love addiction

"Well, that's good, thank you for your hard work." Long Yejue patted Xiao Zheng's shoulder.

Ye Xirong also felt that the responsibility on his shoulders was getting heavier, he took a deep breath, and then let it out slowly.

"What are you talking about? There are so many people?" Aunt Wei asked curiously when she appeared behind the crowd.

Tang Mianmian was so frightened that she almost revealed her secrets, and hurriedly explained, "Mom, are you awake? Are you hungry? I'll get you something to eat."

"Not hungry, what are you guys talking about?" Aunt Wei was still paying attention to this matter.

Tang Mianmian looked at Li Xinnian begging for help, Li Xinnian went up to support her and said, "Mom, the succulent seedlings you planted last time have all sprouted. Do you want to go and have a look? I think we should water it."

"Ah, did it sprout? Watering may not work, but spraying it is still okay."

Aunt Wei was still diverted.

Tang Mianmian breathed a sigh of relief, and followed Li Xinnian to take Aunt Wei to the back garden, afraid of adding pressure to Ye Xirong.

In the garden, some of the succulent leaves that were inserted last time are indeed sprouting. They are small, fleshy, and very cute.

As soon as Auntie Wei sees these things, she will forget herself and the things around her, and concentrate on taking care of them.

Li Xinnian and Tang Mianmian have been silently accompanying her without disturbing her.

It was a rare and quiet afternoon, right at the end of spring, when the weather was clear and the spring breeze was warm, and it was also the time when succulents were at their most splendid.

Tang Mianmian chatted with Long Chenyu on WeChat, and he sent her photos related to Long Yaxi from time to time.

[Xixi has grown taller, so she must miss her mother very much, right?Mom was going to come back, but something happened here, so I have to come back later, you have to listen to grandma at home, you know? 】

Long Chenyu seldom said anything like Tang Mianmian's exhortations, and he could at most reply with "um".

Sure enough, a few seconds later, he replied with such a word.

Tang Mianmian was embarrassed, and couldn't help complaining, 【Chenchen, don't you have anything to tell mom?Like you miss me or something? 】

Long Chenyu replied with a full stop.

Unable to have a pleasant chat, she conceded and compromised, [Then let's send Xixi's photo. 】

[Send you an interesting one. 】

Seeing this reply, Tang Mianmian was surprised. Chen Chen replied so many words. It was a memorable moment. She couldn't wait for his photo.

Just thinking about it, her phone vibrated, still the continuous vibration.

This shows that Chen Chen sent her a lot of photos.

Tang Mianmian couldn't wait to click on it, one two three four five six seven eight nine...

She was dumbfounded.

This... what is it?

However, Chenchen said confidently, 【It's very interesting, isn't it? 】

The corners of Tang Mianmian's lips twitched fiercely. She couldn't pour cold water on her, so she had to bite the bullet and reply, [Yes. 】

[Don't you find it interesting?Don't you think it's cute? 】Chenchen is dissatisfied that her mother suddenly became so brief.

[Very interesting, very cute, I didn't even know that Ruohuan was so cute. 】Tang Mianmian has already begun to violate her heart. The nine photos are all of Shen Ruohuan sleeping. In her opinion, there is no difference. But to Long Chenyu, they are cute and interesting. As a mother, she just Just open one eye and close one eye.

Only then was Long Chenyu satisfied, [I'll give you another one at the end, don't drink water before watching. 】

Does this mean high-energy early warning?
Tang Mianmian immediately put down the teacup in her hand, and waited seriously for Long Chenyu's photo.

After waiting for the phone to vibrate, she quickly clicked on it. From this point of view, she was about to spray whether she drank water or not.

Especially when zoomed in, it is even more dumbfounding.

Because it was a love letter, a love letter written by Long Yaxi to Fu Yebai.

There are childish descriptions between the lines, which are a little cute and a little bit laughable.

Li Xinnian laughed Tang Mianmian helplessly for a while, and couldn't help asking curiously, "What's so interesting to watch?"

"This, a love letter written by Xixi." Tang Mianmian showed the picture to Li Xinnian, smiling helplessly.

Li Xinnian took it and looked at it seriously, and then said with a smile, "Xixi is really weird, that's great, you are so lucky to have such a little princess."

Tang Mianmian's heart tightened, thinking of Li Xinnian's loss of her child, she felt a little embarrassed, "Sister, I haven't told Xixi and Chenchen your identity yet, I think after we all go back, we will get together and have a good time , After getting to know each other formally, the children may understand."

"Yeah." Li Xinnian had no objection, and saw her cautiousness, and smiled, "You don't have to be so cautious, I have already accepted it frankly."

"You're still young, and you still have a chance. If you really can't... do artificial work?" Tang Mianmian really wanted to do something for her.

It's not that Li Xinnian hadn't thought about this plan, so when she mentioned it, she just smiled helplessly, "I told Jun Che that he disagreed, and he said it doesn't matter if he has children or not, and he doesn't want to add pressure to me."

"He just said that because he loves you."

"Well, I know that too, but let's let it be." Li Xinnian's eyes drooped slightly, drinking water from a teacup to hide the sadness in his eyes.

Tang Mianmian also fell silent and did not speak.

There are too many words of consolation, but they can't change the facts. At this time, silent company is the best consolation.

After Auntie Wei took care of the meat, she also sat down to drink tea with them.

She seemed to be in a good mood and always had a smile on her face.

Tang Mianmian remembered Long Yejue's words, pursed her lips and asked, "Mom, I think you really like these cute little plants. When did you like them?"

As soon as this was mentioned, Aunt Wei became cheerful, "More than 30 years ago, succulents were not very popular, there were not as many varieties as now, and almost no one planted them, but I fell in love with this kind of succulent at that time. plant."

"Why?" Li Xinnian asked, extremely curious.

Aunt Wei's face became a little shy, and the corners of her mouth could not help but rise, "Because we met because of this succulent plant."

Sure enough, it was related to Nanjian. Tang Mianmian put down the cup and asked curiously, "Did Dad grow this kind of plant before?"

"Him? Do you think it's possible?" Auntie Wei looked disgusted.

Tang Mianmian and Li Xinnian glanced at each other, then shook their heads and kept denying, "Impossible."

"That's right, how can such a cold and rigid man like such a cute little thing?"

But Li Xinnian remembered what he had discovered, and hurriedly said, "I discovered something when my father brought me some time ago. Outside his room, there are always large tracts of succulent plants, no matter where he lives in Jiangcheng, It’s still the same place where I lived before, and the current Fengyu Palace, it seems that he likes it very much.”

"He loves me so much because I like it." Auntie Wei explained with a smile, feeling sweet in her heart.

"Mom, do you ever describe yourself like that?" Tang Mianmian asked amusedly.

Auntie Wei also laughed, "But, he really likes him because I like it. In the upper class back then, flower arrangements were popular, especially the daughters of wealthy families. You must have such skills to be regarded as a She is temperamental and educated, but I just don’t like those flowers and the like, and I’m also allergic to roses, so I keep those flowers at a respectful distance.”

Tang Mianmian snorted, and seconded, "I'm also allergic to roses, so I inherited my mother's constitution?"

"Ah, then you have to be careful, don't touch the rose." Aunt Wei told her nervously.

Li Xinnian became puzzled, "Are you allergic to roses? But once before, I saw Long Yejue prepared a lot of roses for you?"

"What are you talking about? That's a fake rose. Long Yejue asked someone to make it out of a special material, which looks real, but it's not real." Tang Mianmian explained.

Li Xinnian was stunned for a moment, then laughed, "This is quite like Long Yejue's style."

Tang Mianmian was a little embarrassed.

Li Xinnian said hurriedly, "Don't mind, what I mean is, he has always doted on you, so it's only natural that he made these things, it's not surprising at all."

It was fine if she didn't explain, but when she explained, she became more and more embarrassed.

Aunt Wei continued, "So I'm not interested in any flower arrangement class at all. Every time I go to flower arrangement class, I will run away and find a place to sleep all afternoon. When school is over, I will let the driver pick me up. But once again, I found this kind of fleshy plant in the park where I was sleeping. It was a very common species at that time, but it was very cute. I dug some out of curiosity, because this thing must be held carefully. So I wrapped it in a scarf, and your dad hit it and broke it all."

Speaking of the past, the look on Aunt Wei's face was particularly vivid, as if the past happened right before her eyes.

"I was furious because it was a plant I had been digging for a long time, and I was about to argue with him, only to see him lying in front of me with blood staining his clothes, and I was terrified. In those days, law and order was not as good as it is now, and everywhere was chaotic. A family like ours had to be more careful. I was afraid of getting into trouble, and I was even more afraid because of my natural timidity. .”

***
32 years ago.

In a park somewhere on the outskirts of Italy.

The winter snow has not yet fallen, but the weather is still shiveringly cold.

In Nian Yingrui's eyes, the messy trees in the park seemed to be her stumbling block.

What happened just now made her so frightened that she walked forward desperately, panicking.

But if she didn't pay attention, she fell down.

It's heavy and it hurts.

The knee was so painful that she couldn't stand up, so she could only sit on the ground, holding her knee and crying bitterly.

Why do you encounter such a thing?
If she had known this was the case, she shouldn't have skipped class, even if it was the flower arrangement class she didn't like the most, she should have gone, otherwise she wouldn't have encountered such a thing today.

It was getting dark, and there were no communication tools like mobile phones in those days, the driver would only pick her up at the right place at the right time.

If she can't go back, the driver won't be able to come here either.

Are you going to spend the night here?
The more she thought about it, the more frightened she became, and the more frightened she was, the more she cried.

Crows flew by, making the coming night even more terrifying.

"Father, father..." she murmured in fear.