Bend Over [ 折腰 ] - Chapter 150

[Chapter 148]

Little Joe held his breath and quietly stepped back.

In the room, Philippe was still sleeping.

Little Joe blew the lamp and climbed into bed and lay down again.

She closed her eyes.

Slowly, something wet spilled out of the corner of the eye.

Before it could flow down, she quickly wiped it away.

After a long time, Little Joe finally heard the sound of him returning to the room with his hands and feet.

He passed by the small bedside and stopped for a moment.

In the hazy night, Little Joe saw him reach out and seemed to stroke the face of Phi Phi, followed by a slight creaking sound, and the bed beside him sank slightly, and he slowly lay back.

Knowing that he didn’t want to wake himself up, Little Joe closed his eyes and didn’t move.

……

Sometimes, people probably need time and opportunity to pass away.

For example, herself, why not?

She said all the things she had to say.

What should be done, she will do too.

She was willing to wait.

……

The fourth day of the first year is Chu’s birthday.

Since the death of Wei Shao’s father, in the past ten years, Zhu Shi has refused to celebrate his birthday again.

Every year on this day, Madame Xu would ask someone to go to the Golden Dragon Temple to donate sesame oil in the name of the Zhu clan to burn meritorious incense, and then send a bowl of shou noodles to the East House.

For more than a decade, this has been the case.

This year’ Zhu birthday is coming, these days Wei Shao just happened to be back at home, and the family has added a new Phi Fei, Lady Xu proposed to buy a table of birthday wine for the Zhu family, the family gathered together, and then invited a few relatives of the clan who are close to each other to come over and have a lively time.

In Zhu’s thoughts, her husband is gone, and she has since cut off all entertainment that flows on floating surfaces, which is the embodiment of mourning for her husband.

It has been insisted on for more than ten years, and if this year an exception is made to celebrate the birthday, the previous mourning act will be abandoned as before.

It was because she was reluctant.

Naturally, it was rare that Mrs. Xu was interested in mentioning it this year, she prevaricated at first, and did not dare to disobey too much, and finally reluctantly agreed to it.

Therefore, Wei Shao stayed at home for a few more days, scheduled for the fifth day of the first month, and left after Zhu’s birthday.

Fast forward to the fourth day of the first year, this day the Wei family made several tables of birthday wine. Lady Xu, the Zhu clan, Wei Liang’s mother, and the elderly elders of the other clans shared a table, and the rest of the people sat at the rest of the banquet.

Little Joe was low in generations, and he could not go to the main table, because Philip was by the side, and everyone liked to argue and hug her, so he sat at the end of the table with Philip.

Zhu Shi wore a new tuft of peacock blue clothes with dark gold fu patterns, and sat next to Madam Xu.

There was laughter and laughter at the banquet, and everyone toasted to her. The smile on her face fluttered a little, and Phi Phi only symbolically hugged her.

Only when Wei Shao presented her with a birthday toast, looking at her son, did joy appear in his eyes.

In fact, after the poisoning the year before, Madame Xu did not punish her much. The wall has been thinking about it for some time, and it has not revealed half a sentence to the outside world.

But Zhu’s spirit, after that, was still like losing his dependence, and for a while, the whole person withered badly, and his nature became more withdrawn.

It was not until the last six months that he slowly improved, changed his worship to The Buddha, and showed his face in front of Madame Xu every three to five years.

But the People of the Wei Family heard some wind noises to some extent, because they saw her like this tonight, and they didn’t feel Nahan, knowing that Lady Xu was deliberately lively, all of them were funny, and you didn’t see the cold scene when you said a word to me.

Philip became impatient and was then held around and teased, crying, and Lady Xu asked Xiao Qiao to take Philip back to settle down first.

Little Joe resigned and returned to westinghouse accompanied by Chunniang and her nursing mother.

The weather was getting hotter, and when he came back, he first helped Phi Fei take a bath, then Chunniang carried her out first, and Little Joe continued to bathe.

She took a shower and got dressed and came out, and the spring lady and the nursing mother in the room were gone.

Wei Shao didn’t know when he would return, and was lying on the bed on his back with one leg crossed, holding Phi Fei and sitting on his abdomen, teasing her.

Philip was four or five months old, had just learned to sit on his own, and in the past few days he had gradually become a little acquainted with this father, sitting on his abdomen, swaying from side to side by Wei Shao’s hands, giggling excitedly.

Climbing up his abdomen again, he climbed onto Wei Shao’s chest and reached out his small hand to touch the bridge of his nose.

Wei Shao opened his mouth, let out an “ah-whimper” sound in his mouth, and grabbed her hand.

Phillips giggled even louder.

Wei Shao, with a pair of white teeth, grabbed his daughter’s fingers and laughed.

Philip and his father were having a lot of fun, and when they saw little Joe come out, he turned his head and whispered to her.

Wei Shao loosened his teeth, sat up with Phi Fei in his arms, and cleared his throat: “I’m sweating, go take a shower.”

Little Joe took Phiphi.” The clothes are ready, and it’s inside. Wei Shao

looked at her and rolled over and got off the bed.

Usually, by this time, Phi Phi was already asleep. After Wei Shao left, she was held in Xiao Qiao’s arms, ate a few mouthfuls of milk, and the dozing gradually came up and closed her eyes.

When Wei Shao came out, Xiao Qiao had just coaxed Phi Fei to sleep, heard his footsteps coming out, put his fingers to his mouth, and gently hissed.

Wei Shao then slowly stepped forward and slowly approached.

Little Joe hugged PhiPhi and gently put her on the cot and covered her with a quilt.

Wei Shao was beside him, looking down as if he were carefully examining Phi Fei’s sleeping face, and finally stood up straight, saying, “Tomorrow morning I will still leave, rest?”

Little Joe smiled, “Good. Take an early break. ”

……

The lights in the room went out, and there was darkness in front of me.

Wei Shao’s hand reached over and hugged her.

His powerful palms clenched around her waist.

Afraid of waking up PhiPhi, almost under the suppressed silent situation, he finished this long love.

After the two separated, Xiao Qiao was soaking wet, and Wei Shao was also lying on his back beside her, panting heavily.

The room was dimly lit, but Little Joe could still see the sharp rise and fall of his chest.

Later, the two went to the bath room to purify themselves and came back againThe second time I lay down.

Wei Shao seemed to fall asleep quickly, not seeing him move again.

Little Joe couldn’t sleep. She opened her eyes and listened to the breathing of the man next to her and on the small bed not far away, and she could not sleep for a long time.

After that night, the relationship between Xiao Qiao and Wei Shao had always been like tonight.

Can’t say no.

But when there was no one else on the side, only the two of him, even if he did something like fangcai, he couldn’t go back to the intimate time of the past.

The most talked about them in the past few days has been about Phiphi.

In addition to the topic, Wei Shao seemed to deliberately avoid it, and he had no desire to go on with her.

Early tomorrow morning, he was leaving again.

This time he left home, and I don’t know how long it will take him to come back.

In the more than three years since she married him, she has gone from being a fourteen-year-old girl to being Phi Phi’s mother, and she has always been with him.

Maybe this state of affairs will continue forever.

……

Late at night, little Joe was finally tired, confused and about to go to sleep, when suddenly, the door was slammed.

Probably afraid to wake up PhiPhi, the knock on the door was very light.

But little Joe immediately woke up and propped up his shoulders.

Wei Shao seemed to wake up at the first time, went down on his own, and opened the door.

The old woman who called the door tonight was the old woman who was on duty tonight, slightly frightened, and whispered: “Male Jun, Mrs. Fang Cai’s side of Huang Mi came to call the door, saying that not long after Madame Shoujiu returned, people disappeared, and they couldn’t find it everywhere.” Because of the fear of disturbing the old lady in the middle of the night, he had no choice but to look for the man. Wei Shao

winced slightly and immediately returned to the house.

Little Joe also heard it, got out of bed, and turned on the light.

Wei Shao quickly got dressed, hurried away, and arrived at the East House. No one in the room over there slept, and when they saw Wei Shao coming, their faces looked confused.

Wei Shao entered Madame Zhu’s house and took a look.

Unfolded, it seems that the person has gone to bed, and then gets up and walks away.

Huang Mi knelt down: “The shou wine in Shu Zhongshou has dispersed, and the lady seems to be a little drunk when she returns, so I served her to sleep.” Madame had the habit of waking up in the middle of the night to drink warm water, so I came in and added water, but Madame was gone. I just took people around to look for it, and I didn’t see any trace of the lady, for fear of alarming the old lady, it was to inform the man. It’s all the negligence of the, and the male prince forgives the crime…”

Wei Shao asked a few places, and Huang Mi shook her head and said that she had gone to look for it.

Wei Shao frowned slightly, out of his mind for a moment, and suddenly as if remembering something, he turned around and quickly left.

……

Wei Shao pushed open the half-open red lacquered door.

There are incense candles for the temple day and night, and they are guarded by special personnel.

But usually, only two incense candles are offered on the left and right in front of the offering table.

In the middle of the night, coupled with the large and deep inside the ancestral hall, the candle flames swayed in the night wind, not only could not dispel the shadows, but added a little bit of ghost.

Wei Shao walked inside and saw his mother kneeling in front of the lotus group behind the offering table, where she was mourning.

“…… Husband Jun, from the moment you leave, this Wei family is no longer the original Wei family… Why did your mother marry the daughter of the Qiao family who killed you and Dalang in the first place… One day, even my son will be by her…”

She whimpered intermittently, her voice echoing on the roof of the empty and dark temple, creepy and creepy. Suddenly, as if sensing something, he turned back sharply and saw Wei Shao standing outside the threshold, as if he was taken aback, and his face suddenly showed trepidation, and he hurriedly waved his hand: “Shao’er, you must not go to your heart!” I just ate a few more glasses of wine, this is nonsense, you don’t blame me, I don’t hate Qiao Nu anymore…”

Wei Shao looked at his mother who was afraid of his own blame, and a complex and indescribable emotion slowly gushed out in his heart.

Stepping inside, he said, “Before the mother comes out, let the next person know.” Late at night, my son will send you back. ”

……

In the second half of the night, Phi Fei woke up once, and after falling back to sleep, Wei Shao still did not return.

Little Qiao sent Lin Mi to the East House to ask, and came back to say that the male prince had found his wife in the family temple. The lady seemed to be drunk, and the man was by her side.

Little Joe stopped waiting for him, sent the people back to their rooms to sleep, stared at his daughter for a moment, leaned down, kissed her lightly on the forehead, turned off the lights and went to bed.

Feeling a little tired, she closed her eyes and slowly slept over, but slept very unsteadily and kept dreaming.

The dream was vague at first, but gradually, the scene became clearer.

The wind swept against the window, and a young man in a dragon robe, with a distorted face and a frantic and desperate gaze, holding a long sword that kept dripping blood, forced himself towards her step by step.

Terrified, she curled up on the ground, retreating unceasingly, but there was no way to retreat.

Suddenly, the young Concubine Liu’s strange gaze that was still staring at her after death seemed to coincide with Zhang Pu’s decapitated human head.

A column of blood gushed towards her, engulfing her entire being in an instant. She could barely breathe, she kept shaking, crying, constantly telling herself it was just a nightmare, and waking up soon.

But no matter how hard she struggled, she never woke up.

The tip of the sword had pierced her chest.

It was as if she had once again felt the terrible experience of the warm heart socket being pierced by the cold blade.

She had experienced it countless times in her dreams and never wanted to do it again.

“Don’t—”

She shouted, and when she was in tears, an anxious voice suddenly came to her ear: “Brutal! Brutal! Then

, as if she were tightly held by a pair of solid and powerful arms, in an instant, the nightmare was completely blocked and dissipated.

[End of This Chapter]