Fu Yanzhou didn't see the cake photo that Min Tingka sent at the last minute on August 8th. He had no interest in anything today and forced himself to work for two hours. He just took a shower and was about to go to bed.
Yan Heyu sent him a private message and took a screenshot of Min Ting’s Moments.
[I sent this specially for you, why don’t you go and give it a like? 】
Yan Heyu also specially reminded: [Min Ting is your future brother-in-law, you have to accept whatever he gives you, even if he gives you a knife. It’s better for him to give than not to give. 】
Fu Yanzhou knew that Min Xi had been making desserts recently. He had met her buying ingredients when he went to see her, but he hadn't expected that she was making them specifically for Min Ting.
He would never give a like before.
Today, even though he knew that Min Ting was stabbing someone with a knife, he still clicked into his Moments and liked it.
Throwing his phone aside, he took off his bathrobe and changed into going-out clothes.
It rained heavily today. He did not go back after having dinner with his mother, but stayed at the old house. It was very convenient to go to find Min Ting, and it took no more than five minutes to walk.
The wind outside has died down, but the rain has not stopped yet, and the night is filled with mist.
Fu Yanzhou took his cell phone and went out with an umbrella. He couldn't figure out what Min Ting meant by what he did tonight. If he wanted to win back Min Xi, he had to get past Min Ting.
And it’s not easy.
For Min Xi, he can put aside his pride in front of Min Ting and take the initiative to reconcile with Min Ting.
Walking along the quiet path from south to north, most of the villas we passed by were closed, with only one or two windows occasionally still having lights on.
Arriving at Min Xi's door, Fu Yanzhou opened his cell phone and found Min Ting's number. After dialing it, he looked up at the villa and noticed that the light in the room on the right on the second floor was on. Without thinking too much, he ended the call that had been ringing for a few seconds.
On the right is Min Xi's room. If she is not at home, the lights in the room will not be on.
He sent a message to Min Xi: [Xixi, I'm at your door, do you want to come out? I'm here to see Min Ting. 】
Min Xi saw her brother's circle of friends half a minute ago. She pushed Min Ting, who was sitting next to her, speechlessly and said, "Aren't you bored?"
Min Ting crossed his legs and leaned on the sofa to process the last email. He said, "I'm idle and bored."
"He and I have already divorced. Let's part ways. Don't make things difficult for him anymore." Min Xi advised her brother: "No matter what conflicts you had in the past, let's make peace."
Min Ting didn't say anything.
I'm afraid this conflict will never be resolved in my lifetime.
It's not easy to be his brother-in-law.
Min Xi nudged him with his elbow and said helplessly, "Brother, I'm talking to you."
Min Ting said nonchalantly: "I know."
Min Xi sighed, and it was obvious that he didn't take her words seriously and was just trying to fool her. Her cell phone vibrated. It was a message from Fu Yanzhou. She quickly opened it and typed quickly: [Wait a moment. I'm going out. 】
He should be here to question Min Ting.
We can't let them meet. If they start arguing in the middle of the night, it would be difficult to resolve.
"I'm going to get something from the car." She made an excuse, grabbed an umbrella and rushed out of the villa.
Min Ting didn't even raise his head and didn't stop her from going out to see Fu Yanzhou.
Fu Yanzhou put one hand in his pocket and waited patiently for the people in the villa.
Soon, a white figure appeared in the field of vision. She didn't have time to change her clothes and came out wearing home clothes, silk white trousers and a white sleeveless vest.
From a distance, you can't tell whether she was wearing short-sleeved or long-sleeved clothes, her arms were so white that they glowed.
As the person was approaching, Fu Yanzhou put away his umbrella.
"Why don't you hold your umbrella? It's still raining." As he spoke, Min Xi took a big step forward without any thought and tilted the umbrella halfway over his head to block the rain for him.
Fu Yanzhou calmly explained why he put away the umbrella: "I can't hear you clearly from far away." He took the umbrella from her hand.
Under a black umbrella, the two people were twenty centimeters apart.
The scent of grass and earth in the air mixed with the light scent of her perfume filled his nose.
Min Xi subconsciously took half a step back to increase the distance between them. Fu Yanzhou did not move, but the umbrella in his hand moved with her.
The umbrella was so small that if he took care of her he could no longer take care of him. The water from the edge of the umbrella flowed onto the shoulders of his shirt, soaking his clothes.
Min Xi couldn't just ignore it, so he moved a little closer to him.
Fu Yanzhou restrained himself from holding her in his arms, and looked down at her: "It's past twelve o'clock, why are you still not asleep?"
"My mother's flight was delayed. She just came back and hasn't eaten yet." Min Xi regained her senses and reached out to take the umbrella in his hand. It wasn't a heavy rainstorm, so there was no possibility that she couldn't hear the other person clearly when holding two umbrellas at a distance.
Before her hand touched the umbrella, Fu Yanzhou pulled his arm back and she couldn't reach it.
Min Xi gave up trying to grab the umbrella and could only end the meeting as soon as possible. She looked up at him and said, "I didn't think much when Min Ting sent the photo. He often forgets his own birthday except mine."
The implication is that he didn't mean to target you.
Fu Yanzhou: "He really can't remember my birthday, he should have set an alarm."
Min Xi: “…”
They really understand each other.
"Min Ting has six cakes." Fu Yanzhou paused for half a second, "Xixi, I don't have any."
Min Xi was speechless. Once he met Min Ting, he lost his rationality. It was like this during their marriage and it was still like this after their divorce.
"He is my brother."
"You also called me brother when you were little."
“…”
It was impossible for her to bake a cake for him. Fu Yanzhou understood that and did not force her.
On my birthday, I got to meet my mother-in-law because of the delayed flight and Min Tingka's stabbing. The only regret was that he didn't bring a piece of his birthday cake.
He ended the conversation in due time and gave her the umbrella.
Min Xi held an umbrella for himself and took a few steps back to keep a proper distance from him. "Anyway, those photos of Min Ting were inappropriate. I'm sorry. Happy birthday."
"No need to apologize on his behalf, it's not a big deal."
He glanced at her trouser legs being wet by the rain and said, "Come in."
After watching her enter the villa and close the door, he turned back.
Min Xi entered the room, but Min Ting still didn't look up, her eyes always on the laptop. She looked at her brother, who was probably absorbed in reading emails and didn't pay attention to what she did outside.
Her parents were still in the kitchen, so she went upstairs to change her pants.
Twenty minutes later, the midnight snack was ready and Min Jiangyuan called them over to eat more.
In the past, when eating, she and Min Ting would sit on one side, and her parents would sit on the other side. Today her mother sat next to her with a bowl in her hand, so Min Ting had to sit next to her father.
The father kept looking at the mother, but the mother didn't even raise her head. Min Xi eased the atmosphere and picked up some food for her mother, "Mom, are you busy tomorrow?"
Jiang Rui tilted her head and looked at her daughter with a faint smile: "Don't be busy, you can take three or four days off this time." From January to now, she has basically had no rest. If she doesn't adjust, her body will easily break down.
She told her daughter in advance: "Mom won't be free tomorrow night."
"Are you socializing?"
"No. I went out to dinner with a friend. We grew up together. Her last name is Shao. You met her when you were a child. Her father and your grandfather were colleagues. Her husband is from Shanghai and later worked in Shanghai. We haven't seen each other for many years. This week she came back to visit her parents and asked me to meet her. By the way, her husband is also one of the shareholders of Shengshi Group. But I didn't mention that you were in charge of the Shengshi Automobile project."
After a midnight snack, everyone was talking about Aunt Shao.
It was almost one o'clock after the midnight snack. Min Jiangyuan urged his daughter to go to bed quickly because they would have plenty of time to chat during the day tomorrow.
After cleaning up the kitchen and dining room, Min Jiangyuan turned off the lights downstairs and returned to the bedroom. Just as he reached the door, it opened from the inside and Jiang Rui was holding a pillow and pajamas.
He stopped her, pushed her into the house and locked the door.
"What are you doing?"
Jiang Rui said expressionlessly: "I'll sleep in the guest room. The children all know that our relationship has broken down, so it doesn't matter whether we live together or not."
Min Jiangyuan took the pillow from her hand: "They said that they support you whether you divorce or not, but in their hearts they still hope that we can be fine."
Jiang Rui wanted to laugh: "Tell me how can it be fine? Living under the same roof for thirty years is not good. If you want to deceive yourself, don't drag me into it!"
Min Jiangyuan put his wife's pillow on the bed and folded her pajamas and placed them at the head of the bed.
After a long silence, he said frankly: "I was wrong. I wanted to be with you well, and I used the two children as an excuse not to separate."
Min Jiangyuan compromised and took out a summer quilt and put it on the bed. They slept separately under the two quilts and advised his wife: "The children are at home, don't make any noise. If they hear it, they won't be able to sleep well."
It was already past one in the morning. Jiang Rui was worried about disturbing Min Ting and Min Xi. She was also tired and didn't have the energy to argue anymore. She took her pajamas and went to take a shower.
After taking a shower, she sat in front of the dressing table to do her skin care. There were two opened exquisite gift boxes on the dressing table, with two elegant brooches inside.
She usually doesn't wear any jewelry, only brooches on her clothes.
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Min Xi slept until ten o'clock the next morning. If her father hadn't knocked on the door to wake her up, she would have slept until noon, her first sound sleep after her divorce.
After washing, changing clothes and opening the door, her father was still at the door of her room, holding a cup of warm water.
"Drink some water. Dad will make you whatever you want to eat."
This kind of treatment only comes when you are a few years old. When you grow up, your father will no longer bring you a cup of warm water in the morning.
Min Xi leaned against the door frame, drinking water while looking at his father: "Dad, you are a little abnormal today."
Min Jiangyuan had never asked anyone for help in his life. He cleared his throat shyly and said, "Help Dad."
"What can I help you with?" Min Xi had a premise: "I can't make my mother unhappy."
"Won't."
Min Jiangyuan told his daughter that he gave his wife a brooch last night but was ignored, "I can't give gifts, can you give me some advice?"
Min Xi took a sip of water and said, "My suggestion is that you should not embarrass your mother. You can give her something, and whether or not she will accept it, and when, depends on her mood."
Min Jiangyuan sighed, "I'm going abroad again next week, and I have several meetings in different places. I don't know when I'll see your mother again. In the past, gifts for holidays were delivered by my secretary, so your mother must be very unhappy."
But what can we do?
Now that he is in this position, he may never have the chance to accompany his wife like ordinary people, go shopping and eat at street stalls.
Min Xi took his father downstairs and said as they walked: "Dad, as long as you pay attention, mom will feel it."
She shared her own experience: "When Fu Yanzhou and I first got married, I wanted to receive more calls from him, so I asked him to report his work to me. Don't think that showing concern is impractical, that's called providing emotional value."
Turning down the stairs, Min Jiangyuan took the water cup from his daughter and said, "I'll get it."
Jiang Rui had gotten up early and came back from outside. She went to the flower shop to buy a bouquet of flowers for her daughter, and then went to the fresh food supermarket to buy her son's favorite seafood.
She put the flower in the water and woke up, looking up at her husband on the stairs. He went up and down the stairs several times and finally woke up his daughter, probably to ask her how to give the brooch to her.
Min Ting had just woken up and was eating breakfast in the restaurant.
Min Xi sat over there. Today, everyone in the family's biological clocks were messed up.
There is a cake on the table, still unboxed.
Min Xi glanced at the logo on it. It was a cake from her favorite chain cake shop.
Min Ting asked: "You can make cakes yourself now, why do you still buy cakes?"
Min Xi was confused: "I didn't buy it."
She looked at her mother and said, "Mom, you didn't buy it?"
Jiang Rui shook her head. She put the last few flowers into the vase and said, "The cake shop delivered them directly to the front door, and the person on duty sent them to your home. Your brother and I thought you ordered them."
Min Jiangyuan also came over and said, "I didn't order it."
Min Xi was stunned. He opened the cake box and found it looked familiar. The cake was simple in style, with white cream all over and a white rose and a white lisianthus on it.
This was the cake Fu Yanzhou ordered for his birthday. He always ordered cakes she liked for his birthday and let her make a wish every time.
Jiang Rui asked: "Do you have a card?"
"No." Min Xi said, "I know who sent it."
"who?"
"Fu Yanzhou."
Jiang Rui was slightly stunned and said "Oh" but didn't respond immediately. She observed her daughter's expression but couldn't tell whether she was happy or sad.
"If you don't want to eat..."
Before he could finish his next words, Min Ting interrupted him: "Leave it for me to eat."
Jiang Rui: “…”
He looked at his son in disbelief.
Min Xi was also surprised. She couldn't understand her brother. He stabbed Fu Yanzhou in the back without mercy in the early hours of yesterday morning, and only more than ten hours later, he actually considered Fu Yanzhou's face again.
Maybe she asked her brother to make peace with Fu Yanzhou yesterday, and her brother listened to her.
Min Jiangyuan didn't say anything. He saw through Fu Yanzhou's purpose of sending this cake at a glance. Fu Yanzhou has always been unwilling to disentangle the interests of the two families. He thought that Fu Yanzhou felt guilty towards his daughter, but it turned out that he wanted to remarry and save the relationship.
Min Ting mentioned to him on the phone that his daughter had been secretly in love with Fu Yanzhou for many years. Whether his daughter chooses to remarry Fu Yanzhou or go their separate ways in the future, he will not interfere.
Min Ting took out a knife and a plate, started cutting the cake, and said to his mother, "Today is Fu Yanzhou's birthday, let's just join in the fun."
Jiang Rui remembered her ex-son-in-law's birthday, "Give me one, don't waste it."
While eating the cake, Min Ting opened his phone and sent a message to Fu Yanzhou: [The taste is average. Please send less of this kind of cake in the future. 】
Fu Yanzhou was smoking on the terrace on the second floor, mentally prepared for the cake to be returned. Min Ting's news was like a reassurance.
He replied: [Thank you. 】
It should be Min Ting who stopped Min Xi from returning the cake and kept it.
Min Ting replied calmly: [Don’t thank me so quickly. The days of tripping you up are still ahead. 】
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The villa was only lively for a few days. After his parents started to get busy with work, the house became deserted again. His sister rarely came back to live with him, so he was the only one at home. It was not until October 21st, the day before the Shengshi Automotive press conference, that my mother returned from a business trip but did not take her suitcase out of the car.
After having lunch with him, his mother said she had a date with friends in the evening.
Min Ting asked: "Did you make an appointment with Aunt Shao?"
"Yeah." Jiang Rui brought the after-meal fruit to her son and sat down at the dining table again. In the past two months, her friend has asked her out three times, and today is the fourth time.
Because they met too frequently, she guessed that her friend needed her help but was too embarrassed to ask, so she took the initiative to ask if she had encountered any difficulties.
The friend then told everything, saying that someone had asked him to introduce a partner to Xixi.
"The purpose of having dinner tonight is to introduce Xixi to someone."
Min Ting just picked up the fork to pick up the fruit, but his hand paused and looked up at his mother: "Who should I introduce to Xixi?"
Jiang Rui: "The only son of the boss of Shengshi Group, Sheng Jianqi. It was Sheng Jianqi's mother who asked your Aunt Shao to ask me to see if it is possible to match the two children. She said that her son came into contact with Min Xi at work and fell in love with Xixi."
Min Ting: “…”
He was absent-minded. He forked a piece of kiwi fruit, which he disliked the most, and put it into his mouth, frowning.
"Have you asked Xixi what it means?"
"No. I haven't told her yet. She's busy with the press conference." Jiang Rui said, "I'm going to Shanghai tomorrow. I'll talk to her after the press conference. If she's willing, she can meet with Sheng Jianqi. If not, I'll refuse for her."
It’s been more than five months since the divorce, and I wonder how my daughter is adjusting.
Maybe if she tries to get along with someone who likes her and is held in the palm of her hand, her daughter will feel a different kind of relationship and will no longer be obsessed with her past relationship.
Min Ting did not express any opinion on the blind date.
He had contact with Sheng Jianqi during those few months in Paris. It's not that Sheng Jianqi was a bad person, but that he was not suitable for his sister.
While playing cards in the club a few days ago, he heard Yan Heyu say that Fu Yanzhou went to the UK to discuss cooperation. It was not clear what kind of cooperation he would discuss, but he would stay there for two weeks.
After eating a few bites of fruit to deal with the errand, he returned to the study upstairs and called his secretary, "Contact Bai Shan and tell her that Sheng Jianqi likes Min Xi and that Min Xi is busy with blind dates recently. There's no need to say anything else, Fu Yanzhou will understand naturally."
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