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“Qing Yuan, let’s go to the notary today.” She looked at his back and said slowly and firmly, word by word.
Ning Qingyuan looked ahead, his somber eyes tightly knitted together, the bones of his hand holding the blind cane protruding, “Xiao Mo, do you know what you’re talking about?”
Jane Mo took a deep breath, step by step walked over, reached out and held his empty hand, his palm ice with moist sweat, Jane Mo hooked the corner of her mouth, “I did not expect you will also have a nervous time.” Her tone of voice relaxed joked, at that moment the heart seems to be released little by little.
Ning Qingyuan followed his intuition and “looked” into her eyes, and the hand he held with her unconsciously tightened. After a long, long time, he finally moved the corners of his mouth, “I’ve never been so indecisive in my life.”
“Then Mr. Ning, have you decided?” Jian Mo arched her eyebrows and gazed at him.
The peaks of Ning Qingyuan’s brows moved gently, and after an instant, he swallowed a word lightly, “Xiao Mo, let me think for a moment.”
The two of them stared at each other, the bottom of each of their eyes glistening with a hidden watery light.
“Good.” Jian Mo choked slightly.
That night, Ning Qingyuan kept vigil alone in the room where his mother used to be. He thought about how before his mother left, she took his father’s hand and said with difficulty, word by word, that after her death Ning’s father would be able to find a suitable person to continue his life in the future. His mother loved his father so much, in her eyes love is the only thing, but precisely because she loved him, she could never let him be alone for the rest of the decades, and only then would she leave those words.
Ning Qingyuan’s fingers delicately touched his mother’s photo, he was afraid of delaying her because of his own selfishness, but he was still greedy.
His mind filtered Jane Mo’s face over and over again, he slowly stood up, moved his stiff body, and gently walked out.
The driver was already waiting outside the door, “Mr. Ning, everything is packed.”
Ning Qingyuan got into the car, and the journey was smooth, before heading to the airport, he picked up the phone. It took a long while before the call was connected.
Zhong Yu had drunk some wine last night, this time his brain was heavy and bloated, he picked up the phone in a daze, “Who is it?”
“It’s me, Ning Qingyuan.”
Zhong Yu walked out of bed, pulling open the heavy curtains with one hand, the thin morning light slightly sprinkled in, he slightly squinted his eyes and looked at the ten thousand feet of sky.
“Zhong Yu, I’m on my way to the airport now. Take good care of her.” His words were simple yet they were endlessly heavy.
Zhong Yu’s face went white for a moment, his consciousness instantly cleared, “I have something to say to you, your eyes can be treated by acupuncture ……”
“Can’t say it in a moment, you wait, I’ll go over now.” Zhong Yu hung up the phone and quickly set the phone.
On the other hand, over at Ning’s house, Jian Mo was awakened in the middle of the night by a dream. She dreamed that she fell into a black hole, no matter how much she struggled her limbs are powerless, can’t hold on to anything, even a hiss can’t come out, shocked in a cold sweat, finally woke up from the dream. Downstairs when pouring water, passing by the study, the study door emits a faint light, she hesitated for a moment, knocked on the door. Waiting for a while, there is not the slightest movement inside. She gently pushed open the door, and the faint smell of tobacco greeted her.
The quiet study was empty. Jane Mo turned towards Ning Qingyuan’s room, knocked on the door a few times, there was no movement, an idea in the bottom of her heart suddenly met her mind, she gripped the door handle and quickly pushed the door in.
Dark room, windows half open, curtains fluttering with the wind. Jane Mo bit the corner of her lip, took a deep breath, turned around and walked out.
“Mom-” she stood at the door of the room, restraining her impatience.
Jane Ru had just opened the door in her pajamas, and Jane Mo quickly asked, “Mom, where did Qing Yuan go?”
Jane Ru frowned, “He left.”
“I see you knew about him leaving didn’t you? Where is he?” Jian Mo was anxious.
“You don’t have to worry too much about him.” Jane was as calm as ever.
“Mom-” Jane Mo raised her voice, “You’re not unaware of this situation he’s in right now, can you bear the thought of him being alone out there like this? Are you – assured?”
Jane Ru was silent for a moment, although Ning Qingyuan was her stepson, in the end there were still feelings after these few years, how could she not be worried, and
“You hurry up and go rest.” She still said stiffly.
“Mom – how could you?” Jian Mo pulled on her arm.
Ning’s father also walked over at this time, his face sullen, “Xiao Mo, this is Qing Yuan’s decision, we respect him. You also go and rest properly-”
Jianmo looked at Ning father, she took a shaky breath, the corner of her mouth hooked feebly, “You guys really aren’t going to tell me?”
Ning’s father and Jianmo were silent.
Jianmo snorted, “Mom, have you forgotten who brought me to you and took care of me back then? Have you even forgotten?”
“Mom, he’s your son too-” Jian Mo slightly hung his face, teardrops slowly rolling down. Only Ning’s father and Jane tightened their mouths as if they had an iron heart.
She finally turned around and slowly left with heavy footsteps.
“He went to the airport, flying to France.” Jane Ru looked at her daughter’s figure, and in that last instant she still said it, she turned her head, “Old Ning, I can’t manage it.”
Jane Mo changed her clothes and immediately drove after her to the airport.
She was calling Ning Qingyuan all the way, only no one picked up the whole time. Later she simply called the driver.
The driver was helpless as he looked at the frequently vibrating phone, “Mr. Ning, Miss’s call?”
Ning Qingyuan turned his face sideways, his eyelashes flicked, “Turn it off.” So firm.
Since he had made up his mind, he couldn’t turn back.
Jane Mo listened to the mechanical artificial voice coming from the headset, and couldn’t help but feel a few points of bitterness in her heart. Sprinting all the way, ten minutes later, when her cell phone rang, she was suddenly stunned and quickly connected, ” Qingyuan–” she didn’t even look at the caller ID and directly asked.
There was a brief silence before the other end spoke out, “It’s me. Ning Qingyuan just contacted me, I’m now on my way to the airport-”
Jane Mo listened quietly, her heart slowly settling down, “You – don’t have to come, I’ll let him stay.”
Zhong Yu looked ahead, his heart slightly bitter, “It’s fine. Contact again.” He hung up the phone.
Jane Mo also didn’t have the heart to bother anymore.
The plane to France would take off in half an hour, and she finally arrived at the airport ten minutes before the plane. In the empty airport, she looked for Ning Qingyuan’s figure in a panic.
Finally, she stopped Ning Qingyuan as he boarded the plane.
Jane Mo walked over in big strides and reached out to take his hand. Ning Qingyuan couldn’t see anything, and his hand trembled slightly.
“Don’t go-” she said, then pulled those documents from his hand. “Qingyuan, that’s it, I’ll accompany you.” No need to register, just accompany each other until old age.
Ning Qingyuan’s face was a bit sullen, with a vague sense of hope.
The airport radio played the registration prompts pleasantly.
Just one step short.
No more walking, that’s it.
“Okay, I’m not leaving.” He slowly opened his arms and embraced her, the scent of his breath lingering on the tip of his nose, the corners of his mouth slowly rising.
Zhong Yu hurried over, looking at the two embracing each other, he stood there fixedly. Jian Mo’s back was to him, he couldn’t see her expression, just her astringently trembling shoulders. Suddenly, he felt that everything was so ridiculous and pathetic.
The passers-by who come and go from time to time put the blessing of the eyes, and he is just a member of the passers-by at the moment.
Time passed by, Zhong Yu finally turned around. Out of the airport hall, the sky was already bright. He got into the car and gripped the steering wheel with a death grip. He quietly looked at the car in front of him, he had just followed her for a long way, but she never looked back.
The sun beat in through the car window, warmly hitting his cold face, full of despondency.
He was full of sullenness, and eventually faintly hooked the corners of his mouth.
Jane Mo drove the car, and Ning Qingyuan sat in the passenger seat. The two were silent all the way, and when Jane Mo’s cell phone rang, she hesitated for a moment before connecting. This time she did look at the screen, still a string of numbers.
“Hello–”
“Xiao Mo-” Zhong Yu called her name. “I said before that if you were with Ning Qingyuan, I would take Lemon with me. I’m not just saying that, I know that I hurt you back then, but Lemon is my daughter, and since I know that I won’t give her up.” He swallowed his throat, “I’m going back home today, I’ll pick up Lemon later – and bless you all -”
“Zhong Yu, there’s no way I’m letting you take Lemon.” Jian Mo’s heart snapped, and the car suddenly sped up.
Ning Qingyuan cringed, he didn’t go through with it, and the game that was about to end peaked once again. “Don’t be in a hurry, drive properly. Go back and talk.”
“Zhong Yu, don’t be unreasonable, okay?” Jian Mo said eagerly.
Zhong Yu’s eyes flickered with gloom, then colored with a hint of indifference, “You have to take care of him, where do you have time to take care of lemons? Jane Mo, I, Zhong Yu, have given you all the low blows of my life-”
“From now on, I won’t pester you-”
Jane Mo wanted to say something else, but the other end had already hung up the phone. She sped along, and after crossing a two-person intersection, there was a sudden traffic jam ahead.
“What’s going on?” She clenched her fists and poked out the car window to look ahead.
“Traffic jam, I guess.” Ning Qingyuan said indifferently, “Don’t worry too much, he wouldn’t how to do that.”
The car was stuck in a traffic jam for nearly half an hour, and it was only when they drove through the next intersection that they realized there was a traffic accident. She hurriedly glanced at the car that was already deformed from the crash and couldn’t help but curtail her speed.
When she reached home, she practically ran back.
Ning’s father and Jane Ru were both there, the two of them had been apprehensive for a long morning, and when they saw her rushing in alone, the heart that had been in their throats lifted up and down there for a moment wasn’t.
“Mom, where’s Lemon?”
Jane Ru was stunned, “In – asleep upstairs.”
Jane Mo didn’t care about their surprise, she ran upstairs in a row, and when she saw that Lemon was still sleeping quietly, she sat down on the edge of the bed at once, her heart finally letting go.
She did fear that she would finally take the child away, it’s not like he couldn’t do it.
Lemon woke up and saw her mom, her face was full of happiness, “mom – hug -” Jane Mo kissed the corner of her forehead, looking at those familiar eyes, her heart couldn’t help but sink.
When he went downstairs, Ning Qingyuan was sitting there, the family was there, Jian Ru curved the corner of her mouth, “Go have breakfast.”
The chaotic day finally began in peace. Only a fragment suddenly flashed through Jane Mo’s mind, the car that had just crashed. Her hand slipped, and the bowl in her hand fell to the ground in response.
“What’s wrong?” Jane Ru walked over.
Jane Mo was a bit flustered and hurried to pick up the debris, “Nothing, the bowl accidentally slipped.”
“You hurry to eat, I’ll clean up.” Jane Ru said.
Jane Mo still went to pick up, suddenly “hiss” sound, index finger was scratched, blood beads gurgling out. She hurriedly pressed, but the blood beads just can’t stop. The wound is very deep, the blood drops on the ground, bright and colorful.