Su Manrong went downstairs, but her temples hurt suddenly. She covered her forehead and wanted to walk out, but her body shook suddenly.
"Be careful." The man who came down behind her quickly supported her with quick eyes and hands.
Leaning in the arms that were once familiar but now unfamiliar, Su Manrong's limbs were cold, and in the next moment, she had pushed him away heavily.
Suddenly, Xu Jingyan was pushed by her and hit the counter at the back. His face looked slightly embarrassed, but his eyes seemed to be glued to her body. Su Manrong took a deep breath, endured a splitting headache and pushed open the door. Xu Jingyan
He clenched his fists and followed out without much thought: "Ning Xuan!"
Su Manrong suddenly turned around and stared at him with complex and stubborn eyes: "Bai Ningxuan died more than 20 years ago, and there is only Su Manrong in this world!"
Xu Jingyan looked at her and had too many questions, but at the moment facing her, he couldn't ask any questions.
"As you said yourself, you let me go more than 20 years ago. Don't appear in front of me again now or even in the future."
Su Manrong turned around and walked quickly to the alley, wanting to get back to the car and get out of here!
"Ning Xuan." Xu Jingyan was anxious and blocked her way: "I have no other intention, I just... want to care about you."
"Care about me?" Su Manrong looked at him sarcastically: "Are you kidding? Xu Jingyan, I am living well, what do you have to care about?"
"..." Xu Jingyan's throat twitched, and she was unable to speak.
The cell phone rang and he picked it up. He just looked at Su Manrong in front of him, unable to speak, but unwilling to let her leave.
Su Manrong clenched the bag in her hand tightly. For more than twenty years, she had deliberately avoided it, but she still could not escape the trick of fate.
She thought of the news she saw on the roadside LED, the woman standing next to him. Su Manrong closed her eyes, how could she not recognize Xia Lan, the sister who took care of her wholeheartedly during her pregnancy, but she never
Unexpectedly, she actually became Xu Jingyan's wife...
Seriously, she was the one who pulled the strings for them. If Xu Jingyan hadn't accompanied her to the hospital for a pregnancy check-up, how would she have known Xia Lan?
There are some things that Su Manrong doesn't want to think about, but she can't help but think about them. After more than 20 years, she will have trouble sleeping in the dead of night, because she is unwilling to give in, and because of the pain in her heart, she will think about what they are.
Is the time right? At the beginning, when I said I would let her go, who restrained whom?
During those nights when she was waiting for him at the door of her house with her child, and Xu Jingyan stayed away all night, did she go to find Xia Lan?
It's just that for her, it no longer makes any sense to pursue it further.
"I heard... you and Zhengdong later gave birth to a daughter?" Xu Jingyan said awkwardly.
Su Manrong opened her eyes and looked directly at him without answering. After a moment, she walked past him, took out her car keys and unlocked her car.
Xu Jingyan turned around and saw him walking to the car. Once some thoughts came up, it would be difficult to kill them.
There were few passers-by at the entrance of the alley. Su Manrong had just opened the car door when Xu Jingyan's hand stopped her.
"Xu Jingyan, what on earth do you want to do!" Su Manrong's voice was filled with anger.
Xu Jingyan looked at her facial features. After so many years, there were still not many changes. The years did not leave any traces on her face. It only made the beautiful girl she once became more mature and intellectual. But at this moment, looking at her, Xu Jingyan couldn't help but
I thought of Bai Xiao...
There are so many coincidences. Her surname is Bai, and she is also from Liyang. She said she had no parents since she was a child, and she has such musical talent——
"I just want to know, what is Bai Xiao's relationship with you?"
Su Manrong looked away. The veins on the back of his hand that was resting on the car door were bulging, as if she was trying to restrain something. She suddenly raised her head, met his eager gaze lightly, and raised the corners of her lips: "She is Shao Ting's wife.
My future sister-in-law, otherwise, who else do you think she could be?"
Xu Jingyan moved his lips: "That child back then——"
"Which child?" Su Manrong sneered, as if remembering something, and asked: "Don't you already know whose child it is?"
"..." Xu Jingyan's eyes suddenly turned red, looking at the dull smile on her face, which was almost ironic.
"Didn't you personally take the child's hair for DNA testing? Have you forgotten the results of the appraisal report?"
Su Manrong suppressed the trembling of her body. She was also an ordinary person. She was not without resentment. When the Xu family threw the piece of paper in her face, her explanation became disgusting sophistry.
His child was found to have no blood relationship with him. What a ridiculous result.
When Xu Jingyan heard what she said, he felt endless bitterness and unspeakable embarrassment in his heart.
"Since that child belongs to Zhengdong, what are you assuming now? Bai Xiao, it has nothing to do with you."
Su Manrong spoke clearly, Xu Jingyan looked at her with an ugly expression: "Where is that child?"
"Dead." There were tears in Su Manrong's eyes. She met Xu Jingyan's eyes and said, "He died a long time ago. Are you satisfied with this answer?"
Xu Jingyan stood there, like a basin of cold water pouring down from Tianling Gai, his whole body was cold and dead. Is that child... dead?
Su Manrong pushed him away, got in the car, and closed the door. Her palms were already wet.
If Bai Xiao is that child, what does he want to do? Want to claim the child back? She heard that he seems to have never had a child.
I don’t know, is this considered reincarnation?
Su Manrong started the car, stopped looking at the people outside the car, stepped on the accelerator, and the car sped away and merged into the traffic flow.
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Bai Xiao sneezed in the car. Yu Shaoting turned his head and glanced at her: "Do you have a cold?"
He held the steering wheel with one hand and held her left hand with the other. When he said this, the strength of his hand slightly increased.
"No." Bai Xiao pulled two tissues and sniffed. It wasn't a cold: "Maybe someone was talking bad about me behind my back."
Yu Shaoting changed cars, and when he saw this huge Range Rover when he came out of the alley, Bai Xiao couldn't recover for a moment.
Compared with the previous Bentley Continental, the Range Rover has a lot of space. Bai Xiao glanced at the back seat. It should be able to seat five and a half Yu Jingxi side by side. Bai Xiao couldn't help but bend her head when she thought of the little guy's head pressed against the gauze and greedily eating egg tarts.
The corner of his lips looked at Yu Shaoting driving: "Where are we going?"
"..."
Yu Shaoting still refused to tell the truth, and only replied perfunctorily, "We'll know when the time comes."
"It's so mysterious..." Bai Xiao couldn't guess that it was not dinner time, so it was impossible to take her to a candlelight dinner.
Bai Xiao remembered something: "Grandma said she didn't want to live here."
Yu Shaoting looked up at Bai Xiao, whose eyelashes were lowered in the rearview mirror and was a little depressed, and said, "Find a trustworthy nanny and go over to take care of the elderly."
Grandma refused to come to Fengcheng, and she was worried about the old man's health. Yu Shaoting's suggestion was undoubtedly a good compromise.
Bai Xiao leaned on his seat, squinting at the road scene outside. Gradually, he became drowsy, his head drooped, and finally, he really fell asleep.
When her head was about to tilt to the side of the car window, a big hand with elegant bones stretched out and gently touched the right side of her face. Yu Shaoting slowed down the car and took her head towards him, Bai Xiao frowned.
She frowned, then followed his movements and fell to the left, finally leaning on his broad shoulders.
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It was almost dusk, and warm sunlight fell in from the window.
Bai Xiao was sleeping in a daze, and there was slight movement in her ears. She felt a hand caressing her cheek gently, as if clothes were covering her body.
After an unknown amount of time, she slowly opened her eyes and found that the car had stopped in a remote place.
She was alone in the car, with her head lowered and covered with a man's suit jacket. Her breath was filled with the smell she was most familiar with.
As soon as Bai Xiao got off the car, she saw Yu Shaoting coming out of a nearby room and making a phone call. When he saw her, he hung up the phone and came over.
"Are you awake?" He lowered his eyes and looked at her rosy face after waking up from sleep.
She was still a little unaccustomed to Yu Shaoting like this. Whether it was his eyes, his tone of voice, or his movements, they were all filled with deliberate gentleness, which shocked her.
Just being watched by him like this made her heart beat faster inexplicably.
Bai Xiao just woke up and was still a little groggy. She forgot to check her phone and found that the sky was getting a little dark: "Did I sleep for a long time?"
"It didn't take long." Yu Shaoting put his arm around her shoulders: "Just in time, I've finished talking about things."
"What's the matter?" Bai Xiao turned around and asked.
Yu Shaoting answered directly with action. He took her into the two-story hut he came out of just now.
As soon as he entered, he was greeted by the scent of books and ink. Bai Xiao raised his head and looked at the spiral escalator. Yu Shaoting tapped his fingers on the bar next to him. A young girl's voice sounded from the second floor, "Come on, come on."
There was a sound of footsteps, and Bai Xiao saw a girl dressed fashionably and wearing a headscarf coming downstairs.
The other party proactively bowed to Yu Shaoting and said, "Hello, Mr. Yu!"
Bai Xiao looked at Yu Shaoting in confusion. She also discovered that this place seemed simple and simple, but it was actually a bookstore with a very exquisite and unique layout.
"Go up and take a look first." Yu Shaoting took Bai Xiao up to the second floor.
When the shoes step on the wooden steps, they will make a squeaking sound, which has an ancient feel, but Bai Xiao likes this tune.
On the second floor, there is a row of booths near the window, and on the other side, there are several rows of bookshelves.
Bai Xiao walked around, and the more she looked at it, the more she liked it. When she was a child, she wanted to have such a small study room, which did not require too many guests. Every afternoon, she would sit in the booth with a cup of green tea and read in the sun.
, any book will do, foreign masterpieces, or childish animation books.
Yu Shaoting walked to a door, twisted the door handle, and said, "If you are tired, you can go inside and take a nap. There is also a separate bathroom."
Bai Xiao walked over and saw that it was a small bedroom with all new furniture and electrical appliances.
From his words, Bai Xiao vaguely thought of something. She had mixed feelings for a moment and looked at him: "Did you buy this?"
"Do you like it?" Yu Shaoting asked without answering.
If you like it, how could you not like it? It was obvious that he planned to give this place to himself, but Bai Xiao was still confused: "I have no experience in opening a store."
"You can learn slowly if you don't know how. Xiao Zhao will help you take care of the store on weekdays."
"Why did you suddenly think of buying this place?" Bai Xiao was a little stressed. She had no business acumen. If she was asked to open a store, she would definitely suffer a huge loss.
Yu Shaoting said nonchalantly: "I drove by it that day and it was definitely good, so I bought it. It just so happened that the original boss was preparing to go abroad."
"It's a bit wasteful." Having said that, Bai Xiao was still very surprised.
No woman would not like such a sudden surprise...
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Coming out of the bookstore, Bai Xiao was in a happy mood and couldn't help but start planning how to start running this bookstore.
"I think we should put a bamboo basket on the bar with some magazines and books in it. On the wall behind it, it would be better to put a small blackboard, nail a rope, and use a nutcracker to hold some photos taken during travels from various places. It's okay.
Sell some teas, such as Yunnan scented tea..."
Bai Xiao walked for a while talking to himself, then realized that there was no one around him. He turned around and saw Yu Shaoting looking at him from behind, and blushed: "What's wrong?"
His eyes were gentle, he stepped forward, stretched out his hand, and pinched her palm with his long fingers: "Get in the car."
When the car drove through the road back to Qinyuan, Bai Xiao wanted to ask him where he was going, but he didn't ask. He was secretly looking forward to it.
It was completely dark, and Bai Xiao remembered that she didn't pick up the little guy from school!
"Xiao Liang has already gone to pick him up." Yu Shaoting said while turning the steering wheel, obviously not intending to take Yu Jingxi with him.
But Bai Xiao's guilt towards the little guy immediately disappeared when she saw a church, and was replaced by surprise.
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The door of the church was ajar, the lights were brightly lit inside, and there was no one there. It didn't look like it was deserted, but it seemed like someone had specially cleared the place.
Bai Xiao followed Yu Shaoting in and looked at the cross in front of her. She couldn't help but think of those solemn and sacred weddings in TV dramas.
There was no decent wedding in her marriage to Pei Qiyou.
At first, they didn't have time, but later, they didn't want to mention it anymore. Two people who were hurting each other said "ido" in front of the priest. It was ironic and ridiculous.
At that time, Pei's mother wanted to prepare a wedding for them, but she failed to do so. At that time, she moved out of Pei's house.
Bai Xiao is no longer willing to think about the specific reason.
Yu Shaoting walked out of the church to answer the phone.
Bai Xiao found a bench and sat down, looked at the cross in the light, put his hands together on his chest, closed his eyes, and recited silently in his heart.
"Please bless those who love me and those I love, a safe life..."
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Yu Shaoting came back after answering the phone and saw Bai Xiao sitting there with a pious expression, praying silently with her eyes closed.
He walked over, walking very lightly, and knelt down beside her: "What are you wishing for?"
Bai Xiao opened his eyes when he heard the voice, looked at the man squatting at his feet, and put down his clenched hands: "It won't work if you say it. Whose call is it? Is there something urgent?"
"It's nothing." Yu Shaoting took one of her hands, held it tightly, brought it to her thin lips, and kissed it.
Bai Xiao looked at him, her pupils reflected the candlelight and his handsome facial features. Her eyes passed over every corner of his facial features, and she shook his big hand: "I am very happy today, thank you." Today is the day.
On the day they registered, they were surprised, not only by the child, but also by his arrangements.
Yu Shaoting took out a small blue velvet box from his trousers pocket.
Bai Xiao watched him open it. Inside was a pair of simple rings. He said, "It is said to be the latest model this year."
Yu Shaoting is not suitable for telling jokes, because it is not funny at all. Bai Xiao's hand touched his neck: "Didn't I give it away last time?"
"That doesn't count." Yu Shaoting took out the ring, spread out her fingers, and put it on her ring finger, just right.
He handed the men's ring to her, his intention was obvious.
On the ring finger of Yu Shaoting's left hand, he still wore the silver ring she had given him last time. Bai Xiao held his slender finger, took off the silver ring, and carefully put the male ring on his behalf, and then,
She held his hand tightly, lowered her head, and kissed his fingers with gratitude and emotion.
Her chin was lifted, Yu Shaoting leaned forward, Bai Xiao blinked his eyelashes, and his thin lips had already covered her lips.
Bai Xiao blushed and closed her eyes at the scene, hearing him say: "Happy wedding."
She raised her hands hanging on the chair, hesitated a little, but still put her arms around his shoulders and leaned into his arms, with a sore nose: "Thank you."
