When Wen Xian returned upstairs, Shen Lingge still had not come back. She hugged his other laptop computer and sat cross-legged on the sofa.
She was going to start enjoying the snacks and fruits placed on the table, as well as that half cup of milk tea left from noon.
But Wen Xian had just opened the variety show not long before she received a call from Chang Shang. He seemed in a bad mood, his tone also somewhat heavy: “Jie, you agreed to my dad to go home for dinner tomorrow?”
Wen Xian was blank for a moment: “Mn, in the afternoon uncle called me, told me to bring Shen Lingge back. But I didn’t have time to talk to your brother-in-law, he was still busy with work this afternoon.”
The other end of the phone was quiet for a moment, after a while Chang Shang then said: “Jie, if you can not go then don’t go. As for the reason, I’ll tell you later. If you really want to go, you also can’t go alone, let brother-in-law accompany you.”
Wen Xian still could not understand why Chang Shang’s relationship with the family suddenly became so stiff.
She softly responded: “I know, I’ll ask him later when he comes back.”
After hanging up, Chang Shang still felt uneasy, simply first sent Shen Lingge a WeChat message. The results of the investigation he and Old Wang had conducted some time ago, he had already told Shen Lingge.
Shen Lingge had already sent people to investigate who switched Zhao Chengshan’s medical report four years ago. It should have results in about a month.
At least within this one month, Chang Shang didn’t want Wen Xian to see his parents.
When Xiao Song sent off the business partners, it was already five in the afternoon. Shen Lingge slightly rotated his neck before getting up and walking towards the office. He casually took out his phone and glanced at the message on it.
Chang Shang’s message was very conspicuous, quite a long section.
[Chang Shang: Brother-in-law, this afternoon my dad and mom called my sister, told her to bring you home for dinner. They probably heard about you and my sister’s relationship. Before things are investigated clearly, I don’t want my sister to have any problems. I already called and asked her, she said she already agreed, but seems like she didn’t plan to bring you along. Don’t let her go meet my dad and mom alone.]
Shen Lingge glanced over and replied to Chang Shang that he understood.
He put away his phone and opened the office door.
After entering, Shen Lingge immediately saw Wen Xian on the sofa. The laptop was placed beside her, she was lying on the table drawing, her appearance looked rather serious.
Seeing her drawing, Shen Lingge didn’t disturb her.
Because there was no surveillance camera in his office, Yu also secretly ran out, jumping back and forth on the sofa, from time to time flying to Wen Xian’s side, leaning near her hand to take a look at what she was drawing.
Shen Lingge quietly watched for a while, thinking that these past four years she had been living like this, Qiuqiu and Yu were her family.
Wen Xian only discovered that Shen Lingge had already returned after ten minutes. When she raised her head, she was stunned for a moment: “Shen Lingge, when did you come back, why didn’t you call me?”
Shen Lingge closed his fountain pen and walked to her side: “Just came back, saw you were drawing so I didn’t call you. In a while I’ll take you to eat something, tonight’s business banquet doesn’t have anything good to eat, mostly wine and snacks.”
Upon hearing that, Wen Xian obediently put the drawing book into her bag. Before she went to wash her hands, she suddenly remembered what Chang Shang had told her.
She raised her eyes and glanced at Shen Lingge, tentatively asked: “Shen Lingge, do you have time tomorrow? Probably just during dinner time.”
Shen Lingge’s expression was natural, as if he knew nothing. He responded: “I have time, what do you want to do?”
Wen Xian pursed her lips: “My uncle knows I came to Mingcheng, he told me to go home for dinner, also told me to bring you along. Don’t know who he heard it from, but I don’t want to bring you.”
Wen Xian thought Shen Lingge would get angry upon hearing these words, but he did not.
He only raised his hand and touched her hair, asking in a warm voice: “Why don’t you want to bring me?”
Wen Xian also couldn’t say clearly why. After all, in other people’s eyes, Shen Lingge’s identity was too special. She was just following her own feeling; she subconsciously didn’t want to bring him to the Chang family.
Wen Xian kept her face sullen as she thought for a while: “I also don’t know, do you want to go?”
Shen Lingge lowered his eyes, covering the complicated emotions in his gaze. He spoke in a low voice: “I want to accompany you to go, but if you don’t wish me to go, then I won’t go. What Xian Xian says counts.”
Wen Xian bit her lip: “Let’s talk about it again after going home tonight. Let’s go eat first.”
Shen Lingge smiled slightly: “Alright, you go wash your hands first.”
While Wen Xian was washing her hands, Shen Lingge sent a text message to Song Mingxi.
[Shen Lingge: Mom, tomorrow at four in the afternoon, have a headache, then call Xian Xian saying you can’t reach me on the phone.]
[Song Mingxi: ???]
[Song Mingxi: What bad thing are you up to again? Are you trying to bully my daughter-in-law again?]
[Shen Lingge: Mom, serious matter.]
[Song Mingxi: Got it. Do I need to act more serious?]
[Shen Lingge: No need, tomorrow night we’ll come back and have dinner with you all.]
[Song Mingxi: Understood.]
…
Shen Lingge took Wen Xian to eat Japanese food. In the end, when Wen Xian came out with her small belly puffed up, she was somewhat suspicious that Shen Lingge had done it on purpose. She was so full now she couldn’t even drink a sip of water.
How could she still drink alcohol at the evening party?
Wen Xian wrinkled her small face and rubbed her small belly. She muffled her voice: “Shen Lingge, I don’t want to go, I’ll just go home and wait for you. I’ll take Wen Xianxian for a walk when I get back, I’m so full.”
In Shen Lingge’s black eyes there was a faint smile. He curved his lips and said: “Then I’ll send you home first. You take an early bath and get in bed, I’ll come back before eleven.”
Wen Xian fiercely glared at him: “If you don’t come back before then, I’ll lock the door.”
She still had a very important thing to do tonight.
Shen Lingge raised his eyebrows slightly. His tone carried a teasing note: “These days Xian Xian has learned quite a lot, even learned to secretly lock the door.”
Wen Xian: “……”
When the car arrived at Shen family manor villa, Shen Lingge got out of the car and sent Wen Xian to the door. Wen Xian stood at the entrance hall and waved her hand at him: “You go quickly, drink less wine, tonight I have something to tell you.”
Shen Lingge responded with a sound and then got in the car and left.
Seeing Shen Lingge leave, Wen Xian hurriedly slipped into the living room to look for Duoduo. Duoduo was squatting in front of Zuan Zuan’s luxury villa changing its water. Hearing movement, she turned her head and glanced over.
Duoduo said in surprise: “Miss, how come you came back alone? Have you eaten dinner?”
Wen Xian squatted beside her, she nodded: “I’ve eaten. Shen Lingge went to the banquet himself, I don’t really want to go. Duoduo, did you hide it well for me? I need to use those things tonight.”
Duoduo’s expression immediately became indescribable. She sighed: “Hidden well. Miss, I’m worried Young Master will get angry.”
Wen Xian didn’t understand: “What would he get angry about?”
Duoduo shook her head, expression subtle: “You don’t understand.”
Wen Xian blinked, raised her chin confidently and said: “He won’t get angry at me. If he ignores me, I’ll bite him.”
After saying that, Wen Xian led Wen Xianxian next to her out for a walk. Qiuqiu saw them going out and slowly followed along.
Last time Wen Xian came, she had already noticed—there was no garden in Shen Lingge’s manor, looking out it was all large stretches of lawn. She held onto the excitedly running Wen Xianxian and ran forward. She said helplessly: “Xian Xian, you are not a little dog now, walk a bit slower.”
Wen Xianxian tilted its head and looked at her for a while before barking at her: “Wang wu!”
After that, Wen Xian felt Wen Xianxian slow down its speed. It would dash forward a few steps then circle back and spin around Wen Xian a few times, repeating several times before trotting forward again with its four legs, da da da.
Wen Xian followed Wen Xianxian all the way to the artificial lake. It seemed like it often came here to play, because there were several black swans raised in the lake. Once Wen Xianxian reached the lakeside, it immediately stared at those black swans.
Wen Xian: “……”
Wen Xian suspected that if she didn’t hold onto Wen Xianxian, Wen Xianxian would directly pounce into the water to chase those swans. One person and one dog walked around outside two laps and then returned. On the way back, the road lamps inside the manor gradually lit up.
Faint moonlight spilled onto the large expanse of lawn. In her ears were also the clear sound of insects chirping.
Wen Xianxian walked slowly and leisurely ahead. From time to time it would lean near the edge of the bushes, staring at the beetles on the leaves. After watching for a while, it would dive headfirst into the bushes. When it came out, its face was full of leaves.
Wen Xian had no choice but to squat down and hold its face to pick off all these leaf fragments. Wen Xianxian stuck out its tongue and grinned at her.
Wen Xian curved her lips and kissed it once.
After walking Wen Xianxian, Wen Xian went upstairs to take a shower. The first thing she did after coming out of the shower was to check those little things hidden in Qiuqiu’s nest. When she saw them, she finally let out a sigh of relief.
Only then did Wen Xian feel at ease to go draw.
At ten thirty in the evening, Wen Xian’s phone vibrated once. She raised her eyes and glanced—it was Shen Lingge’s message.
[Shen Lingge: Xian Xian, I got in the car.]
[Shen Lingge: Passing by Mingchun Road, should I buy you crayfish?]
[Wen Xian: I want to eat three jin, kiss you once!]
[Shen Lingge: I’ll buy you six jin, I want you to kiss me twice.]
[Wen Xian: I can’t finish, I don’t want it.]
[Shen Lingge: Then I won’t buy.]
[Wen Xian: I locked the door.]
[Shen Lingge: .]
Near eleven o’clock, Wen Xian heard movement coming from downstairs. Wearing slippers, she ran downstairs. By the time she ran to the living room, Shen Lingge happened to be opening the door and coming in.
Wen Xian immediately pounced on him. Shen Lingge held her up with one hand; in his other hand he was still carrying three boxes of crayfish.
Just as she was picked up by him, Wen Xian leaned near his lips and sniffed. She didn’t smell alcohol, so she kissed the corner of his lips: “Shen Lingge, why are you so good today, didn’t drink at all.”
The corner of Shen Lingge’s lips slightly curved. He rubbed her forehead and said in a low voice: “Xian Xian said not to let me drink, so I didn’t drink.”
After putting down the crayfish, Shen Lingge first went to pour Wen Xian a glass of water. When he came back, Wen Xian had already put on gloves and started peeling crayfish.
So, for the next half hour, it was Wen Xian peeling crayfish by herself, and at the same time opening her mouth to eat the crayfish fed to her by Shen Lingge. For a moment she felt she was a bit too busy. In the end, she simply waited for Shen Lingge to feed her.
By the time the two of them finished their late-night snack, it was already close to twelve o’clock.
After Wen Xian brushed her teeth, Shen Lingge went into the bathroom to take a shower.
At this moment, Wen Xian lay down in front of Qiuqiu’s nest and started rummaging through her little things. Hugging that pile of items, she sat down on the bed and started waiting, eyes wide, staring expectantly for Shen Lingge to come out.
Half an hour later, Shen Lingge walked out of the bathroom wearing pajamas.
When he looked toward Wen Xian, his gaze paused slightly: “Xian Xian, what’s that in your arms?”
Wen Xian waved at him: “Come here, this is a gift I’m giving you.”
Shen Lingge faintly had a bad premonition. When he walked to the bedside, Wen Xian poured out that pile of boxes—different brands, all sizes—with a rustling sound.