Chapter 47 Love Moon·047 "Kiss me"...
In the study, in front of the chessboard, two people sat on each side.
The black and white twins are playing against each other, and it is Xiaosheng's turn.
He looked at the chess game he had already lost and sighed, "I still can't beat you. Forget it."
Upon hearing this, Xiao Zhiyan withdrew his hand holding the chess piece without saying a word.
Not hearing a response, the person on the opposite side who was pretending to be regretful raised his eyes, met his waiting gaze, and was stunned, scratching his head.
"Your teacher called us and said you don't want to work in two labs at the same school, right?"
"yes."
"Why?" Xiao Sheng looked towards the door, "Niuniu doesn't agree?"
“She agreed, but I’m still considering it.”
"Considering what?"
He didn't answer this time, but Xiao Sheng also understood.
After putting away the chess pieces, his voice followed closely: "You have been thoughtful and opinionated since you were little. Your mother and I will not interfere with your decision, but this time your teacher called me. I want to say a few words. Do you want to listen?"
He nodded respectfully: "You talk, I listen."
"We're going to prepare for the wedding after the New Year, and we're going to have a baby soon. Dad knows you want to be with her. But before you made the decision, did you discuss it with Niuniu?"
Xiao Zhiyan raised his eyes, his eyes were sincere: "We have discussed it."
Xiao Sheng finally relaxed a little, "What's the result?"
He lowered his eyes: "He died midway."
"......"
Xiao was so angry that he almost overturned the table.
No one knows a son better than his father. Xiao Sheng naturally knew his son's temper. He frowned and asked, "Are you being stubborn again?"
This time, Xiao Zhiyan's expression showed some frustration and regret. Xiao Sheng shook his head and sighed, and finally advised: "Niuniu is pregnant now, and her emotions are very fluctuating. You can't be tough with her, you have to discuss it softly. Do you know how to discuss? You express your ideas, she expresses hers, you consider each other, and finally reach an agreement."
His frown relaxed a little, as if he understood the meaning of He Chuyue's words, and then he fell into doubt again.
Xiao Sheng, who was sitting opposite him, saw his changing expressions and suddenly didn't understand what he was thinking.
Do you understand this or not?
Forget it, forget it, this stupid son of his needs needs his father to add fuel to the fire.
"you--"
"Dad, are you done?" Xiao Zhiyan stood up, acting impulsively, which was totally unlike him.
"...Where are you going?"
He said bluntly: "Talk to Chu Yue about it again."
Xiao Sheng said something, but at the end he waved his hand at him, as if to compromise: "Go ahead, have a good chat with your wife."
Before leaving, Xiao Zhiyan did not forget to clean up the chessboard and put the chess pieces back in their places.
The door was closed, and Xiao Sheng, who was sitting on the chair, let out a long sigh of relief, feeling helpless: his youngest son was very smart in academics and as a person, so why was he so stupid in relationships? Who are you following?
...
In the living room, the three of them started chatting, but mostly it was Qi Yan and Xue Lu who were talking, while He Chuyue was listening.
The first person to notice it was Xue Lu, because when Qi Yan talked to her about this sister-in-law, her heart and eyes were full of joy. She also said that she had high emotional intelligence and was good at responding to conversations... In short, she was smart, not absent-minded like she was now.
While Qi Yan went to the bathroom, she sat next to He Chuyue.
Someone finally reacted and called her, "Sister-in-law."
"Chu Yue, did you have a fight with Zhi Yan?"
She was stunned and tried to hide it, but Xue Lu exposed her: "I heard the school call. I guess you are so uneasy because you are afraid that dad will blame him, right?"
He Chuyue didn't need to hide it anymore, she nodded and said frankly: "I influenced his choice, I'm afraid he will blame me in the future."
“It turns out that everyone is the same.”
"What's the same?"
Compared to the sad expression on He Chuyue's face, the dimples on Xue Lu's lips when she smiled made her even more confused.
"When Wen Qi and I got married, our first conflict was similar to yours. To put it bluntly, I was doing it for him and he was doing it for me. The two were in conflict, and neither of us was willing to give in. At the time, I thought, why not just get a divorce? This would fundamentally resolve the conflict and put an end to it all."
He Chuyue's eyelids twitched. She didn't expect that the gentle Xue Lu would have such drastic ideas.
"Then how did you make peace?"
"He apologized to me and compromised." Xue Lu held her hand and said seriously, "Let me ask you, when you couldn't discuss it anymore, did you ever think about divorce?"
He Chuyue did not answer immediately. The first thing that came to her mind was not what she was thinking at the time, but that the three-year contract they had drafted had not yet expired, so she naturally could not just talk about divorce.
She was a little confused.
I just don't know whether saying I haven't thought about it is the same as her meaning -
Xiao Zhiyan, who heard the entire conversation between the two, could no longer sit still. He stood behind the bookshelf and wanted to go out, but was stopped by Xiao Wenqi.
The latter gave him a calming look.
Xiao Zhiyan: “…”
"I--"
"Lulu, are you in the living room?" Qi Yan's voice suddenly appeared, "Come and help me find where the jewelry we bought is."
"good!"
Xue Lu asked He Chuyue to sit for a while and then went upstairs. He Chuyue had nothing to do sitting there, so she thought of going to the kitchen to help.
She left and went to take a look in the study. It was at this moment that she met the eyes of the man standing by the bookshelf and she subconsciously avoided his gaze.
"Looking for me?" Xiao Zhiyan walked over.
"When did you become so narcissistic?"
She was about to leave when someone grabbed her wrist.
"What?"
He turned the tables: "Looking for you."
"Now you've found it." He Chuyue played word games with him, "Can I leave now?"
"early--"
"Finally found it. Look at my memory." Qi Yan came down from the second floor and saw Xiao Zhiyan there. She asked, "Have you finished talking to your dad?"
"That's all."
He Chuyue looked at his hand holding her wrist. The joints were clearly white due to the force, and the veins on the back of his hand seemed to reveal the emotions in his eyes.
"Niuniu, this is for you, see if you like it."
She came back to her senses and looked at the red velvet box in Qi Yan's hand.
"I originally wanted to wait until the baby was born before buying it, but I liked it and was afraid someone else might buy it, so I bought it first."
In the box was a pair of gold collars for the children, which were engraved with their zodiac signs and inlaid with gemstones and agates. They looked very valuable.
"Mom, this is too expensive." She tried to refuse, but Qi Yan held her hand.
"I bought this for my grandchildren, so keep it for now."
As if she was afraid that He Chuyue would not agree, Qi Yan went upstairs after she finished speaking. No one knew where she was going. Only two people were left standing stupidly beside the sofa.
Xiao Zhiyan turned around, but before he could say anything, He Chuyue stuffed the box into his arms: "It's for your son, take it."
As he was about to leave, he pulled the person back and asked, "Where are you going?"
She didn't lie this time and glared at him: "Toilet, do you want to go together?"
He let go of her hand, his eyes dodged, "You go ahead."
In the bathroom, after washing her hands, He Chuyue saw a transfer text message on her bank card. It was the card she gave to Dai Wenchun, and a transaction of 50,000 yuan was made.
In the past, Dai Wenchun had tried every means to refuse to spend it, but now she was willing to spend it, and He Chuyue called her. The person on the other end waited for a long while before answering the call, and his tone was hurried.
"Your Aunt Wang said that it is popular to send red envelopes to children via mobile phones now, so she gave me 50,000 yuan and asked me to transfer it to her via mobile phone."
He Chuyue remembered that Dai Wenchun had not linked this card to a WeChat or Alipay account. She was about to ask again when Dai Wenchun urged, "Okay, okay, I'll transfer it in a moment. How come you still received the message?"
He hung up without waiting for her to say anything. He Chuyue felt something strange when she looked at the disconnected call, but she couldn't tell why.
She thought that Dai Wenchun's last words sounded more like a whisper to himself, and the more she thought about it, the more she felt it was not right. She was about to call again when a text message came in the next second saying that 50,000 yuan had been deposited into her account. Next came the news about Dai Wenchun.
It was a picture of a red envelope, and there was a voice message: "Okay, okay, just stay at Zhiyan's house, I just transferred all the money in."
He Chuyue came out of the bathroom only after she was sure that she was really okay, and saw Xiao Zhiyan outside the door.
She sighed and took the initiative to greet him: "Let's talk."
His eyes were full of tenderness: "Okay."
The two of them stood on either side of the corridor window. He Chuyue smelled a faint scent of incense. She sniffed and turned her head.
"Chu Yue, Professor Xu just sent me the experimental project plan to be carried out after the establishment of the cooperative laboratory. To be honest, I am interested."
She was a little surprised: "So you changed your mind and decided to choose a career?"
"No, I also have to choose family and you." He spoke faster as if what happened that night was happening again, "Chu Yue, I chose you for myself, so no matter what the result is, I will bear it and accept it."
She was a little confused: "Aren't you going to do something that interests you? If you don't do this project, you won't get a promotion?"
"The project will be done. I would like to apply with Professor Xu to join the laboratory, but not as the main person. I also have teaching tasks and my own research projects. It is inevitable that I will be unable to handle too many things. In this case, it is better to make moderate choices and achieve twice the result with half the effort."
"What about a promotion?"
Being looked at by Xiao Zhiyan, He Chuyue stuttered and explained: "I am not interested in your position, I just want to know your plan."
He nodded, showing that he understood.
He reached out to pull He Chuyue's hand, but she dodged. He tried to pull it again, but this time she didn't dodge, and he held her clenched fist.
With a smile on his lips, he slowly said, "I don't care about the position, and it's not in my plan. What I want to do is currently in progress, but I will be wronging you by doing this."
He Chuyue tilted her head slightly and raised her eyebrows: "Why are you wronging me?"
After taking a deep breath, Xiao Zhiyan looked a little lonely: "Lawyer He's husband is just an associate professor."
She understood.
She heard everything clearly in the car. Being the principal person in charge of the laboratories of the two schools is undoubtedly a stepping stone for promotion and is of great value.
If Xiao Zhiyan gives up now, he will undoubtedly have to struggle for a few more years before he can leave his current position.
She hesitated: "You..."
He spoke very seriously, so seriously that it seemed that if He Chuyue gave an order, he would immediately change his mind, take over the position of the head of the laboratory project and apply for the title of professor...
After a long pause, she laughed out of anger: "Xiao Zhiyan, why do you think I'm so vain? I do care about my position, but your... won't affect me..."
"I don't like you because you are a professor or do a job. Isn't it our faces and bodies that attracted us to each other first..." Facing the man's raised eyebrows, He Chuyue held her forehead with her hand, "No, I mean I don't care how much money you make... I care about money, but I..."
She felt like she couldn't make herself heard. All the explanations were lining up at the tip of her tongue, but when she spoke them all came out in front of her at once, forming a pile of illogical and inexpressive nonsense.
With a sigh, she placed her hope on Xiao Zhiyan's intelligence: "Can you understand what I mean?"
The latter finally smiled and rubbed her knuckles with his fingertips: "Understand."
Before He Chuyue could breathe a sigh of relief, she heard the clear and mellow ending voice rising:
"You said you liked me."
She felt like she had heard wrongly.
Is that what they are talking about?
The man looked at his loosely clenched fist and asked, "Are you still going to get a divorce?"
? ? ?
He Chuyue was completely stunned.
What exactly is Xiao Zhiyan saying?
She felt that she couldn't keep up with his train of thought and tried to find the topic just now:
"So you understand what I'm trying to say that I don't care if you're a professor?"
"I understand."
He said seriously, "I won't let you wait too long, one or two years at most."
"Okay, then you have to work hard." She said the ugly words in advance, "The agreement is still in effect, don't forget it."
The agreement is marked in red: No matter when, Xiao Zhiyan must put He Chuyue and the baby first and cannot miss any important occasions.
He nodded: "This is inevitable."
"Um."
She lowered her head and looked at the big hand that was half covering her, guilt flashing in her eyes.
"I was too extreme that night. The fact that you consider me in your future shows that you care about me. I shouldn't miss you so much."
I glanced sideways at the person beside me and realized that he had been looking at me. I couldn't help but feel a heat in my ears and I was a little afraid to look directly into his burning gaze.
Thinking of that person, the words stayed on her lips for a long time. He Chuyue's hands that were supporting the windowsill curled up and trembled uncontrollably: "He Changda gave up a project for my mother before, and later he showed such an ugly face when he missed a bigger opportunity, so I really don't dare..."
She stopped talking when she felt the back of her hand getting hot. Only then did she realize that her forehead was covered with sweat and her limbs were cold.
His body temperature gradually enveloped her, and her trembling shoulders began to calm down. She met Xiao Zhiyan's obsidian eyes, and his gentle words fully dispelled her nausea and discomfort.
"Don't force yourself. If you don't want to say it, don't say it."
He held both of her hands, faced her, and said devoutly: "I am not him, and I will never do that."
She saw the sincerity in his eyes, and after a long moment, she said "hmm" with a nasal tone.
Qi Yan's voice came from downstairs. He Chuyue looked at him after hearing it clearly: "Mom called us to eat."
He was about to leave, but the person in front of him did not let go.
Xiao Zhiyan came over, put his hand around her waist, and pushed her against the wall.
With a burning gaze on his forehead, He Chuyue gently pushed him and said, "It's time to eat."
"Wait a minute, there's one thing you haven't answered for me."
"What?"
"Are you still getting divorced?"
She was confused, "What divorce?"
"Sister-in-law asks you if you have ever thought about divorce."
She understood and narrowed her eyes: "You eavesdropped on our conversation!"
He dared to take responsibility: "Yes, I eavesdropped."
"So, is there?" He stared into her eyes, rarely caring, "That night, the night I made you angry, did you have... this idea?"
Her mood suddenly improved. He Chuyue moved closer to him and looked him straight in the eye: "No."
His eyes lit up, and the next second, she couldn't stop smiling: "Because it is written in the contract that if one party files for divorce without reason during the agreement period, he needs to pay liquidated damages and mental compensation."
"You were going to give up your career for me, but I interrupted you before you could explain clearly. You are angry because of the hormones I secrete. It is not your fault. How could I be so stupid to think about that and have to pay for it?"
Finally, she said proudly: "I am a lawyer, so I will strictly abide by every clause in the draft contract and strictly implement it."
The force on her waist disappeared, and she took in his forlorn expression.
Before he could finish his explanation that it was a joke, the force on his waist became a little stronger. Xiao Zhiyan raised his head, revealing possession in his eyes.
"Then please ask Lawyer He."
"Does the contract say that if we want to postpone the three-year marriage date, what should we do?"
"Um......"
She pretended to think, leaning her head against the wall: "Let me think about it."
Deliberately prolonging the time, feeling the burning heat on her waist, her eyes seemed to reveal an anxiously waiting heart.
After a moment, a gentle female voice rose and gave him a solution:
"Xiao Zhiyan, kiss me."
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