Subconsciously, he went to peek at his face, but fortunately, he didn’t seem to realize that she was thinking too much, and was just focusing on the baby. He carried KK from this side to that side, his movements were very careful, afraid of kicking Nini on this side, and also afraid of touching KK’s forehead, so he barely left one hand free to cover KK’s head to prevent it from being touched.
Looking at the focus, the seriousness, and the care he was taking with the baby, an unspeakable feeling surfaced in Zoey’s heart. It was a little sour, rising up and making her ache in a subtle way. Undoubtedly, he really was a wonderful, wonderful father, and it was no wonder that the children hung on to him and loved him so. If, at that time, there was not that behind a series of deception and plunder, he was sincere and his own proposal, then, now their family of four, must be living a very happy … very happy …
However, in this world, there is no ‘if’. Therefore, it is destined that they are now strangers …
He moved a little closer towards her and let KK fall asleep on his lap. Feeling his body heat, Zoey stiffened for a moment, surrounded by the even, light breathing of her children.
The car, all the way, I don’t know how many hours of driving.
Gradually, Zoey fell asleep, too.
Last night, the quality of sleep was not good, Jerry Xiao was actually sleepy, but … he couldn t fall asleep.
His eyes were fixed on Zoey’s sleeping face. Sleeping her, faded away the coldness when facing him, became more and more soft. Only at this kind of time, he can look at her so recklessly …
Carve this long-lost face deeply into his heart, so deeply that in his next life, even after crossing the Naiho Bridge he will not forget …
Sitting slightly upright, he carefully moved her head over and gently rested it on his shoulder. The breath was scattered between his neck, and a trace of strong satisfaction crossed his heart. The child and she are all around, he thought, this moment, perhaps the last happiness in his life …
The large palm slowly raised to touch the face that haunted him, but, as the hand lifted, it paused in the air in fear.
He was afraid, afraid that the happiness of this moment is just a bubble of his own fantasy, as long as such a slight touch, this happiness will be broken …
Bringing his hand back, he smiled bitterly.
Jerry Xiao, when did you become such a wimp, such a coward?
The thoughts had only just fallen, when a certain woman on her shoulder was slightly restless. Seems to be looking for the most comfortable position, she was confused, her body constantly sliding down. The small face, finally pillowed in his legs, which seems to be comfortable some, small face rubbed, re-closed his eyes at ease to sleep. Nini also along with her sliding body, lying in her lap.
Her approaching like this made his body stiffen for a moment. Laughing helplessly. This stupid woman, she could really sleep! Must not know how dangerous she is like this.
Legs, a sizeable head on one side, Nini looking leaning on her. This scene, really beautiful … so beautiful …
It was so beautiful, he just wanted to freeze the moment.
Carefully take out your cell phone and hold it up high. Shoot it from the top down, trying to get yourself into the shot as well. I went back and forth several times, even sweat seeped out of my head, before I finally got a satisfactory panoramic shot. Still not satisfied, I took several more shots of Zoey’s sleeping face.
He smiled, like a contented child, picking out the earlier photo of the four together and setting it to his phone’s desktop, looking at it several more times in quick succession before finally putting it away and setting it aside.
Ah Feng in the passenger seat couldn’t help but feel surprised when he saw the way he just fiddled with his cell phone. Usually, when the president’s cell phone was held in his hand, it basically only had the function of making phone calls.
…
The caravan, past the coast, driving through the desert, past patches of desert roses …
Zoey , who was immersed in her sleep , only felt that she was sleeping more peacefully than ever before. All around her, all the scents, made her feel at ease.
Such a long trip is a challenge for Jerry Xiao’s body at this moment. Especially, at this moment, in the not so spacious space, he did not dare to move. However, he didn’t feel tired at all, he didn’t even feel the slightest bit of sleepiness, he was completely immersed in the warmth and happiness of this moment.
The long convoy, finally stopped in front of the base.
Jerry Xiao squinted and saw that the tens of thousands of square meters of the base were filled with gas pipes and reserve tanks. The base is so big that you can’t see the edge of it, and in the greenhouse outside, some green grass and vegetation are cultivated. This was a rare sight in the desert.
“President, it’s already here.” Feng came back to talk to him.
“Uh-huh.” Jerry Xiao nodded his head and looked down at the two big and two small ones who were still sleeping peacefully. He patted Zoey’s face, “Zoey, wake up.”
“Hmm?” Zoey half squinted her eyes in a daze … and met his light smile, hearing his low voice ring out softly, “Had enough sleep? Already here.”
Here? Is she asleep?
Zoey blinked, then blinked again, half realizing that she was actually lying on his lap. Her heart leapt, and she screamed “Oh no!”, so excited that she immediately tried to get up from his lap. But he stopped her movement with his arm, his long finger gently fell on her lips and pressed, “Shhh, move gently, don’t disturb the children.”
She then thought that Nini was still lying on top of her, and all of a sudden she didn’t dare to move again. His fingertips, fell on her lips, hot like fire. Her lips, trembled, and her eyes looked at him. Only then did he smile and pull his fingers away.
Ah Feng was the first to get out of the car, and helped carry Nini out first, Zoey climbed up, already aching all over. Zoey climbed up, already aching, and went around to the other side of the car to open the door, and carefully picked up KK from Jerry Xiao, who was then able to get out of the car, and his legs were a little numb from the pillows, but fortunately it was still bearable.
“Here, give me Nini.” He held out his hand toward Afon, who said, “I’ll hold it, the little one has to wake up if he moves again.”
Jerry Xiao did not insist. Ah Feng said with him, “By now it looks like these two kids and the president are really becoming more and more alike.”
Jerry Xiao subconsciously looked at Zoey, but Zoey didn’t say anything, she just avoided his eyes and walked forward with KK in her arms. She walked to the back of the car where she had stored her luggage, holding the baby in one hand and trying to move the luggage with the other.
“I’ll do it.” One hand, poking out from her side, easily carried her luggage.
Zoey froze. With a slight sideways glance, she inadvertently touches the way Jing Si squeezes behind another car not far away. Pursing her lips slightly before saying, “You don’t have to help me, go help someone else.”
Jerry Xiao looked at her and frowned slightly.
“Jing Si is over there carrying the luggage, didn’t you want to ‘behave properly’?” For some reason, she deliberately aggravated the words ‘behave well’.
And Jerry Xiao, with a heavy, heavy look at her twice, actually did turn around and walk ahead.
Looking at him arriving at Jing Si’s side, helping Jing Si carry down her luggage, Jing Si was excited and thrilled, and after that, the two of them were talking and laughing, Zoey only felt an unspoken stuffiness in her heart.
It seems that he really has that much of a soft spot for Jing Si! Otherwise, how could she be so well-behaved?
Realizing this, inexplicably, she felt more and more drained. The luggage on one side wasn’t too heavy, but she just couldn’t lift it.
“Zoey , you’re the one who kicked Uncle out yay, now that Uncle is gone, why are you acting like a whiny bitch again?” KK woke up at some point and hugged her neck, spitting at her.
She froze.
Does she have the look of a disgruntled woman? How could she!
“Nonsense. Where did I complain? If I’m complaining, it’s you who’s complaining. You’ve gained weight again, fat boy, you need to lose weight!”
KK narrowed his eyes at her, “It’s true to say that women can change their mind faster than a book! The day before yesterday, Zoey said that she needed to eat more to look good!”
Uh …
Zoey was completely speechless. KK slipped out of her arms and took her hand, looking up at her with her little head tilted up, “Zoey , do you think it’s especially humiliating to go and call the older man back right now?”
“Of course it’s humiliating.”
“I’ll call it for you then! Uncle – umm …”
The little guy’s mouth was suddenly covered by Zoey, “Don’t mess with me, little ancestor!”
However, in front, Jerry Xiao had already heard the child’s voice and turned back to see Zoey hiding KK behind her. Meeting his inquiring eyes, she explained, “It’s nothing, just the kid screaming.”
“No way!” KK poked his head out from this side, Zoey was going to block it, he poked his head out from the other side, “Ajussi, Zoey can’t lift the luggage, come and help!”
“You …” Zoey was really going crazy! I knew it, I shouldn’t have brought these two little things over! Sooner or later you’re going to go crazy if you bring them here!
She was about to explain to Jerry Xiao that she was going to lift her luggage to prove to him that she lifted it properly. But …
She realized she was simply overthinking it because …
Not only did he not want to come back and help her, but, he just looked down and said something to Jing Si, and helped her again by lifting her luggage to the side on the luggage rack that had been rolled out from the base.
“Thank you, Mr. Xiao.” Jing Si smiled openly at him after setting up her luggage, “Actually, I could tell early on that between you …”
She smiled and gestured, “Well … it is, it’s very different. Smoke is more twisted is all, she does not want to admit it. However, the heart of a woman, you need to know more about it. Even though they say so on their lips, they don’t necessarily think so in their hearts.”
Jerry Xiao smiled bitterly, “A needle in a haystack, it’s hard to find.”
“She has a soft heart, and I’m sure it won’t be long before she changes her attitude toward you.”
“I hope so.” There probably wasn’t much more time he could wait.
…
She turned back to Zoey, holding KK as if she hadn’t seen him, and Jerry Xiao bent down to carry her luggage, but she just coldly refused, “No, I have my own hands and feet.”
“It’s just what you’re supposed to do as a man.” He insisted.
“I said no.” Zoey didn’t know where she suddenly got her temper from, and simply pushed his hand away, “There are so many female coworkers, you can go ahead and do all those things you supposedly men are supposed to do. And I, really, don’t need you!”
She rebuffed very decisively, causing Jerry Xiao’s hand to awkwardly pause in the air. Eyes like deep pools of water, locked in her somewhat negative little face, “You’re angry?”
“You think too much!” Zoey pulled her bags forward, looking like she didn’t want to talk to him much. KK looked back with a bitter look on her face, grabbing her small eyebrows and giving him a neck-wiping gesture, signaling him not to mess with her at the moment.
The person is very angry, face simply written ‘high-risk do not approach’ four big words. Jerry Xiao looked at her, pursed his lips, in the end took off the body of the trench coat to, step forward to follow up, silent trench coat draped over the head of the Zoey and KK.