Yu Shaoting hung up the phone and drank all the wine in his glass. He looked out the window with a hazy look like a drunken person. Bai Xiao's soft voice seemed to be lingering in his ears.
Suddenly I didn't feel sleepy at all, so I lay down on the couch by the window, folded my hands on the back of my head, and stared at the ceiling with my eyes open.
The curtains were not closed, and the moonlight filtering through the glass window made the sofa dim.
Yu Shaoting changed his lying position and still couldn't sleep. He simply sat up, took a pack of cigarettes and was about to smoke one. He paused while pressing the lighter.
The image of Bai Xiao curling her head and frowning while he was driving and smoking suddenly appeared in his mind.
Yu Shaoting threw the lighter back together with the cigarette in his mouth, got up from the lounge chair and stood by the window with some boredom.
In the courtyard of the Yu family, Yu Yiwei stood next to a holly tree, and Pei Qi Youmei stood under an oleander tree with withered leaves.
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Pei Qiyou was sensitively aware of the gaze on his back. He turned his head and looked towards the second floor, but only saw the curtains that were still fluttering.
What was reflected on the curtains was a figure turning away, tall and straight.
Yu Yiwei's eldest daughter's temper was over, and she took Pei Qiyou's arm: "I really want to go back with you."
Pei Qiyou looked away, raised his hand and touched her cheek with a smile, showing pity, but did not answer.
Yu Yiwei rubbed her face against the back of his hand in cooperation, her expression a little aggrieved, and her bright eyes like cat's eyes looked straight at him: "How about you take me away secretly!" It seemed like a joke and coquettishness.
, but her eyes were full of hopeful waiting.
"It's cold outside, come in quickly." Pei Qiyou seemed not to hear the hint in her words and kept a faint smile.
Yu Yiwei curled her lips, feeling bored, but still kissed his cheek: "Then please pay attention to safety on the road."
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After driving out of the military compound, the mask-like smile on Pei Qiyou's face was removed, and he was in a bad mood.
The car made a long circle on the second ring road, and finally stopped at the gate of Xingyu Capital by some strange coincidence.
The street lights hit the windshield and illuminated half of his body. He leaned back on his seat and looked at the brightly lit apartment buildings in the community.
He has been thinking about Bai Xiao consciously or unconsciously in recent days. It seems that he has never thought of Bai Xiao so frequently before, especially tonight.
Also tonight, Pei Qiyou found that he really didn't like Yu Shaoting, an elder, as if a fish bone was stuck in his throat.
Yu Shaoting's words and deeds invisibly provoked his deepest taboo, whether it was the phone call or the local specialties he brought into the house later.
Once upon a time, he had also walked into his house with a big bag of specialties. Bai Xiao had gone all over the market to buy them specially for him to bring to his family.
Men have been unlucky since ancient times, but there is a woman in every man's heart, not the mother who gave birth to him, not the wife who held hands together for the rest of his life, nor the woman who brought him a moment of passion, but the one who witnessed his most embarrassing and humble years.
one.
Pei Qiyou thought that the reason why he couldn't let go of Bai Xiao was because she had become a knot in his heart that could not be dug out. Her existence reminded him all the time that he had stepped on a woman to get to where he is today.
At this step, as long as he still stands in this position, he will never be able to erase the embarrassment that Bai Xiao has left on him.
After a long time, Pei Qiyou took out his mobile phone and dialed a number. After picking up the phone, he said, "Are you still willing to marry me now?"
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Bai Xiao woke up and opened her eyes in good spirits. She didn't have any dreams all night.
Yu Jingxi's calf was placed on her belly, a small hand was hugging her, and his little face was buried in her neck, sleeping soundly.
Bai Xiaofang moved gently, tucked the quilt in for him, then put on his coat with confidence and went out to wash up.
While brushing her teeth, she remembered what Yu Shaoting said on the phone last night. He seemed to have said that they wanted to have breakfast together.
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Bai Xiao received a bouquet of roses while preparing breakfast, white roses in bud, without a card or signature.
She looked at the clock on the wall and didn't know which flower shop opened at 7:30 in the morning.
"The suitors are rushing to the door so early in the morning?" Ye Hehuan came out in her nightgown and saw Bai Xiao standing at the door holding flowers, "Who sent it?"
Bai Xiao touched the petals with her fingertips and felt very good: "I didn't say." But she was sure that it was not wrong.
Ye Hehuan turned around and was about to enter the bathroom. Bai Xiao raised his head and called out to her: "After a while... Yu Shaoting may come over."
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It was almost eight o'clock when Bai Xiao woke up Yu Jingxi. The little guy sat up crookedly with his eyes closed and opened his little arms for her to play with.
After getting dressed, Yu Jingxi lay on Bai Xiao's shoulders and let her carry her to the bathroom.
While brushing his teeth with a grin on his face, Yu Jingxi suddenly ran to the door and asked Bai Xiao, who was preparing breakfast: "Is daddy still coming?"
Bai Xiao looked at the breakfast for three people on the table, and then looked at Yu Jingxi: "I didn't call him to ask him."
"Then I'll call!" Yu Jingxi quickly ran to the living room and took out his small mobile phone from his schoolbag.
Bai Xiao didn't listen to his call. When she came out of the kitchen, Yu Jingxi was already sitting at the table eating Xiao Long Bao: "Dad said he will be there soon."
Within ten seconds after Yu Jingxi said this, the doorbell rang in unison.
Bai Xiao went over to open the door, and Yu Shaoting was standing at the door. When he came in, Bai Xiao subconsciously knelt down, took a pair of slippers from the shoe cabinet and placed them at his feet.
Yu Shaoting stood at the entrance without changing his shoes. Bai Xiao looked up. He was looking down at her, their eyes facing each other. Her heartbeat was a little erratic.
His eyes were very gentle and contained some other emotions.
I don't know if it was because of the good mood brought by the bouquet of flowers in the morning, but Bai Xiao felt that Yu Shaoting in front of him was as gentle as jade and looked particularly easy to talk to.
"Dad, are you here?" Yu Jingxi poked his little head out of the restaurant.
Yu Shaoting turned his eyes and looked at his son, hummed, changed his shoes, went into the house, and took off his coat.
Before it was thrown on the sofa, the coat was taken over by a pair of hands as white as green onions.
Yu Shaoting turned to look at her. Bai Xiao felt uncomfortable when he saw her, so she took her coat and hung it on the clothes rack in her bedroom.
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Bai Xiao hung up her clothes and was startled when she turned around. Yu Shaoting followed her in silently and stood behind her.
"Why don't you go have breakfast?" Bai Xiao said as he glanced out the door.
"Have you received the flowers?"
Bai Xiao looked at him in surprise at first, then a little frightened, with a slight blush on his face.
Yu Shaoting looked back at her with gentle eyes: "Do you still like it?"
Bai Xiao's heartbeat was pounding, faster than before. She couldn't stand how Yu Shaoting looked at her: "The flowers are very beautiful."
His calloused fingertips scraped her Bai Xi's delicate cheek bit by bit, and he was very close to her. The man's exclusive aura surrounded her, and Yu Shaoting's fingers stayed at the base of her ear. That was her
The sensitive area was itchy and numb when he touched it: "Did you sleep well last night?"
Bai Xiao had never been so nervous when she was in love with Pei Qiyou, and she didn't hesitate to speak: "It's... okay, Jing Xi is also very good."
Perhaps it was because Yu Shaoting was much older than her, so she always had a faint awe in front of him, and even now it was only increasing.
Yu Shaoting seemed to have inadvertently picked up a strand of her hair and tucked it behind her ear. He said in a low voice, "Let's go out for breakfast." After that, he went out first.
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After the heat on her cheeks subsided, Bai Xiao came out, and the father and son were sitting at the dining table eating.
I don’t know if it’s a habit that has been cultivated since childhood, but many of Yu Jingxi’s little moves during meals are exactly the same as Yu Shaoting’s.
For example, Yu Shaoting picked up a cup to drink milk. Almost at the same time, Yu Jingxi also picked up a small cup to drink milk, and then put the cup back at the same time.
Bai Xiao stood by the door and watched, a warm wave of heat flowed through his heart, wanting to stay in this moment.
Yu Jingxi suddenly turned his head, saw her, and immediately waved his hand: "Xiao Bai, if you don't come over to eat, it will be cold!"
As soon as Bai Xiao sat down, Yu Shaoting suddenly said: "I told Jing Xi that I will take him to the capital this afternoon."
Bai Xiao suddenly looked up at him. Although he was mentally prepared, he was still caught off guard. This afternoon... so urgent?
"I'll be back in two days. If you miss him, you can video chat or call him."
"That's right." Yu Jingxi interrupted from the side and raised his face: "Xiao Bai, we will chat online then."
Bai Xiao said nothing. After eating one steamed bun, he lost his appetite. He put down his chopsticks and said, "Eat slowly." He backed away from his chair and walked out of the restaurant.
Bai Xiao returned to the room and was about to close the door and lock it when Yu Shaoting was already standing at the door, holding the door to be closed with one hand.
"Are you angry?" He looked down at her, his voice was very soft and low.
Bai Xiao turned his head to one side: "No, you still have to catch a flight, right? Leave early after eating." After saying that, he turned around to leave.
However, Yu Shaoting reached out and took her from behind, squeezed into the bedroom and closed the door behind him: "Are all women as petty as you?"
Bai Xiao was a little annoyed with Yu Shaoting's practice of always speaking out her true thoughts. She moved in his arms, but unfortunately she couldn't break free from his strong arms. Instead, she was hugged a little tighter by him, "I'm just taking him with me."
I went there once, and I don’t live there often, so I have a sense of discretion.”
Every word he said exposed the thoughts she was trying to hide, leaving her with nowhere to hide: "What does it have to do with me?"
"It doesn't matter?" Yu Shaoting pressed his hand heavily on her waist, "If you really don't mind, then I will send Jing Xi to live with Xu's family for a few months..."
Bai Xiao raised her head and wanted to refute him, but he suddenly bent his head and sealed her lips.
Yu Shaoting's eyes became darker and darker. He closed the door and locked it while kissing her. He hugged her and fell on the bed next to him. He didn't fall asleep all night. He got up at dawn and drove around most of the way.
Fengcheng, and finally drove the car slowly into the capital of Star Language.
He put his seat back a little, half-lying down, and looked at a window upstairs in the apartment from time to time.
At about seven o'clock in the morning, a beam of light came out from behind the gauze curtain of the window, and a slender figure swayed above the gauze curtain.
The originally irritable mood suddenly calmed down, and even became clearer.
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It was almost noon when Bai Xiao woke up.
The off-white gauze curtains swayed in the window, and streams of sunlight poured in.
Open the window slightly, and the cold air that comes in blows away the sweet and fishy smell in the room, as if it was just a dream.
Bai Xiao was lying on the bed, her body still aching. She turned her head and looked at the pillow next to her. There was no one there anymore.
She rubbed her temples and sat up, threw on some clothes and went out. Yu Shaoting had already left with Yu Jingxi.
Bai Xiao looked at the leftover breakfast of the father and son on the dining table, took an untouched sandwich, sat down on the sofa, and saw a crayon drawing on the coffee table, which was a picture of a woman pulling a child.
There is a fish of unknown species next to it.
Bai Xiao turned the drawing paper over, and there was a line written on the back: "Xiao Bai, wait until I come back to take you to see sharks."
The originally dull mood suddenly brightened up. Bai Xiao held the crayon drawing in her hand and took a bite of the sandwich, which tasted sweet in her mouth.
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At night, Yu Jingxi really called and asked to video chat with her.
The little guy changed his clothes, wearing a small suit and a bow tie. He looked stylish, as if he had just come back from a banquet.
Bai Xiao sat in front of the computer, looking at the stack of red envelopes behind Yu Jingxi.
Yu Jingxi noticed her gaze and took the red envelope to the computer, "Xiaobai, these are all given to me by grandma and the others."
As he spoke, he opened each red envelope, poured out all the red coins inside, and counted them one by one, feeling extremely happy.
Women are really unreasonable animals sometimes, and Bai Xiao discovered that her own mind is actually quite small.
When she heard that Yu Shaoting was taking Yu Jingxi to the Xu family, she felt as if a thorn had been stabbed in her heart. If she was a broad-minded woman, she should have said with a smile, "Okay, I wish you a safe journey", and then considerately support the father and son.
The two packed their luggage and it was best to send them to the plane and wave goodbye.
Now seeing Yu Jingxi so happy, she was not very happy in her heart. She turned off the video, turned over on her bed, and buried her face in the pillow.
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Yu Shaoting took a shower and came out in his nightgown. Yu Jingxi was sitting on the bed talking to himself, putting the RMB pieces back into the red envelopes.
Seeing him, the little guy grabbed the red envelope with his two chubby hands and hid it behind his back: "Dad, give it all to me as promised!"
Yu Shaoting ignored his greedy behavior and glanced at the computer on his desk.
Yu Jingxi immediately jumped off the bed and came over in a dog-legged manner: "Dad, don't worry, I've finished video chatting with Xiaobai."
"Have you already said it?" Yu Shaoting sat on the sofa chair, and while pouring red wine, he raised his head and glanced at his son who was asking for credit.
Yu Jingxi nodded repeatedly, holding out her belly with a proud look on her face: "I said it was given by grandma and the others, and Xiaobai immediately became unhappy."
Yu Shaoting poured milk into another crystal cup and handed it to Yu Jingxi. The little guy took it with fear: "Thank you, Dad."
After taking a sip of wine, Yu Shaoting picked up his phone and took a look. Yu Jingxi said, "Dad, when are we going to grandma's house?"
Yu Shaoting looked at him sideways: "Do you want to go?"
Yu Jingxi hurriedly shook his head, humming, and finally peeked at Yu Shaoting shyly: "If you take the lucky money and leave, you can go there."
Yu Shaoting glanced at him lightly, and the slightly upward curve of his mouth was covered by the wine glass he raised.
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Bai Xiao felt like she was about to have a nightmare. After the Yu family and his son went to the capital, she thought about how Yu Jingxi was doing almost every day.
Even if she kept in touch by phone, she couldn't eliminate her longing. Listening to Yu Jingxi's voice made her even more uncomfortable, and sometimes she couldn't sleep at night.
Ye Hehuan was shocked when he saw Bai Xiao when he woke up in the morning: "What did you do last night? The dark circles under your eyes are so thick?"
Bai Xiao would never tell her that Yu Jingxi had been running in her mind all night, and would just say vaguely: "I drank a cup of coffee last night."
"Xiaoxiao, can you help me pick up some dresses from the bridal shop? I have something to do today and I don't have time to pick them up."
Bai Xiao asked He Huan for the address of the bridal shop. She cleaned up the apartment in the morning and went out in the afternoon. She first went to the mall to buy some daily necessities for children, then took a taxi to the bridal shop and looked at the hangings in the window.
Bai Xiao couldn't help but stop and take a second look at the wedding dress.
A wedding dress is every woman's dream, and wearing a wedding dress is also the most beautiful moment in a woman's life.
Bai Xiao suddenly remembered that she had never worn a wedding dress before...
"Hello, what do you need?" A bridal shop staff member saw Bai Xiao standing in front of the window for a long time and came out to ask.
Bai Xiao withdrew his gaze and handed over the order: "I'm here to pick up the dress that Miss Ye Hehuan customized here."
"Okay, please sit down for a while and I'll get it for you." The staff led Bai Xiao into the store and went upstairs to get the dress.
Bai Xiao walked to the waiting area. On the way, a familiar voice suddenly floated into her ears.
"Come on, turn around and take a look. I just saw some wrinkles on the left side."
"No, madam, are you wrong? Your daughter-in-law looks great in this dress. It was designed just for her!"
Bai Xiao's footsteps stagnated, and he turned around to look -
Outside the fitting room, in front of the floor-to-ceiling mirror that occupies the entire wall, Yu Yiwei is wearing a simple pink wedding dress. The bright light shines on her body. She puts her hands on her waist, revealing her delicate collarbones. Her smile is as bright as a flower, and she can't hide her playfulness.
Happy look.
"Is it really good-looking?" Yu Yiwei turned around again, still not seeming satisfied.
Two staff members bent over to help her put on her wedding dress. One of them smiled and looked at the sofa next to her, "Madam, what do you think?"
"This wedding dress is suitable for wearing at the banquet after the engagement ceremony."
The middle-aged lady on the sofa stood up, she was gentle and elegant, with her long hair rolled up, and she looked at Yu Yiwei with loving and happy eyes.
Bai Xiao looked at Pei's mother who was fixing Yu Yiwei's skirt. Over there, Pei's mother also noticed something. She turned around and looked over. When she met Bai Xiao's eyes, Pei's mother's expression changed. She was panicked, embarrassed, and ashamed.
Flashed across her eyes, and she didn't know how to deal with it for a moment.
"Mom, what's wrong with you?" Yu Yiwei looked over in surprise, but was suddenly held by Pei's mother.
"I think the one you tried on just now is pretty good. How about, Yiwei, can you wear it again and show it to me?"
Yu Yiwei entered the fitting room doubtfully. Almost as soon as the door closed, Jiang Yingmei immediately looked at Bai Xiao, who was standing not far away.
Bai Xiao didn't want to go to the waiting area anymore. Before she could turn around and leave, Jiang Yingmei called her urgently and lowly: "Xiao Xiao!"
The once amiable call sounded particularly ironic now. Bai Xiao did not respond and raised her feet to leave. Jiang Yingmei had already come over and stood in front of her. She did not forget to look back at the dressing room to make sure Yu Yiwei had not come out.
Looking at Bai Xiao, he said, "Why are you here?"
Bai Xiao was not a fool, so he naturally heard the tension and uneasiness in Jiang Yingmei's words, and probably guessed what she was thinking.
"I'm here to help my friend get her dress."
Jiang Yingmei smiled angrily: "Really? I happen to know the manager of this store, how about I help you with the reminder?"
"No, I'll just wait for a while." After Bai Xiao finished speaking, he walked back past Jiang Yingmei.
After walking around the corner, Bai Xiao's pace slowed down. She turned her head and looked at the model wedding photos hanging on the wall, her eyes feeling a little warm.
I thought I had put it aside long ago and could handle this kind of scene with ease, but it still hurts to see it.
"Miss, I'm sorry, maybe there were too many dresses delivered yesterday. Can you please wait a little longer?"
The staff member who had previously received Bai Xiao came down from the second floor. He didn't have a dress in his hand and explained with an apologetic look on his face.
Bai Xiao didn't embarrass her, but before long, Jiang Yingmei was led by a staff member to pay with her handbag in her hand.
When Jiang Yingmei saw that Bai Xiao hadn't left yet, her face looked a little uncomfortable. Bai Xiao knew that she might have misunderstood again, but she didn't bother to explain it again.
