When every man is young, he has a white rose in his heart, either admiring it from a distance, or trying to pick it nearby.
Li Jing looked at Bai Xiao who was gradually walking away. She was talking to the child with her head lowered. Suddenly she stopped and wiped the corner of the child's mouth. He felt quite uncomfortable. After all, Bai Xiao was once considered a member of their circle.
people, but now, they are almost like passers-by.
When the elevator door was about to close, he remembered that he was also on this floor, and quickly pressed the button to get out.
Li Jing and Bai Xiao were walking in the same direction, but when he arrived at the door of the box, there was no sign of Bai Xiao in the corridor.
When I pushed open the door of the box and went in, I was greeted by the smell of smoke and the noise of men and women talking and laughing.
Li Jing saw the man sitting quietly in the corner, thought for a while, and walked over: "Brother Qi You, I just saw Bai Xiao outside."
Everyone in the box suddenly stopped when they heard the word "Bai Xiao".
Everyone present was friends who had been together since childhood. Everyone knew that Pei Qiyou and Bai Xiao were together when they were young.
Since the last dispute with Zheng Qi and the others, Pei Qiyou and several of his friends have been in a deadlock. Today, one of his friends' children had a second birthday. He happened to attend the birthday party and met Li Jing and the others. After the meal, he also
We were dragged here together to play cards.
"Is this Bai Xiao from middle school?" The classmate asked first.
Almost no one in the entire Fengcheng circle doesn't know about Pei Qiyou and the Yu family's granddaughter.
Except for Li Jing and Zheng Qi, everyone just thought that Pei Qiyou and Bai Xiao had separated many years ago when the Pei family fell. At this moment, they saw Pei Qiyou sitting there silently, but the look on his face did not look like that.
Having no affection for Bai Xiao, the male classmate who was tonight's host asked, "Why don't you invite her to come in and play with us?"
"Yes, after all, we are still schoolmates. Is she outside? Otherwise, go and call her in." Someone had already stood up and planned to open the door.
Someone else looked at Pei Qiyou ambiguously: "If we go to invite him, he may not come."
Pei Qiyou took a sip of hot tea, and the hot liquid slid down his throat, as if it was about to burn his throat. He twitched the corners of his mouth, with no unnecessary expression on his face. Facing the teasing of others, he did not express too much.
Seeing him like this, the others gradually felt bored, so they didn't really run to open the door and call for help.
Pei Qiyou heard someone whispering: "Why did I hear my mother-in-law say that last time she met the Yu family's daughter-in-law while playing cards, she also seemed to be named Bai Xiao."
"It shouldn't be her. When I was in school, I heard that Bai Xiao's family background was very average."
The wife of a male classmate came out of the bathroom holding her two-year-old son.
The male classmate hurried over and took the son from his wife, held him in his arms, and screamed "darling". It was a little hot in the box, and the child's diaper was taken off. He was wearing crotchless pants, waving his hands wildly, and giggling.
Smiling, Pei Qiyou saw his classmate's eyes filled with joy of becoming a father for the first time.
For some reason, such a scene made Pei Qiyou feel very dazzling. He couldn't help but think of the scene of Bai Xiao holding the child and standing together with Yu Shaoting.
Some feelings, after being exposed to the sun and rain, not only did not turn into sand, but the layer of dust was blown away and became clearer.
When Li Jing said he met Bai Xiao here, Pei Qiyou's subconscious thought was - she came here with Yu Shaoting, right?
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A group of friends played until ten o'clock in the evening. Someone stood up and said goodbye, saying that his wife called to urge him. He had a smile on his face, but he was not impatient.
"Then let's break up." Others also dropped their chess and cards.
After hearing the name "Bai Xiao", Pei Qiyou almost said nothing. At this time, he also took his coat and stood up to leave with everyone.
Coincidentally, the door of the box directly opposite also opened, and everyone turned their heads and looked over in tacit agreement——
A little boy with red lips and white teeth pulled a girl out of the opposite compartment: "Hurry up, hurry up, if it's too late, the roasted sweet potato seller will leave!"
"Bai Xiao?" Someone had already shouted uncertainly.
Pei Qiyou looked at Bai Xiao, who turned his head across from him, with a faint expression on his face, as if he and she were just classmates with whom he had an ordinary friendship, but his heart was filled with turmoil.
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When Bai Xiao heard someone calling her name, she turned her head and saw a group of men and women, some she knew and some she wasn't familiar with.
Among them, she spotted Pei Qiyou at a glance.
When she met Li Jing at the elevator entrance, she had thought that Pei Qiyou was here, but she didn't expect that he would be in the box opposite them, and luckily, she bumped into him.
"I just said I won't play this, especially Xin Tou, you will lose every time you bet..."
After Xu Chengyang finished speaking, he saw Bai Xiao and Yu Jingxi standing at the door and asked, "Aren't you going to buy roasted sweet potatoes?"
Then he also saw a group of people on the opposite side.
Immediately afterwards, Lu Jinsheng and Xin Bai also came out. The two groups of people crowded into the corridor facing each other, looking at each other in silence for a moment.
Fengcheng is neither big nor small. Young talents or ladies of similar age will automatically form friendship circles. Although some people are not familiar with it, they have heard of it.
"Why is Bai Xiao with them?" Someone sighed secretly, with a tone that didn't sound like envy, but rather disgust.
Especially when Yan Jing also came out, many people on Pei Qiyou's side frowned. They couldn't help but think of the "Four Little Overlords of Fengcheng" back then. Even though they later changed their ways, those who became doctors became doctors and those who became businessmen.
They are businessmen, but their reputation in the circle is not good, and people in the know are reluctant to make friends with them.
Therefore, when they found out that Pei Qiyou's girlfriend was hanging out with Xin Bai and his gang, it was as ugly as swallowing a fly.
When Bai Xiao noticed that many eyes that "hate iron but cannot become steel" fell on him, he frowned, feeling a little inexplicable.
This is no wonder for her. When she was in school, she abided by her duties and never mentioned that she was an adopted child of the Pei family. Her friends were all classmates with average conditions, so she did not know that there were several well-dressed people standing next to her at the moment.
This man was once the second generation gangster in Fengcheng who was famous for spending money like water.
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Bai Xiao's shoulder was covered with a slender and beautiful hand. She turned her head and saw Yu Shaoting who came out last: "Why are you standing here? Aren't you leaving?"
It was impossible for the people present not to know Yu Shaoting, and then they heard the child whose hand was held by Bai Xiao raised his head and called Yu Shaoting "Dad" crisply.
Based on what I saw and heard just now, and after automatic brainstorming, I probably guessed the relationship between Bai Xiao and Yu Shaoting...
On Pei Qiyou's side, someone greeted Yu Shaoting because they had business dealings, but Yu Shaoting's expression was indifferent and he just nodded in greeting.
After Yu Shaoting and his party walked away, some people exclaimed, "I didn't expect that." Others talked about, "How did Bai Xiao hook up with Yu Shaoting?"
Pei Qiyou looked at Bai Xiao standing next to Yu Shaoting at the elevator door. Her eyebrows were gentle, and his Adam's apple twitched. How had he ever thought of this scene?
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When Pei Qiyou returned to Pei's house, Mrs. Pei was still awake and watching TV with Jiang Yingmei in the living room.
Ever since Pei Qiyou canceled the engagement with Yu Yiwei despite Mrs. Pei's dissuasion, Mrs. Pei has never forgiven her grandson.
Seeing Pei Qiyou changing shoes at the entrance, Mrs. Pei stood up quickly with a cane and went upstairs with a straight face.
"You're back?" Jiang Yingmei smelled the smell of alcohol on her son's body, "Let Aunt Rong cook you a bowl of hangover soup."
Pei Qiyou said no, his head was a little swollen and aching, and he was about to go back to the room to rest, but Jiang Yingmei stopped him: "Why didn't you go see Miss Li tonight?"
"...I just remembered that a classmate's son has a birthday today."
Jiang Yingmei looked at her son, who obviously didn't care about the blind date, and frowned: "Then why didn't you call and tell the other party in advance?"
Pei Qiyou didn't want to say more and turned to leave.
"If you don't like Miss Li, how about Miss Xu who came to my house yesterday? Her family runs a clothing factory, and the conditions are not bad."
After Yu Yiwei, Jiang Yingmei now does not expect her daughter-in-law to have a high family background. She only hopes that her son can marry an honest and responsible wife and live a good life.
Pei Qiyou went straight upstairs and chose to ignore Pei's mother's suggestion.
Jiang Yingmei also noticed her son's thoughts these days, and followed her up a few steps and said: "You and Xiaoxiao will no longer be possible. Not long ago, I saw her accompanying the old lady from the Yu family to play cards.
She is determined to marry Yu San, so how can she possibly go back to be with you?"
Pei Qiyou turned back and looked at Jiang Yingmei with a reserved look: "What if I say that I don't want anyone but her now?"
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On the other side, Bai Xiao finished bathing Yu Jingxi, coaxed him to have sex, and promised to knit two more bracelets for him, so that the little guy could sleep peacefully.
Bai Xiao was in a good mood tonight, not only because neither Yu Zhanming nor Mrs. Yu scolded her after learning of her divorce, but also because Yu Shaoting took her to play cards with Lu Jinsheng and the others, and she denied that
No, my little woman's vanity has been extremely satisfied.
Back in the master bedroom, Yu Shaoting was still taking a shower. She walked to the coffee table, where there was a cowhide bag that Aunt Li had just given to her.
Aunt Li said that the eldest mistress came over just now. When she saw that she was not there, she put down the cowhide bag and left.
Bai Xiao opened it and took out the things inside, which were some asset transfer documents and a passbook with several million in it.
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When sleeping at night, Yu Shaoting habitually hugged her from behind. He felt the coolness of having just taken a shower and felt very comfortable against her.
Bai Xiao told him about Su Manrong's gift of property to her.
Yu Shaoting didn't say anything. After seeing her confusion, he just said: "If you really don't want it, have it returned tomorrow."
Just before falling asleep, Bai Xiao suddenly asked: "Xu Zhenning, is she still in Fengcheng now?"
"...I returned to the capital in the evening." Yu Shaoting closed his eyes and was not very interested in answering this kind of thing.
After a long time, Bai Xiao heard the shallow breathing of the person behind her, as if she was asleep. She touched him lightly with her elbow: "What time does the flight leave the day after tomorrow?"
When looking at the air tickets that day, she didn't pay much attention to the specific flight time.
"Four forty-nine in the afternoon."
Yu Shaoting grabbed her body, without opening her eyes, and hugged her face to face: "At two o'clock, I will come to pick you up at home."
"Are you going to the company in the morning?" Bai Xiao nestled in his arms and rolled her eyes.
"……Um."
Bai Xiao paused and asked again: "Are you busy at work?"
"Well..." His voice seemed to come from a dream.
"Then why don't you go."
"..."
Yu Shaoting's hand behind her suddenly tightened: "What are you thinking about? Go to sleep."
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In the early hours of the morning, there was a dispute in the office of the deputy director of a People's Liberation Army hospital in the capital.
"No, I firmly disagree with this!" Xia Lan, wearing a white coat, threw the treatment plan on the table with a haggard expression.
"This is the best result so far." Yang Xian and several other orthopedic and traumatology experts looked at each other. Xu Zhenning had a high fever. It was obvious that the wound on his leg was infected. If the operation was not performed quickly, the consequences would be disastrous. But Xia Zhenning had a high fever.
Lan refused to agree to their plan.
Some experts advised: "If I do the surgery now, I will only lose one leg. If it is delayed any longer, it will be difficult to say."
"Does it have to be amputated? She is only twenty-nine years old..." Xia Lan's eyes were red and she covered her mouth with one hand, her fingers trembling slightly.
Yang Xian has never seen such an uncooperative patient. He actually dared to have sex on the second day of the operation. Now that he is in this situation, who can be blamed?
"Let me think about it again." After sending away several orthopedic and traumatology experts, Xia Lan went to the ward. After receiving the news, the Xu family's daughter-in-law was also guarding outside the ward.
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"I just went to Fengcheng, how did it end up like this?" Hu Yaning, the third daughter-in-law of the Xu family, learned that Xu Zhenning's leg was disabled, and sighed: "Two days ago, a friend of mine asked me about Zhenning, and her son
not married……"
"Can't you say a few words less?" Liang Huizhen pulled her.
Hu Yaning was unhappy and argued for herself: "Am I not worried about Zhen Ning? If she gets her prosthesis in the future, she will have to take off a lot of clothes..."
"Don't stay here for fear that the world will not be in chaos." Liang Huizhen saw that her sister-in-law was getting more and more outrageous, so she hurriedly shouted to stop her.
"I didn't sleep and rushed here in the middle of the night. It's so thankless for all the hard work!" Hu Yaning snorted, and after saying that, he really walked away in high heels.
Liang Huizhen frowned and walked to Xia Lan because of her troubled third sister-in-law: "Ji people have their own destiny. Maybe the fever will go away tomorrow and the situation will get better."
Xia Lan looked at her unconscious daughter lying on the hospital bed through the glass. Hu Yaning's words were heartbreaking. She slowly clenched her fingers in her arms and closed her eyes, feeling heartache. After a moment, she opened her eyes.
, turned to the nurse next to him and said, "Go get the surgery consent form."
"Xia Lan, you—" Liang Huizhen looked surprised, maybe she didn't expect Xia Lan to be so cruel.
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"Who is he?" Hu Yaning came out of the hospital and met Xu Jingyan, "Old...Old Liu?"
Xu Jingyan has lost a lot of weight in the past few days, and his cheekbones are prominent. When he met Hu Yaning, he didn't have much expression on his face, it was light, but when his eyes looked at her, Hu Yaning had a creepy illusion, and she rubbed it
Rubbing his arms, he gave a fake smile: "You go up, I'm going home first."
After saying that, Hu Yaning was about to leave in a hurry, but Xu Jingyan called out to her: "Sister-in-law, I have a question to ask you."
"Wha...what?" Hu Yaning's heartbeat accelerated a little, and she felt uncomfortable looking at Xu Jingyan's dark eyes.
For some reason, she felt that Lao Liu, who had returned from Fengcheng this time, was strange, especially the way he looked at people.
Xu Jingyan stared at Hu Yaning, who was looking away. His hands hanging by his sides were clenched. After a long time, he loosened his fists and said, "It's nothing. Let's go."
"Oh... ok." What Hu Yaning left him was the figure of him walking away.
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Xu Jingyan entered the hospital building and went to the ward where Xu Zhenning was located. When he came out of the elevator, he happened to see Xu Zhenning being pushed into the operating room.
"Lao Liu, where have you been?" Liang Huizhen couldn't help but scold Xu Jingyan when she saw Xu Jingyan arriving late.
Xia Lan just glanced at Xu Jingyan, pursed her lips, and followed the cart into the operating room.
"Lao Liu, you have always been a sensible person. What happened today? Your daughter's leg is so injured and you are still missing. No matter how strong Xia Lan is, she is still a woman and your wife. At this time, you...
Not staying with their mother and daughter, alas..."
When Xu Jingyan heard the word 'daughter', his temples twitched. He remembered the call he made to the hospital before getting on the plane.
If it's quick enough, the expedited kinship test report should be out in a few hours.
