be able to stay at home like before."
Ruan Sixian didn't speak, and Dong Xian's speech was not so clear, she said again: "I am thirty-seven years old, since I married your father at the age of twenty-two, fifteen years, I have been husband and child, honoring the elderly, I almost thought that I was going to be like this in my life. When Bole appeared at this time, my first reaction was to tell your father. But what about him? "
Ruan Sixian: "He..."
Dong Xian changed her hands, lowered her eyes, and said to herself, "I will always remember what he said, 'You are a wife and a mother, you have gone to pursue your dreams, what about your family?'".
Suddenly unable to speak the original words, Ruan Sixian fell silent. It was the first time she heard Dong Xian speak so quietly.
But she didn't continue the topic. Thinking of the quarrel that was locked in the door that year, she still has a headache.
"I'm quite selfish. After I divorced your father, I really didn't think about taking you away. I know that I have no fixed place to live in the next few years. It's not suitable for you to follow me, so I think you stay at home and follow you. Dad, reading and living are the best."
She raised her eyes to look at Ruan Sixian, the fine lines at the corner of her eyes could not be covered by makeup.
"I'm sorry for you, I didn't grow up with you, and I didn't fulfill the responsibility of a mother."
Zheng Youan stayed in the fitting room for a long time, her legs were sore, she looked outside several times through the seam, and finally waited until Ruan Sixian got up.
She took a breath and was about to go out when she heard Dong Xian say, "Can't you give me a chance to make up for it?"
The hand that opened the door stopped.
Zheng Youan backed away silently.
"never mind."
Ruan Sixian was silent for a long time and only said "Forget it".
When the secret belonging to her parents was revealed, she was a little surprised, but it was not so difficult to accept.
After all, she knew her father, and she was a little macho in her bones.
Even now she can understand Dong Xian's choice.
But so what
The consequences of these choices should not be borne by her.
"What's the compensation?"
Ruan Si shrugged, "When I was a teenager, all I needed was a doll, a floral dress, and a pair of small leather shoes. Can you supply me now? It's pointless, now I don't need it anymore."
Dong Xian closed her eyes and took a deep breath, "Ruan Ruan, we are mother and daughter after all."
"I know, I don't deny this, you are still my mother, you can't change it in my life, and I understand your choice now, but love needs company, and you didn't accompany me when I needed it most. , Now that I'm grown up, I can make and buy everything by myself, and even I have a boyfriend, who is my biggest reliance."
Seeing that Dong Xian didn't quite understand it, Ruan Sixian explained it word for word, "In other words, your compensation now is of no importance to me, so it doesn't mean much. The relationship is close and distant, and I belong to you. It’s a mother and daughter with a colder relationship, but I will still call you mother, if you need it, I’m married and have children, and your identity or identity will not change at all.”
"But if you deliberately sculpt and repair it, you don't need it, it's tiring."
When she came out, the driver was still waiting for her at the door, helped her put things in the trunk, and then opened the car door for her.
When Ruan Sixian stood on the side of the road, she did not rush into the car.
She recalled what she said to Dong Xian today, as if a thorn in her heart was finally pulled out, relieved, but also a little painful.
It's just that she didn't expect that she would subconsciously say, "I still have a boyfriend, and he is my biggest dependence."
It's fine if you don't think about it, but when you think about it, you miss him especially.
Just when the phone rang, Ruan Sixian took it out and took a look. Several hours passed before Fu Mingyu replied two words to her.
"nice."
Indifferent as if perfunctory.
"I'm furious."
Ruan Sixian hadn't eaten in the morning, her stomach was empty, and when the wind blew, she felt like a Lin Daiyu.
As she walked towards the car, she called Fu Mingyu.
After two beeps, the other party quickly picked up.
"When are you coming back!"
Ruan Sixian stepped into the car, "Your girlfriend is dying of starvation on the side of the road!"
"Miss me?"
"Yes." Ruan Sixian held the car door and said angrily, "I miss you, come back soon."
"Row."
"Then you—" Ruan Sixian stopped suddenly.
She felt that the voice was not just on the phone, it seemed to be close to her.
The wind stopped, but there was a familiar smell of fir slowly floating around.
Ruan Sixian was standing beside the car door and was hugged from behind.
"Well, I'm back."
Hearing his voice, Ruan Sixian still couldn't get back to her senses, and she didn't look back, for fear that she would find herself hallucinating when she turned around.
But the temperature of his body came directly from behind her.
In the end, she turned around, looked at him without blinking, and reached out and pinched her thigh.
"See if I'm dreaming." Ruan Sixian saw Fu Mingyu frown and said, "Oh, it hurts, not a dream."
Fu Mingyu frowned, "Then why are you pinching my thigh?"
Ruan Sixian didn't answer and asked, "When did you come back?"
"just."
"Oh… "
The car was still parked on the side of the road, and the door was waiting.
"Get in the car first, don't stand here."
Ruan Sixian got into the car according to the words and sat in the inner seat.
But as soon as Fu Mingyu came up, she immediately got into his arms.
Although they hadn't seen each other for a long time, Fu Mingyu could still keenly sense that her mood was not right.
"What's wrong?"
Ruan Sixian said dully, "I just went to get my clothes and met Zheng Youan and my mother."
"What did you say?"
"Actually, it's nothing." Ruan Sixian sighed deeply, "My mother said today that she wants to make up for me, so I told her that I don't have to."
She rubbed her chin on Fu Mingyu, "It's tiring, it's unnecessary, and—"
She raised her head and looked at Fu Mingyu's jawline, the tip of her nose was a little sour, "I told her that I have a boyfriend, and my boyfriend is my biggest dependence now."
Fu Mingyu lowered his head and looked at the person in his arms, his Adam's apple moved slightly.
He had some emotions surging in his heart.
When she returned to Mingchen's apartment, Ruan Sixian subconsciously went to press her own floor.
Fu Mingyu took her hand and pressed another layer.
"Go upstairs."
"Ok."
After a long absence, Ruan Sixian was unusually obedient.
Bo Yang had already arranged for Fu Mingyu's luggage to be brought back, and there were many gift boxes on the living room table.
Ruan Sixian glanced at those things and asked, "What gift did you bring back?"
"Ok."
Fu Ming agreed and added, "For my mother."
"What about me?" Ruan Sixian held her hand and paced slowly, "Do I have a present?"
"have."
Ruan Sixian reached out to him, "Show me quickly."
He didn't get anything in his hand, but he was hugged into his arms.
After kissing lingeringly for a while, Ruan Sixian's cheeks blushed and she pushed him away gently.
"Who wants this gift, it's nothing new."
As soon as he finished speaking, Fu Mingyu turned around and took out a blue velvet box from the cabinet behind him.
He opened it, and inside was a diamond ring.
"This, is this a present for me?"
"No." Fu Mingyu took her hand and put it on the ring, "The gift is me."
Ruan Sixian looked at him blankly.
"Accept a husband, do you want it?"
Seeing that Ruan Sixian still didn't understand, she stared at him blankly, Fu Mingyu kissed the back of her hand and changed the word.
"will you marry me?"