Chapter 299 Two in One
Wen Shuqiao and Shen Jiazhou went upstairs together. When they reached the second floor, Shen Jiazhou said, "This trip will be quite tight. After lunch tomorrow, I will take you and Cancan to Zhou's house. We may have a dinner party in the evening."
Wen Shuqiao asked, "Is the Zhou family your mother's side?"
"Yes." Shen Jiazhou said, "I'll also meet...my mother."
Wen Shuqiao thought this was a bit strange, and after thinking about it, he asked in a roundabout way: "Has she found another true love?"
She just thought about it roughly. Neither in the novel nor before this, the mother of Shen Jiazhou and Shen Jiachen was mentioned. The only possibility was that she found a new home after the divorce.
"No." Shen Jiazhou smiled bitterly, and said, "Forget it, you are tired today, go to bed early. If there is anything, we can talk about it after you have rested."
He took the initiative to help Wen Shuqiao open the bedroom door: "Come in, Cancan will sleep with me tonight, Gu Xingyuan will bring her over later."
Seeing that he didn't want to say more, Wen Shuqiao nodded: "Okay, then you should go to bed early too."
She was indeed a little tired now, so she said good night to Shen Jiazhou and went into the bedroom.
After a quick wash, I lay down in the warm bed, closed my eyes, and fell asleep in a short while.
Shen Jiazhou in the next room was tossing and turning in bed, unable to fall asleep. After waiting for an unknown amount of time, the bedroom door was pushed open a little bit, and Cancan walked in wearing pajamas.
Shen Jiazhou glanced at him, pulled away the quilt, and Cancan lay down in. After rolling around, she rolled steadily into Shen Jiazhou's arms.
His fingers pinched Shen Jiazhou's ears accurately: "Uncle, I thought you were asleep."
Shen Jiazhou pinched his chubby arm. The child's flesh was as soft as cotton. "I'm waiting for you. Go to sleep. How come you slept for so long and haven't gotten rid of the habit of touching your ears?"
Cancan buried her face in his arms and smiled: "I just want to touch your ears, uncle."
Shen Jiazhou patted his butt and said, "Go to sleep quickly. We still have things to do tomorrow."
I don’t know if it’s because I’m in an unfamiliar environment, but Cancan closed his eyes but couldn’t fall asleep.
Shen Jiazhou opened his eyes: "What are you twisting and turning for?"
"Uncle, is Auntie asleep?" Cancan simply lay on him: "Can I..."
"No." Shen Jiazhou groaned. You bad boy, are you trying to knock him out?
However, he still hugged Cancan tighter: "Okay, you can use me as a bed, go to sleep, uncle is here."
Cancan was sticky and hugged Shen Jiazhou tightly. It was not known whether she felt that she was safe because she was hugged by her uncle. In less than a minute, Shen Jiazhou heard Cancan's breathing on his body.
...I fell asleep too quickly.
Shen Jiazhou felt somewhat helpless. He carefully turned over and put him on the bed. Little Canzhu's snoring became the best white noise and sleep aid.
As Shen Jiazhou listened, his thoughts gradually drifted away and he slowly fell asleep.
“Wow——”
“Wow——”
The sound of water filled his ears. Shen Jiazhou opened his eyes in confusion, but saw the dim twilight all around him. The sea water hit the rocks, and some of it splashed onto him.
He looked down and realized that he had no idea how long he had been sitting there, but there was not a single dry spot on his body.
Shen Jiazhou looked at the sea beneath his feet. For some reason, he could not control himself. There was an invisible force trying to pull him down.
Just jump down -
Jump down and it's over -
Jump down——
Jump down -
"Jiazhou? Jiazhou?"
Shen Jiazhou suddenly opened his eyes, and what he saw was Cancan's wrinkled face, and further back, he saw Wen Shuqiao's worried face.
"Okay, okay, let me take my uncle's temperature again." Wen Shuqiao patted Cancan's butt and motioned him to move to the side.
Cancan reversed the car with a serious look on his face and gave his seat to Wen Shuqiao.
Wen Shuqiao held the thermometer behind Shen Jiazhou's ear and took a look: "Thirty-seven, the fever has subsided a little."
Shen Jiazhou asked dazedly: "Huh? I have a fever?"
Wen Shuqiao hummed, "It caught fire in the middle of the night. Cancan came to find me and scared him."
Wen Shuqiao didn't know why, but she didn't sleep well in the second half of the night, so she heard Cancan knocking on the door. When she saw her, Cancan started to cry.
When I came over to take a look, Shen Jiazhou had already been cooked into a shrimp. Fortunately, he had taken some medicine and he was feeling much better now.
Shen Jiazhou looked at the ceiling for a while, then slowly sat up. Wen Shuqiao reached out and helped him up: "Where else do you feel uncomfortable?"
Shen Jiazhou shook his head: "No, I'm just a little tired. I caught a cold yesterday. I'll be fine after a rest."
He looked out the window. It was still snowing outside. "What time is it?"
"It's nine o'clock." Wen Shuqiao pulled out the chair next to the bed: "Mingxue and Mr. Gu went home and said that the family dinner at noon today will be postponed until you are better."
"I'm sorry." Shen Jiazhou sighed, "I brought you two out to play, but I didn't expect that I would get sick first."
Cancan was originally just sitting next to his legs, but when she heard what he said, she threw herself into his arms.
Shen Jiazhou caught him and said helplessly: "Didn't I tell you not to jump around like this? Are you a big cake?"
Cancan buried her face in his shoulder, rubbed it, and said softly: "Uncle, please don't get sick, okay? Aunt and I don't get sick, and our whole family doesn't get sick, okay?"
Shen Jiazhou lowered his head and touched his head: "Okay, we won't get sick, but you have to stay away from me now, otherwise I will infect you. Go to your aunt."
Cancan still hugged him.
Shen Jiazhou looked at Wen Shuqiao for help, and Wen Shuqiao said, "Cancan, there is porridge downstairs that Aunt Mingxue asked grandma to cook. Can you go downstairs and bring a bowl up? My uncle must be hungry."
When Cancan heard this, he immediately let go of Shen Jiazhou: "Uncle, wait a minute, I'll bring it to you."
Wen Shuqiao looked at him wearing slippers and reminded him, "You need to go slowly, don't you hear me? Don't burn yourself."
Cancan saluted and ran down quickly.
Shen Jiazhou said: "He is not even as tall as the stove."
"There's a babysitter downstairs." Wen Shuqiao looked at him and said, "If you still don't feel well, drink some porridge and then go back to sleep."
"I'm fine now. I'll have more strength after eating something." As soon as Shen Jiazhou finished speaking, Wen Shuqiao took out a tissue and gave it to him: "Wipe the sweat off."
Shen Jiazhou lowered his eyes to the tissue and took it: "Thank you."
He wiped the sweat from his forehead. He hadn't noticed it just now, but he was sweating all over.
She asked, "Did you just have a nightmare?"
From the moment it got light in the morning, Shen Jiazhou couldn't sleep well, tossing and turning and sweating profusely.
Shen Jiazhou thought back and said, "I didn't have any nightmares. I just dreamed that I was sitting on a reef with the sea below. That's nothing special."
Wen Shuqiao was about to get the trash can, but when he heard this, he paused and looked at him: "What?"
Shen Jiazhou didn't quite understand why she looked so surprised, but he still patiently said, "I said I dreamed that I was sitting on a reef with the sea below. Why are you so surprised?"
Wen Shuqiao came back to her senses and said, "Nothing."
Shen Jiazhou couldn't help but move his upper body closer to her: "Really nothing?"
"Yeah." Wen Shuqiao looked away: "Why are you staring at me?"
"You're pretty, let me look at you for a few more seconds." Shen Jiazhou muttered, "Why? You won't let anyone look at you?"
Wen Shuqiao was helpless: "You are already sick, so don't even think about teasing people."
"I'm not teasing you, I'm sincere. You're pretty, take a closer look." Shen Jiazhou smiled with curved eyes: "Won't you let me tell the truth?"
Wen Shuqiao was too lazy to pay attention to him, but he still remembered the few short sentences written by Wen Zhixia, and said in a roundabout way: "Why would a person sit on a reef for no reason? It seems that your dream is reminding you to stay away from the beach, so as not to get soaked and catch a cold when you get home."
Shen Jiazhou hummed: "That makes sense."
Wen Shuqiao stood up from his chair: "It seems that you are much better now. I will go see Cancan."
Shen Jiazhou wanted to call her, but he was also worried that Cancan might burn himself when she served the porridge, so he nodded: "Okay."
Wen Shuqiao walked out of the bedroom and went downstairs, but he became confused.
I have never heard that Shen Jiazhou dreamed of the sea before. In fact, after seeing Wen Zhixia's diary, she intentionally or unintentionally asked Shen Jiazhou whether he wanted to see the sea and whether he liked the sea, but Shen Jiazhou showed that he had no interest.
I've never heard him talk about the sea before, but I didn't expect that I would dream about it after I caught a cold.
Wen Shuqiao turned his head and glanced at the open door. He couldn't figure out what was going on, so he had to go downstairs step by step to find Cancan who was serving the porridge.
*
After drinking the porridge, Shen Jiazhou felt much better.
He rested until noon and regained a lot of energy. After lunch, Shen Jiazhou was completely well again.
Before Yu Mingxue went home, she arranged a car for them, packed up, and Shen Jiazhou took them out.
It was still snowing heavily in Country M, and the car was moving slowly.
Cancan leaned on the window and watched for a while, then took Wen Shuqiao's phone to send a message to An An.
He has also seen the heavy snow now! Hehe!
After sending it, he asked again: "Uncle, where are we going now?"
Shen Jiazhou leaned back in his chair and said, "Go visit your grandmother and your old grandmother."
"Grandma?" Cancan obviously couldn't figure it out in his mind.
"My father and my uncle's grandmother." Shen Jiazhou said, "You can call her Grandma or Grandma."
"Okay." Cancan said, "Then will they like me?"
Shen Jiazhou hummed: "Grandma will like you."
Wen Shuqiao was originally looking at the snow scene outside. When he heard Shen Jiazhou's words, he turned his head slightly to look at him, but in the end he said nothing.
The Zhou family moved to Country M a little longer than the Yu family. The car drove into a manor, and Cancan exclaimed: "Uncle, this place is so beautiful! Shall we play here first?"
Wen Shuqiao also sighed: "It is indeed very beautiful."
It's like a castle.
Shen Jiazhou said, "We hired several famous designers to design it, and it even won some awards. It's all messed up, I can't remember clearly."
The car drove for another half an hour and finally arrived at the main gate.
Shen Jiazhou got off the car first, and saw someone walking over with a cane: "Zhou Zhou, Zhou Zhou, my grandson."
Shen Jiazhou turned his head and looked over, his face smiling more and more, and he called out, "Grandma."
Then he carried Cancan out of the car, looked at Wen Shuqiao in the car, and stretched out his hand to her: "Come on."
Wen Shuqiao glanced at his hand and said, "I'll get off from this side."
Shen Jiazhou withdrew his hand and nodded: "Okay."
Wen Shuqiao took a deep breath, opened the car door and got out.
It's so confusing. It was Cancan who came to see the old grandmother, so why was she so nervous?
She got out of the car and walked around to the side of Shen Jiazhou and Cancan from the back. Ms. Zhou Sheng had already walked up to them, looked left and right, and said to Shen Jiazhou: "Zhou Zhou, you've lost weight."
Shen Jiazhou first glanced at Wen Shuqiao and coughed lightly: "Grandma, I've gained weight."
Then she introduced: "This is Shu Qiao, Cancan's aunt."
He looked down at Cancan. Cancan was a little shy at the moment, and looked at the old grandmother furtively.
Zhou Sheng bent down slightly and touched his head: "Like Chenchen, and also like Xiaoxia."
Has Zhou Sheng met Wen Zhixia?
Just when she was confused, Shen Jiazhou whispered back: "I sent you photos before."
Wen Shuqiao hummed and took the initiative to say: "Hello, I am Wen Shuqiao."
Zhou Sheng also looked at her and said with a smile: "Qiao Qiao, you are more beautiful than in the photo."
Wen Shuqiao looked at Shen Jiazhou again, and Shen Jiazhou said uncomfortably: "Well... I accidentally sent our photo before, and grandma has seen it."
Wen Shuqiao didn't dwell on this matter anymore and patted Cancan's shoulder. Cancan opened her mouth and said, "Hello, grandma. I'm Cancan. I'm four years old. I wish you good health and all the best."
Zhou Sheng's eyes narrowed into slits with laughter: "Okay, okay, grandma also wishes our little Cancan good health and a happy growth. Okay, don't stand here anymore, go inside, the news you gave was too sudden, your aunt and uncle are all out playing, and they won't be back for two days."
Shen Jiazhou stepped forward to support her, and then glanced at Cancan and Wen Shuqiao. After making sure that they followed, he said, "We are here to play, and we will go back on the sixth day of the New Year. There is no need to ask them to come back. I will bring them here to stay longer next time when I have more time."
Zhou Sheng said, "You are a person who knows how to make decisions. You can handle flying for so many hours. Can Qiao Qiao and Xiao Bao handle it?"
Shen Jiazhou smiled even when he was scolded.
Wen Shuqiao watched from behind and thought that Shen Jiazhou should have a pretty good relationship with his grandmother.
When I entered the house, I found it to be unexpectedly warm and cozy.
Shen Jiazhou helped Zhou Sheng sit down. Zhou Sheng waved at Cancan and took out the red envelope that he had prepared long ago from the small bag beside him: "Come here, Xiaobao, this is a meeting gift from grandma."
Cancan first glanced at Wen Shuqiao, who nodded gently, and then Cancan reached out to take it: "Thank you, grandma."
Zhou Sheng pinched his face affectionately: "You're welcome, Xiaobao."
After he finished speaking, Zhou Sheng took out a red envelope with a smile: "Come on Qiao Qiao, this is for you, a meeting gift from grandma."
Wen Shuqiao was stunned. It was normal for Cancan to have a red envelope as a gift, but she also had one? This was a bit bad.
Just as she was about to refuse, Shen Jiazhou took the red envelope first, turned around and stuffed it into her hand, whispering: "Grandma gave it to you, just take it, otherwise you will be unhappy later. Just take it happily."
Wen Shuqiao thought about it and said, "Thank you, grandma. I will accept it shamelessly."
Zhou Sheng waved his hand: "Take it, take it. It's given to you by grandma, so just accept it openly. We shouldn't be shy."
Shen Jiazhou said to Cancan, "Cancan, stay here and talk to grandma. My aunt and I have something else to do."
Cancan nodded. He actually liked the old grandmother very much. She was better than the great-grandfather he had met before.
Shen Jiazhou raised his chin towards Wen Shuqiao. Although Wen Shuqiao was puzzled, he nodded and went upstairs with him.
Originally, this was a bedroom, but after going up I found out that it was a meeting room, study room, etc.
Shen Jiazhou took her deeper into the corridor.
Wen Shuqiao couldn't help but ask, "What are we going to do?"
Shen Jiazhou said: "Go see my mother."
Wen Shuqiao looked down at his clothes, and Shen Jiazhou had already pushed open the innermost door.
My sense of smell was the first to detect something strange in the room, a scent of burning incense.
She looked up and the first thing she saw was a black and white photo, framed in a beautiful frame on the table. Offerings and incense were neatly arranged. The woman in the photo was as gentle as ever.
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