Chapter 46 love moon·046 "Hug"...
The cats and dogs on the sofa became quiet, the moonlight spread by the window and stopped in front of the slippers.
She didn't know when the sky darkened, and the faint light from the screen became even more dazzling, stinging her eyes and making them watery.
"Ms. He, are you listening?" the person on the other end interrupted her thoughts.
"Here I am."
Her eyelashes trembled slightly, and the crystal drops at the corners of her eyes were brushed away. "I know, thank you for your hard work."
The screen dimmed and the blinding light disappeared.
He Chuyue sat on the carpet nearby, supporting herself on the sofa with her left hand and pressing her temple. She hunched over with her back hunched, not crying or speaking, until the latte, sensing her emotions, went under her armpit and He Chuyue finally took action.
He raised his hand and rubbed its head, then looked at the coffee on the other side of the sofa and waved subconsciously.
Her fingertips paused, and by the time He Chuyue realized what she had done, Kafei had already walked over and put his head close to her clenched fingertips.
The soft touch is like a feather gently brushing past, leaving no trace but always there.
She slowly closed her five fingers together, feeling the docile head and warm body temperature under her palms. The amber pupils looked at her ignorantly, as bright as the white moon in the twilight.
With a twitch of the corner of her mouth, He Chuyue couldn't hold back and burst into tears while hugging the cat and the dog.
After an unknown amount of time, she got tired of crying, rubbed her numb calves, stood up, and simply arranged the coffee supplies. While the dog was eating, she took the latte downstairs to pee. When she came back, she was not hungry, but she still ate some biscuits and finally took a shower.
When applying pregnancy oil, she found that red spots caused by allergies appeared on her back again, but they were not itchy. She recalled her meeting with He Changda that night. She had the same thing on her arm, but that time it felt a little itchy.
I didn't want to think about the source of the allergy, so I just assumed that it didn't itch this time and simply found some allergy medicine to apply externally.
Only two hours had passed since she finished all this. He Chuyue tried hard not to look at her phone or think about the call.
After playing with the ball with coffee and latte on the bed for a while, she felt a little tired and leaned against the headboard and closed her eyes for a nap. I wanted to wait for Xiao Zhiyan to come back before going to sleep, but I didn’t want to wake up again and sense the breathing of the person next to me.
He Chuyue opened her eyes in the darkness and saw the profile of the man lying on the pillow on the other side. She wanted to reach out to touch him, only to find that her hand was held by him. Because of this movement, the man opened his eyes.
Her eyes, which were not yet awake, looked over, but she spoke with concern: "What's wrong? Are you feeling unwell?"
She suppressed her emotions and said softly, "No."
Seeing this, Xiao Zhiyan lost all sleepiness and tried to get up, but his arms felt heavy.
"I just missed you." She raised her eyes and said calmly.
I glanced at her eyebrows and saw nothing unusual. Xiao Zhiyan relaxed and hugged her under the quilt.
"Then hug."
"Um."
She wanted to raise her hands to hug Xiao Zhiyan, but her arms were pinning her down and she couldn't move, so she just let him hold her.
“Did you see the coffee?”
"See, you've gained weight again."
The corners of her lips curled up as she teased, "You say that about your cat."
The man's breath fell on her ear and he chuckled: "State the facts."
"What was said at this exchange meeting?"
"The laboratories of Kyoto University and the School of Medicine will cooperate to carry out research on pharmacological biology. The project will probably start after the new year."
He hesitated to speak, but He Chuyue heard something else, "Did the hospital ask you to do it?"
"He hasn't told me yet. Director Yan gave me a tip today. He will most likely contact me after the New Year."
Hearing the hesitation in her tone, she asked, "You don't want to do it?"
"If a cooperative laboratory is established, it will most likely be located at Peking University, and the workload of the project leader will increase," he said frankly. "After the New Year, it is an important period for us, and I don't want to miss it."
"You mean giving up your career for your family?"
She let go of Xiao Zhiyan, her face indescribably heavy: "Xiao Zhiyan, you don't have to do this."
“I do what I want to do, it’s necessary.”
He knew what she was thinking, so he slowed down his tone and patiently explained, "I didn't give up my career for my family. I value you more than anything else. No matter what the other choice is, you will always be my inevitable choice."
Xiao Zhiyan's straightforwardness did make He Chuyue's heart tremble, but she avoided Xiao Zhiyan's gaze and turned over to lie flat.
"You don't have to do this. Just do what you need to do. I still have my aunt and mom. Even if you are too busy to take care of me, I can take care of myself."
"Hatsuyue——"
He Chuyue turned her back to him, thinking of the disgusting voice on the phone, and lost her patience: "Don't attribute your choice to me. No one will make a choice for anyone else. What's most important is to choose for yourself."
The person behind her sighed, and she closed her eyes, "Go to sleep, think about the lab again."
"......good."
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In a blink of an eye, it was New Year's Eve. Xiao Zhiyan came to the law firm to pick up He Chuyue after get off work and went to the villa.
"I have to go home and finish my coffee and latte."
"Well, take them first."
The two families had agreed before the New Year that they would stay up all night at the Xiao family villa on New Year's Eve. After the New Year, Xiao Sheng and Qi Yan would go on a trip to Hawaii, while Xiao Zhiyan and He Chuyue would stay at her aunt's house.
As the car roared by, she glanced at the person in the driver's seat and realized that he was wearing the coat she bought him years ago.
I originally wanted to wait until he came back from his business trip to try it, but I didn't expect that the two of us rarely communicated since that night, mainly because He Chuyue was unilaterally in the cold war, so I put it aside for the time being. I didn't expect that he would wear it today.
Sometimes she often wondered if she was too cold-blooded. She knew that Xiao Zhiyan was thinking about her, but she didn't appreciate it. She was probably the only one in the world who did this.
Sighing silently, He Chuyue leaned back and looked out the window.
The car was fine downstairs, so he went upstairs and brought down the coffee latte. Xiao Zhiyan also carried some simple clothes and toiletries for the two of them.
Before getting on the bus, He Chuyue took a stroll with Latte and met Xuxu and his mother on the way, and they stopped.
"Wow! Mom, it's latte! It's still wearing clothes."
He Chuyue's eyes narrowed.
In the past, Latte's clothes were all bought online by her. Because large dogs grow fast, they can't wear the clothes they wore when they were young, so almost every period of time is disposable. Dai Wenchun thought it was a waste, so he started using old clothes to make clothes for Latte. When Latte grew up, the size of the clothes was finally finalized.
Because Dai Wenchun has good skills and is willing to think, the clothes she makes are always beautiful and fit well. Other dog owners always ask for the link to the clothes, and she is willing to explain.
"Yes, the little red clothes are so festive. Are you going home for the New Year?" Xuxu's mother greeted He Chuyue and also saw Xiao Zhiyan coming behind her.
"Yes, I'm about to go. Are you guys the same?"
"We're not going home. Mom is taking me to a faraway place to celebrate the New Year!" Xuxu pushed the suitcase over and waved to Xiao Zhiyan, "Happy New Year, uncle."
"Happy New Year."
Only then did He Chuyue realize that Xiao Zhiyan had also come, and her hand holding the rope felt unnatural.
"We have to catch a plane back so we can talk later." Xuxu's mother said goodbye to the two people and the dog while Xuxu was leading them. "Happy New Year, Happy New Year."
"......"
On the way to the villa, He Chuyue suddenly asked, "What if I have to go out for the New Year?"
The man holding the steering wheel looked at her and said, "Of course I'll go with you."
"What if that conflicts with your job?"
"......"
"Why don't you speak?"
The man sighed: "Chu Yue, please don't make theoretical expositions within the framework of assumptions, okay?"
He Chuyue was dissatisfied: "What do you mean? Do you think I'm being unreasonable?"
"No." Xiao Zhiyan slowed down the car and explained, "Your workload is greater than mine, so this situation usually doesn't happen."
She understood that Xiao Zhiyan felt that the situation she assumed was meaningless, and that her cold violence during this period was unreasonable.
He must be feeling extremely wronged now. He is the one who has contributed the most in the family and in the relationship, but he has to suffer the conspiracy theories of a beneficiary like her.
How funny.
"It generally won't happen, but there is still a chance that it will happen. Professor Xiao, isn't it too decisive to just deny it? Or have you decided to give up the project?"
"The first month..."
The car ringtone rang, He Chuyue glanced and saw that the caller was Xu Qinglin.
Xiao Zhiyan couldn't free his hands while driving, so the person in the passenger seat answered the call for him.
"Professor, Happy New Year."
"Okay, okay, is Chu Yue next to you?"
He Chuyue said warmly: "Professor, I am here, Happy New Year."
"Okay, we're all fine. I called just to let Zhiyan know first." Xu Qinglin cleared his throat and said slowly, "You all heard about the cooperation between the two schools in the laboratory. The institute intends to let Zhiyan take the lead. When the system is mature, you can apply for the title of professor. In this way, you will be the youngest professor in our institute!"
After not hearing any feedback, Xu Qinglin paused and asked, "Are you worried about something?"
Xiao Zhiyan stopped the car on the side of the road and said, "Professor, I—"
"Stop talking... cough cough cough... Xiao Zhiyan, do you want to piss me off to death during the New Year? How come you are still so unmotivated after all these years? Do you really want to piss me off to death!"
"I--"
Xu Qinglin interrupted him again, "I can't get through to you anymore. Are you on your way home now? Wait for me to call your dad and let him teach you a lesson!"
After the call was hung up, the car fell into complete silence.
Xiao Zhiyan restarted the car. He Chuyue withdrew her gaze and suddenly realized how serious the consequences of Xiao Zhiyan's decision were.
...
Patrolling the mountain villa, the car entered the parking lot unimpeded.
When He Chuyue opened the door and got out of the car with her latte, she saw Qi Yan and Xiao Sheng who had come out to greet her, as well as Xiao Wenqi and Xue Lu who were standing behind them.
After Qi Yan introduced them, Xiao Wenqi spoke first: "We finally meet. I am the first person in this family who knows that you are in love."
He Chuyue didn't understand, so Xue Lu gave him a hammer and explained with a smile: "He is different from Zhiyan. He likes to joke and is free and easy. Don't mind it."
"It's fine."
He Chuyue was sharp-eyed. A few words were enough to get to know Xiao Wenqi and Xue Lu, whom she met for the first time. They all had cheerful personalities, which made Xiao Zhiyan seem a little out of place.
The family entered the house. Qi Yan and Xue Lu pulled people to sit on the sofa and chat. Coffee and latte were served and circulated around the room.
"I heard from mom that you are pregnant with twins. Will your waist feel sore?" Xue Lu looked at the woman's slender figure and her beautiful facial features. It was hard to imagine that she was an expecting mother.
"There was some feeling at the beginning, but now I don't feel anything." She took the orange handed to her by Xue Lu and thanked her.
"Don't be careless. You are in a heavy body now. If you can do something, ask Zhizhi to do it. Don't tire yourself out."
She nodded: "He does most of the housework."
"There's no difference in how much someone does. The housework should be done by men."
Qi Yan said it easily, but He Chuyue was stunned.
Xue Lu at the side also said: "That's true. When I first met Wen Qi, he knew more than me. I couldn't even tell the difference between the five grains, but he could. When I asked him, he said Zhiyan told him."
He Chuyue subconsciously looked towards the study room, and Qi Yan smiled at the side: "Yes, Zhizhi is an expert in this area. It's also his father and I's fault. We were busy starting a business at the time and didn't take care of him much, so he developed a taciturn and independent personality."
Xue Lu asked: "Wen Qi is the older brother, shouldn't he take care of Zhi Yan? Why does Zhi Yan know more?"
"Oh, don't mention Wen Qi. He was a troublemaker when he was young. He was impossible to control. It was better for Zhizhi to be at home alone. So your father and I always took him with us for social events. Zhizhi didn't like those occasions, so he stayed at home. Over time, he gradually developed the habit of taking care of himself and making his own decisions. At that time, his biggest wish was for the whole family to have a meal together."
"When he was six years old, we took him back to his grandmother's house. Wen Qi had been there several times, but Zhizhi was there for the first time. That was the time when he took the initiative to ask to stay in the country and accompany his grandparents. They loved their nephew, and your father and I also wanted to have someone to take care of him, so we agreed."
"When Zhizhi was in the second year of junior high school, his two elders passed away and we took him back. But by then, his personality had already been formed, so we didn't intervene too much and he became what he is now."
After that, Qi Yan held He Chuyue's hand affectionately and told her to be more tolerant: "Zhizhi is a man of few words, and sometimes he may be a little arbitrary in what he says and does. If you are unhappy, tell me at any time and I will beat him up! He is a boring person, but he can cook and take care of people. Sometimes he is too attentive and annoys you, so you should scold him or beat him up. Your father and I have no objection!"
"Niuniu, Zhiyan is lucky to have met you, otherwise his father and I would have thought that he would have lived a lonely life."
The more she talked, the more excited she became. Tears welled up in Qi Yan's eyes. She held He Chuyue's hand and was so choked up that she couldn't speak.
Upon seeing this, Xue Lu and the others hurried to comfort the man, and only then did he stop crying. However, He Chuyue looked at the closed door of the study and felt worried for Xiao Zhiyan.
When he just walked in, Xiao Sheng's face didn't look very good.
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