Bai Xiao watched Xu Jingyan leave, withdrew his gaze, sat back and said to the driver: "Master, let's drive."
"Isn't that your father just now?" The driver spoke to Bai Xiao in authentic Liyang dialect.
Bai Xiao smiled, her Liyang dialect was not fluent: "No, it's just an elder I just met recently."
The driver looked at Bai Xiao in the rearview mirror and said as if to himself: "But you two still look like father and daughter."
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Bai Xiao opened the courtyard door and walked in. The courtyard was very clean and grandma was sitting at the door of the kitchen folding beans.
"Why are you back?" When grandma saw Bai Xiao, she picked up her apron and wiped her hands while standing up. She also looked behind Bai Xiao and saw that there was no one else.
Seeing the two big bags of things in Bai Xiao's hand, the old man couldn't help but ask: "Where is Shao Ting? What are you doing here?"
Bai Xiao guessed that grandma might have misunderstood and thought she had a quarrel with Yu Shaoting and "ran away from home."
"I happened to come to City C to attend an event the day before yesterday. He is still there, and Jing Xi is also there. I came over to see you."
The old man was relieved now.
Bai Xiao took the things he just bought into the house, took them out one by one, and placed them in the corresponding positions.
"Why buy so much? You can't eat it all, and it's also available in the small supermarket here." The old man gave her an angry look.
Bai Xiao smiled and found that she had also brought the small bag of things Xu Jingyan bought.
"Is your cervical vertebra bad?" Grandma also saw those bottles and cans and men's socks: "Did you buy this for Shao Ting?"
Bai Xiao briefly talked about her encounter with Xu Jingyan, and also told her grandma that Xu Jingyan was the uncle of Yu Shaoting's deceased wife. Grandma sighed, took Bai Xiao's hand and squeezed it: "As for the Xu family, you have to be considerate of Shao Ting.
Don't be petty because you won't be happy with him because of these things."
"I know." Bai Xiao nodded.
Bai Xiao also wanted to help the old man wash the vegetables, but the old man urged her to go back quickly: "I don't know, I thought you didn't want to see me!"
"I don't want to see you. If you stand in front of me, I will immediately feel bad!" The old man glared at her.
Bai Xiao's eyes turned red because of this joke, and he felt indescribably sad.
Before leaving, Bai Xiao went to find Aunt Xu who lived next door and gave her a sum of money, but Aunt Xu refused to accept it.
"Take it, I'm in Fengcheng and I can't take care of it here. I still need you to take care of my grandma on weekdays." Bai Xiao stuffed the money into Aunt Xu's pocket and prevented her from taking it out again: "If you think
This is not good, I will leave this money with you first for my grandma to use urgently."
Having said this, Aunt Xu did not refuse.
Grandma sent her to the stop sign. Bai Xiao got on the bus, sat on her seat, and turned to look at the figures on the roadside getting further and further away.
Suddenly, she felt like a duckweed swaying in the sea, unable to find a point where she could balance herself, and her heart felt inexplicably empty.
The phone rang suddenly, Bai Xiao picked it up, and heard him ask on the other end: "Are you back?"
Bai Xiao looked at the rows of houses retreating outside and hummed softly.
"What's wrong?" Yu Shaoting noticed something was wrong with her voice: "What happened in Liyang?"
"...It's nothing, I'm just a little thirsty." Bai Xiao's eyes felt uncomfortable, as if there was sand in them.
Yu Shaoting was silent, and she didn't speak either. She held her phone. After a while, his deep voice came slowly: "What on earth is going on?"
His gentle voice made her nose feel sore. She tried her best to suppress her emotions and blinked away the mist in her eyes: "It's really not..."
"……is crying?"
When Bai Xiao heard what he said, she almost burst into tears. She was afraid that he would hear something strange again, so she hurriedly cut off the phone call.
She just felt a little sad suddenly. She didn't want to worry him, and she didn't want to expose her embarrassing side to him too much.
The phone rang again, but Bai Xiao didn't answer it, hung up, and sent him a text message back: "I got off the car and it's inconvenient to answer the phone, so don't read it."
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Perhaps because he was thinking about something, Bai Xiao felt that returning to City C was just a dazzling effort.
When she arrived at the station, Bai Xiao packed up her things, took a deep breath, calmed down her mood, and got off the bus with the other passengers.
As soon as she left the parking lot, she saw the familiar beach gold Bentley Continental parked on the roadside.
Yu Shaoting leaned against the car, lit a cigarette, frowned, squinted slightly and looked at one place, and slowly blew out a blue-white smoke ring.
There were already several cigarette butts at his feet.
Bai Xiao looked at him from a distance and forgot to walk over for a moment.
"Don't block the road!" a passenger behind him shouted, and made a show of pushing Bai Xiao, who was standing in the center.
When Yu Shaoting heard the sound, he looked up and saw Bai Xiao's staggering voice. He frowned and strode over.
Bai Xiao was pushed unexpectedly, and as soon as he stood firm, his right arm was grabbed by a force.
There were black suit cuffs and a small section of white shirt sleeves. Bai Xiao raised her head, and Yu Shaoting was staring at her with a frown.
"Give way..." Passengers kept coming from behind.
Yu Shaoting glanced at the crowded crowd and simply pulled Bai Xiao to the side, subconsciously protecting her in his arms.
"What happened just now?" He lowered his head, looked at her face, and asked.
"...It's okay." Bai Xiao muttered softly.
"It's okay and you don't dare to look at me?"
Bai Xiao raised her head and met his deep eyes, but looked away at a glance: "I just feel a little reluctant to let go of grandma."
When Yu Shaoting heard her twisted words, his frown relaxed, and his voice became a little gentler: "Get in the car, parking is not allowed here."
"Then you're still parking your car here?" Sure enough, there was a no-parking sign on the roadside.
Yu Shaoting didn't say anything, but pulled her over, opened the door and let her get in. She saw a ticket tucked under the windshield wiper.
After closing the passenger door, Yu Shaoting walked around the front of the car, took out the ticket, got in the car, and threw it into the storage compartment.
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Bai Xiao looked out the car window for a while, then withdrew his gaze, looked at the man beside him, and hesitantly expressed what he was thinking.
"I want to take my grandma to live with her in Fengcheng."
Grandma has always had a heart disease. Since her last serious illness, she has always been worried about letting the old man live alone.
Moreover, the old man is old.
She was really afraid that when she woke up that morning, she heard bad news that she couldn't accept.
The hand resting on his lap felt a warmth coming from the back of it and was held firmly. Bai Xiao lowered his head and saw his long, slender and beautiful hand.
"Let Jing Xing make another trip to Liyang tomorrow." Yu Shaoting drove the car and looked at the road ahead: "He should know what to do."
Bai Xiao turned back her hand and clasped his fingers tightly, but couldn't help but say "thank you".
Yu Shaoting did not answer, but increased the strength on his hands.
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Bai Xiao pushed the revolving door of the hotel and entered. When he looked up, he saw the little man pouting and staring at him.
Yu Jingxi snorted, raised her chin high, put her hands behind her back, turned around, and headed towards the lobby rest area.
Jing Xing has already taken down all his luggage.
Bai Xiao went over, hugged the little guy, and touched his hand: "When did you get up? Have you had breakfast?"
Yu Jingxi snorted again and stopped looking at her.
Bai Xiao guessed that the little guy was unhappy because he didn't take him with him to Liyang, so he took out the specialties he brought from Liyang.
"Aren't I afraid that you will be tired? I didn't go to play. I just looked at grandma and brought you some food."
Yu Jingxi glanced at the food, still making a stinky face. Bai Xiao stuffed the food into his hand with a wink, "I bought it especially for you."
Over there, Yu Shaoting came over after completing the check-out procedures, and his eyes fell on the shopping bag next to Bai Xiao.
"This belongs to jy Xu." Bai Xiao picked up the bag, shook it, and briefly told about his encounter with Xu Jingyan in the car.
"I'll go to the service desk and ask if there's any express delivery here." Bai Xiao turned around and looked at Yu Shaoting: "Write down his home address."
This bag of things was not valuable, and Xu Jingyan wouldn't care at all even if it was thrown here. But when he saw Bai Xiao's eager eyes, Yu Shaoting didn't say anything to attack her. He followed her and wrote down Xu Jingyan's home address in the capital. Bai Xiao looked at it
The pure black gold-plated pen in his hand: "parker?"
Yu Shaoting glanced at her, finished writing the last word, closed the pen case, and put the pen into the inner pocket of his suit.
Everyone has their own hobby. Bai Xiao's hobby is to collect all kinds of beautiful pens. The pen that Yu Shaoting took out just now is a 'collector's edition' released by 'parker' in a certain year. Once, she
I saw a big Japanese boss use it to sign his name at a dinner party.
Unexpectedly, Yu Shaoting also had one.
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Back in Fengcheng, around two o'clock in the afternoon, Yu Shaoting drove to a nearby restaurant.
Yu Jingxi had just gotten in the car and had already cleaned up all the specialties Bai Xiao had brought. After getting off the car, she even burped and touched her bulging belly.
During the meal, Lin Qian came, holding a document bag.
Yu Shaoting took one look and put it back. Yu Jingxi stretched his neck to take a look. Bai Xiao was also curious: "What is it."
"Hukou book." Yu Shaoting answered unhurriedly.
Bai Xiao choked with half of her saliva in her throat. She didn't expect his movements to be so fast. Although he said he would get the certificate today, she was still surprised.
Yu Jingxi looked around, rolled his eyes, thought of something, snorted and slid off the chair.
"Where to go?" Yu Shaoting frowned and looked at his son who was "making trouble" again. In the morning, Yu Jingxi woke up and made a fuss, and was finally subdued by force.
Yu Jingxi glanced at Yu Shaoting and lifted up his pants: "I'm going to poop."
Yu Shaoting's face darkened, and Bai Xiao felt that the little guy definitely did it on purpose, trying to dampen their appetite for food.
"Sit back." Yu Shaoting said coldly.
Yu Jingxi curled his lips and stood there, not moving.
Bai Xiao leaned over, put the little guy on his lap, picked up a piece of eggplant, mixed with some rice, and brought it to his mouth: "Ah, open your mouth."
The little guy was sulking, but he still cooperated and opened his mouth to eat.
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Coming out of the restaurant, Yu Jingxi carried a big schoolbag and for the first time volunteered to go to school.
Bai Xiao checked the time. It was three o'clock in the afternoon in ten minutes. Elementary school usually ends around four o'clock. But Yu Jingxi insisted on going to school. Lin Qian happened to be there, so Yu Shaoting asked Lin Qian to send the little boy to school. Yu Jingxi
Without looking back, he climbed into the car and left.
Bai Xiao looked at the car silhouette in the distance, still feeling uneasy. Maybe mother and son were connected, and she felt Yu Jingxi's depressed mood.
Then, her hand was held and pulled towards the parking place: "Where to go?"
"Civil Affairs Bureau." Yu Shaoting threw over three words.
When the car was waiting for the traffic light at the intersection, Bai Xiao grabbed the bag on her leg and was a little nervous, just like someone who is getting a license for the first time.
Yu Shaoting looked sideways at her, noticed her red cheeks, and raised his eyebrows slightly: "Very nervous?"
"Aren't you nervous?" Bai Xiao asked, turning her head, but seeing his expression as usual, she suddenly felt even more embarrassed.
The car stopped in the parking space. Yu Shaoting took off his seat belt, got out of the car, walked around, and opened the passenger door.
Bai Xiao glanced at the Civil Affairs Bureau in front of him and went down with a pounding heart.
Yu Shaoting saw her dawdling, and pulled her over. He held the document bag in the other hand, half dragging and half pulling her in. Maybe it was a Monday, and there were many young people coming to register in the office hall. Yu Shaoting saw
He found an empty window, pulled Bai Xiao over, and put the document bag on top with a "snap".
The staff member took the document bag, looked at the contents, and glanced at Yu Shaoting: "There are still two things missing!"
"..."
Lin Qian had prepared the things, but Yu Shaoting had checked them beforehand, and even his ID card had been thrown in just now.
The staff stretched out his hand: "Marriage certificates, two copies!"
Bai Xiao was confused after hearing this, "Well... we are here to register." As he spoke, his cheeks became even hotter.
The staff then looked at the two of them seriously: "Marriage registration... why are you coming to the divorce window?"
"..." Bai Xiao was embarrassed and hurriedly said sorry.
"No matter how anxious you are, you have to look up and read the words on it. Go and line up next to me." The staff member gave Yu Shaoting a scolding.
Yu Shaoting had a sullen face and his ears were a little red. He ignored the staff, took the document bag, and took Bai Xiao to queue at another window.
The temperature on Bai Xiao's face never went down, and their hands never let go. She subconsciously leaned against him and held his arm.
He also squeezed her hand tightly.
It was obviously not the first time for them to get married, but they were still nervous. Bai Xiao knew that she was not the only one who was nervous.
Yu Shaoting's cell phone rang. He glanced at the number and saw that it was Mrs. Yu. He let go of Bai Xiao and walked to the side to pick up: "Hello?"
"Shaoting, where are you?" Mrs. Yu's voice was anxious: "Shuyuan's mother has come to Fengcheng!"
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Bai Xiao stood in line and glanced at Yu Shaoting, who was still on the phone. There was only one couple left in front of him.
There was also a call coming in on her mobile phone, and it was Yu Jingxi's number.
As soon as Bai Xiao picked up the phone, he heard a woman's nervous and angry shout from the other side: "Jing Xi, where are you going? Come back quickly!"
It was the voice of an older woman, but not Mrs. Yu.
Bai Xiao's heart tightened, and then she heard Yu Jingxi's soft and urgent voice: "Xiao Bai, where are you? Can I go find you?"
My heartbeat accelerated inexplicably, getting faster and faster, as if it was about to burst out of my chest.
"I'm at the Civil Affairs Bureau, what happened? Who was that just now? Where are you now?" Bai Xiao even heard that he was running and was panicked.
From the receiver, there was suddenly the sound of a car horn and the faint sound of brakes, and then, there was a heavy muffled sound.
A "beep" busy tone came from the phone.
Bai Xiao's pupils shrank suddenly, and his whole body froze. The phone "clacked" and fell to the ground, breaking into two pieces.
Yu Shaoting turned around after hearing the sound. Bai Xiao's face turned pale and she stood there precariously. Suddenly, she pushed aside the people in line behind her and ran to the door. He hung up the phone in a hurry, ran over, intercepted her, and held her in his arms.
Inside, she found that her whole body was trembling: "What happened?"
"Jingxi seems to have been in a car accident!"
Bai Xiao's eyes were filled with tears, and he spoke incoherently: "He just called me, and suddenly there was no sound. I heard a violent collision!"
At this moment, Liang Huizhen called, and Yu Shaoting answered. His face gradually became gloomy, he hung up the phone, and hugged Bai Xiao: "Let's go to the hospital."
