"Bai Xiao, Bai Xiao!" A deep, tight voice penetrated her buzzing eardrums like it was breaking through layers of clouds.
Bai Xiao opened her eyes with difficulty, enduring the sting and soreness of being choked by the smoke. The red flames burned the black cloth on her eyes. Vaguely, she seemed to see a slender figure coming out of the flames, and then
The tape on her mouth was removed and her eyes could see again.
She leaned on the dark blue cashmere coat and felt like she was being hugged into a broad and hot embrace.
The slender hand wearing leather gloves patted her cheeks that were reddened by the fire, "Bai Xiao, wake up, wake up quickly!"
The bangs in front of Bai Xiao's forehead were soaked with sweat, and the fire around her made her skin ache. She opened her heavy eyelids in confusion. She couldn't see his face clearly in the thick smoke, but followed his voice slowly.
Slowly raising her hand, when her fingertips touched his chin, the corner of her mouth twitched.
In her chaotic mind, she suddenly remembered a scene from a long, long time ago.
That year when she was eight years old, a girl in the class put her hands on her hips and raised her chin: "I want to be like Zixia Fairy. If the person I love is an unparalleled hero, he wants to be the best in the world, unparalleled, and one day he will be there."
Wearing a golden armor and a battle robe, holding a peerless sword in hand, you are walking on seven-colored clouds to marry me!"
Later, she also met such a boy. She thought she had guessed the whole story, but she did not guess that it would end like this.
She was picked up by someone, and Bai Xiao leaned in his arms, looking confusedly at his three-dimensional profile in the firelight, but her eyelids were getting heavier and heavier. She heard anxious roars coming from afar: "Hurry up.
Put out the fire! Put out the fire quickly!”
Before she completely lost consciousness, she seemed to see a thick column swallowed by fire falling from the side...
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Xiaobai...Xiaobai...
The child's childish sobbing sound lingered in her ears for a long time, and a soft touch hit her dry palm.
The raging fire lingered in her mind, as well as the wooden stick getting closer and closer, and the big hand resting on her waist.
Bai Xiao opened her eyes suddenly. Because she opened them too quickly, her vision was dotted with stars, and then darkened again, causing temporary blindness.
"Miss Bai, are you awake?" A delicate hand dangled in front of her eyes.
Bai Xiao turned around and saw the nurse looking at him with a smile.
"I..." Bai Xiao opened her mouth and realized something was wrong with her throat. It was very hoarse, and there was a stinging pain in her throat when she spoke.
The nurse explained: "Ms. Bai, you just suffered a mild inhalation choking injury. It's nothing serious. Your throat will recover in a few days."
Bai Xiao had already sat down from the bed, supporting his weak body, "Is there anyone who was sent here with me?"
"Yes," the nurse said while adjusting the infusion tube, "but Mr. Yu lives in the VIP ward, on the seventh floor."
The nurse was about to rub alcohol on the back of Bai Xiao's hand, but when she turned around, she found that there was no one on the bed, "Where is the person?"
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Wearing a thin hospital gown, holding a cotton mop, disheveled hair, and a pale face, this is what Bai Xiao saw herself in the elevator mirror.
The seventh floor of the hospital is a high-end VIP ward specially set up for wealthy businessmen and senior officials. The environment is much more elegant than the floors below.
As soon as she came out of the elevator, Bai Xiao heard a delicate female voice coming from the ward next to her: "I just want to eat spicy chicken, Pei Qiyou, help me buy it!"
Bai Xiao slowed down, but still couldn't hold it back, and looked through the crack in the door——
Yu Yiwei was also wearing a hospital gown, sitting cross-legged on the bed, with a pen wrapped in a bandage in her left hand and hanging around her neck. She looked up at the bedside with an aggrieved face. Bai Xiao only saw a pair of men's leather shoes, and then Yu Yiwei's eyes were filled with tears.
Voice: "I'm a patient, can't you just accommodate me?"
"The doctor has repeatedly told you not to eat spicy food because of your illness. Have you forgotten?"
Bai Xiao didn't listen anymore and asked Yu Shaoting's ward location at the nurse's station and went directly there.
He stood outside the ward door for a moment, then knocked twice and pushed in.
Bai Xiao's first glance after entering was the man on the bed.
Yu Shaoting's right arm was wrapped with a bandage and held between two wooden boards. His left hand was placed behind his head and leaning against his head. His lips were pressed tightly and he was resting with his eyes closed. The curtains were open, and the bright sunshine came in and shone on him.
His face looked decadent but handsome. She stood at the door and couldn't bear to disturb him.
The bathroom door suddenly opened, Bai Xiao turned around, and Yu Jingxi was coming out holding a small basket filled with strawberries.
"Xiaobai, are you awake?" Yu Jingxi saw her and immediately rushed over to her. He grabbed her with wet hands and refused to let go. He pulled her face in aggrieved tone: "Do you know how worried I am? I'm really afraid that you won't wake up.
coming."
Bai Xiao knelt down and wrapped his cool chubby hands in hers, "It's okay, don't cry."
Sensing eyes falling on her, Bai Xiao raised her head. Yu Shaoting on the bed had woken up at some point and was looking at her intently.
She let go of Yu Jingxi and stood up, looking back at him quietly.
Yu Jingxi ran to the coffee table, put down the small basket, opened the thermos cup, and while pouring the crucian carp and white radish soup, she said like a little old man: "Dad, you can't say you're not hungry anymore. Grandma said she wants me to take good care of you here. Fish
I won’t give you the carrots, but you have to drink the soup.”
Bai Xiao watched Yu Jingxi carry the bowl to the bedside in a decent manner, blowing on the hot air, carefully scooped a spoonful and handed it to Yu Shaoting.
"I told you if you're not hungry, you can drink it yourself." Yu Shaoting simply closed his eyes and ignored the small spoon at his mouth.
This is the first time I have seen Yu Shaoting and Bai Xiao so awkward and temperamental. She is simply an enlarged version of Yu Jingxi when he was angry.
Yu Jingxi stood on tiptoes and raised her little arms, trying to get Yu Shaoting to drink a spoonful of fish soup: "Dad, it's delicious. Do you want to try it?"
Yu Shaoting frowned and opened his eyes impatiently, but what he saw was Bai Xiao holding a bowl and a spoon, and he choked back the words he said.
Yu Jingxi was already sitting on the sofa, eating the basket of strawberries happily.
Bai Xiao scooped up a small spoonful of fish soup, let it cool for a while, and then put it to his mouth: "Drink it."
Yu Shaoting didn't open his mouth, but just stared at her for a moment.
Bai Xiao felt a little uncomfortable when he looked at her. She put the spoon back into the bowl, lowered her head and stirred a few times, then took another spoonful and sent it over. She found that his dark eyes still hadn't moved away from her face.
She pursed her lips and said calmly, "Forget it if you don't want to drink."
She made a gesture to get up, but he pressed her left hand on her chest.
Bai Xiao turned around and looked at him in surprise. Yu Shaoting's expression remained normal, but he did not let go of her. Instead, he tightened his grip on her slender fingers. Bai Xiao came out of the VIP ward and caressed the back of his left hand absentmindedly, as if there was something on it.
It has the temperature of Yu Shaoting.
Returning to his ward, Bai Xiao found a paper bag on the cabinet, which contained Yufulou's dishes.
She fed it directly to the trash can without opening it.
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Early the next morning, Bai Xiao's ward welcomed Ye Hehuan, who was wearing sunglasses and dragging a trolley box.
Ye Hehuan said nothing, silently fiddled with the trash can, and then walked away carrying the bag of Yufulou vegetables as if he had stepped on a hot wheel.
Based on Bai Xiao's understanding of her temper, he could probably guess what Ye Hehuan was going to do. It was rare that she didn't stop him.
When she came back to sleep and woke up, Ye Hehuan was coming back from outside humming a song.
"In such a good mood?" Bai Xiao couldn't help but joke.
Ye Hehuan proudly placed a pillow on Bai Xiao's back, "I clean up the scum on behalf of the moon. Women like you who have fallen behind are grateful to me."
Bai Xiao looked at her, and Ye Hehuan cleared his throat, "It's actually nothing. When I went up, he was in a meeting. In front of the employees under him, I spilled all the food on him, but he didn't say anything.
I guess I also know how shameless the bastard thing I did to you is."
By the afternoon, the police sent people over. All the kidnappers from yesterday had been arrested, and Bai Xiao was asked to give a confession.
Ye Hehuan was cutting apples while looking at Bai Xiao who was sitting in front of the window basking in the sun: "What are you going to do now?"
After learning about the heinous things Pei Qiyou did to Bai Xiao, Ye Hehuan also blamed himself. How could he have been deceived by Pei Qiyou's hypocritical mask in the first place? He didn't sincerely change his ways at all, he just wanted to kidnap
Bai Xiao was by his side so that he could finally push her out and convict her.
"What can I do? Just let nature take its course." Bai Xiao didn't have too many entangled expressions on his face. "When I was tied up and thrown into the fire, all the things that had troubled me before suddenly became clear. In fact, I couldn't let go.
It wasn't him, but the beautiful years I spent with him. Because I missed him too much, I always tried my best to keep him. I thought that as long as I kept him by my side, all the beautiful memories in my heart would not become a thing of the past.
"
Bai Xiao leaned back on the chair, closed his eyes, and seemed to be murmuring: "Actually, everything has passed. He met his beloved girl again. After divorce, I will start my life again, but without Pei Qiyou.
I am still me and life goes on..."
Under the sun, the corners of her eyes were moist, shining with a faint moist luster.
Outside the ajar door of the ward, Pei Qiyou's hand still rested on the door handle, and after a long time, he turned around and left.
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Bai Xiao stayed in the hospital for four days and was discharged.
During this period, she visited Yu Shaoting, but many times she went to the door and turned back because there were other visiting guests inside.
On the other hand, Yu Jingxi kept running towards her, often saying in her ear, "My dad hasn't had lunch yet," "My dad has an injured hand and he still has to work," or "Xiao Bai, I haven't seen my dad yet."
Which girl is so good?"
Several times when Bai Xiao passed by the nurse station, she heard them discussing how the young lady in ward 7332 was cunning and willful, and then praising the young lady's boyfriend for being considerate and tolerant. The final conclusion was that the girl's parents seemed to be right when they came to the hospital to visit her.
This grandson-in-law is very satisfied.
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The day after Bai Xiao returned to the capital of Xingyu, he received an uninvited guest - Yu Yiwei.
"Can you let me in?" Yu Yiwei smiled innocently, and with a delicate little face, it was hard to dislike her at first glance.
But not looking disgusting does not mean that everyone will like it. At least Bai Xiao can't like this harmless-looking little girl. She has not forgotten what Yu Yiwei said in the abandoned garage. Although she was kidnapped by mistake and suffered because of herself,
But she still couldn't choose to tolerate and forget psychologically.
Without waiting for Bai Xiao's consent, she had already taken off her shoes and entered without invitation. She sat down on the sofa in the living room and poured herself a glass of boiled water.
Bai Xiao looked at the girl who was looking around with a bandage in one hand and a water glass in the other, and said, "What do you want from me?"
"I heard that you used to be Pei Qiyou's assistant?"
Bai Xiao didn't follow her either: "What do you want to say?"
Yu Yiwei didn't expect Bai Xiao to be so direct. She felt bored and pursed her lips: "Then let me tell you straight. I am Pei Qiyou's girlfriend now. We will get engaged soon. You may not know my family background.
,My grandfather is..."
"Does that have anything to do with me?" Bai Xiao suddenly interrupted her.
Yu Yiwei was a little embarrassed, and then raised her chin slightly, "I hope you won't pester Pei Qiyou again in the future."
Bai Xiao quietly met her arrogant eyes, just looking at her quietly, calmly, without any trace of panic or guilt.
In the end, it was Yu Yiwei who panicked when she saw her first. She took out four or five thick envelopes from her fancy shoulder bag and pushed them in front of Bai Xiao, "This is the salary that Secretary Zhang asked me to bring you."
, take a look at it, do you think it’s enough?”
There was about 100,000 yuan in cash in that stack of envelopes.
Bai Xiao reached for an envelope.
A flash of contempt flashed in Yu Yiwei's eyes, showing an expression of "Sure enough," but Bai Xiao's next behavior made her expression stiffen.
Bai Xiao just took 7,000 yuan from it and put the envelope back.
"You take the rest back." Bai Xiao stood up, walked to the door and opened the security door: "I won't give it to you."
Perhaps it was because of her youth and vigour, Yu Yiwei's little face turned red and white, and the unprecedented frustration made her feel embarrassed. She stood up and looked at Bai Xiao from a distance, and said stubbornly: "I don't care what you were like before.
But now that I have appeared, I will not allow you to get involved with my man again!"
"It's useless for you to tell me this. Pei Qiyou has to control his lower body."
"You..." Yu Yiwei was blocked and couldn't speak. After calming down a little, she changed her tough attitude and said in a low voice: "We are all women, why should women make things difficult for women? It's not like Pei Qiyou is the only man. You put
Can he leave it to me? I haven’t had a father since I was a child, and my mother raised me by herself. Over the years, I couldn’t find someone to support me, so I had to travel around, and finally met him..."
Yu Yiwei pursed her cherry lips and looked at Bai Xiao pitifully: "This time my uncle asked me to go back to China to pay homage to my father. I believe it was an arrangement made by my father secretly, so that my encounter with him was not only
It’s just a memory, so...can you please stop interfering with us?"
"Your brother-in-law?" Yu Yiwei said a lot, but Bai Xiao really heard only one sentence. "Yes, it was my brother-in-law who asked me to return to China. You don't know my brother-in-law, right? He is your life-saver.
Benefactor!" At this point, Yu Yiwei's back straightened a lot: "If my brother-in-law hadn't rushed to find me, he wouldn't have saved you by accident."
Bai Xiao didn't know what Yu Yiwei said later or when she left. She was sitting on the sofa and her brain was a little fuzzy.
When Ye Hehuan came back, he saw Bai Xiao sitting there in a daze, not knowing what to think. Just when he was about to ask, Bai Xiao got up and went back to the room to get her bag, and went out without looking back.
Once the seeds of doubt are planted, they will take root and sprout bit by bit.
Similar face, lively and innocent character, always appeared in time when she was most embarrassed. Bai Xiao thought a lot when she ran downstairs. After thinking about it, she didn't dare to think about it any further. She rushed to the hospital and rushed straight to the seventh floor.
, when he pushed open the door of Yu Shaoting's ward, he was sitting on the bed eating dinner with his left hand, his movements were awkward and stiff.
Seeing her, Yu Shaoting relaxed his frown and the expression on his face softened, "Why are you coming here at night?"
Bai Xiao held the bag and watched him eating awkwardly with his left hand, but did not go over to help him. After a while, he said: "Your niece looks quite similar to me."
"Oh, maybe a little." Yu Shaoting answered nonchalantly.
"Then why didn't you say it before?"
"It's okay. Why should I tell you about my niece?" Yu Shaoting paused with the chopsticks in his hand and looked up: "What are you asking her for?"
