"Brother Xu Xiang, sister Xia Yao, you are so noisy. Xiaoyu was woken up by you." With the sound of intermittent footsteps, a certain "landlord" who was holding a pillow in his arms and seemed not to be fully awake rubbed his sleepy eyes,
While pouting, he entered the sight of Xu Xiang, Xia Yao and their mother.
The one who calls herself "Xiaoyu" is naturally Fang Xinyu.
Seeing Fang Xinyu, compared to Xia Yao's mother who was dumbfounded, Xu Xiang and Xia Yao were much calmer. After all, it was expected. The latter even waved to Fang Xinyu and said a little apologetically: "Xiao Yu, I'm sorry.
Oh, we are making too much noise, come on, come to Sister Xia Yao's place."
"Um."
Nodding, Fang Xinyu walked towards Xia Yao with her pillow in her arms. However, out of the corner of her eye, she caught sight of Xia Yao's mother opposite. She was startled and her sleepiness disappeared. She ran to Xia Yao's side in three steps and stood guard.
She said softly: "What are you, an old woman, doing here? Do you want Sister Xia Yao to marry that ugly man again? Xiaoyu won't let you succeed!"
A long time ago, when Fang Xinyu accompanied Xia Yao to the supermarket to buy things, she met Xia Yao's mother and the "ugly man", that is, Guo Xunlin, which is why she had such a reaction now.
"Xiao Yu, don't worry, brother Xu Xiang is here." He reached out and touched Fang Xinyu's head. Xu Xiang smiled slightly, then turned around and said in a sarcastic tone, "Why, do you still need my help?
Call a few more times to see if the 'landlord' will show up?"
Xu Xiang's words made Xia Yao's mother's face turn red and turn white. After all, she had spoken so loudly just now, and if anyone else was there, she would have woken up long ago.
"Mom, this house belongs to Xu Xiang." She must not have the heart to embarrass her mother too much, Xia Yao bit her lips and said, and immediately hugged Fang Xinyu into her arms, probably because she accidentally touched the injured area with too much movement, she frowned.
She frowned, but unfortunately her kindness was not accepted by her mother.
"Even if this house belongs to this 'poor boy', it must have been bought with a loan and money borrowed from others, right?" Xia Yao's mother did not notice her daughter's abnormality, but said with a very affirmative tone.
"Haha..." Seeing Xia Yao's mother looking like this, Xu Xiang didn't bother to say anything more to her. He smiled noncommittally and leaned back on the sofa. He didn't feel obligated to prove to others that he bought this house.
, not to mention he didn't think the explanation would be even remotely useful.
Xia Yao's mother determined that Xu Xiang was still the "poor boy" he had been before. As long as this major premise existed, it was useless to say anything.
"Mom, didn't you say there is something important? What is it?" Before Xia Yao's mother could speak again, Xia Yao took the lead and said that she really didn't want the two of them to have a serious dispute, even though she had been standing beside Xu Yao.
On Xiang's part, even her mother was wrong from the beginning.
"Hmph." Xia Yao's mother took it for granted that Xia Yao was covering for Xu Xiang again. She snorted proudly and said, "Your father is sick and wants you to go back."
"Dad is sick?!" After hearing the keyword in her mother's words, Xia Yao stood up from the sofa, ignoring the pain coming from below, and asked anxiously, "What is it? Sickness
How long has it been? Is it serious? You should take leave to rest at home now, right?"
If Xia Yao had anything to say about her mother, she only had respect for her father. If it hadn't been for her father, it might have been difficult for her to live in Xu Xiang's house. At least her mother would have come to the house to argue every two days.
"Well, it's quite serious. I've been resting at home for several days, so I came to find you to get him back." Xia Yao's mother seemed to be caught off guard by Xia Yao's series of questions. Xia Yao's mother replied hesitantly, her eyes flickering around.
, the pride of the first few seconds was completely gone.
"Okay, I'll be right away..." Apparently disturbed by the news of her father's illness, Xia Yao did not notice anything strange about her mother, but was about to get up and walk towards the entrance, but was caught by Xu Xiang.
"Xia Yao, wait a moment." Although the words were addressed to Xia Yao, Xu Xiang's eyes were always on her mother, and his eyes suddenly became sharp, as if he wanted to see through the person completely, and said in a deep voice
, "Since it's quite serious, why not send it to the hospital?"
Perhaps because she was also surprised about not being sent to the hospital, or perhaps out of trust in Xu Xiang, Xia Yao did not leave in a hurry, but looked at her mother with doubtful eyes.
"This..." Xia Yao's mother felt a little guilty after being looked at by Xu Xiang's sharp eyes. She paused for a few seconds before quickly saying, "Sending to the hospital is too troublesome, and... it also costs a lot of money.
…”
"They say it's quite serious and you're still worried about money?" Seeing the look of Xia Yao's mother, and the fact that she didn't mention anything about Xia Yao's father's illness before, she didn't say anything until Xia Yao mentioned it, and her tone was calm, not at all
Don't worry, Xu Xiang can basically guess the truth.
"Yes, Mom, since it's quite serious, it's better to go to the hospital." Xia Yao seemed to think that her mother was worried about money, so she persuaded her seriously.
"I'll take your dad to the hospital when you get home, so we'd better leave quickly!" Xia Yao's mother obviously didn't want to continue discussing this topic. She said with an uncertain expression while taking a few steps forward to go.
He held Xia Yao's hand, but unfortunately it was blocked by Xu Xiang.
"Xu Xiang?" This time, the object of Xia Yao's doubts became Xu Xiang. After all, she wanted to go back to see her sick father, which was justified both emotionally and rationally.
"I'm not trying to stop you from seeing your dad." He glanced at Xia Yao's mother with a meaningful look, Xu Xiang said with a hint of a smile, "Just go to the hospital directly, I'll call the hospital and ask them to go."
Your family sent your dad there in an ambulance."
"No!" Before Xia Yao could answer, her mother loudly denied it, which made Xu Xiang truly confirm his guess.
"No? I've paid for all the medical expenses. Is there anything else that can't be done?" Xu Xiang let go of Xia Yao's hand and stared at her mother closely. His tone was low and solemn, "Or in fact, there is no
Being sick is just an excuse for you to ask Xia Yao to go back with you?"
"Excuse?" Seeing that her mother did not refute Xu Xiang's words, Xia Yao also noticed something was wrong and asked eagerly, "Xu Xiang, what on earth is going on?"
"What's going on?" Xu Xiang glanced at Xia Yao's mother, whose face was gloomy and uncertain, and said lightly, but there was an undoubted flavor, "It's probably the arrangement of her grandfather, the Shangguan family, who is dancing alone again.
What kind of benefits can I promise and let your mother take you back?"
