After saying that, she grabbed the red candle on the table and passed the candlelight to the hem of her skirt without hesitation.
"Are you crazy?!" Xiao Xixi exclaimed. Before she could snatch the candle from Gu Ruolan's hand, she watched her light up her dress, and the flames suddenly burst into flames. The clothes soaked in strong alcohol were thrown away with her hands.
After dropping the candle, Gu Ruolan suddenly shouted: "What are you going to do! - Help, help!"
For a moment, all eyes suddenly shot towards him like sharp arrows.
Xiao Xixi was immediately frightened by the scene in front of her.
How is it possible... Gu Ruolan would use self-harm to blame others?! How... is it possible?
"What are you doing!" A familiar cold voice suddenly sounded. Xiao Xixi was surprised and hadn't reacted yet. She only saw that Gu Ruolan had been poured a bucket of water.
After hearing the news, everyone gathered around. Gu Ruolan extinguished the flames on her body with water and became wet.
A complete mess.
It didn't matter that the hem of her skirt was wet. What was even more messy was that water droplets were already dripping down her delicate makeup and hairstyle.
"That's enough for you!" The man watering the place was in a mess. He just said this, and the originally bustling banquet hall immediately fell silent.
Xiao Xixi suddenly raised her eyes as if waking up from a dream, feeling out of breath. She murmured: "Leng...Leng Zhiqing?!" How could he be here? What a coincidence, help her figure it out.
Got around.
Xiao Xixi looked at Leng Zhiqing and suddenly felt like a dream.
I always felt that there was a vague relationship between him and Gu Ruolan, but with his reaction and words, my judgment was instantly shattered.
So, isn't he... on the same side as her?
Just as she was thinking about it, Gu Ruolan suddenly raised her eyes and breathed a little hurriedly: "How could it be you?!" It was clear that she was about to blame Xiao Xixi just now, but unexpectedly, Leng Zhiqing appeared in the middle.
She definitely didn't expect this.
"That's enough for you." Leng Zhiqing's words were like gold, but his voice was very cold.
"Sir, who are you?" An Lin rushed over and looked at everything in front of her, not knowing what was going on. However, the man with a gloomy face in front of her was clearly not on the banquet invitation list.
"Hello, I am Leng Zhiqing." After all, An Lin is the elder. Leng Zhiqing relaxed his tone and replied calmly, "Sorry for showing up suddenly, I came to see her." After saying that, he turned to Xiao Xixi.
A pair of eyes returned to Xiao Xixi. She felt that the pressure brought by everyone made her almost breathless. Inexplicably, she was involved in another dispute.
"Cold Daddy!"
"Cold Daddy!"
Not caring about the time and occasion, Xiaojue and Xiaohui shouted a few times without any grudge. But seeing no response from the adults around them, the two children turned around and ran away.
Xiao Xixi's heart tightened, wondering if there was any concern in An Lin's eyes. However, all the looks in her eyes were as if she was torturing herself. She felt a little hot and even panicked: "Are you... coming to see me?"
Now that things like this have happened at such a banquet, she has nothing to hide anymore.
"Follow me." Leng Zhiqing looked at her, glanced at Gu Ruolan who was still sitting on the ground, and reached out to take Xiao Xixi's arm.
However, Xiao Xixi was shocked. After being dragged a few steps, she struggled to pull back her arm: "You... what are you going to do? I... won't leave." After leaving like this, she couldn't explain clearly.
"If you don't leave, you have to wait for her to use all possible means - and then blame everything on you?!" Leng Zhiqing stopped, looked back at Gu Ruolan, and asked Xiao Xixi questions.
Xiao Xixi didn't expect that he said it so clearly. For a moment, she suddenly began to doubt herself. From this point of view, could she be wrong? He and she were fundamentally on different sides.
Gu Ruolan, who was in utter embarrassment, no longer cared about anything else. She sneered and stood up solemnly, with water droplets still flowing down her cheeks. This was probably the most embarrassing time in her life.
She sneered: "Leng Zhiqing, I didn't expect that you would be such a person who burns bridges! What's more, I didn't expect that you would throw cold water on me for her - a woman who will never give birth to a child for you again!"
What?!
Xiao Xixi experienced unprecedented ups and downs in just a few minutes. She could hear it, and everyone present could hear it. Gu Ruolan was saying... saying that she would never give birth to another child for him.
.
No, it's not, it's me...I will never have children again!
Xiao Xixi was stunned. Her mind seemed to be unable to function anymore.
"Shut up!" A more frightening voice came from upstairs. It was just two words, but everyone clearly felt the indescribable chill in the voice. This was the kind of low voice that only an angry person could make.
The roar was like an enraged black panther.
Xiao Xixi was almost paralyzed, and she suddenly felt that she was very funny. It seemed that Situ Leiyan who came down the stairs also knew it, and Leng Zhiqing also knew it, otherwise, why wouldn't they question it?
My heart suddenly felt like I had lost something.
Thinking about the crowd around me, it felt like I had been stripped naked and hung out for everyone to see. I...are these two children the only ones in this life? It's funny, no, it's definitely not true.
Xiao Xixi's eyes suddenly filled with tears. She didn't want to cry, but she couldn't stop her tears.
"Yan..." Gu Ruolan's voice softened, but still had an abnormal stubbornness, and she wanted to fight again, "I, I really can't help it! She can't..." Want to
To argue with strong words, one must strike first. Gu Ruolan's eyes were immediately filled with grievances.
"Shut up." Situ Leiyan's long, narrow and deep eyes stared at Gu Ruolan's face with a sharp gaze, "He crossed the river and burned the bridge, so you can break your promise?!"
His peripheral vision glanced at Xiao Xixi, who was struggling to stand, and he had mixed feelings in his heart. He was shocked that his negligence still left room for Gu Ruolan.
Damn it, he thought of Gu Ruolan's scheming and was fully prepared, but he never thought that such a thing would happen after just ten minutes of absence.
He wanted to kill himself. Every microexpression of Xiao Xixi, including Mu Mu's absentmindedness, deeply hurt his heart.
"Let's go." Leng Zhiqing glanced at everyone and continued to hold Xiao Xixi's hand.
However, she stood motionless. After a while, her eyes shifted to Gu Ruolan's face, and she asked softly and expressionlessly: "You mean that I can only have these two children from now on.
..can no longer..."
"That's right!" Gu Ruolan snatched her words away. She couldn't stand the two men in front of her, all because of this simple-looking woman, they treated her coldly over and over again.
Then, hurting her is her only weapon at this time.
"Gu Ruolan!" Situ Leiyan had already walked up to him and stopped him.
He frowned tightly and locked it on Xiao Xixi's face, feeling guilty that he wanted to cry without tears. It was him, it was he who failed to protect her, so after covering it up for so long, everything he had paid for it was now gone.
Burned out.
The air is still filled with the smell of fresh fire.
Xiao Xixi suddenly woke up, and a faint smile appeared on her pure face. This smile made everyone present feel at a loss. It also made Situ Leiyan's heart suddenly sink.
"I understand..." Xiao Xixi said calmly, "You are worrying too much, I will not stay by Situ Leiyan's side. Thank you for lifting me up like this." She let go of Leng Zhiqing's hand and walked towards the house a few steps away.
Next to the two children, he squatted down and said softly, "Xiaojue, Xiaohui, let's go."
That's right, these two children are already her closest relatives. Apart from them, she has no one else to love.
Xiao Xixi's eyes no longer held tears. Instead, they became dry and bitter.
In fact, they all knew it from the beginning, and knew that they were indeed like this, so what? Maybe, it was that time when they fell down the stairs?
I'm afraid everything is unknown. But now, pursuing these is meaningless.
"Xixi..." An Lin murmured, looking at Xiao Xixi's back and the confused expressions of the two children, she couldn't help but feel a little heartbroken. Through the conversation between several young people, I believe everyone present has understood the matter.
Heart.
However, her words were still hesitant and seemed even more feeble.
"Mommy, aren't we together with daddy?" Xiaohui had some questions, turned her face, and looked at the crowd's gaze with pure eyes.
"What about...the grandparents?" Xiao Jue also frowned and asked.
"Let's... go home." Xiao Xixi smiled faintly, stood up and picked up the two children without further explanation.
At this time, Xiaojue and Xiaohui realized that their mother was abnormal. Seeing her serious expression, they followed her out of the house without saying a word.
"Xiao Xixi!" Situ Leiyan suddenly spoke, his eyes flashing with deep pain. He stepped forward quickly and wanted to hold Xiao Xixi. However, her dull gaze caused his outstretched hand to fall in the air.
Xiao Xixi paused, turned around, and walked out of the door slowly.
When I walked out, I no longer wanted to dwell on everything that happened here. It was like an unreal nightmare. After experiencing so many ups and downs, I was still able to be strong.
The road outside the house seemed very long, and every step was so heavy.
"Xiao Xixi, I'm still here, always." After an unknown amount of time, a hand was put on Xiao Xixi's shoulder, and what she saw was Leng Zhiqing's apologetic face.
She shook her head and continued walking on the road with her eyes lowered.
The road was actually very long, but now she wanted to walk back step by step. She didn't know how long she had been walking, but she suddenly discovered that Leng Zhiqing had been by her side the whole time.
"Today...thank you." She spoke softly without raising her eyes.
"No, it's me, from beginning to end," Leng Zhiqing said with difficulty. Seeing her look, he was really heartbroken and felt so guilty that he wanted to kill himself. "I tolerate everything that happens. I am,