After the divorce, the boss doted on me

Lu Chen watched the two of them bicker like kindergarten children, and couldn't help but smile.

If only Gu Mian could be as happy every day as she is now.

While he was in a trance, Gu Mian pushed the paper box containing chicken legs in front of him: "You should eat this, otherwise this girl will finish her own in a while and eat this too regardless of her own appetite."

Lu Chen: "Why don't you eat?"

Gu Mian: "I'll just eat chicken wings."

"Really? How do I remember that when I was young, you almost fought with me over a chicken leg." Lu Chen raised his eyebrows.

Gu Mian raised her eyes in astonishment.

When did this happen?
Lu Chen could tell from her expression that she didn't remember: "It was your sixth birthday, we sneaked into the kitchen before we played bear throwing..."

Gu Mian was not raised to be a famous lady since she was a child. Gu Mochen and Tan Man loved their only daughter very much and did not restrain her childhood nature.Therefore, she was very naughty before she was really sensible.

That day, she took Lu Chen to explore the Gu family's kitchen, just as the chef was out to get ingredients, and there was no one in there.

There is a roasted chicken leg on the white porcelain plate on the countertop, which has not been cut into slices yet, because the chef's cooking skills are superb, and the aroma can be smelled without getting close.

Gu Mian grabbed the chicken leg and took a bite, the delicious taste made her eyes narrowed with satisfaction.

At that time, although Lu Chen was dressed like an adult in a small suit, he was still a child at heart. Watching her gnawing on the chicken leg, he quietly swallowed his saliva.

However, there was no extra chicken leg on the plate, Gu Mian saw that he wanted to eat it too, and she was very sharing spirit, so she took the initiative to hand it over to him to bite, but he tore off a large piece of meat in one bite.

She stared at him angrily, she raised her drumstick to chase him down...

Lu Chen couldn't help laughing when he talked about this.

Gu Mian was a bit embarrassed, she actually did something like beating someone for a chicken leg when she was a child, I can't even imagine it.

In fact, she didn't remember what he said, but she only remembered throwing a teddy bear with him in the garden. He accidentally threw her bear into the fountain, and she cried a lot.

Gu Mian said: "I didn't expect you to have such a good memory, and you can still remember things so long ago so clearly."

Listening to his description, he even remembered her expression and movements at that time, as if it happened yesterday to him.

Lu Chen seemed to be still remembering, and said without thinking, "I remember everything about you."

Gu Mian was taken aback for a moment, and the way she looked at him became strange.

When Lu Chen realized it, he immediately became nervous, secretly wondering what nonsense he was talking about, and he quickly explained: "I mean, my memory is very good, whether it's about you or other things, I remember everything very clear."

Gu Mian didn't think much about it, she just stared at Sana after she finished eating a chicken leg so she wouldn't let her eat any more.

In the afternoon, we continued to explore other items in the playground, until we were exhausted from playing, a few people were ready to go back.

Unexpectedly, the weather was not beautiful, and it began to rain suddenly.

Dense raindrops fell on the windshield, quickly blurring the vision.

There was a slight sound as the wipers swiped back and forth. Sana leaned on the car window and looked out, and said with a sigh of relief: "Fortunately, we came out of the playground, and we would be drenched in water a little later."

Gu Mian pointed at her somewhat damp skirt: "Didn't you get soaked when you played the pirate ship?"

Sana choked, and the staff issued a disposable raincoat before boarding the pirate ship, but unfortunately she tore it and got wet.

They went to the cake shop to pick up the birthday cake, and went to the supermarket to buy ingredients. Half an hour later, the car stopped in front of the villa gate.

Lu Chen got out of the car first, opened the big black umbrella, walked around to the other side and opened the car door, blocking their heads.

Carrying the big cake, Gu Mian stumbled when she got out of the car, only to find that the shoelaces unraveled at some point, and she almost tripped when she accidentally stepped on it.

Lu Chen also noticed and handed her the umbrella.

Gu Mian didn't know why, so she subconsciously took the umbrella from him, and moved it a little above Sana's head, so as not to let the little girl get wet.

Before she could react, Lu Chen squatted down and picked up the wet shoelaces that were dragged on the ground.Gu Mian was startled, and wanted to take her foot back, but he stopped her with a voice: "Don't move. Gu's face is very slippery with rain, and you have to walk for a while to get in from the door. It's easy for you to fall like this."

He quickly tied his shoelaces, stood up and took the umbrella from Gu Mian's hand: "Let's go."

The backs of the three disappeared in the hazy rain, and no one noticed that Ji Lingchuan was standing on the other side of Ma Gu, holding a transparent umbrella.

He stared at the white villa in a daze, thinking about many scenarios of seeing Gu Mian, but he didn't think of this one.

His legs were a little stiff, and even he didn't know how long he had been standing here. He only knew that he couldn't wait to find this place according to the address Tan Zhen gave when he got off the plane.

He didn't dare to knock on the door rashly, because he was not sure about Gu Mian's attitude, the only thing he could do was wait here, hoping that she would come out from inside.

It hadn’t rained yet when he arrived, and when the first drops of rain fell on his face, he went to a convenience store to buy an umbrella.

Gu Mian finally appeared, but not from home, but from outside.

Turns out she was out with her friends, and the little girl had a cartoon headband on her head, like she went to an amusement park or something.

Ji Lingchuan lowered his eyes, and the image of the boy squatting down to tie Gu Mian's shoe lingers in his mind.

He suddenly retreated. For the current Gu Mian, maybe he needs someone who will be by her side all the time, take her out to relax, accompany her to buy cakes, and hold an umbrella for her on rainy days.

Unlike him, it was so difficult to even meet her.

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In the villa, Tan Man was sitting in a wheelchair and was about to call Gu Mian to ask her where she was. The next second, there was the sound of the door lock turning, accompanied by Sana's voice: "We are back!"

Tan Qian's wife, Alisa, has already prepared several big dishes, and when they come back, they can fry a few more dishes to start the meal.

Because her husband is Chinese, there are always Chinese dishes on the table at home. Braised pork ribs, boiled beef, and stewed chicken with potatoes are all her specialties, and the taste is very authentic.

When Gu Mian came in, Tan Man stared at the person behind her. This boy was...

Before she could ask, Lu Chen took the initiative to introduce himself: "Hello, Auntie, I'm Gu Mian's friend Lu Chen, I came here rashly and hope I don't disturb you."

Tan Man didn't expect Gu Mian to have a classmate here, and he was such a handsome male classmate.She and Gu Mochen were busy with work in the past, so they didn't know who their daughter's close friends were. They only knew Su Xiaomi who came to the house as a guest.They also believed in Gu Mian's judgment and never interfered with her making friends.

Lu Chen: "Perhaps you should know my uncle, his name is Xiang Yifeng."

As soon as he mentioned Xiang Yifeng, Tan Man knew it.If Tan Zhen had not divorced, this boy would be her nephew.

Gu Mian added in a timely manner: "We are classmates in high school, and he is the monitor of our class. He is currently studying architecture at Cambridge."

Lu Chen said: "When you apply, we can continue to be classmates."

Tan Man stayed on his face for a few seconds, seemed to see something, smiled and said: "Stop standing, let's sit down and eat."

She skillfully manipulated the wheelchair to turn around and beckoned them to move to the restaurant.

Seeing this, Gu Mian quickly put down the cake and went to help her mother push the wheelchair.

Tan Qian got off work an hour ago, and when everyone arrived, he brought the prepared dishes to the table, and waited for Alisa to finish frying the remaining few dishes, and everyone sat down one by one.

Alisa also opened a bottle of red wine to celebrate. Gu Mian thought of how much she could drink in a glass, so she consciously drank orange juice with Sana.

The atmosphere at the dinner table was a long-lost joy, and Tan Man let go of her worries and was happy that her daughter had grown one year old.

When the meal was almost finished, the cake was cut.

Alisa took a few plates from the center of the dining table and put a three-tiered cake on top. Tan Qian cooperated with his wife to insert candles and light them, and turned off the crystal lamp above his head.

The dining room was illuminated by warm yellow candlelight. Gu Mian watched her mother fold the golden crown made of paper, and lowered her head slightly so that she could wear it on top of her head.

Alisa said softly: "Mianmian, make a wish."

Gu Mian clasped her hands, closed her eyes, and made a birthday wish for this year in the flickering candlelight.

Firstly, I wish my mother's legs get better soon, and secondly, I wish... Achuan can do everything he wants.

After a while, she opened her eyes, got up and blew out the candles, stared at the cake for a while, and at the urging of Sana, she cut the cake with a knife.

The little girl ate the little bunny made of strawberries that she was thinking of, and she also wore her sister's crown. She was as happy as her own birthday.

In the dead of night, Gu Mian was sitting at the desk in the room. In front of her was a thick book of preparation materials, densely packed in English, and some rare words were marked by her.

She read it for almost half an hour without turning a single page.

Time is tight and tasks are heavy. She has never dared to slack off during the month she came to the UK. Today is because of her birthday, so she went out to relax for a day.She shouldn't be wasting time, but she can't bring herself to concentrate.

Gu Mian put down her pen and picked up the mobile phone next to her. This was bought for her by her uncle after she came to the UK. The phone number was changed to a new one. QQ and WeChat were not installed. There were only five people in the address book, except uncle, aunt, mother, Auntie, the other one is Lu Chen.

The reason why Lu Chen was able to contact her was because he found Xiang Yifeng, and Xiang Yifeng got her number through Tan Zhen.

Today is the 28th, and Ji Lingchuan said that the movie will be finished by the end of June at the latest, so has he finished filming it?
Gu Mian bit her lower lip, her fingers seemed uncontrollable, she input numbers skillfully one by one, and she could also recite Ji Lingchuan's number upside down.

When she pressed the last number, she paused.

She was suddenly a little scared, what if he was still busy, she was afraid of disturbing him like last time...

Keeping replaying the scene of that afternoon in her mind, Gu Mian hesitated until the screen went off, but her call still didn't play out.

She got up and walked to the window, holding the curtain with her fingers and trying to close it, but saw something shining on the glass, and she touched her neck.

It turned out to be the light reflected from the star hanging from the bottom of the necklace.

It was given to her by Ji Lingchuan on her birthday last year. She went abroad in a hurry, and besides the necessary documents and materials, she only brought this necklace with her.