"Remember."
Speaking of seriousness, he was quite serious, his voice slow and steady, "She said back then that only Shen Xingyu and her daughter were behind it, and since they couldn't find anyone else, they didn't hold anyone captive and just let her go. Why?"
"I saw her yesterday."
Without stopping my movements, I looked up at Zhou Fang. "Didn't Jiang Yunshu suddenly announce last year that he had a daughter? Who do you think this daughter is?"
"Is it her?"
"Yes, my current name is Jiang Chuxia."
I have some doubts in my mind.
Zhou Fang narrowed his brown eyes and said, "I'll have someone check it out."
He never liked to drag his feet when doing things, so he made a phone call right away.
The other end also moved very quickly.
I had just finished massaging his legs when the call came back.
Zhou Fang answered, "Go ahead."
"Fourth brother, there's no clue about this. Jiang Yunshu just suddenly announced that he had a daughter, Jiang Chuxia. The specific circumstances are unknown, so someone probably erased all traces."
"Think of a solution?"
"That will take quite some time. Are you anxious?"
Zhou Fang said coldly, "Investigate first."
After hanging up the phone, he looked at me and said, "You're not going to press it now?"
“You can’t overdo the massage.”
I stood up, but my legs were numb halfway up. When I fell back, Zhou Fang caught me and used his wrist to pull me into his arms.
I fell onto his lap, my nose filled with the minty scent of his body.
My ears suddenly felt hot, and I struggled to get up, but he grabbed my waist and said, "Ruan Nanzhi, I want to celebrate Qixi Festival too. You can't be partial to me."
What does it mean to favor one over the other?
I glared at him, "I already said, I didn't spend Chinese Valentine's Day with Fu Qichuan."
"Then I want to celebrate Qixi Festival, okay?"
He squeezed my waist and pulled me closer.
How could I not understand what he meant? But when I was about to say it, I became embarrassed. "Yes, is there anything I can do? If you want to go, go ahead. I can't stop you."
"I said it was..."
He deliberately drawled out his tone, staring at me intently with his eyes, and curled his lower lip, "I'm spending Chinese Valentine's Day with you, so don't act stupid."
"...I, what kind of relationship do we have now? We're just celebrating Tanabata?"
He was at ease, amusement in his eyes, but his voice was cold: "What relationship are you talking about? We have many relationships, childhood sweethearts, engaged couple, friends, or... spare tires, abandoned?"
“…”
I lowered my eyes, "I never treated you as a backup. As for abandoning you...I was wrong back then."
Don't be self-righteous.
She thought that by severing ties with him and returning to Fu Qichuan, she would be being kind to him.
Zhou Fang's eyes suddenly turned cold. "Until now, you still don't have an explanation for this matter?"
"Zhou Fang, what's past is past."
My legs felt much more numb. I broke away from him and stood up, licking my lips. "A lot of things, explaining isn't necessarily better than not explaining."
When you pull out a radish, you bring out the mud.
Problems always come one after another.
He pulled his lip and taunted, "What if I insist? Ruan Nanzhi, this is your only chance. If you don't explain this time, as you wish, we'll just be ordinary friends from now on."
"I……"
I clenched my palms and sniffed, "What I did back then..."
“Click—”
At the entrance, there was a sudden sound of the door opening. Zhou Qing rushed in, put her bags on the soft couch beside her, bent down to take off her strappy high heels, and made a lot of noise.
"Zhou Fang, why don't you come and greet me, your sister? Don't accuse me of prioritizing women over brothers. Even though I went out on a date, I didn't forget to bring you food. And your ordinary friend and your ex-husband's brother are making progress..."
"?"
I stopped talking and looked towards her, but her face was blocked by the cabinet and I could only see her head from the middle.
Zhou Fang pinched his brows and interrupted, "Zhou Qing!"
"Don't worry, I'll change my shoes."
She bent over and said, "I'm telling you, you'll definitely be happy to hear this. You were having dinner with an ordinary friend, and for some reason, you left your ex-husband behind..."
Zhou Fang gritted his teeth, "Zhou Qing!!!"
"Ah? Why are you so anxious? I'm just saying..."
As Zhou Qing spoke, he stood up and followed the sound. He saw Zhou Fang and me, the "ordinary friend" myself.
I pretended to be bewildered and looked at Zhou Qing, "Sister Zhou Qing, didn't you tell me that Zhou Fang's legs hurt and asked me to come and see him?"
Zhou Qing became even more confused, but only for a moment.
Soon, she seemed to receive some signal and slapped her forehead vigorously, "Oh, yes, I really am stupid for three years after pregnancy. I forgot everything after playing for a while."
Zhou Fang licked his teeth with the tip of his tongue and chuckled, "Don't forget next time."
"Of course, of course."
Zhou Qing smiled awkwardly, picked up a lot of bags and came over, looking at me, "I made sure you didn't have dinner. I packed a lot of food, would you like to eat together?"
"No, I still need to go back to the sanatorium."
I wanted to take one last look at grandma, and all my belongings were put in the car.
I smiled and said, "You guys eat, I should be leaving soon."
Zhou Fang didn't say anything. Zhou Qing walked me to the entrance and said, "I'm really sorry to bother you. You always come to take care of A Fang."
I shook my head, "No trouble."
"Oh, that's right."
Zhou Qing suddenly remembered something and said with a smile, "Let's add each other on WeChat. You're in Jingcheng, if you need any help, feel free to contact me. As long as it's not something serious like murder or arson, I can handle it."
I glanced at Zhou Fang and smiled faintly, "Didn't we add each other on WeChat?"
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