Rose Manor

Chapter 67 Long time no see
January 1st, the first day of the New Year, was still on vacation. Shen Jianian was able to sleep until noon. When he woke up, he was in Fu Jichen's bedroom again. He was already used to it.

The curtains are closed and the light is a little dark.

Shen Jianian rubbed his heavy head and found that the clothes on his body were gone. He was wearing a shirt from Fu Jichen. It was smoky gray and had metal buttons. It was tailor-made and made with exquisite materials and styles.

The shirt was long enough to be used as a skirt, so she didn't wear any pants underneath. Her legs were white and smooth, half of them sticking out of the quilt.

Fu Jichen was not in the bedroom, so Shen Jia Nian didn't waste any time. He got up and put a blanket over his body. He quietly went back to his room and put on a set of home clothes. He felt much more at ease.

She seemed drunk again last night.

Shen Jianian raised his hand and pressed it between his eyebrows, then dragged himself to the bathroom to wash up.

The mirror in front of her reflected her rosy face. If she looked closely, she didn't look haggard and tired after being drunk. On the contrary, she looked like she had had a good night's sleep.

In fact, she did sleep well last night.

I didn't wake up all night, and I forgot all my dreams.

Shen Jia Nian shook her arms while brushing her teeth, and the cold chain on her wrist slid back and forth. She saw in the mirror that there was a golden bracelet on her wrist, and she paused.

With a mouthful of toothpaste in her mouth, she raised her wrist to look at it. Thinking back carefully, it seemed that Fu Jichen had put it on her.

birthday present?

The memory of last night only stopped at Fu Jichen putting the bracelet on her. She had no memory of what happened next. She couldn't remember clearly what the two said at that time.

Shen Jia Nian rinsed her mouth, thinking that Fu Jichen would not mess around while she was drunk.

She pulled up her long hair and went downstairs with her mobile phone.

There were fewer servants in the living room. They had gone home for the holidays. Zhou Rongzhen was still there. She put down the sewing box in her hand, got up and asked her: "Jia Nian is up? What do you want to eat for lunch?"

"Where's Fu Jichen?"

"Sir went to the company early in the morning."

Shen Jianian admired him for being so busy on the first day of the new year.

"Eat whatever you want, I'm not too hungry." She sat down on the sofa.

She ate too much last night, and she was like an emotionless eating machine, so much so that she hadn't digested it yet.

Zhou Rongzhen went to talk to the chef, then came back and sat next to Shen Jianian. There was no one else in the living room. She couldn't help but mention what happened at the dinner table last night: "You are brave enough to say such things to your husband."

Shen Jianian helped her thread the needle. After hearing this, the thin thread misaligned with the needle hole and failed to pass through: "What did I say?"

"Don't you remember?" In order to help her recall, Zhou Rongzhen described it in great detail, "When sharing the roasted chicken, you cut off two chicken legs, gave one to me, and kept one for yourself. Sir, he has a taste for food. I asked you what he eats, and you told him to eat chicken butts."

Shen Jianian held the needle in her hand and almost pricked her finger.

Is this what she said?
She looked at Zhou Rongzhen with surprise and questioning eyes, hoping that she would tell her that she was joking.

However, Zhou Rongzhen nodded in her sight: "That's what you said at that time. I was so scared that I almost covered your mouth. My husband's temper is not that good. I was really afraid that he would get angry on the spot. .Fortunately, he didn’t say a word, but his face didn’t look good.”

Shen Jia Nian covered her forehead. It was probably that the alcohol had eroded her brain, which was why she spoke indiscriminately.

She naively thought that her drunken memory would stop at the time when Fu Jichen put the bracelet on her, but little did she know that she was already quite drunk before that.

No wonder the fragments in my mind are fragmented and incoherent.

The ringing of her mobile phone interrupted Shen Jianian's thoughts. After she regained consciousness, she calmed down and helped Aunt Zhen thread the needle first, then took her mobile phone to the side hall to answer the call.

Bai Changxia's tired voice came: "Jianian, what are you doing during the vacation?"

Shen Jia Nian unconsciously ran his fingers across the fresh-cut flowers on the solid wood cabinet and said, "Rest at home."

Bai Changxia knew that the "home" she was referring to was Fu Jichen's residence, the Rose Manor which was quite mysterious among the people in Yicheng.

"How is Auntie's health?" Shen Jianian asked with concern.

On the phone, Bai Changxia yawned: "I have had an operation and am still recovering. I stayed with the hospital in bed last night and kept my eyes open until dawn. You know, I choose a bed, and it is difficult to fall asleep if I change the place. But , my sister came here from out of town today, I should be able to relax a little bit."

Bai Changxia's family runs a jade business and has opened several shops in Beicheng. Compared with ordinary people, her life is affluent and she doesn't have to worry about food, clothing, housing and transportation, which is enough to support her as far as she can go on the road of art.

Compared with the real wealthy families, it is still far behind.

She has a sister who is six years older than her and is already married.Because she is married far away and lives out of town, she only returns home a handful of times throughout the year.

"You should also take care of your health and take time to rest." Shen Jianian warned.

"Well, the nurse is watching. I'm going out to have lunch now. When my sister gets here, I'll go home and catch up on my sleep." Bai Changxia said as he walked outside the hospital.

A brand new black Bentley stopped in front of her. She was too busy answering the phone to pay attention to the road and was startled.

The car window fell, and Pei Che's face appeared in the back seat, his voice clear and clear: "Long time no see." "Pei, Pei Che." Bai Changxia's breath was unsteady.

She had learned from the news earlier that Pei Che had returned to China and took over the position of president of the Pei Group. She did not take the initiative to contact him because of Shen Jianian's relationship, and she did not expect that he would find this place on his own.

Bai Changxia was so shocked that he couldn't recover for a long time.

When Shen Jia Nian heard her calling that name, he was stunned for a second and hung up the phone.

*
An hour later, Bai Changxia called Shen Jia Nian back.

"Pei Che came to see me, and we chatted for a long time in the coffee shop." Bai Changxia confessed everything, "After he returned to China, he used many connections to find you, but there was still no news. He firmly believed that I must know your whereabouts and tried every means to trick me. "

At that time, Shen Jia Nian had already had lunch and was drinking tea in the side hall.

There was a snowfall yesterday. The snow was not heavy, but it lasted for a long time. A layer of white accumulated on the treetops, rockeries, and pavilion tops, which looked like a fairy tale world in a crystal ball.

Shen Jianian's heart tightened: "Then you..."

"Don't worry." Bai Changxia knew what she was worried about, "I didn't say anything. My acting skills are very good. I almost didn't enter the entertainment industry. He should believe it and won't come to me again in the future."

She deliberately said it lightly, not wanting to make Shen Jianian sad.

But she overlooked one thing. With the power of the Pei family, she was determined to find someone. She would find him one day. What would Shen Jia Nian do then?

The sound of a car stopping was heard in the vestibule. Shen Jianian hung up the phone and walked out of the side hall.

Fu Jichen just entered the room. His black coat was hung loosely on his body, depicting his shoulders as broad as mountain peaks, and the hem swept over his trousers.He has long legs, and when he stands there he looks tall and straight, and his whole body exudes an elegance and elegance that is different from ordinary people.

A black cat jumped on his instep. He frowned and kicked it gently. The cat ran far away and slipped into an unknown corner.

"Who let him in?" he asked the servant.

Zhou Rongzhen knew the inside story. Ever since the cat scratched his paw and saw blood, he disliked seeing this kind of animal very much.At first, the cat was thrown out of the manor. Later, the cat came uninvited several times and even brought its friends to eat and drink. The husband also saw it and was too lazy to care about it anymore.

She thought he didn't care anymore, but she didn't know why he had such a bad temper today.

Shen Jia Nian couldn't bear it, so she put her phone on the table and walked over to take off Fu Jichen's coat: "It's freezing cold. Stray cats will die if they can't find food and have nowhere to take shelter from the cold."

Fu Jichen glanced at her. She was not living a satisfactory life. She was still worried about the life and death of stray cats and dogs. Was she being careless?
However, he was very pleased with her overtures and knew that she still had something to say, so he kept silent for the time being.

"Um..." Shen Jianian scratched his face with his fingertips and hesitated, "I drank too much last night and may have said something I shouldn't have said. Don't worry about it. I apologize to you."

She thought he was angry because of what happened last night?
Fu Jichen didn't expose it and let her misunderstand. He lowered his eyes and looked at her fair face, with a pink color. Whose peach turned into essence.

"How are you going to apologize?" He tugged at his lips, with fire hidden in his eyes.

Shen Jia Nian didn't understand before, but she will understand after more experience. If she usually followed his wishes, she would have been numb after sleeping with him more than once.

But she just heard the news about that person on the phone and couldn't muster any energy or interest to please him.

"Can it be another day?" Shen Jianian's voice was soft and soft, like a feather crossing the tip of his heart.

You have to agree even if you don't agree.

"Okay, I owe it first." Fu Jichen pinched her face, and it felt so good that he was reluctant to let go, "Just remember it yourself, and don't forget it."

Shen Jia Nian lowered his eyes and saw at a glance that in addition to the black braided rope used to hang the handles on his well-boned wrist, there was also a thin gold chain.

Like the chains on her wrists, hers was a gold lock and his was a gold key.

When did Fu Jichen wear it?Last night?She even forgot.

*
There was no snow on New Year's Day in Beicheng, but it was cold and dry. The temperature at night was minus nine degrees, and the north wind was like a knife blade.

Pei Che returned home with the smell of foreign wine mixed with him. The driver who brought him back helped him to the living room and turned around to leave.

The crystal chandelier was bright and dazzling. Pei Che fell on the sofa and raised his arms to cover his eyes.

At noon, he went to the hospital to find Bai Changxia, Xiao Nian's former best friend, and he said all his good words in a nearby coffee shop. Bai Changxia still insisted that he didn't know where Xiao Nian was.

Who else could he turn to?

Zhou Ruo came out of the room with his clothes on. From a distance, he could smell the alcohol wafting from his son. He covered his chest and frowned in discomfort.

"A Che? A Che? Go and sleep in the room."

Pei Che took his arm away, sat up and looked at his mother. He would rather be drunk so that he could at least temporarily forget the pain, but he knew that he was very sober at the moment.

He asked his mother: "Why didn't you stop Dad in the first place? You and Aunt Tongshu are as close as sisters. You watched Xiaonian grow up. You know how much I love Xiaonian. If you don't marry her in this life, why would you?" Has it become like this?!”

With this roar, Pei Che's eyes were red and bloodshot, feeling sad and helpless.

(End of this chapter)