Chapter 18 He bought her favorite food.
Chapter 18 He bought her favorite food.
In the afternoon, Jiang Xiaoran refused to go to kindergarten at all.
"Xiao Ran, you can't not go to kindergarten. Mom will take you there right away," Song Qiao persuaded Jiang Xiao Ran.
“I’m not going! The teacher hit me, and Tong Yao hit me too.”
Jiang Xiaoran started lying again.
"How did the teacher hit you? Don't talk nonsense."
If she hadn't gone to Jizhen Village in the afternoon, she wouldn't have had the patience to persuade this little devil with a flawed foundation.
In order to get Jiang Xiaoran to go to kindergarten, Song Qiao promised to buy her the set of colored pencils that she had liked a few days ago.
"Are you really going to buy it for me?"
Song Qiao didn't know why Jiang Xiaoran suddenly liked drawing. Since she liked it, she decided to buy her a set of paintbrushes. That would be better than her getting into fights in kindergarten.
Song Qiao first took Jiang Xiaoran to a stationery store and spent several hundred yuan to buy that set of paintbrushes.
On the way there, I told him, "When you get to kindergarten, you must get along well with your classmates and draw well. If you draw well, Mom and Dad will take you to an art studio, understand?"
Jiang Xiaoran sat in the back of the car without saying a word, just looking at the set of paintbrushes with a smile in her eyes.
When they arrived at the kindergarten gate, Song Qiao helped Jiang Xiaoran out of the car and reminded her again, "Remember, you must listen to your teacher at kindergarten."
Jiang Xiaoran agreed and went into the school with her schoolbag and paintbrush.
Watching her retreating figure, Song Qiao had a strange feeling for a moment, which was that she hoped this child could turn over a new leaf.
While dropping Jiang Xiaoran off at school, Song Qiao quickly rode her bike to Jiangcheng Hospital.
She called Lu Mingxuan when she arrived at the hospital entrance.
"Hey! Song Qiao, where are you?"
I'm at your hospital entrance!
After Song Qiao and the others had been waiting outside for a while, Lu Mingxuan's car drove out.
"Hurry up and get on!"
Lu Mingxuan rolled down the car window and looked at Song Qiao, reminding her.
Song Qiao opened the back door and got into the car.
“I used navigation. We went directly to Jizhen Village. It takes about forty minutes to get there from here.”
It turns out that he had already made preparations before she arrived.
He was driving in front, and Song Qiao was staring at the back of his neck. He had just had a haircut, and his neck was clean, revealing a section of white skin.
Song Qiao thought to herself: Once the child is found, I should stay away from him. She's been married before, and he deserves better.
"I bought you some food on the back seat."
Song Qiao looked down at the bag of food. So it was bought for her? He still treats her like a child?
She remembered the bag of snacks Jiang Ming bought for her four years ago when she was pregnant. At that time, she discovered that they were all peanut brittle, which she was allergic to.
Looking back now, he realized that everything he bought was food that Zhao Xiaoya loved to eat.
Durian pastry, peanut pastry... She remembered telling Jiang Ming that she was allergic to peanut pastry and didn't like durian.
Even though she was angry, Jiang Ming managed to coax her away with a few words, saying that he had forgotten about it and that it was his fault as a husband. He also said that he would take good care of her and the children in the future.
Looking back now, those durians and peanut brittle were all bought for Zhao Xiaoya, because Jiang Xiaoran also likes to eat those things now.
Song Qiao had seen an experiment conducted by a food critic that showed that 60% of a mother's and child's tastes were the same.
Why don't you open it and see what I bought for you?
Seeing Song Qiao clutching the bag in a daze, Lu Mingxuan reminded her.
"profound."
Song Qiao opened the bag, and what was inside stunned her. These were all her favorite foods, but over the years she had followed Jiang Ming and Jiang Xiaoran's tastes and had forgotten many of them.
Yubeile's pine nuts, Zuoshangke's dried fruits, the famous Liu Family Shop's pastries from Jiangcheng, and jasmine honey water—a whole big bag full of things she was willing to eat.
"How...how did you know I like to eat these?"
Lu Mingxuan was driving in front, his eyes fixed on the road ahead, and said as if reminiscing, "Have you forgotten that when we were in high school, you always brought different snacks? Back then, I would joke with you and try to steal your snacks, but you wouldn't give them to me. Instead, you always shared them with Jiang Ming."
Song Qiao's eyes were filled with tears. It turned out that the boy she had ignored was the one who cared about her the most, while the person she had been carefully protecting and taking care of was the one who ate her flesh buns.
Over the years, Jiang Ming has been to the supermarket countless times, buying only what Jiang Xiaoran and Zhao Xiaoya like to eat, and he can't even remember what he likes to eat.
Occasionally, when he bought it and Jiang Xiaoran didn't want to eat it, he would tell Song Qiao that he bought it especially for her.
At that time, he always thought that even if it wasn't her favorite food, it was good that Jiang Ming had the thought to do it.
"Is it tasty?"
Watching Song Qiao eat her favorite pastry, Lu Mingxuan saw her through the mirror above the car and asked.
"Delicious!" Song Qiao didn't want to cry in front of Lu Mingxuan, so she took some snacks and wiped away her tears.
Suddenly, she picked up a bottle of jasmine honey water, opened the cap, and handed it to Lu Mingxuan: "My mom said this drink is good for your health, much better than cola."
Lu Mingxuan looked at the bottle of water Song Qiao handed him and smiled, "I'll drive, you feed me!"
Song Qiao blushed slightly. She wanted to let it go, but then she suddenly remembered the child that Jiang Ming and Zhao Xiaoya had. Why should she remain chaste for him?
She leaned against him and put the honey water in her hand to his lips.
Lu Mingxuan opened his mouth and drank it.
"Mmm, so sweet!"
After saying this, Lu Mingxuan pouted and called out, "Qiaoqiao, wipe my mouth, the honey water is going to drip down my neck."
Song Qiao hurriedly found some tissues and rushed to wipe his mouth.
With one hand on the steering wheel, Lu Mingxuan took the opportunity to grasp Song Qiao's hand with the other: "Qiao Qiao, let's start over?"
Upon hearing Lu Mingxuan's words, Song Qiao, remembering his status, quickly withdrew her hand and said, "Lu Mingxuan, I am not worthy of you. You should go find that Miss Tong Tong; she is a good match for you."
After hearing this, Lu Mingxuan remained silent for a few minutes before saying, "You don't actually think I like that Tong Tong, do you? If it weren't for asking her for Wang Xia's file today, I would have avoided her for the rest of my life. Even if she went abroad, so what?"
So Tong Tong went abroad for him? He only came back after he found out?
Or did Tong Tong know he had returned to China and try to win him back?
“Lu Mingxuan, I’ve made up my mind. Once I find my daughter, I will divorce Jiang Ming and never get married again. I’m disillusioned with marriage.”
Lu Mingxuan, driving, complained, "Qiaoqiao, this is unfair to me. Why are you putting Jiang Ming's mistakes on me? I'm different from him. I truly love you."
"Jiang Ming also said he truly loved me back then, but what happened? Didn't he still betray me?"
Lu Mingxuan was about to pull over, but hesitated for a moment because he had important things to do. So he continued driving forward, saying as he drove, "Qiaoqiao, give me a chance. Let me prove that my love for you has always been there all these years."
A roadbed stone appeared by the roadside with the words "Jizhen Village" written on it.
Song Qiao hurriedly reminded, "We've arrived! This is Jizhen Village!"
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