Hu Meizi

91.

Sun Du was actually not worried about Natalie's embarrassment during the afternoon tea.Because she is a lady with a noble status and a good family education, she will not be as aggressive as many mistresses in C City.Xie Tang respects others, is restrained and polite, largely due to the good education of the ancient Boot family.

What Sun Du was worried about was whether something unexpected would happen in City C when he had afternoon tea in the afternoon.

Although he didn't want to admit it, the fact was that even though he was in a foreign country, those affairs in C City still captured his whole mind - he always wanted revenge, and he didn't want to fail at all.

Xie Tang saw Sun Du's anxiety, he put down the newspaper in his hand, and asked, "What's wrong?"

He looked at Sun Du with calm and peaceful eyes, and Sun Du looked at him, and the restlessness in his heart was slowly calmed down, like a storm that eventually turned into a gurgling stream, slowly merging into the river. ocean.

"It's nothing," Sun Du said, and handed the phone to Xie Tang, "You can keep it for me for a while."

Xie Tang took the phone, because Sun Du always checked the messages and made calls, and his phone was a little hot.

Xie Tang thought for a while, and put Sun Du's cell phone on the side coffee table, next to his own cell phone.

"I shouldn't be doing two things at once," Sun Du moved closer to Xie Tang. He shrank his legs and half-lyed on the sofa. Because of his movements, his silk nightgown exposed his overlapping white thighs, and there were faint traces on them. Some traces of red.

Sun Du supported his upper body with his hands, his legs were bent like the tail of a mermaid.

Xie Tang looked at him, let him come and hug her.Sitting like this, without leaning against anything, it was easy to lie down.

"I hope I won't mess things up." Sun Du hugged Xie Tang, looking up at him.

Sun Du's eyes were wet, and there was something pitiful about them.

"Don't worry," Xie Tang held the newspaper with one hand and stroked Sun Du's hair with the other, "Natalie is easy to get along with."

When Natalie talked to him in the study yesterday, he more or less knew in his heart that Natalie would not embarrass Sun Du, let alone embarrassment, maybe it was just a chat.

Sun Du flinched into Xie Tang's arms. He naturally knew that Natalie was easy to get along with, educated people were easy to get along with, and even made people get along happily. "Then what should we do tonight?" Sun Du asked.

Xie Tang straightened Sun Du's hair one by one, "Do you want to see The Nutcracker?" Xie Tang said.

Sun Du was a little surprised, "The Nutcracker limited to Christmas, is it a ballet?"

Xie Tang thought for a while, it had been too many years since he saw The Nutcracker last time, and he didn't look at it seriously at that time.After a while, seeing Sun Du looking at him eagerly, he nodded.

"That's great," Sun Du laughed, he was very happy.It has been a month or two since he last watched a drama, and he has been so engrossed in Wu Moqing's affairs recently that he hasn't even read a few books, "Today's Christmas Eve——I can also choose Natalie Just a present." Sun Du said.

Xie Tang nodded, agreeing with his arrangement.

Sun Du sat up, "I'm going to change clothes, it's so late, and I'm still walking around in my pajamas." As he spoke, he got up and walked to the changing room on the side, unbuttoning the belt of his nightgown while walking, He didn't stop talking, "Xie Tang, which coat do you think I should wear better? Should I wear the red coat? —— I think it's a bit more colorful."

Xie Tang looked at Sun Du's back, the dark green silk nightgown slid down his smooth back, making his back as delicate and white as snow.Xie Tang's room has floor heating on, which is why Sun Du likes to stay in his pajamas and not go out. After all, it is very troublesome for him to dress meticulously once he walks out of the bedroom.

"Black," Xie Tang said.

"Huh?" Sun Du looked back at Xie Tang with some doubts, his hair flicked out a nice arc following his movements, "Black?"

Xie Tang nodded.

Sun Du didn't ask why. He actually thought he was more suitable to wear black, which would make his legs appear longer. "It's so embarrassing," he said, "I'm going to take out the black windbreaker that is a bit thick."

Xie Tang looked at Sun Du looking for clothes in the changing room, he did not close the door of the changing room, Xie Tang could see him take out one from the closet organized by the Filipino maid from time to time, and gesture on himself, from time to time He squatted down and found something in his suitcase.

Xie Tang calmly withdrew his gaze and continued to read the newspaper.

After all, he wears the most black clothes.

After Sun Du changed his clothes and had lunch with Xie Tang, the two of them sat on the balcony to rest for a while, and Maisha knocked lightly on the balcony door.

When she knocked on the door, Sun Du was sleeping on Xie Tan's arm.He has the habit of taking a lunch break, as long as he doesn't get up after ten o'clock the next day after messing around the day before, he will take a nap in the afternoon.

Xie Tang glanced at Maisha, he didn't really want to wake up Sun Du, the winter sun in the afternoon shone on Sun Du's face, dancing on his slightly trembling eyelashes, making the half of his face facing the sun look peaceful abnormal.

But Sun Du woke up by himself, and he heard a knock on the door in a daze.He kept telling himself that there were still activities in the afternoon and he had to cheer up, and it was precisely because of this that he didn't fall asleep, but was in a trance for a while between sleeping and waking up.

"Long time no see, Maisha," Sun Du turned his head and smiled at Maisha who was at the door, then he looked at Xie Tang and squeezed Xie Tang's arm.

"I've been sleeping for so long, are your hands numb?" He said angrily, "Wake me up if you feel uncomfortable."

Xie Tang didn't say a word, actually he didn't feel anything, his muscles were too hard and tight, he didn't feel much when Sun Du's weight was on him.

"I'll give you a press when I come back tonight, I'll go first." Sun Du smiled and kissed Xie Tang, stood up and walked towards Maisha.Maisha kept her head down, not looking at Xie Tang and Sun Du much.It wasn't until Sun Du walked in front of her that she raised her head and smiled politely at Sun Du.

Xie Tang sat on the balcony, watching Sun Du go out with Maisha.

Maisha was the same as what Sun Du saw last time, she was wearing a dress that was more complicated than other Filipino maids, and the smile on her face was as restrained and polite as ever.

She didn't talk to Sun Du, she just led him in a glass greenhouse outside Bute Manor, which was Natalie's favorite greenhouse.They walked across a lawn, and even though it hadn't snowed in London this year, it was just a little chilly.But there were few birds in London at the end of December, and apart from the rustling of leaves being blown by the wind, there was little other life.

Sun Du didn't talk to her either, but thanked her with a smile when he arrived at the greenhouse.Maisha smiled and bowed slightly, then pushed open the door of the glass greenhouse without saying much.

In order to make the flowers grow better in the glass greenhouse, the heating was fully turned on. As soon as Sun Du entered, a Filipino maid took his coat.

This glass greenhouse can be said to be very large. It is a huge arched glass, made up of glass splicing on one side. Sun Du looked at the structure of these splicing glass, which was somewhat similar to a rose window.All kinds of flowers climb up and intertwine with each other.Sun Du doesn't know much about flowers, some of them look like roses, and some of them he thinks should be little roses.Perhaps to reflect Christmas, there is a Christmas tree that is not too high and not too low in the glass greenhouse, with colorful lights and small pendants of different shapes hanging on it.

"Nice to meet you here, Du," Natalie said, sitting at the table in the middle of the glass greenhouse, on which an elegant three-story pagoda had been placed.

Natalie smiled and the maid on call at the door of the glass greenhouse lightly flicked her hand. The maid understood her gesture, bowed slightly and backed out.

"Of course, sitting with an old woman like me, you don't need to pay attention to afternoon tea etiquette," Natalie smiled and poured a cup of tea for Sun Du who sat down.

What she took was a transparent glass teapot, and the rose tea was brewed in it. Roses bloomed in the hot water, so delicate and beautiful that people couldn't take their eyes off.

Sun Du stretched out his hands to take the saucer, he smiled slightly, "You are very young, it is my honor to have afternoon tea with you."

Natalie smiled, "You should try the strawberry tart on the second floor," she said, picking up a strawberry tart from the second floor above the snack tower, "Anyway, there is no one else around, so we can do things in a different order .” She winked at Sun Du, then ate the strawberry tart.

Sun Du laughed, and he also picked up a strawberry tart.The strawberry tower is small, but also very delicate. A small circle of cookies is stacked with several sliced ​​strawberries, which is a bit like a cone.Some oatmeal and a few blueberries were sprinkled between the strawberries, which looked sweet and delicious.

Sun Du took a bite. To his surprise, the inside was not cream or anything else, but some cold and thick yogurt. Compared with the outer layer of biscuits that had just come out of the oven, the cold yogurt was a little bit different. The milky aroma is more pronounced.

"Stan told me that you usually work out and eat low-fat, low-sugar foods." Natalie wiped her mouth and hands, her movements were elegant and natural, "It's good, you know the young people nowadays I just like to eat some American junkfood."

She put down the napkin, "So I asked my dim sum chef to make a low-fat and low-sugar afternoon tea, you can eat it without worry."

Sun Du laughed.

They ate another strawberry tart, and the salty heart sandwiches on the first floor.

"Du, I invited you to my afternoon tea this time to get to know you better." Natalie gently stirred her scented tea with a teaspoon, she looked at Sun Du with peace, "It's just me In the past few days, I have discovered that what I understand is actually not important. Love is such a wonderful thing, it only happens between two people, and no outsiders can interfere."

She paused, "I didn't interfere with Stein's mother and my daughter Penny's love. As a mother, I can only watch my daughter go to the abyss of pain. This is really uncomfortable."

Sun Du listened quietly, with a smile on the corner of his mouth, which made people feel that he was unpredictable.

This is not the first time he has heard about Xie Tang's mother, Penny. He doesn't know much about this lady who is a flash in the pan in City C and in Xie's family.All he knew was that Xie Tingguo's first wife was her, and she never remarried, but lived with Xie Zhou's mother all the time.

"This time, facing Stein's love—maybe you are not there, maybe you are but you don't feel it, but I still see traces of fate in you, which is often a sign of love." Natalie Putting down the teacup in her hand, the dark red gemstone ring on her hand echoed the roses floating in the teapot, "I tossed and turned, couldn't sleep at night, and didn't know what to do."

"In the end, I can only obey the rules of love - it is always only related to the two parties in love, and no one can tolerate or allow others to intervene." Natalie said, "No matter what it ends up in, as an outsider, I , I can only bless you."

Sun Du looked at Natalie with rare seriousness in his dark brown eyes, "Thank you for your understanding."

He said frankly, "I have been hurt by many people, and I have hurt many people. I am not sure if what I give is love, but I will try."

Natalie smiled. After listening to Sun Du's words, she looked at Sun Du with soft and tolerant eyes, "My child, trying is often the beginning of success," she said, "I want to tell you about this matter today. One thing about him, I hope you can understand him after listening to it.”

"You say." Sun Du said with a smile.

Natalie looked at Sun Du, she was silent for a while, then smiled and said, "Penny is not a qualified mother, she hurt Stan," she said, "She thinks her husband is going to torture her, her The husband possessed her child, making her child as cold and heartless as him, unable to cry or laugh..."

Natalie pursed her lips as she spoke, "But in fact, these were all her absurd fantasies. She was not normal at that time." Natalie was silent for a while, letting a mother admit that her daughter was abnormal. It is a cruel thing.

She paused and continued, "Actually, Stein just inherited some of his father's emotional disorders." She paused again, "But Petunia doesn't believe that she will be gentle when facing me and Albert. She treats Stein softly, but when she returns to her apartment, she will torture Stein—in order to see Stein cry—she believes that as long as Stein cries, he will become a normal child and live up to her. The husband will leave the body of her child."

"Because of this, she did a lot of bad things." Natalie said, with rare sadness and remorse, she almost never told this story to anyone, "Because of some things, she was... The balcony on the third floor was pushed down, and she died in front of Stein."

"Since then, Stein has suffered from severe mental illness, and his emotional disturbance cannot be intervened by a psychiatrist because of his high IQ and alertness." Natalie said, "He used to be very concerned about death and pain. There was no sense of fear at all...the doctor said that if he could not intervene, his suicide would be inevitable...until he was 16 years old, for some reason, he suddenly understood the fear, which gradually brought him back on track."

Sun Du looked at Natalie, the smile on the corner of his mouth was already very faint, too shallow for people to catch.

Natalie said, "I'm sorry, I found out about this too late, and by then, the damage was beyond repair."

"I took Stein with me and tried to re-educate him, but it was too late then," she said, "my love could not move him, I am a dignified lady, mistress of the Bute family, But for me like this, the love I give is also restrained, dignified and unapproachable."

Natalie said, she looked up at Sun Du, her blue eyes were full of pleading, "My child, he may be a little clumsy on the way you love each other," she said, "But I still hope you, how much Give him some patience."

"He's not hard-hearted, he just doesn't understand sometimes," Natalie said.

Sun Du was silent, he watched Natalie did not speak.

After a while, Natalie asked him, "My boy, what's the matter with you?"

Sun Du said, "It's nothing, ma'am."

Natalie asked again softly, "Then why are you crying?"

She passed one side of the paper towel, which still had the Bute crest printed on it.

She looked at Sun Du with concern in her eyes.

Sun Du took the tissue and thanked him in a low voice.

"He must be very sad." Sun Du looked at Natalie and said, his dark brown eyes were like the clear sky after a heavy rain.

Although Xie Tang may never understand what it means to be sad.