At three o’clock in the early morning, Wen Xian finished the IV drip, Shen Lingge did not let her continue staying in the hospital, but instead brought her back home. He knew that if she woke up and saw herself in the hospital, she would not be happy.
This trip back and forth, by the time they returned home, it was already five o’clock, the sky outside already slightly brightening.
Wen Xian woke up at six-thirty, she was curled up in Shen Lingge’s embrace, as soon as she lifted her head, she met Shen Lingge’s black eyes, inside his eyes already had red blood veins.
Wen Xian raised her hand to touch Shen Lingge’s eyes, he did not move, letting her action happen.
She opened her mouth to speak and only then discovered her voice was a little hoarse: “Shen Lingge, why are you not sleeping again?”
Shen Lingge lifted her chin, stared at her face carefully for a while, and asked in a low voice: “Xian Xian, does it still hurt? Is your head still dizzy?”
Wen Xian carefully felt it for a moment, then shook her head slightly: “Doesn’t hurt, also not dizzy, just a little hungry.”
Shen Lingge got up and made a phone call to the housekeeper, telling them to prepare breakfast. As soon as he hung up, he felt Wen Xian get up and hug him, she asked in a small voice: “Shen Lingge, today can you accompany me to see Daddy and Mommy? I kind of miss them.”
Shen Lingge turned his body, he looked at the little girl’s somewhat pale face, there were still some scratches on it. After a while, he replied in a hoarse voice: “Okay, after eating breakfast, you sleep a bit more. After waking up I’ll take you there, okay?”
Wen Xian answered softly.
When Shen Lingge was holding Wen Xian’s hand bringing her downstairs, Wen Xianxian was already awake, Qiuqiu was still sleeping. Wen Xian had just wanted to bend down to pick up Wen Xianxian, but Shen Lingge pulled her back, he lowered his eyes looking at her: “These days not allowed to hold it, it’s too heavy, wait until you’re a bit better.”
Wen Xian could only touch Wen Xianxian’s head, Wen Xianxian also very obediently did not come to bother her, just followed by her side walking forward.
After finishing breakfast, Wen Xian looked a little more energetic, Shen Lingge held her hand and walked in the yard for a while, when they walked to the garden Wen Xian stopped her steps, she sat down in front of the bench in the garden.
Shen Lingge followed her gaze to look, she was looking at that patch of rose garden.
That patch of rose garden had appeared in the photo of her and her parents, at that time she was also holding roses in her arms.
Shen Lingge lowered his eyes to cover up the thoughts in his eyes, he always didn’t dare to think about that night whether she was afraid alone in that cold and dark warehouse, also didn’t dare to ask.
He could feel, she was very uneasy.
Shen Lingge held her hand, he gently rubbed twice, his fingertips carefully avoiding her wounds.
Accompanying Wen Xian to sit for quite a while, Shen Lingge then asked: “Xian Xian, that night, what were you thinking?”
Wen Xian withdrew her gaze from the rose garden, she and Shen Lingge met eyes for a moment, at this time she did not remember last night crying while telling Shen Lingge that she missed Daddy and Mommy.
So she only shook her head, softly said: “Thinking about how to get out.”
Shen Lingge stared at her clear and quiet eyes for a while, suddenly moved his gaze away. What Wen Xian said was the truth, she was thinking about how to get out, she had never thought that someone would come to save her.
To Wen Xian, her parents were already gone, and he was far away in London.
In that moment, her thought was the correct one.
But Shen Lingge hearing it felt very uncomfortable, he was not able to give her enough sense of security, this matter was also because of him.
Wen Xian looking at Shen Lingge’s face looking bad remembered Duoduo’s words, she leaned close to him and said in a small voice: “Gege, this is not your fault. You already did very well.”
Shen Lingge remained silent, only bringing her back to the room. He hadn’t slept all night, after seeing her fall asleep, he then held her and lay down for a while.
…
These past two days Wen Xian had slept for a long time, she woke up after sleeping for half an hour. But this time after waking up, she became obedient and did not move, she quietly glanced at Shen Lingge, he was still asleep.
There was already a faint bluish color under his eyes, it seemed like these past few nights he hadn’t really slept.
Wen Xian was not in a hurry to go to the public cemetery, so she did not wake Shen Lingge, only quietly curled up in his embrace. She faintly had a kind of feeling, Shen Lingge seemed to be somewhat different from before.
But she couldn’t say exactly, only felt that his mood recently was not very good.
Shen Lingge slept this time all the way until noon before waking up, as soon as he opened his eyes, he met Wen Xian’s round, rolling eyes, she was opening her eyes looking at his face, in her big eyes it was written very clearly: not happy.
Shen Lingge: “……”
He had just wanted to lower his head to kiss her, but the little girl tilted her head to avoid. Shen Lingge looked at her and asked in a hoarse voice: “Not allowing me to kiss anymore?”
Wen Xian glared at him, she suspiciously said: “Did you secretly go smoke yesterday?”
Shen Lingge lightly coughed, trying to deny: “I didn’t.”
Wen Xian opened her mouth and directly bit down on his collarbone, Shen Lingge also didn’t dodge, letting her mess with him as she pleased.
Wen Xian gnawed for quite a while before letting him go, she lightly snorted: “I just secretly kissed you just now, when I kissed I smelled it, even though it was only a little bit, it was still there.”
When Shen Lingge heard Wen Xian say “secretly kissed you,” he couldn’t hold back and laughed a little, he lowered his head and rubbed her forehead: “Just these two days, from now on I won’t smoke anymore.”
Wen Xian tilted her head and thought for a long time, fiercely said: “Then I’ll punish you, not allowed to kiss me for two days.”
Shen Lingge very straightforwardly agreed, he got up to take a shower and then brought Wen Xian downstairs. When they went downstairs, Song Mingxi and Duoduo were fiddling with something in the living room, the two of them huddled together talking in low voices.
When Song Mingxi saw Shen Lingge holding Wen Xian’s hand coming down, she quickly went into the kitchen, Duoduo also put away the miscellaneous things on the table.
Wen Xian pulled on Duoduo and quietly asked: “Duoduo, has Aunt Ming eaten yet?”
Duoduo smiled and shook her head: “We’re waiting for you, Madam said last night she couldn’t eat together with you, today no matter what she must wait to eat with you. It’s still early now, Miss, the kitchen just got things ready.”
Wen Xian pressed her lips together, feeling a bit embarrassed.
When Shen Lingge saw her with lowered eyes and a small face looking stifled, he already knew what she was thinking, he said in a low voice: “My mom really likes you, don’t feel pressured. In a few days I’ll bring you to Mingcheng to stay for a while, okay?”
Wen Xian peeked toward the kitchen, quietly asked: “Will it be living together with your dad and mom?”
Shen Lingge gently rubbed her hair: “Not living together, on weekends I’ll bring you back to eat a meal.”
Wen Xian nodded: “Okay.”
Shen Lingge was already feeling troubled, worrying that when he returned to Mingcheng to handle things, if Wen Xian didn’t want to go back with him what would he do. Seeing her agree now, his suppressed mood these past two days felt a bit better.
At least, he could see her every day.
When Wen Xian sat down at the dining table, she fully experienced Song Mingxi’s enthusiasm. She almost used the public chopsticks to put every dish into her bowl, in the blink of an eye her bowl was piled up like a small mountain.
Wen Xian blinked, for a moment not knowing what to do.
Today the injury on her hand already didn’t hurt, she could eat by herself now.
Shen Lingge looked at her and said: “If you can’t finish, leave it for me to eat.”
But just as he finished speaking, he was hit by Song Mingxi. Song Mingxi directly scolded: “What did Mom tell you yesterday? Today there’s so many dishes on the table and you’re still competing with your wife!”
Shen Lingge: “……”
Wen Xian: “……”
Wen Xian’s face slightly reddened, she softly explained: “Auntie, I can’t eat that much, Shen Lingge wouldn’t compete with me for food.”
Compared to Wen Xian, Shen Lingge’s attitude was very calm: “Whatever she can’t finish, I eat. This little girl has bad habits, doesn’t really like to eat proper meals, likes to eat snacks.”
Wen Xian: “……”
Wen Xian quietly pinched his waist, glared at him again.
But Song Mingxi spoke sternly with righteousness: “Little girl is just a bit over twenty, young girls eating some snacks, what’s wrong with that? Look at you, already almost thirty, what right do you have to say she has bad habits?”
After scolding Shen Lingge, she turned to Wen Xian again and said gently: “Xian Xian, liking to eat snacks is no big deal. But these days you must obediently eat meals properly, we need to nourish the body well.”
Wen Xian obediently nodded, then seriously started eating her rice. Shen Lingge seeing Wen Xian being so obedient also raised his eyebrows a little, this little girl seemed like she wasn’t afraid of him at all, only dared to be lawless in front of him.
These past days, Shen Lingge already knew Wen Xian’s appetite, plus recently her appetite hadn’t been good. He estimated that after half a bowl of rice she wouldn’t be able to eat anymore, not to mention Song Mingxi had already given her so many dishes.
When Wen Xian’s bowl was already more than half empty, Shen Lingge reached out to touch her stomach, he tilted his head and said in a low voice: “No need to eat anymore, in the afternoon eat some snacks again, the rest I’ll eat.”
Wen Xian was actually already almost full, but because of Song Mingxi’s kind intention, she still worked hard to eat all the dishes Song Mingxi had put in her bowl.
Shen Lingge frowned looking at her: “Uncomfortable?”
Wen Xian shook her head, today her condition had gotten a lot better, her appetite was better than the past two days. Now it was just a little too full, no feeling of nausea. She didn’t know that she had actually gone to the hospital last night.
Shen Lingge, after finishing his meal in a few bites, pulled Wen Xian outside to take a walk, afraid that she would feel bloated.
During this period, Song Mingxi had been observing the way these two children got along, besides feeling comforted, she was even more surprised. She hadn’t expected Shen Lingge would, for one person, go to such lengths.
He had discarded his original principles, Wen Xian became his new principle.
Shen Lingge was her child, she understood him.
So Song Mingxi also understood, this was not necessarily a good thing for Shen Lingge. If something really had happened to Wen Xian before, she didn’t dare to imagine.
She might not only have lost her daughter-in-law, but possibly even her son too.
Song Mingxi lightly sighed, deciding not to interfere with these two children anymore. They were already adults, able to handle their own relationship problems.
…
Today was an overcast day, Shen Lingge still held an umbrella for Wen Xian, in her hands she was holding a bouquet of champagne roses, as well as the wine to bring for Wen Tianlin.
It was Shen Lingge’s first time coming to Wen Tianlin and Chang Shuang’s graves, he stood at the side silently looking at that man who looked gentle and that beautiful woman on the tombstone, these were her parents, the ones who had raised her.
He kept a certain distance from Wen Xian, he knew, at this time she needed private space to talk with her daddy and mommy.
Wen Xian placed the flowers in front of Chang Shuang’s tombstone, then bent down to pour wine for Wen Tianlin.
She looked at them for a long time before softly saying: “Daddy, Mommy, Xian Xian has someone she likes now, he treats me very well, I am very happy being with him. Today I brought him to see you.”
She curved her lips: “If you two were still here, you would definitely like him too.”
These past two days Wen Xian’s floating, unsettled heart only gradually calmed down upon seeing Wen Tianlin and Chang Shuang. She sat in front of the graves muttering to herself for a long time, during which Shen Lingge just kept waiting not far away.
Until the wind started blowing, Shen Lingge then walked to her side, putting a coat over her shoulders.
Wen Xian lifted her face to look at Shen Lingge, directly meeting his black eyes filled with worry, she smiled: “Shen Lingge, my daddy and mommy will really like you, I know.”
After she finished speaking, she looked at him again and added: “Me too, I really like you.”
Shen Lingge found it very hard to describe his feelings, as if a snowflake had melted on his heart. He lowered his body and, with utmost care, dropped a light kiss on her hair, touching and leaving immediately.
The setting sun gradually sank, the earth silent.