Chapter 3 3. Can we get married three days after the inspection? (Xiao Xiu...
"No rush! I'm not in a rush at all!"
After Mi Yanyan finished shouting at the top of her lungs, she instinctively lifted the quilt to cover her head. She had never felt so embarrassed in twenty-six years.
Who could have thought that Yu Wan, such a whimperer, would slip her own personal opinions into the questionnaire, and the email was sent from her email address...
What should people think of her.
Mi Yanyan regretted her decision and would never forward anything without even reading it again.
My ears were so hot that they could boil water. Besides being annoyed, the two numbers kept repeating, rolling and playing in front of my eyes.
I have no idea, but I know it's not easy.
A faint voice sounded, "Don't worry."
“…”
She squinted her eyes and listened, nodding heavily under the quilt, her eyelashes brushing against the soft sheets, trembling wildly.
The lights outside Sang Chan's silk sheets went out, a little oxygen was delivered, and a ball of heat lay down beside her.
She waited and waited, until she finally heard the even breathing of the person next to her, and she took a deep breath.
This was the closest I’ve ever come to suffocating myself.
The bun on the white pillow slowly rose. She secretly opened her eyes. In the darkness, Shi Jingzhou was already asleep, with his hands folded on his abdomen, as if he was not affected by the previous episode at all.
The word "hidden illness" from Yu Wan's mouth replaced the numbers rolling in his mind.
She quickly turned over with her back to him and pulled at the quilt.
The air conditioner is very cold, so it never hurts to store some extra quilts.
I was not used to having a living person lying next to me. I didn't dare to move. My mind was full of messy thoughts. I didn't feel sleepy until the early morning.
Before going to bed, she figured it out: a man would never say that he is not capable.
This number is probably a lot of water.
She sighed and thought, why bother? It makes everyone feel burdened. It's really a waste of time and effort. Anyway, don't interfere with each other and just take things one step at a time.
As I was thinking, I suddenly felt enlightened and slept soundly.
I dreamed about the day I had a blind date in a coffee shop.
Her fiancé Shi Zekai was as elegant as rumored, dressed in a shirt, vest and suit, but he frowned deeply when he heard the sound of a crane outside the coffee shop window.
She quietly pushed the motorcycle key down in her bag, sat up straight and pulled her shirt down a few inches to prevent the tattoo on her waist from showing.
I have to admit that I am resisting in my heart. Many things are hard to hide. This is not a love relationship, but a lifelong marriage.
Who says that people who are in an arranged marriage don’t deserve the chance to yearn for happiness?
The company called everyone away for an emergency meeting, and she took her first sip of coffee, which was already cold.
After watching Shi Zekai get into the car, she breathed a sigh of relief, picked up her bag and stood up. The chair opposite was pulled open again. She turned over in the man's palm, and Shi Jingzhou strode across the chair and sat astride it.
"Marry me and I won't care about you."
The cuffs were casually rolled up on his forearms, and the collar of his white shirt was open. Especially his eyes, which were completely different from Shi Zekai's. Every curve was delicate and deep, and his pupils were cold, showing his innate arrogance.
It's not like asking for opinions, it's just giving orders.
It was roughly the same as what was rumored. The second son of the Shi family, Shi Jingzhou, was the most powerful person in Ruisi. He never took his eldest brother seriously. The bench he had just sat on was still warm when he came up to recommend himself.
This condition has quietly penetrated into Mi Yanyan's heart and is extremely tempting.
When she woke up and opened her eyes, the alarm clock hadn't rung yet. She stretched out her arms and legs comfortably, and then she remembered that she was not the only one in the bed.
He suddenly pulled it back and turned his head, and the other side was empty.
The phone was fully charged, so she unplugged it.
He gets up before seven o'clock. He is as punctual and self-disciplined as the questionnaire says. He gets up at half past six every day, works out, and eats breakfast. He is three years older than her. Shi Zekai is his cousin and is older. He chose to marry Shi Jingzhou and took advantage of his youth.
She was a little relieved, as Shi Zekai would probably have to get up at five in the morning.
The one who gets up at 6:30 is better.
When I came downstairs, Aunt Chen was busy in the restaurant. She held a bowl and called out, "Madam, come and have breakfast."
Most of the dishes are Western in style. She eats little and is used to living with the elderly. She still enjoys hot porridge, fried dough sticks and tofu pudding in the morning.
"Are you used to the taste?" Aunt Chen put a sunny-side-up soft-boiled egg on her plate.
Biting the bread, Mi Yanyan smiled and replied, "It's delicious."
The door opened and the two of them turned around.
Shi Jingzhou came back in sportswear. He looked up and saw Mi Yanyan, wearing a white T-shirt and denim shorts. Her low ponytail fell on her collarbone. She looked fresh and capable, very different from the neon and wine-colored look of last night.
Peanut took the opportunity to sneak in after his outing. Aunt Chen put down another portion and told Peanut to go over and wipe his paws.
Shi Jingzhou sat across from the table, his forehead slightly sweaty, the scent of mint sports perfume mixed with the aroma of butter around his lips.
Neither of them took the initiative to start a conversation. The silver fork tapped against the bone plate, and the tiny bread crumbs falling could be heard clearly.
On the contrary, on the day of the blind date, the question-and-answer format between the two of them was much more relaxed than it is now.
Mi Yanyan: "The hospital work is quite busy, and I have to work night shift regularly."
Surgeons at the pet hospital can perform surgeries on a whim, and overtime and emergency cases are common. The Jianuo Referral Center is open 24 hours a day, so she inevitably has to work late at night during her shift.
Shi Jingzhou didn't mind, "Same thing, it doesn't affect each other."
Mi Yanyan mustered up her courage: "I have a tattoo and three ear piercings."
"That's acceptable," Shi Jingzhou spread his hands, "I'm not the antique you imagine I am."
She rarely smiled. Maybe you didn't, but your cousin definitely did.
If she had said this more just now, she would have been afraid that Shi Zekai would quit. But it didn't matter, he was gone now.
"I also have a son and a daughter."
Shi Jingzhou was slightly startled, "I didn't expect that."
Mi Yanyan chuckled, "A cat and a dog."
The embarrassing thing was that the other party was not infected by her smile, and still looked at her coldly and replied: "Yeah."
Shi Jingzhou doesn't hate cats and dogs, he just has a mild case of mysophobia. With his aunt at home, he can't cause any trouble.
Mi Yanyan thought about it and felt that it was necessary to make it clear, "I have been in a relationship."
Mi Yanyan wasn't surprised by the other party's silence. The Shi family had arranged marriages with many prominent families. If it weren't for her father taking the lead, she probably wouldn't have been able to sit here. She added, "If you mind, we'll stop here today. I'm sorry for taking up your time."
There is nothing shameful about falling in love. She just developed feelings for another man at a normal age. Her feelings were based on courtesy and the ending was not good, but the process was inappropriate.
"Still alive?" Shi Jingzhou asked.
"Ah?" This answer was really unexpected. Was he asking her if her ex-boyfriend was dead?
How unique! She actually wasn't quite sure after all, they hadn't been in touch for years, so she replied, "He should be alive."
"Just be alive."
Mi Yanyan had only heard that the second son of the Shi family was decisive and competitive, never lost to his eldest brother in the group, and was a master of innovation and research and development.
Isn't this just a waste of brain research and development?
"Any other questions?" The secretary came to remind him of the time, and it seemed that he was about to leave.
It made her time seem worthless. There were many cats and dogs waiting for her in the hospital. Nancheng Surgery was not in the top ten for nothing. She replied angrily, "No more."
"We'll get married in three days, okay?"
The cold coffee cup was warmed up a little by her hand. "But today we were supposed to talk about your eldest brother. Maybe your family..."
"I'll take care of it." The man put the chair back in its place and sent her home.
That night, grandfather made the final decision that Shi Jingzhou would be his grandson-in-law, and they got their marriage certificate on the third day.
The whole process was just like it is now: take photos, collect forms, fill them out, stamp them, and no one says a word.
She glanced at the window next door. The smiles of the young couple spread across the glass partition. The staff's table was filled with all kinds of wedding candies. It seemed that the air should smell like chocolate, but she felt differently.
Stay out of it, be calm, and try to avoid eye contact.
Will this be the norm after marriage, two people living their entire lives without any communication?
In my memory, there should be morning news at breakfast time, newspapers with the smell of fresh ink, grandpa wearing glasses talking about national affairs, and grandma chatting about family matters. The two of them talked about nonsense, and after arguing, they went to work cursing each other.
There are gains and losses.
The hand suddenly dropped in front of his eyes, and he tapped the table with a slightly bent index finger. "The milk is cold."
"Oh! Okay." She came back to her senses instantly and swallowed the remaining piece of toast in her hand.
The phone rang, and the caller ID was Sun Siyuan, the hospital receptionist. He asked anxiously, "Sister Yan, this is an emergency for a fallen cat. Have you left yet?"
"I'll be there soon. I'll do the preoperative examination first. If everything is fine, I'll prepare for surgery." She gulped down her milk, licked a thin circle around her lips with the tip of her tongue, and ran to the entrance to get her keys. "I'm going to work."
As a polite farewell, Aunt Chen told her to slow down and turned to ask Shi Jingzhou, "How does Madam go to work?"
The roar of a motorcycle sounded the next second.
The two turned around at the same time. Mi Yanyan, riding a pink Kawasaki Ninja 400 and wearing a white helmet with two cat ears, waved her mask with one hand under the rising sun, leaned forward, stepped on the pedal with her long legs, and drove out from the window.
Aunt Chen opened her mouth wide and praised, "Oh, Madam is so handsome."
Shi Jingzhou withdrew his gaze and opened the weather forecast.
"It will rain for the next three days."
Aunt Chen was still immersed in Mi Yanyan's cool posture of getting into the car with her legs crossed, and didn't hear what Shi Jingzhou said at all.
"Sir, what did you say?"
"Nothing, I'm going to take a shower." He handed the plate to Aunt Chen.
The secretary was already waiting at the door. Seeing Shi Jingzhou answering the phone, he got into the car silently.
Ye Qionghua had just received a message from Aunt Chen saying that her son had finally returned home. She complained angrily, "If you had come back one day later, I would have kidnapped you in the hotel." It was simply rude of him to stay in a hotel instead of living at home.
Choosing this house as your wedding house means you'll have to spend half an hour more on your commute every day. New projects are imminent, and you'll have to work overtime at any time, shuttling between domestic and foreign R&D centers. It's more convenient to stay in a nearby hotel, and running back and forth home is too much trouble.
Ye Qionghua said he was using a twisted logic. "You can stay in a hotel anywhere. Home isn't a place you can return to whenever you want. When you're married, you have a family. You need to know how to care for others."
The marriage was hasty in the first place, and since her son rarely wanted to marry voluntarily, she didn't say anything more, but she did insist on observing the proper etiquette.
"Bring Mi Yanyan back for dinner within a week."
"I can't guarantee that." Shi Jingzhou's online meeting was about to start. "Mom, let's talk later."
She digested it secretly. She had been a Chinese medicine practitioner for most of her life, and all her illnesses were caused by anger towards her son. She always felt that Shi Jingzhou had become increasingly cold and distant over the years, a huge difference from when he was a teenager.
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I went into the operating room early in the morning and performed three major operations in a row. It was almost four in the afternoon when I came out.
After finishing her breakfast, Mi Yanyan, feeling sore in the back, put on her white coat and collapsed in the office with her eyes wide open.
Sun Siyuan knocked on the door and came in, saying with a look of complaint: "Sister Yan, when will the new dean be in place? I'm almost exhausted."
"It's almost there, just hold on a little longer." Mi Yanyan comforted.
The old director of the Jianuo City North Branch was rehired and the director position was vacant. Sun Siyuan said again: "I thought that we were the only ones working like slaves, but I didn't expect the founder to be no better."
She was talking about Mi Yanyan. After graduating from university, four of her classmates founded Jianuo Pet Hospital. In more than three years, it has grown to a large scale in Nancheng. Unfortunately, during the start-up phase, none of the big bosses could rest, and the operating rooms distributed in the east, south, west and north of Nancheng worked day and night.
But no one in the hospital dislikes her. She has a good family background and an even better temper. She can handle big and small things by herself and never bothers others. She doesn't have the temper of a spoiled brat at all, and her words are so gentle and pleasant that she can melt even ice.
The phone rang, Mi Yanyan picked up the phone, it was an unfamiliar number.
"Hello."
The other party was obviously stunned. After a moment of silence, he asked, "Is your ID card at home? I still have some things to deal with regarding the notarization of the villa."
Secretary Zhou had sent her Shi Jingzhou's phone number, but she had thought that since they wouldn't meet, there was no need to save it. She replied, "I have it with me. Are you anxious?"
"Come and get it from you."
She glanced at the time and made an appointment to pick up Yu Wan’s birthday present after get off work. She suggested, “If it’s convenient, let’s go directly to Deji. I’ll go there after get off work.”
Thinking that she had to have dinner with Yu Wan in the evening, she hesitated for a moment, but still asked.
"Are you going home today?"
"Do you want me to go home or not?" Shi Jingzhou used his usual trick and threw the question back without saying a word. The pen in his hand stopped spinning while he waited.
Until a soft and hazy female voice came from the receiver.
"I hope you come home."
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