Chapter 135 Let’s… have a baby.
After hanging up the phone, Xie Siyan was silent for a while, then dialed a number and said in a calm voice, "Check for me where Mu Jia is now."
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The plane landed at Los Angeles International Airport at three in the afternoon.
As soon as the small window was opened, dazzling sunlight poured in through the porthole.
Mu Jia narrowed his eyes and looked at the heat waves rising from the runway.
——The weather here is completely different from the rainy weather in Wuzhou.
The apartment she had booked in advance was located in a high-rise building in LA with strict security. When she opened the floor-to-ceiling windows, she could see the Hollywood Hills in the distance.
On the first night, Mu Jia curled up in the empty living room, sleeping on a floor mattress, listening to the sirens downstairs mixed with the saxophone of a street performer, until the early hours of the morning, when he fell into a drowsy sleep.
In a daze, I was still thinking that I was in a foreign country at the moment. Fate is really wonderful.
She adapted to the pace of her new life faster than she had imagined.
The next morning, sunlight streamed through the blinds.
Mu Jia got up and made himself a cup of black coffee. He stood on the balcony holding the cup and watched the financial elites in suits and ties hurrying by downstairs, enjoying their rare vacation time.
Because she was bored, Mu Jia applied for a degree for herself. Time was tight and she was not prepared, so she did not take the language test and went to a language school first.
A classmate from her language class asked her to go to Santa Monica Beach.
Mu Jia sat on the beach, watching the old Ferris wheel spinning next to him.
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"Thank you, Mr. Xie, Miss Mu has gone abroad. I found an entry and exit record..." The person who was ordered to investigate replied quickly, but his voice was a little stuttering. "It may be related to Madam."
Xie Siyan's knuckles suddenly tightened, and the tip of the pen he was holding left a pool of ink on the document.
"Explain clearly."
"It was yesterday's flight, destination Los Angeles." The investigator swallowed. "The ticket information shows... the payment was made by the foundation under Mrs. Xie's name."
The temperature in the office seemed to drop to freezing point in an instant.
Xie Siyan slowly let go of the pen, and the metal pen body hit the marble floor with a crisp sound. In the office of China Construction Group headquarters, Xie Siyan squinted his eyes, and the surrounding air pressure dropped by several degrees. After a long while, he chuckled, mixed with self-mockery.
It turns out she was waiting for him here.
Engagement is the beginning, not the solution.
"Keep checking." His voice was very calm, with a strong sense of oppression. "I want to know where Cheng Yu arranged for her, which district she lives in, and her specific address."
In previous years, heavy rain always came unexpectedly in Beijing during this season.
Xie Siyan looked up at the gloomy weather outside, his heart filled with anger.
It turned out that the initiative that night was not about reconciliation, but about saying goodbye.
On the other end of the phone, while he was still hesitating about whether to avoid his wife, Xie Siyan had already pressed the intercom: "Prepare the car, I want to go back to the old house."
He loosened his tie.
The wrinkles on his brows were faintly visible. "By the way, let the North American branch know that they may come over for an inspection soon."
The waves wet my ankles.
Mu Jia, who was lying on the beach, woke up belatedly. The people around him had already dispersed, leaving only a row of beach chairs.
She stood up, stepped barefoot on the sand, and walked towards the shore.
The phone screen suddenly lit up, and Song Mingxi's WeChat video request popped up.
Mu Jia stared at the flashing avatar and hesitated for a few seconds, then finally pressed the answer button.
"Jia Jia! Where have you been?"
Song Mingxi's voice almost penetrated the speakers, and the sound of a bunny hopping could be heard in the background. "I just got a call from the landlord saying you're moving out? But there's still a lot of furniture left to move... Aren't you just going back to Wuzhou?"
Mu Jia turned the camera of his phone to the Los Angeles seascape outside the window: "I'm abroad."
There was a sudden strange silence on the other end of the video.
When Mu Jia turned back to the camera, he caught Song Mingxi's shocked expression.
Her mouth was wide open enough to fit an egg.
"You..." It's not that he can't go abroad to relax, but this is too sudden. Song Mingxi's eyes swept across the exotic street scene behind Mu Jia, "What happened?"
Mu Jia lowered her eyes, straightened her clothes, put on her beach slippers, and walked towards the street. "Xie Siyan's mother is looking for me."
A word is worth a thousand words.
Song Mingxi immediately understood. She clutched the rabbit food package tightly and asked, "Did she threaten you?"
"I guess so." Mu Jia's voice was light, but Song Mingxi understood the grievance behind her. "I made a small mistake at work and was interrogated. She used this excuse to ask me to leave. Otherwise, if the evidence is handed over to the China Securities Regulatory Commission, not only will my career be ruined, but I might even have to go to jail."
Seeing Song Mingxi's serious expression, Mu Jia comforted her, "It's okay, everything is fine now. She promised me a position in a prestigious company. Maybe my dream of working at Morgan Stanley will come true."
"Jia Jia..." Song Mingxi's voice trembled a little, "Are you sure those so-called mistakes were not made by Cheng Yu..."
Mu Jia raised his lips in a casual smile, "There's no point in pursuing this. I've already accepted her terms..."
Song Mingxi knew that she had probably made up her mind.
As soon as she hung up the phone, she saw Zhou Xu walk in behind her. He casually threw his houndstooth suit jacket on the sofa, picked up the little rabbit that was biting his trouser leg with one hand, and asked Song Mingxi, "Why did Mu Jia take this thing away?"
Every day in the garden, the precious varieties of flowers he planted were destroyed. Zhou Xu frowned and complained, "The tulip bulbs that I asked someone to air-ship from the Netherlands at a high price were all dug out by it." He seemed to have an attitude of "you decide how to compensate me."
Song Mingxi looked up at him, noticed the flashy plaid suit he was wearing, and frowned, "Why do you go home every day recently?"
Zhou Xu raised an eyebrow and simply shoved the little rabbit into her arms, saying with disapproval, "What kind of words are you talking about? I can't go back to my home yet."
The little rabbit seems not to have gotten used to the change of environment.
He was still raising his little head, trying to feel Zhou Xu's suit pants.
Zhou Xu lowered his head and stared at it, pretending to be fierce and warning, "If you dare to chew on my haute couture suit again, I will ask the chef to make braised rabbit heads tomorrow."
"Get out of the way."
Song Mingxi held the little rabbit and turned around, his intention to protect his brother was very clear, avoiding his clutches. "Little Tuanzi, remember, that's the bad guy, not Dad."
When Zhou Xu heard the word "Dad," he felt a strange feeling in his heart. Song Mingxi, holding Tuanzi, had already gone outside. Song Mingxi placed the bunny in the fence, away from the area where Zhou Xu's tulip bulbs were. Then he stood up and turned around, not noticing that he bumped into Zhou Xu who was following closely behind him. "You..."
Zhou Xu subconsciously held her waist, and suddenly, for some unknown reason, he said, "Let's... have a baby."
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