The Queen of Romance: A Summer of Sweet Classics

Chapter 27 Extra Story [-]: Sui Sui An

Xi Jinnan felt that Nie Ranqing's behavior was a bit strange recently.

It's not too strange, but I always feel that something is different from the past, but I can't tell.A family of three, on weekdays is still the same as usual.Xi Jinnan has been getting busier these years, but he still tries his best to eat three meals a day, at least two meals at home, and an occasional Xi's beef soup; Nie Ranqing got his driver's license before Xi Ruichen started kindergarten, and she takes her son to and from work on weekdays After school, on weekends, the three of them go out to eat together, occasionally go to the amusement park, or do some other parent-child activities with Xi Ruichen.

In a few days, it will be Xi Ruichen's fifth birthday.Counting, the two of them have been together for nearly eight years.

Nie Ranqing's temperament has changed a lot over the years.

Her temper is much milder than before, and she will discuss everything with him, and treat him as seriously as she used to study and take exams.When the two were estranged invisibly back then, he had thought about whether he could count on that one day, Nie Ranqing could treat him like a real husband, not because of impeccable care, but because he never forgot that there was another person beside him. One person, supporting each other, relying on each other.

Now he had the good fortune to wait.

They had a harmonious family for a long time, and only occasionally had differences on the issue of educating Xi Ruichen.When Xi Ruichen was two or three years old, he was very naughty. He usually said what he said but didn't do anything. At that time, he decided to deal with it according to the family law, but he was repeatedly stopped by Nie Ranqing.Xi Ruichen was a big kid, and soon realized that his mother was his talisman, so every time he committed a crime, he would search for Nie Ranqing all over the room, and when he found it, he would skillfully grab the hem of his clothes, hide it behind him, and take two Eyes looked at him defiantly.

Nie Ranqing also looked at him: "You are not allowed to hit anyone."

He had no choice but to not fight.Xi Ruichen was making progress, and the family was getting worse and worse. From time to time, it would be messy like a strong wind, and even the nanny didn't have time to clean it up.Not long after, he took Nie Ranqing to a banquet. The other party was an old classmate from many years ago. Now he is the director of the Psychology Department of the Children's Hospital. Hit, but if it is too much, no one can stop it when punishing. The parents must act in unison to let the child know what is right and wrong."

Nie Ranqing did not speak on the way back.In the afternoon of the next day, Xi Ruichen made trouble with Nezha again. He came out of the study and called his son in indifferently. Xi Ruichen turned his head and ran to the bedroom, and skillfully hid behind Nie Ranqing.

The villain Xi Ruichen complained first: "Mom, Dad wants to beat me!"

Nie Ranqing groaned, and said, "It hurts daddy to beat someone, doesn't it?"

Xi Ruichen nodded aggrieved.

"Don't worry, I can tell Dad not to beat you."

Before he had time to stop him, he saw Nie Ranqing squatting down and dragging his son from behind to the front. After seeing Xi Ruichen smiling, he continued: "But you are going to recite the Three Character Classic today, and you are not allowed to eat if you can't finish it."

Immediately, trainee Ruichen's face collapsed: "Why!"

"Because you made a mistake today, you will be punished if you make a mistake. This is the principle of being a human being."

"You've never been like this before!"

"Son, you also said that was in the past." Nie Ranqing touched his cheek and said softly, "Starting today, if you don't be more sensible, your good days will come to an end."

"..."

After a tacit agreement was reached on the issue of educating children, there was no longer much controversy between the two.Or they have reached a wordless consensus from years of getting along—handle small issues separately, and let him make up the big ones. As for the fun of life, neither of them cares too much.

It seems that since Xi Ruichen was born, the sense of existence of this item has become much weaker invisibly.

More than two years have passed like this, but recently not only did he feel that Nie Ranqing was a little abnormal, but even Chu Chen said that his behavior was a little abnormal.

"What's wrong with me?" he asked.

"It's hard to say. I always feel that you were not like this before... you have!" Chu Chen thought for a long time, and suddenly complained, "You used to be better than the Gu family now!"

He's a little amused at the thought: "Like?"

"For example, when I came here before, I always saw you talking on the phone with Nie Ranqing. Oh, your tone of voice is so weird..." Chu Chen stopped under his gaze, "Anyway, I came here in the past year, but once. I didn't see you on the phone either."

His heart skipped a beat.

In fact, there were not too many phone calls in the past. The situation Chu Chen said started after Nie Ranqing was found out to be pregnant.At that time, she suffered from severe morning sickness, and her temper was also very bad. Nie's mother came to take care of her. The mother and daughter did not talk to each other since they were young, and they did not understand each other, so there were always some small frictions. Nie Ranqing was not good at getting angry with her mother. , I always vent my anger on his head.

The state of pregnancy is not normal, which is understandable, so he endured it one by one, and worried that Nie Ranqing would be depressed if he had no one to complain to, so he stayed at home as much as possible.Encountered a situation where I really couldn't get away, I took the time in the morning and afternoon to call home.In fact, there was nothing special on the phone, it was nothing more than what he had eaten, whether he felt a little unwell, and occasionally told a joke to tease her.

Nie Ranqing became pregnant shortly after they remarried. According to Chu Chen, the two of them were inseparable, so they didn't feel that it was abnormal to have two phone calls a day.Now that I think about it carefully, this state almost ended after Xi Ruichen was one year old, and then they gradually reduced to one phone call, and then, like now, they no longer talk on the phone unless necessary.

Chu Chen relaxed his heart: "I just said it casually, don't take it to heart. They are old couples, of course there is not so much to say, marriage has such a transitional period."

Zhou Kerong knocked on the door and came in to deliver the documents, Chu Chen immediately changed his words: "Of course, our family Rongrong and I are special cases, we will never have such a transition period!"

Chu Chen's words lingered in his mind for a long time.In the afternoon, he called Nie Ranqing.

It took a while to pick it up over there, a little absent-minded: "Hello?"

His voice slowly returned: "Busy?"

Nie Ranqing hummed: "Project."

Nie Ranqing didn't like to be interrupted when he was researching the subject, so he hung up without saying a word.He fought again the next day, in much the same situation as the previous day.

He felt that something should be done.

It happened that Zhou Kerong knocked on the door and came in, announcing that there was a meeting at 03:30, and it was time to go out.On the way, he asked her: "After you married Chu Chen, do you feel that he has changed from before?"

Zhou Kerong said in a tone full of disgust, "Yes. It's more annoying than before, and it's no longer fun to chatter every day."

He smiled softly: "He is not a chatterbox, that is, he will talk a lot in front of you."

Speaking of which, he suddenly stopped.

He suddenly understood what was so strange about Nie Ranqing's recent behavior - she had been a little too quiet recently, and when he returned home, he could always hear the voices of Xi Ruichen and Nie Ranqing.Recently, although there are still three people in the family, only Xi Ruichen's noisy voice can be heard.

Nie Ranqing doesn't chatter much on weekdays, but compared to him, he talks a little more.Such a configuration is needed at home, otherwise it will appear dull.When there were only two people before, even if he brought up the topic, Nie Ranqing would end up talking more.Now even she has become silent, and the family is somewhat deserted.

There was also a period of quiet at home two months ago.But at that time, Xi Ruichen went to his grandma's house for summer vacation, and Nie Ranqing's research project was about to be concluded, and he was so overwhelmed that he had no time to take care of him, so it was understandable that the house was quiet.But now, although she also has a subject, she is not that busy. Under such circumstances, she lacks communication with him.

His mind wandered frequently in subsequent meetings.

After the meeting, he found an excuse to skip the dinner and went straight home.

The lights are on.He stood downstairs and looked up.The lights in the kitchen at home were bright, Nie Ranqing tied her hair behind her ears, and walked back and forth busily, probably preparing for dinner.

After self-study Ruichen was born, the family hired a nanny, and now he and Nie Ranqing rarely cook once.It's just that the nanny took a leave of absence to go home today, and it was her turn to cook.In fact, Nie Ranqing's cooking skills were mediocre in the early years, but now he has improved a lot, because Xi Ruichen's taste was too tricky when he was two or three years old, and he was always uncomfortable with the food cooked by the nanny.Nie Ranqing considered the balanced and rich nutrition of the children, and during that time his culinary skills improved by leaps and bounds.

When Chu Chen learned of this, he smiled and asked him if he had any complaints.Chu Chen knew that when Nie Ranqing was pregnant and vomiting, he thought of everything in order to let her eat a little more. During that time, he was proficient in various specialties of the four major cuisines in addition to his usual skills. Now the causal cycle , but circulated to the son.

He pondered for a moment, and it was rare for him to answer honestly: "Now I want to send Xi Ruichen 20 years later, so that he can quickly stand on his own."

Since Xi Ruichen was born, more topics in the family seem to be about children.They devoted too much energy to him, from his basic necessities of life to his study progress.But it ignores that there should be some communication between the two adults from time to time.

Although the tacit understanding between the two is still there now, he still knows that she will want him to come for a massage after sitting for a long time, and she also knows how to get along with him properly at the reception, and so on.But life seems to have become too dull, without waves and waves.

He stayed downstairs for a while and called Xi's parents.

"Mom, it's me. Hello everyone. It's just that Xi Ruichen said that he missed you these two days, so he called you..."

He didn't go upstairs until he hung up the phone.

The feeling of autumn was already five points cold, but the moment Xi Ruichen ran over and hugged his thigh when he opened the door, he seemed extraordinarily warm.

"Xi Jinnan, it's just in time for you to come back." She called him from the kitchen, "Come here and make potato shreds. Xi Ruichen, let go of Dad's legs."

He washed his hands and walked over, seeing the shredded potatoes cut into uniform thickness: "You don't like eating this?"

She said casually: "Xi Ruichen likes it. I can't grasp the degree of jealousy, come here."

There are three dishes for dinner, one is vinegared potato shreds, and the other two are Nie Ranqing's favorites.At 08:30 in the evening, Xi Ruichen reluctantly went to bed after watching two episodes of cartoons every day.There were only two people left in the living room.

He lowered his voice and discussed with her to send Xi Ruichen to grandma's house for a while.Nie Ranqing asked why, but he only said that it was because he missed his grandson.

Nie Ranqing had no objection, so he explained that he would send Xi Ruichen away tomorrow afternoon.

She was a little surprised: "Is it so urgent?"

He held her hand and kneaded it twice: "Go early and come back early." While thinking about how to make Xi Ruichen come back in a month.

Nie Ranqing didn't say anything more.Withdrawing the hand that was held by him, he lowered his head and continued to browse the web.

It was still early, and at this time in the past, they were all doing their own things to kill time.Occasionally, when he is extra free, he will help her judge the assignments handed in by undergraduates.He actually had other things to do tonight, but suddenly he didn't want to do them.

Nie Ranqing was browsing a gossip post when a hand suddenly appeared in front of her and took the things in her hand away.When she looked up, he was already very close.The next moment, her whole body was locked in his arms.

"...This is the living room!"

There was a smile on his lips: "Listen to you. Let's go to the bedroom."

We have been married for eight years, and except for the divorce, we have never had any quarrels.The tacit understanding between the two is not only reflected in their daily relationship, but also in bed.At the end of the matter, Nie Ranqing was lying on the pillow, breathing slowly and calmly, while feeling his cool fingers on her back, pinching it down inch by inch, until it reached an unspeakable position, she said muffledly: "Take it away. "

He gave a low laugh and did as he said.Tucked up the quilt for her again: "Shall we go out for a vacation?"

"Where to go?"

He said the name of an island, and added: "The two of us will go."

"Without Xi Ruichen?"

"Without Xi Ruichen."

Nie Ranqing didn't answer for a while.After a while, he said, "Okay."

Xi Ruichen was packed and sent away the next afternoon.The five-year-old child was very reluctant, and when he was standing downstairs, he still bargained with Nie Ranqing: "Can I stay at home for another day? I still have an abacus homework that I haven't finished, and you may need to check the homework." Signing is coming..."

Nie Ranqing patted his schoolbag: "The homework is already in there. Your grandparents are very knowledgeable, and it's no problem for them to check your abacus and mental arithmetic for you. By the way, they can also teach you to memorize Tang and Song poems."

"I don't want to recite Tang and Song poetry!"

He said leisurely from the side: "I don't object to memorizing the Book of Songs and Li Sao."

The child climbed into the car with a look of grief and indignation.

It is rare that there are only two adults left in the family.He arranged a candlelight dinner, and the next day they went to the mall together.First watched a movie, then bought some clothes.On the third day that followed, there was a wedding. The protagonists were his subordinate employees. They went together, smiling and accepting compliments from all kinds of people.

Nie Ranqing is now mature enough to deal with various occasions, but sometimes when he is extremely bored, he will habitually grab his sleeves.He never said that he actually liked her little gestures.

He observed for several days.Apart from being a little taciturn, Nie Ranqing was not unusual.

She will not object to what he proposes to do with her.If you ask her something, she will not ignore him, she will still answer, but she will not explain in detail as before.When he came home in the evening, she would sometimes pull him to watch students make mistakes in their homework, or watch a movie together, or lie on the sofa and call him for a massage.

When he and she were just married eight years ago, she looked at him with despair and confusion.What he expected back then was nothing more than what he has now.And now that they have been obtained, if you think about it this way, you don't need to expect more.

It's just that he always hopes that she can live a better life, so that she can avoid grievances and resentment in her later life, whether it comes from the outside world or from him.

He arranged for the two of them to go to a foreign island for vacation and stay there for ten days.It can be clearly felt that Nie Ranqing is satisfied with this trip. She is in a happy mood and full of interest. She likes to lie on the balcony and watch the sea view outside the window after getting up in the morning.

If it was this time in the past, Nie Ranqing would have a lot to say to him.Although most of it was just casual, she didn't take it to heart.However, he deliberately observed this trip, and waited until the last day was left, but he didn't wait until this time.

He couldn't think of any flaws in this trip.They all looked very happy, and they lived a relaxed and comfortable life every day.

There were not many arrangements on the last day, and they stayed in the hotel for most of the day.When I went to bed at night, the curtains were not closed even a little bit, and the peaceful moonlight came in quietly.

Such a glimmer of light has the desire to tell people.

He hugged her behind her, unable to fall asleep for a while.After a while, he tightened his arms and called her name: "Dan Qing."

She hummed in a daze.

"Do you like this vacation?"

She lisps the word "of course".

"Have you encountered anything unpleasant recently?"

She slowly woke up from her sleep, Wen Tun asked, "Why do you ask that?"

He was silent for a moment, and finally said: "If not, why has it suddenly become so quiet recently?"

He had imagined many kinds of answers these days, but he didn't expect that she would give him this kind of answer next.

She turned and looked at him in the gloom.

"You don't like it?"

He chewed the words several times before saying: "Did you do this on purpose?"

She only acquiesced, and then slowly said: "Xi Jinnan, don't you think that we have been a little lacking in interest recently? Life is flat, monotonous, and needs to be changed. Yao Mi and I discussed it and decided to try a different way of getting along. Try it."

He was silent for a moment before he said, "Actually, you can say hello to me in advance."

"I thought you wouldn't find out..."

"Why didn't I find out? Your changes are so obvious."

"I thought you were happy to see this change. Don't you think I used to be a little talkative? When the two of us were at home, I talked more than ten times as much as you did."

"I don't think so." He put his hand on her waist, tightening it tighter and tighter, "We were fine before, you don't need to change. You can use other methods to add interest, you don't have to do that scare me……"

Nie Ranqing's tone suddenly became a little curious: "Are you still scared?"

He didn't answer.

"Why are you scared?" Seeing that he didn't answer, she thought for a while, "Could it be that if I don't talk much, you will think that I love to answer you? If you go further, you won't think that I have some thoughts of cheating?"

He pressed on her forehead: "don't think about it, go to sleep."

Nie Ranqing laughed suddenly: "Xi Jinnan, you are the one to stop thinking about it."

"..."

She suddenly approached him, her face became serious, her eyes were looking at him for a moment, and she said word by word: "Xi Jinnan, don't worry. You have always been here, and I have always known it. I have always been here, and you have always been here." Always remember."

He recited these words silently, smiled, then hugged her tightly, and kissed the corner of her lips.

His voice was unbelievably gentle: "Okay."

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