the seventh bride

Chapter 120
"Mom, are you hungry? I'll go buy some snacks for you." Bai Muqing pointed to the snack room next to her.

"no need."

"Mom, what's wrong with you?" Bai Muqing noticed that Zhu Huili's eyes were wet, so she stopped to look at her and asked, "Is it because Xiaoyi's condition is not good?"

The mother only had Xiaoyi in her heart, and she knew it well, so when she saw the tears in her eyes, the first thing she thought of was what happened to Xiaoyi.

Zhu Hui shook her head, looked at her apologetically and said, "Mom just feels sorry for you."

It was the first time hearing her mother say such words, Bai Muqing felt bitter in her heart, and then smiled slightly: "Mom, from today onwards we will have a brand new life, let's not think about the past, and don't mention it anymore Okay?"

"Okay." Although Zhu Hui had a lot of questions, she finally restrained herself from asking.

After the group returned to the apartment, Lin Annan put Xiaoyi on the ground, and said to Zhu Hui, "Auntie, the air and scenery of the houses here are good, and the downstairs facilities are also complete. From now on, you and Xiaoyi will live here."

"What about elder sister? Doesn't elder sister live with us?" Xiao Yi asked, holding Bai Muqing's hand.

"Of course we are together." Bai Muqing smiled and pinched his little nose.

Lin Annan answered, "But after I marry your sister back home, she won't be able to live with you."

"Then where are you going to live?"

"Of course it's back to my house."

Bai Muqing looked at Lin Annan, she really didn't have the courage to think about the next thing, would she really marry him?Will you move into the Lin family mansion?
So many days have passed, why does she feel a little resistance whenever she thinks about these things?It really shouldn't be!

***
Zhu Hui knew very well how Lin Annan treated Bai Muqing back then, so she still didn't understand why Bai Muqing wanted to marry him.

At night, she finally couldn't help asking Bai Muqing: "Lin Annan treated you like that before, why did you marry him?"

Bai Muqing knew that she would definitely not be able to help asking, so she smiled helplessly and said: "It is because of his help that we were able to escape the clutches of Xu Yarong's mother and daughter. Although too many things happened during the period, everything is back to the original place now. There's nothing wrong with thinking about it."

"He threatened you to agree?"

"It's not a threat, it's just an exchange." Bai Muqing looked at her, and said, "And from what I've seen so far, he treats me pretty well. Isn't the purpose of a woman's life to find a man who loves her?"

"But... between you and Nangong Chen..." Zhu Hui hesitated to ask, because she was afraid of touching Bai Muqing's sore spot.

"It's already broken." Bai Muqing replied almost without hesitation.

Zhu Hui knew that she was sorry for her, and she was too embarrassed to ask any more questions. After nodding, she turned and went back to the house.

Nangong Chen raised his head and took a sip of the red wine in his hand, then stared at Qiao Siheng opposite and said, "The taste is not bad."

"Authentic [-] Lafite, it's not about the money, it's about the rarity, I'm reluctant to buy him a drink for ordinary people." Qiao Siheng smiled at him, took a sip of the red wine, and poured red wine into the glasses of the two of them again.

"The Lafite of [-], why don't I think it's a rarity?"

"Are you going to drink it or not?" Qiao Siheng snatched his glass, Nan Gongchen caught it empty, and could only smile slightly: "Well, it's really good wine."

"By the way, why did you suddenly think of buying me a drink today?" Nan Gongchen sank back, nestled on the sofa and looked at him.

Qiao Siheng was also looking at him, with ambiguous feelings flashing in his eyes: "I should ask you, why haven't you invited me to a drink for so long? What? After you have a baby, you don't want friends anymore?"

"No, there are a lot of things going on in the company recently."

"When is there not much going on in your company?" Qiao Siheng lit a cigarette, took a puff, then stared at him and asked, "By the way, is your young master's hundred-day banquet going to be a big one?"

Nangong Chen's face darkened slightly, and his heart felt a twinge of pain.

Hundred Days Banquet....

His little son may not even live for two months, so why talk about a hundred-day feast?
He struggled to pull out a smile, and raised his eyebrows at him: "What? You can't wait to give a red envelope?"

"No, my little Xi seems to be looking forward to it, and really wants to see your little son." Qiao Siheng stared at him with the usual smile on his face.

"It turns out that Mrs. Qiao likes to be lively, okay, I will be the first to send you an invitation when the time comes."

"As expected of a good friend." Qiao Siheng held up his glass and said, "Come on, let's do it."

Nangong Chen picked up the cup and touched him, then raised his head and took a sip.

After coming out of the bar, Nangong Chen got into the car.

Xiao Lin glanced at him in the rearview mirror, and asked with concern: "Master, do I need a bottle of water for you?"

"No need, let's go home." Nangong Chen was not drunk, but just felt a little tired.

Xiao Lin started the car and drove towards Nangong's house. After passing through the busy city, the surrounding neon lights dimmed.Looking at the scenery passing by outside the window, Nangong Chen suddenly felt a little irritable, and then said: "Let's go to the apartment."

"What?" Xiao Lin thought he had heard wrong.

After all, Nangong Chen seldom lives in an apartment, because the old lady doesn't allow it, and she doesn't feel at ease, especially at this time, when his wife and children are in the old house, he actually wants to go to the apartment?
After seeing Nangong Chen frowning from the rearview mirror, Xiao Lin realized that he had asked a question that should not be asked, and hurriedly said, "Eldest Young Master, I will send you there right away."

Nan Gongchen understood why Xiao Lin was surprised, but he himself didn't understand why he suddenly wanted to stay in the apartment for one night.

Probably because he didn't want to go back to the old house to face the poor child, or because he didn't want to face Bai Ying'an who was different from usual.

Last night when he fell ill, Bai Yingan turned on the light, and finally fainted from fright. Although every detail made sense, and he didn't have any doubts that she blamed her, he still felt something was wrong, and felt that she was different from before. .

Not only when he was sick, but also in many other things that seemed to be fine on the surface, but she always felt a little strange in her heart.

Maybe it wasn't her problem, but his.

So he felt that it was necessary for him to find a place to be quiet and calm down his abnormal mood.

Nangong Chen pushed open the door of the apartment, and the darkness of the room rushed towards his face. He frowned. In his heart, he didn't like the days when no one was waiting for him at home.

Raising his hand to turn on the light button, the room was flooded with light before he finally felt more comfortable.

The last time he came here was when the child was discharged from the hospital. It has been more than a month now, and he walked in.There was also a small handkerchief used by the baby on the back of the sofa. Seeing it, my heart immediately ached uncontrollably.

He casually took off the handkerchief from the back of the sofa and placed it under the inconspicuous table.

*****
Although Xiaoyi seemed to be in much better condition, Bai Muqing was still worried and decided to take him to the hospital for a checkup the next day.

During breakfast, Bai Muqing refilled Xiaoyi's glass of milk, and Xiaoyi immediately pouted and protested: "Sister, I already had a glass just now."

"You are too thin, drink more milk to gain weight, be good, my sister will buy you chicken legs tonight."

"Really?" Xiaoyi was delighted.

"Of course it's true." Bai Muqing raised her hand and touched the top of his head: "Eat quickly, let's go out after eating."

"That's right, Xiaoyi, my brother-in-law has been waiting downstairs for a long time." Zhu Hui pampered Xiaoyi and wiped the corners of Xiaoyi's mouth with a tissue.

"Oh." Xiaoyi obediently picked up the milk and drank it, then put down the cup and ran to the door: "Let's go! Go out!"

"Xiaoyi, don't run so fast." Zhu Hui hurriedly chased her out.

Bai Muqing picked up her bag from the living room and quickly followed it out. She closed the door casually, packed her bag while walking towards the elevator entrance, and accidentally bumped into someone.

"I'm sorry..." She instinctively bowed to the man, then raised her head.

When she saw that the person she bumped into was actually Nan Gongchen who came out of the next room, she instinctively froze for a moment and stared at him in surprise.

Nangong Chen was hit by someone just as he was going out, and the one who hit him was actually...

He was also looking at her. The short hair, the exaggerated earrings, the revealing skirt, and the heavy make-up... Bai Yingan's usual image.He hadn't seen her for a long time, and he didn't expect to see her here.

From the day she moved here, Bai Muqing imagined whether she would meet Feng Nangongchen here one day, and what to do if she did.And today, she was mentally prepared in advance, so when she met him, she was surprised for a short time, and then she soon calmed down.

"Brother-in-law, why are you here?" She smiled in surprise, her eyes were full of fascination, she remembered that every time Bai Yingan saw Nangong Chen, she would show her fascination for him.

In order to play the role of Bai Ying'an well, she has put in a lot of effort. Whenever she goes out every day, she will turn herself into a call girl, wearing revealing dresses that don't suit her.

"I live here occasionally." Nangong Chen has never had a good impression of Bai Ying'an, and his attitude towards her is also indifferent.

Bai Muqing originally wanted to go back home and avoid taking the elevator downstairs with him, after all, the less contact, the less danger of getting lost, but Xiaoyi yelled at the elevator door: "Sister, hurry up, the elevator is here!"

She had no choice but to walk in the direction of the elevator.

There are four people in one elevator, and Zhu Hui doesn't know Nan Gongchen, so she doesn't show any surprise.

Bai Muqing pulled Xiaoyi to stand diagonally opposite Nangong Chen, wondering whether to strike up a conversation with Nangong Chen, with Bai Ying'an's character, she would definitely try her best to strike up a conversation with him on purpose.

But if she strikes up a conversation, what should she say?After struggling for a while, she replied with a smile: "Brother-in-law, is my sister okay now?"

Nangong Chen's plain eyes swept over her, and landed on her with a mocking smile: "Do you still care about her?"

"Of course I care about her. She is my sister."

Zhu Hui was finally surprised. She glanced back and forth between the two, and was about to ask Bai Muqing who Nan Gongchen was, when the elevator door opened with a 'ding'.

Xiaoyi took the lead and rushed out of the elevator, ran to Lin Annan outside the elevator room, laughed happily while running: "Brother-in-law, sister said that she will buy me chicken legs to eat tonight, do you want to come and eat with us?"

"Okay." Lin Annan smiled and caught his small body.

When he looked up, he realized that Bai Muqing and Nangong Chen had walked out of the elevator room almost at the same time, a flash of surprise flashed across his face.Seeing Nangong Chen in this place and under such circumstances, he was suddenly a little confused about the situation.

Bai Muqing knew that Lin Annan would be confused, so she hurriedly went up to embrace his arm and said with a sweet smile, "Annan, what a coincidence, my brother-in-law lives here too, and he is on the same floor as us."

Lin Annan finally understood that it was just a coincidence, not...

He secretly breathed a sigh of relief, luckily he didn't come here specially because Nangong Chen discovered something.

"Cousin, what a coincidence." He immediately smiled at Nangong Chen and greeted him politely.

Nangong Chen looked at the two people who were hugging each other affectionately, and a slight smile appeared on his lips: "Master Lin, is this the rhythm of returning home?"

Lin Annan's complexion changed, and he deliberately showed an uncomfortable expression: "My mother hopes that I will get married as soon as possible to receive the Lin family, otherwise I won't be so anxious."

"It's time to think so." The smile on the corner of Nangong Chen's lips was instantly stained with a hint of mockery, and he walked towards the direction of the car.

Lin Annan looked at the back of him leaving, feeling a sense of complacency in his heart, a sense of smoothness that he had never experienced before.

If Nangong Chen knew that the woman in his arms was the woman he had braved the rain to search all over Yancheng and even went to the police station, he would definitely go crazy, right?

*****
After getting into the car, Zhu Hui looked at the silent Bai Muqing, and asked hesitantly, "Is he Nan Gongchen?"

Seeing Bai Muqing nodding, she immediately asked again: "Then why does he live here? Is this really good?"

Bai Muqing was also thinking about this question, would it be too dangerous, would it cause trouble for herself.She took a deep breath and said, "He doesn't usually live here."

After a pause, she continued, "But I think it's better for us to move away, just in case, what do you think, Young Master Lin?"

Lin Annan smiled indifferently: "Didn't you say that he usually doesn't live here? Then don't worry about him, the environment and air here are more suitable for Xiaoyi to recuperate, besides..."

He turned his head and stared at her: "We are going to get married soon, and you will naturally not live here after we get married."

"And..." He paused, then smiled at her: "Don't call me Young Master Lin, call me An Nan like you did just now."

Bai Muqing lowered her head uncomfortably, she just wanted to tell Nangong Chen to listen, but now that Nangong Chen is gone, she really couldn't yell.

In fact, she also called it that way before, but it was too long, and so many things happened in the middle.

"Which doctor should we go to see?" Lin Annan asked skillfully controlling the car.

"Go to Xingxing." Bai Muqing didn't even think about it.

"Why go to Xingxing? Because it belongs to Su Xi's family?"

"Hmm..." Bai Muqing responded lightly and indiscriminately. In fact, she just wanted to go there to find the mysterious man who took her child away, but she couldn't tell Lin Annan.

She didn't tell anyone about this matter, and she didn't dare to tell, for fear that leaking the news would cause unnecessary trouble.After all, the strength of the Nangong family is there. If they know that their child has been transferred, it will definitely cause a storm.

Although the hope is slim, it has become a habit to go to the Star Hospital and various orphanages to look for children every day.As long as the child is not found for a day, she will not give up.

*****
Nangong Chen didn't return all night, Bai Ying'an couldn't help feeling a little flustered, after all, this was the first time he didn't return home after she entered Nangong's house.

What was the reason why he didn't return all night? Could it be that there were other women outside?Thinking of this possibility, she couldn't help being jealous.

My mother was right, if she was afraid of him and kept away from him, there were plenty of women out there who were not afraid and tried to squeeze to his side.Could it be true that my reaction that night directly pushed him into another woman's arms?But she is really scared!

After pacing back and forth in the bedroom, she finally mustered up the courage to call Nangong Chen.

After the phone rang for a long time, it was finally connected. Nangong Chen's gentle voice came: "What's wrong? Ying'an."

Bai Ying'an became nervous, and she opened her mouth and said, "Eldest young master, did I disturb your work?"

"No, it's lunch break now." There was the sound of flipping papers on the other end of the phone, and it was obvious that he was still working even during the lunch break.

"Oh, it's really nothing, it's just that you didn't come back last night, and I'm worried about you."

"Huh? Didn't I send you a text message? I stayed in the apartment too late last night."

"Ah, I didn't receive it." In fact, she did, but he didn't tell her the reason, so she would still think wildly.

It seems that he didn't intend to explain it to her carefully, so she could only say wittily: "Young Master, you are fine, then I will hang up first."

"Is the baby okay?" Nangong Chen asked.

"He." Bai Ying'an turned his head and glanced at the baby on the small bed, and said, "He's still the same, he doesn't eat much, and looks very hard."

In fact, the baby is not different from yesterday. She said this only in the hope that Nangong Chen would go home early tonight. Nangong Chen on the other end of the phone was silent for a while, and then said worriedly: "I see, goodbye."

After hanging up the phone, Bai Yingan heard a knock on the door, she hesitated for a moment before answering: "Come in."

It was Pu Lianyao who pushed the door and walked in, she guessed it.

Pu Lianyao is on vacation today and has been staying at Nangong's house to accompany the old lady.Bai Ying'an really couldn't figure out why she didn't go home when she had a home, and gathered here all day long. Could it be that there was a conspiracy?
Pu Lianyao walked to the crib with a smile, looked down at the baby and said, "The old lady just had a nightmare when she was taking a nap. She said she dreamed that the baby was not well, so I must come and take a look."

She turned her head back, looked at Bai Ying'an and said, "Is the child alright?"

"It's still the same."

"Have you had milk just now?"

"I've eaten." Bai Ying'an raised the corners of her lips and smiled at her: "By the way, Lian Yao, I have a gift for you."

"Send me?" Pu Lianyao turned around and walked over with a look of surprise.

"Yes, my mother came back from a trip to Turkey a few days ago and brought me several ruby ​​necklaces." She walked to the bedside table, took out three jewelry boxes from inside, opened them one by one and put them in front of her, saying: " I brought three in total, one for you and Shen Xin."

The color stain of ruby ​​looks very expensive, as long as anyone with a little knowledge can see that its value is not low.It was indeed Xu Yarong who brought it to her, but she didn't bring it back from Turkey, but went to the mall to buy it, in order for Bai Yingan to take care of Pu Lianyao and Shen Xin.

Before this, Xu Yarong had thoroughly investigated Pu Lianyao, and found that although she was born in a well-to-do family, she was not rich. Such things should be attractive to her.

Sure enough, as soon as she got the gem, her eyes glowed with appreciation as she looked at the gem.

Bai Ying'an was secretly happy in her heart, people who are greedy for money are usually easy to deal with, but she is afraid that she is not greedy for anything.

"This necklace must be expensive, right?" Pu Lianyao glanced at her and asked.

"It doesn't matter if it's expensive or not. The main significance is that it is native to Turkey." Bai Ying'an said.

Pu Lianyao nodded, then put the necklace back into the box, and pushed the box back in front of her: "I really appreciate your kindness, but the gift is too expensive for me to accept."

Seeing her push the gift back, Bai Yingan's feeling of secret joy sank just now, and he hurriedly said: "It's okay, anyway, I can't wear so many, if you think it looks good, you can take it."

"It's really unnecessary. I can't wear such expensive gifts at work, and I don't have the habit of carrying jewelry on weekdays. You should keep it for yourself." Pu Lianyao smiled: "Actually, gifts don't need to be expensive. Remember when you Did you go to Yancheng to buy me a small gift? I really like it."

"Sour plum cakes and small ornaments, right? I was a little embarrassed to give them away at the time." Bai Yingjian scratched his scalp with an embarrassing expression.

Pu Lianyao looked at her fixedly, and the smile on her face deepened: "Yes, I didn't expect you to remember after so long."

"Of course I remember, it wasn't too long ago."

Pu Lianyao nodded, stood up from the bed, looked at the baby on the crib, and said, "Cousin, I'm going out first, you should have a good rest."

After Pu Lianyao left, Bai Yingan threw the two strings of gemstone necklaces on the corner of the bed in a big way. I have never seen such a ignorant person.

But think about it, she is Shen Ke's fiancée, and Shen Ke can be regarded as a person who wants everything in Nangong's house. How difficult is it to get a gemstone necklace?
Nangong Chen did come back early today, and had dinner at home.

After dinner, Bai Ying'an just wanted to ask him if he could go to the movies with her tonight, but Nan Gongchen said first: "I just came back to see you and the little baby, and I have to go out later."

"Are you still going out?" Bai Yingan glanced at the time on the wall, it was 06:30.

"Yes, there is a reception, I'm afraid you will all fall asleep when you come back."

"Don't you need to bring a female companion for the reception?" Bai Ying'an smiled and said, "I haven't gone out for a long time."

"I don't bring a female companion tonight." Nangong Chen thought for a while, took her hand and said, "But if you feel bored, I will take you out for a walk tomorrow."

"Really." Bai Yingan was delighted.

Although she is still very afraid of his illness, he is still very attractive to her when he is not ill. Of course, she will be happy if she can go outside to play with him.Besides, now is the critical period of cultivating the relationship between teachers and teachers, and she must grasp it well.

******
Xiaoyi sat at the dining table, propped her chin with her hands, looked at the black chicken legs on the table with a speechless face, swallowed her saliva and wailed, "Sister, can you do it? I waited from eight o'clock to nine o'clock gone."

"Don't worry, it will be out of the oven in 2 minutes, this time it will definitely not be burnt again." Bai Muqing reassured.

She wasn't very good at cooking, so she asked Xiaoyi if she wanted to eat braised chicken drumsticks or sauce-flavored ones, but the guy insisted on grilling them.Facing this completely unfamiliar oven, she really didn't know what to do.

After Rushi tried to bake twice in a row and failed, she started the third time.

Two minutes later, Bai Muqing looked at the more failed chicken legs, touched her nose a little embarrassedly and said, "I'm sorry, sister will buy some more tomorrow, and by the way, I'll buy a barbecue recipe and cook it for you again."

Xiaoyi's small mouth, which was already pouting high, was now puffed up even higher, and she was so wronged that tears rolled in her eyes.

Seeing her son's aggrieved look, Zhu Hui said with a bit of reproach: "I told you to take him out to eat, but you insisted that the outside was not clean and you had to bake it yourself. I'm so mean that you don't even have dinner for these few chicken legs. It didn't taste good, and it turned out..."

Zhu Hui shook her head, hugged Xiaoyi and coaxed her: "Xiaoyi, be good, mom will take you out to eat tomorrow, okay?"

"I'm going to eat it now." Xiaoyi shook her head unhappily, the chicken legs that she had waited for from last night until today finally came with these pieces of black charcoal, of course the little guy was not happy.

Bai Muqing thought about it, then looked at the time: "Okay then, I'll take you out to eat."

"Yeah! That's great!" Xiaoyi immediately jumped off the table and chair happily when she heard that she could go out to eat chicken legs.

While doing her makeup, Bai Muqing listened to Zhu Hui's nagging outside the door: "It's so late to go out, you must take care of your brother, don't lose him, you know? And don't eat so much, it's hot."

"Mom, I got it." Bai Muqing picked up the bag on the table, and went out with Xiaoyi.

In the nearby Western-style snack bar, Bai Muqing ate a delicious meal with Xiao Yi, and bought him several boxes of snacks and bread slices for breakfast.

When returning back, as soon as Bai Muqing stepped into the elevator room, she smelled a strong smell of alcohol. She didn't pay much attention to it, and pressed the up button for the stairs.

"Sister, it's the uncle who lives on the same floor as us." Xiaoyi's voice suddenly sounded beside her.

Uncle on the same floor?Bai Muqing turned around following his gaze in surprise, and she saw Nangong Chen leaning on the wall with one hand and the sofa beside him with the other to support his wobbly body, obviously just vomited back.

She froze for a moment, then instinctively turned her back to him.

(End of this chapter)