obsessed with love

Chapter 213 Going to Xuancheng

The ticket was the earliest flight the next morning. Qiao Anming didn't bring any luggage, but he was very anxious, so he sent several text messages to Du Ruo, but she didn't reply, and he didn't answer her phone calls. Because of the influence of the report, he can't wait to fly to Xuancheng to find her immediately.

When Ren Peiyin came to the door, he was dealing with the most urgent mail and work in the study, because he didn't know how many days he would stay in Xuancheng this time.

Aunt Qin was with Gu Lan in the hospital, and the servants at home were already asleep, so Qiao Anming went to open the main building door by himself.

Because of the sweltering weather, Ren Peiyin's face was a little sweaty. From the gate to the main building, she walked in a hurry when she was old, so when Qiao Anming opened the door, she stood outside the door a little out of breath, but she was still wearing a shirt when she saw the door Qiao Anming, obviously startled, quickly asked, "Are you still asleep?"

"Well, I'm working, because I'm going to Xuancheng tomorrow, so some things have to be done today..."

Ren Peiyin clenched her teeth again, but her face remained calm.

"What are you going to Xuancheng for? Go find that girl?"

"Yes!" Qiao Anming replied firmly without any hesitation.

Ren Peiyin was very angry, but she said in a pleading tone: "Can I not go? Gu Lan is still in the hospital, are you really going to make her so angry that she can't live?"

At that time, Qiao Anming just walked into the living room, turned around to the sofa, frowned, and said indifferently: "When did you become so concerned about her?"

"I... I'm just talking about the facts. Although that girl is pregnant with your child, marriage is not a child's play. After all, you and her are having an extramarital affair. It's so ugly to say it, not to mention that Gu Lan has been with you all the way until now. How could you do it for a girl? Just leave her alone?"

"I didn't leave her behind, I will leave the company to her!"

"Okay, even if you really want to divorce her and leave the company to her, she will run it? She has been married to you for 20 years, and she has been to the company several times. You can ask her what medicines the company sells now and see what she knows. I don't know!" Ren Peiyin hit the nail on the head, and finally she was a little discouraged when she said it, she leaned forward, and suddenly her tone softened: "An Ming, I watched you build up the company little by little, how hard you have endured for so many years, Do you think that a mother like me doesn’t know? As for me, I was a widow at a young age. In order not to let you be wronged and gossip, I never found anyone else. I just raised you up by myself and worked hard to train you. After you got married and started a business, you finally achieved something, but you actually want to give up all your hard work for a woman, tell me, am I willing? Are you willing?"

"I'm not reconciled, but it's better not to be reconciled than to be sad..." Qiao Anming's voice was very soft, and his tall figure seemed a little depressed under the dim light in the hall. Finally, he sat on the sofa, leaning on the armrest with one elbow, touching She rubbed her forehead and said: "Don't persuade me, the decision I made will not change, and you don't want to go to Du Ruo again, she is not wrong, it was me who was wrong, but I have already missed it once, and I don't want to make a second mistake...Mom ..."

He yelled "Mom...", his mother was tired and lonely, but the tone was soft and low. Over the years, his relationship with Ren Peiyin has become colder and colder, so that every time he called her "Mom", he felt stiff It was as if he was calling a stranger, but now, in the early hours of the night, he fell down on the sofa exhaustedly, and suddenly raised his head and called her "Mom..."

Ren Peiyin was hit hard on the chest and jumped up and down, not daring to answer.

Qiao Anming's hand holding his forehead dropped, and he clasped his hands together, panting heavily.

"...For so many years, I know you have worked very hard. I have never had a father since I was a child. You brought me up, provided for me to study, and provided for me to grow up. So I have not forgotten your kindness. I am your son, and I will never forget to raise a child. Parents, so I, Qiao Anming, no matter how big my wealth is or how far I go, I will never forget your kindness, but because of this, I don't want my son to have a father in the future, and I don't want my son's mother Going your old way, how hard it is to take care of a child by yourself, you should know better than me..." He stopped after speaking for a while, his voice was a little choked, but he quickly put one hand on his forehead to cover his big mouth. Half face, continue talking...

"...but I divorced Gu Lan, not just for the sake of my children... I have made many choices in my life, from the establishment of the factory to the listing of Shengan a few years ago, outsiders think that I am decisive in making decisions, have a sharp vision, and a lack of thinking. It’s clear enough, but I don’t think so, I just happened to be a little lucky, I just took a risk and made a choice, and finally succeeded, but I can say with certainty that every time I choose, I have 80.00% certainty, my aggressiveness There, I knew what kind of consequences I would bear once I made a choice, so I never allowed myself to lose. Even when I married Gu Lan, I had a purpose, and even calculated how much benefit I could get from Gu Zhengmao , but this time is different, I don’t know if my choice is right, I am not sure at all, but I feel very urgent and impatient to implement it..."

When he said this, his tone was a little anxious. He felt that he hadn't explained clearly, and felt that he had opened up a lot of emotions that he had suffocated recently. He wanted to take advantage of the moonlight and simply tell his mother all at once. So Qiao Anming took another deep breath, and said in a slightly soothing tone: "You have also read the reports in newspapers and magazines recently. Most people are not optimistic about the results of me and Du Ruo, and think that it is nothing more than a successful businessman. The vulgar story with the third party will pass after a while, but I know that I don’t think I can make it through this life... In my heart, Du Ruo is not only my son’s mother, but also a beautiful woman. Yes, a girl who is 20 years younger than me, she has given me many feelings that I have never experienced before, such as heartbeat, nervousness, and even sadness... More importantly, she is my woman, and I want to treat her well, so I want to Being with her, I can prevent my son from being gossiped about in the future, and I can also prevent her from being wronged, it's as simple as that!"

At the end of Qiao Anming's speech, he covered most of his face with his entire palm. Such a complete and somewhat hypocritical emotional expression, he felt a little shameful to say his age.

But there is no way, this is indeed the true feeling in his heart now, the feelings for Du Ruo are out of control, and he can't think of a better way except to fight all the way.

But Ren Peiyin looked at Qiao Anming, who was dazzled by emotions, and felt very sad. This is the son she cultivated and was proud of. Where did the decisive and ruthless Qiao Anming go?Could it be that he was really taken away by a little girl's film?It's a joke to give up all the family business and go to be with a girl who is 20 years younger than me!
So Ren Peiyin went directly to Qiao Anming, gritted her teeth and said, "She is pregnant with a child, and I can let her give birth. If Gu Lan doesn't accept it, then I will bring the child, and I will recognize this grandson, but if you want to tell Gu Lan Lan divorced to marry her, unless I die, she will never enter Qiao's house in this life!"

The old lady suddenly yelled, her eyes widened a little because of the yelling, her shoulders trembled, and she leaned forward.

Qiao Anming sighed, stood up and shouted: "Mom... what are you doing? Can't you follow me once?"

"Follow you? Is there anything you have favored me since I was a child?"

"Why not? I married Gu Lan just to please you!" Qiao Anming was also a little annoyed, his whole body was full of anger, which made him even colder, as if Qiao Anming, who had just fallen on the sofa and spoke soothingly, disappeared instantly.

After being yelled at by him, the old lady stepped forward in one breath, pointed at the door and shouted: "Okay, so you have been blaming me for so many years? Blaming me for forcing you to marry Gu Lan? That's fine, you can just complain, Anyway, I'm pretty old, but when it comes to divorce, I will never agree, unless you step on my dead body, otherwise I will stop you at the Civil Affairs Bureau!"

After the old lady yelled, her eyes were red, she stared again, and rushed out completely ignoring Qiao Anming.

Qiao Anming was a little worried. He chased after the door and found that she was still walking on the lawn at the door. Finally, he stopped and went back to the house. He picked up the landline in the living room and called the concierge: "Watch my mother get in the car and call the driver." Give me a call when you get home..."

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Ren Peiyin walked very fast all the way, finally got into the car, sat on the back seat of the car and sighed angrily.

She really didn't expect that things would become so big. She thought that with Qiao Anming's temper, it was impossible to have real feelings for a woman. Didn't she understand her son? He was cold since he was a child, unless it was for his benefit Helping people, otherwise no one will be able to win his heart, even her mother who is related by blood may not be able to affect his emotions, but now it seems that he is determined to leave Gu Lan!

Confused, confused!

Ren Peiyin couldn't help but patted her knee with great regret, but she has a tough temper. She can cultivate a Qiao Anming, so naturally she can't just watch him destroy herself, so she absolutely does not allow Qiao Anming to divorce Gu Lan. Absolutely not allowed!
Du Ruo was lying on a small bed in the bedroom, covered with a mat, and a mosquito net was hung on the top. A small, half-old fan was suspended in the air, and the weak wind blew down, causing the blue mosquito net of the gauze to ripple in circles. .

Her body was lying on her side, her legs were bent, and her stomach seemed even bigger because of this sleeping position.

Zheng Xiaoran also climbed onto the bed, stuffed the bottom of the mosquito net under the mat little by little, and then lay down next to Du Ruo. Because the bed was small, the two of them slept face to face tightly, and the mosquito net was tightly surrounded. It was dense, and it felt like two people were surrounded in a rickety boat.

Zheng Xiaoran didn't speak at first, and kept looking at Du Ruo in front of her. Her face was thin again, her chin was sharp, and her face was exposed to the sun, so she washed her face with cold water when she came back, so she could see a slight peeling on her forehead.

Zheng Xiaoran stroked his fingers up, and asked softly, "Does it hurt? I've got sunburn, have you been running outside these days?"

Du Ruo's eyelids moved, but she didn't answer. Her throat was sore that she couldn't speak. Coupled with the exhaustion and running around these days, she was lying on the bed, her waist was sore and her legs hurt, she looked lazy and even more unwilling. move.

Zheng Xiaoran sighed, retracted his hand, and asked again: "Auntie's compensation, have you dealt with it?"

This time Du Ruo finally responded, but just shook his head.

"Is it very troublesome? Is the other party unwilling to pay? Is there anything I need to help?" She asked several questions in a row. Du Ruo had no choice but to answer with her hoarse voice that was almost indistinguishable: "I'm willing to pay, but I haven't had time to talk about it yet. The body is still in the hospital and won't be released for long, so I want to hurry..."

Every sentence of her seemed to be incomplete, because swallowing would cause pain, so she could only shorten her words as much as possible, Zheng Xiaoran began to feel distressed again, and leaned her body towards her, and said: "I and the company I asked for leave, and I will stay with you for a few more days, if you want me to run away, just ask, you have a big belly, don't be too tired."

Du Ruo looked at Zheng Xiaoran's round face, the breath in his nostrils was heavy, and he wanted to speak, but his mouth was full of sobs, and finally he just nodded, and squeezed out from deep in his throat, "Hmm..."

Seeing her like this, Zheng Xiaoran didn't know how to persuade her, so he suddenly asked, "Where's Qiao Anming? Why didn't he accompany you when such a big thing happened?"

When Du Ruo heard this name, his eyelids closed and his eyelashes covered, forming a half-circle shadow under his eyes.

Seeing that she didn't answer, Zheng Xiaoran asked worriedly: "What happened to you two? Did he shrink back and leave because those reports on the Internet affected his image as a big entrepreneur?"

Du Ruo's eyeballs seemed to move, but she still didn't open them, but she could tell through her rolling eyelids that she was still awake. After waiting for a long time, she shook her head.

"...No, he didn't know about my mother's death...but I broke up with him..."

"What, what's the situation?" Zheng Xiaoran was completely anxious: "Just because of the gossip on the Internet? What about your courage that was not afraid of death before?"

"Courage?" Du Ruo sneered fiercely in his heart, and the corners of his mouth actually curled into a slight arc: "My mother was killed by me in a car accident because of my anger...so I didn't call it that before. Courage is called stupidity who doesn't know the heights of the sky and the depths of the earth..."

She finally said a long sentence, but probably because her throat hurt so badly, the words behind her sounded broken, and her mood fluctuated, Zheng Xiaoran didn't dare to say any more, so she could only pat her on the back to comfort her: "Don't think so, although I don't think you can have a future with him, but your stomach is already so big, do you really want to be a single mother?

Du Ruo finally opened her eyes, but her eyes were already empty, and the turbulent emotions that had just surfaced seemed to disappear without a trace, but she shook her head again, and said in a low voice: "I'm sleepy, let's not talk about it." Is that okay? I'm going to see my mother tomorrow... um... go to sleep..." Then she turned her back to Zheng Xiaoran, and soon there was the sound of even breathing...

Zheng Xiaoran suffered from insomnia in the middle of the night, thinking about Du Ruo's affairs, thinking about her own affairs, and finally pulled out his mobile phone, and entered the string of familiar numbers on the screen.

Qiao An woke up in bed before dawn tomorrow. In fact, he hasn't slept well recently. In addition, he is getting older and his energy is not as good as before, so he lacks sleep a lot. It is inevitable that he feels drowsy and tired. wide awake.

Since Du Ruo broke up with him, he hasn't called her again.

Seeing that the pointer pointed to five o'clock, he started to get up and change clothes, the simplest white cotton shirt, with a narrow circle of navy blue stripes on the turned-up neckline, he always wears a formal attire like a suit and shirt, although The field is very strong, but the whole person feels a little cold and rigid, so today he suddenly dressed so casually, and his complexion looked a little younger.

After looking around in front of the mirror, he began to take out the razor and carefully shave his beard... After tossing and turning for half an hour, he finally finished it, and finally took out his mobile phone and wallet and went downstairs.

Xiao Zhang had already parked his car at the entrance of the main building. When he saw Qiao Anming coming out, he quickly opened the car door and went up to meet him. Qiao Anming didn't speak, but just walked forward.

Xiao Zhang looked behind him and asked in surprise, "Mr. Qiao, where is your luggage? It's still in the room?"

Qiao Anming didn't stop, he bowed into the car, and replied calmly: "No luggage, just go like this..."

Xiao Zhang was a little stunned, he didn't know where Qiao Anming was going, he only knew that he had to take him to the airport, since he was going to the airport, most of the time he was going on a business trip, but his flight was at 1:[-], and it was still close to now Two hours, and Qiao Anming usually pinpoints the end of the airport very accurately, because his time is precious, and every minute cannot be wasted.

But today he actually started two hours earlier, Xiao Zhang stood where he was, feeling that today's boss was a bit strange.

At that time, the sky was not completely bright, but it was close to six o'clock, the dark blue sky was a little red, and it felt like the whole world was shrouded in a dark blue mist, and even the green lawn next to the parking space seemed to be dyed blue Qiao Anming had already sat in the car, leaning against the leather chair, his complexion was not very good, but he seemed to be in good spirits.

Xiao Zhang pestered for a few seconds, seeing Qiao Anming sitting still, he got into the car and set off.

Qiao Anming's home is in the suburbs, so it is only half an hour away from the airport, and he sat in that position all the way.When Xiao Zhang encountered a red light and the car stopped, he would peek at Qiao Anming in the back seat through the rearview mirror. He seemed to have his eyes closed, and suddenly asked, "Do you know where I am going today?"

Xiao Zhang paused, startled by his sudden question, just when the red light turned green, the car behind him honked his horn a few times before Xiao Zhang reacted, stepped on the gas pedal and drove out, but asked falteringly : "Mr. Qiao, I'm sorry, what did you ask me just now?"

Qiao Anming finally moved, leaned on the side of the car window with one arm, propped his chin, but didn't ask any questions, but replied directly: "I'm going to Xuancheng today."

This time Xiao Zhang heard clearly, but he was so nervous that he couldn't speak. He knew that Du Ruo's hometown was Xuancheng, and he had read newspapers and websites. The matter between him and Du Ruo had been hyped by various media. There was a lot of uproar, and Gu Lan was still in the hospital, so he chose to go to Xuancheng at this juncture, what do you mean?
So the more Xiao Zhang thought about it, the more confused he became, and he didn't dare to ask, so he could only keep silent and drive with his head covered.

At the gate of the terminal building, Qiao Anming got off the car lightly, his back was straightened, and he was about to disappear into the crowd soon.Xiao Zhang suddenly caught up and shouted: "Mr. Qiao, you didn't bring any luggage. Are you going back that day? When should I wait for you at the airport?"

Qiao Anming stopped, turned around and waved to Xiao Zhang: "I don't know when I'll be back, and I haven't bought a return ticket, so you don't have to come pick me up..."

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Xiao Zhang said "Oh", but still stood at the entrance and looked at Qiao Anming's figure. His tall and straight white figure was quickly overwhelmed by the crowd, but Xiao Zhang always remembered Qiao Anming's expression that morning, giving people the impression that he was The whole person seems to have been set a fixed program, and there are no emotional fluctuations, but his face is serious, a little sad and deep.

At dawn, Zheng Xiaoran woke up and found that the person beside her was gone. She slipped out of the mosquito net with a "Zi Liu" sound and called "Du Ruo" a few times. There was no echo in the crowded space. Her heart sank and she immediately sucked on her shoes I ran out of the yard, because I ran too fast, the buckle strap of the sandal was not fastened, I accidentally stepped on it, the whole person rushed forward, and my knee accidentally hit the corner of the door, it hurt...

Zheng Xiaoran groaned "hissing", looked up and saw a figure curled up under the old locust tree, Du Ruo was sitting under the tree in slippers, with his head lowered, his hands supporting the cement edge of the flower bed, the early morning alley blowing by A slight wind easily lifted her drooping hair, and the thin branches and leaves above her head also trembled. She was wearing white pajamas, and she sat there thinly, like a little girl wrapped in the shade of a big tree. small speck.

Zheng Xiaoran stayed with Du Ruo for half a day and a night, and felt that she was expressionless all the time, as if the facial features were frozen stiff, she didn't talk much, her whole body was wet and seductive, it was too abnormal, she should cry logically, but Zheng Xiaoran I found that she didn't seem to shed a single tear, and now this little spot was sitting under the tree motionless. At that time, the day just dawned, and she was caged in a thin layer of mist, which was somewhat illusory. Du Ruo made Zheng Xiaoran both distressed and worried.

She walked over and said, "Du Ruo, why did you wake up so early? What are you doing here?"

The person on the flower bed raised his head, his eyes were dim, and he lifted one arm feebly, pointing at the place Zheng Xiaoran stepped on, as if he swallowed a mouthful of saliva with great effort, and tried to speak: "There...where you stand, Xia Tian When it’s hot, our family will move out the small table and eat under the tree…”

As soon as Zheng Xiaoran heard this, her eyes became moist instantly, because of what Du Ruo said suddenly, and also because of her hoarse voice, she walked over, sat beside her, and said, holding back the sound of crying: "... With your voice, it’s better not to talk, and don’t go to see your aunt, I’ll accompany you to the hospital for a visit, I’m probably so tired that your tonsils are inflamed..."

Du Ruo swallowed another mouthful of saliva. In fact, her throat was really swollen and sore, but she still insisted and said, "I'm going to see her. I haven't dared to go...but I have to..."

"Don't go, what can you do if you look at it, you are still pregnant with a child, it's better not to go to that kind of place..."

Du Ruo wanted to say something, but because her throat hurt so much, she could only swallow and shook her head.

(End of this chapter)