Chapter 21 "Lin Ke is my wife."...
I arrived home a little after eight o'clock, and Aunt Chen had just prepared a table full of steaming hot dishes.
Si Xiaotie led her to wash her hands, and the three of them sat down to eat together again.
The little chatterbox was still talking non-stop, "Mom, I saw you on TV!"
Such a large conference is bound to make headlines, but a translator won't be featured much. Lin Ke put a cola chicken wing on her plate. "Really? What is Mom doing?"
"Daddy said that Mommy is translating. Translation is turning a foreign language into Mandarin~" The little girl squinted her eyes, eager for praise, and was extremely proud. "Xiao Tie has remembered it all."
Lin Ke glanced up at the quiet man opposite her, then looked down again, pinched her chubby little face and praised, "Little Tie is so great."
The little girl suddenly became serious again, "Mom, I want to be a translator too!"
Lin Ke smiled and said, "No rush, Xiao Tie can wait until he finds something he likes to do before deciding."
How do I find it?
That's a good question. Lin Ke thought for a moment and asked, "Does Xiao Tie like to play the piano or write like his brother?"
"Hmm..." The little girl tilted her head in thought, as if she had encountered a problem. She pouted and said with great confidence, "Mom, I don't know."
Hesitation meant he didn't like it very much, so Lin Ke patiently asked again, "Then what does Xiao Tie like?"
Si Xiaotie's eyes lit up. "I like baby dinosaurs and baby spiders!"
"......"
"Mommy, my spider has spun so many webs, it's almost trapped itself! It's so clumsy!" Si Xiaotie didn't even want to eat while talking about this. Sitting in her special baby chair, she picked up her chopsticks and continued, "Mommy, I also want to raise a big whale, a baby whale this big, and little monkeys, little monkeys that can climb around and fly to another tree in no time!"
Lin Ke chuckled again, "Then let your dad buy you a zoo, and you can be the zoo director."
The little girl immediately turned her head to look at the other side, her big eyes wide open, "Daddy, is it okay!"
"Can."
"..." Lin Ke glanced at the man again, hoping he was just joking.
Later, the little girl kept pestering her father to plan her zoo world. After Lin Ke finished eating, she took a shower, and after she finished, she took Si Xiaotie to take a shower as well.
At 9:30, the mother and daughter lay on her warm little bed talking. Si Xiaotie snuggled close to her mother and said in a soft, sweet voice, "Mom, I miss you so much."
Lin Ke gently brushed a strand of hair from her face and tucked it behind her ear, replying softly, "Mommy misses the baby too."
The last business trip was the first time I left Si Xiaotie, and the little girl wasn't used to it then. Now, on the second trip, perhaps with her father by her side, she didn't throw a tantrum at all, and was always very happy every time we called.
The little baby who used to cry in my arms and couldn't speak has slowly grown up to be four years old. In the blink of an eye, four years have passed.
She bent down and kissed her, "What story would you like to hear, baby?"
"If you don't want to hear a story, Mom will sing."
"Then close your eyes, little iron."
Si Xiaotie closed his eyes in a second, "Close them!"
Lin Ke patted her shoulder and gently hummed a lullaby she used to sing to her when she was little, "Sleep, sleep, my dear baby..."
The little girl fell asleep after singing only a few lines.
A short while later, the door to the children's room was pushed open. Lin Ke looked up, met his gaze for a few seconds, and then gently released her sleeping daughter.
She closed the door and stood facing the man outside.
Si Yuming lowered his head. "I have something to tell you."
Lin Ke remained silent.
She could guess what he was going to say. This past week had been like a cold war, and the unresolved conflicts from before he left were put aside until tonight.
But she already had a pretty good idea of what the answer was.
Lin Ke pursed her lips, her lowered eyes falling on the third button of his pajamas. "I have exams at the end of the month. Let's talk about it after the exams, okay?"
"good."
The silence flowed gently, with only a few wall lamps casting a warm yellow glow in the living room, and the sound of the refrigerator cooling was the only noise in the entire space.
Huffing and puffing, as if striking a string in the heart.
After about a minute or two, Lin Ke took two steps forward, slightly tiptoed, and kissed him.
She received a swift response; she was pinned against the cold wall, covered in a deluge of kisses, her cheeks flushed with heat.
Some time later, the door to the children's room next door suddenly opened.
The little girl, who hadn't woken up from a deep sleep and didn't see her mother, walked out barefoot with a wronged look on her face.
The couple were startled, and Si Yuming pulled her into his arms.
Seeing his parents hugging him, Si Xiaotie felt a little relieved, opened his arms, and said in a hoarse voice, "Xiaotie wants a hug too!"
......
Lin Ke has entered the final sprint stage.
Si Yuming was in charge of picking up and dropping off the children, and Aunt Chen was in charge of cooking and housework. She would go to the study as soon as she finished dinner.
Si Xiaotie didn't quite understand what the "National Civil Service Examination" was, but he was a good boy. He no longer watched cartoons on TV and obediently watched them quietly on his tablet.
The Entropy Domain project is also nearing completion. We had our last online meeting with the Russian side on Friday afternoon, and now it's just a matter of some simple wrap-up work.
Before the meeting started, Si Yuming called Shen Wan in and said, "Tell Lin Ke she doesn't need to come after she finishes work today."
Although she didn't quite understand why the boss had specifically mentioned this, since there was no need for Manager Lin after today's meeting, Shen Wan replied, "Okay, President Si."
Si Yuming opened the documents on the desk, preparing to hand over his work to her, when someone knocked on the glass door.
The two looked outside together, and when they saw the beautiful and capable woman at the door, Shen Wan immediately stood up and said, "Then, Mr. Si, you and Mr. Jiang can talk."
Shen Wan left, and Jiang Chengyin walked in and sat down gracefully at the desk.
Although the two companies have many collaborative projects, Jiang Chengyin rarely has the opportunity to directly communicate with Si Yuming. She roughly understands what's going on, and now she crosses her legs and smiles, "Mr. Si, is it alright if I come in and sit for a while? Will your wife suddenly come up?"
Si Yuming glanced at her and picked up another folder related to the Jiang family's collaboration.
They were really going to talk about work, but they weren't in a hurry at the moment. Jiang Chengyin took the opportunity to carefully look at the documents while he was engrossed in reading them.
Her relationship with Si Yuming was simple in some ways, but also quite complicated in others.
If it weren't for Lin Ke, she would most likely have married him. This realization began to take root in her mind when she was sixteen or seventeen and often visited the Si family, or when her family casually mentioned something during meals.
Do you like him?
I don't know, but she devoted most of her emotions to the man she considered her husband, and he was all she could think about. After she became an adult, she even chose to attend the same university as him, hoping that they could strengthen their relationship in a foreign country.
The older Jiang Chengyin got, the more she realized that Si Yuming didn't like her. She was only able to stay by his side because of her relationship with his elders and his grandfather, and because of Si Yun.
She had insisted on this answer herself, not wanting to shed a tear until she saw the coffin, and the answer was as expected.
Jiang Chengyin was considered a wealthy heiress in the Beicheng circle, and she cared about her reputation. She didn't even dare to come back when he returned to China to get married.
Years later, her father passed away unexpectedly, leaving her with a heavy burden on her shoulders, and she was completely lost.
Fortunately, he helped her out and gave her many projects, introducing her to many projects. She was grateful to him from the bottom of her heart.
However, she was still somewhat resentful. In what way was she inferior to Lin Ke in terms of background, education, and appearance? Why was it her?
So the question was: "Si Yuming, what do you like about Lin Ke?"
The man half-lifted his eyelids but did not answer.
In fact, Si Yuming couldn't define what liking someone meant either; it might just be a feeling.
Lin Ke is a gentle person. If Si Xiaotie is a passionate and unrestrained bonfire, then Lin Ke is a small flame that burns continuously. Being close to her makes you feel warm, and holding her in your arms makes you feel at ease.
During those years in Shanghai, he would often return to Beijing every month or two, needing to draw energy from his wife and daughter.
Si Yuming pushed over the confirmed documents and started talking about work, "The Xinghai Bay Project has been approved by the board of directors, but I'm not comfortable with your team. Please set up a new one."
"good."
"Also, you need to handle things properly with your uncle; he's a potential threat."
"good."
Jiang Chengyin picked up the documents and left, but turned back at the door with a smile: "President Si, I've heard some rumors lately that I think you might need to pay attention to, otherwise Lin Ke will be unhappy."
"What?"
Jiang Chengyin didn't say anything, but smiled and turned to walk out of the office in her high heels.
The man at the desk frowned and pressed the phone: "Xu Lin, come in."
Xu Lin quickly entered the office and stood respectfully in front of the desk, "President Si."
Si Yuming asked in a low voice, "What rumors are circulating in the company lately?"
Xu Lin's heart skipped a beat.
It's over.
Mr. Jiang didn't look too good when he left, and now the boss also has a sour face.
Has President Jiang discovered anything?
That shouldn't be the case. He didn't even tell his girlfriend about this. Could someone else have found out?
That's true; if you walk by the river often enough, you're bound to get your shoes wet.
Xu Lin thought it through in his mind, his expression conflicted: "President Si, I don't know much about it, but I've never mentioned it to anyone else."
Si Yuming: "?"
"General Jiang may have heard about it somewhere..."
"?" Si Yuming frowned even more deeply. "Explain yourself."
Xu Lin was startled by the sharpness in the voice, but he was truly suffering inside. Indeed, serving a ruler is like serving a tiger.
He racked his brains, and after a short while, finally came up with a possibility: "Perhaps it's because you and Manager Lin went out for the National Day holiday last time, and Manager Lin posted about it on WeChat Moments. And in the last month or two, General Manager Jiang has been frequently coming to hold meetings..."
"What's the connection between these two things?" Si Yuming asked again in a deep voice. "Xu Lin, I'm asking you what rumors are circulating in your company? Are they saying I have a relationship with Jiang Chengyin?"
"???" This time it was Xu Lin's turn to be confused. "Everyone knows about your relationship with President Jiang."
The huge office suddenly became eerily quiet.
Xu Lin glanced over and saw the darkest face he had ever seen from his boss since joining Entropy Domain.
He took a step back in fright, his voice trembling, "About you and Manager Lin..."
"Xu Lin," Si Yuming interrupted, "is your brain filled with nothing but water?"
"???"
"Lin Ke is my wife!"
"???"
Uh... what?
"So for the past two months, the company has been spreading rumors that Jiang Chengyin and I have a relationship, and Lin Ke has known about it all along?"
The man asked the question through gritted teeth, his voice filled with menacing malice. Xu Lin felt that if he was doomed, everyone else was doomed too.
When his phone received a message, Si Yuming paused for a moment before picking it up to read it.
Aunt Chen: [Sir, my husband fell and I have to rush over. I won't be able to reach Xiao Tie soon, and I can't get through to Ke Ke on the phone. Would it be convenient for you to pick him up?]
Si Yuming replied: [Convenient.]
He put down his phone, his cold gaze sweeping over the other side again: "You and the driver go to the kindergarten and pick up Xiao Tie and bring him here."
Xu Lin, his heart still trembling, quickly replied, "Yes, Mr. Si."
After taking a few steps, I heard the person behind me speak softly: "Ask my daughter later what her mother's name is."
"......"
Xu Lin broke out in a cold sweat.
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