The middle-aged woman at the door was wearing a purple coat with business attire underneath, a white shirt and black trousers. She had no extra jewelry. Her neat short hair showed her ability as a strong woman, even though her appearance tended to be gentle and elegant.
, but his eyes revealed the sharpness and distance of a superior.
When Bai Xiao met her eyes, her eyebrows were slightly furrowed, and her eyes were not friendly. It was a sign of rejection and displeasure towards the intruder.
Almost at the same time, Bai Xiao automatically matched this middle-aged woman with a guessed character.
The only people who have inexplicable hostility towards her and can appear in the imperial capital in such a host manner are Xu Shuyuan's family members.
Several more people came in at the door of the restaurant. They were all dressed as civil servants and treated the middle-aged woman with respect. It was obvious that they had a superior-subordinate relationship.
Bai Xiao heard someone say: "Director Liang, the box we booked should be inside, please come over here."
Yu Shaoting noticed something strange about Bai Xiao, and while looking down at the menu, he asked casually: "What's wrong?"
Bai Xiao looked at the middle-aged woman who was already walking towards us, and said to Yu Shaoting: "There is a Liang Bureau officer walking towards us."
Yu Shaoting raised his eyes and glanced at Bai Xiao, then turned his head following her gaze. Even when he saw Director Liang, his eyes remained calm and calm. However, Yu Jingxi, who was sitting next to Bai Xiao, suddenly moved his buttocks and shrank his head.
Bai Xiao hid behind him, looking like he didn't want to see anyone coming.
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Liang Huizhen did not expect to meet her son-in-law and grandson when she went out for a meal, let alone a strange young woman.
Especially when she saw the woman smiling and pulling Yu Jingxi's ears. Such an intimate gesture was like seeing rat droppings while eating.
When did her daughter's son get his turn to be touched and pinched by a woman of unknown origin?!
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Yu Shaoting slowly stood up when Liang Huizhen almost reached the table, and nodded to Liang Huizhen, who looked unhappy, as a greeting.
Liang Huizhen, who was already feeling suffocated, couldn't help but get angrier when she saw his lukewarm attitude again. If Bai Xiao hadn't been present, Liang Huizhen might have forgiven her and convinced herself that he had always been like this.
But now she couldn't help but use the topic as an excuse.
Liang Huizhen is not tall, only 1.58 meters, but she is better because of her momentum. When standing with Yu Shaoting, she has no tendency to be compared.
She glanced at Bai Xiao, who had already stood up, and smiled half-heartedly: "It seems that the mother-in-law has been replaced, but I came here with a shameful face to ask for trouble."
Bai Xiao frowned slightly, naturally hearing the hostility towards him in Director Liang's words, but he did not retort impulsively, but looked at Yu Shaoting opposite.
Yu Shaoting looked as calm as ever, and said to Yu Jingxi who was hiding behind Bai Xiao: "Jingxi, call someone."
A pair of small white fleshy hands grasped Bai Xiao's waist, a small curly hair poked out, and she reluctantly called out "Grandma".
Although he had vaguely expected it just now, when Yu Jingxi actually called out "grandma", Bai Xiao still looked at Liang Huizhen in slight surprise.
Liang Huizhen has a fair face. Although she is over fifty, there are no signs of aging. It can be seen from her eyebrows that she must have been a famous beauty when she was young. Bai Xiao can even think of Xu Shuyuan's appearance through her.
, she couldn't help but look at Yu Shaoting with the corner of her eye.
Although she did not formally meet Xu Shuyuan during her surrogacy, she would talk on the phone every now and then. Xu Shuyuan's voice was very gentle, like a pool of spring water, and like the fluttering willows by the lake. It was very comfortable to listen to and it was easy to have a good impression.
, how can he be an ordinary vulgar fan if he is worthy of Yu Shaoting?
Liang Huizhen's face became even more ugly when she saw Yu Jingxi clinging to Bai Xiao, but due to her self-cultivation, she suppressed the attack.
"I just arrived in the imperial capital today, so I didn't have time to go to Xu's house." Yu Shaoting lied well and had no worries about being exposed.
Liang Huizhen glanced at Yu Shaoting, and then turned her eyes to Yu Jingxi, who had half of her body exposed. She looked up and down. She was a little different from the naughty child in her impression. He even had an afro perm. This made no matter what.
She was particularly dissatisfied with her strict principles in life and work.
"How did you get such a perm at such a young age? Who took you to perm it?" Liang Huizhen's tone was full of questioning, and she turned to look at Yu Shaoting: "I know you are busy with work on weekdays, but you should also discipline your child well. He is now
If you are like this, you won’t become a ruffian when you grow up?”
Bai Xiao could feel the small hands at her waist tightening her clothes, although he didn't say a word.
She subconsciously held his hand and wrapped his small fist in her palm.
Yu Shaoting looked at Bai Xiao: "Take Jing Xi to the bathroom."
Yu Jingxi immediately shouted in cooperation: "I want to go to the bathroom." A pair of small hands pulled Bai Xiao towards the bathroom.
When Liang Huizhen saw Yu Jingxi like this, her voice became cold: "I really don't know how you teach him, you don't even have basic manners!"
Yu Shaoting didn't care much and sat back down. Liang Huizhen followed suit and sat on Bai Xiao's chair just now.
Perhaps because of Bai Xiao's departure, Liang Huizhen's expression improved slightly and she looked at Yu Shaoting: "How long do you plan to stay in the capital this time?"
"I'll leave tomorrow." Yu Shaoting said bluntly, as if he didn't see the sudden change in Liang Huizhen's face: "The old lady at home misses a child."
Your old lady will miss her children, shouldn’t I?
Liang Huizhen also experienced Yu Shaoting's temper in her early years. If you lecture him for a long time, he will remain unmoved, but it will make you half angry to death, so she will not confront him head-on: "Speaking of which, I haven't seen Jing in more than two years.
Hopefully, let him live here for a while this time."
Yu Shaoting raised his head and glanced at her, but did not answer immediately. However, a waiter came over and Yu Shaoting ordered a cup of Tieguanyin for Liang Huizhen.
Liang Huizhen looked at the cup with a few tea leaves floating in it. She was in a daze for a moment, and her eyes when she looked at Yu Shaoting no longer had the accusation.
"I'm sorry you still remember." Liang Huizhen held the cup but didn't take a sip. The corners of her eyes were slightly moist, and the memory couldn't help but drift away.
Her daughter Xu Shuyuan is a woman who is extremely active in the details of life, and also knows how to enjoy it. She likes Japanese-style villas. In her spare time, she likes nothing more than spreading a tatami under the eaves in the afternoon, making a pot of tea by herself, and reading a book.
While sipping tea.
Xu Shuyuan inherited the musical talent of her uncle from her father's generation in the Xu family. She became a rising star of the Chinese violin industry at a young age. Her wealthy family background also made her well-educated, well-behaved and sensible. She was a leader in the circle of ladies in the imperial capital. But this happened.
A beautiful woman died at her most beautiful age...
"When Shuyuan was a child, she loved making Tieguanyin the most. At that time, her third uncle who worked in Fujian always asked her to send it overseas, saying that the Tieguanyin there was the most authentic."
Liang Huizhen looked at Yu Shaoting who was leaning back on the chair across from her. It was because of him that Xu Shuyuan worked so hard to learn tea ceremony. Such a proud and reserved girl was always willing to risk everything for him and put him in front of him in everything.
The first one, every time I call her, I always use the word "Shaoting".
Thinking of this, Liang Huizhen felt a little more fond of Yu Jingxi and wiped the corners of her eyes: "His grandpa always nags this child."
Yu Shaoting took a sip of tea, which was a bit bitter and astringent. His love for Tieguanyin was just a whim and did not last long.
Liang Huizhen turned her head and glanced in the direction of the bathroom. After a moment of hesitation, she said tentatively: "Jing Xi seems to be very close to the woman in the bathroom with him."
Sometimes people are indeed strange creatures. If some unreasonable things happen to others, you may be able to say a few words of justice, but if you happen to yourself, you will have no way to be fair. Now Liang Huizhen
In this situation.
Although I thought that Yu Shaoting would definitely remarry after losing his wife before he was thirty, even if he didn't mention it, the old lady of the Yu family would not stop, but when he thought that his son-in-law would have a new wife, his grandson would call someone else's mother, Liang Huizhen
I couldn't stand it, and I didn't like any woman who came close to Yu Shaoting.
This is also the reason why Mrs. Yu doesn't deal with her. One is that she wishes her son-in-law would not marry him, and the other is that she wishes that her son will have a different wife every day.
Yu Shaoting followed Liang Huizhen's words and said, "They are quite close, even closer than the old lady."
The smile on Liang Huizhen's lips froze a bit. She really couldn't understand the man opposite her and couldn't get off the stage for a while.
"People can't dwell too much on the past. They must learn to look forward." Yu Shaoting crossed his long legs and folded the fingers of his hands in a leisurely manner. The words he said lightly made Liang Huizhen's hand holding the cup tremble. She was angry.
's: "What do you mean?"
"I can't live with Jing Xi all my life. When my child grows up, he also needs a mother."
Liang Huizhen stood up suddenly and threw her cup heavily on the table. She looked at Yu Shaoting with eyes that seemed to poke a hole in him.
After a while, she took a deep breath: "It's your business to find a wife. From now on, Jing Xi will follow me and his grandpa, so I won't bother the Yu family anymore!"
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Bai Xiao waited at the door of the men's restroom for a long time, but did not see Yu Jingxi come out.
Looking left and right, Bai Xiao slipped into the empty men's restroom while no one was paying attention, and then knocked on the stalls one by one.
"Jingxi, are you okay?" After knocking on the last locked compartment, Bai Xiao vaguely heard the child's sobbing. Her heart tightened and she knocked a few more times: "What's wrong? Jingxi, open the door quickly.
, what happened?”
The child hiding in the compartment burst into tears because of her inquiry: "Go away, go away, you and your father have a new child, and you are going to send me to my grandma's house. I am the little one no one wants."
Cabbage, let me beg for food!"
"Who said they were sending you to grandma's house?" The little guy seemed to have mistakenly thought that Liang Huizhen was the one they called.
Bai Xiao patted the door: "If you don't want to go to Xu's house, no one will force you to go. Your father didn't call your grandma because your grandma works nearby and came here to eat and met us. Could it be that
Didn't you realize that your father protects you? Otherwise, why would he ask me to take you to avoid your grandmother?"
The crying inside gradually subsided, but the whimpering was still low.
"Jing Xi, if you are unhappy about anything, please tell me and your father, okay?"
Now there was no more sobbing. Bai Xiao waited quietly. After a while, the door of the compartment opened with a bang. Yu Jingxi glanced at her with red eyes, sniffed, then turned around and sat on the toilet.
He pulled the tissue next to him and wiped the tears on his face vigorously.
Bai Xiao knelt down at his feet and said nothing, just looking at his little face that was red from crying with soft eyes.
Yu Jingxi was embarrassed by her look and hummed in a low voice: "What are you looking at?"
Bai Xiao felt that being together with Yu Shaoting had more or less left a shadow in Yu Jingxi's heart, which is why he now rejects her.
She held Yu Jingxi's soft chubby hand: "No matter what happens to your father and me, you are his child. Your father will not give you away casually, and I will try my best to be a good person."
Mother, Jing Xi, are you willing to try to accept me? Let me be your mother."
Yu Jingxi lowered his eyelids and remained motionless. Bai Xiao did not force him, but held his little hand harder because of nervousness.
Men's voices were heard outside, and someone came in to use the toilet.
"Jing Xi, can we go out first?" Bai Xiao looked outside the cubicle from time to time, feeling a little embarrassed.
Yu Jingxi raised his eyes and looked at her, then slid off the toilet and walked out on his own.
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Coming out of the bathroom, Yu Jingxi had a sullen face, but his hand was still held by Bai Xiao. At the corner, he suddenly said: "I want to go to the zoo."
Bai Xiao looked down at him, her big black eyes still wet with moisture. She squeezed his hand and said, "Okay."
"I want to ride a big horse." The little guy still has a soft spot for riding a big horse.
As soon as the two people turned out of the aisle, they saw Liang Huizhen standing up suddenly, saying something unknown, and looking very unhappy.
Bai Xiao led Yu Jingxi closer and heard Yu Shaoting say: "I can't make the decision. If Jing Xi is willing, you can take him away."
The little hand in her palm clenched her thumb tightly, and she felt the child's uneasiness and fear.
Bai Xiao held his hand tightly, lowered her head and said softly: "Don't be afraid, if you don't want to, no one can force you."
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Liang Huizhen was really angry, and smoke could come out of her head.
In fact, she really didn't understand why Shuyuan fell in love with the third child of the Yu family back then. He had a bad temper, couldn't speak well, and had a dead face all day long!
But the daughter wanted to live or die, and she said she would either marry Yu Shaoting or become a nun.
In the past, with Shuyuan in the middle, her impression of Yu Shaoting was better. Now, she has completely recognized his face!
Liang Huizhen looked up and saw Yu Jingxi coming back holding the woman's hand. She wanted to tell her grievances to her little grandson.
"Grandma." Yu Jingxi took the initiative to call Liang Huizhen. It was Xiaobai who said that no matter what he wanted to say to grandma, he must first respect the elderly.
When Liang Huizhen heard this, her eyes immediately turned red. She bent down and touched Yu Jingxi's tender face: "Jingxi, grandma asked you, do you like it here?"
Yu Jingxi rolled her eyes in a circle, looked at Liang Huizhen timidly, and said slowly: "I still like it quite a lot. There is the palace shown on TV, the Great Wall mentioned in the textbook, and many interesting places that I haven't seen yet.
Been there."
"Then grandma will take you there later, okay?"
"I'm going back to Fengcheng soon, and dad also has to go to work."
Liang Huizhen was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said: "That doesn't matter, you can live with your grandparents."
Yu Jingxi scratched his head and ears in embarrassment. He was a little afraid of Liang Huizhen, but he still said bravely: "I made an appointment with Xiaobai to go to the zoo."
If she was just uneasy just now, then Liang Huizhen was really hurt by Yu Jingxi's words now.
Even if his father wants to find a new wife, why is this kid so anxious to find his stepmother? Do you still know who gave birth to him?!
Yu Shaoting took a sip of tea and said lightly: "Jing Xi, your grandma is going back, why don't you say goodbye to her yet."
"Grandma, goodbye!" Yu Jingxi answered so quickly that Liang Huizhen's heart broke to pieces.
Liang Huizhen raised her head and glared at the instigator, and laughed angrily: "Yu Shaoting, I underestimated you before!"
Yu Shaoting looked back at her calmly: "I just respect the child's own ideas."
Liang Huizhen sneered mockingly, never looked at the white-eyed father and son again, took her bag, and left angrily.
But when passing Bai Xiao, I couldn't help but slow down my steps and glanced at Bai Xiao from the corner of my eye.
Bai Xiao saw unwillingness in Liang Huizhen's eyes.
Perhaps in Liang Huizhen's view, after her daughter matched Yu Shaoting, no one was qualified to stand by Yu Shaoting's side.
