marriage [big family]

Of course, Yao Jinxi is no longer in the company. Lu Ming went directly to the floor where his office is located. Only his female secretary Linda was working overtime to sort out the materials. She was a little surprised to see Lu Ming coming over, so she quickly stood up. When Lu Ming asked her about Yao Jinxi When he was away, he hesitated for a while and told the truth, and truthfully disclosed Yao Jinxi's whereabouts to him.

"The president suddenly asked me to book him a plane ticket back to London two hours ago, and handed over the work for the next two weeks to the vice president, and didn't say what he was going back to do. He just went to the airport."

Lu Ming was stunned for a moment, then frowned immediately: "He went back to London? Why did you go back to London all of a sudden?"

"The president didn't say the reason, but only asked me to book him a plane ticket."

-

When I came out of the LK building, it was raining lightly outside, and the rain was passing by. Lu Ming stood in the rain and closed his eyes tiredly. He couldn't get in touch with the phone. Yao Jinxi just left without saying goodbye, and suddenly said that he would go London, didn't tell him a word, didn't give him a chance to explain, and didn't even know when he would come back, he chased his footsteps everywhere but found nothing, until now it's like being drained of strength, completely feeling It's meaningless.

He dragged his exhausted body home and fell asleep on the bed with his head covered. When he woke up, it was already dawn the next day. It was the assistant who called his home to inform him that there was an emergency notification from the head office. Let him go back to New York this afternoon, there is an urgent personnel change.

Lu Ming responded with a headache and asked him to book a plane ticket for him, then got up and resigned himself to his fate and went to the bathroom to wash up.

Before going out, he finally remembered that he seemed to have lost his mobile phone after two days of chaos, so he called his secretary again and asked him to help report the loss.

-

Yao Jinxi was in a daze when he received a call from the housekeeper at home in London. His grandpa, who had talked with him through video call a week ago and seemed in good spirits, suddenly became critically ill. The housekeeper asked him to go back immediately.

The moment Yao Jinxi received the call, her mind went blank. When she came back to her senses, she realized that her hand holding the phone was trembling. Afterwards, she almost immediately booked a plane ticket and arranged her work, before flying back to London.

Thirteen hours later, standing at the exit of the airport in London, Yao Jinxi suddenly remembered that he didn't seem to have greeted Lu Ming. Although he had a bad relationship with Lu Ming in the previous incident, he was almost at a loss when his grandfather was critically ill. When he was young, Lu Ming was the first person he thought of sharing the burden with him.

The car that came to pick me up from home has not yet arrived, and it has been snowing heavily in London. Because of the haste, Yao Jinxi didn't even pack her luggage and was wearing thin clothes. Standing here now feels very cold, holding the phone that has just been turned on It has almost turned into a block of ice. After receiving a call from home yesterday afternoon, I was in a hurry to have a meeting and arrange work, and then rushed to the airport to come to London. The phone has always been turned off. Now it is difficult to slide it away. I want to call Lu Ming. I called several times but no one answered.

"Master Arthur."

The butler's voice sounded, Yao Jinxi looked up, the car that came to pick him up had already arrived, and it was parked at the gate of the airport, the butler got out of the car, walked over and handed him the coat thoughtfully, Yao Jinxi thanked him and took it, and conveniently put the phone back I went back to my pocket and didn't continue to dial again.

After getting in the car, he asked the housekeeper about the condition of his grandfather, who he cared most about, and the other party truthfully said, "It's not very good...Master Arthur, Mr. Duke, he wants to see you very much."

Yao Jinxi fell silent, feeling extremely uncomfortable but unable to speak. Grandpa's condition has suddenly deteriorated in the past few days, and he is already lying in bed and can't get out of bed. That's what happened in the past few days. maybe already...

Closing her eyes, Yao Jinxi didn't dare to think any further.

Yao Jinxi was deserted and cleared out of the castle, and no one else came. The car drove in, and the housekeeper explained to him in a low voice. It was his grandfather who said not to disturb others. He wanted to be quiet in the last days, so he didn’t inform those in the family. Yao Jinxi said dumbly. Listen, follow the butler through the long and winding corridor, and walk up the spiral staircase to the attic of his grandfather in the northwest corner of the castle.

In the room, Duke Brandon had already fallen asleep. Grandma Lu was sitting by the bed, humming softly to him. The old man slept soundly. went forward.

Grandma Lu stood up, her eyes were red, she came forward to meet him, and whispered to him, "Your grandpa is asleep, let's go outside and talk."

Yao Jinxi nodded, and still went to the bedside to look at Duke Brandon, feeling more and more uncomfortable, and followed Grandma Lu out the door after a while.

"Thank you for taking care of and accompanying Grandpa during this time." After a while of silence, it was Yao Jinxi who spoke first.

"It should be, we are all a family, Arthur, you don't have to be so polite... Where is A Ming? Why didn't he come with you?"

Grandma Lu's voice was a little hoarse, and she looked at him with tired eyes. Yao Jinxi felt more and more uncomfortable. She turned her gaze away, hesitated for a moment, and replied, "He's busy with work, so I didn't ask him to come."

Grandma Lu sighed when she heard the words, and blamed Lu Ming in a low voice: "That kid is really serious. Why didn't he come with you for the time being so important? He..."

"Grandpa, what's going on?" Yao Jinxi interrupted her without any trace: "Grandma, please tell me the truth. How is grandpa's situation? I want to hear the truth."

"...It's getting worse," Grandma Lu's eyes turned even redder in an instant: "I've been rescued once last night, and he kept calling your name..."

Yao Jinxi closed her eyes, and when she spoke again, her voice was choked with sobs: "I see."

Grandpa Yao woke up half an hour later, and Yao Jinxi went back to the room, but Grandma Lu didn't follow, leaving the space alone for the two of them.

The old man slowly opened his eyes and saw Yao Jinxi who was sitting on the edge of the bed looking at him. He paused for a moment and stretched out his hand tremblingly. Yao Jinxi quickly reached out and took his hand back: "I'm here."

"Arthur, you're back..."

Yao Jinxi resisted the wetness in his eyes, and squeezed his hand: "I'll stay here with you."

"...You help me up, I have a few words to tell you."

The old man spoke with difficulty, trying his best to speak clearly. Yao Jinxi felt more and more uncomfortable, but he still followed his instructions, helped him up, put a pillow on his waist, and made him lean against the head of the bed.

The old man’s eyes no longer had the clarity of the past, and he looked at Yao Jinxi with a deep love and reluctance that he would not easily show on weekdays: “Arthur, I know I don’t have much time left, since I got this disease , I also prepared for this day early in the morning, in fact, it is not a big deal, besides, I have even fulfilled my last wish... The only person who is not at ease is only you."

Yao Jinxi lowered his head, was silent for a while, and patted his hand: "I'm fine, grandpa don't need to worry about me."

"...What happened back then was my negligence and I didn't take good care of you," the old man said slowly, his eyes turning red: "I have always felt guilty about that matter, and I have been trying to make it up to you for so many years. I hope you Can really come out of the shadows of the past."

"It's all right," Yao Jinxi interrupted him in a low voice: "It's been so many years, it's already been all right. Moreover, I was young and ignorant at the time, and it had nothing to do with grandpa. On the contrary, grandpa saved me."

The old man sighed heavily: "Fortunately, fortunately, God bless you, my child..."

"Grandpa doesn't have to think about that anymore. I'm fine now, really fine. That incident has no effect on me, and I've forgotten it a long time ago."

Yao Jinxi comforted him: "Grandpa, you will be fine."

Seeing him like this, the old man was both relieved and sad. He changed the subject and asked him, "Where's Lu Ming? He didn't come with you?"

"...he is busy with work and has no time to come," Yao Jinxi stopped in the middle of speaking, as if he didn't want to deceive the old man in front of him, and told the truth when he spoke again: "I had some troubles with him, I came alone , but it’s not a big deal, don’t worry.”

"I see," the old man said, "Actually, I've always wanted to ask you... When you agreed to marry him, did you just want to comfort me?"

"Yes," Yao Jinxi told the truth without hesitation this time: "But grandpa doesn't have to worry about us, I have real feelings for him, and we never thought about separating."

"That's good. In the future, at least he will help me take care of you..."

"We will take care of each other," Yao Jinxi said: "We will live together, Grandpa can rest assured."

-

Yao Jinxi stayed with the Duke of Brandon for a whole day. After watching the old man fall asleep again in the evening, he dragged his tired body back to his residence. He fell on the bed and was exhausted to the extreme. Too many things happened in the past few days , and jet lag again, at this moment his headache is almost exploding, but he is not sleepy at all.

He was thinking about grandpa in a chaotic manner, and the more he thought about it, the heavier his heart became. Before he left and came back, he had a careful chat with the family doctor alone, and he knew that grandpa's condition today was the best in the past few days. The doctor also reminded him to be mentally prepared. After only a few days, when he closed his eyes, the moisture finally overflowed the corners of his eyes.

It was already dark, and there was no light in the room where the lights were not turned on. In the darkness, Yao Jinxi took out his mobile phone, looked at the screen and hesitated for a long time, and finally swiped and dialed Lu Ming's number to go out.

This time, it didn't take long before someone answered: "Is there something wrong?"

The voice was unexpected, Qi Rui?