Bai Xiao looked around the room and found that only the box and the coat looked out of place, and nothing else had changed.
But it was these two things that caused her newly calmed heart to usher in a new wave of waves.
If it's really him...
Bai Xiao didn't dare to think any more. She ran out of the main house and looked around the yard but didn't find anything strange.
But suddenly there was a loud clang in the kitchen.
Bai Xiao came to his senses and immediately ran into the kitchen, only to see Yu Jingxi sitting on the floor, with a large pot lid and a small bench lying next to him.
The little guy had a dumbfounded expression, covering his little fingers, while the pot on the stove was steaming, and white mist surrounded the entire kitchen.
It was obvious that Yu Jingxi smelled the fragrant rice and got greedy, so she accidentally got scalded by the steam.
Bai Xiao hurriedly picked him up and pressed his fat red fingers into the cold water. The little guy immediately grinned, but did not cry out in pain.
There was burn ointment in the medicine box at home, so Bai Xiao took it and applied it on him.
Yu Jingxi sat on the small bench. A cool feeling came from his fingers. He took a long breath of comfort and said, "Apply a little more."
Bai Xiao hit his head with ointment and said, "Let's see if you dare to eat it secretly next time!"
"Can I have that colorful rice if I want to?" Yu Jingxi put her round face close to her and said flatteringly.
Bai Xiao knew that he had probably seen the eight-treasure glutinous rice on the steaming rack, and was about to serve him some when the door to the courtyard suddenly opened with a creak.
Grandma's familiar and friendly laughter sounded in the yard, as if she was talking to someone, "Just put it here, I will use it later."
Bai Xiao put down the bowl on hand and turned around and left the kitchen.
In the spacious yard, in addition to the smiling grandmother, there was also a man's slender and straight back.
Dark blue almost black casual pants, a black turtleneck sweater, the sleeves rolled up to reveal half of her lean forearms, her good-looking hands with cleanly trimmed nails, she was carrying an old bucket at the moment.
The well water occasionally sloshed out of the bucket and sprinkled on his shiny black leather shoes.
"Xiao Bai, who is here?" Yu Jingxi stepped out of the threshold with short legs and a confused look on his face.
When he saw the man in the yard, he was the first to scream: "Dad! Why are you here!"
"Are we here?" When grandma saw Yu Jingxi, she was so happy that she immediately opened her arms, "Come, let grandma take a good look. I haven't seen her for a long time."
Yu Jingxi threw herself into her grandmother's arms and sweetly shouted, "Grandma!"
Then grandma noticed Bai Xiao outside the kitchen door and said, "Go and get a basin of hot water and wash Xiao Shao's hands."
Xiao Shao Bai Xiao suddenly raised his head and looked at Yu Shaoting.
Yu Shaoting didn't look at her and said calmly: "No, I'll just go in and wash myself." After saying that, he walked past her and entered the kitchen.
Grandma has already urged Bai Xiao: "What are you doing standing here? Why don't you go in and pour water for Xiao Shao? He is not familiar with the house..."
"I'm going to clean up the room." Bai Xiao walked to her room without looking back.
After entering the house, Bai Xiao closed the door and leaned on the back of the door. She touched her face. It was so hot that it could boil water. Her heartbeat was also very fast. She was still holding on to luck, but she didn't expect that it was really him. He was.
When did you come, why did you come here, and what did you do?
Questions came one after another, and Bai Xiao banged the door with the back of her head, trying to dispel the irritability and panic at this moment.
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The moment Bai Xiao's door closed, Yu Jingxi left her grandmother's arms and ran into the kitchen.
Yu Shaoting was washing his hands, his slender fingers were dipped in the basin, his movements were slow and his height did not match the small and simple kitchen at all.
Yu Jingxi glanced at the door a few times, then whispered: "Dad, what are you doing here?"
Yu Shaoting glanced at him, his tone neither salty nor bland, "Do I still need your permission for me to come?"
"Dad, do you also want to celebrate the New Year with Xiaobai?" Yu Jingxi suddenly changed his attitude and asked mischievously.
Yu Shaoting took a towel and wiped his fingers elegantly.
Yu Jingxi had already said with a longing look on her face: "I came to see Xiaobai just because I want to celebrate the New Year with her, sleep with Xiaobai, and have a reunion dinner with her."
When he saw that Yu Shaoting was silent, he looked at the door again, and after making sure that no one was there, he became bolder and said, "Dad, I regret it."
Yu Shaoting had just poured the water in the basin, and after hearing this, he looked up at Yu Jingxi, who was pouting.
"I thought I could treat her as a stepmother, but I found that I still can't let go of my feelings for Xiaobai, and she also likes me very much." Yu Jingxi looked at Yu Shaoting, who had not expressed much, "Dad, please let her go."
Give it to me, we really like each other."
"When did I say that I wanted her to be your stepmother?" Yu Shaoting said coolly.
Yu Jingxi was almost stunned by this sudden "good news": "Dad, are you sure you're not kidding me?"
Yu Shaoting had already opened the ajar door of the kitchen and went out.
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Bai Xiao stayed in the room until her grandmother called her outside for the third time before opening the door and going out.
Some things and emotions all surged up the moment she saw Yu Shaoting. Even if she was the one who started it, it would be even harder for her to face him calmly. He is her first
A man, the first man to possess her under such circumstances.
What Yu Shaoting said that day was like a barb growing in her heart. She would feel uncomfortable at the slightest touch...
Grandma entertained the Yu family and his son very warmly. When Bai Qiuhua and his family still lived here, they only made noise all day long. During the Chinese New Year, they even wanted to take some money from the old man. The only noise was Wu Xiumei's crying. It has been a long time.
It has never been as lively as it is now.
When Bai Xiao saw Yu Jingxi standing in front of the chicken pen with a small bowl feeding the chickens, he was a little distracted for a moment.
"What are you thinking about?" A deep male voice penetrated the layers of mist and gently stung her nerves.
Bai Xiao turned her head slightly and realized that Yu Shaoting had been standing diagonally behind her at some point.
The midday sun was warm, and he didn't put on his coat, so his tall figure cast a shadow on her body.
Bai Xiao could even feel his gaze on her face. When she saw from the corner of her eye that he was deliberately closing the distance between the two of them, she raised her hand and hooked the hair on her temples without leaving any trace.
He walked down the steps and went to the kitchen to help grandma serve food.
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Grandma was cooking a large pot of white rice when she saw Bai Xiao coming in and stopped, "I see something is wrong with you today?"
"Is there any?" Bai Xiao avoided her grandmother's eyes and took out four bowls from the cupboard, "Maybe the train ride is too long."
"I heard from Xiao Shao that Jing Xi came all the way from Fengcheng to find you?"
Bai Xiao hummed. Seeing her distracted look, grandma looked outside and asked, "How did Xiao Shao know our home address?"
Understanding the implication of her grandmother's words, Bai Xiao denied: "I didn't tell him."
"Then what are you thinking?"
Bai Xiao looked at her grandmother in confusion, not understanding the meaning of this sentence for a while.
Grandma looked at her with a hint of worry: "Is it because of you that you divorced Qiyou?"
The hesitant question made Bai Xiao still feel aggrieved, even though she knew that her grandmother said this because she didn't know.
"Xiaobai Xiaobai!" Yu Jingxi called her cheerfully as she walked into the kitchen.
Grandma looked at the cute and sensible Yu Jingxi, sighed slightly, stopped asking Bai Xiao, and went out with two plates of food.
Bai Xiao washed Yu Jingxi's hands and urged him to go to the main room, while he put away his chaotic thoughts and walked to the stove to serve rice.
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Bai Xiao carried three bowls of rice over, and Yu Jingxi was sitting on the bench, dangling his two calves that could not reach the ground. Occasionally, he stretched out his little hands, quickly picked up some vegetables when no one was paying attention, stuffed them into his mouth, and swallowed them whole.
When Bai Xiao came in, he quickly got off his stool and ran over to help her get her rice bowl.
Yu Shaoting was not at the table, and he didn't see him when he passed by the yard just now.
But Bai Xiao didn't ask where he went.
She turned around and went to the kitchen to get the remaining bowl of rice. While placing the dishes, her grandmother reminded her, "I haven't got the chopsticks yet."
"Okay." Bai Xiao touched Yu Jingxi's soft hair, and as soon as he entered the kitchen, he saw Yu Shaoting, who had just disappeared from playing.
He was standing next to the cupboard drinking water. As if he guessed what she wanted to get, he opened the cupboard and took four pairs of chopsticks and handed them to her.
Bai Xiao went to pick it up, but he didn't let go. She didn't even raise her eyelids, so she simply stopped taking it and walked past him straight out of the kitchen.
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Bai Xiao felt that she and Yu Shaoting had returned to their previous ambiguous state, or even worse.
Such ambiguity suddenly made her breathless.
While eating, Bai Xiao deliberately chose the stool farthest away from Yu Shaoting. When she sat down, Yu Shaoting looked up at her.
Even though grandma criticized Bai Xiao's relationship with Yu Shaoting, she still warmly greeted him to eat more food, so she didn't feel lonely at the end of the meal.
Bai Xiao put down his chopsticks and stood up suddenly, "I'll pour the soy sauce."
Grandma looked at her in surprise: "What do you want soy sauce for?"
Yu Jingxi also stared at Bai Xiao's rosy cheeks with her big round black eyes.
Only Yu Shaoting didn't raise his head from beginning to end. He ate in an orderly manner, as if he didn't notice anything strange about Bai Xiao.
Bai Xiao glared at Yu Shaoting opposite with a slightly annoyed look, and then walked out of the main room quickly. The cool wind blew away the redness on her face, but the numbness still remained on her calves. Just now, Yu Shaoting's under the table
His feet were hooked on hers, and then he kept rubbing along her calves.
Why hadn't she noticed that he was so crooked before?
Bai Xiao was upset and didn't want to go back to eat. He walked out of the yard with his pockets in his hands and wandered around, and then he saw Yu Shaoting again.
Somehow, the first word that popped into her mind was haunting.
Bai Xiao turned around and left. After walking a long way, he looked back and saw that Yu Shaoting did not follow.
She stood by the lake for a long time and thought a lot. She felt that her escape was a bit funny. It was obviously her home, and even if she had to leave, he would leave.
On the way back, several aunts and ladies sitting around under a locust tree not far from home greeted her.
"Is this Xiaoxiao? Time is not forgiving. In the blink of an eye, even Xiaoxiao's child has grown so big..."
Knowing that they must have misunderstood that Yu Jingxi was her child, just as they were about to explain, someone else came over with a rice bowl.
"Xiaoxiao, your husband bought such a big TV for your grandma, will it not fit in the house?"
"So that's Xiaoxiao, your husband? Let me tell you, since when did we have such a handsome man in our village? Just now he drove a car and asked for directions. You don't know, those little girls in the small supermarket at the entrance of the village
I stared at him with eyes wide open."
Bai Xiao realized that she had no room to intervene. It was obvious that everyone believed that Yu Shaoting was her husband, and it was difficult for her to tell him apart.
"He is really not me..."
"Mrs. Yu!" A loud voice from far away interrupted her.
Bai Xiao subconsciously turned his head and saw a villager bringing a man in a shopping mall uniform hurried over.
"Xiaoxiao, why are you still here? You are installing a TV at home. Your husband doesn't know which room to put it in. Grandma asked you to go back quickly!"
The mall staff handed over a book and a pen: "Mrs. Yu, please write down your contact information and address."
The aunties who had just been chatting happily suddenly realized that Xiaoxiao and her husband’s surname was Yu, not Pei as previously reported...
As soon as Bai Xiao returned home, she saw a mess at the door. Yu Jingxi moved a small bench to guard the door.
"I bought this egg steamer and put it in the kitchen. Wrong, wrong! It's over there!"
The little guy was munching on bananas and giving instructions. Finally, he couldn't stand it anymore and simply ran in to lead the way. He was very busy.
As soon as she entered the yard, Bai Xiao was pulled into a corner by her grandma and asked, "Be honest with grandma, what is your relationship with Xiao Shao?"
Bai Xiao's temples felt swollen and painful: "We are really not what you think."
"What's that like? It doesn't matter. He will buy so many things for no reason? His son will pester you like this?"
Bai Xiao looked at the people coming in and out of the yard, and after a while he said: "Qiyou met a girl he likes, and he wants to marry her."
Her voice was very calm, as if she was talking about someone else's family, but grandma fell silent for a moment after hearing it.
Bai Xiao thought she couldn't bear the stimulation and felt uncomfortable, but she heard her grandmother sigh: "If this is the case, it would be better to leave her."
Yu Jingxi came out of the kitchen with a brand new pan on her head. She covered her mouth and nose with her chubby hands and pretended to cough a few times. When she saw Bai Xiao, she immediately rushed over to her and pulled her towards the main room: "
Xiaobai, I just sent you a big TV set, go and see if you like it."
In the main room, the first thing that attracted Bai Xiao was not the 52-inch LCD TV, but Yu Shaoting, who was squatting there wearing gloves. He mingled among the staff and lost his aloof demeanor.
, installing TVs and moving furniture together with other people, without any airs at all.
"Xiaobai, do you like it? This is the latest model this year." Yu Jingxi put her little hands behind her back, holding out her belly, with a proud look on her face.
Bai Xiao stood at the door and watched Yu Shaoting's every move. When he raised his arm to wipe the sweat with his sleeve, she felt an indescribable feeling in her heart. When he noticed her gaze and raised his head to look over, she suddenly turned around, like
He left the main house as if running away.
Yu Jingxi seemed to be clinging to her with a little tail, trotting along, "Xiaobai, what's wrong with you? Xiaobai, Xiaobai?"
A lot of new electrical appliances and furniture were added to the old house, and she really didn't know any shopping mall that still delivered goods on New Year's Eve.
"If you don't like it, let's ask them to send it back." Grandma stood beside her and patted the back of Bai Xiao's hand comfortingly. "Grandma still has some money here. You can return it to Xiao Shao and treat it as if we bought it ourselves.
If it’s not enough, grandma will think of another way.”
Yu Jingxi got a lollipop from nowhere, and while licking it, he raised his head to look at Bai Xiao, and then at his grandma.
Bai Xiao looked at the newly decorated house. Seeing that her grandma had really returned to the house to get money, she quickly grabbed her and said, "I don't like it..."
Even if she had to repay Yu Shaoting's money, she should do it, and since it was Chinese New Year, she didn't want to cause any unpleasantness because of this.
Grandma breathed a sigh of relief, with a smile on her face, and held her hand tightly: "Why is Xiao Shao so troublesome? Don't let him down," she said, pulling Bai Xiao aside and whispering:
"I think Xiao Shao is pretty good, even though he has a child..."
"Grandma, where did you think you were?"
Grandma pretended to be displeased and stared at her: "I am here, how can I not even understand this? You are only twenty-four years old, are you going to live like this for the rest of your life? When I leave, you will be alone.
But what should I do? It’s rare that this kid Jingxi likes you so much now."
