Chapter 148 Love Brain
Xie Peizhou looked at her flustered and nervous pupils, his heart sank, as if he guessed what she was going to say.
"There's time."
Sure enough, Wen Ci said, "I saw the proposal on the computer desktop. Are you planning to propose to me?"
"Honestly, I can't remember anything right now. To me, both you and Nian Nian are people I've only just met in the past three or four days... Maybe we loved each other very much before I lost my memory, but now I don't know you at all, so I might not be suitable to accept your proposal."
Wen Ci said it very tactfully, but Xie Peizhou's heart still ached.
Catching the nervousness and apology in her eyes, Xie Peizhou curled his lips, unwilling to let her feel guilty. "Aci, I can promise you that I will postpone the proposal, at least until you recover your memory or fall in love with me again."
Wen Ci breathed a sigh of relief.
Now she doesn't love Xie Peizhou.
In her eyes, Xie Peizhou was almost a stranger, and this man was ten years older than her.
Wen Ci didn't understand why she liked a man who was ten years older than her?
Before she could completely relax, Xie Peizhou suddenly stepped closer to her, his dark eyes looking into hers, and he said, "But Ah Ci, can you agree to one condition of mine?"
Wen Ci clapped her hands nervously, "What?"
"Give me a chance to be close to the water."
"Hmm?" Wen Ci was confused.
Xie Peizhou said seriously: "I know you don't remember anything now. In your eyes, I am no different from other men. So can you give me a chance to sleep with me in the master bedroom at night so that we can re-cultivate our relationship?"
Wen Ci's face suddenly turned red.
So last night, he really took her out of his daughter's bedroom in the middle of the night?
Xie Peizhou seemed to see through her expression, and there was a hint of grievance in his low tone, "I'm used to sleeping in the same bed with you. Without your scent by my side, I can't sleep at night."
"But I can promise you that I won't do anything to you unless you want me to."
"I just want a chance to be close to you. I have to work during the day, and our daughter will be clinging to you. We don't have time to cultivate our relationship, except for the time before bed at night when we can be alone. Can you promise me that?"
Wen Ci curled the corners of her mouth, wanting to refuse.
But every road seemed to be blocked by him.
Just as she was racking her brains to think of a response, Xie Peizhou's phone vibrated. The man took out his phone from his pocket and explained, "It's the assistant's call."
After the call was connected, he said that the meeting would be postponed for half an hour and then hung up.
Xie Peizhou, "Aci, is it okay?"
Wen Ci didn't want to affect his work: "Why don't you go to the company first?"
Xie Peizhou didn't move, his dark eyes were a little stubborn, "I want an answer, otherwise even if I go to the company, I will think about this all day long."
“…”
Wen Ci had no choice but to nod and agree, "Okay."
I thought, it’s just sleeping in a bed.
She slept well last night.
Xie Peizhou breathed a sigh of relief.
Ever since Wen Ci lost her memory, he felt like a cooked duck was about to fly out of the pot. A faint smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, "Okay, then don't regret it. I'm going to work."
After saying that, without giving Wen Ci a chance to regret, he quickly walked out of the study.
Soon, Wen Ci heard the sound of a car starting in the yard.
Wen Ci leaned back in her office chair and patted her forehead. What kind of person was she before she lost her memory?
What exactly does she like about Xie Peizhou?
No matter how she thought about it, her brain was like a blank Word document she had opened, with no answer.
"Zizi——" the phone on the desk vibrated.
Wen Ci picked up her phone and saw the message Xie Peizhou had sent her: [Do you want to know about your job? You usually use a notebook, which is on the small desk in your bedroom.]
No wonder she couldn't find anything related to the script.
Wen Ci politely replied "thank you" and got up to leave the study.
Soon, she saw her pink laptop on the desk in her bedroom.
A password is required to open the notebook.
Wen Ci looked blankly at the "Please enter password" dialog box and tried to enter her name and birthday.
All wrong.
Finally, with no other options left, I sent a message to Xie Peizhou, "Excuse me, do you know the password to my laptop?"
Xie Peizhou replied with a string of numbers.
Wen Ci typed it into the keyboard and hit enter, and it actually opened.
Wen Ci: [What is this password? ]
Xie Peizhou: [My birthday.]
“…”
Wen Ci slapped her forehead and scolded herself for being lovesick.
My work notebook is also set to my man’s birthday
Wen Ci fumbled with the settings and changed the password to her birthday.
Although she had no recollection of the work documents and content, there was a detailed work flow and to-do notes in the upper right corner of the desktop.
Wen Ci read the script that was about to be filmed again according to the work flow chart.
The plot of the script was very exciting, and Wen Ci was completely immersed in it as she read it.
I couldn't help but praise myself, "What a good eye you have for picking this wonderful script!"
Until Nian Nian's cheerful voice came from downstairs, "Mommy, I'm out of school, Mommy, where are you?!"
Wen Ci then moved her neck, rubbed her eyes, and found that it was almost five o'clock.
She put down her computer and went downstairs.
Her daughter ran towards her and hugged her, with a hint of hope in her eyes, "Mommy, did you think of anything today?"
Wen Ci shook her head, "No."
Wen Niannian's eyes flashed with disappointment, but she quickly recovered. She took out a picture with three little red flowers on it from her bag and changed the subject. "Mommy, my teacher praised my drawing today and gave me three little red flowers as a reward~"
Wen Ci took it. The painting showed two adults, a boy and a girl, holding the hands of a little girl with two ponytails, and singing on a sunny meadow.
The painting should be of her and Xie Peizhou.
Seeing that the little girl really wanted to be praised by her, Wen Ci gave her a thumbs up and said, "Nian Nian is awesome."
After chatting with the little girl for a while, I soon heard the sound of a car horn in the yard.
Wen Niannian's eyes lit up, "Daddy is back."
After a while, Xie Peizhou entered the living room from outside. He was dressed in a black suit and looked calm and dignified. His temperament was as cold as the flower on the top of the snowy mountain that could only be admired from afar.
But as soon as his black eyes fell on Wen Ci's face, all the ice and snow melted instantly, and tenderness seemed to overflow.
Wen Ci couldn't bear his dark gaze and avoided it guiltily.
"Dad, what delicious food did you bring?" Wen Niannian greeted him enthusiastically, hugged Xie Peizhou's suit trouser thighs, her eyes shining and very affectionate.
Xie Peizhou's eyes darkened. He ruffled his daughter's hair and handed the cake to her. "Mango cake."
Wen Niannian was very happy and looked at Wen Ci, "Mommy, this is your favorite mango cake!"
Wen Ci looked a little confused, "Oh, really?"
She knows nothing.
Soon, Wen Niannian came over with the cake cut into small pieces. Wen Ci picked up a small piece, scooped it with a fork and put it into her mouth. The dense mango cream and juice mixed in her mouth.
Xie Peizhou looked at her and asked, "Is it delicious?"
Wen Ci nodded, with surprise flashing in her eyes, "Mm, it's delicious!"
"As long as you like it."
Xie Peizhou smiled with his thin lips, and the dark shadow in his eyes faded a little.
Just like it.
This means that even though Wen Ci has lost her memory, all her preferences have not changed.
I liked him before.
I will like him in the future too.
After dinner, the family of three watched TV in the living room.
At nine o'clock, Wen Niannian's watch alarm rang on time. No need to thank Peizhou for urging her today. Wen Niannian yawned, jumped off the sofa, rubbed her eyes and looked at Wen Ci, "Mommy, I'm going upstairs to take a shower and go to bed. Do you still want to sleep with me tonight?"
Wen Ci's back stiffened slightly.
In fact, she was nervous all night about having to sleep in the same bed with her "boyfriend" who was almost a stranger.
Looking at her daughter's innocent black eyes, Wen Ci opened her mouth, but before she could say anything, Xie Peizhou answered for her: "Mommy won't sleep with you tonight, go upstairs and sleep by yourself. You are already a big baby in the middle class and can take care of yourself. Go ahead."
Wen Niannian nodded and walked towards the stairs. "Good night, see you tomorrow."
After his daughter went upstairs, Xie Peizhou turned off the TV.
"Aci, it's getting late, why don't you go upstairs and take a shower?"
Wen Ci turned her head and looked into his gentle and calm black eyes. She swallowed and slowly stood up. "Okay."
Although her understanding of Xie Peizhou is almost zero now, he should be a man of his word, right?
They agreed that if she didn't want to, they would just sleep in the same bed.
The two of them entered the bedroom one after the other.
Wen Ci took out pajamas from the closet, and Xie Peizhou also reached out and took out a set of black pajamas.
When Wen Ci dared to think that Xie Peizhou was going to ask to take a shower with her, Xie Peizhou said gentlemanly, "I'll go to the guest room to take a shower."
"Oh, okay."
Wen Ci breathed a sigh of relief.
When she finished showering and came out of the bathroom, the bedroom was empty and there was no one on the soft big bed.
Wen Ci's tense heart relaxed a little, and she couldn't help but wonder, Xie Peizhou actually took longer to take a shower than her?
That's pretty clean.
There were various bottles and jars of skincare products on the dressing table, probably the ones she often used before she lost her memory. Wen Ci applied some essence lotion to her face according to the instructions on the bottle and did a simple skincare routine.
Just as I climbed onto the bed, the bedroom door was pushed open.
Xie Peizhou was standing at the door in black pajamas. He had long legs, broad shoulders and a narrow waist. His stern facial features included a high nose bridge and a deep brow that revealed a cool maturity. The simple long shirt and trousers he wore gave him a sense of nobility and luxury.
I have to say that although Xie Peizhou is old, his appearance and temperament are really outstanding.
Xie Peizhou looked at her, closed the door and walked in.
"You bought me this set of pajamas."
Hearing that he was intentionally trying to break the awkward deadlock, Wen Ci lowered her gaze and glanced at his pajamas again, her mind blank, "Oh, but I can't remember now."
Xie Peizhou paused for a moment, then smiled and said, "It's okay, I'll remember it slowly later."
Xie Peizhou had never thought the bed in the bedroom was so big.
The two of them occupied each side of the bed, leaving the space between them as wide as the Chu River and Han River.
If he moved a little, Wen Ci's body would tense up, and then move half an inch to the side.
Xie Peizhou didn't dare to move, reached out to turn off the light, and reminded: "Aci, I turned off the light."
Wen Ci lay stiffly on the bed, staring at the ceiling, "Well, turn it off."
As soon as he finished speaking, the ceiling suddenly went dark.
The whole bedroom was silent, and one could even hear the whispers of insects outside the window.
Wen Ci closed her eyes and silently said to herself, "Fall asleep, fall asleep quickly."
Half an hour later, she heard the sound of Xie Peizhou turning over beside her. Wen Ci suddenly opened her closed eyes. Was he going to do anything while she was sleeping?
"Aci?"
A gentle voice sounded.
Wen Ci pursed her lips, responding to all changes with constancy.
Xie Peizhou chuckled, "Don't pretend, I know you're not asleep."
"..." Wen Ci's cheeks felt slightly hot, "How did you know?"
"That's not the sound of your breathing in your sleep."
"Were we in love before?" Wen Ci couldn't help but ask curiously. Xie Peizhou actually knew her breathing frequency when she was asleep?
Wen Ci was very confused and wanted to recover her forgotten memories.
After losing her memory, she was like a confused fool.
Looking at all the people who loved her, there was always sadness and loss in their eyes. She could not empathize with them, only deep guilt.
Xie Peizhou was silent for a moment, then said softly, "Yes, we love each other very much, but there have been many twists and turns in our love, which has caused you a lot of pain and grievances."
"Can you tell me about it?"
"Do you want to know?"
"Yeah." Wen Ci also turned around wrapped in the quilt, facing the direction of Xie Peizhou, but her vision was pitch black, and she could only see the man's outline in the distance. "I can't remember anything now. I'm a little curious about what we went through and why we fell in love. After all, you are ten years older than me and you are my good friend's uncle."
"How could I fall in love with you?"
"It's a long story..." Xie Peizhou said softly, his mind reeling back to that cold, desolate rainstorm night on the winding mountain road. Wen Zhenghua had lifted their thirteen-year-old daughter out of the way, asking him to take good care of her for the sake of their past relationship.
He spoke in a narrative tone, "When you were thirteen, you and your parents were in a car accident on the winding mountain road near your resort. When the search and rescue team and I arrived, your parents were already trapped under the rocks. They protected you under their bodies, and before they died, they asked me to take good care of you and raise you up."
"Then I brought you back to the Xie family..."
Wen Ci was shocked. "I'm only thirteen years old, still a minor. You wouldn't..."
Xie Peizhou chuckled and interrupted her misguided remarks, "No, at that time I treated you as a junior and took care of you, no different from Xie Yiyi..."
Wen Ci didn't believe it at all. "I'm only 23 years old this year, and Nian Nian is already five years old. Wouldn't that mean I was killed by you very early—"
She suddenly sat up with the quilt in her arms, turned on the light with a snap, and stared at Xie Peizhou warily, "Are you a beast?"
The sudden light stung Xie Peizhou's eyes, and he subconsciously covered them with his hands.
When he came to his senses, Wen Ci had already thrown back the quilt and got out of bed, walking towards the door in slippers.
"I was wondering how I could possibly like a man ten years older than me at such a young age. You must have been PUAing me since I was little, controlling me with your mind, forcing me to have your children, making me feel like I can't live without you and that I love you so much, right? No wonder I'm so love-sick that even the password to my notebook is your birthday!"
Xie Peizhou got out of bed and grabbed her arm, trying to explain, "Aci, it's not what you think..."
"It's not what I thought. Could it be that I was the one who seduced you?"
Xie Peizhou: "..."
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