Chapter 34 Love Moon 034 Protecting Wife
He Chuyue hadn't seen the old lady for about four years. She would avoid her as much as possible during the Chinese New Year every year. When she saw her last year, she had a big unpleasant scene. Qin Tai and Dai Wenchun later intentionally reduced the number of times they met.
The reason why she was asked to go this time was probably because Qin Yang would not be coming back.
Dai Wenchun explained: "Your grandmother knows that you have obtained the marriage certificate. She is very happy and wants to meet Xiao Xiao. I didn't tell her about your pregnancy to prevent her from worrying about you. When the time comes, tell Xiao Xiao and ask him not to let it slip."
The room was quiet. He Chuyue leaned on the sofa holding her cell phone, her eyes looking into the distance.
She naturally knew why the old lady would be happy about her, and she also knew that Dai Wenchun concealed her pregnancy for her own good.
After all, she is a career-oriented woman who has only had a few romantic relationships, and suddenly she gets married and has a child. Naturally, outsiders will think too much, not to mention the old people who are old-fashioned and prejudiced against her.
Since He Chuyue first met her at the age of six, the old lady smiled gently and even gave her the candy on the table. He Chuyue still ate the fruit candy she disliked. When she was young, she thought her grandmother was a "good person", but when no one was at home, her grandmother seemed to have become a different person, and her old face was full of ferocity.
She warned her to be honest and not to snatch anything from Xiaoyang, otherwise she would send her back to her original home. Later, when the old man got older, he stopped pretending and directly spoke ill of her in front of Qin Tai and his wife, and made Qin Yang be wary of his orphan sister.
It was not until later that He Chuyue found out that the candies left on the table were the ones Qin Yang picked out and didn't like to eat.
The past came to my mind, and the emotions covered with dust were shaken off at this moment, but they were still a depressing gray.
After taking a deep breath, He Chuyue spoke again in a compromising tone.
"Okay, but auntie, Zhiyan has classes that day, so the three of us can take grandma to eat."
If it was before, she would definitely have no scruples and was just playing around with Xiao Zhiyan, and she would not care about what he thought of her. But now it’s different. She likes Xiao Zhiyan, and asking her to expose her dark side in front of the person she likes is undoubtedly a torture.
He Chuyue pressed her side flesh with her thumb until it was numb from the pain, but she said calmly, "I'll book the restaurant. Do you want me to pick up grandma?"
Dai Wenchun hesitated when he heard that Xiao Zhiyan couldn't come, and then hurriedly said after hearing what she said, "You don't have to pick it up, let your uncle-in-law pick it up. We're having dinner in the evening, and Xiaoyan has classes in the evening, too?"
“No class.”
Xiao Zhiyan's voice suddenly appeared behind him. He Chuyue turned her head abruptly and was stunned to see the man who had returned exhausted.
"Do you know?" Dai Wenchun asked.
Xiao Zhiyan put the things on the coffee table, walked over, raised his hand to support the back of the sofa behind He Chuyue, and put his ear close to the hand she was answering the phone.
"It's my aunt."
The distance was so close that his coat and clothes were still cold, just like the night when he was at her house and the two of them were discussing the agreement.
What was different was the temperature of my fingers and my faster heartbeat.
It has only been a short time, but her mentality is completely different from what it was then.
Suddenly she couldn't hold the phone anymore. The next second, her fingertips felt cold, her palm was empty, and the phone was in his hand.
Xiao Zhiyan took the phone and spoke a few words to the other end before hanging up. He then put it next to her after turning it off.
He Chuyue subconsciously avoided Dai Wenchun's call and looked at the barbecue bag: "Are you still packing? No wonder it's so fast."
He had only been out for thirty-five minutes.
Lowering her eyes to hide the expression in them, she said directly: "It's the birthday of an elder in the family in two days, and I don't want you to go."
With a light laugh, Xiao Zhiyan said, "I thought you would blame me."
"Why do you blame me?" She was confused.
"I dismantled your stage."
When he entered the room, he only heard He Chuyue say that she was going to pick up her grandmother. When he got closer, he heard Dai Wenchun ask that question. After he answered, he realized that she did it on purpose.
Xiao Zhiyan blamed himself: "Sorry, did I do something wrong?"
With a lump in her throat, He Chuyue didn't know what to say. Her ears burned from being looked at by his sincere eyes, and she turned away reluctantly: "Then do you want to go?"
Xiao Zhiyan's eyes were fixed on her from beginning to end, and after a long while he said, "I'll listen to you."
The warm and clear voice seemed full of confidence and energy, and the shadow hanging over He Chuyue's head dissipated instantly.
A very strange feeling spread, she looked over and smiled at him: "Then let's go together."
"good."
He took out the still hot barbecue and called her, "Want to eat some together?"
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The winter chill spread day by day, and the cloudy days in recent days seemed to pull the north city into an ice cave.
He Chuyue went to the court first before going to the law firm.
Passing by the office area, I saw three or four coffee bags on the table, which were particularly eye-catching. He Chuyue was stopped by He Wen, "Lawyer He, your coffee."
She took the opportunity to ask, "Who's treating?"
"It's Mr. Chen from Mingchan Pharmaceutical. He came to see Lawyer Xiao." He Wen pointed at the two bags and said, "This one has zero sucrose, and this one has full sugar."
"Thanks."
He Chuyue didn't take the coffee. She glanced at Xiao Wei's office before walking towards her own office.
On the other side, in Xiao Wei's office, Chen Xu was standing by the window, watching what had just happened and interrupted the person who was speaking with a sidelong glance.
"I haven't seen that lawyer before."
Xiao Wei raised his head and looked in the direction of He Chuyue's office, "He Chuyue, Lawyer He, my junior sister in the same department."
"So she is He Chuyue." Chen Xu took a sip of coffee.
Xiao Wei saw this and asked, "Does Mr. Chen know him?"
"I've heard of your name for a long time. Manager Bai from Es is my friend. Her divorce case was handled thanks to Lawyer He." Chen Xu turned around and said, "With such a clean and efficient method, I thought it was a male lawyer, but it turns out that..."
He laughed, "I never thought that the famous lawyer He is actually a beautiful female lawyer. If she relied on that face, she might be more famous than you now."
Xiao Wei didn't look away, and his face looked a little unnatural as he thought of the embarrassment of that day.
Chen Xu didn't notice it, and asked again: "You have such a beautiful and excellent junior sister, and you were able to date the beauty of the department for four years in college. It's quite a long-lasting relationship. How about it, now that she is so beautiful, do you regret it?"
Retracting his thoughts, Xiao Wei said calmly: "Mr. Chen, you are joking. There are so many beautiful people in the world. I can't like them all."
Chen Xu didn't understand what he meant, so he asked, "Just tell me, how is Lawyer He now compared to when we were in school?"
"Compared to when I was in school..." Xiao Wei couldn't help but look over again.
The white door was closed tightly, and the window was blocked by drawn blinds. Everything in the room seemed to be in another space, and he, who was standing outside the door, could not get in.
He shook his head: "Lawyer He has always been beautiful."
...
At six o'clock in the evening, the computer on He Chuyue's desk was still on, but her attention was not on the screen.
The stone placed in the middle was poked by the index finger from time to time, and it hit the table, making heavy and frequent sounds.
It's like a countdown.
The footsteps outside the door stopped, and then there was a knock on the door. He Chuyue knew who it was without even looking up.
"Why aren't you leaving yet?" Mei Qingxue leaned against the door and sat down across from her unceremoniously. "No one is picking you up from get off work today?"
He Chuyue hissed and climbed up dissatisfiedly: "Can you stop staring at other people's private lives?"
"Tsk, do you think I have nothing to do?" Seeing that she seemed to have lost her temper, Mei Qingxue rarely resisted. She looked at the stone beside her and rolled her eyes. "No matter how idle I am, I will not keep stones and gourds in the office. Hey, how did you think of talking to stones?"
When Mei Qingxue first heard He Chuyue talking to Shi Tou, she suspected that she had heard it wrong. She was shocked for a long time and couldn't understand why. It was not until she later met a psychologist who was the client and asked about it in her spare time that she realized that this was a way to relieve stress and was also the most common one.
Mei Qingxue felt even more shocked.
In her eyes, He Chuyue is a monster who knows no fatigue. He can even fly across provinces or even across countries for a case during the Spring Festival and New Year's Day. He always gives 100% of his strength to the client and the case.
If it were an ordinary person, he would definitely feel stressed, but the strong-willed He Chuyue would only turn pressure into motivation. How could she find ways to relieve it?
This was totally not the "crazy guy" she knew.
Mei Qingxue finally asked: "He Chuyue, are you very tired?"
The fingers on the stone shrank, and the person concerned lowered his eyes.
There was a hint of stubbornness in his clear and flawless eyes and a blank expression on his impeccable face. A faint sense of rejection slowly condensed through the air.
When she raised her eyes again, her eyebrows curved: "Mei Qingxue, are you free?"
"......Your kindness is taken for granted." Mei Qingxue glared at her, slammed the door and left.
He Chuyue: “…”
A message from Xiao Zhiyan popped up on her phone. She picked it up with a sigh and replied "OK" after a long while. She took her bag and left without further delay.
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As the lights come on, the night sky highlights the city's prosperity and its soon-to-be-desolate hustle and bustle.
In the restaurant's private room on the first floor, at a round table, the person in the center raised his hand and said, "Chu Yue, go ask the waiter if there are any hot towels left."
He Chuyue, who had just returned, had not yet sat down when she heard Qin's mother's order to stop.
"I'll go." Xiao Zhiyan stood up, but was stopped by Qin's mother.
"Xiao Xiao, sit down and let Chu Yue go. It's not good for a girl to sit for a long time. She should move around while she still can."
Xiao Zhiyan was about to speak, but his arms sank and he met He Chuyue's rejecting eyes.
"Mom, come on, you wiped your hands before the food was served, why do you need a towel now when you're halfway through the meal?" Qin Tai motioned He Chuyue to sit down, "The child has been busy all day and hasn't eaten a single bite of food yet, why are you doing any activities, just let her eat something in peace, okay?"
Dai Wenchun also chimed in: "Mom, try this tofu. It melts in your mouth and tastes delicious."
"No, what happened to you all today?" Mother Qin pushed Dai Wenchun's hand away, almost knocking over the bowl in her hand. "I finally had a birthday and you all went against me. What's the matter? I'm old and my words don't work anymore, right?"
"Mom, you——"
"Tsk!" Mother Qin interrupted Qin Tai with a glare, "I just want a towel, will you give it to me or not?"
Hysterically suppressing all sounds, the table was filled with the mighty sound of a rainbow, which smashed towards He Chuyue.
She smiled, but when the words reached her lips her wrist sank.
Turning to look at Xiao Zhiyan, she stopped for some reason.
He was repeating the action she had done to him, holding her wrist.
"resemble--"
"Sit down."
There was a rare command in his cold tone. He stood up with his hands exerting force, and said to the person in the main seat with one hand on his chest: "I'll go."
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