Chapter 76
Song Jiao woke up in the early morning, she opened her eyes and saw the chandelier on the ceiling of the master bedroom.
On the side of the ear is the sound of her lover’s subtle and even breathing. This sound makes her feel at ease. Xu Jinchao is still there, which is good.
Song Jiao pulled the quilt on her body, a separate one.
She remembered that when she fell asleep, she was clearly crammed into Xu Jinzhao’s quilt, took half of her pillow, and fell asleep hugging Alpha’s soft body.
Obviously after she fell asleep, she rolled out of Xu Jinchao’s bedding range and returned to her side of the bed.
Song Jiao carefully turned her body, trying her best not to make a sound.
There was already a dim light in the room, and she counted the time she slept. It was about half past six in the morning.
When she turned around and lay on her side facing Xu Jinzao, she was satisfied to see that the other party was also sleeping peacefully in the same position.
Seeing the sleeping face of a beautiful girlfriend as soon as I wake up is always better than looking at the back of my head with tousled hair.
Song Jiao didn’t move anymore, she quietly shrank in her quilt, and stared at the person beside her pillow through the faint light from the curtain.
Xu Jinchao slept soundly.
This time, she didn’t clench her brows, her long and heroic brows were stretched out, her eyelashes were drooping, and she looked peaceful and relaxed.
Song Jiao repeatedly traced her face with her eyes, and swept along the sharp and sharp outline of her bones.
She had kissed every inch of this beautiful face with her lips yesterday, and now it is inconvenient to disturb the other party, so she can feel and engrave it with a more gentle and restrained gaze.
Song Jiao didn’t know how long she had watched Xu Jinchao, but she only knew that she hoped to stare forever and not let this morning end.
The wish is very beautiful, but the light projected into the room is gradually brightening, making people feel the passage of time, and understand that fantasy is only fantasy after all.
Sounds began to come from all around.
At first, it was just some movement from Aunt Li downstairs after getting up, but later there were vague human voices, dog barking, and the sound of car engine starting…
These sounds are not loud, and after coming through the window, there is only a little movement that is not very obvious.
But Song Jiao’s hearing is sensitive, and she is looking forward to the bright sky, so that the quiet morning time will continue forever, and the small noise in her ears will make a loud noise, as if the neighbors who are walking their dogs in the morning are wandering under the window, driving out. Garage cars run over eardrums.
Omega puffed up involuntarily, complaining in his heart that time was too fast, hating the world against him.
She didn’t get up. After all, her father didn’t need her to take care of him. He was a middle-aged man with twice as much experience as himself, and he was only five years apart from society.
Song Jiao left him cash and cards yesterday, and planned to go to the old building at ten o’clock, so that she could lie down until Xu Jinchao also woke up.
After an unknown period of time, she noticed that Alpha was moving his arms unconsciously, and slowly kicked and kicked the quilt, making a vague sound.
Song Jiao knew that she was about to wake up, so she abandoned her bed and went to Xu Jinchao.
Xu Jinchao was not fully awake yet, she vaguely felt that the quilt was lifted, and pasted the familiar soft body, and then the pecks and kisses from the other party fell on her face.
She felt that she was a lazy human who wanted to stay in bed, and was repeatedly sniffed by the lively kitten, kissed, kissed from the eyebrows to the corners of her mouth, and reminded coquettishly:
“Meow…”
This is of course an illusion. The cat’s mouth will be fluffy and itchy when it touches the face. Here, she is constantly kissing warm and soft human lips, and there is no imagined meowing.
Xu Jinchao stretched out his hand to hug his little girlfriend who was in trouble. Before she opened her eyes, she muttered in a low voice, “Don’t make trouble.”
Song Jiao was not able to be held in her arms by the resting kitten. Not only did she not obey, but the target of the kiss turned to Xu Jinchao’s temples and ears.
Xu Jinchao laughed out loud, her ears were itchy from the kiss, the tail of the other party’s hair fell on the neck, and the small feathers were scratched like a tip.
She tried to counteract the restless Omega with a little strength, but the latter turned into a bad kitten who jumped off the bed after waking up its owner, and quickly escaped from the quilt.
Xu Jinchao went to the left and right to touch, and got nothing.
She had to open her eyes, get up, and found that Song Jiao had already stood on the carpet beside the bed, her long hair was loose on her shoulders, and she looked at her with a proud face.
Xu Jinchao: “You are so boring.”
Song Jiao ignored her accusations, raised her chest as if she had won a battle, ran to the window briskly, and opened the curtains.
The dazzling sunlight poured into the bedroom, Xu Jinchao raised her hand to try to cover it, she complained: “You are too bad—”
Song Jiao barefooted her feet, stepped on the plush carpet, and put on slippers by the bed. Xu Jinchao immediately reached out to catch her.
It’s a pity that she just woke up, and her skills are still a little slow. She was quickly dodged by the other party, and her fingertips brushed the fabric of the nightdress, regretting it was empty.
Omega ran into the bathroom with a smile, Xu Jinchao, in order to save his dignity, commented loudly: “It’s childish.”
Song Jiao stuck out half of her face from the door: “But, you lost.”
Xu Jinchao: I didn’t compete with you, it was you who made a prank.
She wanted to lie back on the soft bed, but she looked up at the clock on the wall and found that it was more than eight o’clock, so she decided to get up.
Xu Jinchao opened the window to ventilate, and the cool air rushed into the room, which shocked people.
She stood for a moment by the window and went to the desk.
When Song Jiao came out of the bathroom, she saw Alpha sitting at the table with her long hair tucked in front of one side of her chest, and focused on drawing with a pencil.
Song Jiao asked curiously, “What are you painting?”
Xu Jinchao: “Do you want to see the design of the engagement ring?”
She was going to show Song Jiao the book, but the latter turned her head to avoid her, accusing her girlfriend, “Ah! Show me the picture in advance, it will take away the surprise!”
Xu Jinchao laughed and said tolerantly: “Okay, I thought you would be willing to participate.”
Song Jiao saw her put down her hand in the corner of her light, and then moved to the vicinity of Alpha and sat down at a distance where she would not see the content on the paper: “Can you design a ring?”
Xu Jinchao explained: “I have never studied jewelry design, but it is no problem to draw a concept map for professional reference.”
She closed the book and winked at Song Jiao: “I’m going to wash up, don’t peek.”
Song Jiao muttered, “I didn’t watch it.”
She said it firmly, but when Xu Jinchao entered the bathroom, she couldn’t help but glance at the book.
There seems to be a huge temptation hidden in it, which is comparable to a kitten seeing a small goldfish swimming in a garden basin.
When Song Jiao’s fingertips touched the cover of the sketchbook, she was awakened by a few birds flapping their wings outside the window.
She meditated in her heart: the sense of the unknown, the sense of the unknown…
The sense of unknown is the most powerful guarantee of surprise. She can’t watch it in advance, it’s too boring.
Song Jiao forced herself to leave the table, unhappy to change clothes.
After Xu Jinchao finished washing up, he casually asked his little girlfriend who had changed into her regular clothes: “Did you take a peek at the design?”
Song Jiao: “…you hurry up and hide it.”
Xu Jinchao turned his head to look at her, and Omega continued, “Otherwise I think I can’t help it.”
This rare honesty is really cute. Xu Jinchao likes it how he sees it. He goes up to him and puts him in his arms and gives him a mint-flavored kiss.
Song Jiao didn’t know why Xu Jinchao suddenly kissed herself, but who would refuse a sweet kiss from her lover?
After the long kiss, Xu Jinchao told Song Jiao.
“It doesn’t matter if you read it. I will definitely change it in the morning. The final version is not related to the present. Are you really not working with me?”
Song Jiao shook her head, she just said, “You have to hurry up.”
Omega didn’t say ‘we don’t have much time’, but Xu Jin didn’t understand.
She couldn’t help but lowered her head and kissed her cool earlobe again, and hugged him quietly for a while before whispering, “You go downstairs first, I’ll change.”
Song Jiao: “No.”
This is a firm statement, and she has to look at it with integrity.
When the two of them went downstairs hand in hand, Aunt Li was watching TV in the living room and knitting wool, and hurriedly put down the needle in her hand: “What do you want for breakfast?”
Song Jiao said, “Auntie, I want to eat noodles.”
Her tone was long and coquettish, and she also pulled Xu Jinchao to look at Auntie’s wool basket together.
Aunt Li asked, “Do you want a scarf for Xiao Song? These are all fine woollens, given by relatives.”
Song Jiao was observing the beautiful and regular patterns on the section that had already been laid, she nodded immediately after hearing it, pointed at it and said, “I want this too.”
Aunt Li smiled and agreed, and then asked Xu Jinchao, “Do you want Xiao Xu?”
Xu Jinchao answered loudly, “Yes.”
There is a plate of dough in the refrigerator. Auntie Li put it indoors to warm it up, put on an apron and cut meat to fry the toppings.
It was served steaming hot with two bowls of noodles, and two cups of fragrant soy milk.
Auntie Li said, “It was ready in the morning. I forgot to ask, what time did you two go home last night? I didn’t hear anything.”
Xu Jinchao was mixing noodles. Hearing this, he was glad that he hadn’t eaten yet, otherwise he would have choked.
She cleared her throat: “It’s very late to go home, I didn’t check the time.”
Thinking of the nonsense with Song Jiao in the car yesterday, Xu Jinchao couldn’t help but feel a little hot and looked up at Omega.
Song Jiao looked calm and composed, and said to her aunt, “Our Juzhou has a good scenery, and it’s also good to see at night.”
Aunt Li smiled and said, “I don’t understand you in such a cold day…”
Xu Jinchao always felt that there was something in Song Jiao’s words, but she had no evidence to accuse him.
After breakfast, it was nearly ten o’clock.
Song Jiao said to Xu Jinchao, “I’m going out.”
Song Jiao put on her trench coat, changed her shoes, picked up her carry-on bag, and Xu Jinchao took her to the door.
She said briskly, “Go back, it’s cold outside.”
Xu Jinchao obediently stopped, Song Jiao walked more than ten meters away, turned around and waved to her again, the sun was excellent today, and Omega Jiaomei had a smile on her face, which complemented the weather.
Watching Song Jiao turn to the garage, Xu Jinchao closed the door.
She decided to go upstairs to paint the concept of the ring, and ask a jeweler to order it in the afternoon.
Song Jiao had the key to the small building in her hand and opened the door directly to go in. She thought she would see Song Yikang, but she didn’t expect that the house was quiet and no one was on the first and second floors.
Song Jiao went to the kitchen to take a look again and found that there were food bags in the trash can. She took out her mobile phone and called Song Yikang.
The other end was quickly connected, and Song Jiao asked, “Dad, where have you been? I didn’t see you when I got home.”
There was a slight breeze in the handset, and she heard her father say, “Get home now and go to the Beicheng Cemetery.”
After hanging up the phone, Song Jiao sat on the sofa in the living room. She looked at the photo wall diagonally opposite, which carried the best time of the family.
She sighed and lowered her head.
Song Jiao felt that the atmosphere at home was indescribably oppressive, and she didn’t know how to improve it, or she might not be able to get out of this haze herself.
After a while, Song Yikang really arrived home.
He didn’t wear the suit from yesterday, but changed into a formal suit. Song Jiao found that he had also cut his hair, but it was not dyed, and his hair was still gray.
Song Jiao came forward, and Song Yikang smiled at her daughter: “I’m going to see your mother in Beicheng, and by the way, I’ll take a walk around Xu’s Building.”
When he said the first half of the sentence, his expression was gentle, and in the second half of the sentence, his smile already contained ridicule.
Song Jiao heard her father ask, “I heard that it was Xu Boyang’s godson who reported his problem?”
Song Jiao was not surprised that Song Yikang could find out these inside stories. His father had some acquaintances and old friends, and the fact that Xu Yanhe went against the water was not known to ordinary people, but it was not a secret to some extent.
She greeted those uncles and aunts in advance and told them not to tell her father about her marriage to [Xu Jinchao].
There are friends who are on the record, and they are happy to befriend Song Jiao and make a little cover up for her.
Song Jiao said: “Yes, he worked in Xu’s financial department before, and his personal moral problems were revealed, and later he had a disagreement with Xu Boyang.”
She didn’t want to mention these more, she accompanied Song Yikang to the living room, found some light topics to chat with him, and quietly observed her father’s expression.
She found that Song Yikang looked much worse than yesterday, and her complexion and expression showed exhaustion.
After a while, Song Yikang gradually regained some energy, but his eyes were still a little cloudy. He said, “Jiaojiao, I only have one thing to worry about now.”
Song Jiao felt uneasy about the tone and content of her father’s words. It didn’t seem like something someone who had expectations for life would say. She asked softly, “What?”
Song Yikang looked at her, he stretched out his hand, as if he wanted to touch the top of Song Jiao’s hair, but retracted halfway.
His palms were dry, his skin was wrinkled on the thick skeleton, and the color was unhealthy sallow, which made Song Jiao feel pantothenic acid in his heart.
Song Yikang was silent for a moment and said to Song Jiao:
“I still don’t worry about you. I haven’t met your girlfriend yet. I don’t know who she is, how her character is, how her family is…”
He said this, obviously hoping to be a gatekeeper for his daughter.
But how dare Song Jiao show Xu Jinchao to her father, even if she knows how good Xu Jinchao is, Song Yikang will definitely not accept her as [Xu Jinchao].
Song Yikang’s mental state now visible to the naked eye is poor, and I am afraid that she will not listen to her metaphysical inner story, and it will be out of control at that time.
She only had less than a month to be with Xu Jinchao, and she couldn’t let the days she had left fall into chaos.
What’s more, she always felt unknown. She thought that her father would be able to live easier without those external pressures, but unexpectedly, he looked worse and said “there is only one thing to worry about”.
Song Jiao suppressed these chaotic thoughts, and when Song Yikang finished describing her worries, she said, “Dad, don’t worry about these, I won’t let myself suffer.”
She said this firmly, and mentioned another thing: “I want to make an appointment for you to have a medical examination at the provincial hospital.”
Song Jiao was not only worried about Song Yikang’s physical health, but also worried about his psychology.
Song Jiao avoided talking about her girlfriend’s situation, which disappointed Song Yikang, but she did not continue to ask.
Hearing his daughter talk about the physical examination, he subconsciously wanted to refuse.
Song Yikang’s life has long been boring. He doesn’t care how long he can live or what state he is in.
But seeing his daughter’s gaze, Song Yikang swallowed his refusal again.
The person he is most sorry for in his life is Song Jiao, who has not fulfilled his due responsibilities as a father. At first, and later, she should not refuse such a small request now.
Song Yikang said: “Alright.”
He agreed, Song Jiao immediately breathed a sigh of relief, and a smile appeared on her face.
She was afraid that her father would lose the will to survive, so she was willing to go for a medical examination, which was undoubtedly a good sign.
Song Jiao said to him, “Can I take you there tomorrow?”
Seeing Song Yikang nodding, she felt happy and said, “Dad, when you feel better, I’ll buy you a new car to drive. You can work or continue to rest later, it’s up to you.”
She planned the future for her father, and even proposed to hire part-time workers, but Song Yikang refused.
He said: “No need, this is our home, I’ll just clean it myself.”
Song Jiao thought of the clothes that belonged to her mother that were still hanging in the closet of the master bedroom, the old yellowed water cups that had been left in the tea tray, and the large boxes of her mother’s old belongings, and nodded in agreement.
She asked, “What about the three meals?”
Song Yikang said: “It’s not that I have no hands, and you have left money, so I will never starve myself.”
Song Jiao accompanies him to lunch, and finds out the chessboard at home to play chess.
As early as when Song Jiao was very young, Song Yikang couldn’t play his daughter. In the past, he occasionally played chess with Qiao Chu, and the two of them had to make a good deal with Xiao Song Jiao, and they were not allowed to help anyone.
In order to keep the fun of the game, Song Jiao made a move first, and then played with Song Yikang. The two of them killed you and I went back and forth, and Song Yikang finally had some vitality on his face.
In the afternoon, Song Yikang urged Song Jiao to leave first.
He said, “You go, you don’t have to stay with me at home all the time, do your own thing.”
Song Yikang took the pieces and whispered, “You have your own life, so you don’t have to force yourself around me.”
Song Jiao said to him, “Dad, you can go out for a while, play chess with other people, and chat.”
Song Yikang agreed and sent Song Jiao to the door.
Before leaving, Song Jiao said, “I’ll pick you up for a medical examination tomorrow morning. Remember not to drink or eat in the morning.”
Saying goodbye to her father, Song Jiao returned to the car. She did not start the car immediately, but went to the provincial hospital to say hello.
After making an appointment for tomorrow’s medical examination, she sat in the car for a while and sent Xu Jinchao a message: [Where are you? ]
After a while, a reply was received.
Xu Jinchao: [Looking at diamonds in a jewelry store. ]
Song Jiao burst into laughter, and she replied, “Did you draw the style so quickly?” ]
Xu Jinchao: [Of course, not only the proposal ring, but also the wedding ring. Do you want to come and choose together? I think a few diamonds are well cut and beautiful. ]
Song Jiao: [No, I have to wait for the surprise. ]
Xu Jinchao: [Kitten, you are really unique, you should watch the wedding ring together. ]
Song Jiao: [I just wanted you to propose to me. ]
Xu Jinchao: [Okay, I understand. ]
Alpha sent a speechless expression, followed by a love language: [Although you are very unusual, I still love you. ]
Song Jiao: [Where are you? ]
Xu Jinchao sent the address.
Song Jiao happened to be familiar with the street where the jewelry store was located, and she replied: [Wait for me to kiss you. ]
This is obviously a wonderful response, Xu Jinchao looked at the phone screen and smiled.
She put away her phone, since Song Jiao simply wanted her proposal, the rose and the ring were obviously just add-ons to this act, to satisfy Omega’s obsession that ‘everyone has it, so do I’, the other party probably really Don’t mind ring style.
Xu Jinchao raised his head and asked, “Just the one just now, how long will the construction period be the fastest?”
After getting an answer in one to two weeks, she said, “Yes, get out as soon as possible. One of the pairing rings is my size, and the other is for my girlfriend’s engagement ring. She will come over later.”
Xu Jinchao swiped his card to pay the deposit, asked the clerk to measure his hand, record the data, and then went to the rest area to wait for Song Jiao.
After half an hour, she received a quick message from Song Jiao saying she had arrived, and Xu Jinchao replied:
[Measure your hand and kiss you after measuring. ]
She turned her head to look out the floor-to-ceiling window, and sure enough, she saw a familiar car and a beautiful Omega walking out of the car with her windbreaker up.
Xu Jinchao stood up, walked to the door, and reached out to hold Song Jiao who was walking up the stairs quickly.
She smiled and asked, “So can’t wait?”
Only the two of them knew the ambiguous elements of the question. Song Jiao and her entered the store hand in hand and replied softly, “Of course.”
She couldn’t wait to kiss her.
Xu Jinchao found the clerk and asked him to take a tape measure to measure Song Jiao’s hand.
Song Jiao opened her left hand. The soft ruler that had been wrapped around Xu Jinchao’s fingers was now measuring the size of her ring finger.
Xu Jinchao watched with a smile, and when the clerk put away the soft ruler, he placed his palm lightly on the back of Song Jiao’s hand.
Her palms were warm, her body temperature was naturally high, and she was waiting indoors to drink tea. As soon as she covered Omega’s cool little hands, she turned her wrists and clasped her fingers.
The two turned to each other and gave each other a tacit and affectionate kiss. Because it was in a public place, it could not be too outrageous, and it was almost just a touch away.
Xu Jinchao asked, “You really don’t want to take a look?”
Song Jiao said, “Don’t look, I’ll wait for your proposal.”
They walked in hand in hand, and went out hand in hand.
It’s just that Xu Jinchao drove by himself before, so he couldn’t go back with the car.
But before letting go, she couldn’t help lowering her head to peck at Song Jiao’s ear and whispering.
The deep affection between the two almost stabbed Song Yikang’s eyes in the taxi.
He looked at all this coldly, with the gentle smile of his deceased wife in his mind for a while, the cold face in the morgue for a while, and the impatient back of Xu Boyang coming and leaving at Qiao Chu’s funeral.
Song Yikang took a deep breath and said, “Keep up.”
Song Jiao and Xu Jinchao each drove back to Biwan.
The two parked the car in the garage. Song Jiao received a call from her father before she unfastened her seat belt.
She answered the phone: “Dad, what’s the matter?”
Song Yikang asked from the receiver, “Jiaojiao, where are you now?”
His words were calm, but Song Jiao inexplicably heard something unusual. She made a gesture to Xu Jinchao, who had already got off the bus, indicating that Alpha should not speak.
Song Jiao said, “I’m with my girlfriend.”
Song Yikang: “Let her answer the phone.”
Song Jiao’s heart sank, she paused for a moment, and said in a low voice, “She is not convenient to pick up.”
She heard her father’s sneer: “Oh, how busy you are, you don’t have time to answer my little guy’s phone call?”
Song Jiao had a bad premonition, she bit her lip, her heart beating wildly in her chest.
Song Yikang said softly in the receiver:
“Jiaojiao, you are out of the community. Dad has something to tell you.”
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