the seventh bride

Chapter 172 Call from Abroad

Nangong Chen has a special dinner party tonight and hasn't come back yet. Bai Muqing was disturbed by the old lady's meaningful words. She was nestled in the room, not in the mood to read or watch TV, so she just hugged her phone and nestled on the sofa fell asleep.

When Nangong Chen came home, he saw her curled up on the sofa, frowning habitually, he walked over and picked her up from the sofa and put her on the bed.

Bai Muqing was woken up by him, she squinted her eyes and stared at him: "Are you back?"

"Why don't you go to bed in such a cold day?" Nan Gongchen asked, kissing her forehead.

"I accidentally fell asleep." Bai Muqing struggled to sit up from the bed: "I'll go get you the medicine."

"No need." Nan Gongchen pushed her back on the bed: "I'll go down and take it by myself in a while."

"Then you have to remember to eat."

"Yes, I'll take a shower first." Nangong Chen got up and walked to the bathroom.

The sound of rushing water soon came from the bathroom, but Bai Muqing was too sleepy, so she soon fell asleep again.

When Nan Gongchen came out of the bathroom, he saw her mobile phone flashing on the bedside table. He casually glanced at the screen of her mobile phone and found that the phone number displayed on the screen was a foreign phone number.

This discovery made his face tense. In his impression, apart from his mother and younger brother, Bai Muqing didn't have any other relatives or friends abroad.And the number displayed on the screen is not a French number, but a British one!

Britain, where Lin Annan is located.

He took down the towel that was wiping his hair, picked up the mobile phone on the bedside table, glanced at Bai Muqing who was sleeping soundly, hesitating whether to answer it or not.

Before he could finish hesitating, the ringing of the phone suddenly stopped, and then a message came in, only a short sentence: "Mu Qing, are you asleep? Miss me?"

Seeing this message, Nan Gongchen can basically conclude that Lin Annan sent it.It's just the tone, why does it feel so like a pair of lovers doing daily text flirting?
He took another look at Bai Muqing who was sleeping soundly, the palm of his hand holding the phone was tightened bit by bit, and his anger was burning up bit by bit.

At this moment, he didn't know if he should pull Bai Muqing out of the bed and ask for clarification. He would have done it normally, but he didn't do it today. He didn't know if it was because of her information or on purpose. To escape, anyway he didn't.

Bai Muqing, who was ignorant of the world, still slept soundly.

When Bai Muqing woke up in the morning, she sat on the bed and tapped her head while thinking about what happened last night.

The old lady's words kept ringing in her ears last night, but she couldn't tell whether it was real or a dream.

She turned her head and glanced at Nangong Chen, who was sleeping soundly beside her, and her thoughts gradually became clearer. It turned out that it was not a dream, but reality.Nangong Chen didn't eat at home last night, she and the old lady were indeed the only two people at the table, and the old lady did say that inexplicable sentence to her.

Nangong Chen put his arm on her body and pulled her into his arms. His voice in the morning was hoarse and magnetic: "You don't have to go to work today, what are you doing so early?"

Being carried into his arms, Bai Muqing looked up at his chin and said, "What time did you sleep last night?"

"Sleep after taking a shower."

Bai Muqing nodded and didn't say anything more.

Seeing that she was silent for a long time, Nangong Chen opened his eyes only to find that her gaze was fixed on the direction of the French window, but she was a little lost. He pinched the tip of her small nose with his hands: "What are you thinking?"

"I had a very strange dream last night."

"What did you dream about?"

"I dreamed that my grandma told me." She looked away from the window and stopped on his face: "She said that you would take the initiative to divorce me soon, do you think this dream is far off?"

She didn't tell Nangongchen whether it was a fact or a dream, because she didn't want to hurt him because she had a conflict with the old lady.

Nangong Chen turned over with a smile and pressed her under him, biting her ear lightly: "Do you think I'm such an active person?"

Bai Muqing was speechless, this answer. Asking is the same as not asking.

She held his handsome face in her hands, stared at him and said solemnly: "I'm serious, will you divorce me for your destined lover?"

"I don't even want my first love anymore, and I still want to make a lover?" Nangong Chen tickled her waist: "It's enough to have you, a little shrew, don't think about it and affect each other's mood."

Although Nangong Chen was very decisive, Bai Muqing was still extremely uneasy.

The alarm on the mobile phone on the desktop rang, she copied the mobile phone and turned off the alarm, then leaned on Nan Gongchen's arm, and habitually swiped open the screen to see if there were any calls or text messages.

While stroking her hair casually, Nangong Chen looked at her who was concentrating on her phone, before asking after a long while: "How many people have you told your phone number?"

His tone sounded very casual, and Bai Muqing replied very casually, "Not many, just colleagues in the office and good friends like Su Xi, Yao Mei, and Zhao Feiyang."

"Have you ever told a man?"

Bai Muqing blankly gave him a blank look: "With you sitting here, those male colleagues don't even dare to look at me more, and dare to ask me for a number?"

"Why do you seem aggrieved?"

"It's okay, anyway, I don't like to mess with male colleagues."

After Bai Muqing finished speaking, she didn't hear Nangong Chen's response, so she raised her head: "I answered so well, why don't you praise me?"

"This is your duty, what's there to boast about?" Nangong Chen raised his hand and covered her phone, staring at her more seriously: "Let me ask you, have you been in contact with Lin Annan recently?" ?”

Thinking of the text message last night, Nangong Chen became uncomfortable, and he didn't have the patience to test it little by little.

Bai Muqing glanced at him angrily: "I'm not as dedicated as you, and I regard my first love as more important than my own life."

"I'm telling you seriously." Nangong Chen turned her face, forcing her to look at him.

"I'm telling you to be serious." Bai Muqing glanced at him, a little speechless: "What's going on so early in the morning? Are you all right?"

Nangong Chen looked at her and found that she didn't look like she was lying, and there was no trace of guilt at all.

It's just that the text message last night was the first time Lin Annan sent her?
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Although she doesn't know how to please others and doesn't like to do so, but after all, the old man is the mistress of the house and an elder, so Bai Muqing can only put down her self-esteem to please her.

Knowing that Pu Lianyao has always been favored by the old lady, Bai Muqing even tried to ask her for advice.

Pu Lianyao was very generous, and passed on all her experience to her, and finally told her that the old lady wanted an obsidian to ward off evil recently.

When Nangong Chen held the obsidian in front of Bai Muqing, he asked in surprise: "What are you doing with such a big stone?"

"Grandma wants it." Bai Muqing took the stone and flipped through it, then raised her head and asked Nangong Chen, "Is this thing expensive?"

"It's a bit expensive." Nangong Chen said.

"Won't that cost you money again?" Bai Muqing was a little embarrassed.

"Since I bought it for grandma, it's not considered a waste."

"That's right, as long as grandma likes it." Bai Muqing picked up the black stone, "Then I'll show it to grandma to see if she likes it."

"Well, tell her that if she doesn't like this crescent-shaped one, there are other shapes." Nan Gongchen raised his hand to stroke her hair, of course he knew that Bai Muqing had been working hard to please the old lady for him, And it is an effort without complaint or regret.

She has this heart, and he is very satisfied and happy.

When Bai Muqing held the obsidian in front of the old lady, the old lady's eyes lit up, she stretched out her hand to caress the stone surface, then raised her eyes and looked at her: "Where did you get it? Have you ever opened it? "

Bai Muqing nodded: "It's been opened, and the master said it's quite effective."

The old lady nodded, but soon stared at him again: "I accepted the things, but I understand what you mean, and I remind you by the way, don't think that you can buy this or that for me with Chen's money, I will buy it for you." I will be touched and will keep you by Chen's side."

Bai Muqing smiled embarrassingly: "Grandma, I just heard that you want an obsidian to ward off evil spirits, so I found it for you, there is no other meaning."

"No other meaning?" The old lady sneered: "It seems that you are not an ordinary hypocrite. You are obviously trying to please me, so that you can stay in the Nangong family for a long time as the young lady. I am afraid that your little thought is only for Chen Wang I can't come out."

"grandmother.."

"Forget it, you don't need to say so much." The old lady interrupted her: "I just don't want you to waste too much time on this matter, don't regret it when you find that everything is in vain, and blame me for being hard-hearted .”

Bai Muqing stopped talking.

The old lady said again: "You can discuss anything you want from the Nangong family, but Chen can't give it to you. This is a certain death. Even Chen can't change the fact. I hope you can understand."

Bai Muqing nodded: "I understand."

She stood up from the sofa and was about to go upstairs, when she turned around and found Nan Gongchen walking down the spiral staircase.She looked at the old lady, then at Nangong Chen, not knowing whether to leave or stay.

Nangong Chen went directly to Bai Muqing's side and stood still, wrapped her little hand in his big palm, and said to the old lady solemnly: "Grandma, you are right, Ying'an asked me to buy this broken bag for her." The thing came back to please you and make you happy. But is she wrong in doing so? As your granddaughter-in-law, she has been working hard to get closer to you and maintain family harmony. Isn't this worthy of praise? ?”

"Bullshit, she is doing this for herself! To stabilize her own position!" The old lady insisted on this point from beginning to end.Her stubbornness is known to everyone, and no one can understand her at all.

So Bai Muqing could only secretly tug on the corner of Nangong Chen's clothes, and whispered, "Chen, don't quarrel with grandma, let's go upstairs."

Nangong Chen glanced at her, grabbed her palm and touched her shoulder, hugged her tightly and said, "Grandma, do you think her position is not stable now? How many times have I said that I will not divorce her?" , she doesn't need to please anyone to keep her position."

"You." The old lady was annoyed.

"Okay, stop arguing, it's all my fault, I..."

"Knowing that you are not good, why don't you get out?" The old lady couldn't quarrel with Nan Gongchen, so she glared at Bai Muqing instead: "I don't think you are here to curry favor with me, but to demonstrate to me on purpose?"

The old lady raised her hand and flicked the obsidian on the table, the nuoda stone almost fell on Bai Muqing's feet, but fortunately Nan Gongchen pulled her back in time.

Bai Muqing let out a low cry, her little face turned pale with fright.

Nan Gongchen frowned, if the old lady wasn't his elder, and she wasn't so old, he would probably take Bai Muqing and turn around and leave, regardless of her life or death.But at this moment, he could only grit his teeth and bear it, bent down and picked up the obsidian on the ground and put it back on the table, and said to the old lady: "Grandma, this is Ying'an's wish, even if you don't appreciate it, just take it secretly and throw it away That's good, don't hit people's legs."

"It's okay, it didn't hit me." Bai Muqing said while waving her hands.

The old lady glanced at the two of them, feeling a little guilty in her heart.

Nangong Chen stared at her and asked: "Grandma, if you think we are an eyesore, I will continue to move out. Then don't blame me for not caring about your old man."

"Stinky boy, you still want to leave!" The old lady put the teacup back on the table with a 'bang'.

"I don't want to, but you can't always be so unreasonable and make everyone unhappy."

"Do you threaten me?"

"No, just asking you."

Bai Muqing pulled Nangong Chen's clothes: "Chen, let's go back to the room."

Nangong Chen glanced at her, then pulled her towards the door.

Seeing them walking towards the door, the old lady immediately asked, "Where are you going?"

"Come back when your anger subsides." Nan Gongchen turned around and threw a sentence at her.

Bai Muqing was dragged into the car by Nangong Chen, she looked at Nangong Chen who was fastening the seat belts on the two of them with some concern: "Where are you taking me? It's not like you really want to wait for grandma to die before coming back, right? "

Now the old lady only wants Nangong Chen to marry his destined lover, how can she lose her temper so easily?

Nangong Chen pondered for a moment, leaned over and put his arms around her shoulders and stared at her: "Do you know why I didn't take you to the apartment this time but brought you back to the old house?"

"Why? Isn't it for me to confirm my identity as Mrs. Nangong?"

"This is only a small part of the reason." Nangong Chen shook his head. Her identity is not real, and she doesn't need to rely on where she lives to show it. As long as she is his Nangong Chen's wife, it doesn't matter where she lives.

"Because when I went back to Cai Zhai last time, my grandma said to me. She said that she is now a person with loess up to her neck. Every time she meets me, it may be the last time. And I am her The only family member she has worked so hard to grow up, can you understand my feelings when I hear this?"

His eyes dimmed little by little, with sadness and helplessness.

Bai Muqing nodded hurriedly, raised her palm to hold his handsome face and said, "I can understand, and I also know that grandma does everything for your own good, so don't worry, no matter what grandma does to me, I won't let it go." In my heart, I will live here with you, no matter if she beats me or scolds me, I will never leave."

"Really?"

"Really, don't look at me sometimes being aggressive and unreasonable. That's for dealing with rivals in love. I will never show any disrespect to my elders."

Nangong Chen smiled: "Your pungentness is not only against rivals in love, but also against your own husband."

"Damn it, you're still in the mood to joke around at this moment." Bai Muqing sniffed.His words just now touched her tears, and she almost shed tears.

She thought of her grandma, who called her the day before to admit that she would go to Yancheng to accompany her during the summer vacation, but she didn't expect her grandma to pass away when she woke up, and she would never see her again in this life!
Nangong Chen smiled and kissed her on the forehead, then let her go: "Let's go."

"Where?"

"surprise."

Bai Muqing became more and more curious: "What surprise? You want to give me a gift?"

"A little surprise to erase your bad mood for you." Nan Gongchen started the car and drove slowly towards the gate of the mansion.

The car drove in the direction of the airport, and finally stopped in the parking lot of the international airport. Bai Muqing stood by the car door and looked around, feeling a little understanding in her heart.But she still pretended to be puzzled and asked, "What did you bring me here for?"

"You really can't guess? Pretend!" Nangong Chen raised his hand and twisted the tip of her nose.

Bai Muqing immediately jumped on him, wrapped her arms around his neck and cried joyfully: "Didn't you tell me that they won't be back until next week? Why is it today? Damn it, you big liar!"

"So it's a surprise." Nan Gongchen supported her body with both hands: "How is it? Is it a surprise?"

"Surprised."

"Are you feeling better?"

"Excellent." Bai Muqing nodded.

In fact, after hearing what he said just now, the depression in her heart has disappeared, and she has no complaints against the old lady.

"Let's go, go in." Nan Gongchen put her off her body.

"What time is the plane?"

"Landing at five o'clock." Nan Gongchen raised his watch and glanced at it: "The time is just right."

The two walked to the passenger exit together, and Bai Muqing ran to a flower shop nearby to buy a bouquet of flowers to hold in her arms, then looked forward to the direction of the exit.

Seeing the happy smile on her face, Nangong Chen couldn't help but also laughed. He put his arms around her shoulders with a smile and pulled her into his arms, waiting for Xiaoyi to come out with her.

After waiting for more than ten minutes, the flight information from France finally rang in my ears, and another 10 minutes later, Xiaoyi, Zhu Hui and another man appeared in front of them.

Xiaoyi spotted Bai Muqing and Nangong Chen with sharp eyes, and immediately ran towards them, shouting happily while running: "Sister, brother-in-law, I'm here!"

"Xiaoyi!" Bai Muqing rushed up to welcome his small body into her arms, hugged him for a while and then let go, stroked his little head and laughed happily: "Little guy has gained weight after more than a month, congratulations You recover and go home." She stuffed the bouquet in Xiaoyi's arms.

Xiaoyi put the bouquet in front of her nose and smelled it: "It smells so good, thank you sister."

"Brother-in-law, I miss you too..." Xiao Yi withdrew from Bai Muqing's embrace, and turned to throw herself at Nangong Chen.

"Congratulations on your recovery and home." Nan Gongchen caught him and hugged him, and repeated Bai Muqing's words with a smile.

Bai Muqing turned to Zhu Hui, smiled and said, "Mom, Xiaoyi's illness is finally cured, we don't have to worry anymore."

"Yes, it's finally healed." Zhu Hui nodded, turned to Nangong Chen and said, "I have to thank Young Master Chen for making Xiaoyi recover so well."

"You're welcome as a family." Nan Gongchen smiled slightly.

Zhu Hui nodded, took Bai Muqing's hand and asked, "How about you, how are you doing recently?"

"It's pretty good." Bai Muqing smiled and turned her head to look at Nangong Chen: "Didn't you see, Young Master Chen and I feel the same as before."

"I see." Zhu Hui smiled, a little stiffly.

Xiao Yilou touched Nangong Chen's neck and yelled: "Brother-in-law, I'm hungry, I want to eat chicken legs.

"No problem, I'll take you to eat chicken legs." Nangong Chen put him down, and instead took his hand and led the way to the airport gate.

"Mom, let's go." Bai Muqing followed Zhu Hui's arm.

Seeing Nangong Chen and Xiao Yi talking and laughing, Zhu Hui turned to Bai Muqing and said, "I think Young Master Chen likes children, don't you plan to have one?"

Speaking of this, Bai Muqing remembered the good thing that was interrupted by Zhu Zhu before, she took a light breath, adjusted her mood and smiled, "Let it be."

Zhu Hui nodded, and then said: "However, you don't need to be so eager to ask for the child. After two years, when the relationship is stable, you can think about the child better."

"Mom, can't you see, our relationship is quite stable now." Bai Muqing shook Zhu Hui's arm: "I found that you still don't trust Young Master Chen very much, haven't I told you before, don't let him be cruel He looks terrified on the surface, but he is actually very sullen inside."

Speaking of the latter, she deliberately lowered her voice, but she was still heard by Nan Gongchen in front.He turned his head, and Bai Muqing immediately covered her mouth and smiled at him: "I'm sorry, I just told the truth."

Nangong Chen raised an eyebrow at her, that expression was obviously saying: clean you up tonight!
This sentence has almost become his mantra recently, and Bai Muqing has long been used to it, so she made a playful grimace back at him.

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Nan Gongchen took everyone to have dinner at a restaurant with chicken legs, and then returned to Xiangdi's apartment.

The last time I lived in Lin Annan's apartment, but this time I moved to Nangong Chen's apartment, separated by a wall, let alone Zhu Hui and Bai Muqing felt embarrassed, even Xiaoyi couldn't help asking: "Sister, Annan Does anyone still live in Uncle's house?"

Bai Muqing heartily made a silent gesture at him, and lowered her voice, "Your brother-in-law doesn't like Uncle Annan, so can't you tell him in front of him in the future?"

"Understood." Xiaoyi covered her mouth and nodded.

It's not that Nangong Chen didn't hear the conversation between the siblings, it's just that he didn't care.

"Brother-in-law, will my mother, sister and I live here in the future?" Xiaoyi asked Nangong Chen instead.

Nangong Chen touched his head: "No, you will live here with your mother in the future, but sister can't live here?"

"Why? I like living with my sister." Xiaoyi pouted.

"Because I like living with my sister more than you."

"Then you can stay and live with us."

"How can it be, it's so small here."

"My mother and I can sleep in a small room."

"Okay, don't tease Xiaoyi." Bai Muqing handed a bottle of water to Xiaoyi: "Be good, you will live here with your mother in the future, and you will go to school here. Now that you have recovered from your illness, you must study hard Do you know?"

"I know, I will study hard."

After making arrangements for their mother and Xiao Yi, Bai Muqing and Nan Gongchen left the apartment and went back to the old house.

The two returned to the old house together. The old lady and Shen Ke were already asleep, and they unconsciously walked lightly.When she went up to the second floor, Bai Muqing's cell phone rang suddenly, she took out the cell phone from her bag and took a look.

Although it was a number she hadn't seen before, she got connected without any hassle.

A deep and familiar voice came from the other end of the phone, calling softly: "Mu Qing."

Bai Muqing was taken aback for a moment, it was Lin Annan?How could he call her at this time?How did he know her phone number?

She froze for two seconds, then quickly glanced at Nangong Chen, then walked towards the direction of the living room.It wasn't until Nangong Chen couldn't hear it that he lowered his voice and said angrily, "Annan, what are you calling me at this time?"

"What's the matter? Did it disturb your rest?" Lin Annan asked apologetically.

"That's not the problem."

"What's the problem?"

"Last time at the airport, I told you very clearly that Nangong Chen and I are married."

"But I also said, I will not give up."

"Annan, don't do this."

"Mu Qing..."

"I don't think we have anything to talk about." Bai Muqing interrupted him: "Young Master Lin, please don't call me again, I don't want Chen to mistakenly think that we have something to do, please. .”

"You don't even want to answer my calls because of him?" Lin Annan's tone was obviously unhappy.

"Since I'm married to him, I shouldn't have anything to do with you, should I?" Bai Muqing gritted her teeth, and said ruthlessly, "That's it, I'll die."

Without waiting for Lin Annan to say anything else, she quickly hung up the phone.

Staring at the phone in her hand, she took a deep breath, calmed down the emotions disturbed by Lin Annan, and then walked towards the bedroom.

She stepped into the bedroom and found that Nangong Chen was standing in front of the floor-to-ceiling window with a water glass in hand, watching the night scene outside. He turned around after hearing her walking in, stared at her and asked, "Whose phone is it?"

Bai Muqing looked at him, and then said, "It's just a friend I haven't seen for a long time, it's not important."

She said it a little guilty, because Nangong Chen looked at her with obvious inquiring eyes, she didn't know if Nan Gongchen would believe her, but no matter whether she believed her or not, she couldn't tell him the truth.

If he knew that it was Lin Annan who called her, he would definitely think too much. After all, Nan Gongchen has always been disgusted with the past between her and Lin Annan.

"Are they really just ordinary friends?" Nangong Chen stepped forward, pinched her chin with one hand and looked at her: "Did you secretly date men behind my back?"

Bai Muqing raised her hand to pat his palm down, rolled her eyes: "I'm already exhausted dealing with you as a man, how can I have the energy to steal a man?"

"It's better like this, otherwise I'll swallow you in one gulp." Nangong Chen raised the hand that was slapped by her again, and pinched her cheek: "Go take a bath quickly, and go to bed early after washing."

Seeing that he didn't continue to pursue the phone call just now, Bai Muqing nodded with relief, and walked quickly to the bathroom.

In fact, just seeing the expression on her answering the phone, Nan Gongchen already guessed that it was Lin Annan who called, but he was still willing to believe that this was just Lin Annan's wishful thinking, and Bai Muqing would not show mercy to him.

There was the sound of rushing water in the bathroom, Nangong Chen glanced at the door panel of the bathroom, picked up Bai Muqing's cell phone from the coffee table and clicked on it, the number of the most recent call was indeed from England.He quickly pressed a few times on the phone, pulling the other party's number into the permanent blacklist, and then put the phone back on the table.

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The next day, Bai Muqing took Xiaoyi and her mother to visit two nearby elementary schools and asked Xiaoyi to choose one by herself.

The two schools have their advantages and disadvantages, Zhu Hui thought for a long time but did not choose.Bai Muqing comforted her like this: "Don't worry, you choose slowly, and let me know when you are done."

She drove the two of them back to the apartment in Nangongchen's car.

"Then let me think about it again." Zhu Hui got out of the car with a little thought, and asked Bai Muqing, "Aren't you going up?"

"No, I have to rush back to work." Bai Muqing glanced at the time, she came out during the lunch break.

"Then drive carefully."

"I know, I will be careful." This car is so expensive, and it is Nangong Chen's exclusive car, how could she be careless?
After watching Bai Muqing leave, Xiaoyi took the lead and ran to the elevator room. Zhu Hui was about to catch up, but when she turned around and saw two figures suddenly appearing, she was startled and instinctively stepped back.

"Brother, sister-in-law, why are you here?" Zhu Hui looked at her brother and sister-in-law in front of her.

Zhu Zhiwen was already old, but he still looked like a gangster, with a cigarette in his hand and wearing a floral shirt, he looked like he came out of a gang of gangsters.

When Zhu Hui was looking at him, he was also looking at Zhu Hui, and then he chuckled at her: "Little sister, you're doing well, you're glamorous."

Zhu Hui was afraid of this elder brother since she was a child, and seeing him now is like a little white rabbit seeing a big bad wolf, even her eyes are full of panic.

Mrs. Zhu stabbed her husband on the waist angrily: "She was Mrs. Bai's woman before, but now she is Nan Gongchen's mother-in-law. Of course, she is a thousand times better than you."

Zhu Zhiwen smiled and rolled his eyes, staring at Zhu Hui's eyes brightly: "By the way, Xiaohui, did Bai Jingping leave some property for your mother and daughter when he passed away? There should be a lot, right? Lend some to my brother. "

"No." Zhu Hui shook her head: "Brother, Bai Jingping left nothing for me and Mu Qing."

"How is it possible, I don't believe it."

"Really, I didn't lie to you." Zhu Hui was afraid that her brother would not believe her.

"Okay, Xiaohui has already said there is no more, so don't force her." Mrs. Zhu said to her husband, then turned to Zhu Hui and said, "Xiaohui, your brother and I have something to tell you, hurry up and take it with you." Let's go upstairs."

"What's the matter?" Zhu Hui asked cautiously.

"Let's go up and talk later."

Zhu Hui hesitated for a while, and finally led the couple upstairs.

(End of this chapter)