the knife of love

Chapter 114 In the middle of the night, he went to her room

Fan Qingyan arranged dinner at a restaurant in downtown Kunming, which was also owned by Jiurongtai.

Originally, I wanted to invite principals from all over Yunnan to come, but they were rejected.

He only said that he came to Yunnan this time for a casual walk and nothing serious, so Fan Qingyan didn't need to be too serious.

Fan Qingyan followed his wishes, so there was no one else for dinner, just Guan Lue, Tang Jingcheng, Lou Qingxiao and Fan Qingyan.

The box was booked early in the morning, and the entire restaurant was cleared that night.

The four of them took their seats, and there were two courteous waiters in the box, and only Yala and Fan Qingyan were left guarding the door, and the rest were waiting downstairs.

"Ninth Brother, can I eat local dishes tonight?"

Guan Lue had no objection, he was never picky about food and lodging, he had been the host of Jiurong Terrace for two years, and he had always kept a low profile on the scene.

"Okay, you arrange it."

"Okay." Fan Qingyan then called people over to order food, but Guan Lue suddenly remembered Tang Jingcheng.

At this time, she was sitting opposite, with her head lowered, and she had not made a sound since coming down from the high speed.

But Guan Lue remembered that she didn't seem to like Yunnan food.

"and many more!"

"Ninth Brother, what else do you want?"

"Besides Yunnan cuisine, what else does the cook here do?"

Fan Qingyan was a little embarrassed for a moment: "Ninth brother, our restaurant only serves authentic Yunnan dishes, and I don't know if the rest are good or not."

"Two or three light vegetables and soups will always be available."

"This should be fine."

"Then ask the kitchen to prepare two extra servings of seasonal vegetables, and another serving of soup."

"Brother Jiu, what kind of soup would you like to drink?"

Guan Lue looked up at Tang Jingcheng: "What soup do you want?"

Tang Jingcheng's thoughts were muddled, and he suddenly raised his head when he shouted.

"what?"

"Soup, what would you like to drink?"

"..." Tang Jingcheng came back to his senses for a while, and asked suddenly, "Is there any pumpkin tofu?"

"Pumpkin tofu?" Fan Qingyan couldn't answer for a while, and asked the waiter next to him, "Do we have this dish on our menu?"

"no!"

"Then ask the cook to add another portion, pumpkin, and make some tofu, is it difficult?" Guan Lue answered.

Fan Qingyan immediately yelled at the waiter next to him: "That's right, why don't you just stew pumpkin and tofu together? Tell the cook to make one and bring it up." After speaking, his face changed, and he immediately smiled at Guan Lue: "Ninth brother, don't be angry. , these blind minds are not enlightened."

Guan Lue didn't say any more, but Fan Qingyan turned his head and looked at Lou Qingxiao who was sitting next to him.

"Sister-in-law, what would you like to eat?"

A "sister-in-law" called out Tang Jingcheng, and suddenly looked at Lou Qingxiao.

Lou Qingxiao's face was not shocked, with a smile on the tip of her eyes: "I don't care, you just ask the cook to make that pumpkin tofu."

"..."

Hearing this made me feel jealous.

Fan Qingyan took a peek at Guan Lue, his eyes were indifferent, he drank the tea in his cup and remained silent.

This man who can hold his breath at any time!
Fan Qingyan snorted in his heart, then turned to look at the waiter again: "Then let's do this first, and the rest will be on the menu I arranged earlier."

After the dishes were ordered, the room fell silent again in an instant.

Tang Jingcheng had been apprehensive on the way here, but now he didn't feel anything when he was sitting.

Since Lou Qingxiao didn't pretend to be so resembling a nonsense, why didn't she also pretend?
A cup happened to be placed in front of him, and the waiter made tea for Tang Jingcheng.

She held the cup up to her nose and smelled it, it was Pu'er.

"Good stuff, it's no worse than what you cooked for me in the hotel room." Tang Jingcheng glanced at Guan deliberately, with a coquettish smile, clearly making it for Lou Qingxiao to see.

As a result, Tang Jingcheng was about to drink the tea, when Guan Lue reached out and brushed the teacup over, several drops of scalding water splashed on the back of her hand.

"What are you doing!"

Guan Lue threw a tissue over there, didn't answer, and only called the waiter over: "Change her to boiled water!"

"..."

"..."

This troublesome man.

How could Tang Jingcheng be willing to give up such a good tea.

"Why change to plain water?"

"Can you drink tea now?"

It is true that pregnant women should not drink tea, especially strong tea. The caffeine in tea will increase the heart rate and kidney load of pregnant women.

Tang Jingcheng is really...

"I..." She wanted to blurt out, but when she raised her eyes and saw the Qingxiao and cold eyes of the opposite building, she swallowed the words again.

"Plain water is plain water!" She laughed suddenly, and covered her still flat belly with her hands.

Lou Qingxiao's face turned pale with anger, all of this was seen by Fan Qingyan.

This was destined to be a wonderful dinner, but the atmosphere behind it was surprisingly peaceful.

Everyone ate separately, except for Fan Qingyan's occasional chatter, the rest seldom spoke.

The Yunnan cuisine cooked by the chef in the restaurant is really good, but the few dishes specially cooked for Tang Jingcheng are really average. The pumpkin tofu dish is even less tasteless. It is from the private restaurant that Su Jue took her to eat before. It was simply incomparable, Tang Jingcheng only took a sip and pushed it away.

"What's the matter, Xiao Tang, the burning is not to your liking?" Lou Qingxiao asked suddenly.

Tang Jingcheng replied bluntly: "It's not the same thing at all."

"Then I'll ask the cook to make a new one." Fan Qingyan immediately moved forward.

Lou Qingxiao also chimed in: "Yes, Xiao Tang is pregnant with a child now, so what if he doesn't have enough to eat at night."

"Child?" Fan Qingyan was startled, he didn't expect this, and looked up at Lou Qingxiao in surprise.

Lou Qingxiao's eyes were cold, but she smiled calmly: "Xiao Tang is not what he used to be, what is a serving of pumpkin tofu, even if she wants the moon in the sky, brother Jiu has to pick it for her now."

That's right...

Fan Qingyan was secretly happy in his heart, it seemed that the two women were definitely on the right track, he immediately turned to Guan Lue: "Ninth brother, congratulations!"

Guan Lue didn't say a word, took a sip of the soup and pretended he didn't hear it.

Fan Qingyan was holding back after eating, so he could only turn around and get angry at the waiter: "What are you doing here? Why don't you go to the kitchen and ask someone to make a new one and send it over? And you can tell the chef in charge that if you cook today If it doesn't taste the way Miss Tang wants, he won't use it for work tomorrow."

The waiter was so frightened that he immediately nodded and wanted to go out.

Guan Lue took another sip of soup calmly and put down the bowl.

"return!"

"Brother Jiu, what else do you want?"

"There's no need to make it specially, it's just one dish, she has a childish temper, she likes to eat or not!" After speaking, he picked up the bowl and continued to drink soup, Tang Jingcheng was so angry that he threw his chopsticks directly on the table.

"Don't eat!"

"Miss Tang, you..." The peaceful atmosphere just now completely froze, and Fan Qingyan was about to be spoiled by them. Do you want to eat or not?

Aunt... Fan Qingyan couldn't say anything, so he winked at the waiter and let her go out first.

There was a sneer at the corner of Lou Qingxiao's mouth, she naturally understood Guan Lue, he has very little patience with women, you can be a little coquettish, but if you make trouble out of no reason, he won't buy it.

Tang Jingcheng's behavior just now obviously touched Guan Lue's bottom line, Lou Qingxiao couldn't help feeling proud.

After dinner, the group went downstairs.

The car has been waiting at the entrance of the hotel, and everyone got on the car, but Tang Jingcheng didn't say a word to Guan Lue all the way in a daze.

Fan Qingyan's car took the lead and led them to the Wild Duck Lake Scenic Area in Kunming. Before that, Chi Feng bought a villa here, which belonged to his private name, but he never had the chance to move here. After Chi Feng's accident, the villa was located in Jiu Rongtai became the public.

"Ninth Brother, we're here." Fan Qingyan walked over to open the door for Guan Lue himself.

Guan slightly glanced at the house outside the window.

"Ninth brother, you are staying here in Kunming for the past few days. I have already called someone to come over and clean up in advance. All the bedding and utensils have been replaced with new ones. I also arranged a few people to guard you here, and you see This house is built on the bank of Wild Duck Lake, the surrounding scenery is good, the air is good, Jiu Ge is the most suitable place for you to live in."

Fan Qingyan handled everything, but Guan slightly frowned, this place was a bit too far away.

"I don't want to stay here, but stay at the Longyu Hotel like last time."

"Then how can I do it? There are too many people in the hotel, Brother Jiu, it's not suitable for you to stay here."

"What's inappropriate? Are you afraid that someone will eat me up?"

"No, Brother Ninth, don't get me wrong, I don't mean that." Fan Qingyan waved his hands again and again, rushing to explain, "I just feel that there are a lot of people in the hotel after all, and it's too late to clear the place now, I'm afraid..."

"What are you afraid of? The whole of Yunnan is now your territory. Are you afraid that someone will dare to touch me in your territory?" Guan Lue rolled up the window and said to the driver, "Go to Longyu Hotel!"

The driver had no choice but to turn the car around, and Fan Qingyan did the same thing. Baba followed the same route back to the city.

Because I didn't reserve a room in advance, I couldn't find three suites on the same floor for those who moved in temporarily.

"Brother Jiu, there is really no way. This season is the peak tourist season in Yunnan, and the rooms are very full. There is only one suite left on the top floor, and the other two are standard rooms, which are downstairs from the suite. But these two standard rooms They are connected, Brother Ninth, look..." Fan Qingyan held three room cards in a difficult way, not knowing how to arrange the accommodation of these three people.

Unexpectedly, Tang Jingcheng went up first and took away the card for that suite: "I live in this room!" After finishing, he pushed his suitcase to the elevator.

Fan Qingyan and the men behind him were a little dumbfounded.

The suite was clearly reserved for Guan Lue.

"Miss Tang, you..." Fan Qingyan wanted to stop her, but Guan Lue grabbed her arm: "Let her go."

"But you and sister-in-law...?"

"We live in the standard room downstairs." After Guan Lue finished speaking, he turned around and gave Yapa a look, and Yapa immediately caught up with Tang Jingcheng to drag her suitcase.

The elevator is coming.

"Sister Tang, you go in first."

Yaba supported the box, Tang Jingcheng looked back with a flat face and glanced at Guan Lue and Lou Qingxiao who were still standing in the lobby, and entered the elevator.

The numbers on the floors climbed up little by little.

Ya La paid attention to Tang Jingcheng's expression, and couldn't tell whether she was angry or unhappy.

"Sister Tang, in your belly..."

"Do not talk!"

"..."

"not me…"

"To shut up!"

"Oh."

……

After Tang Jingcheng left, Guan Lue took another room card from Fan Qingyan, and looked back at Lou Qingxiao who had been following behind her all along without saying a word. She had been wearing prosthetics for a whole day. His pale face knew he couldn't hold it any longer.

"Did you bring a wheelchair this time?"

"No." Lou Qingxiao replied resolutely, she had supported herself all the way from Yunling wearing prosthetic limbs, and her expression and complexion were slightly embarrassed.

She has bad legs and traveled all the way here. This is her weakness and strength.

"Then why didn't you bring Miss Xin?"

"No need, you are here, it is enough for me to have you." Lou Qingxiao's words had other meanings.

Guan took a deep look at her expression, finally rubbed his fingers and lowered his eyelids: "Let's go, I'll share a room with you."

……

Tang Jingcheng went back to the room and vomited again. He vomited out all the food he ate for dinner. After vomiting, he rinsed his mouth with cold water and looked up. The woman in the mirror had a pale complexion, sunken eye sockets, and wet eyes. It was bloodshot inside.

She gently covered her lower abdomen with her hand, which was still flat as usual.

Why bother?

Why did she spread such a clumsy lie to deceive him?

She is not pregnant at all, and vomiting is the most normal pathological reaction of plant disorders. She feels that she has a deep-rooted disgust for Lou Qingxiao. She lied about it by accident.

But what is she fighting for?She clearly disdains to argue with that woman, but why does she feel dark when she sees that Guan Lue cares about her?

What a contradiction!

Tang Jingcheng felt that he must be crazy.

She propped her arms on the pool platform, looking at her red eyes and pale face in the mirror.

No, she had to explain it to him earlier and end this ridiculous lie as soon as possible.

Tang Jingcheng took out his room card and went downstairs, asked the front desk for the room number Guan Lue was staying in, and then took the elevator up.

She stood hesitantly at the door of Guan Lue's room, pacing up and down.

"Sorry, I lied today, I just lied to you that I was pregnant because I couldn't get used to Lou Qingxiao's face..."

"I'm sorry, I'm not pregnant at all, and you don't have the life to be a father so early."

"Hey...surprise! I don't have a baby in my stomach. I lied to you today. Do you feel that the psychological burden is much lighter in an instant...haha..."

Tang Jingcheng practiced various "confessed and lenient" tones at the door, and only when he felt that it was almost done did he muster up the courage to ring the doorbell.

The doorbell rang twice, and she stood quietly at the door waiting.

Soon footsteps were heard, the door opened, Tang Jingcheng raised his head, "I'm sorry Guan Lue, I..." The voice behind her seemed to be frozen the moment she raised her eyes.

The one standing inside the door was not Guan Lue at all, but Lou Qingxiao, with wet hair and sexy pajamas.

"Xiao Tang, are you here to see Brother Nine? Brother Nine is taking a bath, I'll call him..." Lou Qingxiao didn't seem to suggest that Tang Jingcheng knock on Guan Lue's door in such a grand manner.

But Tang Jingcheng was dumbfounded, and they lived in one room.

Bright and aboveboard, no need to cover up,
Fan Qingyan called Lou Qingxiao "sister-in-law", but called her "Miss Tang", the two of them are different.

Why can't they live in one?They should have been in one!
"Sorry, it's okay, thank you!" Tang Jingcheng turned her head and left. The moment she turned around, her stomach began to churn again. She held on to the edge of the wall and tried her best to hold back. Tremblingly inserted the room card.

He opened the door, rushed into the bathroom, and threw up holding the toilet until he almost broke his heart.

The whole body is cold, and so is the heart.

Tang Jingcheng felt that he would never cry for this man, but he couldn't stop crying.

She didn't dare to cry too loudly, although it was okay if the neighbor heard it, but she felt that it was impossible, and crying out meant that she had admitted something, so Tang Jingcheng bit her lower lip hard, otherwise a little crying would come from her teeth Leaked out from the cracks, sat on the floor of the bathroom and sobbed a little.

Guan Lue came out of the bathroom and wiped his hair with a towel.

Lou Qingxiao was sitting on the edge of the bed to untie her prosthesis.

"Someone came here just now?"

"Well, Tang Jingcheng!"

Guan slightly stopped wiping his hair: "Well, what then?"

"Then she said it was all right and left." Lou Qingxiao leaned her prosthetic limb on the edge of the bed, looked up at the man in front of her calmly, "Ninth brother, it's time like this, don't you think we Should we talk about it?"

This is something you have to face sooner or later.

Guan Lue went to the bed and sat down, looking at the stump under Lou Qingxiao's nightdress. The section of the knee was already swollen and red because of wearing prosthetics for a long time, and he had traveled all the way from Yunling again, and the place where the socket was stuffy Hold your breath, the broken skin is even broken and festered.

Guan slightly sighed inwardly.

"Don't wear this all the time in the future, it's good to be in a wheelchair, why bother yourself?"

As soon as the words came out, Lou Qingxiao's eyes began to moisten: "Ninth Brother, what do you mean? Is this the answer you gave me? I said that I would walk into the auditorium with you, and I will never use a wheelchair in the future." Yes, are you going to break your promise now?..."

Lou Qingxiao became more and more anxious as she spoke, she wrapped her arms around Guan Lue's hand with tears streaming down her face.

Guan slightly pushed her away.

Between her and her, he can only leave one in the end!It's another multiple-choice question, and it's still their two choices!

But this time is different.

"Qingxiao, she has a child."

"So what? I don't mind you raising her child outside, but you can't leave me... Ninth Brother, you promised to marry me. You proposed to me three years ago. If it wasn't for Tang Ji and my Your legs won't be disabled, how can you...you can't..."

Lou Qingxiao's mood began to fluctuate, and her words were scattered.

For the first time, she felt fear, for the first time she felt that she was about to lose, that she was about to lose this man completely.

"Brother Nine, do you want children very much? Yes, yes, yes, I remembered, you like children very much...you are so good to Axi, you like children very much, right?...It doesn't matter, I can do it too, as long as you want , we will have children of our own after we get married..."

Guan slightly can't stand it, maybe this is not a simple "one child" problem.

"Qingxiao, listen to me!" He supported Lou Qingxiao who was about to faint from crying.

This matter should be settled sooner or later. He is not a slow-witted person when doing things. Whether it hurts or not, this knife should go down.

"If it was before, maybe I could keep her outside, but I can't if I have a child. I know you hate Tang Ji, but you can't blame him for what happened back then. I promised to avenge you, Su Hong Zhi’s life, I will definitely take it back and return it to you.”

This is the last thing he can do for Lou Qingxiao, but how can she accept it?

"No... I don't want it! Ninth Brother... I don't want you to avenge me. Whether it's Tang Ji or Su Hongzhi, I don't plan to pursue it. If you like her, you can raise her, and I don't mind. Really, I swear, I will treat her like a younger sister, but don't abandon me, I have nothing, Brother Jiu... I have nothing, only you..."

Lou Qingxiao cried until she had no dignity at all. She made the biggest concession as a woman. She forced herself to endure the existence of Tang Jingcheng, the existence of the child in her womb, and even endure that Tang Jingcheng had a place in Guan Lue's heart. , the only condition is that she can continue to stay by this man's side.

But Guan Lue couldn't do it, because he knew Tang Jingcheng couldn't do it.

How could Tang Jingcheng's personality tolerate him being so entangled with him while pregnant with a child for no apparent reason.

"Qing Xiao, I'm sorry..."

"Why? I don't mind who is in charge of raising several women at the same time in Jiurong Terrace. Are you afraid that she will mind? Then I will beg her, I will beg her..."

As long as she can stay by Guan Lue's side, she is willing to do anything, but Guan Lue can't tolerate it.

……

It was late at night, and Tang Jingcheng couldn't sleep.

It happened that there was also a wide bay window on the balcony of the suite, so she sat on the bay window and smoked.

This was the first cigarette she smoked after arriving in Kunming, but unexpectedly, it got out of hand.

It turns out that many things are not so easy to quit. Once addicted, I can't control myself...

……

Lou Qingxiao was tired from crying and fell asleep.

Guan Lue put away the prosthesis for her and sat on the sofa to smoke a cigarette. He was actually floating that day. He couldn't explain the feeling himself. It was like his whole heart was hanging up, floating, But there was some uncontrollable excitement.

He never thought that he would suddenly become a father, and a little life was conceived in that woman's womb, which was his flesh and blood.

Guan Lue was smoking a cigarette, he couldn't help laughing, he couldn't remember what his father looked like, but the scene of him standing with his son suddenly flashed in his mind, yes, son, he believed that Tang Jingcheng would give birth to a son for her, But if it's a little girl, he likes it anyway.

If it is a son, he will teach him to be an upright man.

If it's a girl, he will pamper her vigorously until she becomes lawless, so that other men can hurt her in the future, but it's best not to be like Tang Jingcheng's crazy woman, who is too twisted, sometimes stung him like a hedgehog. pain.

It's really getting farther and farther.

Unable to restrain himself, Guan Lue got up and left the room to go upstairs.

He felt that he had to meet her and ask her some questions.

What does she want in the future?What is her plan?
But he will do whatever she wants.

At that moment, Guan Lue felt that he could spoil this woman to the sky, and he could take the whole world and put it in front of her.

……

When Tang Jingcheng heard the doorbell, he jumped down from the window sill and walked over to open the door. Looking through the cat's eyes, it turned out that it was Guan Lue, still holding a small half of a cigarette in his hand.

What is he doing here so late?
Tang Jingcheng turned pale and opened the door.

Guan Lue's heart beat for the first time, and he was still a little apprehensive when he saw the woman's heartbeat.

"Sorry." He hurriedly stomped the cigarette under his feet and extinguished it.

Tang Jingcheng glanced at him: "Throwing cigarette butts!"

"..."

"But anyway, this is your territory."

"..."

After Tang Jingcheng finished speaking, he turned and entered the room. Guan thought for a while and brushed his teeth.

Well, instead of carrying it with her, he bent down and picked up the cigarette butt and threw it into the trash can in the room.

Tang Jingcheng folded his arms, turned around and stung him again: "Are you done?"

"what?"

"You and sister-in-law? Are you happy? How many times have you done it, and how long?"

"..."

Guan slightly speechless, but she can sting if she likes, he will obey her, as long as she is happy.

However, Tang Jingcheng's words were obviously jealous, and Guan slightly benefited. He closed the door with his lips hooked, and turned to look at her: "Don't you think you should have something to say to me?"

(End of this chapter)