Chapter 867: Behind

When hearing Li Xuewu say he hadn't eaten yet, Ran Qiuye wiped her tears and started getting busy.

At first, Li Xuewu didn't pay much attention, until Ran Qiuye took out foreign things.

Li Xuewu looked at the ornaments on the table in surprise, raised his eyebrows and asked, "What is this?".

Ran Qiuye lowered her head and replied, "Candles~"

"..."

Li Xuewu smiled silently, glanced at her, and said, "I don't know these are candles?"

"Then what are you asking?"

Ran Qiuye still had a complaining meaning on her mouth, so the words she said sounded like they carried dissatisfied emotions.

Li Xuewu never dared to offend those who prepared meals for him; he was afraid that the other party would add special seasonings to the rice.

Only a small-minded person like him would think so. Ran Qiuye was too lazy to bother with him.

After setting up the candle holder, she brought two plates out from the kitchen, holding two sets of knives, forks, and spoons in her hand.

Li Xuewu raised his eyebrows in surprise. Seeing this, he finally reacted. Why would she light candles when the electric light overhead was fine?

He even thought she wanted to play some stimulating little game...

It turned out she wanted to eat Western food!

Eating Western food should indeed involve lighting candles. It's about the atmosphere, it has to be fully pulled up.

It's just that after Ran Qiuye set the tableware, she poured him a cup of warm water, and then the person disappeared.

Li Xuewu sat in the chair waiting for a long time without seeing the food served. He looked left and right, thinking that Ran Qiuye wouldn't want to take revenge on himself and prepare to starve him, right?

"Waiter?"

He was still joking here. Turning around, he found that Ran Qiuye had changed into a different person, walking slowly from the kitchen side.

Dark hair coiled, scattering a few strands of mature charm.

Red lips dotted with vermilion, dazzling candlelight shining on her shyness.

White clothes whiter than snow, bold tailoring wrapping her graceful figure.

Gaze soft as silk, little teardrops turning into lovesickness.

"Click~"

Casually turning off the light overhead, only the flickering candlelight remained in the restaurant, and that him.

Ran Qiuye carried the meal tray and walked into the restaurant under Li Xuewu's strange gaze.

Even if a woman dresses up for someone who knows her, wearing a low-cut white dress for the first time and showing love so boldly for the first time still made Ran Qiuye's face covered in red frost.

More beautiful than flowers, white with red, Li Xuewu unconsciously picked up the water cup on the table and took a sip.

The sound of water entering his throat was so loud in the quiet night.

This was Li Xuewu's best response to her beauty, but it made Ran Qiuye blush even more.

Forcing herself to go to the kitchen to bring out a few dishes, she bit her lip, took a bottle of red wine from the cabinet, and said hesitantly, "This is... left over~"

Li Xuewu raised his eyebrows, looked at her embarrassment and said, "Only after loving do you know the weight of feelings, only after being drunk do you know the richness of wine. If you don't let me taste it, how would I know its richness?"

Ran Qiuye looked up. Li Xuewu's gaze was gentle, just like that night of the water tower accident, like a lamp in the dark night, shining on her frightened heart.

"Hmph~"

She gave a coquettish snort, walked to the table with a red wine glass, bit her lip and said, "You are a fickle radish~"

"So what?"

Li Xuewu didn't care about Ran Qiuye's words, knowing she understood his words just now, and asked with a smile, "Radish with wine, the more you drink, the more you have?"

Ran Qiuye couldn't win against him, glanced at him, signaled the dishes on the table, and said, "Blame yourself, eating leftovers, drinking leftover wine."

Li Xuewu looked at the plating on the table, then looked at the red wine that had been opened, and asked amusedly, "Left for me?"

"No~"

Ran Qiuye's eyes turned red, feeling aggrieved in her heart, but still said stubbornly on her mouth, "If you don't eat, I'll eat it myself."

It looked like it was really prepared yesterday. Since he didn't come, it had been left like this.

Whether it was leftovers or opened wine, it was prepared for him in the end. Li Xuewu didn't mind.

He took the initiative to take the red wine, without asking how much thought she had spent preparing these, or how much effort she had spent.

He poured one-fifth of the amount into each other's red wine glasses, and then explained with a smile, "In the world, one cannot help oneself."

Ran Qiuye turned her face away, not looking at him, tears falling down one after another. The grievances that hadn't been vented when he entered the door surged out at this moment.

There was no need for any reason, let alone him to explain. Whether it was work being busy or having to accompany family, in the end, he wasn't hers.

She sniffed hard, picked up the wine glass, and ignored Li Xuewu's embarrassment, drinking it all in one gulp.

Li Xuewu didn't drink that glass of wine, but picked up the wine bottle and continued to pour new wine into their glasses.

The two looked at each other without words. Li Xuewu didn't want to lie to her, and she wasn't a naive little girl.

After drinking three glasses in a row, Ran Qiuye put down the glass and asked, "If I didn't go find you, would you never come find me?"

"Do you think I'm fake serious?"

Li Xuewu raised his eyebrows and said freely, "If rules could shackle my footsteps, you wouldn't be sitting in front of me."

"Then why?"

Ran Qiuye wiped her tears, looked at Li Xuewu and asked tentatively, "Is it because I didn't make your heart beat, or is this matter insignificant in your heart?"

"Both~"

Li Xuewu took a light sip of red wine. The wine was fragrant, but it had been awake for too long, and the taste had dissipated.

"What you are struggling with is exactly what I am most worried about. I never thought about breaking into your life, let alone..."

"You've already broken in."

Ran Qiuye didn't let Li Xuewu finish his words. The slightly tipsy wine blurred her eyes, and she looked at Li Xuewu and said frankly, "Descending from the sky in my world, and messing it up."

"I'm very sorry that my appearance has caused trouble in your life."

Li Xuewu picked up the wine glass and clinked it with hers, apologizing, "It's not that I cherish my body before the cup, it's hard to avoid pretending to be crazy; I once whipped a famous horse because of drunkenness, fearing that too much love would tire the beauty."

"When will the moon come from the blue sky? I stop my cup and ask."

Ran Qiuye pinched the wine glass, looking at Li Xuewu with teary eyes and saying: "One cannot reach the bright moon, but the moon follows people."

Li Xuewu gave a bitter smile, drank the wine in the cup, and added new wine to both of their glasses.

This time his hand was heavier, and the red wine in each other's glasses exceeded half.

"I can't play with anything too elegant, let's talk about something vulgar."

Li Xuewu picked up the knife and fork, skillfully divided the meat steak on the plate, and asked softly: "Haven't you thought about a normal life?"

"What kind of life is normal?"

Ran Qiuye sniffed, looked at Li Xuewu and asked: "Like my parents? Having to hide and tuck away just to eat a Western meal while reminiscing about the past?"

Hearing her say this, Li Xuewu raised his eyes, wanting to understand this set of tableware, these decorations, it turned out to be the favorite of Ran's parents.

Their family are overseas Chinese; Li Xuewu doesn't know when their ancestors went out, but seeing the old couple's style, it's obviously not ordinary people.

The tableware is all silver, and the bone plates are also very particular; the candlestick is also carved with a bare-bottomed foreign child; it's their family's good fortune that it wasn't discovered by outsiders.

Li Xuewu's red heart doesn't go so far as to not be able to accommodate these external things; whether it's Western food or Chinese food, the one that can fill the stomach is a good meal.

Those with conditions wanting to enjoy a little petty bourgeois sentiment is also understandable, as long as they don't steal or rob, it all depends on people's ability.

Just looking at the Ran family returning to the country to participate in construction and devoting themselves to the cause of education, Li Xuewu didn't feel that he had lost anyone by doing this.

As for Ran Qiuye, he didn't know how to handle it either; she said she descended from the sky from her world, and he wasn't an angel on a candlestick, how could he have that ability.

If it were a green girl with whimsical ideas, Li Xuewu wouldn't even bother with her.

But after all, she is a big girl older than himself; he was relieved when she cried and said she loved him to death.

It's just this lingering, deep affection that Li Xuewu couldn't stand.

Just like what he said just now, in this world, there are no conditions that can limit his actions.

Only he adapts to the environment, actively changes life, but there is no him forced by life.

Li Xuewu didn't care about the complaints in Ran Qiuye's words, listening to her talk about all kinds of setbacks in life, white eyes in front of people, and discussions behind people's backs.

Ran Qiuye finally had someone to pour out her bitterness, and the words in her mouth couldn't help but increase.

Watching Li Xuewu take away the plate in front of her, put down the cut portion, she couldn't help but feel warm and tearful again.

Li Xuewu tasted a piece of meat steak, knowing it was pork; he thought this might be the best ingredient Ran Qiuye could find.

There were also cold ham and cream eggs on the table; Li Xuewu wasn't used to eating them and didn't move his knife and fork.

Completely becoming a listener, Li Xuewu ate while tasting the mature wine, occasionally responding with two sentences, giving Ran Qiuye a supporting role.

Until she was dry-mouthed, Ran Qiuye discovered that Li Xuewu opposite had finished eating, and the bottle of red wine had also been drunk by her to the bottom.

Letting out a long breath, fanning the red heat on her face, Ran Qiuye said embarrassedly: "Haven't talked so happily for a long time."

"You trust me so much?"

Li Xuewu folded his left leg, looked at Ran Qiuye and asked: "Opening your heart also has a price."

"Even if it's death~"

Ran Qiuye gazed at Li Xuewu and said straightly: "I would rather die in your hands."

"Hahaha~"

Li Xuewu laughed, indicated the plate on the table and asked: "Still eating?"

"Mm, not eating."

Ran Qiuye shook her head slightly and said: "I ate before you came."

Li Xuewu raised his eyebrows, smiled, stood up, and walked towards the other party.

Ran Qiuye was at a loss because of his approach, or as if she had psychological preparation, closing her eyes as if resigned to fate.

Li Xuewu looked at her waiting appearance, really embarrassed to pull away the clothes on the back of her chair and leave, so he could only bend down and hold her up.

"Ah~"

Ran Qiuye got what she wanted, but couldn't help but let out a soft cry, her hands somewhat flusteredly wrapping around Li Xuewu's neck.

Li Xuewu smiled wickedly and said: "You still have the opportunity to choose life now; once you fall into my hands, this fate will be up to me, not heaven."

Ran Qiuye's face was red and her ears were red; because of the wine, she didn't have the shyness of a little girl at this age, even if she hadn't had the experience.

She pointed to the bedroom direction with her finger, humming softly in her mouth: "Now is the life I choose."

"Since you want to go to the end of the road."

Li Xuewu held her and walked towards the inner room, teasing: "Then I will respectfully obey."

"Ah~~~!"

This era takes life very lightly, as if the motherland's development cause and construction are more important.

But sometimes people treat life rigidly and treat it differently.

Petty bourgeois life is a style that ordinary people in this era can come into contact with, but internally peek at and carry contemptuous eyes.

Someone summarized the three standards of petty bourgeois life:

Education and cultural level: Petty bourgeois usually refers to those who have received higher education and have a certain cultural cultivation and knowledge level.

Economic status: Their economic foundation is on the edge of the middle class, higher than ordinary people and general wage earners, but has not yet reached the upper limit of the middle class.

Life taste and pursuit: Petty bourgeois pursue inner experience, material and spiritual enjoyment, and unique taste, interest, and style are important characteristics of their life.

Let me explain the middle class first; this is a false proposition, a comfort means constructed by the asset class for people who are different from the proletariat.

It itself has no exact standard, especially in the domestic at this time, it is even more a vocabulary that everyone shouts and beats.

But it really lives in the hearts of some people, becoming a ruler to measure life standards.

Let's talk about petty bourgeois life again; this kind of title with critical meaning is itself a life attitude that is targeted.

Talking about education and cultural level, talking about economic status, talking about the taste and pursuit of life, Following Lou Jie's life surpasses this style, because their family can no longer be called petty bourgeois.

Don't look at Following Lou Jie being careless in her daily life, but she is the one who knows how to live and spend money.

From Ran Qiuye, you can't see Following Lou Jie's boldness and calmness toward money; what you see is a small family girl, also yearning for life style and fun.

She was born abroad, has had a rich life since she was a child, and enjoyed professional and rich educational resources.

After returning to the country, the life of the family of three was not tight.

The wages of the three teachers were enough to live a rich life.

If it weren't for the family's decline and the occurrence of changes, Ran Qiuye wouldn't have lost hope and belief in life.

Committing herself to Li Xuewu is more like a compromise and resignation to life, an indulgence and tolerance for herself.

Choosing to use Western food to entertain Li Xuewu means she abandons the hypocritical mask, follows her inner feelings, likes what she likes, and expresses what she likes.

Her parents like this life, and she also likes this style very much.

So what she shows Li Xuewu is the real her, facing her own life choices without covering up nothingness.

It's just liking to pursue inner experience, just liking material and spiritual enjoyment, just paying attention to unique taste, interest, and style.

Since she can't learn other people's red hearts, and can't pretend to be other people's loyalty, she wants to steel herself against this rotten and terrible life.

Where in life is there no joy, even if she becomes a lone traveler, Ran Qiuye wants to give herself the most comfortable life in the worst period of her life.

Li Xuewu's background, ability, wealth, or whether the financial resources supporting her life are sufficient, she saw her parents' worry-free food and clothing in Hongxing Village and had no worries.

What she wants, this man has; what she can give, this man doesn't lack.

So emotion itself is an unequal transaction, and Li Xuewu's departure has become the fairness of this "transaction."

Western food, red wine, white skirt, sofa, soft collapse, candlestick; Li Xuewu after getting on the car is still savoring the petty bourgeois woman, full of charm.

Han Jiankun adheres to the bottom line and persistence of being a driver, not asking what shouldn't be asked, not saying what shouldn't be said, and not doing what shouldn't be done.

So he sent Li Xuewu to the door of the Haiyuncang villa, picked up Qin Jingru to go home, and didn't show any strange expression at all.

Qin Jingru reminded Li Xuewu before leaving that the luggage had been packed, and to check again what needed to be added.

Li Xuewu smiled and sent the couple out, then turned around and closed the gate.

On a night without wind, stars were scattered in the sky; Li Xuewu stood in the courtyard and smoked a cigarette, then entered the entrance hall.

Gu Ning walked down holding the stair railing, saw Li Xuewu standing in the living room flipping through the luggage, and asked softly: "Just back?"

"Mm? Oh, smoked a cigarette."

Li Xuewu turned around and looked at his wife, explained with a smile, and then continued to flip through the luggage on the sofa: "Jingru asked me to see what's missing; it's folded so neatly, I'm embarrassed to flip it."

Gu Ning looked at him, didn't say anything, walked down the stairs and sat by the sofa, watching Li Xuewu busy.

"Haven't slept the whole time?"

Li Xuewu looked at the wall clock; it was just past ten o'clock, and then looked at Gu Ning's eyes; it didn't look like she had slept.

Gu Ning shook her head and said: "Slept in the afternoon, not sleepy yet, waiting for you."

"The sun was good today, did you go out for a walk?"

Li Xuewu looked at all the clothes once, nothing needed to be added, so he put them back the way they were.

But it's easy to open and hard to pack back; it took a long time to succeed.

Gu Ning supported her chin, her arms propped on her knees, her eyes somewhat blurred and said: "Took Li Shu out to play, came back and slept, a bit tired."

"Walk more, it's good for you; you don't like to move too much, and the child doesn't move either."

Li Xuewu poured a glass of warm water for Gu Ning, while he put the luggage away.

After Gu Ning put down the cup, he bent down and held Gu Ning up, and went upstairs.

If the waist is good, the legs and feet are good; going to the second floor is effortless!

The old lady had already taken Li Shu to sleep in the inner room, and Gu Ning didn't have too much shyness while enjoying his tenderness.

Although they weren't an old couple, the reluctance of parting still made Gu Ning take the initiative to express her lingering feelings.

Li Xuewu's careful care and soft words also dispelled the different emotions in her heart.

After he finished showering and came out, both of them lay on the bed, and Gu Ning asked: "Going to Yangcheng, is there anything else?"

"What matter?"

Li Xuewu turned his head to look at Gu Ning, raised his eyebrows, and said: "Not counting the work in the factory, I have to go see Third Uncle."

"Someone called home."

Gu Ning turned her face away, looking at the white curtains reflecting the moonlight, and said: "You are going to Hong Kong."

"Not going to Hong Kong, I'm only going to Yangcheng."

Li Xuewu felt Gu Ning's emotions and said firmly: "Wherever I go should be arranged by the organization; even if there is a temporary change, it should conform to the procedure."

"Really?"

Gu Ning turned her head, looked at Li Xuewu, her eyes seemingly questioning, seemingly comforting.

Li Xuewu said with amusement: "What kind of person do you think I am?"

"A river pirate?"

"A chivalrous hero?"

"Flying over eaves and walking on walls, wanting to go wherever I want?"

"Hong Kong does have such a thing, but it's not me going, but Wen San'er taking others there."

Li Xuewu saw Gu Ning ask, so he said frankly: "Ji Wang Weidong went to the front station, just for them."

"You aren't going?"

Gu Ning didn't care who went to Hong Kong, nor did she care what Wen San'er and the others were doing in Hong Kong; she just wanted to determine if Li Xuewu had changed his heart.

"Not going!"

Li Xuewu said seriously and firmly again: "Not to mention having a family and you now, even if I were a lonely person, I wouldn't want to be a guest in a foreign land."

"Have you heard about Hong Kong?"

Thinking that Gu Ning was so nervous, Li Xuewu turned around, looked at Gu Ning and asked: "How much do you know?"

"I've been to Hong Kong."

Gu Ning turned over, side-facing Li Xuewu, and said: "My dad and the others took me there when they were recuperating in Yangcheng."

Li Xuewu looked at Gu Ning with some surprise; although it was dark in the room, Gu Ning could still see his wide-open eyes.

"It was also a long time ago, I was only ten years old then."

As if afraid that Li Xuewu would be hit, Gu Ning explained again.

Li Xuewu didn't envy Gu Ning's special experience; he knew that the horizontal line couldn't stop special groups of people.

A few years ago, when he was a soldier in Yangcheng, he heard about such things, but they were all stories and fun to listen to, and he didn't care.

Thinking about it today, what hasn't been seen doesn't mean it doesn't exist, and what hasn't been heard doesn't mean it hasn't happened; not having this kind of knowledge only means that he didn't stand high enough and didn't see far enough.

"I don't like that place."

Gu Ning said somewhat stubbornly: "It makes people feel at a loss, makes thoughts degenerate, and becomes ignorant and boring."

"Haha~"

Li Xuewu laughed, looked at his wife's tone like tricking a child, nodded and agreed: "I also think so; as a warrior of the proletariat trusted and cultivated by the organization, I firmly resist this kind of system and style."

"Mm~!"

Gu Ning pouted, nodded in agreement: "Seemingly free, but actually a cage, locking up thoughts, indulging the desire for money, a hell-like world."

"Mm, indeed, I won't go."

Li Xuewu nodded and said: "I want to learn from Comrade Gu Ning, be a person who is detached from low-level and vulgar interests, and be a noble person."

Gu Ning was embarrassed by Li Xuewu's words, raised her hand and hit him, chiding: "Not serious~"

"Cough cough~"

Li Xuewu couldn't help but laugh, choked a bit, but seeing Gu Ning's face red, he leaned closer and said: "Are you afraid that I'll be a meat bun hitting a dog and never return?"

"No~"

Gu Ning pushed away Li Xuewu's big face, avoided his fiery gaze, and said stubbornly: "I'm afraid you'll degenerate."

"Thank you, I almost went astray."

Li Xuewu chased and kissed her, then explained: "Biaozi started a project in Steel City, it's with Ji Wang Weidong's unit and the Steel Mill, mainly shipping."

"The Rolling Steel Mill wants to determine cooperation with the Hong Kong Five-Grain Bank; there are goods from Steel City to Beijing and Tianjin, so the shipping project took on this errand."

"Wen San'er wants to take people to Hong Kong to help Ji Wang Weidong, operating shipping and port business; I will have a short docking with their ship in Yangcheng, mainly coordinating goods from Steel City to Hong Kong."

"Mm."

Gu Ning didn't really understand the situation behind it, just knew the relationship between the few people.

She was familiar with Wen San'er; since Li Xuewu explained it, she believed it.

As for the situation behind this matter, she didn't want to know, and it was useless to know.

She didn't ask why Li Xuewu came back at this time; the two had an agreement: Li Xuewu does his own things, she doesn't care, but what she wants to know, Li Xuewu will say.

So far, the two have gotten along very properly; Li Xuewu did what he should do, and also did what she needed him to do.

As long as she is sure that Li Xuewu won't go out of bounds this time, and won't let her be in a lost and embarrassed situation, she doesn't want to ask what Li Xuewu is going to do.

She has the confidence to face life, face marriage, and has the wisdom to handle the little things in life and marriage.

For Gu Ning, except for love and not love, life and death, everything else is a small matter.

Although that phone call was a bit unexpected, Gu Ning didn't want to investigate it, and didn't want it to destroy her life.

Li Xuewu had many accidents, but didn't let her bear the debt of "being a mother," and no one came to the door to ask for love debts; as long as he lives clearly, Gu Ning is happy to be confused.

Li Shu is of course not Gu Ning's accident; the little guy calls her mom clearly, and she is also willing to pay maternal love.

As for the godson Li Xuewu called randomly, there might be many more in the future, and she didn't take it to heart.

But hearing Li Xuewu mention Wen San'er, she thought of the mother and son living in the courtyard again; if Li Xuewu ran to Hong Kong, what kind of mood would she be in.

Before, she might have felt that living alone was also very good, why bother finding trouble getting married~

Later, with the appearance of Li Xuewu, a ray of sunshine shone into her life, somewhat dazzling and naughty, letting her experience the joy of the world.

Now with the heartbeat in her stomach, she seems to rely on this man more and more unknowingly.

What she thought in her heart, her body leaned toward his chest involuntarily; warm, heavy, reliable.

Li Xuewu held Gu Ning, feeling her tenderness, and also felt that he was a reliable man.

(Li Er finger: Who is commenting "Damn!")

Long platform, of course, no need to wait lonely; the leader boards the train, who dares to let them wait.

Saturday night at eight o'clock, all staff going to Yangcheng for the exhibition gathered at the Rolling Steel Mill dispatch platform.

The person in charge of each team organized roll calls, boarding, and coordinated luggage handling; the person in charge of the cargo carriage had already applied the lead seal and was checking the tickets with the train conductor.

A train of three carriages: one soft-sleeper office carriage, one hard-sleeper commuter carriage, and one cargo carriage.

The cargo carriage was loaded with the products for this exhibition, as well as various necessary materials, including the red books and small gifts Li Xuewu asked Shen Guodong to prepare.

The hard-sleeper commuter carriage had more than a hundred beds, enough for the staff going with the group to stay and ride.

The soft-sleeper office carriage was very high-end; in addition to separate soft-sleeper compartments, there were conference rooms, bathrooms, duty rooms, offices, etc.

In the carriage labeling, it wasn't called a soft-sleeper office carriage, but collectively called an official vehicle.

The factory leaders going to Yangcheng this time were two, Li Huai De and Jing Yunong; there were three leaders at the group leader level, Li Xuewu, Gou Zirong, and Xia Zhongquan.

Gou Zirong, as the person in charge of the preparatory group, had already gone to Yangcheng in advance, so the four compartments of the official vehicle were divided among the four of them, one for each.

Xia Zhongquan, as the chief engineer, naturally had a level comparable to the group leader level, so enjoying compartment treatment was as it should be.

He didn't know the train layout before boarding, and wanted to pull Li Xuewu to live in one room, but Li Xuewu arranged for Following Lou Jie to board the train, so naturally he didn't want to bother with the old man.

The soft compartments on the official vehicle were a bit special; the beds were small double beds, not the traditional upper and lower bunks.

The compartment included a bed, a desk, a chair, very complete.

Secretaries naturally didn't have to squeeze in a compartment with leaders; they had special rest rooms and desks.

Similar to traditional soft sleepers, just without the sofa, replaced by a small desk.

Sha Qizhi settled Li Xuewu's luggage and went to his room; Following Lou Jie was the one he picked up to board the train, and he was also the one who sent her to Li Xuewu's compartment.

Why the leader arranged it this way, he didn't know, and didn't want to know.

He had seen many female comrades with special relationships with Li Xuewu.

However, there was no one who truly showed a special relationship; false and true, virtual and real, he couldn't figure out the exact situation either.

You say this female comrade boarding the train is close to Li Xuewu, but he had never seen the other party before.

Li Xuewu is not the kind of person who brings private relationships to travel on public business; people boarded the train with the introduction letter of the Rolling Steel Mill's cooperative unit in Beijing.

If you want to say special, there could be that special one in Tianjin; he and Han Jiankun personally sent her over, and the house was arranged by Li Xuewu.

The key is that that one is pregnant, and the problem here is big.

He didn't worry about this matter in his heart, but Li Xuewu wasn't this kind of person, especially considering the relationship of Li Xuewu's in-laws, it was even more impossible for such a thing to happen.

But that pregnant woman with a big belly went to Tianjin brightly, how to explain this.

Explain what; those who can know this matter don't dare to provoke Li Xuewu, and those who don't know, if they don't say, no one wants to know.

Li Xuewu dug too many pits; those who fell in and broke their legs, and lost their lives, were too many, so no one wanted to touch his side easily.

And on the official vehicle, except for the four leaders, and the corresponding secretaries and office staff, who would care about this.

More than an hour of noise, the platform gradually quieted down in the urging and shouting.

After the whistle sounded, amidst the waving of the factory leaders and office staff who came to see them off, at 21:10, the three carriages slowly started under the pull of the temporary locomotive and left the dispatch workshop.

According to the Rolling Steel Mill's dispatching, the three special carriages would be hung behind the fast train No. 15.

It was 21:10 when they came out of the Rolling Steel Mill, and it was already 22:10 when the hanging was completed and the train officially departed.

When Li Xuewu came back from the conference room, Following Lou Jie was sitting on the bed in a daze.

Seeing him enter the room, she remembered to put down the leather bag in her hand, biting her lip and not knowing what to say.

"Just sitting like this?"

"Mm."

Following Lou Jie responded, looking at Li Xuewu pouring hot water by the desk, her eyes somewhat blurred.

Li Xuewu put the teacup by Following Lou Jie's hand, took out a washbasin from under the bed, and indicated the door: "Get some hot water to wash your feet, so you can sleep."

"I'll go..."

Following Lou Jie stood up as if out of habit, just about to take the basin from Li Xuewu's hand, but remembered something, and retracted her hand as if touched by electricity.

Looking at Following Lou Jie's embarrassed and lost face, Li Xuewu didn't say anything, carried the basin and went out of the compartment door.

Following Lou Jie sat back on the bed with a dim expression, remembering her identity; she couldn't see the light in Beijing, and naturally couldn't on the train.

She wanted to return to the past, to the small courtyard by the sea, to the days of living together.

No wealth, no fine food, as long as she had him.

The compartment door opened again, and Li Xuewu walked in with the washbasin.

Following Lou Jie wiped the tears that didn't know when they fell on her face, cold.

"Look, what is this for~"

Li Xuewu turned around and closed the compartment door, pulled the curtains, took the chair from the desk and sat opposite Following Lou Jie.

Following Lou Jie dodged Li Xuewu's big hand, facing the car window, biting her lip, not letting the tears continue to fall.

"Just because I didn't let you get hot water?"

Li Xuewu naturally knew why Following Lou Jie was crying, teasing on purpose: "I serve you, but it doesn't work?"

While speaking, he stood up to get a towel, dipped it in the hot water basin, wrung it out, walked over and wiped her face.

Following Lou Jie's tears seemed to have broken the embankment, couldn't be wiped clean, couldn't be wiped dry, kept flowing down.

"Alright, alright, don't cry."

Li Xuewu held Following Lou Jie in his arms and comforted her gently, comforting her: "We won't go, we won't go, we'll play in Yangcheng and come back."

Following Lou Jie bit her lip, crying silently, and pushed Li Xuewu's hand away, hitting him a few times.

Li Xuewu endured it silently, patted her back gently, and comforted her: "I mean what I say; if you want to wait to see Dad in Yangcheng, then go with me; if you don't want to, you can get off at the next stop and return."

Following Lou Jie, lying in Li Xuewu's arms, felt aggrieved, but still shook her head stubbornly.

Although it was Li Xuewu who suggested she go to Hong Kong, what really made her unable to refuse was her dad.

She didn't know what her father encountered in Hong Kong, but she could still feel her father's loss from the news passed back.

The families of the eldest aunt and the second aunt went to Hong Kong early; who knows how they live.

This time her father went to Hong Kong, he had the meaning of handling Li Xuewu's affairs, but also had the preparation of looking for relatives.

The company's affairs were smooth; the only thing that could make her father lose was the matter of looking for relatives.

In Beijing, her father only had her and her eldest sister as two daughters; the eldest sister didn't stand up, and because of her background, she was bullied in her husband's family, and didn't even dare to return to her maiden home.

Her father intended to keep the family property; if she didn't stand up, she really counted on her father to work hard.

So whether complaining about Li Xuewu being selfish or hating Li Xuewu for being heartless, it wasn't that Li Xuewu chose her, but that she chose her family and parents.

To talk about a spokesperson, she represented Li Xuewu less than she represented the Lou family; once she went out, she had to act as the head of the Lou family.

But understanding all kinds of things, she still couldn't help but complain about Li Xuewu, why he had to "collude" with her dad, and in the end let her make a sacrifice.

Thinking that she wouldn't see Li Xuewu for many years, Following Lou Jie hated her own father.

Li Xuewu coaxed and persuaded, held her and washed her feet, finally making Following Lou Jie stop crying.

"I hate you~"

"Alright, alright, alright."

Li Xuewu nodded indifferently; whatever she said was fine, as long as she didn't cry.

Seeing him perfunctory, Following Lou Jie wanted to kick him with her feet from the water basin, but her skill wasn't good, and she was caught by Li Xuewu.

"Talk is talk, but you can't move your hands!"

Li Xuewu scratched her soles, making Following Lou Jie kick hard, glared at him, and started soaking her feet angrily again.

"I won't come back, you won't want to see me again in the future."

"Mm mm mm."

Li Xuewu nodded repeatedly: "I'm annoying like this."

He also wasn't afraid of trouble; while Following Lou Jie was soaking her feet, he also took off his shoes, stretched his two feet directly onto Following Lou Jie's feet.

"You are a bastard!"

Seeing Li Xuewu like this, Following Lou Jie was angry and wanted to bite someone!

The water in the water basin was hot; she put it in and took it out to cool it, Li Xuewu's feet stepped on hers, making her almost stand up.

Li Xuewu didn't care about her baring teeth, smiled and said: "Soaking is good, it promotes blood circulation and removes blood stasis, which helps sleep."

"Sleep a fart! You burned me to death!"

Following Lou Jie's feet were stepped on, and she didn't dare to pull out hard, afraid of spilling the water basin; this compartment wasn't at home.

Li Xuewu saw that she really couldn't stand it, so he released his feet, but was stepped on by Following Lou Jie to retaliate against him.

"Ouch~ Hot! Hot! Hot! ~"

Seeing the fierce pleasure on Following Lou Jie's face, Li Xuewu pretended to be unable to stand it and shouted hot, but his acting was exaggerated, and he was seen through by Following Lou Jie.

"Hmph~"

Following Lou Jie stepped on him hard, and after a hum, she followed the gap of his feet and reached into the water basin.

One sitting on the bed, one sitting on the chair, feet against each other in a water basin, warming Following Lou Jie's heart to melt.

The clattering sound of the train disappeared from the world, and only the man opposite remained in her eyes.

Li Xuewu felt the thick affection in Following Lou Jie's eyes, reached out and held her small hand, and said: "I'm serious, you don't have to go, let Dad stay in Hong Kong."

"Can you not be so cruel?"

Following Lou Jie narrowed her eyes and glared at Li Xuewu: "I just forgot the pain, and you came to uncover my scar."

"If it were really possible, you wouldn't have let me board the train."

"Even if you have such an arrangement, how could I bear to let my dad suffer this hardship and fatigue?"

Following Lou Jie isn't stupid; in her eyes, besides love, there is also clear wisdom.

Even if she stays in Beijing, how far can she go with Li Xuewu?

Without the family's support, how is she different from Yu Li? Li Xuewu doesn't need two secretaries.

Even if she can manage accounts for him, as the career gets bigger and bigger, manpower becomes smaller and smaller; Li Xuewu prefers standardization and institutionalization.

Even couples who marry young have a day of scattering; how can she guarantee that Li Xuewu won't change his heart toward her.

Even if Li Xuewu loves her as one, when they are old and yellow, what will the two of them say when sitting together.

Women, after all, have to live out a style; the beauty that men like will fade with the passage of time.

But time is also fair, and will compensate her with a beauty called temperament, turning it into eternity.

Following Lou Jie has thought about it; rather than waiting passively, it's better to fight actively.

Before, she was the woman behind Li Xuewu; later, she wants Li Xuewu to be the man behind her.

This can be had; Li Xuewu likes behind...