Chapter 114: Sweet Mouth
The next morning, Wen Ci and four others rushed to the airport. Wen Ci clearly felt that something was wrong with the atmosphere between Xie Yiyi and Lu Bingchen.
In the waiting room, Wen Ci nudged Xie Yiyi's elbow while she and Xie Yiyi were going to the restroom together. "Did you and Lu Bingchen have a fight yesterday?"
Xie Yiyi said calmly: "No, why should I quarrel with him?"
Wen Ci expressed doubts, but Xie Yiyi refused to say anything, so the group returned to Beijing.
Next year, Yu Shui Bay.
Xie Peizhou came out of the study, wearing a homely black turtleneck sweater and casual trousers. He was tall and straight, with a calm and cool temperament. He had just finished dealing with some end-of-year social etiquette and interactions, and his head was a little heavy.
Standing in front of the floor-to-ceiling window, you can hear the laughter in the yard.
Through the bright floor-to-ceiling windows, there was a sea of white snow outside. Wen Ci and her daughter were making a snowman in the yard with laughter.
The snowman they built before going to Sanya had not melted yet, and then there were two heavy snowfalls, and the yard was covered with a thick layer of snow.
Xie Peizhou looked at the snowman that the mother and daughter had built, and guessed that it looked like a little rabbit.
Wen Niannian looked up at him, her dark eyes sparkling, "Uncle, you're done, come out and make a snowman!"
Wen Ci also waved at him, motioning him to come out.
Xie Peizhou smiled and said, "Here I come."
As soon as they came out, Wen Niannian started to divide the work. Xie Peizhou was responsible for refining the little white rabbit's long ears, Wen Ci was responsible for the little white rabbit's round face, and she was responsible for the little white rabbit's round body, and also put on makeup for the little white rabbit.
The three of them were busy in the snow for nearly two hours. As the sky darkened, the automatic sensor street lights in the yard lit up with a warm yellow light, and a little white rabbit with a big pink butterfly tied to it was born. It was as tall as Wen Niannian and looked lifelike from a distance.
Wen Niannian happily hugged the little white rabbit and took several photos.
Wen Ci took out her phone to take a picture of her. Looking at her red, frozen hands, she smiled and said, "Okay, Nian Nian, it's getting late. Let's go inside. How about having hot pot tonight?"
"Okay, okay!"
Wen Niannian jumped up happily and ran into the villa like a jumping little rabbit.
Wen Ci looked at Xie Peizhou next to her and felt that he was not in the mood. "What's wrong with you? Don't you want to eat hot pot?"
Xie Peizhou smiled at her, took her cold little hand and walked into the house, sighing softly: "No, I just feel that this year's New Year's celebration is not as lively as in previous years."
This year marks the first year since my father passed away.
In the past few days, Xie Peizhou would always think of the bustling scenes in the Xie family's old house during the New Year's Day in previous years when his father was still alive. It was lively and full of laughter.
At the end of this year, my eldest brother and his wife are busy with business abroad and will not be back for the New Year.
My sister also said that she would stay at her husband's house for the New Year this year. Even Xie Yiyi was dragged by Lu Bingchen to visit relatives and friends at the Lu family.
Xie Peizhou held Wen Ci's hand tightly and smiled, "Ah Ci, I'm glad you're with me this year, otherwise I would really be alone."
Wen Cihui held his big hand and felt that he was using the scenery to recall Grandpa Xie.
"Okay, let's prepare the hot pot ingredients together!"
Wen Ci smiled optimistically and opened the refrigerator, which was filled with neatly arranged ingredients, full of Aunt Zhou's love. Aunt Zhou had also returned home for the New Year to reunite with her family. Before leaving, she packed the refrigerator completely empty, fearing that the family would starve to death while she was gone.
On the day she returned home, Xie Peizhou and Wen Ci each packed a big red envelope for her and wished her a happy new year in advance.
Wen Ci picked out some vegetables that were easy to spoil and ate them first, as well as meat and meatballs suitable for hot pot. She turned her head to look at Xie Peizhou and said jokingly in a soft voice, "You are sentimental, most of the time you have nothing to do, so do some work."
"Niannian will be responsible for washing the vegetables, and you will be responsible for washing the meatballs and cutting the meat."
"I'll go to the restaurant and set up the hot pot first."
After Wen Ci finished making the arrangements, she walked towards the living room.
Wen Niannian raised her little face doubtfully, "Uncle, are you unhappy?"
Xie Peizhou bent down and rolled up his daughter's sleeves to prevent her clothes from getting wet when washing the vegetables.
He chuckled and said, "No, I just felt like this year's New Year's celebration isn't as lively as in previous years. In previous years, when your great-grandfather was alive, our house was bustling with activity every day."
When mentioning great-grandfather, Wen Niannian was stunned for a moment, thinking of the old man who was very kind to her.
She paused, stepped on the small stool Wen Ci had prepared for her, lowered her head to tie the cabbages, and said, "I think this year's New Year's Day is very lively, much more lively than when I was in Washington."
"In the past, it was just me and my mommy celebrating the New Year."
Xie Peizhou was stunned for a moment and looked at his daughter.
Where is her biological father?
Ignore everything and be busy reuniting with others?
Xie Peizhou's dark eyes darkened.
"Uncle, I used to think the Chinese New Year was boring. Every time it was about to start, my godmother would buy a plane ticket and leave, leaving just me and my mom at home. Every year we would just eat hot pot and watch TV at home. That's what I call boring."
"This year is so great! I can celebrate the New Year with you, my godmother, and my godfather. I'm very happy, and Mommy is happy too. I love the New Year!"
"What are you two talking about? Are the dishes done?"
Wen Ci set up the hot pot in the restaurant and prepared to stew the pork ribs that Aunt Zhou had chopped in advance into a bone soup as the hot pot base.
“It’s almost there!”
Wen Niannian looked up and exchanged glances with Xie Peizhou. Feeling the tenderness and love in his eyes, a bright smile appeared on her face, and she immediately quickened her movements.
Half an hour later, the hot pot in the living room was bubbling with fragrant steam.
Xie Peizhou used a serving chopstick to put the ingredients into the copper pot one by one. The blood-red beef turned white in an instant. The mother and daughter, who had been building a snowman in the yard for the whole afternoon, were already growling with hunger. They stared at the bubbling meat slices in the pot with shining eyes.
Xie Peizhou smiled, and the cold sadness just now disappeared.
He remembered his father's wish before he passed away, which was that he would get married, have children, and probably wanted him to have such happiness for the rest of his life.
He looked at Wen Ci, who couldn't wait to stuff the slice of meat covered with sesame oil into her mouth. The only woman he wanted to marry for the rest of his life was right in front of him.
I ate the meal with great enthusiasm and my stomach was full.
Children have a complex digestive system and need to go to the toilet soon after eating.
Xie Peizhou put on his apron and prepared to clean up the mess. Seeing Wen Ci was about to take action, he said gently, "Don't move. Didn't you burn your fingertips when you were making the hot pot? Don't touch the water."
Wen Ci looked at her fingertips that had been rubbed with burn medicine and covered with a Band-Aid. It was when she was helping her daughter pick up some bean curd from the hot pot that she got burned by the steam, and they had turned a little red.
Xie Peizhou came over directly with a medical kit, applied burn ointment, and put a Band-Aid on the wound.
Wen Ci suspected that the wound had healed.
Lazy? Not impossible.
But you have to be sweet-mouthed.
Wen Ci laughed at the top of her lungs: "That's so inappropriate. You have to pick up all this trash and dishes by yourself."
Xie Peizhou looked at the mess on the table and nodded, "Then come over and give me a kiss."
"Um?"
As expected of a businessman, his mind works quickly.
As Wen Ci's cheeks gradually turned red, Xie Peizhou, wearing a black turtleneck sweater and slippers, put on an apron and walked step by step to her, with a smile on his thin lips, and bent down to face her.
He signaled with his eyes for her to help tie the apron, and touched his lips with his white fingertips, "Hurry up, or my daughter will come out after using the toilet."
A hint of shyness flashed across Wen Ci's eyes. Xie Peizhou lowered his head, and his facial features were right next to her. When she raised her head slightly, her mouth touched his.
It's always like this, a light kiss will always be turned into an ambiguous long kiss by him.
Hearing the sound of water flushing in the bathroom, Wen Ci's cheeks became two degrees hotter. She pushed him away and said, "Go and clean up. I'll watch TV with my daughter for a while to help her digest the food."
The sound of the bathroom door lock turning came from the bathroom. Xie Peizhou smiled and stopped pestering her. "As you wish."
Although he loved being close to Wen Ci, he was always very restrained in front of his daughter. He didn't want the little girl to think that her mommy didn't love her anymore because she had a new boyfriend, or that he took away her mommy's love for her.
Wen Niannian came out of the bathroom and saw Wen Ci walking towards the living room, while her uncle was cleaning up the mess. She skipped towards her mother, "Mommy~"
Wen Ci took her hand and walked towards the living room. "Now that you're full, let's do some puzzles to help you digest your food."
Xie Peizhou was cleaning up the dishes in the restaurant when he heard the low laughter of the mother and daughter playing with the puzzle, and the corners of his mouth curled up.
If he had discovered his feelings for Wen Ci a few years earlier, there wouldn't have been such a deep misunderstanding between them, and Wen Ci wouldn't have had to suffer so much abroad.
"Xie Peizhou, your phone number."
Xie Peizhou's phone, which was placed on the sofa in the living room, vibrated. Wen Ci glanced at the note, then walked over with the phone and reminded him, "It's Zhou Yunfan."
"Aci, please answer the phone for me and turn on the hands-free mode." Xie Peizhou, wearing oil-proof rubber gloves, spoke directly to Wen Ci.
"oh."
Upon hearing this, Wen Ci answered the phone and turned on the hands-free mode.
A respectful male voice came from the phone, "Mr. Xie, we found clues that Song Wanqing instructed Li Hai to drug me!"
Wen Ci was slightly stunned. Song Wanqing was very cautious in everything she did and tried to clear herself of all charges. Even the police couldn't do anything to her, but Xie Peizhou's people were able to find evidence.
Xie Peizhou and Wen Ci exchanged a glance. He acted like a "househusband" as he folded the dishes and carried them to the dishwasher in the kitchen. He spoke in a cold, serious tone, "Speak."
"After accepting Song Wanqing's instructions, Li Hai spoke to his mother on the phone, saying that if he helped a noble person accomplish something, that noble person would sponsor him to study abroad. Although the call was not recorded and Li Hai asked his mother not to tell anyone, his mother still told her husband, leaving indirect clues of accusation before the incident."
Xie Peizhou said coldly, "Give the clues to the police, keep an eye on Li Hai's parents, and remind them that they will go to jail for accepting bribes and fabricating false evidence."
The person on the other end said "yes" and hung up the phone.
"Song Wanqing won't be able to escape legal punishment this time."
Wen Ci held her phone tightly, thinking of Song Wanqing's repeated attempts to frame her, the humiliation and ridicule she had shown five years ago, the kidnapping and extortion this year, and even the attempt to blow her and her daughter up after getting the money, as well as the subsequent car accident and the drugging at the celebration banquet...
Xie Peizhou's voice deepened. "The law of nature is vast and nothing can escape it. Song Wanqing has remained at large and will always be an unknown hidden danger."
He would not allow any hidden dangers to exist around Wen Ci.
"Mommy, come and do the puzzle!"
Although jigsaw puzzles are educational, it is really boring to play alone. Wen Niannian felt numb as she looked at the puzzle pieces that didn't fit together. She raised her little face and called for help from her mother.
"Here I come."
Wen Ci looked back at her daughter and saw that she was concentrating on thinking with her head down. She put Xie Peizhou's mobile phone on the dining table. She originally wanted to move forward and kiss Xie Peizhou, but she was too unfamiliar with it and her teeth knocked on someone's chin. She covered her mouth in pain and ran away in panic.
Xie Peizhou felt a dull pain in his jaw, but he couldn't help but chuckle. He raised his voice and said lazily, "Aci, tell me in advance next time, and I'll cooperate with you."
Wen Niannian looked at her mother who was walking over, her eyes pure and puzzled, "Mommy, what did you say in advance?"
Wen Ci was embarrassed, feeling that her front teeth were about to loosen. She pinched them with her fingers and shook them to make sure they wouldn't fall out. She calmly changed the subject, "Which part can't be put together?"
"This one." The little girl handed the strange-shaped puzzle piece in her hand to her mother.
Wen Ci took it in his hand and examined it carefully, comparing different parts. In front of Wen Niannian's surprised eyes, it merged into a whole piece. "Look at the outline of the edges, and then look at its color. Similar colors are usually placed together. You can also see the gradient of the color."
With the help of Wen Ci, Wen Niannian pieced together Snow White's upper body in about half an hour, feeling very proud.
After digesting almost everything, Wen Ci accompanied her daughter upstairs to take a bath.
After the mother and daughter washed up and dried their hair, they went downstairs to watch TV. Xie Peizhou had also finished his shower and was wearing a black cotton pajamas. He had slender hands and feet, and his short black hair had been blown dry, making it look fluffy. There were also two cute silly hairs standing on top of his head, which immediately tickled Wen Ci's funny bone.
Xie Peizhou looks like a man in his thirties, and rather young.
"Come and sit down."
Xie Peizhou patted the carpeted sofa beside him. The large LCD TV was playing previous years' Spring Festival Gala programs.
Suddenly, the skit "Becoming Famous" by Song Dandan and Zhao Benshan was played, and Wen Niannian started to learn it lively. "I can do this too. A rooster that lays eggs, a fighter among roosters, yeah!"
Wen Ci was not surprised at all. She still thought her daughter was very cute and clapped her hands in praise.
When Xie Peizhou saw her for the first time, he saw the little girl with a face that looked 70% similar to his doing Teacher Song Dandan's movements. He laughed so hard that tears came out.
The atmosphere on the scene was harmonious, and Wen Niannian's desire to perform became stronger. She not only imitated Aunt Baiyun's posture, but also imitated her tone 90% of the time, and even wanted to pull Wen Ci to join in.
Wen Ci's eyes flashed with cunning, and she said to her daughter, "Niannian, call Uncle and Grandpa together, Mommy will record a video for you."
Xie Peizhou was stunned and turned his head to see Wen Ci's cunning and smiling face.
"Uncle, Grandpa, Uncle~"
Wen Niannian coquettishly pulled Xie Peizhou's arm and pulled Xie Peizhou onto the sofa.
Wen Ci held up her phone, recording a video in which the little girl was teaching from the front, while Governor Xie Pei followed closely behind, "Egg-laying rooster, rooster lays eggs, fighter jet in the rooster!"
After teaching a few times, Teacher Wen Niannian began to check whether the teaching was successful. "Okay, Uncle, try it yourself."
Wen Ci pointed the camera at Xie Peizhou and laughed so hard that tears came out.
Originally, I thought Xie Peizhou would refuse to cooperate for the sake of face, but after taking one look at the smiling mother and daughter, Xie Peizhou hardened his heart and directly transformed himself into "Teacher Song Dandan", replicating the performance perfectly.
"The rooster lays eggs, the rooster lays eggs, the fighter among roosters, yeah!"
“Hahahahahaha——” Teacher Wen Niannian laughed so hard that she fell to the ground.
Wen Ci also fell off the sofa, "Dark history, Xie Peizhou, this will be your dark history from now on, hahahaha..."
Xie Peizhou's ears turned red.
He helped Wen Ci up and whispered in her ear, "Don't let a fourth person know, or I'll make you pay!"
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