Chapter 66
The two kids didn't understand at all: "Huh?"
The system that understood: "Huh?"
Has this kid become so evil now?
The word "crazy" might be an insult to others, but to Jiang Sui it was just a statement of fact, and he accepted it with pleasure.
As long as we can find Yueqing and confirm that she is still alive, then everything will be fine.
"You like it?" He nodded. "That's okay, too."
Yueqing: “???”
She quickly took the phone back, fearing that the two children would hear something they shouldn't hear.
"What's a stepfather?"
Obviously, the nursery rhymes that kids are learning now have not been taught to this point, and they are beyond the scope of the syllabus.
"I know," An An said shrewdly. "My uncle is right. He promised not to bully me."
"Who said I should answer..."
Yue Qing directly put her hand over his mouth, glared at him angrily, and lowered her voice: "Shut up, don't talk nonsense!"
Then she quickly explained to the children: "Uncle didn't hit Auntie, just go to sleep, he's fine."
"But my uncle is a little chicken. We need to teach him how to treat girls," Little Le Jia said seriously. "We need to coax him, just like I coax my sister, by telling him stories and giving him candy."
Hearing this, Jiang Sui's eyebrows slightly raised, and he looked at the person in front of him meaningfully.
Yue Qing's scalp was about to explode. What on earth did Jiang Suizhi's father say to the children?
"Okay, okay, I've learned my lesson. If anyone doesn't go to sleep, I won't bring you any gifts when I go back."
This was undoubtedly the final ultimatum. The two children were already very tired, and at this moment they immediately lay down and covered themselves with the quilt. "Good night, auntie! Good night, uncle too!"
After finally hanging up the phone, Yue Qing gestured to Jiang Sui to look at her wrist: "What can't you say first?"
"No." Jiang Suizhi squeezed harder and harder, his palms sweating. "You ran away again, where can I find you?"
He lowered his tone a lot when he said the last sentence, and sounded a little aggrieved.
Yue Qing was completely baffled: "I didn't run away. Why would I run away? Didn't I send you a message?"
"Sent the child away, took the luggage, didn't answer the phone, and returned the gifts. Isn't that running away?" Jiang Sui scoffed. "Then what does running away mean?"
"I had no choice but to send the children away. I don't have the right or authority to take them away from their families. I took the luggage because the house is no longer mine and I can't continue to live there..." Yue Qing suddenly realized something, "Didn't Uncle Jiang tell you the whole story?"
"say what?"
From the tone of his voice, I wanted to catch him on the spot and break his legs.
"Uncle Jiang has investigated me." Yue Qing sighed, but now she has been able to accept her identity and even feels a little happy about it. "So I am not..."
"Investigate?" Jiang Suiji tightened his grip on her hand, then softened it a bit. "I'll settle his score when I get back."
"No." Yue Qing was confused. "What does this have to do with him?"
"You know it's okay?" Jiang lowered his head, his hot breath falling on her face, and whispered, "This is between the two of us. If you're not satisfied with anything, you can tell me. Don't let me find you."
His eyes were red, like a helpless trapped animal. He wanted to say something harsh but couldn't. He could only endure and ask, "Is it okay for me to wait for you to forget him?"
Yue Qing was afraid that he would come at her directly, so she had to use her other hand to hold him back.
Little did he know that as soon as his hand touched it, Jiang Suizhi's whole body trembled, his eyelashes trembled slightly, and his breathing became heavier.
“…”
Forgot he was sick.
For a moment, Yue Qing didn't know whether he should take his hand back. This felt even weirder, so he could only ask stiffly, "Who on earth are you asking me to forget?"
"Jiang Yan."
"Why would I forget him?" Yue Qing was confused. "I don't even know him."
"You all..." Jiang Sui's brows furrowed, and he stopped talking mid-sentence. His bloodshot eyes were filled with confusion. "What did you say?"
"Your brother." Yue Qing said, "Didn't he pass away? I've never met him."
"You haven't seen him?"
Jiang Sui then raised his other hand and touched Yue Qing's head, as if to check whether she had a fever or was confused by anger.
He murmured to himself: "You haven't seen him, how could you not have seen him..."
"Of course I've never seen him. He must have passed away when I took the two children. I didn't even know who the father was at that time. When you came to me, I thought you were the father."
Jiang Sui, his mind in a mess, subconsciously said, "I do want to."
"?" Yue Qing's mind was already spinning, so he asked tentatively, "Do you really want to be the child's stepfather? You shouldn't ask me for help, I have nothing to do with the children."
"You...ah?"
Jiang Zong, who always had a sure win, even rushed to a small town abroad to arrest people with a fierce and determined attitude, at this moment, his eyes revealed a bit of clear stupidity: "What do you mean it doesn't matter, you are not Yueqing?"
"I'm Yueqing."
"You're not the child's mother?"
"I..." Yue Qing's eyes widened. "I'm not! From the beginning until now, the children have been calling me Auntie. Can't you hear it?"
The force that President Jiang had used to restrain her wrist suddenly loosened, and her whole body felt as if it had been struck by lightning, inside and out, and even her hair seemed to stand on end.
"You're not." He held onto the wall next to him, his head aching. He felt like he must have taken too many medicines and had side effects, so now he's gone crazy. Otherwise, why wouldn't he understand Chinese?
"If you're not, then who is?"
Just then, there was a gentle knock on the glass from inside. Annie, who had just finished her shower, leaned against the door frame. She hadn't known how long she had been listening there, and smiled, "Excuse me, do you need any help?"
"That's right." Yue Qing scratched his head and pointed at Annie behind him. "It's possible that the child's mother is her."
Jiang Suizhi:?
His swollen head finally stopped moving, and Mr. Jiang suddenly wanted to escape from reality.
Yue Qing cautiously looked at Jiang Suiji, who was on the verge of collapse: "So if you want to be the child's stepfather, it should be..."
Before she finished speaking, her shoulders suddenly sank.
The huge heat source poured down on her, and Jiang, who could no longer stand, fell down.
Fortunately, Yue Qing was very agile and quickly supported him: "Jiang Suizhi!"
The man's forehead was severely burned, and he looked disheveled, not at all as unruly and unrestrained as before. His eyes were tightly closed, and it was obvious that he was very ill.
Is the blow so big?
Yue Qing touched Jiang Sui's head with a complicated expression. He really wanted to pry it open to see what was inside. Whether there were more grooves than a normal person's, otherwise he wouldn't have imagined so many messy things.
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It was impossible to sleep at this moment, so Yue Qing had to ask the bodyguards guarding nearby to come and take Jiang to the hospital.
Fortunately, it's just a fever and there are no other problems.
However, after receiving the intravenous drip in the hospital, Jiang Sui still did not wake up, so Yue Qing had to take him back to the B&B.
The patient couldn't sleep on a small sofa, especially someone as big as Jiang Suizhi, so they put him in his own bed.
How can you sleep so well?
"Let me guess." Annie sat in a chair by the window and watched the show idly. "If he's been looking for you since you returned home until today, including the time he spent on the plane, he probably hasn't slept for several days."
Yueqing: "..."
She couldn't help but ask: "Is he a tiger?"
Annie propped up her chin: "So what's going on?"
The two people spoke Chinese the whole time. Although she had regained some basic Chinese through memory, she could not fully understand it.
Yueqing had to explain it in a few words.
As expected, even Annie fell silent.
After a long pause, she couldn't hide her laughter. "So you're saying he thought you were the child's mother and couldn't forget the child's father, so he packed up his bags and ran away to avoid his pursuit?"
Yueqing: "Maybe?"
"Then I don't approve of your relationship." Annie snorted, "He's too stupid."
Yueqing was at a loss for words. What did this have to do with anything?
But as I laughed, I felt something indescribably complicated.
If Jiang Suizhi thought this way from the beginning, then what was he thinking during this period until he found this B&B?
He hasn't even slept for so many days. How can someone be so stubborn?
Annie was right, he was indeed a little silly.
She couldn't help but look at the man on the bed again. The first time she saw Jiang Suizhi sleeping, he didn't have the steadiness behind his glasses, nor did he have the sharpness in his eyes. His hair was a little messy, and his face was a little pale. If the children saw the hero in their hearts become like this, they would definitely cry.
Yue Qing sighed again, and then saw the person on the bed move his fingers slightly.
"Jiang Suizhi?" she tried to call out.
Again, no reaction at all.
Yue Qing was silent for a few seconds, then suddenly said to Annie, "This isn't a solution. I'd better call Uncle Jiang and have someone come pick him up. Secretary Chen must still be in the UK."
As soon as he finished speaking, the hands in his sight moved again.
Yueqing: "..."
Then she saw the person on the bed slowly open his eyes and stare at the ceiling blankly.
She stood up and walked over: "Are you awake?"
Jiang then closed his eyes and said weakly, "My brain is still dead."
This time Yue Qing really couldn't hold it in any longer, and she held her forehead and laughed. The more she laughed, the more she couldn't stop. She really couldn't connect the person who did such a stupid thing with Jiang Suizhi, who even tried to pretend to be asleep.
Jiang Suizhi really wanted to pretend to be asleep forever, especially when he heard Annie talking about all the stupid things he had done in the past as if she were repeating his crimes, he felt that his life might really be over.
It's even more despairing than being thrown into the trash can.
How can he hold his head up in front of Yueqing in the future? He hasn't even caught up with her yet.
When will you forget him...
Forgot, he...
In order to achieve his shameful goal, he put on pretentious glasses and deliberately adopted a gentle tone and expression...
Stepfather...
You know, he has even thought about how many times he will kowtow when he visits Jiang Yan's grave in the future.
Thinking of this, President Jiang's heart became numb again.
"You guys chat." Annie was not one to be tactless and stood up. "I'm going to rest first."
When she reached the door, she seemed to remember something and looked back at Yue Qing: "The door of the room will be left open for you, remember to come back, otherwise..."
She shifted her gaze to Jiang Suizhi who was lying on the bed and smiled slightly: "I won't let you go."
Jiang Suizhi: "..."
After everyone left, the whole room fell silent again. Jiang Yi quietly felt the embarrassment sweeping over his body. It was not until he saw Yue Qing walk to the side to pour water that he finally regained some sanity and sat up.
Yue Qing handed him the water and said, "Ask us. Let's talk about any other misunderstandings."
Jiang Suiyi held the water cup, like a child who had done something wrong, lowered his eyes and said dryly, "No more."
He never had any misunderstandings about Yueqing, except that she was his sister-in-law.
"I can't find anything." He explained hoarsely, "She is also from Yueqing, and you are also from Yueqing. There is no trace of her in the past."
This is naturally impossible to find out, the only person who can be found is the child's mother.
The original owner who did the bad thing just changed his name and had plastic surgery. It was as if he appeared out of thin air. How could he be found out?
"I thought Uncle Jiang would tell you." Yue Qing gently repeated to Jiang Sui what she had explained to Uncle Jiang that day. "That day he showed me the old documents. I'm not actually the children's aunt, so I can only send the children back to you. After all, I don't have any qualifications."
But Jiang Suizhi was not as easy to fool as Uncle Jiang. He knew too well how much Yue Qing valued the children. He would believe her even if she was his biological mother, let alone his aunt. The children were almost everything to her.
According to Lin Shengxi and Lin Jian, Yue Qing was indeed not a good person in the past, but her change began last winter.
In a short period of time, Yue Qing sold all his brand-name items to give his children a better life, and gave all the money he earned to his children. He almost gave away everything he had. A person who takes the blame for others in the middle of a business would not do such a thing.
Jiang Sui's chaotic brain finally started to function normally, and his eyes locked on her firmly: "Even so, what does this have to do with you leaving? Why did you return the gift to me?"
Yue Qing raised his eyes and met the other person's heavy gaze.
Although she had never thought about what would happen between her and Jiang Sui, Yue Qing could not deny that she was touched when she learned that Jiang Sui had put so much effort and even endured so much pressure to find her.
There were too few people who cared about her in her life, and now she met one after another.
Faced with sincere and pure feelings, she could not deceive or betray him. Being honest was the greatest respect for Jiang Suizhi.
After a long while, Yue Qing let out a sigh of relief, almost imperceptibly: "This matter is a bit complicated."
She concealed the fact that she had originally traveled through a book, and explained that she and Annie might have been reborn twice. She paused in the middle of her speech, wanting to observe Jiang Sui's reaction at all times.
Not only Jiang Suizhi, but now she also handed over her weakness to him.
The two are even.
Yue Qing thought of many possible reactions of Jiang Sui after he learned the truth, but he didn't expect that he would not react at all. Instead, he sat in silence for a long time.
It lasted so long that she couldn't make up her mind and wanted to escape from this suffocating atmosphere.
Just as she was about to stand up, Jiang Suizhi once again grabbed her wrist tightly.
She looked up in surprise.
"Where were you between the ages of five and 24?" Jiang Sui asked.
Yueqing was stunned.
"I have no friends, no family." Jiang Sui looked at her intently. He hadn't drunk the glass of water yet, so his voice was hoarse and you had to listen carefully to hear his words clearly. "I cry because of a broken bracelet, I can't bear to buy new clothes, I'm very cautious when making friends, and I'm terrified by the concern of my elders."
He finally took a deep breath and said, "Where have you been all this time?"
Yue Qing stared at him blankly, her eyes suddenly becoming wet.
She has been able to endure all these years, even if no one is nice to her, as long as she can survive, she will not feel too aggrieved, because she has no qualifications, just to survive requires a lot of effort.
But she never thought that someone would watch her every move and care so much.
As long as someone blows on the wound, you will feel pain.
She shook her head slightly: "I don't know."
Because I have no sense of identity with that world, and even no sense of identity with myself, I never think that this world is important.
It was the same even in this world, which is why I was so terrified and panicked when I learned the truth.
Obviously, the truth has been revealed.
But Jiang Suizhi still felt very distressed. He had tried his best to make her the best she could be. She had suffered a lot in the past in places unknown to everyone, and even now she was still so cautious.
His hands began to tremble again. He held Yue Qing's hand and slid it down to her pulse. When he felt the slight beating there, he said in a hoarse voice, "I'm sorry."
But even so, he still couldn't let go, or even couldn't let go.
Because I'm worried that if I let her go, she will suddenly disappear at some point in time.
Noticing that his breathing had become a little abnormal, Yue Qing hurriedly asked, "Are you sick again?"
"Can you please let me hold you for a moment?"
It’s not about hugging me, but letting me hug you.
Yue Qing maintained her leaning posture without moving. She didn't know whether she was treating Jiang Suizhi or for other reasons.
She avoided his burning gaze: "You should take some medicine. Where is your medicine?"
"It's not medicine, I just want to hug you."
Such straightforwardness made Yue Qing completely at a loss. She struggled with her hand that was still being held by Jiang Suizhi: "Jiang Suizhi, I have never had any other thoughts about you."
After a pause, he added: "Even without your brother."
Jiang then chuckled, his skin thick enough to overlook his own foolish behavior: "That's even easier."
"You are Yue Qing, and I am Jiang Suizhi," he said. "I will start from the beginning and pursue you bit by bit."
"But I..."
"You can't just stop liking someone." Jiang Suiyi tilted his head and coughed a few times, "That would be too cheap."
"Keep going." He looked at Yue Qing again. This time, his eyes no longer had the pretense of calmness and gentleness they had in the past. Even his illness couldn't hide the deep paranoia in his dark eyes. "I'll chase you. Whether I can catch up or not is up to me. Is that okay?"
Yue Qing had never had any emotional experience, but she felt that what Jiang Sui said made sense.
"It's not your turn to worry about this." Jiang Sui saw her wavering, hid the smile on his lips, and continued, "Just think about how to refuse or accept."
"Yueqing." His still-hot fingertips pressed on the thin wrist, pressing on the mole on the wrist that he had coveted for a long time. "I won't stop you from moving forward, but I will walk with you."
Yue Qing, whose fingertips couldn't help but move when the words hit her heart, felt that the man's body temperature seemed to be transmitted to her body through the touching hand.
Only then did she realize that Jiang Sui had been holding her hand for a long time, and she quickly pulled it back.
Jiang Sui's fingertips slid directly across the palm of her hand, causing her spine to shiver slightly.
"You..." Yue Qing said nervously, "I won't treat your illness anymore."
Jiang then hesitated for half a second and said, "Maybe not."
"?" Yue Qing was surprised, "Why?"
At this time, Big Tail Wolf calmly handed her the chat history with the psychologist on his phone: "Only you, no one else can do it."
Looking at Yueqing all the way, I felt like I was forced to watch Jiang Sui's journey of self-conquest.
How can someone like someone and need to go through a psychologist to work things out!
He threw Jiang Sui's phone back like a hot potato: "Then you must at least get my consent. You can't just... do that."
"What?"
Yueqing had no choice but to stare at him.
Jiang Suizhi's shoulders finally relaxed, and he found that the current situation didn't seem too bad for him. This person probably didn't know how to refuse others.
But he's not the kind of person who would accept rejection.
"I'll do as you say." He followed suit and even learned what Zaizai taught him. He wanted to coax a girl, but whether to coax her or deceive her was entirely up to him.
So he pressed his palm and whispered, "Sorry, I didn't mean to. I was anxious and took all the medicine I brought with me. I couldn't control myself."
Yueqing had seen him taking medicine. How could he possibly finish such a big box?
But Jiang then really took out his medicine box, and Yue Qing noticed that his bottle caps were all broken.
“…”
Jiang Suizhi lowered his eyes and clasped his hands together: "Did I scare you?"
"It's just a fever, thank goodness for you." Yue Qing couldn't bear to blame him anymore and handed him the water he hadn't drunk. "Drink it and rest."
This time Jiang Suizhi obediently drank all the water, but he still looked at her with burning eyes.
Yue Qing felt uncomfortable being stared at: "What?"
"I'm a little hungry. Is there anything to eat?" Jiang Suizhi asked. "The cookies you made would be fine too."
“???”
Yueqing widened her eyes and even missed the cookies she made.
It seems that he is really hungry.
Could it be that he ate those medicines as food?
"It's too late." Jiang then threw off the quilt and stood up. "You rest. I'll go take a look outside."
Yue Qing pressed his quilt: "Lie down."
After saying that, he turned and left the room.
Jiang Suizhi sat silently in the quiet room for a while, looked at the direction she left, and suddenly laughed briefly.
It was already past the time for serving food, and everyone in the town had gone to bed early. Yue Qing communicated with the owner of the B&B and made some hot food for Jiang Sui in the kitchen.
When she turned around with the noodles in her hand, she saw Jiang Sui had come down without her noticing. He was still wearing the same thin clothes, leaning against the door, looking at her intently.
Yue Qing walked over and put the noodles on the dining table downstairs: "Didn't I tell you to lie down?"
"It's uncomfortable." President Jiang was like a big dog following closely: "I want to touch..."
Noticing the other party's warning look, Jiang Sui immediately changed his words: "I want to see you."
Yue Qing decided that she would buy him a few more boxes of medicine and put them on him so that he would have no excuse. She signaled with her eyes: "Sit down and eat."
"good."
Although there was some coaxing in it, Jiang Suizhi really hadn't had a good meal in the past few days. As the warm soup rolled down his throat, he sighed softly.
Even if it's embarrassing, it's worth it.
Yue Qing couldn't let a patient sit here, so she poured herself a glass of milk and sat opposite Jiang Sui. Seeing him eating seriously, she couldn't help but think of what he had said in the room just now.
As I was thinking about it, I suddenly realized that something was wrong.
She frowned slightly: "How did you know I was here?"
Jiang then paused in eating noodles.
"And." Yue Qing put down the milk cup and looked at him straight, "How did you know I couldn't bear to buy new clothes?"
Jiang then lowered his head and drank half a bowl of soup.
Without getting an answer from the other party, Yue Qing gradually found clues as to why Chelsea and Nora always said they were wearing famous brands.
She took out her cell phone, opened the chat box with Brother Jiang, and made a voice call.
Two seconds later, the pocket of the person opposite suddenly vibrated.
The huge red background with the "Come to my store for bargains" avatar stands out.
Yue Qing looked at the words "AAAAA Wholesale Brother Jiang" and his eyebrows couldn't help but twitched twice. He wanted to laugh but felt it was outrageous.
"Brother Jiang?"
"Yeah." Since the bigger guy had already been lost, Brother Jiang didn't care. "Our group is like this. We have a wide range of business."
"Wholesale too?"
"It's precisely tailored to customer needs." Jiang Suizhi looked up at her and smiled, "It used to be prepared for you and the children, but now it's only for you."
“…”
Yueqing was not angry. He was the beneficiary of this kind of thing, so what was there to be angry about?
Especially when she thought about how Jiang Suizhi racked his brains to buy her a new dress during the Chinese New Year, and how he spent the whole day trying to edit pictures and post them on WeChat Moments so that she could buy medicine and other things, she felt a little sad.
"Your friends won't laugh at you?" she asked.
"Chasing after a wife, what's so funny about that?" Jiang Ge said, "People without wives are the funny ones."
It's been in the trash can, so why do you care about an avatar?
Do you still want my wife?
As long as you don't say that he is a bad-tempered middle-aged man working in wholesale, he can accept it.
Yue Qing gritted her teeth and decided not to talk about this topic with him again.
She held out her hand: "So what did I leave at home?"
Originally, she wanted to embarrass Jiang Suizhi and save some face for herself.
But unexpectedly, Jiang Suizhi actually put down his fork and rummaged through his clothes for a while, then took out a familiar box.
Yueqing was stunned.
This time, Jiang Suizhi did not hand the box to her directly. Instead, he opened the box and took out the jeweled bracelet.
No need to think about it, what he said at the beginning was a lie because of the discount from the brand.
The man's hot fingertips and the cool touch of the bracelet touched her wrist together. Yue Qing looked at the bracelet shining faintly under the light.
Jiang then slowly buckled the bracelet, holding the back of her hand with his palm, his eyes slightly deep and his throat moving slightly.
"I've wanted to see you wear it for a long time."
His gaze moved up along her wrist, finally landing in her eyes.
"Indeed, it's beautiful."
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