fiery fall

Mother and daughter both looked towards the door at the same time.

Zhang Lan snorted coldly. Instead of opening the door, he walked to the sofa and sat down. His actions showed his rejection of the visitor.

Shen Ennan pursed her lips, walked to the door and opened it.

"Ennan, you're not leaving tonight?"

As soon as I opened the door, the icy cold wind rushed in from the corridor.

Standing at the door was the neighbor Aunt Chen, holding a piece of cream cake in her hand, and said enthusiastically: "Come on, come on, come on, tonight is my grandson Doudou's second birthday, and I will give you some cake."

"Thank you Aunt Chen." Shen Ennan took it with both hands, smiled and said blessings.

"Where's your mother? Why don't we go to my house and sit down together?"

"Sister Chen, thank you."

Zhang Lan heard the neighbor's voice and walked to the door with a polite smile.

On weekdays, the two families often help each other.

When Chen Hui is too busy, Zhang Lan will help her take care of her two grandchildren.

Chen Hui smiled and invited: "Xiaolan, it's Doudou's birthday tonight, come and sit at home!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Shen Ennan saw seven-year-old Tangtang holding her two-year-old brother at the door of her neighbor's house and urging her grandma loudly, "Grandma, come back and eat cake!"

The crisp children's voice is very pleasant.

The three of them could not help but be affected by the sound.

Zhang Lan smiled lightly and said, "Sister Chen, please go home first. I'll come sit at home another day."

Chen Hui turned around and responded to the two cute little guys, looking at Shen Ennan with a smile, "Ennan, you have been married for more than three months. It's time to get closer to your husband. Your mother is waiting to give birth to her grandson or... Where is my grandson’s daughter?”

Shen Ennan smiled and said, "Aunt Chen, we are not in a hurry."

"It's not a hurry. Your mother loves my sugar babies and Doudou very much. She often tells me that she hopes you will have a baby soon so that she can also enjoy the happiness of family..."

"Sister Chen, please go back first."

Zhang Lan interrupted the other party, with an unnatural smile on his face.

At that time, she always thought that her son-in-law was Jiang Yan, whom she was satisfied with.

"grandmother!"

The granddaughter urged again. At this time, Chen Hui also noticed that something was not right between their mother and daughter. She smiled lightly and said, "Then I will go home first, Xiaolan. Come and play mahjong with me when you have time."

The neighbor's door is closed.

The smile on Zhang Lan's face also disappeared, and she turned around and walked into the living room.

Shen Ennan followed and placed the cake on the coffee table, "Fu Qianbei and I have no plans to have children now."

When Zhang Lan heard this, the indifferent expression on his face relaxed, and he opened his mouth to explain calmly: "Ennan, mom is doing it for your own good."

"When you have a child, you have an inseparable bond. If Fu Qianbei really kills your father, how will you face your children in the future?"

"Mom, I don't need you to do this to me!"

Shen Ennan interrupted Zhang Lan, with a hint of resistance in his tone.

After the Shen family went bankrupt, Zhang Lan was in frail health and she almost never contradicted her mother.

But this time, Shen Ennan couldn't control his emotions and retorted loudly: "I believe Fu Qianbei did not hurt his father, and the bankruptcy of the Shen family has nothing to do with him."

"We don't want children for the time being because we are not ready to become parents yet. We are not worried that we will not be able to separate if we have children!"

"Shen Ennan!"

Zhang Lan's tone was full of disappointment and sadness.

Shen Ennan clenched her hands tightly, her voice was sour, and she said bitterly: "You are my mother. You have worried about me and planned for me since I was a child. But I am now 25 years old and I can take responsibility for my life. Please take care of me." Give me back my right to choose my life."

After saying that, she walked out of the house without looking back.

In the living room, Zhang Lan covered his face with his hands and fell into endless pain.

……

Downstairs in the community, a black Rolls-Royce parked slowly under the lights on the roadside.

Fine snowflakes were flying in the dark sky. They rippled in the light of the yellowed old street lamps, like catkins swaying in the sunset.

Fu Qianbei walked out of the car holding an umbrella and saw Shen Ennan walking out of the stairwell.

He strode over and climbed the steps, only to find that the woman's eyes were red.

Just as he was about to speak, a cold body rushed into his arms and hugged him tightly.Fu Qianbei froze, wrapping him in a wide coat, his eyes cold, "What's wrong?"

"It's okay, I just want to hug you."

Shen Ennan's voice was thin and gentle.

Fu Qianbei was silent and waited quietly for her to hug him for a while before pushing him out of his arms.

Using the emergency lights in the corridor, he looked carefully and saw that there was nothing unusual about her except that her eyes were red. The coldness in her eyes calmed down.

He said: "Go back to the car first."

The next second, I saw a pair of home cotton slippers on Shen Ennan's feet.

Shen Ennan lowered his head following his gaze and touched his nose awkwardly: "I was walking in such a hurry that I forgot to change my shoes. But it's just light snow, so it shouldn't matter..."

Before she finished speaking, Fu Qianbei put the umbrella into her hand, turned around and squatted down, "Come up."

Shen Ennan looked at his broad back, a feeling of warmth surged into his heart, and he leaned forward, "Honey, I'm fine."

"Well, I'm home."

It’s only about 20 meters from the corridor entrance to the car.

The heating in the car was fully turned on, and it was like a warm little world in the ice and snow.

Shen Ennan put on his seat belt and quietly stared at Fu Qianbei's cold profile.

Many things came to mind, and she suppressed the pity in her heart and secretly made up her mind.

She will continue to love him, make up for him, and warm him for the rest of her life.

His gaze was so intense that Fu Qianbei couldn't help but glance at her and asked in a warm voice, "Is there something on my face?"

Shen Ennan smiled and replied, "No."

Fu Qianbei raised his eyebrows and drove seriously and steadily.

Although it is cold in the early snow, there are still many people on the road, so driving should not be distracted.

As soon as he entered the house, Fu Qianbei received a work call from Jiang Yan and took his cell phone to the study.

Shen Ennan petted the kitten in the living room for a while, rubbed his hands and went upstairs.

She thought, on a snowy day, of course she should take a hot bath to get rid of the cold.

In the bathroom, Shen Ennan threw a bath ball into the bathtub. After a while, the hot water filling the bathtub turned milky white.

She took off her clothes, sat in the bathtub, placed the tablet she had prepared in advance on the small table, and watched a show while taking a bath.

With a "squeak" sound, the bathroom door opened from the outside.

Shen Ennan looked away from the tablet and looked at the man who came in with bright eyes, "Have you finished your work?"

"Ah."

A scent of milk penetrated his breath, and on the milky water surface, Fu Qianbei could only see Shen Ennan's fair and moist neck, and a rosy little face.

The Adam's apple is itchy and slippery.

He took off the prayer beads and glasses from his wrist bones, and flexibly unbuttoned the buttons on his shirt with his bony hands.

Shen Ennan's face turned red again, "What are you doing taking off your clothes? I haven't finished bathing yet."

"Let's soak together."

Fu Qianbei stepped into the bathtub.

"Pfft--" One-third of the water overflowed the bathtub.

I don’t know what happened under the milky white water.

In less than 5 minutes, Shen Ennan's face turned blood red, as if he had been burned.

"Fu Qianbei!"

"Ok?"

"I'm watching a show!"

Shen Ennan opened her moist red lips and said something incomprehensible.

A low laugh escaped from Fu Qianbei's throat. His slender hands reached out of the water. He clearly felt that the tight body in his arms relaxed instantly.

But the amusement in someone's dark eyes only deepened.

He said: "Do you still remember the question you asked me a few nights ago?" (End of Chapter)