Jiang Rui took Min Xi's plan to travel to Jiangcheng to heart.
She never put off her daughter's matters or the day's work until the next day, and planned to call Min Jiangyuan later.
After taking a shower in the evening, she sat in front of the mirror to blow-dry her hair. When she combed her hair with her fingers, she found some white hair, more than one. Putting down the hair dryer, she found tweezers to pull out the white hair.
Even at her age, she still doesn't want to face aging.
Jiang Rui had just pulled out a cigarette when the bedroom door opened and Min Jiangyuan came back.
She was startled for a moment, but quickly regained her composure.
He came back every day for a week, and she was not used to it. When he left this morning, he asked the driver to carry the suitcase to the car, and she thought he was going on a business trip again.
When we were living in another place, I hoped every day that he could stay at home for a few more days.
Now she no longer cared when he took a break, when he went on a business trip, or how long he would be away.
Min Jiangyuan hung up his clothes and stopped beside her, "Is it normal to have white hair?"
Not to mention their age, even young people in their twenties and thirties now have a small amount of white hair.
Jiang Rui didn't say anything and just kept pulling out her white hair. Sometimes she couldn't control the distance well when facing the mirror, and it seemed from the mirror that she had caught some of her hair, and she often ended up pulling out nothing.
Min Jiangyuan looked at her for a few seconds, took the tweezers from her hand, and pulled out a few white hairs that he could see.
If it were in the past, Jiang Rui could hardly imagine how happy he would be, but at this moment, his heart was as calm as a lake, without a single ripple.
"Xixi wants to go to Jiangcheng for vacation next spring, and let the whole family go."
"I won't be available in May or June next year."
There are several international conferences concentrated in the second quarter. These are the meetings that have been confirmed so far. There are still many work and activities that have not been finalized yet, so it is difficult to squeeze out time even if I want to.
What Min Jiangyuan feels most guilty about his daughter over the years is that sometimes he cannot even fulfill her small and ordinary wishes.
"I'll try to take a few days out with you guys next year."
Jiang Rui emphasized: "It's to accompany Xixi."
Min Jiangyuan didn't argue with her and continued to pull out her white hair.
The two looked at each other in silence.
There was a reflection in the mirror, and Min Jiangyuan sometimes couldn't tell whether it was his gray hair or a problem with the light, so he went to the bedside to get his glasses and put them on.
Jiang Rui casually opened a book on the table to pass the silent time. She had read this book many times and could almost memorize all its contents.
Min Jiangyuan broke the silence and asked her, "There will be an event in early May next year, and you can bring your family members. Will you go?"
Jiang Rui didn't even raise his head: "I can't spare the time."
Min Jiangyuan wanted to say, your schedule is busier than mine?
Can we know now whether we can find time next May?
Jiang Rui sensed that he had been staring at her, and seemed dissatisfied with her answer.
She rarely explained, "Everyone knows that we have a good relationship. If I don't accompany you, they won't suspect that there is something wrong with our relationship. Acting is very tiring. I am not as young as I was when I could control my expressions freely. I don't want to admit that I am old, and I want to save some energy to act in front of Xixi."
My feelings for him were so intense at that time that I didn't need to act, my eyes were filled with love. Every time she accompanied him out and could stay with him for a few more days, she was happy from the bottom of her heart.
It’s different now, I can’t act it out anymore.
She doesn't have the energy to act like a loving couple in front of outsiders, and doesn't want to force herself. But for the sake of her daughter, she was willing to act and could persevere no matter how tired she was.
She owed her two children too much and had very little time to spend with them.
When my daughter was little, she said that she was the mother who lived on the phone.
Min Jiangyuan paused for a moment while holding the tweezers: "Do you have to act? There's no need to act. At our age, we can just communicate normally in front of outsiders."
Jiang Rui: "If you don't act, I don't even want to look at you, how can we communicate normally?"
Regardless of whether all the white hair was plucked out or not, she closed the book, got up and went to bed.
Min Jiangyuan stood in front of the dressing table for about the time it took to smoke a cigarette.
--
The next morning, the plane landed in Melbourne.
Zhou Yu arrived at the airport at about the same time. He didn't know Fu Yanzhou was coming. His wife took the children on vacation a few days ago, so he came to pick them up alone.
According to Fu Yanzhou's request, he had the house cleaned up and bought 520 white roses to decorate the house. After all, Min Xi couldn't count them one by one, so he instructed the housekeeper to ask the flower shop owner to print out the list to ensure that Min Xi could see the number of roses.
I bought so many roses and the boss gave me some white lisianthus for free.
Ever since Fu Yanzhou said he wanted to bring Min Xi on vacation and ordered him to do this and that, he had become extremely curious about what Fu Yanzhou's ideal wife was like.
I can’t imagine what Min Xi looks like, but his personality should be gentler than Zhu Youran’s.
Fu Yanzhou once said that what he disliked most was the spoiled type.
After waiting for a long time, Fu Yanzhou and his group finally passed through customs.
Zhou Yu went forward. He was wearing sunglasses. He looked at Min Xi twice and found him very familiar. Min Xi had a special temperament. He must have seen him somewhere before, but he couldn't remember where.
As he got closer, he took off his sunglasses.
Fu Yanzhou introduced them to each other and said to Min Xi, "I told you about my college classmate and former partner Zhou Yu."
"My wife, Min Xi."
He said this to Zhou Yu.
Min Xi extended his hand and said with a smile, "I've heard a lot about you."
Zhou Yu still couldn't remember where he had seen Min Xi.
After a warm greeting, they walked out.
Fu Yanzhou and Zhou Yu were walking and talking, Min Xi was walking on the other side of Fu Yanzhou. There were people coming and going in the airport, and Zhou Yu was still next to them, but she didn't hold Fu Yanzhou's arm.
As Fu Yanzhou was speaking, he turned around to look at Min Xi and extended his hand to her.
Min Xi was slightly startled and quickly grabbed it.
He held her hand tightly, turned around and continued chatting with Zhou Yu: "I will stay here for three days, give me two cars, and you don't have to worry about anything else."
"Just three days?"
"Let's go to the Gold Coast for a few days."
When they arrived in front of the car, Zhou Yu noticed that Fu Yanzhou had been holding Min Xi's hand, which surprised him. How could people who don't understand romance hold hands in public?
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Arriving at the villa, Min Xi went straight to the bedroom upstairs. It was a habit he had developed over the years that the first thing he did when arriving at his destination, whether on a business trip or a trip, was to take a shower and change clothes.
Everyone in her family knew that she liked white roses. Her mother and brother often bought her favorite flowers to decorate the dining table. They also planted many of them in the family garden, so she got used to seeing them so often.
So when she entered the villa and saw the white roses in the living room, she didn't feel anything special.
When she reached the staircase landing, she inadvertently turned back and looked down at the living room. From her angle, the white roses placed in the living room were stunning even though she was used to seeing them.
There must be at least three or four hundred flowers, otherwise there will be no visual effect of a sea of white flowers.
Min Xi quickly turned around and walked down the stairs again, his steps much faster than when he went upstairs.
She took out her cell phone to take pictures of the roses as a souvenir. There was a list on the corner of the table, and she bent down to pick it up and look at it.
The white roses used to decorate the living room today are of different varieties and origins. There are six varieties listed on the list, from four countries, totaling 520 flowers.
There was a black check mark behind each variety. It must be that the worker checked the number of flowers of each variety and left the list on the side table.
She sent a message to Fu Yanzhou: [I received the roses. Thank you, husband. 】
Fu Yanzhou was in the yard. Zhou Yu opened a bottle of wine. Before they started drinking, he received a message from Min Xi. After reading it, he asked Zhou Yu, "How much is the flower? I'll transfer it to you."
You don't need to pay for anything else, just pay for the flowers.
Zhou Yu put down his wine glass and said bluntly: "I'll give you the list, not a penny less, I'll only send flowers to my wife."
Find the list and payment receipt and transfer them to Fu Yanzhou.
Fu Yanzhou looked up when he saw the amount and asked, "What did you buy that cost so much money?"
"White roses, flown in overnight. It doesn't matter if you say a word, but it took me a long time." Zhou Yu nodded: "The list is on the back, a total of 520 roses."
Fu Yanzhou: “…”
He rubbed the bridge of his nose: "Didn't I say that we don't need to make up that number."
Zhou Yu shook his glass and said, "It's so hard to find your ideal type, can't you be a little more romantic?"
He took a sip of wine. "I found it incredible when I saw you holding hands with your wife at the airport. When we got in the car, I wanted to laugh again. Isn't it normal for a couple to hold hands? Why is it so unusual for you?"
Zhou Yu said from the bottom of his heart: "I am happy for you that you can find a partner you like."
As he spoke, he clinked glasses with Fu Yanzhou: "Trust me, I've been through this before. If you give her 520 roses, she will be happy for a long time. Don't be stingy in expressing your feelings."
Fu Yanzhou picked up the wine glass and took a sip: "I'm not being stingy. Min Xi and I are in a marriage alliance. It's not like you and your wife have a mutual affection and your relationship was so good from the beginning."
After a pause, he continued, "Too much is as bad as too little, so let nature take its course."
Zhou Yu was surprised: "Didn't you say before that you wouldn't consider marriage?"
Fu Yanzhou: "It's different now."
He talked about why he didn't come on vacation before: "At that time, Min Xi and I couldn't even talk calmly."
Zhou Yu took another sip of red wine to digest the news. Just because Fu Yanzhou said he would not consider arranged marriage, when he learned about his flash marriage, he thought Fu Yanzhou had finally met the woman he liked.
"I'm sorry. I took the initiative."
"It's okay." Fu Yanzhou said, "Min Xi wouldn't be so bored as to count how many there are in total."
"She really isn't that bored to count," Zhou Yu held his forehead with his hand, "but I asked someone to put the list where she can see it."
“…”
At this time, the servant came over and said that we could eat in twenty minutes.
Fu Yanzhou put down his wine glass and went to the villa to find Min Xi.
There was none on the first floor, so he went to the upstairs bedroom.
The bathroom door was closed, and he knocked twice.
"Rarely."
"The door is not locked."
Fu Yanzhou pushed the door open and went in. She was taking a bath. "How long will it take? Let's have lunch right away."
The bathtub was full of white rose petals. Min Xi planned to soak in it for a while longer, otherwise the roses would be wasted.
"Soak for another ten minutes."
"OK."
Min Xi pinched a petal with his fingertips and said, "We'll only stay here for three days. Once we leave, the flowers will be wasted. I can't use up all of these even if I take a bath with roses every day. I want to airfreight them away."
Can't bear to throw it away.
Fu Yanzhou didn't expect that she would airlift the flowers away, but these flowers were not his intention.
It always feels like something is missing when I express my feelings to her through other people.
He said, "No need to bring them. These flowers were arranged by Zhou Yu's housekeeper. I asked Zhou Yu to buy some white roses and white gentian to decorate the living room. Who knew he would buy so many. If you want flowers, I'll give them to you when we get back."
It turns out that number wasn't what he meant.
Min Xi smiled and said, "Then don't bring it."
Fu Yanzhou clearly felt the change in her emotions in just a few tens of seconds. He held the door handle and was about to go out, but he walked in a few steps, closed the door, walked to her bathtub and half-knelt down.
"Unhappy?"
Min Xi smiled and said, "No. These flowers are not from you. If you gave them to me, I would definitely be unhappy if you didn't let me take them."
She wasn't unhappy, she was just a little disappointed that the flowers were not specially given to her by him.
Fu Yanzhou promised her: "I will give you as many as you want in the future."
Min Xi blurted out: "What about five hundred and twenty?"
Fu Yanzhou: "If I'm giving you a surprise, I can't tell you how many flowers I have in advance." I'll find a special day to give them to her later. He asked again, "What else do you want?"
Min Xi doesn't want much, but it's very luxurious.
She looked at him: "Whatever you want?"
"It's all right." Fu Yanzhou tried his best to make up for her loss: "What can't be satisfied now, will be satisfied one day."
Min Xi was afraid that if she missed this opportunity, she would never have the chance to say it again in the future: "You never proposed to me, so you can make up for it by holding a ceremony for me later."
She added: "I want you to propose with real heart. Giving roses is also for this purpose, not just for formality."
Fu Yanzhou himself didn't expect that she would agree. He kissed her forehead and said, "I've made a note of it. Anything else?"
"No more." Min Xi raised her hands and put them around his neck. The water and foam on her arms wet his shirt. She pressed her face against his neck, and the loss she had just felt was swept away.
November 12th is the most memorable day since our wedding.
Fu Yanzhou didn't move, not caring that his shirt was wet, and let her hold him for a while.
--
Fu Yanzhou changed into clean clothes and went downstairs to the yard.
We had lunch in the yard today and Zhou Yu asked the chef to prepare a simple meal. The big dinner was in the evening, and he invited a group of friends to his house to celebrate the wedding of Fu Yanzhou and Min Xi.
A vase of flowers was placed on the table according to Min Xi's preferences.
He placed the vase next to the couple. The cell phone on the table rang. He picked it up and saw that it was a call from Zhu Youran.
In the past two years, he and Zhu Youran have had less and less contact. They have no business dealings. Sometimes they may not contact each other for two or three months, and they only like each other's posts on social platforms.
Zhu Youran didn't invite him to her wedding, saying it was too far away and he was busy and didn't want him to travel so far.
After answering the phone, Zhou Yu asked with a smile: "How dare you call me?"
Zhu Youran had just resolved Wu Qianxin's issue. Everything went smoothly. Wu Qianxin resigned promptly and there was no further nonsense between them. The falling-out that she had worried about before did not happen.
With her worries resolved, she finally had time to go on her honeymoon.
Zhu Youran smiled and replied to Zhou Yu: "I am ready to apologize for my crime. Tomorrow we will officially start our honeymoon, and our first stop will be Melbourne. I will send you wedding candy. Isn't that nice?"
Zhou Yu: “…”
There is no joy but shock.
It was such a coincidence that he didn't know what to say.
"Why don't you speak?"
"Fu Yanzhou is here too. I just picked them up from the airport. He's on vacation with his wife."
This time it was Zhu Youran's turn to be silent.
Zhou Yu was the only person who knew everything about them and was a witness. He also passed messages on their behalf, felt sorry for them, and created opportunities for them to meet in an attempt to bring them together.
But there is no destiny.
Both of them got married within just half a year. As a half-insider, he felt quite sad.
Zhou Yu asked: "Are you still coming over?"
Zhu Youran: "Then I won't go. I'll go to your place as the last stop."
Zhou Yu also felt that there was no need to meet again. They couldn't be together when they were single, let alone now that they each had a partner. The meeting was nothing but awkwardness.
It can be seen that Fu Yanzhou cares about Min Xi very much now. If they meet, the only one who will feel uncomfortable is Zhu Youran.
"Okay, call me before you come and I'll pick you up."
There was not much conversation on the phone. Zhou Yu hung up and Fu Yanzhou had already sat down at the table.
"Zhu Youran called me and planned to spend her honeymoon here. I told her you were there, and she changed her schedule at the last minute."
He sighed regretfully: "You two really are in sync with each other."
Fu Yanzhou said seriously: "My wife wanted to come here, not me."
Zhou Yu quickly admitted his mistake: "I made a slip of the tongue and used the wrong words."
Fu Yanzhou then instructed him: "Don't mention Zhu Youran in front of Min Xi."
"Why would I mention her if there was nothing to do?" Zhou Yu handed him the red wine and then realized, "Min Xi knows that Zhu Youran likes you?"
"I don't know." Fu Yanzhou took the goblet, "Zhu Youran invited me to her wedding, but Min Xi didn't know I was going to attend the wedding that day, so she asked me to accompany her to choose a diamond ring. Our schedules conflicted, so we ended up having an unpleasant experience."
Zhou Yu thought: "You went to Zhu Youran's wedding later, and had a fight because of this?"
Fu Yanzhou said: "No. She was unhappy because I didn't put her request first."
Zhou Yu: “…”
I really didn't expect Min Xi to have such a personality.
He suddenly laughed: "Min Xi doesn't fit your ideal type in any way. Have you realized that you actually like someone who is spoiled and can torment you?"
Fu Yanzhou brought the wine glass to his lips without saying anything.
Didn't deny it either.
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