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Zhou Yuhe only regretted it after he got into the car, as if he was slapping himself in the face.
The fragrance in the car smelled exactly the same as the perfume on Tang Ningyue. It was well known that this perfume was hard to buy. Even Tang Ningyue subconsciously glanced at Zhou Yuhe when she smelled the faint fragrance.
She clearly didn't do anything, but she didn't know where the guilt came from.
Tang Ningyue gathered her curly hair, and a long strand of it fell on her shoulder, swaying with her movements. She leaned back in her seat, half-closing her eyes, obviously not wanting to talk much.
Everyone in the car tactfully fell silent. There was nothing much to say, and talking too much would only lead to awkwardness.
The road into the mountains was difficult to travel on, and it was snowing lightly. The car speed was much slower than when we came, and we even had to wait in a long line when passing the highway exit.
The red lights blending together in front of us reflected the dark mountaintops. I don’t know how heavy the snow will fall, and my originally good mood has become dull.
It was really uncomfortable to keep pretending to be asleep. Tang Ningyue turned her head slightly to look out the window, but she could see nothing except the dazzling red light and the dark mountains.
She sighed and was about to move her stiff posture, but the car braked suddenly because someone cut in line, and then an impatient horn sounded, breaking the tranquility of the long convoy.
"I'm sorry, Miss Tang, are you okay?"
"fine..."
Tang Ningyue shook her head and patted Zhou Yuhe's hand, indicating that he was fine.
"Are you tired?" Zhou Yuhe put his arm around Tang Ningyue's shoulders, wanting her to lean on him. "Lean on me and sleep for a while."
"It's okay..." Tang Ningyue squeezed his hand, "I ate a little too much tonight..."
She smiled, just wanting to express that she was very happy today.
Zhou Yuhe held her hand in return and smiled knowingly. He really enjoyed this sweet moment, a moment that showed that they were a family.
The car passed the highway exit and the cabin returned to calm.
Tang Ningyue moved her ankle and prepared to change her posture, but as soon as she stretched out her foot, it hit the obstacle on the edge of her shoe.
"What fell out?"
Tang Ningyue moved her body and found the wallet that had fallen at her feet due to the sudden braking.
"Wallet?"
Zhou Yuhe picked up the black wallet. Few people use wallets nowadays, so it's a bit novel to see someone holding a wallet occasionally.
"Yours?"
Zhou Yuhe handed the wallet to the front row.
"No, it might belong to Mr. Li. He has guests tonight and he left some of his personal belongings in this car."
“....”
The wallet was taken and placed on the center console, but with a casual movement, the wallet was thrown open, revealing the photos inside.
The woman in the photo looked familiar, and she seemed to be wearing a school uniform, but the view was dim and far away, so I couldn't get a close look.
But it seemed that there was no need to observe carefully. Zhou Yuhe fell silent after just one look. He held Tang Ningyue's hand tightly and then sighed silently.
He regretted getting in the car. It was like inviting a wolf into the house and magnifying this blatant provocation right before his eyes.
Even if he was trapped in the mountains today, even if his work was delayed, he shouldn't have gotten in this car.
Tang Ningyue had fallen asleep in his arms, her whole body pressed against his chest, hugging him tightly, her hot breath hitting his neck, the two of them feeling each other's body temperature.
Fortunately, the warm person was in his arms. Zhou Yuhe hugged her tenderly again and rubbed his chin against the top of her head.
Forget it, it’s enough for him to care about her feelings. He doesn’t want to pursue anything else for the time being.
In any case, they need to show a decent state to the outside world at the moment.
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The person was delivered at eleven o'clock. When Li Jinglang received the call, he was already half lying on the bed reading a book.
"Thank you for your hard work. I sent your New Year's gift in advance, as well as Xiaoyou's graduation gift."
The sound of electricity crackled in the receiver, and Li Jinglang didn't pay much attention to the polite words.
"Well, you don't have to be polite to me. Go to bed early."
After hanging up the phone, Li Jinglang put the book in his hand aside. The pages closed with a rustling sound and silence returned.
Li Jinglang walked to the floor-to-ceiling window and looked down at the night scene where rainbow lights converged. The perspective of this building was similar to that of Tang Ningyue's new house.
At this time, Zhou Yuhe might also be hugging Tang Ningyue and admiring the same scenery as him, or maybe neither of them was in the mood to enjoy the scenery tonight.
Li Jinglang suddenly curled the corners of his lips, exhaled on the glass window, and drew a smiling face.
He didn't know when it started, but the fist he used to smash against the wall turned into a smiling face on the glass window.
For the first time, he felt the beauty of a snowy day. It turned out that it was not just cold and white.
The door of the room was not closed properly, and a furry figure squeezed in from the crack of the door. The small furry pad made no sound as it stepped on the carpet, and only when it rubbed against Li Jinglang's trouser leg did he lower his head to look at it.
"toffee."
Li Jinglang bent down, held it in his arms, and stroked its fur affectionately.
"Has it gained weight? Huh?" He squeezed its paw again. "Why does it feel heavier than before?"
Naitang was very affectionate to him and nestled in his arms very well. It was because of this that Xu Qing allowed Li Jinglang to take it away.
Before Tang Ningyue, Xu Qing had actually found several families for Naitang, but every time it was found to be a sickly and troublesome puppy, it would be sent back, and it even became afraid of strangers later.
It took Tang Ningyue a long time to get it close to her, but Li Jinglang only took half a day.
Xu Qing didn't know what method he used. Maybe those who are not close to humans will be more loved by small animals.
"Toffee..." Li Jinglang held its chin and let it rub against his palm, "Do you love daddy?"
Naitang stretched his body, put his chin on his shoulder, and then licked his jaw. Li Jinglang felt itchy and dodged several times.
"Nutty Candy loves daddy the most, right?"
Li Jinglang was not trying to get any answers from a puppy. He just wanted to gather together what belonged to him, whether it was people, things or love.
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The new house in Beining had not been lived in for a long time, so Zhou Yuhe asked someone to clean it in advance. There were still dew-covered flowers on the table.
Although this little warmth is deliberately created, it is enough. Why bother about whether the flowers are grown in a greenhouse? It’s enough as long as they are beautiful enough.
When Tang Ningyue came out of the bathroom, Zhou Yuhe was wearing a set of cotton pajamas and unpacking a package. He rarely wore pajamas made of this material before.
It was just that Tang Ningyue bought it for him one time when she was shopping, saying that this kind of pure cotton fabric was more suitable for his temperament. Zhou Yuhe asked her with a smile what kind of temperament she had.
"The temperament of a husband."
Zhou Yuhe still remembers her lively expression that day. As a newlywed, Zhou Yuhe really felt happy.
Pure cotton pajamas, wooden floors, plush carpets, and warm-light floor lamps—these are all what Tang Ningyue wanted. She said this was her dream home.
This is what she has been imagining since she was a child. Life was not rich at that time and her imagination could only reach this point, but it was enough to satisfy her fantasy of home.
She stared at Zhou Yuhe, whose hair was still wet, and suddenly became dazed. This scene seemed familiar. She didn't expect that he would actually arrange it according to what she said.
"Done?" Zhou Yuhe looked up and smiled at her, but Tang Ningyue was a little dazed. She always felt that the person in front of her in this scene should be the one she had fixed in her mind, not...
"What are you daydreaming about?" Zhou Yuhe waved at her, "Come here quickly."
"What did you buy?"
Tang Ningyue came back to her senses, rubbed her hair vigorously twice, and forced herself to stop thinking about it.
"Didn't you say you'd go see Toffee in a few days? I bought him some gifts."
The box was filled with various pet supplies, which Zhou Yuhe had personally selected and carefully prepared for a long time.
"It's just a puppy..." Tang Ningyue smiled helplessly, "No need to prepare so much."
"I have also prepared a gift for its owner, don't worry."
“That’s not what I meant…”
"If it's doing well... you'll be happy too, right?"
Zhou Yuhe held her arm and stared at her with bright eyes.
"Thank you..." she said.
Tang Ningyue tilted her head slightly and kissed the corner of his lips.
Naitang doesn't like Zhou Yuhe very much, Tang Ningyue knows this. Naitang is afraid of people, and Zhou Yuhe is allergic to hair and can't get close to it, so it's normal that they are not close.
He didn't really need to do all this for a puppy that ignored him, it was just that he was trying to please someone else.
"My allergies have actually been getting less severe as I've gotten older. They were much worse when I was a kid than they are now."
"I will definitely get better in the future. Then we can raise a puppy together...we..."
"Husband." Tang Ningyue interrupted him.
Zhou Yuhe opened his mouth and swallowed the words. He actually loved hearing her call him that, but he had never mentioned it to her because he found it difficult to say. But when he heard her call him that, he was delighted.
That night, the light snow stopped unexpectedly again, and the moon, which had not been seen for a long time, also came out. The moonlight slipped in from the floor-to-ceiling windows, stretching the shadows of the two people very long, overlapping at the corners.
"Don't do too much for me..."
Why? Why not?
Zhou Yuhe wanted to ask her, but the words were on the tip of his tongue and he couldn't say them.
"I'm only doing this because I love you..." His eyes swam, "I..."
"I know." She touched his face, "I just don't want you to work too hard."
“.....”
Such words should move the person involved, but Zhou Yuhe couldn't laugh. He didn't want Tang Ningyue to be so polite and distant to him.
He now felt that all those things about treating each other with respect and treating each other with dignity were nonsense. He would rather Tang Ningyue act like a spoiled child and act like a spoiled brat to him, rather than being a seemingly harmonious couple like this.
The ringing of the phone broke the brief silence. Tang Ningyue stood up to answer the phone. Zhou Yuhe sat on the ground staring at her back. She was right in front of him, yet she seemed very, very far away from him.
From the time they got married until now, they have never had a quarrel. Even if there were any conflicts, they were quickly resolved. Even the most serious incident during the Chinese New Year has now been resolved.
It was obvious that their relationship was very good, to the extent that all their close friends and family envied them. She had just been kissing him, and everything was obviously fine.
Zhou Yuhe didn't know where his loneliness came from. It was like his mechanical heart was suddenly paused, and when it recovered, everything seemed to be back to normal. Only his body knew that the pain of this sudden shock could not be healed.
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Author's words: Li Jinglang :)
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