The Bravest

Chapter 150 Michiko's Crying

In order to make it up to Michiko, Jie spent the entire afternoon and evening with her. When he returned home, it was almost twelve o'clock.

Everyone in the family had already gone to sleep. Lin Jie tiptoed into Sun Yuelan's room. He knew that Sun Yuelan had a bad temper and would definitely be angry.

"Wife, I'm back." Lin Jie walked into the bedroom and called softly, but Sun Yuelan didn't respond at all. She might have fallen asleep.

Lin Jie climbed onto the bed carefully, got under the quilt, and gently hugged Sun Yuelan. Thinking he had escaped, Lin Jie closed his eyes and wanted to sleep.

"Go take a shower, you smell like a fox." Sun Yuelan wrinkled her nose, without even opening her eyes, and pushed Lin Jie in a daze.

"Oh, I'll go right away. You go back to sleep." Lin Jie got out of bed quickly, not daring to turn on the light. With the faint moonlight shining through the window, he groped his way to the closet, found his pajamas, and went to the bathroom. Before going in, he muttered, "Why do everyone have such a keen nose?"

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Time flies, and the Chinese New Year is only two days away. After dinner that day, Lin Jie held his son in his arms. While everyone was there, talking and laughing, and in a good mood, he gritted his teeth and told his son about Michiko.

"Wu Lian, um... I want to bring Michiko back for dinner on the night of the 30th. Do you think it's okay?"

The living room suddenly became quiet. The three women stared at Lin Jie without saying a word, which made Lin Jie's scalp numb. However, thinking of Michiko's expectant but disappointed look in the past few days, Lin Jie could only speak again:

"Wulian, Yuelan, Haitang, you have been following me for a year, and now you are busy with our family's business. It's not too much to have a meal with me, just consider it as giving me face, okay?"

After Lin Jie finished speaking, he looked back and forth at their faces, his face full of pleading.

Haitang hesitated to speak, Ye Wulian remained silent in deep thought, and Sun Yuelan rolled her eyes:

"Oh, it takes a long time to say all these names. If you add one more person, can you remember them?"

"Well, Yuelan, stop joking and just have a meal." Lin Jie looked at Sun Yuelan and spoke in an almost pleading tone.

"Hmph, I don't even want to pay attention to you. Haitang, let's go upstairs and chat. Don't look for us at night." After saying that, she pulled Liu Haitang and walked away slowly with her bulging belly.

"Ai, is this okay? If you don't say anything I'll take it as your agreement." Lin Jie didn't dare to speak loudly. It would be best if they couldn't hear him, so he would take it as their agreement.

"Give me the child." Ye Wulian took her son from Lin Jie's arms and followed him to the stairs.

"Wulian, I will help you take care of the kids tonight so you can sleep well." Lin Jie followed Ye Wulian happily with an apologetic smile on his face. Although Ye Wulian didn't see anything, she could imagine the lackey-like appearance of Lin Jie just by listening to his voice.

"How can I sleep well? My husband is going to be divided up again. I don't know how much will be left in the future." Ye Wulian kept walking and soon caught up with Sun Yuelan and Haitang. "Lock the door at night, be careful of perverts breaking into the house."

As a result, Lin Jie paid the price of sleeping in the small guest room for a night and got a default result. The next day, Lin Jie rarely went out. He watched the three women and Ruolan playing mahjong while he served them tea and water.

On New Year's Eve, the three women kept ordering Lin Jie to do this and that. Seeing Lin Jie constantly looking at his watch, he dared not get angry or say anything, but his anger finally subsided. After noon, no one paid any attention to him.

"Hey, Liu Sheng, what do you want to talk to me about? I'll be right there." Lin Jie winked at Liu Sheng desperately, and then shouted to the people in the yard, "Wife, I'm going out for a while, and I'll be back soon. I'm leaving."

The car raised a trail of dust and sped towards Michiko's residence.

"Liu Sheng, are all the gifts ready?" Lin Jie asked Liu Sheng nervously.

"Brother, he's in the back seat, don't worry, it's still early." Liu Sheng tried hard to hold back his laughter. His brother had been bullied pitifully enough, and he couldn't laugh at him anymore. Fortunately, he only had Ruolan, so he didn't have so much trouble.

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"Honey, I'm here." Lin Jie rushed into Michiko's office, panting, but he didn't see anyone. Lin Jie turned around and walked out the door, then went to Michiko's residence next door and knocked on the door, but there was no response from inside.

Lin Jie looked at the door and found it was not locked. He tried to push it and it opened. Lin Jie walked in and found Michiko lying on the bed, staring blankly at the ceiling.

"Wife, wife, what's wrong with you?" Lin Jie touched Michiko's forehead worriedly. Fortunately, she didn't have a fever. Lin Jie grabbed Michiko's shoulders and shook her twice.

"Honey, you're here? I thought you didn't want me anymore..." Michiko woke up from her confusion and saw Lin Jie right in front of her. She threw herself into Lin Jie's arms and burst into tears.

The day before yesterday, she asked Lin Jie if he could take her home for New Year's Eve dinner. Lin Jie shook his head at first, and then comforted her that he would find a way to convince his wife at home and asked her not to worry. As a result, she didn't see Lin Jie all day yesterday, and she didn't dare to call his home.

Early this morning, Michiko couldn't help but call Lin Jie's office, but no one answered. When it was almost noon, Michiko sent Xiaofeng and Xiaolong, who Lin Jie had entrusted to her, out to buy New Year's gifts, and hid in her room.

Then she just lay on the bed, anxiously thinking about whether she was pushing Lin Jie too hard, so he was hiding and didn't dare to see her, or whether Lin Jie was tired of her and didn't want her anymore... She ended up getting confused by thinking too much.

"Okay, stop crying and come home with me to celebrate the New Year." Lin Jie knew that it was useless to say anything else, as Michiko only had this in her mind.

"Really, don't lie to me. You didn't dare to come to see me yesterday. You must not have made it through. But now that you are here, I am not afraid anymore. I will go cook now. You can eat with me and then go back. We can celebrate the New Year together. Okay?"

Michiko's crying became a little quieter, but she still couldn't believe it. She just begged Lin Jie to stay and have dinner with her before leaving.

"Really? I didn't lie to you. Hurry up and get up, wash up, and come home with me to celebrate the New Year." Lin Jie looked into Michiko's eyes and said affirmatively.

"Really? Are you really going to take me home for the New Year?" Michiko asked again in surprise, fearing that she had heard it wrong.

"Well, really, go wash up quickly, and then we'll go home together."

"Well, honey, wait for me, it will be ready soon." Michiko quickly got out of bed, ran to the closet, opened the door, took out the clothes that had been prepared long ago, and rushed into the bathroom.

Michiko closed the door and then opened it again, shouting to Lin Jie outside: "Husband, don't leave!"

"No, I'm waiting for you!"

"Yeah, I'll be fine soon."

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