the knife of love

Chapter 81 Birthday Banquet

As soon as Chi Feng's funeral was over, Ye Tan couldn't wait to call Lou Qingxiao and tell Tang Jingcheng that he had gone to the memorial service today.

"Sister Qingxiao, you don't know how arrogant that woman was at the memorial service today. She didn't have any fear at all in front of so many people. If she is so arrogant, don't you rely on Ninth Brother to face her!... Ninth Brother also , that woman is not from Jiurongtai, how could he let her attend today's occasion..."

Ye Tan chattered endlessly, and only laughed when Lou Qingxiao finished speaking.

"I thought it was a big deal, she went to the memorial service to show her face, anyway, Chi Feng also shot her at the beginning, I heard that her right hand has not recovered, and now Chi Feng is dead , it’s normal for her to take a look.”

Lou Qingxiao's understated tone made Ye Qin a little astonished, she was stunned for a while, and she asked, "Sister Qingxiao, are you not angry?"

"Don't be angry, why should I be angry about this!"

"But Ninth Brother, he treats that woman..."

"I understand Brother Nine's temper. Before my accident, he had many women outside. I wasn't angry before, and I still won't be angry now."

"..." Ye Tan had nothing to say.

Lou Qingxiao scratched her knees with her hands, and the trousers underneath were all empty.

The weather in Yunling is cold and humid this season, and the place where the amputation was performed is painful all day long, so she can only reduce the time she wears the prosthesis.

"Ye Qin..." Lou Qingxiao pinched half of the empty trousers and asked, "Aren't you busy recently?"

"It's okay, what's wrong with Miss Qingxiao?"

"It's not an important thing. It's my birthday next week. I'm just 28 years old this year. I'm getting older by the age of one year. I haven't had a good birthday in the past few years since the accident, so I want to do it this time. .”

Ye Tan was a little uncertain, why did he suddenly talk about birthdays?
But Ye Tan didn't ask too much, she knew that Lou Qingxiao was not an easy-going woman, she had many ideas and deep thoughts.

In the past, before Guan Lue took the main position, there were indeed many women outside, but Lou Qingxiao had the ability to "eradicate" them all without showing any traces.

"Sister Qingxiao..." Ye Tan smiled, pretending to be enthusiastic, "Your birthday is next week, so this is a big deal, brother Jiu knows?"

"I know. I mentioned it to him before, and he agreed. Let me make up my own mind this year."

"Then what do you want to do?"

"I haven't figured out the details yet, but I have bad legs, so I might have to ask you to help me out."

Ye Tan did not refuse, but was very enthusiastic.

"Miss Qingxiao, you are being polite. I have nothing important to do after the new year. Brother Jiu is not in a good mood recently. It is good for you to have a grand birthday. Everyone has fun."

"Then we've made a deal like this." Lou Qingxiao achieved her goal, Ye Tan was about to hang up the phone, but heard her asking on the other end.

"By the way, Brother Jiu asked you to go back to Yunnan and bring back a few catties of Pu'er?"

"Yes, I forgot if you didn't tell me, and I've been busy with Chi Feng's funeral for the past few days." Lou Qingxiao reminded Ye Tan, "I'll send Pu'er to Brother Jiu tomorrow!"

"No, you can bring it to me. I will ask brother Jiu to come to my place for dinner tomorrow!"

……

It started to rain near dusk, Guan Yue went to the Guan Zhai, walked into the hall and saw Yala playing with Axi.

"Brother Nine..."

"Where's your sister Tang?"

Yaba pointed to the upstairs.

"Still sleeping?"

"Well, I slept all afternoon when I came back."

Guan Lue didn't make a sound, he patted Axi's head and went upstairs.

The lights in Tang Jingcheng's bedroom were not turned on, and the curtains were drawn, so the room was very dark.

Guan Lue walked to the bed, and the person on the bed was still sleeping, as usual, lying on his side with his back to the light, curled up his hands and feet after falling asleep, and always liked to cover most of his face with the quilt.

Guan Lue couldn't help but smiled, squatted down in front of her, and pulled down the quilt on her face a little bit, revealing her pointed nose and small chin. Of course, the finger prints on her face that Du Hong had instigated also came out. A few hours have passed and it has turned red and purple.

That slap was really strong, Du Hong has a fat body, and had practiced it twice before, Tang Jingcheng's delicate skin and tender flesh couldn't stand it at all.

Guan Lue couldn't help feeling a little depressed, he touched it with his fingertips.

Tang Jingcheng woke up all of a sudden, and when he opened his eyes, he saw the man squatting in front of his bed, his eyes were bright, and the black sweater was still on his body.

"Why are you here?" She sat up neatly, and Guan was a little shocked by the speed of her movements.

"Sorry for waking you up."

"No." She tapped her forehead with her hand, "I fell asleep when I came back at noon, and I've slept all afternoon."

"I know, are you mad at me?"

"what?"

"At the memorial service today, I watched you being beaten but didn't speak for you."

"Just because of this?" Tang Jingcheng smiled falsely, "Of course not, how could I be angry with you just because of this!"

"Really not?"

"Really not!" Tang Jingcheng smiled, almost swearing in front of him.

"Not the best." Guan Lue stood up, simply sat on the bed, looked at Tang Jingcheng's face, she was a little uncomfortable being looked at by him, and lowered her head.

"Does your face still hurt?"

"It doesn't hurt anymore."

"Do you have anything to ask about today?"

"No." Tang Jingcheng still smiled, calmly, "I don't have anything to ask you, I said I won't participate in your affairs, and that's the same sentence, everyone, don't go too far."

The corners of Guan Lue's lips twitched again, and the evil spirit in his eyes gathered together little by little.

"Good job!" He gently pinched Tang Jingcheng's chin with his fingers, without showing any emotion, "Get up, go downstairs to eat."

Tang Jingcheng was still wearing the black knitted skirt, and went downstairs with a shawl on.

The food in the restaurant was already on the table, but only her pair of bowls and chopsticks were placed.

"Where's your ninth brother?" She asked Yala who was standing at the door.

Yala replied: "Brother Jiu is gone, he just left, didn't he tell you?"

Tang Jingcheng said nothing, gathered his shawl and sat down.

It has been raining in Yunling for the next few days, and the rain is not heavy, but it is wet and cold, which is very disturbing.

Guan Lue never came to Guan Zhai again.

The wound on Tang Jingcheng's shoulder hurts a bit, and the muscles and bones holding the whole right arm are hurting. She asked Yala to go out and buy her a few packs of cigarettes. Yala refused at first, but she couldn't stand it. Soak, and finally drove out, but only bought a pack back.

Sitting on the sofa, Tang Jingcheng eagerly tore off the tin foil on the top of the cigarette case, took out one, lit it, took a sip, and the lingering pain on his shoulder seemed to be relieved a bit.

"Sister Tang, keep it hidden. Brother Nine has repeatedly told you not to drink or smoke until you recover from your injury. If he finds out, he will kill me!" Yala was so frightened that he wanted to grab a cigarette.

Tang Jingcheng dodged, holding the cigarette with his left hand: "Look at you, your ninth brother won't see it."

"Why not, what if brother Jiu came here suddenly?"

Tang Jingcheng's heart was suffocated, and the smoke came out of his mouth: "No, he won't come again soon."

Tang Jingcheng knew this man too well, he hadn't come to see her in Guan's house for three or four days, she knew that Guan Lue was serious this time, as long as she didn't take the initiative to contact him, they would definitely remain deadlocked like this.

The light rain fell continuously for nearly a week, and Tang Jingcheng's arm also hurt from time to time for a week.

Sure enough, Guan Lue didn't come to Guan's house again, Yala couldn't sit still, but he didn't dare to call Guan Lue, but Tang Jingcheng didn't seem to care at all.

She lives happily in the house alone.

When the weather cleared up, she started to take Axi out for a stroll, went to the ginkgo road to pick up fruit, picked it up and asked the servant to peel it, after peeling, there was a hard shell on the outside of the ginkgo fruit, and it was heated in a microwave oven. Crack open to reveal the tender green flesh inside, and it becomes a delicious snack.

A week later the weather cleared completely and the sun was shining brightly.

Tang Jingcheng got up early in the morning. After breakfast, he was sitting in the yard basking in the sun, but suddenly received a call from Yao Xiaotang.

"Sister, Brother Su and I came here today to try on the dress we wore on our engagement day. We have already changed into it. Do you want to see it?"

"Okay."

"Then wait a moment, I will send it to you on my mobile phone later." Yao Xiaotang happily hung up the phone.

About 10 minutes later, the MMS message was received on the mobile phone. Yao Xiaotang sent a photo. The photo was taken by herself. It can be seen that she was wearing a bright red cheongsam inlaid with gold, her hair was coiled up, and the person in the photo was smiling. It is particularly brilliant, and the butterfly brooch on the chest is also very vivid.

Su Jue was also included in the photo. Although his face was not captured, the outline of the whole person could still be seen clearly.

He was standing sideways behind Yao Xiaotang, wearing a French suit, with the same paralyzed face for thousands of years, and two staff members beside him were trimming the texture of the hem of the suit for him.

Great posture.

Tang Jingcheng smiled happily and called back.

"Tangtang, I saw the photo, you look very..."

"Sorry, Tangtang is changing clothes in the fitting room, I'm Su Jue."

Tang Jingcheng didn't expect to answer the phone with a paralyzed face, so he couldn't help sticking out his tongue: "Ah...then it's fine, I just want to tell Tangtang that she looks beautiful in a cheongsam."

"Thank you, I will convey this sentence for you."

"..." It's really impossible to chat with this man.

Tang Jingcheng hung up the phone and looked at the photo again.

That's great, even through the screen, she can feel the happiness that Yao Xiaotang couldn't hide on her face.

She suddenly thought of the scene when she was engaged to Qiu Qiguan back then, and she was so excited, as if she had walked thousands of miles, and finally she could hide in the arms of this man openly.

What an honor to be able to marry the one you love and stay together for a lifetime.

It's a pity that her blessings were shallow and she couldn't look forward to that day.

Tang Jingcheng put away her mobile phone, the sun had climbed a little from the east to the roof, and the light was slanting down, she covered her forehead with her hand and squinted her eyes, and when she was about to go back to the house, she heard the sound of a car engine at the door, and her heart skipped a beat , ran out with a smile.

The door opened and the car had stopped.

"Miss Lou, please slow down."

The driver held the door, and Sister Xin carefully helped Lou Qingxiao onto the wheelchair...

(End of this chapter)