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The next day, Chi Qiu was sitting in the front yard in a daze with a cup of tea in his arms. Chi Lanyan brought a woolen cardigan from behind, and gently put it on Chi Qiu's shoulders.
Chi Qiu came back to his senses and smiled: "Mom."
Chi Lanyan's fingertips stroked the hair on the side of Chi Qiu's ear, and pursed the corners of her mouth: "The hair is a bit long, I will accompany you to the barber shop in the afternoon."
"No, I can go by myself." Chi Qiu said, "Aunt Lin has urged you several times. You have been delayed so much at work, so you really don't need to stay with me all the time."
"Oh, I really found a good secretary. It seems that Lin Lan bought you off with a few cakes?" Chi Lanyan joked to him, "I'm going on a business trip abroad soon, and I want to accompany you all the time." There is no time, why don't you let me accompany you well now?"
She conveniently took a chair, sat down beside him, rested her chin on one hand, and "appreciated" the autumn scenery in the front yard with Chi Qiu.
When Chi Qiu heard this, he thought for a moment, "You're going abroad... Actually, it's not for a business trip, but to contact that ophthalmologist, right?"
The teacup in Chi Lanyan's hand shook and almost spilled the tea.
Chi Qiu said directly: "Uncle Lin came to the house yesterday, and I overheard him talking about this with Xiao Xia. Don't get me wrong, he just mentioned it casually and didn't say much."
Chi Lanyan's hands tightened, she knew that Chi Qiu had always been resistant to treating his eyes and lacked confidence. Moreover, the contact information of the ophthalmologist was given by Lu Fengshen, and Chi Qiu may not be grateful. So, she wanted to arrange it in private first, but now she was stabbed by Lin Yuming first.
She was so angry that she couldn't help putting down her teacup in annoyance: "Xiaoqiu, listen to Mom—"
Chi Qiu interrupted her, and said in a gentle voice: "Can you leave the matter of contacting this doctor to Brother Ning? I heard that he has many acquaintances in this area, so it may be more convenient, and you don't have to worry about it." Let's go." As it happens, if Ji's family makes arrangements, Chi Qiu can take this opportunity to "recover his eyesight" easily.
"... You, are you willing to treat?" Chi Lanyan suspected that he had heard wrong.
Chi Qiu pursed his lips: "Mom, I want to heal my eyes, let's try."
Chi Lanyan was so excited that her eyes were almost wet, she hugged Chi Qiu, and said happily: "Okay, try, you have to try." After finishing speaking, she wiped her eye sockets embarrassedly, " I will contact Fei Ning now."
Chi Qiu stopped her: "I'll get in touch myself, I just want to go to Yan Chen tomorrow, and he has a rest."
"It's okay, you will feel better when you go out for a walk." However, Chi Lanyan explained, "I really have a job to go abroad to deal with. Aunt Su will take care of you during my absence."
As for Chi Qiu's decision to divorce, Chi Lanyan didn't ask a word.
It was Chi Qiu who took a sip of the tea in his hand: "Mom."
"Um?"
Chi Qiu's complexion has improved, and he is no longer sick and listless. But it can still be seen that he is depressed and has been unable to be happy. He tapped the edge of the teacup with his fingertips and asked, "I'm going to get a divorce... Don't you have anything to ask?"
Chi Lanyan had already guessed that Chi Qiu would be confused. According to the past, she would definitely ask the bottom line.
Now, she asks thoughtfully, "Do you want to tell me?"
Chi Qiu shook his head: "I don't know how to say it yet. I don't want to lie to you, but I..."
Chi Lanyan knew in her heart that as long as Chi Qiu didn't speak for a day, she could pretend to be stupid for a day: "Then tell me when you want to talk."
Facing his mother's understanding, Chi Qiu's eyelashes trembled, as if shaking off the fragments of autumn. He thought of what Chi Lanyan said to him earlier, and felt guilty: "Before you thought I found someone who could be with me for the rest of my life, and you said so many sweet words to me... Mom, I'm sorry, I made you happy for nothing. .”
Chi Lanyan didn't mind. She rubbed Chi Qiu's hair. The long-lost action made Chi Qiu feel like he was a child.
Under the sun, the plain Chi Lanyan looked very gentle: "Emotions are a thing. After a hurdle in my heart, there are contradictions everywhere. So sometimes, divorce is not a bad thing, but a good thing."
Now that she is separated from Lin Yuming, she is relaxed.
There was only one thing that made her unhappy.
Last time, Lin Yuming insisted on taking Chi Xia away and stayed with him for a few days. Now the person has been sent back, but Lin Yuming, as Chi Xia's father, would come to see Chi Xia from time to time.
That's fine, but every time Lin Yuming saw Chi Lanyan doing something for Chi Qiu, he would always snort coldly, which made Chi Qiu, who was already a seldom talker, even more reluctant to leave the room. Even drinking tea in the courtyard today, Chi Lanyan worked so hard to persuade him to come out.
Chi Lanyan sighed, and made up her mind: "Starting tomorrow, Xiaoxia will follow me to the company for an internship. She won't stay at home every day when she officially goes to work, and Lin Yuming doesn't have to come here to see her."
In the past few days, Chi Lanyan really couldn't stand Lin Yuming's yin and yang look, and she also lost confidence in the awkward Chi Xia again.
"Yesterday, Xiao Xia mentioned to me that she didn't really want to live at home." She sighed, knowing the reason why Chi Xia didn't want to live at home, and she was powerless to persuade her, "It's not right for me to do anything, let her If you’re not happy, then follow her. It just so happens that the apartment I bought for her last year has been decorated, and if you prepare some furniture, she can move in.”
Chi Lanyan thought that Chi Qiu would refuse her to do this, but when she was about to say something, she saw Chi Qiu nodded easily: "Okay, thank you Mom."
Chi Lanyan was startled, she never thought that what she did would become a turning point for Chi Qiu.
Chi Qiu seemed to have grown up in an instant, he said softly: "I used to... always accommodate others, always thinking that doing so would make everyone happy, and always thinking that it was okay to be wronged. But, Mom, I only know now, What I did was not right."
No one thought he was doing well, even he himself felt that he was not doing well.
All behaviors that are taken for granted by people are wrong.
Wrong behavior should be corrected in time.
It's just that when he said these words, he still felt sorry for Chi Lanyan in his heart. Having been a "good boy" for so many years, now Chi Qiu feels tired and doesn't want to continue pretending.
But what Chi Qiu didn't expect was Chi Lanyan's response.
Slowly, Chi Lanyan held Chi Qiu's hand in relief, and touched his cheek. She did not accuse Chi Qiu of any behavior. Although she is an extremely unkind boss outside, when facing Chi Qiu, she is an ordinary parent, a mother who loves her children.
Even in these years, many of her actions were wrong without knowing it, but she still said the words in her heart immediately: "Silly boy, you should have done this a long time ago. Don't always accommodate others, and don't let yourself get hurt again." gone."
The so-called "others" she mentioned included herself.
After hearing this, Chi Qiu was startled. Then, he showed a good-looking smile, as usual: "Yeah."
Suddenly, a fallen leaf fell on his shoulder and rubbed against his cheek. Chi Qiu took it down, and the dead leaves pricked his palms slightly itchy. The sweet-scented osmanthus tree planted at the door wafted its fragrance early, and he couldn't help but think of the sweet-scented osmanthus tree that Lu Ming planted for him.
Maybe it's already blooming.
What a pity, Chi Qiu thought.
It turned out that his marriage with Lu Ming was so short that it didn't last until the sweet-scented osmanthus bloomed.