The Queen of Romance: A Summer of Sweet Classics

Chapter 13 Off Track
Chatting in the living room after dinner has always been a must-have classic program for the Xi family.Although Xi's mother said that it was just a casual conversation, but when the adults pick up a topic at random, the juniors are obliged to chat from north to south, from whether they slept well last night to how the temperature is today, the more the drama before the show, the slower the heat The more boring it is, the more chaotic and troublesome the finale will be.

Nie Ranqing looked outside at the sun that had not set for a long time, hoping that time could leap forward.Although Jing Xin was obviously the subject of the topic this time, Nie Ranqing still didn't dare to relax. God didn't know how unexpected Mother Xi would be.

Nie Ranqing lowered her eyebrows and quietly peeled the grapes, when she heard Mother Xi ask, "When will Jing Xin get married? Has the date been set?"

Jing Xin's voice always gives people the feeling of spring breeze: "Two days ago, I discussed with my parents and planned to hold the wedding in two months."

"Two months to prepare for the wedding is not too long, but compared to the time when I entered the South, this time is considered to be more generous. At that time, I got married within a month after entering the South. How I thought about it later, I felt rushed and regretted a lot. There is no way to make up for it.”

Before Nie Ranqing could put the grapes in her mouth, she heard Mother Xi calling her, "Ranqing."

She sighed in her heart and had to put down the grapes: "Mom."

Mother Xi hardly talked to her kindly, and this time was no exception.Nie Ranqing secretly complained, and heard Mother Xi say: "You have been married for almost three years."

"Yes."

"It's time to have a baby."

This topic has been brought up countless times since the first year of their marriage. It used to be a question, but this time it became a statement.Nie Ranqing glanced at Xi Jinnan. He was listening to Father Xi's whispered admonition with a serious face. It was hopeless for him to count on him. Turning to look at Mother Xi, she was still waiting for an answer.

Nie Ranqing sighed again in his heart, and quickly thought of several ways to answer, trying to make the words more tactful and tactful: "Mom, we are both busy this year, and we plan to have a baby next year."

Mother Xi was obviously dissatisfied: "How busy can you be? You have to work every year. Isn't it more important to have children?"

This is a sensitive topic.Nie Ranqing heard Xi Jinnan mention that Xi's mother has been caring for her husband and raising her children since she got married, and she has maintained the posture of a noble lady in front of people for 30 years.In her opinion, having children is more important than work, and a housewife is the best choice for a woman.

Nie Ranqing was cautious: "If you want to have a child then, work will naturally be put aside."

She omitted the word "first" before "put it aside", but this answer satisfied Mother Xi a little, she nodded and then turned her head to continue talking about Jing Xin's marriage.

Nie Ranqing breathed a sigh of relief.

This kind of family chatter is exhausting.Jing Xin only left in the evening, and when she left, Xi's mother was still full of satisfaction.Nie Ranqing sat for the whole afternoon, but didn't dare to move. At the beginning, she deliberately kept her posture, but later she became so numb that she couldn't move at all.Sitting like this was a slow suicide. When she was finally approved to go back to the bedroom, Nie Ranqing groaned and threw herself on the bed, never wanting to get up again.

Xi Jinnan was reading the newspaper, and Nie Ranqing looked up at him, very angry at his neglect this afternoon, pinching him while expressing strong dissatisfaction.Xi Jinnan raised his eyebrows, and fished her over with one hand: "I'm avoiding the limelight."

"Avoid what..." Nie Ranqing blurted out halfway through the words, but abruptly retracted them.

Although his words were terribly terse, they did make sense.No matter which side he helps, it's wrong, and it will incur the anger of the other side, so it's better not to intervene.Thinking of this, Nie Ranqing was a little considerate, but his words were still cold: "Smart Mr. Xi, then you might as well go to the study and sit there and watch me make a fool of yourself, but you are not a gentleman at all."

Xi Jinnan said slowly, "It's better for me to be in the living room than in the study."

"why?"

Xi Jinnan glanced at her, then continued to read the newspaper: "Think for yourself."

She was almost tortured to death, too lazy to think about any problems, saw that Xi Jinnan was still reading the newspaper, grabbed it and threw it aside, and then lay down to sleep.

Xi Jinnan chuckled, and lay down, and turned off the lights, leaving only the moonlight outside the window in the room.Nie Ranqing was very tired today, and soon fell into a half-dream and half-awake state, but Xi Jinnan tightly wrapped her arms around her: "Let's talk."

Most of their conversations are after going to bed at night or before getting up in the morning.People in this period are the least conscious, but they always choose this time to communicate inexplicably.However, Xi Jinnan seldom initiates the topic like this, and Nie Ranqing tried to focus on answering him when he was drowsy: "What are you talking about?"

"Tell me about your childhood, or anything else."

This topic is too broad, and Nie Ranqing's active brain cells are simply not enough to run.She covered up a yawn: "I'm sleepy now."

"But I can't sleep."

"Then what should I do, can I ask you to cultivate sleep slowly?"

He smiled lowly: "I can't. Why don't you tell me what you like and what you hate, and see if it's the same or different from what I usually know."

"Sounds confident, do you know me well?"

Xi Jinnan gently stroked her hair: "I always thought that I know you better than you think."

"You might as well tell me."

Xi Jinnan thought for a while: "For example, if you don't like seafood, you don't dislike green onions, ginger and garlic. You don't like wearing small dresses either."

"I don't like to eat seafood, but I also hate eating ginger. Every time you make beef soup, you will put a lot of ginger. In fact, I would like to suggest that you put ginger in a small bag, and you can eat it after you are done. Take it out and throw it away. Also, in fact, I like the little dress the most, but I rarely have the opportunity to wear it."

"You once told me you hated parties."

"I hate parties, but I don't hate little dresses." Nie Ranqing continued to retort, "Women always say what they mean, and you should know that."

Xi Jinnan said: "Then next time when I make beef soup, I will put ginger in a small bag, and when I get home tomorrow, I will buy you a lot of little dresses."

Rao Nie Ranqing was so sleepy that he couldn't help laughing at this moment: "Xi Jinnan, you make me feel like you are making trouble for no reason. People say that daughters are rich, but they don't say that wives should be rich."

"Actually, there's not much difference."

Nie Ranqing felt drowsy again, too lazy to refute, and let out a dazed "hmm".

Xi Jinnan said: "I will stay here tomorrow, and I will make beef soup for you when I go back."

"..."

"baby."

Nie Ranqing could barely open her eyes: "Huh?"

Xi Jinnan was silent for a while, and said in a low voice, "Let's have a baby."

Nie Ranqing's eyes could not be opened completely, and she answered vaguely unconsciously, not knowing what she said: "Let's talk, I'm sleepy."

After the two returned home, Xi Jinnan really bought her a lot of small dresses.Nie Ranqing followed him in the shopping mall, feeling very baffled by his behavior: "Xi Jinnan, are you okay?"

Xi Jinnan glanced over blankly, Nie Ranqing shrank his head and stopped talking.

When she bought the seventh piece, Nie Ranqing couldn't help protesting in a low voice again: "Xi Jinnan, I did say that I like small dresses, but I don't need to buy so many dresses at once, right? Although you are still chic and suave with the bag, but You look more handsome without a bag."

Xi Jinnan was amused by her words, the dimples on his cheeks looming.Taking advantage of no one around, Nie Ranqing patted his forehead: "Are you okay? Why do I feel that you have no passion for shopping now, and it seems that you are taking care of the funeral."

Xi Jinnan grabbed her hand: "How do you talk? You drank Coke last night and spilled a large amount of it on the blanket at home. Since you don't want to buy a dress, then go and see the blanket."

Nie Ranqing was led away by him according to his words, and retorted straightforwardly by the way: "Who told you to be dishonest in the living room, it's more than half your fault for spilling Coke."

"Yes, ma'am, I was wrong."

Xi Jinnan not only took her to buy a small dress, but also took her to a dinner that night.Nie Ranqing took Xi Jinnan on his arm, and saw the butterfly Chu Chen talking and laughing intimately with an alluring beauty from a distance.Nie Ranqing was already numb to this kind of scene, and also numb to this kind of boring banquet. After walking around with Xi Jinnan, his face was almost numb from laughing.Taking advantage of the time when no one came forward, she lightly tugged on Xi Jinnan's sleeve and said, "I regret it. On this occasion, you should bring a professional vase like Chu Chen did. I'm really tired. I'm going outside to get some fresh air. Here The smell of it makes me sick."

Turning right from the hall, there are many rockeries. Nie Ranqing remembered that there seemed to be a stone table on the left side of the rockery, so he walked directly there with a plate.

But I didn't expect to see a very interesting scene.

She came late, and the breakup scene between Chu Chen and his old girlfriend was coming to an end.Nie Ranqing hid behind the rockery to watch the live broadcast for free, and saw a beautiful woman lying on Chu Chen's shoulder and weeping softly. The appearance of being eaten tofu".

Nie Ranqing hummed in his heart, if he could believe that Chu Chen was a gentleman, it would be better to believe that Yao Mi could get married this year.

She took a closer look and found that the beauty turned out to be Xu Tan.

Nie Ranqing changed his posture and continued to watch, while Xu Tan maintained his original posture.Today, Nie Ranqing finally saw what it means to be beautiful with pear blossoms and rain. Xu Tan was crying, but her makeup was not too fancy. After tidying up, she might be able to return to the banquet again. She sobbed on Chu Chen's shoulder, With a soft voice: "Why?"

Chu Chen said flatly: "You are fine in everything, but I am not suitable for you."

Nie Ranqing burst out laughing.Thanks to Chu Chen for such a vulgar reason.Chu Chen and Xu Tan both heard the laughter and looked at her together.Nie Ranqing cleared his throat and had no choice but to come out from behind the rockery.Nie Ranqing stared at the two of them, and said in a deep voice: "If you break up, you will break up. Miss Xu, you might as well go find the next one. Just like when you are acting, after one play is over, you should find the next script. Life is not good. It’s such a simple truth that you should always miss the past.”

Xu Tan's almond-shaped eyes widened, wanting to be angry and at the same time wanting to be a lady, his complexion changed again and again, and finally walked away in a huff.

Xu Tan went far away, Chu Chen looked Nie Ranqing up and down, and finally his eyes stayed on the small plate in her hand: "Nie Ranqing, can you be a little creative, you eat and sleep all day long, what kind of animal are you reincarnated?" ah."

Nie Ranqing was angry: "It's really ungrateful to forget that I just helped you get rid of your old girlfriend so quickly."

"I didn't forget, I didn't remember at all. Don't you always say, why do women make things difficult for women? By the way, why did you come outside, where is Xi Jinnan? You are not afraid of Xu Tan going in and rekindling the old relationship with him ?”

"There is no old love at all, how can there be a resurgence?" Nie Ranqing replied, "Do you think everyone is as romantic as you?"

Chu Chen smiled but said, "You are very relieved of him."

Nie Ranqing was about to go back to the lobby, but received a call from Nie Ranxi.

The bell kept ringing, but Nie Ranqing didn't want to answer it at all.After a while, the phone hung up automatically, but it rang again after a while.Nie Ranqing couldn't help admiring Nie Ranxi's perseverance. After repeating this three times, she finally picked it up: "Nie Ranxi."

Nie Ranxi said bluntly, "I want to see you."

"I don't want to see you."

"You'll want to see me. I'm pregnant," Nie Ranxi said suddenly, with a gentle yet firm voice, and a hint of joy, "I'm pregnant, Nie Ranqing."

Nie Ranqing's mind went blank.

"Go to the hospital for an examination today, and the diagnosis has been confirmed." Nie Ranxi smiled and said, "Sister, you should congratulate me at this time."

Nie Ranqing took a while to speak slowly: "It's useless for you to demonstrate to me like this."

The other side laughed softly: "Nie Ranqing, I haven't seen you for a few days, you have calmed down a lot. I heard that Lu Pei told you that he wanted a divorce? Do you think he will be able to leave? I will return to England next month I don't know when I'll come back after this walk. Don't you want to catch up on the old days? Every time we talk, I hope we can have a good talk. Tomorrow at six o'clock in the afternoon, I'll be waiting at the coffee shop in front of your school You, I believe you will come."

Nie Ranxi never procrastinated, and hung up the phone after speaking.Nie Ranqing was holding on to the phone, but couldn't hold on any longer. The fear in her heart was overwhelming. She felt a little dizzy, and her legs even trembled slightly. Just as she was about to support the wall, a hand behind her suddenly supported her.

Nie Ranqing turned his head to look, but it was Chu Chen with a worried expression on his face: "Are you okay? Why are you so pale? Who called just now? What's wrong?"

Nie Ranqing shook his head, suppressing his wild thoughts temporarily: "Thank you, I'm fine, I just have hypoglycemia occasionally."

"Then you rest here first, I'll go find Xi Jinnan."

"No, don't call him." Nie Ranqing immediately pulled him back, with such strength that Chu Chen almost fell down, "I'll just sit for a while by myself."

Chu Chen looked at her, and Nie Ranqing repeated: "Don't call him. I want to stay by myself for a while."

He finally compromised: "Well, you can stay by yourself for a while. Don't be brave if you don't feel well, remember to find me or Xi Jinnan."

After Chu Chen entered, Nie Ranqing gently leaned against the rockery, and then slowly lowered down.It was as if she had swallowed half-baked rice grains, tossing and turning it hard to swallow.On a midsummer night, the residual heat of the earth still makes the steps slightly hot, and the pillars are not cool.The food in Nie Ranqing's hand was taken away by Chu Chen to prevent her from accidentally throwing it away. Nie Ranqing held on to the hem of the skirt tightly, and she rubbed the originally flat dress into several wrinkles.

In fact, she should have been mentally prepared for this long ago. Lu Pei is not a saint, and he has no obligation to guard her until she grows old.Nie Ranqing just felt that her nose was sore. This fact came too fast, and she hadn't fully accepted it yet.

When she was in the past, whenever she encountered unhappy things, she would vent her anger on Lu Pei.Once a week, Lu Pei would stay with her on the phone until late.Later, she was a little embarrassed herself, and she would say good night as soon as she saw the clock past twelve o'clock in the middle of the night.On the phone, she said to the prince in her heart in the most gentle tone: "Good night."

And Lu Pei would always speak ten times more gently than her, with gentleness like the moonlight outside the window filling her heart: "Good night."

At that time, she was really carefree. She lived in the bunker built by her parents and Lu Pei, and even being unhappy was such a trivial matter.At that time, happiness was within reach, she didn't need to fight for it, everything was in front of her.At that time, she was much more self-willed than now, because she insisted that Lu Pei would not leave, and her happiness would last forever.

Nie Ranxi shattered the pillar she thought would stand forever, so all the good things became stories.

Nie Ranqing burst into tears at some point.

She wiped away her tears in a panic, and was about to go to the bathroom to tidy up when she heard a cold and familiar voice: "What's wrong?"

Nie Ranqing sighed, why Xi Jinnan could see the few tears she cried in the past three years.She pretended to look for a tissue from her bag, but Xi Jinnan's hand wiped away the remaining tears on her face first.

Nie Ranqing turned her face away in embarrassment: "Why did you come out?"

"You've been out for so long, I'm worried." He frowned slightly, then squatted down, "Feeling tired? Your makeup is almost gone."

Nie Ranqing looked at his clear eyebrows. She had seen this appearance countless times in the past three years. When Xi Jinnan was rarely tired, in front of him, Nie Ranqing often had a feeling of looking up, as if all her troubles were in the There is no trouble in front of him.She tugged at his front, her eyes were foggy, Xi Jinnan's handsome face was blurred to her, Nie Ranqing's voice trembled a little: "Xi Jinnan, I want to go back."

He put his arms around her tightly, Nie Ranqing leaned on his shoulders, feeling his warmth, he can give people a very stable strength without speaking, Nie Ranqing bit her lips tightly, for fear that she would lose her Promisingly cry out.

Nie Ranqing's mood gradually calmed down, Xi Jinnan was silent for a long time and finally said: "I'll pick up the car."

When he left, Nie Ranqing got up slowly, her legs were already numb, she stood up while supporting the stone, but she almost fell because of dark eyes.

On the way back, the two of them didn't speak, each other was full of preoccupations. Not only that, this silence spread until Xi Jinnan left the next day.

But Nie Ranqing didn't notice much.Most of her thoughts were put on the appointment with Nie Ranxi.She eventually went to the coffee shop, but with no good intentions, and went to the appointment in a sarcastic spirit.

In the evening it was still unbearably hot.When Nie Ranqing arrived at the door of the coffee shop, she was already covered in thin sweat. She pushed the door open, but was shivered by the cold air blowing on her face.Nie Ranxi enjoyed the feeling of being watched, and Nie Ranqing looked towards the window, and she was indeed sitting in the middle of the row by the window.

Before arriving, Nie Ranqing checked the time. It was seven o'clock, half an hour later than the original time.

She did it on purpose.

But Nie Ranxi was laid back, her eyes showed no sign of impatience, and when she saw her approaching, she smiled slightly and said, "Sit down. I'm half an hour late, I know you did it on purpose. In fact, I didn't arrive until now." 2 minutes."

She is not as good as Nie Ranxi in terms of patience, she is not as good as Nie Ranxi in terms of gentleness, and she is still not as good as Nie Ranxi in comparison to scheming. Nie Ranqing decided to go straight to the point: "Let's get straight to the point, although I don't know what you said. I believe it. But I still come to the coffee shop when I'm pregnant, I really deserve to be Nie Ranxi."

Nie Ranxi said with a smile: "There are others here, I can choose others."

Nie Ranqing folded her arms and nodded: "Yes, I was negligent. I thought you planned to drink coffee here, and then pass it on to me when something happens to the fetus."

Nie Ranxi smiled even better: "Since you don't believe that I'm really pregnant, why bother to say such curse words."

"It's just each other. You told me you were pregnant because you just wanted to see my jokes."

Before she came today, she finally understood that the crying last night was a waste of tears.If Nie Ranxi could get pregnant, how could she tell her so late.It was already 09:30 when she called. Even if she found out the pregnancy result in the afternoon, it would have been several hours. With her personality, how could she think of protesting against her so late.

"I know you've always wanted to know why Lu Pei broke up with you within a week three years ago." Nie Ranxi spoke slowly and with cadence, as if telling a story, "But Since you won't get a divorce, what use will it be to you if you find out?"

"If there's a secret that everyone else knows and you've been kept in the dark for three years, you want to know the truth too."

Nie Ranxi smiled: "Didn't you ever think about asking Lu Pei again? He refused to tell you three years ago, so it doesn't mean he still doesn't want to tell you now."

Nie Ranqing said coldly: "I'm not like you, I can't do things like getting close to a married man."

"I only stole your boyfriend, not your husband." Nie Ranxi still smiled, "Look at the two of us, how ridiculous, since we were young, I have been fighting with you for everything, even for the top spot. Broken blood. In fact, you probably think the same as me, you never want me to be your sister, and neither do I, I hate you as a sister. "

"Nie Ranxi, pay attention to your words, you will chill your parents when you say this. Lu Pei is not divorcing you. If you come to me at this time, do you want to divorce something?"

Nie Ranxi smiled even more heartily, like a rose in full bloom: "Don't gloat too early. Haven't you stumbled enough in this regard? You thought Lu Pei was yours before, and then you smiled at me proudly It’s also ironic. Later, when I returned this smile to you, you cried. But, let me tell you, I never cried once, and you will always be the one who cried. Every time you go home from college, you buy it for your parents. Things are always more expensive than mine, but they are never more considerate than mine. Nie Ranqing, you are born with thick lines, besides marrying Xi Jinnan, what other achievements have you made in this life?"

She did lose badly last time, but this time it's not necessarily the case.Nie Ranqing leaned on the chair and looked down at the person opposite him: "Don't always define me. Do you think you know me well? You say I have no achievements, what about you? Come back with a halo and travel around in various places. During the banquet, you smiled so beautifully, it was said that you left early and returned late, and gave up your family for everyone, but who knew that you really had to seek comfort from everyone because your family was gone."

Nie Ranxi smiled and said, "I'm about to applaud. It seems that you did not perform well last time, and I was so angry that you fainted. This time is not bad."

"Are you finished talking nonsense? I want to know why."

"I didn't intend to tell you now. I just came here to see how you are doing recently, but it turns out that it's not bad. I also have something to do, and my time is not so rich, so let's go first." "It's okay to leave. "

Nie Ranxi thought for a while, then suddenly smiled sweetly at her, and said, "Actually, you don't know a lot, but I believe that even if you know everything, your reaction will still disappoint people. I know you can't hear me." Go into what I said, but I still want to say something, it's up to you whether you want to listen or not. Nie Ranqing, you are living well enough now, you shouldn't expect more. It's rare to be confused, but you just don't want to Confused, you are like this, doomed to failure in the end. The good days are coming to an end, you should seize the time and cherish it."

If Nie Ranxi hadn't said the last few words, Nie Ranqing would probably have believed that he had won.But she didn't feel any joy in her heart, and she didn't even have the desire to go home.It was already 09:30, she was wandering alone on the street, thinking about the past indiscriminately, she searched all the time she and Nie Ranxi got along, but she couldn't find a scene that was more memorable.

It is indeed sad enough.

She got into a taxi in a daze.All kinds of memories keep colliding in my mind, and the final result is blockage.Her brain was so muddy that she almost forgot to pay the bus fare when she got home.

As soon as Nie Ranqing got home, he smelled smoke, so he immediately covered his nose.

The lights in the room were not turned on, only the faint light from the window came in. Xi Jinnan was standing in front of the window, tall and slender, with flickers flickering between his fingers.She closed the door and he turned around but didn't move.

His gesture made Nie Ranqing panic. Standing by the door, she was suddenly at a loss and even forgot to turn on the light.

But he smiled, sat down in front of the sofa next to the window, and stretched out his hand to her: "Come here and give me a hug."

Xi Jinnan seldom smokes, and he rarely smokes at home.Nie Ranqing ignored his rambling words, frowned and said, "The smell of cigarettes is so strong, go take a shower."

There was not enough light in the room, his whole face was hidden in the darkness, Nie Ranqing could barely see the corner of his mouth with a small arc, which was full of sarcasm.

She was even more disturbed, and she looked at him at a loss.

(End of this chapter)