A few days passed in the blink of an eye, and Lu Xining was taking a lunch break.
As she slept in a daze, she felt that the bed kept shaking around, disturbing her and making it difficult for her to sleep soundly. She simply opened her eyes and saw Jin Muxi lying in front of her.
"Mom, are you awake?" Jin Muxi asked happily, as if she had been waiting for a long time.
"When did you come?" Lu Xining asked, touching his head.
"It's been a while since I've had no one to play with. It's so boring." Jin Muxi pouted and complained.
"Where's dad?" Lu Xining asked, sitting up and looking around the bedroom, but did not see Jin Shaoheng.
"Dad and Uncle Liu are out. Granny Zhuang and the nanny are looking after the little brother and sister." Jin Muxi replied.
"Oh." No wonder the house is so quiet.
Lu Xining noticed Jin Muxi's disappointed expression, and thinking that he might have been ignored, he said, "No one will accompany Muxi anymore, right? Mommy will accompany you."
When Jin Muxi heard this, his eyes lit up again, and then he handed over a box and asked, "Mom, can you help me open this?"
Lu Xining glanced at it. It didn't look like a child's toy, but more like a jewelry box, and asked, "What is this?"
Jin Muxi shook his head.
The box was very delicately designed. Lu Xining fumbled for a while before opening it, and found that there was actually a diamond necklace inside.
"Where did it come from?" Lu Xining asked.
This is obviously not Jin Muxi's thing.
But there are only three women in this family, and excluding myself, this is not something that Zhuang's mother or nanny would have.
"Grandma Zhuang just took me downstairs. There was a room with many gifts, so I just took one at random." Jin Muxi explained.
downstairs?
Wasn't it Liu Weijie who bought it as a gift for his girlfriend?
Lu Xining was thinking about getting out of bed, but his foot stepped on a note. The words on it were written by Jin Shaoheng, and it read: Happy 30th birthday Xining.
What, she is still several years away from turning 30.
Lu Xining was puzzled, but felt something was wrong, so he asked Jin Muxi: "Can you take me to see the room you mentioned?"
"Yeah." Jin Muxi nodded.
The mother and son walked out hand in hand. Zhuang's mother was holding Jin Muning. When she saw her, she said hello: "Young mistress, are you awake?"
"Yeah." Lu Xining nodded.
"Are you going out?" Zhuang's mother asked again doubtfully.
Because she saw the two of them walking out the door, and Lu Xining didn't change his clothes.
"Let's take a look downstairs." Lu Xining replied.
Zhuang's mother thought she was going for a walk, so she didn't care at first. When her eyes glanced at the box in her hand, she was stunned for a moment.
Lu Xining noticed it and asked deliberately: "What? Is there something downstairs that I can't see?"
"Of course not." Zhuang's mother quickly denied.
Before she could figure out what was going on, Lu Xining had already left with Jin Muxi.
Although Lu Xining knew that the entire building belonged to Jin Shaoheng, he also knew that Liu Weijie and Jiang Cheng lived downstairs. Even before the twins were born, Zhuang's mother also lived downstairs.
But this is her first time here.
Opening the door, the layout and decoration inside are similar to those upstairs, but the furniture and furnishings are different.
"Mom, this is the room." Jin Muxi pulled her to a door and pushed it open.
According to the layout of the upstairs, it should be a study or something.
Open it, and it really looks like a study.
But the shelf where the books were originally placed was filled with the gift boxes Jin Muxi mentioned.
Each one is different in size, but without exception they are exquisite.
Lu Xining took one and opened it, and found a jadeite bracelet inside. The color was slightly darker, suitable for older women, and it read "Xining Happy 41st Birthday" on it.
Lu Xining's heart skipped a beat, and he suddenly realized something. His eyes scanned all the gifts, and then started from the bottom one.
It was a brooch, and it looked expensive. The age written on it was also young, which is exactly what she will be next year.
She opened them one by one, and sure enough, there were all kinds of precious wooden bracelets from earrings, watches, and even jade plaques every year until she was 80 years old.
There are still a few spaces on it, and I don’t know if it’s because I didn’t arrive in time, but Lu Xining already understood that this was a birthday gift that Jin Shaoheng had prepared for her in advance.
But why...
"Young Mistress." Zhuang Ma followed from outside, seeming a little worried.
"Where did these come from?" Lu Xining asked.
Mother Zhuang didn't know whether she should say it, but it was obvious that Lu Xining would ask others if she didn't, so she hesitated and answered: "The young master prepared it when you broke up."
She had prepared it before... Lu Xining was obviously relieved.
"Since it was prepared before, why haven't I seen it?" Lu Xining asked again.
"After the young master arranged for you to meet Mr. Lin, he felt that since you have someone to accompany you in the future, these things will only add to the sadness and will be of no use.
Later - I probably forgot about it and kept piling it here." Zhuang's mother explained.
In fact, they were always upstairs, but after the two reconciled, Jin Shaoheng was afraid of scaring Lu Xining, so he had these things moved downstairs.
Lu Xining vaguely understood something in her heart. She didn't go into the details, she just looked at them one by one.
Seeing this, Zhuang's mother took the opportunity to take Jin Muxi out, leaving her alone in the room.
Lu Xining finally found another quite large box. After opening it, he found that it contained many photos of himself after they broke up in the hospital.
Some of her came out of Lin Zhiyi's house, downstairs of the company, met with clients in the coffee shop, and had dinner with Lin Zhiyi or Lin Zhiyan.
Although she always knew that he was observing her from behind during that time. But from the perspective of the photos, she seemed to be able to imagine how he felt when he was suffering from a terminal illness and looked at these photos.
When I turned to the bottom, I found a will.
Jin Shaoheng left all the property in his name to himself and made all asset plans.
There were hurried footsteps outside again, and Jin Shaoheng appeared. Apparently he had received a call from Zhuang's mother and hurried back.
"Why are you here?" he asked, trying to look as calm as possible.
"I discovered it by accident." Lu Xining answered, but never raised his head to look at him: "These...why didn't you tell me?"
"It's all over, what's there to say?" Jin Shaoheng looked a little uncomfortable.
In fact, it's nothing, it's just that the past intentions have been broken.
Lu Xining said nothing.
Jin Shaoheng saw that she had been staring at those photos and her mood was not right, so he stepped forward to hold her hand and said, "Let's go, the children are hungry."
Lu Xining did not move, and asked: "You always make your own decisions like this. It's about our first child, and it's also about Lin Zhiyan. Have you ever thought about what I want?"
"I'm not." Jin Shaoheng denied subconsciously, but noticed that her eyes were red, and hurriedly explained: "Xining——"
"Let me ask you, why don't you recognize me when we meet again three years later?
Are you proud of lying to me that you died and seeing me suffer for you?" Lu Xining interrupted him.
These words sounded like reproach, but also like settling accounts after the fall.
"That's not the case, Xining. I won't tell you about the child because the child is dead and I don't know how to explain it to you." Jin Shaoheng explained in a panic.
"So, you also regretted hiding it from me, right?" Lu Xining asked again.
"Yes." Jin Shaoheng nodded and admitted, and then explained: "As for why I didn't tell you, I am still alive.
It's because after my car accident, except for my face, no part of my body was intact.
Even after all the scars were removed, I still felt as ugly as a monster and I felt like I wasn't good enough for you."
This was the first time that Jin Shaoheng confessed his past and mental journey after his injury in front of her.
Lu Xining smiled and asked, "Du Jinyu, who has seen all your injuries, still falls in love with you.
We have been through so much and you don’t believe me?”
"I got into a car accident when I was chasing you. At first I thought you hated me so much and were conspiring with Gu Yuzhi."
"Then do you still think so now?" Lu Xining looked at him and asked.
"Hasn't this misunderstanding been explained a long time ago? I believe you." But later, he no longer knew how to talk to her.
"Jin Shaoheng, sometimes I feel that you love me very much, so much that you can risk your life or even give everything you have.
Sometimes I feel that what you love is yourself, because once something happens, you completely ignore my feelings and only do what you think is right.
Jin Shaoheng, have you really thought about me?" Lu Xining asked.
"It's just because I'm thinking of you that I'm indecisive and hesitant." He wanted to minimize the damage, but it always backfired.
"But when you made a decision, you never respected me or asked me what I wanted?" Lu Xining complained.
"I'm sorry, Xining, I won't be like this again." Jin Shaoheng held her face and wiped her tears.
Lu Xining also felt that he had gone too far. He calmed down his emotions and said, "We have reconciled a long time ago. Do you think I am being hypocritical if we come back to settle old scores?"
"No, I always owe you an explanation and an apology." He always thought that the past was in the past, but only now did he understand that he should officially give her an explanation.
"Forget it, I was quite angry at first, but when I saw these gifts, I suddenly lost my temper." He must have felt very uncomfortable at that time.
If you think about it from his perspective, if they were swapped, she might not do better than him.
"Is it because of these that you don't agree to remarry?" He always wanted to find the crux.
"No." Lu Xining shook his head and said, "I'm just afraid."
"What are you afraid of?" Jin Shaoheng asked anxiously.