Chapter 510: Alienation
Mr. Xie has been strong all his life. This time he came to Beijing with a weak body for two purposes.
To see his two newly born grandsons and to ease the relationship with Xie Yansheng.
But Xie Yansheng did not give him this face.
After Xie Yansheng issued the order to expel him, the father and son were deadlocked in the corridor for a full ten minutes. Mr. Xie left angrily when he saw that Xie Yansheng showed no sign of compromise.
The sound of Mr. Xie's footsteps walking away with Uncle Zhong's support made Xie Yansheng's heart messy.
He walked into the stairwell with an unlit cigarette, leaned against the corner and took out a lighter, and lit the cigarette twice before it was lit.
The white mist was lingering, and the ashes fell down, staining his black suit, and were extinguished in the dust by the sudden wind.
Wen Lan was discharged from the hospital half a month later. He could have completed the discharge procedures in a week, but in order to wait for the two little guys to leave the incubator, he stayed in the hospital for another week.
The two townhouses in Tinglan Mansion are big enough, and all maternal and child facilities are complete, so Wenlan did not book a confinement club.
In the past half month, although Nuannuan would follow Sister Yun to visit Wenlan in the hospital every now and then, she immediately became restless when she saw two babies around Wenlan.
Especially when she saw Wenlan feeding Tiaotiao and Naonao, she blinked her big watery eyes, turned her back to Wenlan and fell silent.
Wenlan was reminded by Sister Yun on the third day after returning to Tinglan Mansion, and she turned her attention to Nuannuan.
She tried to hug Nuannuan and give Nuannuan delicious food, but Nuannuan suddenly resisted her.
Nuannuan no longer called her mother, and no longer acted like a spoiled child in her arms like before. Whenever she reached out to Nuannuan, Nuannuan would always cry and call "Mom Yun", and then dive into Sister Yun's arms and not come out.
Nuannuan was fired by Jiang Jing as soon as she was born. In those few months, Wenlan did not fulfill his obligation to raise Nuannuan.
This time, she watched the birth of her two sons and their faces become plump little by little. Her regret and debt to Nuan Nuan unconsciously shifted to her sons.
Even though there were two nannies at home who specialized in taking care of babies, she had to do many things for her two sons herself, which made her more and more alienated from Nuan Nuan.
On the day of Tiao Tiao and Nao Nao's full moon, Xie Yansheng opened a banquet of 199 tables in the most luxurious hotel in Shangjing.
The guests were Xie Yansheng's business partners, company executives and their families.
Xie Yansheng was so happy to have a son that he not only refused all the gifts, but also prepared exquisite four-digit return gifts for each guest.
The full moon banquet in Shangjing was lively and prosperous. For the first time, Mr. Xie, who was far away in Jiangcheng, tasted the feeling of sitting on the bench.
He returned to the old house alone and sat in the living room on the first floor of the main building from noon to midnight.
Han Pei asked Uncle Zhong to urge him three times before he returned to Xue Cui Yuan.
Zhou Qiao specially rushed from Jiangcheng to Shangjing to attend Tiaotiao and Nao Nao's full moon banquet. When Nuannuan saw Zhou Qiao, she was like a clingy person, calling "godmother" and "godmother", and followed Zhou Qiao wherever she went.
In the afternoon, Zhou Qiao was going back to Jiangcheng, and Nuannuan cried and insisted on going with her.
Wen Lan and Xie Yan persuaded her softly for a long time, but it ended in failure.
Since Zhao Huan left, Zhou Qiao has been living alone in their former wedding room, and there is no one to talk to on weekdays. When she heard that Nuannuan could go back to Jiangcheng with her, she was so happy that she couldn't close her mouth, and repeatedly promised to let Nuannuan eat, drink and have fun.
Wen Lan personally helped Nuannuan pack her luggage and drove them to the airport.
On the way, Wen Lan gave Zhou Qiao and Yun Jie a lot of instructions.
At the entrance of the security check channel, Wen Lan bent down to kiss Nuannuan's forehead and said goodbye, but unexpectedly Nuannuan avoided her and ran into the security check without even saying goodbye to Wen Lan.
Sister Yun hurriedly chased after her.
Wen Lan looked at her daughter's stubborn back, feeling uncomfortable.
She felt that Nuan Nuan had been estranged from her since she gave birth to Tiao Tiao and Nao Nao.
"Leave Nuan Nuan to me, what are you worried about?" Zhou Qiao patted Wen Lan's shoulder, "Take good care of Tiao Tiao and Nao Nao, I will take care of my goddaughter."
"If Nuan Nuan is too noisy, call me as soon as possible and I will take her back immediately." Zhou Qiao was full of melancholy.
Knowing that Zhou Qiao had been alone for so many years, she could not stop Nuan Nuan from going back to Jiangcheng with her.
Little did she know that Nuan Nuan would be gone for a month.
During this month, Wen Lan had to video chat with her every day, but she always found various reasons to refuse, either to sleep or to play with building blocks and draw.
Even if Sister Yun put the phone screen in front of her, she and Wen Lan fell into silence after a few words.
There were several times when Wen Lan was almost heartbroken after video chatting with Nuan Nuan, and asked Xue Qi to go back to Jiangcheng to pick up Nuan Nuan the next day.
But Xue Qi always returned empty-handed.
Because Nuan Nuan would cry and make a fuss whenever she heard about going back to Beijing.
A month later, Wen Lan could no longer sit still, so she prepared breast milk one day in advance and flew to Jiangcheng with Xue Qi.
When she saw Nuan Nuan, she was sitting in Zhou Qiao's office scribbling with a colored pen.
She looked focused, like a little adult.
Wen Lan did not disturb her, quietly made a silent gesture to Zhou Qiao, and gently stood behind her to look at the painting in her hand.
There were colorful little skirts on it.
From the perspective of Wen Lan, a professional designer, the color combination of Nuan Nuan's brush was very impactful.
When Nuan Nuan changed her brush, she noticed someone behind her, and turned her head to meet Wen Lan's eyes.
"The little skirt designed by Nuannuan is so beautiful." Wen Lan hurriedly smiled and greeted her, and stretched out her hand to hug her, "Nuannuan, mom is here to take you home."
Nuannuan let her hug her, but her reaction was very calm, without any joy of reunion. Half a minute later, she murmured: "I don't want to go back to Beijing."
"Don't you miss mom and dad?" Wen Lan imagined several scenarios of meeting, but this one was the only one she didn't expect.
"No." Nuannuan blurted out.
Wen Lan's heart seemed to be poked by something, and she wanted to continue asking, but Zhou Qiao pulled her clothes and gave her a meaningful look.
Wen Lan immediately understood, let go of Nuannuan in her arms, and touched her little face, "Mom hasn't come to TT for a long time, go and chat with my former colleagues, and don't disturb you from painting."
Nuannuan said "um" lightly.
Wen Lan and Zhou Qiao walked out of the office one after another and came to the utility room next door.
"Do you know that Nuannuan is very dissatisfied with you and Xie Yansheng?" Zhou Qiao's face was solemn, "Nuannuan has complained to me and Sister Yun many times. Now you only want your brother, not her."
Wen Lan felt a constant pain in his heart, and asked with all his strength: "What else did she say?"
"She also said that she would follow me and never return to Shangjing." Zhou Qiao sighed in embarrassment, "If you don't let your precious son go, this little elf Nuannuan will remember her hatred for you."