When the taxi stopped in front of the community it was already raining heavily. Fortunately the convenience store in front of the community was still open.
Lin Xi turned sideways and said to Chu Muqing who was holding the little guy in her arms "I'll go buy two umbrellas you wait for me."
Chu Muqing turned her head and said in surprise, "What?"
"It's raining too much outside, wait for me to buy an umbrella and come back." She apologized to the driver again: "Master, please wait a little longer the rain is too heavy, I'm willing to give you more money for the delay."
The driver in the front row smiled and said loudly, "go on."
He said and stopped the meter voluntarily.
Lin Xi smiled gratefully opened the car door, and rushed into the hazy rain without looking back.
She moved quickly and quickly and did not give Chu Muqing a chance to stop her.
When Lin Xi walked a few meters away Chu Muqing still maintained the gesture of reaching out to stop her.
Looking at the figure of the woman walking away from the car window Chu Muqing frowned this woman...
She is obviously a girl too her body is thin and fragile with a slender waist that can barely be grasped. Even if she wears a mature and expensive suit anyone who sees her slightly immature face may feel that Lin Xi is the one who needs more protection.
"Mom..." The sleeping daughter in her arms noticed something and the little guy mumbled, "Are we home yet?"
Chu Muqing shook off the complicated emotions in her heart and replied, "En."
The little guy opened her eyes and there was still drowsiness in her eyes.
"Are we there?" The little guy rubbed in her arms, mumbled, and asked again, "Where did Mother Lin go?"
Chu Muqing answered her gently: "She was afraid that you would be damaged by the rain, so she went to buy you an umbrella."
"That's not it!" The little guy pierced: "Mama Lin is worried that her mother and Chengcheng will be rained, so she didn't buy it just for Chengcheng."
Chu Muqing was slightly startled, and then calmly lowered her head to look at her daughter: "Is that so?"
The little guy nodded: "isn't it?"
Chu Muqing's face sank: "Chu Zhi, who taught you such words?"
"Ah?" The little guy was called by her name again stunned for a moment then raised her head and asked her ignorantly, "Mom, what did you say?"
Chu Muqing looked away lightly, and said apologetically, "It's nothing."
The child was simply stating the facts but her words were connected together and when she heard her it was somewhat inexplicable and ambiguous.
But she didn't think any more...
After about five minutes Lin Xi came back.
Holding an umbrella she stood in front of the car door and waved to let Chu Muqing get out of the car.
Chu Muqing unfastened her seat belt opened the car door, and when she got out of the car with the little guy in her arms the broken flower umbrella over her head just covered their heads.
Lin Xi handed the umbrella to Chu Muqing: "You come hold the umbrella, I'll hold the cub."
"No need." Chu Muqing's eyes stayed on her shirt wet by the rain and refused.
"No," Lin Xi insisted: "Besides, it's inconvenient to hold the cub with your shoes, so you might fall with the cub, right?"
Chu Muqing couldn't resist her, so she had no choice but to take the umbrella that she handed over.
Lin Xi took the little guy at the same time carefully wrapped around her waist, her elbows stuck in her armpits, for fear that the little guy would be uncomfortable to be hugged.
Lin Xi remembered something and signaled to Chu Muqing, "I have a mobile phone in my pocket, can you take it out for me to pay I don't have a password."
"It has already been paid." Chu Muqing said in a low voice, "Let's go."
"Wait a minute." Lin Xi looked at her in embarrassment: "Chu Muqing..."
Chu Muqing raised her eyebrows: "Huh?"
"That..." Lin Xi blinked, then gestured to the big doll rabbit in the car looking at her apologetically: "Can you hold it?"
After a brief silence, Chu Muqing replied, "Yes."
Lin Xi felt a little guilty. She still remembered the rejection she showed in her body language when the little guy put this large doll rabbit next to Chu Muqing in the restaurant.
I can't wait to be 800 meters away from that big rabbit...
The subtext seems to be saying—
Go away, you ugly stupid bunny!
...
She doesn't seem to like such childish things but she can't just lose the big rabbit she has worked so hard to get with the game currency, right?
When Chu Muqing leaned down and came out with the big rabbit in the car Lin Xi thought it was funny.
She suppressed the secret smile in her heart and opened the other umbrella in her hand: "Let's go?"
Chu Muqing responded, "En."
It was very late, and in the dimly lit community, the sound of pattering rain could be heard in the ears.
Chu Muqing took the initiative to say, "Have you bought cigarettes today?"
Lin Xi was slightly startled, and turned her head to look at her: "What?"
"Recently, you don't have the smell of smoke anymore." Chu Muqing looked straight ahead and said softly, "Why?" (Special reminder: smoking is harmful to health)
Lin Xi frowned. It seemed that Chu Muqing knew about the fact that she was addicted to smoking.
There was a smile on her lips, and she answered lightly: "I don't smoke in the first place, there is no reason."
In fact, it was still difficult for her to control her craving for smoking. When she went to buy an umbrella, she looked at the cigarettes behind the cashier, and the thirst that came up in her throat was still uncontrollable.
In the past, she didn't understand why colleagues in the office who smoked would be resisted and resented by everyone or why they would stick to the habit of smoking.
Now she understands that some bad habits are easy to pick up, but quitting requires self-control that is difficult for ordinary people to achieve.
She didn't even say that to Chu Muqing for the sake of her children and she wasn't the kind of character who did something good and wanted to let the whole world know.
Under the bright street lights Chu Muqing could see Lin Xi's face clearly.
There was a bright light in her dark eyes, and her tone was full of sincerity, not like she was lying.
Chu Muqing continued to test it quietly, and her tone showed a bit of apology: "I'm sorry, today because of school problem, you have been delayed to see your brother."
"Ah?" Lin Xi reacted and said quickly, "It doesn't matter, he's such an adult, it doesn't matter when we meet or not."
Chu Muqing asked her again, "How many younger brothers do you have?"
Lin Xi replied, "Two."
Inconsistent behaviors and completely different rhetoric cannot achieve unity at all.
Lin Xi once smoked in the living room, and cigarette butts were thrown all over the floor but she just kept saying that she did not smoke.
The bottom of Chu Muqing's eyes dimmed and the vague guess in her heart began to gradually become clear.
"Lin Xi..." Chu Muqing said in a low voice, "Perhaps, we need to talk."
Lin Xi was slightly startled.
Why?
What did she say wrong just now?
Why did she transmigrate into the original body but did not carry the memory of the original body.
According to the routines that she had read in the novels, shouldn't it be completely with the memory of the book-piercer?
And... this is obviously not a novel of a systematic genre, and everything has to be explored by herself.
"..."
After a brief silence, Chu Muqing whispered again, "Go home first, it's raining too much."
Lin Xi froze: "Okay."
Along the way, Chu Muqing kept silent and Lin Xi just looked down at the road without saying a word.
When they got home the little guy was so cold that she huddled in Lin Xi's arms and refused to come out even if she entered the living room.
Chu Muqing turned on the light, and the light instantly dispelled the darkness.
Lin Xi hugged the little guy, looked back at Chu Muqing in embarrassment, and said, "Can I take her to take a bath first?"
Chu Muqing responded coldly, "Of course you can."
Lin Xi paused, this woman seemed to have the ability to change her face at least in the shopping mall she was not so cold.
Lin Xi found her cartoon slippers for the little guy at the entrance, and walked towards the bathroom with her in her arms.
Chu Muqing walked to the shoe cabinet in the entrance turned sideways, and found another pair of her slippers.
She stopped Lin Xi who was about to arrive in the bathroom: "Wait."
Lin Xi turned around and said, "Huh?"
Chu Muqing walked up to her with the slippers, and said in a low voice, "This is for you."
Lin Xi took it in surprise: "Is it for me? Oh...Thank you."
Flattered.
Chu Muqing didn't look at her, she narrowed her eyebrows, and said, "I'll go get Cheng Cheng's pajamas."
She said without waiting for Lin Xi to speak she turned and walked to the bedroom.
When she came out, she came out with a nightgown in her hand.
It was a silky light blue nightdress covered with the little guy's cute cartoon pajamas and a brand new white bath towel.
Lin Xi took it after realizing it: "Is this also for me?"
Chu Muqing replied in a low voice, "Well, I have already washed it, but I haven't worn it yet."
"Ah..." Lin Xi blinked: "Thank you."
Again, flattered.
When she came back to her senses, Chu Muqing got up and walked away.
Chu Muqing picked up the briefcase on the table went back to the bedroom took out the laptop, and sat down on the sofa in the living room.
Lin Xi had already brought the little guy into the bathroom and there was the sound of the shower and at the same time cheng said something to Lin Xi in a cheerful tone.
She took out the tape recorder backed up the interview tonight on the computer and put some headphones.
For "RICHES", Mrs. guan's interview is very tight, and tonight is doomed to be a sleepless night.
After the computer is turned on, fortunately, the power is sufficient, and it should be able to last until she starts to draw out the draft.
When Lin Xi came out with the little guy from the bathroom, Chu Muqing was concentrating on her work with her headphones on. Lin Xi was surprised that the reporters could type so fast. The crackling of the keyboard seemed to be louder than the rain outside the window are dense.
Seeing her at work, Lin Xi didn't want to disturb her, so she made a silent gesture to the little guy: "Shh, it's getting late, will you go to sleep obediently?"
The little guy also whispered, "Okay."
Lin Xi took her to the bedroom. She had never seen Chu Muqing's bedroom. The interior was decorated in a simple and atmospheric style, mainly in three tones of black, white and gray, and the floor was clean and spotless.
Lin Xi laid the quilt for the little guy, and the little guy climbed onto the bed and lay down obediently.
Lin Xi leaned over and kissed her on the cheek: "Good night, cub."
The little guy giggled and shrank her neck: "Itchy..."
Lin Xi covered her with the quilt: "Go to sleep, tomorrow, Mama Lin has important things for her to do."
The little guy looked at her with bright eyes and asked curiously, "What is it?"
Lin Xi's eyes darkened: "It's a secret, let's sleep well tonight."
After she finished speaking, she got up and walked out of the bedroom.
only...
Chu Muqing occupied the sofa that originally belonged to her... and her living room.
So where is she sleeping tonight?
Lin Xi closed the bedroom door came to the living room and asked her casually, "When can you finish?"
Chu Muqing took off her headphones and looked up at Lin Xi.
Because of her work, the lights in the living room were dimmed by her. Too bright light would cause discomfort to her eyes.
Under the hazy light the woman was wearing her light blue nightdress and no underwear. her long wet hair was casually scattered on her shoulders with moist water droplets hanging from the ends.
Chu Muqing's gaze stopped on her chest for a while, but it seemed like she had been scalded by something, and immediately turned to look at the screen on the table.
"It won't end in a while." She suppressed her turbulent heartbeat and said calmly, "You can go and sleep with cheng."
Lin Xi paused and nodded: "Okay."
Lin Xi turned around, and before taking a few steps, she turned around and reminded Chu Muqing, "The work is never done and the body is the most important thing."
Chu Muqing's eyes still stayed on the computer screen: "En."
Lin Xi thought for a while got up and walked to the kitchen. She took a pot of water and pressed the heating button.
During the period she had been waiting in the kitchen for the water to boil, unaware that Chu Muqing had been looking in the direction of the kitchen.
After a while, Lin Xi came out with a mug and put it next to Chu Muqing's computer.
Chu Muqing said in a low voice, "Thank you."
Lin Xi paused, but said, "what did you say you wanted to talk to me?"
Chu Muqing took her fingertips off the keyboard and looked up at her: "If you want, you can do it now."
"Chu Muqing."
Lin Xi gritted her teeth. The moment she looked down at Chu Muqing's cold eyes, she lost her momentum.
"I...I have something to confess to you..."
Chu Muqing paused for a moment with her fingertips and asked her, "Huh?"
Lin Xi spoke slowly: "I actually..."
Chu Muqing's eyes stayed on her flushed face, waiting for her to speak out.
Lin Xi took a deep breath and continued, "I'm actually a Beta."
Chu Muqing was stunned: "Just this?"
Lin Xi was also stunned: "What else?"
Chu Muqing frowned and turned to the computer screen.
Below the search bar on the screen, it says - People with multiple personalities commonly fantasize about having a younger brother or sister.
Lin Xi reacted: "Ah... do you know?"
Chu Muqing replied, "Yes."
Lin Xi asked her, "When did you know? Why didn't you tell me..."
Chu Muqing looked down, and there was a line of small characters on the screen.
- For a patient with multiple personalities, these personalities that she possesses can only be triggered under certain conditions. Most of the painful events that the patient experienced in childhood caused them to want to escape the pain, so other personalities began to share the pain. .
Chu Muqing looked at her and replied in a low voice, "Then why did you tell me?"
Lin Xi was stunned for a moment: "Then... what do you want to talk to me about tonight?"
Chu Muqing's gaze returned to the computer screen.
"Hey hey hey...Chu Muqing." Lin Xi whispered, "Why do you always look at the computer...I said we can talk now. If you're busy at work, then I won't bother you. Good night."
Does Chu Muqing mean to ignore her?
- Pay special attention such patients will hate others to treat them as patients and their emotions may be repeated. Any negative situation of sadness and anxiety is very likely to trigger their second personality.
Chu Muqing raised her head, looked at her apologetically, and said softly, "Well, I'm sorry... go and rest."
Lin Xi: ...?