Fu Yanzhou loosened his coat and stepped back a few steps to a place where he was not blocking the road. His father-in-law's car window was rolled down and he greeted him calmly.
"dad."
Min Jiangyuan glanced at his son-in-law's coat calmly, and nodded slightly at the same time. He was always easy-going with the younger generation: "It's cold, come to my house and sit down."
"No, it's too late today, Dad, you should go to bed early."
Min Jiangyuan nodded again and closed the car window.
The driver stepped on the accelerator lightly and the car drove into the yard.
Fu Yanzhou looked at Min Xi who was standing beside the door and extended his hand to her, motioning her to come over. The place where he was standing was blocked by the bushes, so even if his father-in-law looked out from the yard, he would not be able to see him.
Min Xi walked up to him in a few steps, did not grab his hand, but passed through his coat, put his arms around his waist and hugged him tightly. I haven't had a hug like this in over a year.
Fu Yanzhou hadn't come to his senses until Min Xi walked into the yard.
Min Jiangyuan was waiting for his daughter by the car. When his daughter approached, he extended his arm to her.
Min Xi naturally hugged him with both hands like he did when he was a child.
"Dad, aren't you busy tomorrow?"
"Busy. But I have meetings in Beijing later, so I can stay at home at night."
"So what time can you come back?"
Min Jiangyuan promised: "I will call you before I come back next time." The situation that disturbed their date tonight would not happen again.
"..." Min Xi smiled, unable to defend himself: "Dad, that's not what I meant. I just wanted to know if you can come back before dinner. I want to have dinner with you."
Min Jiangyuan also smiled and apologized: "Dad blamed you wrongly."
He should be able to get back before dinner, but he plans to spend more time with his parents-in-law.
He has read all the related hot searches on the Internet today. What Fu Yanzhou did is simply not suitable for his age. Self-driving tour in the Gobi Desert and investing in a daily chemical brand as a gift are not realistic for him. The only thing that inspired him is to be more liked by his parents-in-law.
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In mid-December, the lowest temperature is below zero.
Every morning, when his sister was about to finish breakfast, Min Ting would go to the yard to start her car, turn on the air conditioner, and heat the seats.
Last night he discovered that the dark blue velvet bag that had been placed on the desk in the study was missing. Inside was a semi-handmade bracelet that Fu Yanzhou had given to his sister. His sister asked him to deal with it, but no matter how he dealt with it, it was inappropriate, so she threw it next to the computer.
When I looked in the morning, I saw that rare diamond bracelet was on my sister's hand.
His sister was having breakfast. He sat down at the dining table and took another look at her wrist.
Min Xi pretended to be calm and handed the two fried eggs on the plate to his brother, "I made today's breakfast."
Min Ting picked up a fried egg and ate it, "What do you want me to help you with again?" The fried egg was a small favor, his sister would not fry it for him for free.
Min Xi: "I don't need your help with anything. Before in Paris, you made breakfast for me every day. Today, it's my turn to make breakfast for you."
I was suddenly touched because I was about to go to Paris on a business trip, and the past days naturally appeared before my eyes.
Shengshi's new energy vehicles are about to be launched overseas, and she went there to assist the overseas team in promoting them. Part of the reason for sending her there was that Sheng Jianqi was able to listen to some of her suggestions, so she was responsible for connecting with him.
Min Ting eats faster than his sister. As usual, he starts his sister's car and heats the seats first.
Min Xi was too lazy to put on his coat, so he trotted from the villa to the car and put his coat on the passenger seat.
Min Ting said to his sister, "When I finish my work, I will take a long vacation and go to Paris to pick you up from get off work."
Min Xi said without hesitation: "No, don't take a vacation for me."
Min Ting: "You hesitated for at least two seconds."
Min Xi smiled: "I actually want you to go, but you really don't have to. You still treat me like a child. You need your family to accompany you when you go on a business trip."
Min Ting didn't insist any more, thinking that someone would come over.
The company booked her a flight to Paris next week, so she can stay at home for three days.
In the evening, Min Xi received a message from Fu Yanzhou: [I am downstairs in Jiachen Building. 】
Min Xi was surprised and asked two questions in a row: [Aren’t you in London? Isn’t there a negotiation meeting tomorrow afternoon? 】
He had gone to London in early December, and they had not seen each other for six or seven days.
Fu Yanzhou: [Yeah. Just enough time to come back and see you. 】
Min Xi: [Wait for me for a few minutes. 】
She put the information in a briefcase and worked overtime when she got home in the evening.
Turn off the computer as quickly as possible and put on makeup.
Eight minutes later, I got into Fu Yanzhou's car.
The partition inside the car rose up, and Fu Yanzhou took her briefcase and coat and placed them beside him.
Min Xi said nothing and hugged him gently.
I missed him during these days of separation.
Fu Yanzhou bent down and kissed her, pushed open her lips, and drove straight in to take over.
He withdrew only when she felt pain under her tongue.
Fu Yanzhou pulled her hair behind her shoulders and kissed her on the lips again.
Min Xi held his neck tightly and refused to let go. Fu Yanzhou asked her to sit on his lap. He accidentally caught a glimpse of the diamond bracelet on her wrist. He gently held her fingertips and said, "Let me see."
After looking at it for a while, he objectively evaluated his design: "It's really tacky."
He said, "I'll design other styles for you later."
Min Xi leaned in his arms and admired the bracelet: "It depends on who wears it. It won't look tacky if I wear it."
He said this and laughed to himself.
Fu Yanzhou smiled and said to her, "Accompany me back to the villa to get something."
She hadn't been there since the divorce, and now she had let it go. She nodded calmly, "Okay." Then she asked him, "What do you want?"
"White wine. We'll eat out tonight."
Min Xi pointed at the clothes he was wearing. He was wearing work clothes.
"No need to be so formal, just eat something casually," she said.
Fu Yanzhou: "I bought you a box of dresses in London. It's in the trunk. You can pick any one to change into when we get to the villa."
Min Xi: “…Alright.”
He was afraid that he could not change his habit of buying clothes for her by the box.
She took off her diamond bracelet and placed it in his hand, "Design a bracelet for me in the future and engrave the designer's name on it."
Fu Yanzhou: "Engrave your name as well."
Min Xi shook his head. "Just engrave your name on it. If I wear it, you don't need to engrave my name on it."
Fu Yanzhou planned to take her to the headquarters of the jewelry brand to have her engraved. After putting away the bracelet, he stared at her profile. Min Xi was holding his hand and playing with it, and her side face met his gaze.
The next second, Fu Yanzhou's lips pressed against hers.
They kept kissing until the car drove into the villa yard.
Min Xi straightened the collar of his shirt, buttoned up one of the collar buttons, pushed open the car door and got out.
Fu Yanzhou carried the box to the living room, opened it and let her choose the style and color herself. He went to the wine cellar in the basement to choose white wine for her.
Most of the wines in the wine cellar were wedding gifts he gave to Min Xi when they got married.
Min Xi changed her skirt in the guest bedroom and didn't dare to enter the master bedroom, as there were memories everywhere.
Passing by Fu Yanzhou's study, the door was open, she went in to pick out a book from the bookshelf to take to Paris to kill time after get off work.
He picked three books in total. When he left with them, he saw a light blue sticky note on the upper right corner of his computer with three big words written on it: Express more!
Min Xi picked up the red pen from the pen holder, put a check mark on the back, and gave him a perfect score.
Putting down the pen, she picked up the book and walked out of the study with a smile.
Fu Yanzhou had already selected the wine and was waiting for her in the living room. He heard footsteps on the stairs and looked back. She was holding several famous books in her arms.
"Do you have time to watch it?"
Min Xi said, "I'm going to Paris on a business trip on Monday. I'll bring it over there to see."
Fu Yanzhou's face froze for a moment. Last year, she was sent to Paris to avoid him. When he heard that she was going on a business trip to Paris again, he felt traumatized.
Min Xi smiled: "I'm not hiding from you this time."
She patted the book in her arms and said, "If you hide, I won't read your book again."
On the way to the hotel, Fu Yanzhou received an international long-distance call. The other party thought he was in London and invited him to a dinner party.
He replied that he was currently in Beijing and as an apology, he invited the other party to his New Year cruise party. He hadn't been out to sea for more than a year. Some time ago, Zhou Yu discovered an interesting sea area and island that were suitable for a group of people to go on vacation and go fishing.
The call lasted more than ten minutes.
Min Xi asked him: "After having dinner with me, you have to rush to the airport?"
Fu Yanzhou nodded and said, "I'll spend a few more days with you during the New Year." Zhou Yu and his wife also attended the New Year party.
He patted his legs, motioned for her to put her legs on top of him, and said with a faint smile, "It's specially designed to prevent varicose veins."
Min Xi looked at him thoughtfully: "I want a fully automatic anti-varicose vein tool."
Fu Yanzhou pondered for a few seconds, wondering what fully automatic meant, and suddenly smiled. He leaned over, held her ankles and put her legs on him.
Before, she put her legs on him herself, which was called semi-automatic.
"Rarely."
"Um?"
Min Xi was flipping through a famous book. "You say."
Fu Yanzhou: "My circle of friends is still in your blacklist, please reset it."
Min Xi looked up suddenly and thought for a moment. It seemed that she had not unblocked him. He basically never posted on WeChat Moments, and she forgot to reset it.
Fu Yanzhou asked her to continue reading the novel, "Give me your phone, I'll help you set it up."
Min Xi pointed to her bag and said, "It's in the bag."
Fu Yanzhou took out her cell phone and entered the password. Most of her passwords were Min Ting's birthday, including the password for her cell phone.
He didn't try to remember these six numbers, but they seemed to be engraved in his mind.
I guess even if he loses his memory one day, he will never forget this string of numbers.
After he reset it, he put his own dialog box on top and changed the note to "husband".
Just after he finished revising it, his grandma called him. He handed the phone to Min Xi: "Grandma wants to see you."
Min Xi quickly closed the novel, thinking that grandma must have something important to tell him. If there is nothing else, her grandmother rarely calls her, for fear of affecting her work train of thought. Usually, she calls them via video after she finishes work.
"Hello, grandma."
"Xixi, are you at home or at work?"
"On the way to the restaurant." She asked her grandmother what was the matter.
Grandma sighed and seemed to have difficulty speaking.
"It's...your dad, I guess. He comes over every day after work recently. Sometimes he doesn't go back until half past ten after chatting. Your grandpa and I have been going to bed at nine o'clock and getting up at three or four o'clock for many years. We are old now, and we can't stand staying up until half past ten every day. We can't even open our eyes. I get a headache if I talk too much, and I feel exhausted."
Min Xi: “…”
Grandma: "I know your dad is a filial son. It's rare for him to stay at home when he's not on a business trip. Your grandpa is embarrassed to ask your dad to go home early, but I see that your grandpa is not in good spirits during the day. Your dad also said that he will be in Beijing this month and will come to visit us often."
Min Xi: “…”
The grandmother would not have called her granddaughter unless she had no other choice, but her body couldn’t take it. Maybe the son-in-law thought that people in their eighties and nineties sleep less, and talking to them could help kill time.
It is true that I get less sleep, but I wake up early in the morning and still can’t stay up at night. If they tell their son-in-law directly, he will think that they don't like him and don't want him to go over.
Min Xi didn't expect that his father would save the country in this roundabout way. How long will it take to save the country?
"Grandma, I will gently remind Dad that you usually go to bed around nine o'clock and ask him to come back as early as possible." Asked grandma: "Is it okay to chat until half past eight?"
“…Okay, okay.”
Grandma was still worried: "Do you know how to lie?"
Min Xi smiled: "I know, don't worry, my dad won't notice it."
The grandmother breathed a sigh of relief and asked how her granddaughter and Fu Yanzhou were getting along. They also saw some news on the Internet. They were confused at first and only understood what was going on after asking the aunt at home.
"Grandma, we are fine. We will visit you and Grandpa when he returns from his business trip."
She couldn't make it tonight, so she could only wait until after the New Year when she and Fu Yanzhou returned from their business trip.
Grandma was relieved: "Call before you come and prepare delicious food for you."
Min Xi acted coquettishly with her grandmother for a while before reluctantly hanging up the phone.
She wondered why her father suddenly thought of looking for a clue to save his marriage from her grandparents.
Fu Yanzhou's focus is: "When are we going to grandma's house for dinner?"
Min Xi: "...No rush, let them have a good rest."
Tonight's date was held in a western restaurant in a five-star hotel. Fu Yanzhou booked a table on the 41st floor, which offered a 270-degree view of the night view.
Fu Yanzhou had never stayed in this hotel in Beijing, but he was a VIP guest of the group hotel's presidential suite. The group's top management had greeted him, and the hotel's catering manager personally received them and led them to the 41st floor.
It was not until the familiar Shanghai chef appeared in the restaurant that Min Xi understood why Fu Yanzhou chose this hotel's Western restaurant.
The menu is finalized and the chef goes back to the kitchen to get busy.
Min Xi looked at Fu Yanzhou and asked, "Did you invite the chef here from Shanghai?"
Fu Yanzhou handed her warm water and answered the question irrelevantly: "The dishes he cooks are to your taste." Only the meat cooked by this chef could she eat more.
Then he said, "Don't you have his WeChat? Next time you want to eat something, just send it to him."
Only now did they have time to talk about her business trip to Paris, and he asked her which day her flight was.
Min Xi: "Monday, with a few colleagues."
Fu Yanzhou nodded, "I'll ask the driver to take you to the airport."
"No need, Min Ting will take me there." After saying that, he realized he had said something wrong. As expected, Fu Yanzhou looked straight at him.
"He knew you were going on a business trip before I did?"
“…”
Min Xi thought of a solution: "You haven't forgotten the wish I made under the starry sky in the northwest town, right?"
I want a husband who doesn’t compare, doesn’t take things too seriously, doesn’t feel vain, and doesn’t put others down.
Fu Yanzhou said, "I forgot."
"Then I'll make a wish again." She countered the move.
Fu Yanzhou simply said frankly: "You have made this wish many times but it is useless. I can't help you realize it. It's not that I want to compete with others, but someone wants to compete with me."
Min Xi was so angry that he laughed. He had no tricks at all against them, and even if he had any tricks, they were useless.
Fu Yanzhou knew without asking that Min Ting must have arranged every detail of her food, clothing, housing and transportation during her business trip in Paris, leaving him no room for improvement.
He didn't make it difficult for her and asked her to give him her phone. "I'll create a group. If you go on a business trip next time, notify us in the group."
In this way, they can all receive the message at the same time, and there is no favoritism.
He used Min Xi's phone to create a group, and added himself and Min Ting to it. The group name was: Some people are strictly prohibited from comparing with each other.
The meal tonight ended at 8:30, and Fu Yanzhou sent her home.
After meeting for more than three hours, we had to separate again.
Fu Yanzhou picked her up, and her toes seemed to be barely touching the ground.
"You won't be able to see me for a week at most. I'll come to see you when you get to Paris."
Min Xi had seen his schedule, which he had sent to her email. Before the Christmas holiday, his schedule was so packed that he couldn't even squeeze out time to see her.
She could go see him, she thought.
On Monday evening, she boarded a direct flight to Paris and met up with Sheng Jianqi and others at the airport.
Sheng Jianqi's plane landed an hour earlier than hers. He waited for her in the airport cafe for nearly two hours, and then they took a car back to their residence together.
The mood for this year's business trip is different from last year. After getting in the car, she chatted with Sheng Jianqi all the way.
Sheng Jianqi showed her a promotional video for the European market and asked, "Tell me what you think."
Min Xi: "Not bad, there's a little more narration in the commercial."
Sheng Jianqi smiled and said, "I still think it's not enough."
Min Xi said: "One sentence is enough. Sheng Shi, love what you love."
In the next few days, Sheng Jianqi was struggling with this slogan. He thought it was very ordinary, but when it was paired with the car commercial, he felt it was very shocking.
After a normal rest on the weekend, Min Xi got up before dawn and set off from Paris to London. She wanted to drive there herself, but the driver wouldn't allow it, saying that it was Min Ting's instructions and he had to follow them.
I didn't want to put the driver in a difficult position, so I had to let him follow.
Before she went, she confirmed with Fu Yanzhou's bodyguard that he was in London today, had a video conference in the morning, had a break of more than two hours at noon, and had an appointment to discuss something at three o'clock in the afternoon.
The bodyguard sent her their location and added: [Mr. Fu plans to go to Paris to see you tonight. 】I didn’t expect her to come.
It was 12:05 noon when they arrived at the hotel where Fu Yanzhou was staying. Min Xi sent a message to the bodyguard: [Is Fu Yanzhou in the room or in the restaurant now? 】
The bodyguard glanced at the boss who was waiting for his meal by the window, and replied to Min Xi: [VIP restaurant on the 21st floor, you can't come in, let Uncle Chen go down and take you. 】
Min Xi: [Thank you, I brought you gifts. 】
bodyguard:"……"
Min Xi waited downstairs for less than three minutes before Uncle Chen appeared.
Uncle Chen once lamented why they divorced, but now he finally sees them giving each other surprises and returning to the way they were before.
Min Xi was wearing flat shoes and his steps were very light. Fu Yanzhou was also busy while waiting for his meal. He was looking through relevant materials for the afternoon negotiations. He was so engrossed in reading that he didn't pay attention to the footsteps approaching him and thought it was the restaurant waiter delivering the meal.
Suddenly, my vision went dark and was covered by a pair of soft hands.
Fu Yanzhou's heart was beating uncontrollably. He grabbed her wrist with his backhand, unable to believe it, but what he was holding in his hand was real.
Min Xi leaned on his shoulder, close to his face, "I missed you."
Fu Yanzhou slowed down, his Adam's apple slid several times, and he took her hand away. He stood up, walked around the sofa and hugged her in his arms.
The bodyguard walked quickly to the door so as not to disturb them.
Min Xi saw something like water vapor in his eyes, but before he could see clearly, his head was pressed into his arms.
Fu Yanzhou held her tightly. For a moment he was worried that she would never love him again, and he did not dare to hope that she would give him a surprise again.
"I miss you, too." He kissed the top of her head and called her, "Xixi."
"Um?"
"I love you."
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