Song Yuqiao had a dream.

  In her dream, she lay on the operating table, with the surgical lamp above her eyes shining down on her as tears streamed down her face, yet she still wanted to keep her eyes open and look.

  Her belly was round and bulging. Even lying down, she could see her own belly, with doctors and nurses wearing masks beside her, bustling about saying something, but all she could hear in her ears was a buzzing noise. She couldn't hear anything at all.

  It's been a long time, she was already weak and limp all over, and had no idea how many times she had breathed in and out. Finally, she heard the sound of a baby crying, the overhead lamp went out, and she saw a wrinkled face, purple-red skin, covered in sticky amniotic fluid, as if wrapped in a thin membrane.

  When the nurse was about to put the child in her arms, Song Yuqiao suddenly woke up, opened her eyes, and still remembered the dream. At that moment, she heard the baby's cry and felt a surge of joy from her heart.

  But this kind of joy can only exist in dreams now.

  I'm really going crazy, I even dream about giving birth in my dreams.

  Song Yuqiao's pillow was empty, and Pei Shichen was not by her side. She touched the temperature beside her, which still had a hint of body heat, possibly because Pei Shichen had also just gotten up not long ago.

  It sounds like there's running water in the bathroom, so Paisley is probably taking a bath.

  Paischen needs to wash twice at night and once in the morning, what a cleanliness freak.

  Actually, Pei Si Cheng isn't a cleanliness freak, it's just that every morning he wakes up with morning wood, and then there's a soft and fluffy body in his arms, so now it's not about taking a bath, but about releasing fire.

  When Pei Su Cheng came out of the bathroom, there was no one on the bed anymore.

  If Pei hadn't changed the password for the door lock last night, the first thing to do when seeing no one on the bed would be to rush downstairs and see if Song Yuqiao had run away.

  Pei Si changed his clothes and went downstairs from the stairs. Hearing the sound in the dining room, he knew that Song Yuqiao was cooking.

  This time the fridge is quite full of ingredients, it seems that after Song Yuqiao said there was nothing in the fridge last time, Pei Si Cheng has been going to the supermarket every day to buy ingredients.

  Song Yuqiao made a vegetable porridge, sautéed the Pleurotus eryngii mushrooms with some ginger, wrapped them in a thin omelette, and mixed a fruit salad. It looked pretty good.

  She turned around and saw Pei Si leaning against the refrigerator by the door, wearing light-colored pants with his shirt tucked in, the cuffs rolled up to reveal a small section of wheat-colored skin on his forearm, hugging his arm as he stared at her, she didn't know for how long.

  Song Yuqiao put down her face and placed the dinner plate on the table. "Go call Pei Hangyu, it's time to eat."

  Pei Si Cheng said: "Pei Huang Yu is at his grandmother's house."

  Song Yuqiao lifted her eyelids and didn't say anything, "Then you come over and stir the porridge."

  Pei Si took the two bowls of mixed vegetable congee from Song Yuqiao's hands, and along the way, he used his fingers to gently wipe her smooth wrist. He then seriously blew away the hot air floating on top of the congee, "Is it freshly made? It looks very hot."

  Song Yuqiao: "......"

  Two people sat at the dinner table, originally just quietly eating, when Pei suddenly spoke up: "You've already quit your job?"

  Song Yuqiao nodded: "Yes, by the end of the month, you can complete the formalities and leave your job."

  "Come to the Pei's residence," said Pei Shu, "I just happen to be short of a secretary."

  Song Yuqiao didn't respond, her gaze fell on the fruit salad plate between the two of them, and out of the corner of her eye she could barely see Pei Si Cheng's wrist holding the serving spoon.

  She hasn't thought about her plans after leaving the job next week, so she doesn't make any promises.

  Regarding Song Yuqiao's resignation, Pei Sicheng is enjoying the fruits of his labor and putting it in his own hands, which is naturally more comfortable. Moreover, Song Yuqiao has a very thorough understanding of Pei Sicheng's habits. He doesn't know if it's because Song Yuqiao subconsciously retains some of his habits deep down, even if he loses his memory, he can still recall them unconsciously.

  "Did you like the flowers I sent last time?"

  "Like," Song Yu Qiao said casually, "I spent 428 yuan on these flowers, of course I like them."

  Pei Si furrowed his brow, "You paid for it yourself?"

  Song Yu nodded: "It's okay, I understand."

  Pei Si Cheng: “......”

  Two people were enjoying a rare quiet breakfast time when suddenly there was a knock at the door, followed by continuous ringing of the doorbell.

  Pei Si Cheng slightly furrowed his brow and said: "I'll go open the door."

  The person knocking on the door was Pei Hangyu.

  When Uncle Li Bei sent him to school, he suddenly remembered that there was an art class today and the watercolor pen was left at home. He asked Uncle Li Bei to send him to Huayuan and took the elevator up himself to get it.

  But why can't you even open the door of your own home?!

  Pae Ho-yub tried fingerprint recognition several times, but it didn't work. He entered the password again, but it was still incorrect! Why is this happening?!

  Either our house has been robbed or Dad changed the lock on the door.

  The second possibility is more likely.

  Dad actually deprived him of his right to live in this house!

  He thought for a moment, then started knocking on the door, jumping up and pressing the doorbell, then jumping up again and pressing the doorbell.

  The door is open.

  As expected, it's Dad who came to open the door! He always does this kind of sneaky thing, sigh, can't help it.

  "Why didn't you go to school?"

  Bae Ho-yong directly drilled under his father's arm and threw a sentence: "Don't talk to me!"

  As soon as Pei Hangyu entered the house, his dog nose came into play and he immediately smelled a delicious smell. What was this tasty thing? He didn't greet his dad and directly ran to the dining room, where he saw Song Yuqiao at a glance.

  "Qiao Qiao, what are you doing in my home?"

  "Auntie slept here yesterday," Song Yuqiao said calmly, "Has Xiaohuo eaten? Do you want to eat some?"

  "I want!"

  Pei Si Cheng's voice was louder than when the teacher called his name in class, and he hastily stuffed the half-eaten meat bun into his backpack.

  "I haven't eaten yet!"

  Song Yuqiao originally made three servings of breakfast, then walked into the kitchen, scooped out a small bowl of porridge from the remaining amount, and knocked away Pei Hangyu's hand that was about to grab the golden needle mushroom, "Go wash your hands first."

  Bai Hangyu hastily jumped down from the chair and ran to the bathroom to wash his hands. After coming out, he showed off to Song Yuqiao: "I used two bars of soap."

  Song Yuqiao brought up the porridge and asked: "Great, does your stomach still hurt?"

  "It doesn't hurt anymore!" Pei Haoyu said, "Yesterday at grandma's house, she only gave me plain porridge to eat, I was starving to death."

  Pei Si Cheng stood at the entrance of the restaurant, just in time to see Song Yu Qiao holding Pei Huang Yu and sitting on a chair, rolling up his sleeves, looking somewhat entranced.

  Song Yuqiao raised her eyes: "What are you looking at?"

  "A virtuous wife and good mother."

  Song Yuqiao's face turned away, but her cheeks were a little hot.

  Upstairs, the three of them were having breakfast. Downstairs, Li Bei was getting impatient: "Does it take half an hour to go upstairs and get a watercolor pen?" He was late again, and he had to go in and explain the reason for being late to the class teacher, as well as his unqualified parents.

  Helpless, Li Bei locked the car and went upstairs.

  Knock on the door.

  "Little master, you're going away and..."

  The one who opened the door was Pei Si Cheng.

  "Boss, you're at home."

  Pei Si nodded slightly.

  "Then I'll go to the company first," said Li Bei, who was about to turn around but was stopped by Pei Cheng.

  "Go to the office and get ready, I'm going abroad on a business trip. The documents have already been sent to Yu Na, go take a look at them there."

  On a business trip?

  In a big company, business trips are usually profitable. Expenses can be reimbursed and there are various benefits. This time when I return, I can buy two more skirts for my girlfriend again.

  Li Bei smiled and asked: "Are you going to America or Canada?"

  "Go to the Middle East and comfort the employees of the Pei family."

  Lei Bei: *silence*

  Why is it like this? Li Bei deeply reflected on her recent work, every task was done with great care, fearing that even a little bit would not meet the boss's expectations. Where did I go wrong?

  It's so sad, indeed it is like accompanying a tiger. Which hoof stepped on the tiger's tail after all?

  Until Lei Bei boarded the flight to the Middle East, he still hadn't figured it out.

  ………………

  Pei Si Cheng sent Pei Hao Yu to school, watching him enter the school gate with his own eyes. Then he went to the mall and bought two pairs of women's flat shoes. On the way back, he passed by the hospital and stopped by to see Pei Yu Ling.

  Pei Yuling didn't expect Pei Si Cheng would come over at this time in the morning, so she had Liu sister pour water and invited Pei Si Cheng to sit down.

  Pei Si took over the water cup, smiled and said thank you.

  "Isn't there something urgent at the company? Why did you come to the hospital so early?"

  "Still okay, how's your sister's illness?"

  Pei Yuling repeated what the doctor said two days ago, Pei Si Cheng slightly frowned and said: "Isn't it that you can't get angry? Big sister, don't get angry. Tang Qi's mother is the hospital director, I'll make a call and let her find the best doctor to take a look."

  "It's okay, I don't need a good doctor, Ze Nan has found me a neurologist," Pei Yuling sighed. "It's not what you said, if he could really control his temper and not be impatient, that would be fine. You know Ze Nan, he just got divorced and gave half of the Ye family shares to his ex-wife. Women are all insatiable, directly swallowing up half of my family's property..."

  At this point, Pei Yuling suddenly stopped talking, because she saw a flash of red light in Pei Si's eyes, but it was fleeting, and she wondered if she had seen it wrong.

  Pei Si picked up the cup of water in front of him and asked slowly: "Did Ze Nan get a divorce?"

  Bai Yuling only then realized that her son's divorce had not been told to others, because the marriage was so quiet and now the divorce is also quiet.

  "Hmm," Pei Yuling averted her gaze, "I haven't told Dad yet, you don't say anything either."

  Even if Pei Yuling doesn't tell him, Pei Si Cheng won't go to his father and say it himself. Now that Pei Lin Feng is desperately searching for this son, he won't voluntarily turn himself in.

  After saying a few words with Pei Yuling, Pei Si stood up and bid farewell.

  Pei Si stepped out of the door and happened to see a woman carrying a thermos walking down the corridor. At first glance, she seemed somewhat familiar, but upon closer thought, he couldn't recall where he had seen her before.

  The woman's gaze also fell on Pei Su's face, but only for a moment before quickly moving away, her footsteps hurrying forward.

  This woman is Qiao Mo.

  Paisong Cheng should have met Qiaomo that night when Song Yuqiao was kidnapped. She leaned against the front of the car, next to Suqing's mistress Xiaodie, and saw a man wearing a jacket in front of her, confronting the ruthless Suqing.

  Pei Si's attention was all on Song Yuqiao at that time, and naturally he didn't notice Qiao Mo over here.

  However, Qiao Mo had been observing for a long time.

  Song Yuqiao is Ye Zenan's ex-wife. Pei Shichen had already investigated and found out that she was Ye Zenan's younger brother's wife.

  Qiao Mo sneered and glanced at the hospital room that Pei Si had just walked out of, silently memorizing the room number before carrying a thermos to another nearby room.

  As soon as I entered the door, I heard Xu Wenli's voice: "Qiao Mo sister, what delicious food did you bring today?"

  Qiao Mo had already adjusted the expression on her face at the moment the door closed, walked over, opened the thermos lunch box and said: "I cooked black chicken soup, and there are some side dishes."

  "It's chicken soup again, I'm tired of drinking it for these few days."

  Qiao Mo sat down and had already ladled a small bowl of soup, smiling: "You need to nourish your body now, eat more nutritious things, recover quickly."

  Xu Wanli nodded and bowed her head to drink chicken soup.

  She thinks Qiao Mo is a good person and very generous. On the first time she accompanied Zheng Xiaoxia, she gave her a new Prada bag, a limited edition that she herself had hesitated to buy several times.

  Although Zheng Xiaoxia said that Qiao Mo was her friend, Xu Wenyi didn't believe it at all. Originally, she was a sponsor and had money, how could someone with money become friends with someone who is poor?

  Xu Wanli finished drinking the soup in her thermos, and Qiao Mo sat with her chatting for a while before getting up to wash the rice bowls in the bathroom. Suddenly, Xu Wanli said: "My aunt went to ask the doctor when we can be discharged, it's been half an hour, why hasn't she come back yet?"

  Qiao Mo cleaned up and packed the thermos lunch box, saying: "I'll go take a look."

  "Uh," said Xu Wanli, "my attending physician's office is in the third office on the east side."

  The third office...

  Qiao Mo walked along the corridor and stopped at the office door without pushing it open.

  The door was half open and the voices inside could be heard clearly.

  Her hand stopped just as she was about to push the door open, because she heard Song Jieyu inside say: "Doctor, is it really impossible for me to get pregnant in the future? With medical advancements these days, can't you think of a way to cure this?"

  Is Xu Wanli unable to get pregnant?

  Qiao Mo took two deep breaths, turned around, smelled the disinfectant in the hospital corridor, and then faced the door. She knocked politely three times, heard someone inside ask, and smiled, "Auntie, Lily just drank chicken soup and is looking for you."

  ………………

  In the morning, Song Yuqiao accompanied Zheng Qing to a 4S store and then went straight to Jia Ge.

  The sea election two days ago was in charge of Ruitian, where Zhang Qi is located. Now it's the second round, and some judges have started scoring and advancing. It has been changed to Qianyu Shallow Language, which is responsible for venue layout and advertisement design.

  Song Yuqiao referred to the three star judges invited by Jia Ge, who made comments on aspects such as singing skills, image and vocal quality.

  Lu Jingzhong was originally a top-notch singer, and for this kind of competition, he would definitely be a sought-after judge, no need for advertising effects at all. It's just that now, as one of the high-level backers of Jay Chou, appearing again in this kind of talent show is inevitably not quite suitable.

  However, Song Yuqiao's intention is that Lu Jingzhong can show his face, which will help improve the TV ratings and be a highlight for advertising sponsorship.

  Lu Jingzhong rubbed his forehead and said, "Let me think about it."

  Zheng Qing and Song Yuqiao were working privately when Zheng Qing pulled out a document from about three or four years ago, said to be the last concert of the King of Heaven Lu Jing's, cut out a clip, and let Song Yuqiao watch.

  At that time, Lu Jingzhong, standing in the center of the stage, was indeed radiant. Compared to three years later, there was no discernible change. He spoke into the microphone in his hand: "Next, please welcome my pianist."

  The whole field was filled with whispers, and on the stage there were only two spotlights, one shining on Lu Jingzhong who was wearing a black performance outfit, and the other on a piano.

  About half a minute later, a woman in a red skirt walked out from behind.

  Song Yuqiao recognized her, this woman was Du Jiayin, Pei Si Cheng had taken Song Yuqiao to Lu Xiao Wu's house before and she had seen her, she was the pianist.

  Zheng Qing pressed the pause button and said, "I went through Vi's previous video recordings. Except for this time, there was no trace of her in the last concert, and now she is Vi's wife."

  Song Yuqiao looked at the paused screen and said: "So you mean..."

  Two people exchanged a glance, and they had already seen the same meaning in each other's eyes.

  Lu Jingzhong can't be a judge, but if after three years, he and his beloved perform on the same stage again, it will definitely be the most sensational news.

  Zheng Qing answered a phone call from the 4S shop and told Song Yuqiao two sentences before leaving.

  Song Yuqiao made some meticulous adjustments to the venue's advertisements and the details of the guests and judges, and when he saw the three words "Zhang Menglin" on the judge's name tag, his eyelids suddenly jumped.

  She slammed the folder shut in front of her and stood up, walking out of the conference room door.

  Walking up to Lu Jingzhong's office, I asked his secretary, "Is Mr. Lu in? Would you mind announcing me?"

  The secretary stood up and said: "Mr. Lu has instructed that as long as you come to see him, you can directly knock on the door and enter."

  Song Yuqiao smiled slightly.

  Is this considered going through the back door?

  Lu Jingzhong sat behind his office desk, wearing a pair of glasses on the bridge of his nose. However, what was quite amusing was that there were two very cute cartoon stickers stuck to the frame of his glasses.

  Song Yuqiao immediately thought of Lu Jingzhong's son and daughter, wondering who might have posted it.

  Lu Jingzhong took off his glasses and let Song Yuqiao sit down.

  Song Yuqiao didn't beat around the bush and directly said, "This time's competition will have a guest performer on stage. I'd like to take this opportunity to invite you and your wife to perform together once again, not as judges but just for one performance. We'll be performing the same song 'Hou Niao' that you both performed together three years ago."

  "It won't work," Lu Jing rubbed his brow and said, "I've already informed the person in charge of your company. I've already stepped down from my position, so there's no need to come find me for this kind of thing anymore."

  "Director Lu, this is for..."

  Lu Jingzhong raised his hand and made a gesture of pause, "This matter will stop here."

  Song Yuqiao stood up and said, "Sorry about that."

  Lu Jingzhong watched as Song Yuqiao walked out and closed the office door, then let out a sigh. Why did Pei San need him to mediate in his pursuit of his wife? He actually wanted to perform with Jia Yin again, but had to pretend to be nonchalant while refusing.

  If Song Yuqiao didn't go find Pei Shicheng for help, then what would happen this time.

  ………………

  On the way back to the company, Song Yuqiao received a call from the board of directors of Ye's group company and went to the headquarters again to complete all the procedures for transferring shares.

  The staff of the board of directors said: "From now on, you need to attend every regular monthly meeting of the board as a non-voting delegate."

  Song Yu nodded slightly.

  This time at Ye's, she didn't see Ye Zenan. Song Yuqiao deliberately avoided Ye Zenan's office area. She really didn't know that if she had followed Pei Si Cheng, how should she behave when she saw Ye Zenan again in the future.

  However, when they met, she would still meet him, and he would deliberately wait for her on the road that she had to take.

  Song Yuqiao's eyes dodged for a moment, and he called out: "Director Ye."

  Ye Zenan asked: "Is the share transfer procedure completed?"

  "Yes, it's done."

  "Is there time? Shall we have dinner together?" Ye Zenan asked.

  Song Yuqiao said: "I also made an appointment with colleagues to eat, sorry, if there's nothing else, I'll leave first."

  "Uh-huh." Ye Zenan watched as Song Yuqiao got on the elevator, then turned and left, telling Secretary Zhang in the office: "Cancel the private room at the restaurant."

  ………………

  As she walked out of Ye's company, she felt a heavy heart.

  Originally thought, leaving Ye Zenan would also mean leaving the Ye family, and I could have a completely new life.

  However, she got Ye's shares and became a member of the Ye family board, and also had an affair with Ye Zenan's younger brother-in-law. Her heart was in a mess, and she didn't know whether to continue this feeling or not.

  As it was approaching closing time, Song Yuqiao's phone received a call from Pei Si Cheng.

  She took a glance and hung up directly, then it rang again, and she hung up again.

  It wasn't until she hung up for the third time that she realized she had just hung up on Hua's phone call.

  She quickly dialed again, and Hua Yun said: "Why did you hang up on me just now? Are you still in a meeting?"

  Song Yuqiao Hu made up a reason and said: "Just now I accidentally slipped."

  Huajing didn't mind at all, she never paid much attention to that kind of detail, and said: "Come to my evening dress store today, I have a few dresses that I want you to help me try on, take a set of photos, and then we'll eat together later!"

  Song Yuqiao couldn't help but laugh, and indeed treated her as a model.

  As soon as he went downstairs, Song Yuqiao saw Pei Si Cheng's car at first glance.

  Song Yuqiao thought, since he had been hanging up on him just now, he also needed to explain, so he walked over and knocked on the driver's side window: "I'm going to Hua Zhen's evening dress shop, you don't have to go."

  Pei Si Cheng turned his head and looked at Song Yu Qiao: "Get in the car, I'll send you over."

  Song Yuqiao said: "No need, I'll take a taxi."

  After finishing speaking, Song Yuqiao didn't look at Pei Si Cheng's expression and directly went forward to hail a taxi.

  A taxi soon stopped, and when Song Yuqiao got in, she saw that Pei Shichen hadn't gotten out. However, on the way, she looked through the rearview mirror to see Pei Shichen's car following behind at a distance.