As night deepened, Cheng Xi drifted into a sweet dream.
Shen Qing tucked her in and left the room.
She wants to get some water.
I opened the door and went outside, and saw that the living room lights were still on.
Cheng Zhiwen sat alone on the sofa, with half a glass of foreign liquor and a small dish of food on the coffee table.
Shen Qing thought for a moment, poured a glass of water, walked over, sat down opposite him, and nodded with her chin at the nuts on the plate: "Would you like me to make you a steak to go with your drinks?"
He snapped out of his reverie and looked over. "No need, the nuts are enough." He then raised his glass to her. "Would you like a drink too?"
Shen Qing shook her head: "No, I don't drink."
Cheng Zhiwen smiled and took a sip of the foreign liquor.
"I've recovered. You can go back tomorrow and take care of your own things."
Shen Qing finally spoke up, despite her deep reluctance, knowing she couldn't be so selfish.
Cheng Zhiwen came to the United States because he had a career to pursue and he also had a wife.
I can't stay here with her all the time to take care of the children and do housework.
Cheng Zhiwen listened calmly, neither saying he wanted to leave nor what he wanted to do, but simply drinking his wine indifferently.
This made Shen Qing a little uneasy.
She stood up with her water glass in her hand and said, "I am very grateful to you for saving me and the children and taking care of us for a month. I am truly grateful, but you have your own things to do, and I cannot hold you back. You should go back tomorrow."
After saying that, she was about to go back to her room.
Behind her, Cheng Zhiwen said softly, "I want to stay and take care of you and the children."
Shen Qing stopped in her tracks: "What do you mean?"
Cheng Zhiwen stood up, looked at her back, and said firmly, "I want to live here."
Shen Qing turned to look at him, shocked, and asked, "What are you talking about?"
He strode forward and pulled her into his arms.
With a clatter, the water glass in Shen Qing's hand fell to the ground.
Cheng Zhiwen hugged her tightly, losing control as she said, "Since Qi Zhenheng is gone, and Cheng An and Cheng Xi are my children, why won't you let me be with you? The children need me, and you need me too!"
She pushed him away forcefully, her whole body trembling slightly: "You have your own family, how can you be with us? Is this appropriate?"
She could never forget that woman who appeared in his room in Shanghai that year, claiming to be his wife.
"Family?" Cheng Zhiwen asked in surprise. "What family?"
Shen Qing's eyes reddened: "Five years ago, in Shanghai, when you were using the alias He Danqing, you had a wife!"
"So all this time, you've been rejecting me because of her?"
Shen Qing turned her face away from him, her eyes full of stubbornness: "Zhenheng has only been gone a short time, his body is still warm, I don't want to come into contact with anyone else at this time..."
Before she could finish speaking, Cheng Zhiwen had already swept her up in his arms.
He carried her into the bathroom, locked the door, pressed her against the sink, and kissed her lips deeply.
He slipped his hand under her chin from under her pajamas, pleasing her as he always had.
During their time sharing a bed at the Cheng family home, he knew exactly how to make her fall for him; every inch of skin his hands touched was enough to make her scream.
Shen Qing's consciousness became increasingly scattered, and he was about to enter a vortex of lust.
Cheng Zhiwen kissed her, moving from her lips to her ear, and then took her earlobe into his mouth.
Heat surged between her ears, and a warm current gushed out from her body.
She couldn't help but shudder.
Cheng Zhiwen nestled against her neck and whispered, "Qing'er, I know you loved me after you gave birth to my child. Now that he's gone, our family of four should be reunited..."
In an instant, Shen Qing came to her senses and pushed him away with all her might.
He slammed his back against the wall and winced in pain.
Shen Qing opened the door and escaped from the bathroom.
After that incident, she never came out to get water late at night again. Every time Cheng Xi went to sleep, she would quickly lock the door from the inside and not leave the room with her daughter until Cheng Xi got up in the morning.
By this time, Cheng Zhiwen had usually already prepared breakfast. After the two children finished eating, he would send them off to school.
Shen Qing also took the opportunity to go out, and did not return until the children were dismissed from school in the evening.
When the children are at home, Cheng Zhiwen generally doesn't lose control.
During the day, she spent her time outside looking around at the factory buildings.
She gave most of her money to Sun Wen to support the revolution, and only brought enough money with her to the United States to buy a house and build a factory.
Although she had enough funds, she was unfamiliar with New York and spent several days looking around the suburbs without finding a factory building that was willing to be rented out.
Without finding a factory, the subsequent work could not proceed, and Shen Qing returned home with a heavy heart.
Cheng Zhiwen had already prepared dinner and was helping Cheng An and Cheng Xi with their homework. When she saw Cheng An return, she asked with concern, "Where have you been all day?"
"I didn't go anywhere."
Shen Qing hung her bag on the shoe cabinet and changed into slippers.
She went into the bathroom to wash her hands and came out to find the children already seated at the dining table.
Cheng Zhiwen brought over the fried chicken cutlet, pasta, salad, and mushroom soup and placed them on the table.
He gave Shen Qing a gentle look and said, "Let's eat."
"good."
Shen Qing picked up a spoon, took a few sips of soup, and asked the children how their day at school was.
Both children answered that they were happy at school.
Shen Qing felt relieved.
She was worried that her child would be bullied at school.
Cheng Zhiwen served soup to the children and said with a smile, "Don't worry, I ask David every day after school. He said that Cheng An and Cheng Xi are very well-behaved at school and get along well with the other children."
David is Cheng An and Cheng Xi's classmate.
Shen Qing nodded and lowered his head to drink his soup.
After thinking about it, she decided to tell Cheng Zhiwen that she couldn't find a factory.
In the past few days, she has realized that it will be difficult to build a factory in the United States on her own.
Cheng Zhiwen, who has studied and worked in the United States for many years, might have a solution.
Putting aside personal feelings, even if it's for the sake of the country, it shouldn't be a problem to ask him for help or discuss things with him.
Thinking of this, Shen Qing said, "Actually, I've been looking for a factory these past few days."
Cheng Zhiwen put down her soup bowl and looked over: "Did you find it?"
Shen Qing shook her head: "No."
Cheng Zhiwen didn't ask any more questions.
Seeing that he remained silent, Shen Qing didn't dare to say anything more and silently ate her dinner.
Until the end of dinner, while she washed the dishes and Cheng Zhiwen helped Cheng An and Cheng Xi with their homework, neither of them mentioned finding a factory again.
Shen Qing then assumed that he didn't want to get involved in this mess, and wisely kept quiet.
She took Cheng Xi, who had finished her homework, to take a shower.
After she finished washing up, she found that Cheng Zhiwen had already brought in the dried clothes and put them on the sofa, so she carried them into the room to fold them.
Seeing her bra next to Cheng Zhiwen's underwear, a feeling that was both familiar and strange swept through her heart.
She was familiar with Cheng Zhiwen because she had once had a very close relationship with her.
What's strange is that they have become estranged.
Shen Qing chose to suppress her emotions.
"Knock knock," someone knocked on the door.
Shen Qing looked up and saw that she was still holding her own bra and Cheng Zhiwen's underwear in her hands.
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