It had been a long, long time since he had seen Jiang Huai smile so happily.
Jiang Huai has always been well-educated. She is not like other eldest ladies, who are always very content and easy to coax.
The way he smiles always soothes his mood easily.
With Jiang Huai by his side, he felt at ease.
Zhou Shiyan originally thought that Jiang Huai would just take the agreement and leave, but when he walked to the door of the study, he saw her hesitantly stopping again.
She turned around and looked elsewhere, "Are you...finished?"
He deliberately put away the smile on his lips, "Is there anything else?"
"No more," Jiang Huai shook his head, "Mother Zhang said it's time to eat, so she asked me to call you."
He is usually busy with work, and it is common for him to skip a meal when he is busy. Both Zhang Ma and Uncle Qi know this, so they never bother him.
Zhang Ma didn't dare to call him to eat at this time.
He didn't expose it, put down what he was doing and walked over, "Well, let's go."
Later, when Zhang's mother saw her brother and sister together in the restaurant, she couldn't hide the smile on her face.
This was the first time Jiang Huai had dinner at home since he came back. Zhang's mother cooked a lot of her favorite dishes and laid a table full of them.
The two of them sit next to each other, which makes it easier to take care of them.
Zhou Shiyan habitually served Jiang Huai a bowl of soup first, and when he was about to hand it over, he paused.
He has not forgiven Jiang Huai for leaving without saying goodbye, and even thought of teaching her a lesson. He shouldn't have been so kind, but his body reacted first than his brain.
Zhang Ma could tell at a glance that he was conflicted, so she came up and took the bowl from his hand and handed it to Jiang Huai.
"Miss, the young master brought you soup."
Zhou Shiyan coughed lightly but said nothing.
"Thanks."
When Zhou Shiyan heard this, a hint of displeasure secretly flashed across his face.
This thank you seemed out of touch.
While eating, Zhou Shiyan seemed to mention it accidentally: "Where did Xie Yao and I go this afternoon?"
"Just walking around, I haven't been back for a long time, Yaoyao took me to get familiar with it."
"If you want to go out for a walk, I can take you there when you are free. Don't bother Xie Yao all the time. If it doesn't work out, I can give you a driver."
When Jiang Huai heard this, she felt that he was trying to send someone to monitor her.
The kitten, which had just been smoothed, suddenly exploded again.
"You don't have to worry about it. I'm not a child anymore. Can you give me some private space?"
But Zhou Shiyan didn't like to hear this.
He put down his chopsticks and said, "Isn't there enough space for you? Jiang Huai, where have you been and what have you done in the past five years? Shouldn't you give me an explanation?"
Zhang Ma looked flustered.
This is great, but it looks like there's going to be a fight again.
Jiang Huai was about to reply when his cell phone rang.
She glanced down, ignoring the angry Zhou Shiyan, grabbed her phone and ran to the room.
Seeing Jiang Huai run away without hesitation, Zhou Shiyan was stunned for a moment.
Come on, now he can't even compare to a phone call.
But just when Jiang Huai grabbed the phone, he caught a glimpse of the note on the screen - Adward.
A man's name.
After sitting at the dining table for a while, he finally couldn't hold it back.
…
In the room, Jiang Huai was afraid of being heard, so he put on earphones before answering the video call.
On the other side of the phone, the man's handsome face filled the entire screen.
"Why didn't you tell me when you returned to China, so you weren't afraid of being discovered?"
Jiang Huai was a little discouraged: "To be precise, it has been discovered. Why did you call me suddenly? Is something wrong?"
The man put one hand behind his head and looked like he was lying down.
He squinted his eyes comfortably and said casually: "Send my regards."
Although he said this, the children's squeaking in the background still caught Jiang Huai's attention.
"Are you at my house?"
The man did not deny it and immediately turned the camera to another scene.
I saw him with his legs crossed, his left leg resting on the knee of his right leg, and Rourou was "flying" on his crossed left leg.
A man's cheerful voice sounded on the other side of the phone: "Look how happy your son is."
So happy!
Rourou was lying quietly on his lap, clutching the panda doll tightly with his two little hands, his brows furrowed together, groaning and looking uncomfortable.
"Oh, don't do this to him."
Jiang Huai spoke, but he didn't dare to make a mistake. He stretched out his hand and picked up Rourou into his arms.
Before Jiang Huai got angry, he hurriedly said: "I heard from Linda that you haven't completely finished it yet. Leave it to me here. Don't worry. You see, Rourou still likes to be with me, right? ?”
Although he is usually unconventional, Rourou does not reject him.
An ordinary person would just break away if Rourou didn't like it, but in his arms, although Rourou frowned reluctantly, she didn't struggle at all.
Jiang Huai attributed this to the familiarity he has had since childhood.
After all, when Rourou grew to this size, he was the man who had the most contact with her.
He brought Rourou, and Jiang Huai felt relieved, which was a reassurance.
"Well, I'll tell you after everything is settled here."
Jiang Huai called Rourou twice on the phone, but Rourou just stared at the doll in his hand and did not respond.
"Okay, no more talking, it's time for us, Rourou, to eat."
After saying that, Adward hung up the phone.
Jiang Huai came downstairs a little uneasy. When he looked up, he saw Zhou Shiyan sitting in the living room at some point.
His face was gloomy, and his tone of voice was quite questioning.
"Adward? Boyfriend?"
Jiang Huai's pupils shrank, "Did you eavesdrop on my phone call?"
Zhou Shiyan didn't answer, looked at her lightly, and asked her, "Is he the one who abducted you back then?"
"Zhou Shiyan, you are simply unreasonable!"
The relationship that had only slightly eased just now was now in jeopardy.
She hated it so much that he had to interfere in everything she did, and she hated it even more that he was staring at her all the time now.
Jiang Huai frowned and turned around to walk towards the gate of the mansion. Just as he was about to change his shoes, he was held back by Zhou Shiyan.
"where to?"
"Leave me alone!"
Zhou Shiyan didn't know what she was sensitive to, but he also knew in his heart that any move he made now might add fuel to the fire.
Even though he was in a bad mood, he still tried his best to suppress his temper.
"Just stay at home."
After saying that, he pushed Jiang Huai home with a cold face, quickly changed his shoes, took the car keys and went out.
Jiang Huai stood there blankly, his eyes red.
Zhang Ma was watching anxiously and was reluctant to speak rashly.
When Jiang Huai seemed to be calmer, Zhang Ma said hesitantly: "Miss, you are like a hedgehog when you come back this time. If the master makes the slightest move, you will put up your thorns to prick people. Miss...does she have any secrets?" Don’t you want the young master to know?”
Jiang Huai panicked.
Yes, she had a secret that she didn't want Zhou Shiyan to know.
She didn't want Zhou Shiyan to know that she had a child.
