Marrying a powerful man: The third master is wild and untamable

Chapter 21 Cinderella

Shen Xiuwan watched helplessly as he passed by her.

The foreign language he had studied hard for half a year seemed to have become a complete joke on this cold night in late autumn.

She returned to the room in a daze. The bouillon au gratin and the white wine on the small round table were completely cold.

He came back after eating at the banquet. The dishes she prepared carefully were probably as much a joke to him as she was to him.

But she had been waiting for him, and she hadn't had supper yet.

She sat down and ate the vegetables alone.

The red wine braised beef that has been reheated over and over has become unpalatable.

Shen Xiuwan even felt that the taste of beef was a bit bitter.

But how can beef be bitter?
  Shen Xiuwan didn't know.

The two scented candles beside the table were still burning, and the wax oil was dripping. The gilded Chinese words "I love you" on the candles were gradually burned and twisted until they were swallowed up by the candle flames.

Tonight, Fu Jincheng slept in the study.

……

On the day Fu Yun came back, everyone at Fu Mansion greeted him at the gate.

After entering the hall, Fu Yinhong and Cen Qingru smiled and asked the children to go over and say hello.

Shen Xiuwan stood in the crowd and watched.

There are four children in the main house. The leading twin is twelve years old. Like a golden boy under the Guanyin Seat, he kneels on the futon and kowtows, while sweetly calling Fu Yun "Grandpa", followed by them. The brother and sister were slightly younger, only five or six years old.

Shen Xiuwan knew that her sister-in-law was favored by the elders because her first child was a twin. Every time she had a quarrel with her elder brother, the elders would favor her sister-in-law.

When it was the turn of the second room, Xue Qinzhen pushed her two sons out with a smile: "Quickly say hello to grandpa!"

Two boys aged seven or eight, the white, fat and tall boy who was raised by Xue Qinzhen, kowtowed obediently in greeting.

Fu Yun stroked his beard and laughed. How could he not love his grandchildren at his age? He immediately gave red envelopes to each child.

Everyone in the two houses had already paid their respects, and then Fu Jincheng and Shen Xiuwan came forward to pay their respects.

Shen Xiuwan kept her head down the whole time.

The eldest sister-in-law and the second sister-in-law both have children, but she has been married for almost four years and still has nothing to do.

Even though her father-in-law didn't blame her, she couldn't hold her head up.

The greetings from the elders to the younger ones are just the same, either urging them to get married or to have children. Although Fu Yun is in the position of commander-in-chief, he is not exempt from this custom.

He had been away from home for many years and did not understand the twists and turns of the relationship between Fu Jincheng and Shen Xiuwan. He only warned as usual: "You two should work harder. Only when you have a child at your knees can you live a lively life. There are always two of you." What's the matter with being so deserted? Xiuwan, you have to take care of Jincheng, don't allow him to go out and mess around with women, and have a child with him as soon as possible."

How dare Shen Xiuwan take care of Fu Jincheng.

Then he agreed perfunctorily.

After a lively family dinner, Fu Yun took turns calling his sons to the study to talk. In the afternoon, many celebrities and politicians came to visit. Suddenly the house became lively again, and even several tables were lined up for the dinner.

It was not Shen Xiuwan's turn to entertain guests on such an occasion. She stayed upstairs quietly. She thought Fu Jincheng would still sleep in the study tonight, so she took a bath, sat in front of the desk with her hair loose, and continued reading the book. fairy tales.

She read that "Cinderella".

A girl with nothing, she was bullied by her stepmother and sisters all day long, living dirty and living in ashes, but at night she had a beautiful dress and glass slippers, and also owned a gorgeous pumpkin carriage. She was in the Little Animal Coachman With his help, he rushed to the castle to meet his beloved prince.

And the prince fell in love with her at first sight.

When Fu Jincheng pushed the door open and came in, he saw a girl wearing white silk pajamas sitting under the desk lamp, with a large English dictionary open in her hand, reading quietly.

She always wears her hair tied up during the day, but likes to let her hair down at night. She looks younger than her real age, like a quiet flower and a female student who is not familiar with the world. The diffused orange light of the desk lamp cast the shadows of the long and thin eyelashes. Perhaps she saw the tension, her amber pupils narrowed slightly, and she unconsciously raised her index finger and rubbed her white and plump cheeks.

He walked behind her and looked at the page.

The clock is about to strike midnight, and everything will return to its original appearance. Cinderella is afraid that the prince will see her dirty self, so she quickly flees the castle with her skirt in hand.

In her haste, she dropped her glass slipper on the steps.

The prince picked up her glass slipper.

Shen Xiuwan probably couldn't understand some of the words, so she quickly opened the dictionary next to her.

Fu Jincheng said: "Her crystal slipper was left on the steps and was picked up by the prince."

Shen Xiuwan suddenly looked back and faced a cold and noble face.

She was worried: "Jin, Jincheng..."

Fu Jincheng looked at her desk.

In addition to the fairy tale, she also bought many English-related books and dictionaries, and also copied many English articles by hand.

She didn't use a pen. The English she wrote with a brush had a special beauty.

But Xu felt that using a brush was inappropriate after all, so he smiled softly.

Shen Xiuwan was stunned.

This was the first time she saw such a smile on Jincheng's face.

He had a suit jacket hanging on his arm, and he looked relaxed and dignified wearing only a shirt. As he chuckled, his long and sharp eyebrows and thin lips seemed to be filled with the gentleness of spring breeze. Even the gold-rimmed glasses reflected the The light also became soft and friendly, like a melting iceberg.

The girl's cheeks were slightly red.

She embarrassedly hid the pen, ink, paper and inkstone in the drawer: "I don't have a pen..."

Fu Jincheng said: "I have two unused ones in my study. You can get them yourself tomorrow."

Shen Xiuwan glanced at him in surprise, then quickly lowered her head.

She clutched the storybook uneasily, wondering why Jincheng was suddenly so nice to her.

Fu Jincheng put one hand on the back of the chair and looked down at her.

There was no smile in his eyes, and his mind was filled with the military orders his father had given him——

Foreigners will never be allowed to build railways in China, not even an inch.

He thought so himself.

He endured the pressure of most of the old-school officials in the yamen for a full half year. Seeing that they had no way to start from him, the other party started to turn to his immediate boss Jin Hu three days ago. The two sides were negotiating over him to finalize the contract and prepare for the next one. The construction documents were officially signed on the month.

He must stop them at all costs.

However, their relationship has reached a freezing point. Both John and Jin Hu have been deliberately avoiding him in the past few days. There is no possibility for them to sit down and discuss.

He stretched out his hand to cover Shen Xiuwan's head, his eyes filled with meaning.

Shen Xiuwan froze.

This was the first time Jincheng had done this to her.

She was flattered: "Jincheng?"

Fu Jincheng looked at her: "Wanwan, do me a favor."

(End of this chapter)