Xiao Qiao held her breath and quietly retreated.

Phiphi was still sleeping in the room.

Xiao Qiao blew the lights, climbed onto the bed and lay down again.

She closed her eyes.

Slowly, something wet overflowed from the corners of the eyes.

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

After a long time, Xiao Qiao finally heard the sound of him returning to the room with slight hands.

He passed by the bed and stayed for a moment.

In the hazy night, Xiao Qiao saw him reaching out and seemed to caress Philip's face. Then there was a slight rustling sound of taking off his clothes. The bed beside him sank slightly, and he slowly lay back.

Knowing that he didn't want to wake him up, Xiao Qiao closed her eyes and did not move.

...

Sometimes, it takes time and opportunity to let go.

For example, she herself, isn't that the same?

She said everything she should say.

She will do what she should do.

She is willing to wait.

...

The fourth day of the lunar month is Zhu’s birthday.

Since Wei Shao's father died, Zhu has been reluctant to celebrate his birthday for more than ten years.

Every year on this day, Mrs. Xu would ask someone to go to Jinlong Temple to donate indulgent oil to burn incense in the name of Zhu, and then send a bowl of birthday noodles to the east house.

This has been the case for more than ten years.

Zhu's birthday is coming soon this year. Wei Shao happened to come back home these days, and Philip was added to his family. Mrs. Xu suggested buying a table of birthday wine for Zhu, and the family gathered together, and then invited a few relatives from the tribes that they were close to on weekdays to come over to have a lively gathering.

In Zhu's thoughts, the husband is gone, and he will cut off all the entertainment that is superficial from now on, which is the manifestation of his grief for his husband.

I have been persisting for more than ten years. If I make an exception to celebrate my birthday this year, my previous grief will be wasted as if I had made all my efforts.

So she was not very willing.

Naturally, it was rare that Mrs. Xu mentioned this year with interest. She shirked the blame at first, but did not dare to disobey too much, and finally reluctantly agreed.

Therefore, Wei Shao stayed at home for a few more days, and was scheduled to leave on the fifth day of the lunar month.

It was the fourth day of the lunar month, and the Wei family held several tables of birthday wine on that day. Mrs. Xu, Zhu, Wei Liang's mother and several other senior elders in the clan had a table, and the rest sat on the banquet.

Xiao Qiao was of low class and could not get on the main table. Because Philip was beside her, everyone liked to tease her, so she hugged Philip and sat with her at the mattress.

Mrs. Zhu wore a new dress with dark gold-breasted patterns on the blue bottom of the peacock, and sat next to Mrs. Xu.

During the meal, laughter and everyone toasted her. The smile on her face was a little fluttering, and Philip even hugged her like a symbol.

Only when Wei Shao presented her birthday greetings, he looked at his son and showed joy in his eyes.

In fact, after the poisoning two years ago, Mrs. Xu did not punish her. She only thought about it for a while, and she did not reveal a word to the outside world.

But Zhu's spirit has been as if he has lost his reliance since then. For a while, his whole body became extremely depressed and his temperament has become more withdrawn.

It was not until the last six months that it gradually improved. I changed my worship of Buddha and showed my face to Mrs. Xu every now and then.

But the Wei family also heard some vague news, so they didn't feel surprised to see her like this tonight. They knew that Mrs. Xu was interested in being lively and they all made fun of it. They were just talking about it, but they didn't feel the cold.

Feathered gradually impatiently and amused by being hugged around again. She started to cry. Madam Xu asked Xiao Qiao to take Feathered back to settle the house first.

Xiao Qiao resigned and returned to the west room with Chunniang and her wet nurse.

The weather was getting hotter, so when I came back, I took a shower for Fephe, and then Chunniang took her out first, and Xiao Qiao continued to take a shower.

After taking a shower, she came out with clothes, and Chunniang and the wet nurse were gone in the room.

Wei Shao was back at some point, lying on the couch with his legs raised, holding Fefei and sitting on his abdomen, teasing her about to play.

Fephe is four or five months old and has just learned to sit by himself. In the past few days, he has gradually become familiar with this father. He sits on his belly, and is shaken by Wei Shao's hands, and giggles excitedly.

He climbed up his abdomen, climbed onto Wei Shao's chest, and stretched out his little hand to touch the bridge of his nose.

Wei Shao opened his mouth and let out a "ah woo" sound, holding her hand.

The philophyte chuckled even louder.

Wei Shao had white teeth, grabbed his daughter's fingers and laughed.

Philip and his father had a lot of fun. When they saw Xiao Qiao coming out, they turned to babble at her.

Wei Shao then relaxed his teeth, sat up with Fephe holding him, cleared his throat: "I'm sweating, go take a shower."

Xiao Qiao took Philip. "The clothes are ready, and it's inside."

Wei Shao glanced at her and turned over and got off the bed.

Usually at this time, Philip was already asleep. After Wei Shao left, she was held in Xiao Qiao's arms, ate a few bites of breasts, and gradually fell asleep and closed her eyes.

When Wei Shao came out, Xiao Qiao had just coaxed Philip to sleep. When he heard his footsteps, he put his fingers to his mouth and shrewd softly.

Wei Shao then let his pace lightly and slowly approached.

Xiao Qiao hugged Fephe and gently put her on the bed to cover her with a quilt.

Wei Shao was beside him, lowering his head as if he was looking at the face of Philip and Fei, finally stood up and said, "I will leave tomorrow morning, so I will rest?"

Xiao Qiao smiled: "Okay. Take a break soon."

...

The lights in the room were off and the eyes were dim.

Wei Shao reached out his hand and hugged her.

His powerful palms tightly clamped her waist.

Afraid of waking up Philippians, he finished this long love in a silent and suppressed situation.

After the two separated, Xiao Qiao was soaked, and Wei Shao was also lying beside her on his back, gasping for breath.

The room was dim, but Xiao Qiao could still see the outline of his chest rising and falling.

Later, the two went to the bathroom to clean themselves and lie down again when they came back.

Wei Shao seemed to have fallen asleep quickly and never saw him move again.

Xiao Qiao couldn't sleep. She opened her eyes and listened to the breathing of the men beside her and the small bed not far away, and could not fall asleep for a long time.

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

It can't be said that it's not good.

But when there are no one else on the side and only two of them are left, even if you do something like that, you will never go back to such intimate times as before.

The most common topic they have talked about in the past few days is about Philippians.

Apart from this topic, Wei Shao seemed to be intentionally avoiding it, and there was no way to continue talking to her.

He is leaving again tomorrow morning.

I don’t know how long it will take for him to come back when I leave home this time.

In the more than three years after getting married to him, she went from a fourteen-year-old girl to a mother of Philip, but she was always together with him.

Perhaps this state will continue.

...

Late at night, Xiao Qiao was finally tired and was about to fall asleep when the door was suddenly knocked.

Maybe I was afraid of waking up Philip, so the knock on the door was very soft.

But Xiao Qiao woke up immediately and raised her shoulders.

Wei Shao seemed to wake up as soon as possible, went down by himself, and opened the door.

The person who called the door was the old lady on the night tonight. She was a little frightened and whispered: "Male Master, the Huang Madam from the wife just came to call the door, saying that the wife had not been back after the maternal life wine, and the person disappeared and could not be found everywhere. Because the night was afraid of disturbing the old lady, she had no choice but to find the male lady."

Wei Shao was slightly stunned and immediately went back to the room.

Xiao Qiao also heard it, and had already put on her clothes and got out of bed, and the lights were on.

Wei Shao quickly put on his clothes, hurriedly left, and arrived at the east room. No one in the room there was sleeping. When he saw Wei Shao coming, he looked panicked.

Wei Shao entered Mrs. Zhu's house and took a look.

The quilt was unfolded, and it seemed that the person had already gotten on the bed, and got up and walked away halfway.

Huang Madam knelt down: "The wine of the longevity in the middle of Xu has passed. The wife seems to be a little drunk when she comes back, so I serve her to sleep. The wife has the habit of waking up in the middle of the night and wants to drink warm water, so I come in and add water. Unexpectedly, the wife disappeared. I just took the people everywhere, but there was no sign of the wife. I was afraid that it would be inappropriate to disturb the old lady, so I told the male king. It was all the negligence of the maid, and the male king forgives the crime..."

Wei Shao asked about several places, and Huang Mama shook her head and said she had gone to search.
To be continued...