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When Lu Ming got home, the clock on the wall pointed to 11 o'clock at night.
When he stepped into the villa, his steps were steady and he made little noise.
Lu Ming saw that Aunt Zhang was holding a small blanket, tiptoeing close to the sofa and covering Chi Qiu's body. When she turned around, she was almost taken aback by Lu Ming. She quickly stretched out a finger and gave a "shh", stepped forward and whispered, "Mr. Lu, why are you back so late today? Mister has been waiting for you, left and right He refused to go back to his room to sleep. He was sleepy on the sofa for a long time, and now he finally fell asleep."
"Didn't you say that you won't let him wait for me when you work overtime?"
Seeing that Lu Ming's tone was blunt, Aunt Zhang was afraid that he would be angry, so she explained to Chi Qiu, "Mr. Chi came here today and chatted with Mr. for a while. Mr. has something to tell you."
"What's the matter, is it important?"
"I've asked my husband, and it doesn't matter if I say yes, but I just want to talk to you." Aunt Zhang smiled and said gently, "You know, even if my husband gets a few dried flowers, I will let you know." Take a photo and send it to you, he wants to tell you everything."
For a moment, Lu Ming inexplicably thought of Ji Yanchen's words: "He wishes you could follow him from morning to night."
Lu Ming frowned unnaturally, a strange feeling welled up in his heart, and he felt sour for no reason. He saw Chi Qiu huddled up on the sofa, breathing slowly, it seemed that he had already fallen into a deep sleep.
If Lu Ming went to carry him into the bedroom now, he would definitely wake him up.
Aunt Zhang seemed to see Lu Ming's distress, and said caringly: "Mr. seems to have something on his mind these days, and he feels that he hasn't had a good rest. Why don't you let him sleep here tonight, the sofa is big enough."
Lu Ming did not deny that Chi Qiu had been tossing and turning for a while, and Lu Ming didn't want to disturb his rare good dream.
Secondly, the quality of the sofa is good, it doesn't matter if Chi Qiu sleeps all night.
For this reason, Lu Ming had no intention of rejecting Aunt Zhang. There was a layer of sweat on his body, and he wanted to take a shower first, so he walked straight to the bedroom, taking off his suit jacket while walking.
But before Lu Ming could take a few steps, Chi Qiu suddenly woke up.
"Lu Ming?" Chi Qiu asked blankly with dim eyes, "Lu Ming, are you back?"
Lu Ming stopped undoing his tie, and he turned and walked towards Chi Qiu without hesitation.
"Sorry to wake you up."
"It's okay, I, I didn't fall asleep."
Chi Qiu rubbed his eyes in a daze. As soon as he saw Lu Ming, he put his arms around Lu Ming's neck and hugged him: "Why did you come back? I have been waiting for you for a long time."
"Something went wrong at work, and it took me a while." Lu Ming lied, and he patted Chi Qiu on the shoulder, "Let go first."
"I don't..." Chi Qiu rubbed against him, refusing to let go no matter what.
Aunt Zhang smiled helplessly. She couldn't see this pair of crooked couples. She packed Lu Ming's suit and went back to the house.
Lu Ming patted Chi Qiu's head in a good-tempered manner: "Let go first, I smell of sweat."
Chi Qiu's willfulness was stopped by Lu Ming within a few seconds. He reluctantly let go, sat down on the sofa in aggrieved manner, and lowered his head. Lu Ming squatted down to ask him, and Chi Qiu realized that he had something to say to Lu Ming.
It's just that when he opened his mouth, he didn't know how to say it properly, he hesitated for a long time, and finally summed it up in a simple sentence: "My mother is going to get a divorce."
Lu Ming was not surprised, he seemed to accept this sentence in just a second.
Because he understood that for the Chi family and Chi Qiu, Chi Lanyan's divorce was not a bad thing.
Seeing that Lu Ming was in a calm mood, Chi Qiu said as usual, "Starting tomorrow, I may have to go home for a while."
"Okay." Lu Ming replied without hesitation.
Chi Qiu didn't expect Lu Ming to agree so readily, without even asking why. In order not to let this conversation end in embarrassment, Chi Qiu could only quickly add the reason himself: "I feel that Mom is in a bad mood and is also very haggard. I want to spend more time with her for a while."
"I know." Lu Ming pressed his hand, fully understanding Chi Qiu's behavior, "I won't go to the company tomorrow morning, I'll take you there."
Chi Qiu hooked Lu Ming's fingers with his fingers, and asked him in a low voice like he did when he was a child, "Would you like to come and stay with me for a few days?"
After asking, Chi Qiu immediately said: "Mom has a very good impression of you now. If we live together, she will be happy. Besides, it won't be long before I go to your company from my house."
Chi Qiu just checked during the day, and there is a shortcut road that has been repaired, which happens to go directly to Lu Ming's company, and it doesn't take much time to drive.
If it was changed to before, Lu Ming would definitely agree. It doesn't matter where he lives, and he doesn't feel any rejection towards Chi Lanyan.
It's just that Lu Ming needs to keep in touch with Lin Ye in the near future. Here, he can easily hide it from Chi Qiu, but he is afraid that after going to Chi's house, his behavior will be discovered by the keen Chi Lanyan.
Lu Ming knew that Chi Lanyan was not easy to deal with, so he didn't dare to take risks.
After a moment of silence, Lu Ming rejected Chi Qiu directly on the basis of business: "I may be very busy during this time, and I may have to go on a business trip, so I won't bother Mom."
After Chi Qiu heard this, he was very disappointed.
Lu Ming apologized deeply, and assured him: "I'll come over as soon as I'm free, okay?"
Chi Qiu is not an unreasonable person. He has always understood Lu Ming's work, so how could he say "not good"? He nodded, and after reluctantly compromising, he said softly, "Okay, don't work too hard, pay attention to rest."
"Um."
Chi Qiu hugged Lu Ming reluctantly, and said in a muffled voice: "If you don't have time to come, remember to call me. If you don't have time to call, just send a voice message, send a message, okay? I will miss you..."
"good."
"If I miss you too much, I'll 'run' home, okay?" Chi Qiu's tone became light.
Lu Ming still replied: "Okay."
"Lu Ming, I'm so sleepy, can you carry me back to my room?"
Chi Qiu was too lazy to leave by himself, he liked Lu Ming holding him, he didn't think Lu Ming smelled of sweat at all.
And Lu Ming would not refuse him: "Okay."
After Chi Qiu moved to Chi's house for a short stay, the summer passed quickly.
Outside Chi's villa, on the roadside path.
The saplings hanging on the fence gradually withered, leaving only the curved vine leaves hanging on the wall, piled up into a light shadow.
Early autumn came quietly like this. After the heat of summer ended, it gently wrapped Xingxi City.
As Lu Ming said, his work began to get busy, and he often went to the company to work overtime all day on weekends. If there is endless work to do at night, even if Chi Qiu lives in Chi's house, he will report to Chi Qiu in advance.
Aunt Su, who works in Chi's house, often teases Chi Qiu because of this: "Master Lu, you look serious, but you are a careful person. Master, you can't close your mouth with a smile."
Chi Qiu blushed, not letting Aunt Su make fun of herself.
Aunt Su said helplessly: "Okay, I won't talk about it. I just see that Young Master Lu treats you well, and I am also happy."
Chi Qiu responded generously: "It's very good."
But what he expected in his heart was different... Chi Qiu was brought up under the care of Aunt Su since he was a child. I really hope he won't be so nice to me."
So good that it is meticulous, so good that it seems to be full of distance.
Aunt Su didn't understand.
Chi Qiu pursed his lips, and it was difficult to explain his feelings to others. He said dejectedly: "Aunt Su, I met two friends a while ago. They are both men and married just like us. I, I I feel that their lives are very lively, they will quarrel, bicker, and protect each other, Lu Ming and I have never been like this."
Aunt Su listened to him carefully, her eyes were filled with the gazes of people who had passed by: "So, you also want Young Master Lu to quarrel with you? He looks so serious, how could he quarrel with you?"
Chi Qiu pursed his lips: "I may be living too happily. I always feel like it's fake."
Aunt Su smiled, and said softly: "Oh, little ancestor, every family has a different way of getting along with each other, isn't happiness good?"
"Of course, but..." Chi Qiu couldn't explain his confusion clearly.
Aunt Su thought he was thinking too much, she muttered while arranging the dishes in her hands: "Live your life, it's always right to be happier, it's not good to quarrel every day, it hurts feelings."
"Aunt Su, am I surprised that I have such an idea?"
"No. Marriage, it's not surprising that you think more and less, but it's strange if you don't think about anything. Are you right?"
Chi Qiu nodded, responded in a muffled voice, and took a deep breath.
Aunt Su probably sensed that he was hiding something in his heart, and it was not easy to expose it. After a few words of comfort, she deliberately changed the subject, "I think Young Master Lu lost weight when he came over two days ago, wait for him next time." Come over for dinner, I'll make a big meal for him."
Chi Qiu likes the dishes made by Aunt Su the most. He is very much looking forward to the big meal prepared by Aunt Su, and he does not order food outside: "Remember to make scallion fish when the time comes."
"Okay, I know." Aunt Su had already kept the recipe of scallion oil fish in mind.
"By the way, Aunt Su, how's the bone soup going? Lu Ming likes to drink it. I'll send him some tonight."
When Chi Qiu said this, his face was full of smiles again, he was really easy to be satisfied.
During this month, in order to prevent Chi Qiu from being lonely or uneasy like before, Lu Ming specially greeted Xu Ling. He said that if Chi Qiu contacted him without telling him, and wanted to come to the company to deliver some soup, he would take it upstairs.
This is obviously a tacit consent to let Chi Qiu come to the company to find him.
When Xu Ling heard this, she was extremely clever, and immediately conveyed Lu Ming's original words to Chi Qiu. At first, Chi Qiu thought he had heard it wrong.
So, after Xu Ling repeated it again and again, Chi Qiu realized that Lu Ming wanted to "officially announce"
But he was wrong, Lu Ming never forbade Chi Qiu to come to his company to find him. It's just that in the past, work was more important than partners, and Lu Ming didn't like to mix personal affairs with official affairs.
Right now, it's partnering that's bigger than work most of the time.
It was also like this that the employees of the company knew that the serious boss with facial paralysis was married. Moreover, the partner is an exceptionally handsome man.
Chi Qiu knew these changes in Lu Ming in his heart, so he often told himself over and over again, convincing himself: Be patient, as long as you wait patiently, nothing will go wrong.
Thinking about it, he asked Aunt Su to remember to make a bowl of braised pork and vegetarian stir-fry, all of which were Lu Ming's favorite dishes.
Aunt Su wrote down one by one. Recently, she also asked for Aunt Zhang's contact information. When she is free, she will communicate with Aunt Zhang privately about the tastes of the owners so as not to make mistakes.
The so-called excellent nannies must be "preparation school".