Continuing from the last time, everyone should have gone to bed this late at night, but Xuan Ze suddenly came in person to deliver medicine.
Among Lanlan's group, I only brought Xuan Ze with me. However, because Uncle Shao and Ji Bin were there above him, his presence was much lower. He only followed Rong Yu to learn and help. Most of the time he was just hanging around outside. I seldom told him to do anything, but he came here by himself today. I thought there was nothing good about it, and it turned out to be the case.
After enduring for so many days and being provoked by the people from the third room, my brother couldn't help it.
“So where are the people?” I asked.
Xuan Ze raised his chin and frowned as he pointed outside: "I didn't call my brother and let him go quietly. Otherwise, how could I escape if I fell into their hands?"
I smiled bitterly: "Well, if it was really my brother coming, Pei Zhen would get rid of him even if he risked his life. Well done, be careful next time. If you can talk to him when no one is around, tell him to stop meddling. If he comes, Brother Qingyun will be finished."
Xuan Ze bared his teeth and whispered mysteriously into my ear: "Sister, are you really going to let the second room go?"
"How is that possible? But I want to catch the old ones, not the young ones." I pushed the head away and sighed, "We don't have enough manpower. When I give birth, I will find a way to transfer Ji Bin and Shao Qin away and replace them with Lan Lan and the others. Then we can take the initiative. Don't alarm them before that. Chen Yining means that he plans to wait until the second uncle dies. If the second uncle was worried about his brother's safety, he would have committed suicide long ago. Why would he wait until today? He is ignorant, so I will urge him myself. Don't you like medicine?"
Xuan Ze took a few seconds to understand what I said, and immediately sighed: "Our family really has a grudge against medicine. The old man died this way, Madam Zheng died this way, and even Madam Liang died this way. The medicine really works."
"Of course not. If this stuff enters the body quietly, our family will return to the harmonious times in a few years. I won't be the one who makes my brother sad." I shook my head helplessly and drank the medicine bowl in one gulp. "Besides me, you didn't tell anyone else about this, right?"
Xuan Ze waved his hand: "You and I are familiar with this place."
"That's good, go back and rest early." I handed the bowl back, spread out the quilt and lay down.
"Okay." Xuan Ze responded and turned to leave. When he met someone at the door, he greeted him, "Brother Qingyun."
"Hey, go back quickly." Brother Qingyun came in sideways with a large basin of water. Xuanze closed the door for him, and he came to my bedside to put the water down. He stretched his hand into the quilt and dragged my feet out: "Look, it's so cold! I told you that you can't go without socks in summer."
I lazily hung on the side of the bed and just didn't want to get up: "Brother, I've already taken a shower today, there's no need to wash my feet alone - am I really smelly?"
Brother Qingyun gently fanned my instep: "I said you were cold and you said you smelled, are we talking about the same thing? This pregnancy has really made you stupid for three years. Lingling and Yunyun's illness just got better, but An'an made it worse, right? Be good and soak in the bath for a while!"
I pursed my lips and said nothing, looking at the ceiling, wondering whether I should tell Brother Qingyun what Xuan Ze had just mentioned.
After a simple cleanup, Brother Qingyun dragged me up and sat me up straight. He rubbed oil on my hands and used the cylindrical cushion on the sofa to pad my back: "Your belly is big now, try not to lie flat. It's so uncomfortable to be pressed down. Just lean back and sleep."
I crawled into the warm quilt, and all these benefits always came to my heart at this time. I couldn't really tell whether it was good or bad to be too sentimental, but I was hesitant after all. Brother Qingyun seemed reluctant to leave, so I grabbed him first.
"What's wrong?" he asked, leaning down.
I paused, then reached out from under the covers and hugged his neck: "I want a hug."
"Hold... Oh, okay, hug, hug." Brother Qingyun seemed a little speechless, but he still indulged me. I patted my back gently. Perhaps this little episode gave him courage. When his warm breath hit his ears and neck, he sighed and whispered, "Shishi, I think I can go see Zening, or I can go back to Linjiang with them. Whatever is fine."
I suddenly broke free and looked at him eagerly, but when I really thought about it, I realized that what he said was not stupid, but reality, so I tightened my grip even more helplessly: "Brother, there has been no news from you for so many days, but Second Uncle has not leaked any news at all."
Brother Qingyun's face turned pale, and he gritted his teeth before laughing: "This is normal, I'm not his biological child."
I was stunned for a moment, then I fell into his arms and gently stroked him: "I didn't say you are not worthy, but he doesn't love you, and there is someone else looking for you."
He was so frightened that he almost jumped up: "Shu Chen is here! Have you seen him? Where is he?"
"I didn't see him in person, I just got some news. Xuan Ze didn't say anything, and he has gone home now." I pulled him back, but he was still stiff and refused to sit down. I had to sigh and continue: "Brother, what the previous generation did has nothing to do with you. You have been protecting the Fu family. If you were taken away, do you think my brother would use your life to take the blame for him? That's why you have to be well and don't let him rush out. This time the news is with me. Next time, if something happens, I don't know who to give it to. And don't contact him behind my back, otherwise I really can't control it if something happens."
After I finished speaking, I could see Brother Qingyun deflate from an inflated ball. He sat down with a "pop" as if all his strength had been drained out. He was still in shock, and it took him a long time to remember to hold my hand again: "Shishi, thank you."
"There's nothing to thank me for." I interrupted him firmly, holding his hand tighter: "I will definitely protect you."
I slept peacefully that night, and the next few days were also calm. My uncle was in Linjiang, controlling the overall situation, and brother Qingyun was in Malaysia as a hostage to stabilize people's hearts. I was not idle either. After the prenatal examination confirmed that there was no problem, I took advantage of my uncle Jie's indulgence in Hua Qiong to contact Zhizhi, and asked him to slowly change Lanlan and the others' jobs and go to Malaysia.
Zhizhi had no opinion on this. Anyway, Huaqiong's current situation was like a rabbit occupying a large pasture. His friends punched in at work and played with their mobile phones every day. They were almost confused. It was difficult to ask for leave if they wanted to travel. It was different if I, the boss, personally asked people to go. Publicly funded travel was out of reach. But other than that, Zhizhi had a different view. He probably knew about Brother Qingyun's situation and was waiting to see the joke of these silly guys. Then he put his hands on his hips and questioned me with his phone.
"Why can't you leave them here and call me over? Isn't my work efficiency higher than theirs combined? In terms of feelings, am I not closer to you than they are? Why leave me alone in Linjiang?"
I rolled my eyes and pursed my lips a little guiltily: "Ah, speaking of feelings, Gao Xinci won't be able to sleep at night if you come over."
These words definitely touched someone's heart. She turned her head and laughed secretly. It was really hard to accept. It seemed that her lifelong purpose was to make trouble for every one of my husbands. She bullied people even though she knew it was impossible. After having fun, he didn't care about my thoughts anymore. He just swiped his card to spend money happily. Gao Xinci was left standing there in a daze, saying that sooner or later he would be thrown into the pigsty.
As for me, I was of course very aggrieved. In order to avoid him and prevent him from worrying about me, I even betrayed my partner.
Ahem, I also betrayed a little bit of my beauty. In order to make him agree to it faster and calmer, I even put on some makeup in advance.
Sure enough, Zhizhi collapsed on the recliner in the company, instantly losing his fighting spirit, and just stared at the sunset outside the window: "Well, okay, let's forget about it, but Auntie, I have no objection to you transferring people, but you should at least leave one for me. Even if Hua Qiong is small, there are still five or six projects running. Do you want to work me like a beast of burden or Fu Xu like a beast of burden? Now, even if you yell in the company, there will be an echo."
"You are neither a producer nor a director. When Hua Qiong starts a project, you just need to select people to participate and pay the extra money as usual. What does the rest have to do with you? It has even less to do with Fu Xu! She is the artist director and belongs to Ke Yi. What Ke Yi lacks the least is manpower. She is busy with her own things and you just need to take a vacation." I said in a flattering voice.
Zhizhi drank the red wine and took a long breath, feeling lonely in his leisure: "But I am really a little bored. Although it is not a big deal to follow you, at least there is someone to argue with me. Now it's good, we are separated. If my uncle checks me, it will be fine, but I don't know what Lao Hou said. My uncle has not even come to Huaqiong. It is said that he was directly ignored by the Keyi branch on the spot. It's really too much!"
I shrugged. "Well, if you are really too free, why don't you take over as Ke Yi's representative for Cheng Cheng? He sent Shen Qilin to me, and Lulu is pregnant again, so he probably won't be able to handle it."
Zhizhi looked awkward after hearing this, but she didn't refuse. She just glanced at me proudly and raised her head: "Who am I? It's fine for me to do it for you, but what's the big deal about doing it for your brother..."
I clasped my hands together and said, "That's easy! When I get back, the three of us will become sworn brothers. From now on, you will be the eldest brother. That will make perfect sense!"
“Go have fun by yourself!” Zhizhi rolled her eyes and was about to hang up the phone. Her fingers were touching the screen before she couldn’t bear it anymore. She spoke again and said coldly, “Jiang Chulan and the others left yesterday. They should be here soon. Take it easy. They can’t bear it very well. Don’t get excited and ruin things. That’s it. Bye!”
Okay, this time the call was really hung up.
I put down my phone and didn't take Zhizhi's "furiousness" too seriously. After all, he takes such good care of himself, so he will definitely protect his breasts well. But it's different for Lanlan and the others. This is not a breast issue, it's the pleasure of two hammers hitting the head. I was thinking about this when they walked in happily. They were dressed like travelers and looked particularly eye-catching. But the moment they saw my bulging belly, the children's hands stopped greeting them and their eyes lost their light.
"Sister, you..." Lanlan was the first to react. Her heart was shaking with excitement. She wanted to step forward, but Brother Qingyun came out from behind the barrier, said "Hi" as if nothing had happened, and handed the cut fruit to my mouth.
I ate it in one gulp, and my friends all fell back at the same time and sat in a row on the ground.
"Plop, plop, plop, plop, you guys are quite rhythmic." I don't know what's going on with Ji Bing. He came to my room for a walk. He walked around the kids on the ground floor, sneered, and came up to me with Li Zi, who looked aggrieved. "I'll leave all the manpower to you. Take Qianyin out for a walk. Is that okay with you?"
I was stunned. I was just looking for a reason to send him away, and he came to my door. I was so happy, but I still had to ask, "Where are you going? What's the matter?"
"This kid's shooting skills are too poor. I'll take him to a quiet place to practice, so that he won't be scared into giving birth here." The more Ji Bing talked, the more guilty Li Zi felt. He got angry just by looking at him. He couldn't bear to hit his apprentice, so he stared at Brother Qingyun who was sitting beside the bed and sneered in annoyance: "It makes me panic too."
Brother Qingyun didn't know how to comment on this, so he had to move to the side. But even so, Ji Bing didn't sit down. He just stood there staring at me. It would be inappropriate for me to disagree, right?
"Go ahead. There's nothing to do at Haisong Mansion. I'll let you know if I need anything."
After listening to him, Ji Bing turned around and left without any hesitation. He grabbed a piece of Li Zi's clothes and slapped him on the back of the head before leaving.
The tragic experience of the brother awakened the three little friends who were lying on the ground and were charred by two lightning strikes. They blinked their eyes and rolled up from the ground, clapped their hands, took a chair and moved in front of me, talking one after another in a loud voice.
"Sister, what's going on?"
"You've settled down in Malaysia without telling us after not seeing us for two months? And you want to have a baby?"
"Ah? What about Lingling and Yunyun? Are we not going to raise them anymore???"
"Sis, if you don't want to raise her, why don't you give her to me? I like my daughter very much."
Things turned out completely different from what I imagined. I don't know where it went in a strange direction. I frowned and looked at Youyou who said this last time. I slapped him to break his perverted look: "Didn't I tell you that I won't raise the child? You snatched it away! You're the opposite! I just came out to give birth to my third child!"
"Then why don't you give birth at home? We have all the equipment at home. We didn't use them when we gave birth to the eldest and second daughters..." Youyou said pitifully, covering the back of his hand.
I curled my lips and said, "It's quiet here. Do you want to see how many people in Linjiang are talking about me? Am I staying there to have a baby or to be bullied?"
“Oh…” Youyou responded and shrank back.
In the end, it was Tinglin who got to the point first. She pursed her lips and narrowed her eyes: "Sister, what is the purpose of you calling us here and bringing so many people with you..."
I put my fingers to my lips and said "hush", then tossed my hair mysteriously: "I won't talk about this for now. I'll give you a few days to buffer. When I have a complete plan, we'll make arrangements. Before that, don't alert the enemy or cause trouble for Brother Qingyun. Family life should be the same as usual. You should have some fun. I only have one request."
"What?" The three of them stepped forward together.
I also moved closer: "How many stewards did you bring with you this time?"
Three people: "Forty trusted followers, bring them all."
Me: "Okay, then starting from tomorrow, after I get up, you and Xuan Ze will each lead ten people to practice in the backyard. Get ready!"