Shen Muzhi took the phone from Xu Jiayue's hand, his fingers trembling slightly. He zoomed in on the photo, his eyes lingering on Xiang Zhilan's face for a long time.
She had gained weight; her pointed chin had become rounder, and she looked radiant. Even without light makeup, her cheeks were naturally rosy, and her lips were a plump, pink color.
Her eyes were smiling, her eyebrows were curved, and she looked very happy, a smile that seemed to be the same as when they first met.
Shen Muzhi stared at her face for a long time before turning to the two children lying in the same crib. They were dressed in cute blue and pink baby clothes, and the two little ones had their bright, dark eyes wide open, as if they were curious about the world.
“Zhi Lan didn’t write her full name. The boy’s name is Hengheng, and the girl’s name is Xiaokui. The boy is a few minutes older than the girl, so he’s the older brother.” Xu Jiayue introduced the photos to Shen Muzhi when he saw him staring at the photos without saying anything.
Shen Muzhi stroked the phone screen, zooming in and out until it was at its maximum. The boy's eyebrows and eyes resembled his own, while the girl looked a lot like Zhi Lan, with very large, dark, and watery eyes.
They both looked fair and healthy, and Zhi Lan took good care of them.
"Muzhi, I can send the pictures to your phone." Seeing that Shen Muzhi's fingers were white from gripping the phone so tightly, Xu Jiayue freed her own phone first and sent the pictures to him via WeChat.
Shen Muzhi picked up his phone, downloaded and saved the file, and continued to stare at it, as if he couldn't get enough of looking at it.
"Any more?" Shen Muzhi asked hoarsely. One wasn't enough; he wanted to see more.
"I only have this one." Seeing that Shen Muzhi was willing to speak, Xu Jiayue advised, "Brother Muzhi, you haven't even seen these two treasures in person, and you haven't even held them. If you ruin your health now, how will you reunite with them in the future?"
Shen Muzhi stared at the screen without looking up, his eyes bloodshot. He moved his thumb to set the image as his background and stared at it greedily.
Pei Yang thought that Shen Muzhi should be able to listen to Xu Jiayue's advice, so he called Butler Chen and ordered him to send over some stomach-soothing food.
The two stayed with Butler Chen and the servants until they arrived. Seeing that Shen Muzhi was willing to eat, Pei Yang left with Xu Jiayue.
After leaving the hospital, Pei Yang offered to take Xu Jiayue home, but Xu Jiayue said she had driven herself, so the two walked together to the parking lot.
"What exactly do you want to tell me?" Xu Jiayue felt that ever since they came out of Su Yan's room, Pei Yang seemed to have something he wanted to ask her.
"Is Han Shizhao good to you?" Pei Yang wanted to ask Xu Jiayue first. If he were to investigate rashly, he wouldn't know where to start. Han Shizhao also had such a special identity. Investigating a soldier in secret was no fun thing.
"Isn't it obvious? Otherwise, why would I agree to marry him?" Xu Jiayue raised an eyebrow, finding his question quite inexplicable.
“He spends more than 300 days a year in the military. You’ve only known each other for half a year, and you haven’t met many times, so how well do you know him?” Pei Yang continued to probe.
Xu Jiayue couldn't help but laugh and said, "I don't know much, but you all know a lot, don't you and my brother both say he's a rare young talent, almost perfect?"
"This person is your marriage partner. It's no use just because we've agreed. You need to understand and feel for yourself." Pei Yang frowned at her indifferent attitude towards her life's most important matter and began to lecture her seriously, which was a rare occurrence for him.
"Are you so afraid I'll marry the wrong person?" Xu Jiayue laughed, patted Pei Yang's shoulder, and said, "Don't worry, I'm not as clueless as you think. He treats me very well, I can feel it."
"That's good." Pei Yang was inexplicably irritated. He pushed away Xu Jiayue's hand that was on his shoulder, got into the car, started the engine, and drove away.
Xu Jiayue choked on the exhaust fumes and stared at Pei Yang's car taillights. "This is so bizarre! Is he going through menopause?"
She got into the car somewhat angrily and drove out of the parking lot.
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