Chapter 18 Chapter 18 The Flower I Planted For You

When Yu Mucheng came back from a business trip, regardless of Xie Nan's willingness or not, the two seemed to be living together. After the Spring Festival holiday, the two returned to work.Xie Nan is the same as before, commuting to and from get off work on time, and the time is relatively regular. Yu Mucheng's company was back on track after he took over last year. The business has grown considerably, and all departments have relatively suitable candidates in charge. The coordination problem between departments has basically been resolved.His father had read the report and was quite satisfied with the situation here. He agreed to invest more and started to build the second phase of the plant to expand production capacity.

On the one hand, production and sales cannot be relaxed, and on the other hand, we must pay attention to infrastructure construction, find design institutes to produce designs, and find construction units to invite bids.He was getting busier and less often home for dinner. On the surface, Xie Nan's life hasn't changed much.She has never been in the habit of hanging out. If she doesn’t have to work overtime or do part-time accounting, she will drive home after get off work, cook a simple dinner for herself, and then turn on the TV while reading or fiddling with her notebook. It’s almost ten o’clock. Just wash and go to bed.

But she found that Yu Mucheng seemed to deliberately not let her life remain the same.For the first two days, she stayed at her own home, almost every day at around 9:30, Yu Mucheng drove home on time, came to knock on the glass door of her living room, refused to leave after supper, and claimed to go up to get pajamas and toothbrushes come over. Xie Nan was horrified. She subconsciously didn't want to keep him at her house overnight, as if she wanted to at least keep a space that belonged to her alone. Seeing Yu Mucheng's expression of resting up and waiting for her to raise objections, she could almost read He couldn't find any reason for the pride in his heart, so the boss reluctantly followed him up.

On the third day, Xie Nan accepted his fate and decided not to wait for him to play the game of cat and mouse.She cleaned out the food her parents prepared for her from the refrigerator at home, and took a large bag directly to Mu Cheng's house. The kitchen of Yu Mucheng's family is large and well-equipped. It is connected to the kitchen and there is a small closed living balcony. There is a washing machine with drying function in it. Xie Nan's eyes widened when he saw it, remembering what he said It was kind of annoyed and funny to talk about buying a washing machine with her, but she wasn't really offended, she just shrugged and accepted it as much as anything else.

Yu Mucheng came home late that day, he put the car into the parking space, it was almost ten o'clock.Looking at the opposite yard, Xie Nan's house was dark, with no lights at all.He guessed that she had already fallen asleep, so he had no choice but to go upstairs disgruntled.As soon as he opened the door, he saw Xie Nan sitting cross-legged on the sofa in his pajamas and reading a book. A talk show was playing quietly on the TV, and all his fatigue disappeared immediately. "You can always surprise me." He sat next to her and stretched his long legs comfortably, "You know? This is almost my dream."

Xie Nan raised his hand to cover his mouth, and yawned loudly: "I'm going to sleep, there is millet porridge in the kitchen, if you want to eat, you can serve it yourself." "Hey, can you give me some face and cooperate, and ask me what my dream is." The boss Yu Mucheng said dissatisfied. "It's nothing more than hoping that there is a woman at home who will make you supper, so you don't have to ask." "I don't want to pursue it too much. At best, it's just a small wish that can be fulfilled by a part-time job." Yu Mucheng smiled and Mimi raised her hand to stroke her hair, "It's nice to see you when I get home. .”

For some reason, Xie Nan suddenly didn't dare to look at his bright smiling eyes.She lowered her head, staring at the book on her lap. "But why did my treatment drop so much all of a sudden? You brought me the supper at your house, but now I have to serve it myself." As soon as he made a joke, her heart settled down, and she also smiled: "In my house, you are a guest. This is your house, you are the host, and you should treat me well." Xie Nan took the remote control Turn off the TV and prepare to get up, "I'm going to sleep." Before she could stand up completely, Yu Mucheng pulled her into his arms: "Don't leave, I haven't treated you properly yet."

He kissed her so hard that she couldn't breathe, so she had to beg for mercy in a breathless way: "No, can't I go and serve you porridge? No more." "It's late baby," he grinned, "I don't want to eat porridge now." The work and rest schedules of the two were out of sync, which made Yu Mucheng a little distressed at first.He is used to going to bed late, and he is still full of energy when he only sleeps for more than seven hours a day.Generally, if he returns early at night, he will go for a walk along the lake, come back to eat something, and then deal with documents, and go to bed around 11:30.

But Xie Nan almost unshakably wants to go to bed at 10 o'clock, even if he waits for him sometimes, he just falls asleep on the sofa.If he couldn't help waking her up after she fell asleep, although she wouldn't have a big bed gas attack, it would be difficult to fall asleep after waking up, and it would be obvious that she was in a bad mood the next day. Later, Yu Mucheng finally found out what he thought was the best of both worlds. Xie Nan fell asleep alone the first night, and when she woke up in the early morning and found that there was another person beside her, she almost screamed.After seeing clearly that it was Yu Mucheng who came to pester him, he was so angry that he pushed him hard.

"You're trying to scare me to death." Yu Mucheng didn't speak, and only answered her with a kiss, reaching into her pajamas and stroking her body.She responded to him in a daze, feeling like a dream. The morning light slowly seeped through the curtains. This moment has always been the loneliest time for her every day. It is so quiet outside. Everyone is enjoying the deepest sleep before dawn, but she always suddenly finds herself in a dream with unknown meaning. Wake up, and then quietly wait for the dawn alone. At this time, the man hugged her tightly with his powerful arms, his warm body entangled her, and his lips branded hot kisses on her body.Her body responded before her heart, welcoming the enthusiasm, and she put her arms around him, giving herself to him with a soft moan and panting breath.His kiss was more lingering, his body covered her, undulating in the dim indoor light, and at the same time whispered her name in a low voice.

The room was quiet, and he fell asleep with her in his arms.She still couldn't sleep, but she felt only physically tired and contented and happy.She wondered if all the loneliness was just a shoulder to share, and this shoulder was beside her pillow at the moment.She looked at him in the half-bright light, his expression was very peaceful when he was sleeping, without the usual little banter, this kind of serenity made her feel safe. Yes, it's safety, she said softly to herself, leaning closer to him. After that, the two got along and reached a tacit understanding in the shortest possible time. Yu Mucheng suggested to Xie Nan: "My study is not too small, it can be shared. You don't have to lie on the sofa to read." Under his leadership, Xie Nan went up to take a look around. Apart from a storage room on the second floor, there was his study and bedroom. It was indeed very large, and the decoration was relatively simple.The bedroom is connected to a small balcony, and the study is connected to the terrace.At the end of the aisle, there is a staircase, which is the attic space attached to the duplex room. There is only a country-style floral bread sofa, a bookshelf speaker, and a treadmill. Xie Nan really likes the bulging sofas in the attic and the dormer windows protruding from the top of the slope.But she didn't want to be bored with Yu Mucheng in the study, nor did she want to stay in the attic alone.Her reason, of course, is that she has to turn on the TV while doing things or reading a book, otherwise she is not used to it. Yu Mucheng was amused by her habit, but expressed respect: "When I have a little time, I will go to decorate the attic, install an LCD TV, and put a desk. Your piano can also be moved up and put here. enough." Xie Nan was noncommittal about the idea. At night, she was still entrenched on the large sofa in the living room on the first floor, and Yu Mucheng was in the study on the second floor, without disturbing each other. Yu Mucheng let her go to sleep alone in the master bedroom on the first floor when it was time, and he was in the bedroom upstairs.But he set his cell phone to ring at five o'clock in the morning, and when the time came, he went downstairs and got into her quilt, hugged her, sometimes kissed her and made love, and sometimes fell asleep directly. Xie Nan sincerely admired his ability to fall asleep immediately after tossing, but he also welcomed such a thoughtful arrangement. There is only one point, Xie Nan insisted.She resolutely refused to leave her clothes to the hourly worker hired by Yu Mucheng to wash, and resolutely remade her bed after getting up every day. Yu Mucheng thought it was funny: "You don't want to leave traces in this house for others to see, do you?" Xie Nan ignored him and took care of packing her own things. She was not afraid of trouble. Every day, she carried a big bag and took all her clothes downstairs and put them in her home, where they should be dried and hung. Yu Mucheng didn't understand this, but he had no choice but to let her go.Now when he comes back every day, he looks up when he parks, and there is light in his home; when he enters the door, he can see her quietly sitting on the sofa, the floor lamp next to him is on, the light circle covers her curled up body peacefully, the TV is turned on in a low voice, The screen flickers on and off.He felt that all his hard work and exhaustion had paid off. As for her little withdrawn and awkwardness, he thought, take it easy. The only thing that bothered him was that she was being too reasonable, too undemanding of him.He was too busy to accompany him, she fully understood; he came home late, she never asked where he was going; If you come back late, you must send a text message to tell me what time you will be home.Her calm during the day and her vulnerability in bed in the early morning acted as if she were not alone. Early spring is slowly approaching, the weather is still cold, but the coldest time is over. In the morning, Yu Mucheng looked down from his restaurant with a cup of coffee, and said to Xie Nan: "When I'm done working this week, let's plant some flowers and trees in your yard, what do you like." "Anything that can bloom is fine. It is best to plant the kind that has strong vitality and does not require much care." "You really didn't ask, sometimes I wonder, do you ask me?" Xie Nan put down the milk and glanced at him, trying to determine if he said something casually or was trying to make her anxious by finding fault.Yu Mucheng has been very busy recently, but while he was busy, he unexpectedly added a problem. He would often say something strange, taking pleasure in making her angry and then trying to suppress his anger. If she was really angry, wouldn't it be If you ignore him, he will come over to tease her and coax her again.She hadn't always had a great sense of humor, and she couldn't tell whether he was serious about joking, or joking and saying serious things. At this moment, she looked up and saw that Yu Mu was standing in front of the window, looking back at her with a smile, and he was in a good mood. "Of course, I've said it from the beginning." She ate the last bit of bread in her hand and finished drinking the milk, "I'm leaving first, goodbye." She was carrying a notebook bag, a leather bag, and a large canvas bag containing her clothes, and hurriedly changed her shoes and went out.After a while, Yu Mucheng could see her walking quickly to the garden where she lived. When she walked, her back was straight, her strides were big, her hair was blowing in the wind, and she looked very free and easy.Yu Mucheng leaned against the window and looked at her, with a smile on his lips, remembering that what she said at the beginning was actually a very dry sentence: "I am 28 years old, I have no time to waste, making a boyfriend is based on marriage .” Recently he has provoked her a lot. On the one hand, it is because of his bad taste, and he likes to see her struggle and then give in. On the other hand, he really wants to see how far Xie Nan's calmness will last.What is he in her eyes, just a good marriage partner? Thinking of this, Yu Mucheng couldn't help laughing.He discovered that it turns out that the problem of entanglement is contagious. He is conceited and free and easy, and never hesitates about emotional matters, but now he is a little entangled. Xie Nan rushed into the company and punched out the card, and was about to enter the finance department when Ah May grabbed her and walked out of the front desk to stare at the bag she was carrying. "Sister Xie, where did you buy this Chloe bag? The imitation is so good, tell me quickly, I'm going to buy it too." "Imitate what?" Xie Nan couldn't figure out what she said. "The bag you're carrying is exactly the same as the genuine one. It feels so good to the touch." Xie Nan knew something was wrong, this brown trapezoidal shoulder bag was brought back by Yu Mucheng from a business trip in Shanghai.That night, he went directly to knock on her glass door, handed her the bag and said, "Happy Valentine's Day, I hope you like it." At the same time, he glanced at the red tulips on her tea table.Xie Nan's heart trembled for a while, she really couldn't bear to throw away the flowers so beautifully.But Yu Mucheng didn't say anything, she obediently followed him upstairs that day with a guilty conscience. This leather bag looks simple and elegant, and it matches well with the professional suit she is required to wear at work. She really likes it at first sight.Looking at May's reaction now, she guessed that this bag might not be cheap. Xie Nan hesitated to leave, but Ah May would not let her go. She pulled her into the front desk, took out a thick fashion magazine, quickly turned to a page, and showed her the bag in the picture and the bag she was carrying. exactly the same. Xie Nan has never been a fan of famous brands, but only has an impression of LV. This is thanks to Gao Rubing. She bought one during her honeymoon in Europe. When she showed it to Xie Nan, Xie Nan was really scared by the price she quoted. When I arrived, I touched it a few times in awe. At this time, she fixed her eyes on the picture of the leather bag. The brand was meaningless to her, but when she saw the price written below, Xie Nan gasped in fright. , I am afraid that I can no longer carry this bag when I go to work. It's no wonder that May thinks that she bought a counterfeit product. She has been completely insulated from fashion in recent years.First, I had no money, and then I took financial management as a hobby.She didn't have time to watch the market and speculate in stocks all day long, so she only took a small amount of money for long-term investment.Gao Rubing works in a bank and often recommends wealth management products or funds to her. She is one of the first to get in touch with funds. She is quite satisfied with the performance of the funds she holds. Partial mortgage. On Saturday morning, Yu Mucheng went to communicate with the design institute on the design plan of the second phase of the factory building, and left early in the morning.Xie Nan was exhausted by the lingering before he left, and fell asleep again after he left. This was almost the first time she had slept in the cage for many years, and when she woke up, she looked at her watch. It's nine o'clock. She got up lazily to wash up, and when she came out of the bedroom, she was stunned. A middle-aged woman in a management uniform was wiping the furniture in the living room with a rag. The two looked at each other, but the other smiled and said, "Good morning , Miss Xie, my surname is Liu, and I help Mr. Yu as a part-time worker." Xie Nan was so embarrassed: "Hello... uh, you're busy, I'm about to go out." She ran back to the room in a hurry, changed her clothes first, then made the bed and cleaned her things. There was a knock on the bedroom door, and Sister Liu was standing there: "I'll tidy it up, don't worry about it, I'm going to wash the sheets today." "That... thank you." "It's okay, this is my job." Sister Liu was much more calm and generous than Xie Nan, and came straight to change the sheets. When Xie Nan thought that she had washed her underwear, she lost the courage to look at her, picked up her back and hurriedly said "goodbye", and ran downstairs. She ran back to her home in one breath, and sat down on the sofa to gather herself.At this moment, the indoor intercom rang again, and she answered it quickly. It was a call from the community control center, saying that a car from a garden design company had arrived at the gate of the community, with an order in hand, saying that it was an appointment for today Gardening her home. Xie Nan's head got bigger, she thought, it must be Yu Mucheng's good deed, so there is no need to bother with garden design for such a small yard?But I had no choice but to ask the control center to let people in. After a while, a small truck stopped in front of her yard, and four people got out of the car. She went out and walked over, and the leading person asked: "Hello, this is Miss Xie Nan. We are from Yiyuan Garden Company. My surname is Zhao, and I am here to do garden greening for you today." "This...thank you, Master Zhao," Xie Nan didn't bother to talk much, "about how long it will take you." Master Zhao looked at her yard: "Our company has always done large-scale landscaping. Your yard is not big, and the drawings you place are all attached to the order. The requirements are written in detail and are not complicated. We can finish it today." "Then my absence won't affect your work, or I'll pay you first." "No need, this form has been fully prepaid. You don't have to guard it, just lock the door and come back before five o'clock in the afternoon to check and sign. Do you want to check the design requirements again?" Xie Nan was full of displeasure, and waved his hands: "Forget it, you just follow the design requirements, and I will trouble you." She went in and closed the door, changed into jeans and sneakers, put on a short down jacket, took her bag and locked the door, and walked around to the front of the yard to pick up the car.Several workers had already unloaded a tightly bound tree, and were carrying down bags of nutritious soil, all kinds of unexplainable flowers and plants, shelves and tools. This messy scene added to her anxiety. Annoyed, she drove away as if fleeing. Xie Nan didn't know what was bothering her. Ordinarily, if someone is willing to take care of herself so meticulously, she should feel happy.But she just couldn't be happy, and this relatively strong self attitude made her a little unacceptable.She tried hard to convince herself that she should know how to cherish blessings, thinking that if she told Ru Bing about this as a trouble, she would be scolded to death. Just thinking of Gao Rubing, Gao Rubing called and asked her if she was free to go shopping with her. She immediately agreed to come down and said that she would go downstairs to her house to pick her up. "Hey, it's a wicked way. You usually ask you to go shopping, but you always push back and complain. Why are you so active today?" Xie Nan said very intimately: "A pregnant woman is bigger than the sky, of course I must carry out your will immediately." Gao Rubing sat in her Fukang, and she hurriedly handed her a cushion. Rubing slapped her hand, "Go, don't provoke me like this, I haven't reached that time yet, okay?" Indeed, Gao Rubing, who was wearing a short coat, still looked slender and agile. Xie Nan looked her up and down, hesitating: "Can I take you out for a stroll? Or, I'll go buy this pregnancy guide first and have a look." .” "Xie Nan, you are not allowed to recruit me like this. I am almost crushed by Guo Ming. Now he has to help me when I walk, and he will snatch me when I carry a bag. That posture is like serving Lafayette." Xie Nan laughed straight: "Guo Ming loves you so much, what else can you say?" While talking, Guo Ming chased him down, and knocked on Xie Nan's car window: "I'll leave my wife to you, Xie Nan, help me take care of her." "I surrender, I surrender, Guo Ming, I will not take over your wife, or you can get in the car and go together." "She dislikes me," Guo Ming complained angrily, "I have never seen such a woman, and she dislikes the child's father even before the child is born." Xie Nan was so teased that Gao Rubing had no choice but to hold back the laughter and sigh: "I beg you, Guo Ming, the prisoner will still have time to let the wind go. Seeing that this stomach is getting bigger and bigger, I'll go out and buy a few Can I return just one piece of clothing? Xie Nan testifies, I promise I won’t run around, jump around, or eat indiscriminately.” Guo Ming was still waiting for instructions, but Gao Rubing just waved his hands and called, "Nan Nan, drive quickly. Don't give up on this performance." Xie Nan accompanied Gao Rubing straight to the largest shopping center in the city, first went to the maternity wear counter, and picked clothes suitable for spring, Gao Rubing went into the fitting room to try on clothes, Xie Nan was completely dumbfounded by the pink and tender baby clothes in the opposite baby area until Gao Rubing patted her. "How about it?" It's really good-looking, and it's hard to tell that it's a maternity dress. The texture of the dark green corduroy print, the long and high-waisted design, is very feminine.But in Xie Nan's opinion, the price is also very good.She nodded in appreciation and muttered, "You wear casual clothes at work. You can change the small size to a medium size, and the medium size to a large size. You can usually wear Guo Ming's sweater and T-shirt. Why buy this?" Gao Rubing glared at her, she had no choice but to shut up sensibly. "Hey, I'm only giving birth to this one. Don't you have the right to beautify yourself and make yourself happy, which is more conducive to the baby's development?" "You have the right, you have the right." Xie Nan quickly admitted his mistake, "Hey, the baby's clothes over there are so cute, it makes people feel the impulse to buy, let's go and have a look there." The two had a great time shopping, carrying all kinds of bags in their hands, and then went to a restaurant on the seventh floor of the shopping center that is famous for Chinese food for porridge.Gao Rubing still wanted to go shopping again, but Xie Nan resolutely quit and insisted on sending her home: "I can't stand Guo Ming's calls every half an hour. If I go on shopping again, I'm afraid he will wait for you." Come and hunt me down." The two returned to Gao Rubing's house and spread the spoils on the bed.When Guo Ming saw those small sets of clothes, his eyes lit up immediately, and he kept calling them cute. Xie Nan was triumphant, because she insisted on spending money to buy them. "Both of you are generous to your children and mean to your mother." Gao Rubing shook her head, but the smile on her face was also warm and happy. After leaving Gao Rubing's house, Xie Nan drove to the supermarket to buy vegetables, and then went home to prepare stew for dinner. Sure enough, shopping helps to vent bad emotions. She felt that she had figured it all out, and it was meaningless to worry about no one treating her. Now that she accepted Yu Mucheng, try to accept everything about him, not to mention what he showed was nothing. Bad habits, at best, are just a little bit of bad taste. She parked the car and saw some workers in her yard were still busy, so she ran upstairs first, de-oiled the chicken she bought and slaughtered, added wolfberry, shiitake mushrooms, and ginger, put it in a purple casserole and stewed it slowly. When I went downstairs again, the workers were almost finished. Her yard had completely changed, and the weeds had disappeared. An unidentifiable tree was planted near the living room. Below was a border of dwarf plants. Layers of wrought iron flower stands, various potted plants are placed in a patchwork pattern, the road paved with bluestone slabs in the middle has not changed, and a very low-key old-fashioned tung oil cloth-colored parasol is placed on the other side. Under the umbrella is a small aluminum frame. A round table and two chairs, her advertising umbrella has been put away by the living room door. Xie Nan had no choice but to admit that the umbrella in front of him was much more beautiful, and the yard in front of him was also much more beautiful.Looking along the fence again, she was stunned, she had no idea about other things, this border of plants grew downstairs in her house since she was a child, she would definitely not admit it wrong. "Master Zhao, do you grow honeysuckle here?" She tried her best to keep her voice calm and asked. "Yes, it came exactly according to the requirements of the order," Master Zhao took out the list and pointed, "There is a clump of honeysuckle on this side, and a plum tree on the other side, which is the one selected when placing the order. On the other side is planted with radish, which will soon climb vines, and on the other side are roses..." Xie Nan interrupted him: "Please show me the list." The floor plan of her yard is attached to the order, and the detailed greening requirements are printed.Her eyes fell on the customer's signature column under the order. There was a font and a familiar name that she was very familiar with: Xiang Xinyang.