i loved you so much

Chapter 30
An Xiaoduo didn't feel lonely at all this Spring Festival.From the first day to the third day of junior high school, Li Xiaoan accompanied her every step of the way.She watched TV with her sister in her arms, while he peeled walnuts and pomegranates. She read books, and he read books too. When he was tired, he hugged her to sleep.

The winter in Wucheng this year was longer than usual. After the beginning of spring, the cold air moved south again, and the temperature suddenly dropped by more than ten degrees. The TV news said that the weather was abnormal. This year was the coldest year in 50 years.

An Xiaoduo has become obsessed with fighting zombies again. When she eats, drinks, sleeps, and teases her younger sister every day, she spends her time playing games in the study. She likes to use Li Xiaoan's computer to play games. Not only is the screen large, but the mouse also feels great Well, it looks like a high-end product at first glance, and it is not of the same grade as her own broken laptop.

Originally, Li Xiaoan wanted to buy her a large-sized notebook so that she could comfortably play on the bed, but Aunt Cen happened to hear it and firmly opposed it. The reason was that An Xiaoduo was pregnant now and she wanted to stay away from the computer. It's good that I don't even touch my mobile phone.Li Xiaoan had no choice but to give up, but An Xiaoduo just smiled after hearing it, and still went to the study to play games on the computer every day when Aunt Cen was not paying attention.

Indulging in the zombie-fighting game, she seems to be gradually getting out of the haze of her father's death. The smiles on her face are increasing day by day. With Auntie Cen's careful feeding of four meals a day, her whole body is plump and her complexion is also obvious. changed for the better.

In the blink of an eye, the fifteenth day of the first lunar month passed, Li Xiaoan went back to work in the law firm, and An Xiaoduo started her life as a house girl.She didn't have many friends in Wucheng. Chu Kui had to go to work, and Qiao Ke was sent to the South African office by their company a few years ago, and it was said that she would not come back until half a year later.

She was killing time online that day, and when she received a call from Chu Kui asking her to have lunch, she agreed without hesitation, and straightened her hair in front of the mirror. Li Xiaoan called her cell phone and asked her, "Want to go out?"

"Chu Kui asked me for dinner."

"Where to eat? I'll go back and pick you up."

"She didn't invite you."

"Go and eat, I'll wait in the car."

"How dare I let Li Dazhuang be my coachman?"

"I'm happy to oblige."

"I still don't want it. How can I eat with peace of mind when you are outside?" An Xiaoduo paused, then smiled and said, "Okay, stop joking, I have already asked the guard to call a car."

"Then call me after you finish your meal, and I'll pick you up."

"discuss later."

The two originally made an appointment to eat Taiwanese food at a newly opened restaurant in the east of the city, but Chu Kui was temporarily delayed by something. An Xiaoduo waited for more than half an hour, and simply told her not to come, and waited downstairs in the company after work.

She took a taxi to Shengshi Guangnian, and when she got out of the car, she saw Chu Kui waving at her.

"I'm sorry, I ran into the director of the creative department in the elevator and insisted that I listen to his idea." Chu Kui looked at her with a smile, "I've gained weight, it seems that I'm living a good life."

An Xiaoduo looked at Chu Kui with a smile: "Chu Kui, I'm pregnant."

Chu Kui was so scared that she retracted her smile: "Really?"

As soon as the words came out of her mouth, she herself thought it was funny, no one would make fun of such things.Chu Kui took another look at An Xiaoduo, especially focusing on her abdomen, but in the winter, everyone was dressed like a bear, so where could one tell?

Chu Kui slapped her head and scolded her in a hurry: "Then why are you running around? Why don't you just sit in the restaurant and wait for me?"

"I suddenly want to eat dry pot fish. I remember that you took me to eat a very delicious one, which is near here."

"Old Wang's, okay, then let's go there to eat."

Chu Kui came to hold her hand, and the two chatted as they walked, and they arrived at the store in less than 10 minutes.

The business of this store is very hot, and they usually have to wait in line when they come to eat, but this time they came late, staggering the peak period, and there happened to be a table for two in the store.They sat down to order, and An Xiaoduo ordered an arowana set meal that was enough for two people. After the waiter left, Chu Kui took a sip of tea and asked her: "Last time you didn't speak clearly on the phone. Yes, I am not ashamed to ask, what is going on with you and Li Xiaoan now?"

"It's okay, he proposed to me."

"Really, you are finally watching the clouds and seeing the moon." Chu Kui was happy for her, "When do you plan to hold the wedding?"

"We plan to register first, and the rest will not be done for the time being. My father just passed away. If I didn't have a child, I wouldn't be in such a hurry."

When Chu Kui heard her mentioning An Zhengran, her expression was calm, and her mood didn't fluctuate too much, so she didn't bother to say comforting words: "That's okay, the form is empty, and the most important thing is that he treats you well. You said we are really My friend, it's your turn right after I got married."

"You are older than me!"

"It's not much older, besides, late marriage and late childbearing are advocated now."

Holding the teacup, An Xiaoduo kept laughing, and said after a while: "He is so kind to me now, gentle and considerate, just like when we first met, but I always feel that something is different. He He just cares about the child, without this child, he might not accept me so easily."

"Don't think about it. He cares about children because he cares about you. Otherwise, with his conditions, the women in this world who are willing to give birth to him may not be able to line up from the east to the south of the city. You have been vacant for two years, and you still have a job with him. He has such a big knot that cannot be untied, it is supposed to be your turn to be the mother of his child."

"That being said, I just can't help myself."

"Hey, is it true that pregnant women are particularly sentimental?"

"I don't know, this is the first time for me."

Chu Kui laughed out loud: "Okay, okay, relax, raise your baby with peace of mind, and giving birth to a white and fat baby is serious business."

The waiter brought up the side dishes in the set meal, and not long after, the dry pot fish was also brought up, and their attention was shifted to eating, and they talked about a few light topics, chatting while eating, two hours soon sent away.

After eating and drinking enough, Chu Kui went back to the company to pick up the car and sent An Xiaoduo back.

Passing by Paris Spring, Chu Kui looked up at the huge poster: "Have you been in touch with He Bixi recently?"

An Xiaoduo shook her head: "On New Year's Eve, she sent me a New Year's message."

"That's already giving you a lot of face," Chu Kui joked, "He is a big star, if you still want to greet you at this time, you should be content."

An Xiaoduo caught the deep meaning in her words and asked, "Do you know anything?"

"Gossip, you can just listen to it. I heard that she wants to retire."

An Xiaoduo was stunned: "Why?"

Chu Kui said: "Actually, someone like her is considered an outlier in the model circle. Have you ever seen a supermodel who is 30 years old, married and has children, and still be so popular? Last year she took part in a movie, probably because she realized that At this point, I plan to use this as a way out. Models eat youth food, who can last forever? When the time is up, you can't help but not retreat."

An Xiaoduo thought of He Bixi's abnormal words and deeds after seeing Qin Zheng that day, and couldn't help feeling a little bit emotional in her heart. Turning her gaze out of the window, she suddenly focused her eyes: "Chu Kui, look at that person!"

"Who is it?" Chu Kui looked in the direction of her finger.

"The woman in that taxi!" An Xiaoduo's entire face was almost pressed against the glass window, "Follow that car! Hurry up!"

While frantically turning the steering wheel, Chu Kui asked her, "Who is that woman that makes you so excited? Sit down quickly."

"It's that woman, the woman my father would never confess to." An Xiaoduo's face turned pale, she grabbed Chu Kui's shoulder, and pressed her fingers hard, "Hurry up, hurry up, we must follow."

"Okay, you sit down."

Chu Kui cheered up 12, stared at the taxi in front of her, stepped on the accelerator, and the car rushed out like an arrow from the string.

Seven o'clock in the evening.

The conference room of the law firm was brightly lit. Li Xiaoan leaned on the leather chair and closed his eyes to rest his mind. He worked continuously for seven or eight hours, and his spirit was a bit weak.

Wu Lixuan went to pour coffee and handed him a cup by the way.

Li Xiaoan opened his eyes, picked it up and took a sip.

"You run around like this, can't you hold on?" Wu Lixuan stared at the two groups of faint blue under his eyes.

"fine."

"I asked Nuoyan two days ago, and he said that Menghui's situation is not optimistic."

Li Xiaoan already knew about it, nodded and said, "What's the news about Zheng Sanmu?"

"There is a special person watching over there in Taiwan. He has calmed down since his leg was crippled, and he stays at home most of the time every day." Wu Lixuan's usually kind face unconsciously flashed a trace of hostility, "These years How dare he treat Menghui like this."

Li Xiaoan glanced at him, but remained silent.

Wu Lixuan said: "Menghui's operation is very risky, can you spend more time with her during this period? If it happens...I don't want her to leave with regrets."

Li Xiaoan was silent for a moment: "Lixuan, have you ever blamed me?"

Wu Lixuan shook his head: "It's Menghui's own choice, not to mention I helped her chase you back then."

Li Xiaoan twitched the corner of his mouth, looking at the coffee cup in his hand thoughtfully: "Is Du Xinlan accompanying her in the hospital?"

Wu Lixuan gave him a strange look, not quite understanding the meaning of his question: "What time is it, of course Aunt Lan is staying with her in the hospital."

"An Zhengran..." Li Xiaoan stopped after saying only one name, stretched out his finger and pressed his temple.

Wu Lixuan looked at him: "What?"

Li Xiaoan sighed: "Forget it, everyone is dead."

"It's strange to talk about it, why did he suddenly fall down?" Wu Lixuan looked at Li Xiao'an, carefully hiding his doubts in his heart.

"I know what you're thinking. That's right. When I first went to Lizhou, I met him and said a few words to him, but I didn't expect him to commit suicide. "

"What did you... say?"

Li Xiao'an didn't answer him, pushed away the table and stood up, walked to the floor-to-ceiling glass to look at the night scene.Thinking back to every word I said that day, and An Zhengran's expression of pain and despair, there seemed to be a sticky smell of blood in the air, just like what he smelled at the scene that day.

He closed his eyes in disgust.

The phone rang loudly, it was from the hospital.He pressed the answer button, then grabbed the coat on the back of the chair and left.

Wu Lixuan asked from behind: "What happened?"

"Menghui's condition deteriorated and she entered the emergency room."

Wu Lixuan walked back and forth at the door of the emergency room, Li Xiaoan was called to the office by Zhou Nuoyan, and he was the only one standing guard outside.Time passed bit by bit, and the anxiety on his face became more and more intense.At this moment, he had no faith but silently prayed to the gods of all parties, asking them to be kind to the woman inside and let her go, at least not to take her away so quickly.

Wu Lixuan knew Li Menghui very early. At that time, before he graduated, he went to a TV station with a few classmates to work part-time. At that time, the TV station was holding a talent competition, which attracted many young and beautiful girls to sign up. Li Menghui was one of them. member.She had just turned 20 years old that year, she was not deeply involved in the world, and she was very innocent. Because she grew up in Taiwan, her Mandarin was not very standard. However, the performance program arranged for her by the TV station was to recite poetry. Satisfactory, was repeatedly mocked by several staff members and competitors present.Once Wu Lixuan saw her crying in the dressing room, so he went over to comfort her and corrected her pronunciation problems. After the talent show, the two became friends who talked about everything.

Although Li Menghui didn't get a good ranking in that competition, the god of fate favored her. A model company took a fancy to her beautiful appearance and tall figure, and signed a five-year contract with her.She was not familiar with the place in Wucheng, so Wu Lixuan took her to blend into his circle.At a party, Li Menghui saw Li Xiaoan. To Wu Lixuan's surprise, Li Menghui changed her usual reserved and introverted personality and launched a crazy pursuit of Li Xiaoan.The two got married within a year of dating, and Li Menghui soon became pregnant and gave birth to Yuan Yuan, but no one expected that their marriage only lasted for one year.

Wu Lixuan only found out after they finished the divorce procedures, and soon Li Menghui and Zheng Sanmu returned to Taiwan.Thinking of Zheng Sanmu, Wu Lixuan felt disgusted in his heart.In fact, he is not familiar with Zheng Sanmu at all, and he has only met him two or three times in total, but every time we meet, the feeling is very bad.Zheng Sanmu was the adopted son of Li Menghui's father when he was alive. He was ignorant and extremely greedy. When Li Menghui and Li Xiaoan were together, he used Li Menghui as a cash cow and blackmailed the Tang family many times.Thinking of Li Menghui falling into this person's hands all these years, Wu Lixuan felt very guilty. If he knew that Zheng Sanmu would treat her like that, he shouldn't have let her go back to Taiwan, even if it was forced to stay, he would have kept her.It's too late to say anything now, Wu Lixuan prayed in his heart to God to give him a chance, as long as Li Menghui can overcome this difficulty, he is willing to spend the rest of his life to take good care of her and protect her, it doesn't matter if she doesn't accept him.

As soon as An Xiaoduo entered, Aunt Cen came up to her immediately, took the bag in her hand, and scolded her: "Why did you come back so late? Didn't you just go to have lunch? Xiaoduo, you are healthy now People here are not the same as before..."

Aunt Cen behind her was still talking, but An Xiaoduo didn't respond, she went upstairs in a daze, and knocked on the door when she passed the study.Aunt Cen called her from downstairs: "Xiao An hasn't come back yet."

An Xiaoduo said, "Is he coming back for dinner?"

"No, I didn't answer the phone call to him just now, maybe I'm busy."

An Xiaoduo pushed open the door of the study and walked in, then turned on the computer.The phone rang, and it was Chu Kui who called in. She immediately pressed the answer button and asked impatiently, "How is it? Did you hear it?"

"Well, the taxi driver said that the woman got off at the gate of Ruici Hospital."

"Ruici Hospital?" An Xiaoduo frowned, isn't Zhou Nuoyan the director of Ruici Hospital?It's a pity that she doesn't know anything about that woman, not even her name, otherwise she can ask Zhou Nuoyan to look it up.

"Going to the hospital is nothing more than two kinds of people. One is to visit a doctor, and the other is to see a doctor. What do you think that woman is doing?"

An Xiaoduo thought for a while, and said, "No matter what she does, we will wait for the rabbit. We will guard the gate tomorrow. If she goes again, we can catch her."

"What if she just went to visit a doctor and stopped going after one visit?"

"It is possible, but now I have no better way."

Chu Kui said cautiously: "Why didn't you tell Li Xiao'an? He has a lot of connections, maybe he can find out after a few phone calls."

"My dad would rather go to jail to take the blame for her. He must have his reasons. Now that others are gone, I don't plan to pursue anything. I just want to find that woman and understand what happened back then."

Chu Kui comforted her: "Don't worry, I will find it."

After hanging up the line, An Xiaoduo held the mouse, clicked on the game on the desktop, and played mechanically.At the fourth level, Aunt Cen came to urge her to go downstairs for dinner.It was almost eight o'clock, and Li Xiaoan hadn't come back yet. She called him and wanted to ask if he would come back for dinner, but the phone rang a few times before being cut off. She thought to herself: Is he still in a meeting at this time?
Sitting at the table, she ate absent-mindedly.When he was about to finish eating, Li Xiaoan returned the call and explained that he was inconvenient to answer because of something just now.

"When are you coming back?" she asked.

"It may be late, don't wait for me, go to bed early."

"Ok."

After eating, she walked into the room and took out a box from the drawer under the wardrobe, which contained her father's belongings.Her father's body was finally cremated, and when she changed his clothes, she put a photo of herself in his clothes along with the most cherished portrait of him during his lifetime.Her father had been homeless for half his life and had nothing. All she could leave as a souvenir was the mobile phone he had used before his death, and the notepad that Wang Jian had stolen.

An Xiaoduo took them out and placed them on the dressing table, staring at them in a daze.

The phone was out of battery and couldn't be turned on. She went to find a universal charger to plug it in. She didn't know what to use for charging it now, maybe it was just to read the text messages her father had sent her in the past.He didn't delete those text messages and kept them in the sent column, but they were all short messages reminding her to drink more water and take a lunch break.

The younger sister came in through the open door, and she leaned over and hugged it, teasing it.Aunt Cen doesn't allow her younger sister to approach her anymore, saying that it is bad for the fetus. She has been popularizing science for a long time, but she can't change Aunt Cen's concept. She can only ignore her sister as much as possible in front of Aunt Cen.At first, my sister thought she was out of favor and was depressed for several days.

At this moment, the mobile phone beeped, and she opened it to see that it was a fraudulent message. The moment she pressed the delete button, she suddenly remembered an event not long ago-the last time her father was hospitalized, she borrowed his father's I sent a text message to that woman in name, but I don't know whether it was discovered by the other party or for some other reason, the text messages she sent were like mud cows, and no reply was received.

Thinking of this, An Xiaoduo made a plan and decided to try again.

She pondered for a while, edited a text message, wrote: "I have returned to Wucheng, can I see you? I have something important to discuss." Then sent it to that woman.She bet that the other party did not know the news of her father's death.However, the phone didn't ring until late at night.

Li Xiaoan didn't come home until almost eleven o'clock, he took a shower first, changed into clean home clothes before entering An Xiaoduo's room.He moved very slowly, so as not to wake up the person on the bed, but as soon as she got close to the edge of the bed, she immediately opened her eyes and stretched out her arms to wrap around his neck.

Li Xiaoan frowned: "Are you still asleep?"

"Can't sleep."

"What's wrong?" He turned on the wall lamp, sat down on the edge of the bed, and stroked her cheek with his hand.

She shook her head and didn't say anything. Under the soft light, she looked at him carefully and found that his face was tired, so she asked with concern: "Is the law firm busy recently?"

"Well, a little bit." He responded vaguely, lowered his head, and buried his face in her neck, "I can't be with you often during this time, if you need anything, just tell Aunt Cen, after this busy period Let's just register, shall we?"

"Okay." She felt itchy, smiled slightly, and rubbed his hair, "I went to eat dried fish with Chu Kui today, it was delicious, and I will take you to eat it another day."

"Okay." He lifted his body, his eyes were gentle.

When An Xiaoduo woke up the next day, as usual, she didn't see Li Xiaoan, and only after asking Aunt Cen did she find out that he left the house at seven o'clock.

She made an appointment with Chu Kui at the gate of the hospital at nine o'clock, and it was still early. After washing, she consciously sat at the dining table to eat breakfast.Aunt Cen is watching her closely now, and will never let her go out without breakfast.

(End of this chapter)