I don't really worry about anything with him by my side
"Xiaoxiao—"
Su Manrong didn't know what to say. Yu Shaoting nodded, his voice low and convincing: "Don't worry, I will take care of it."
"Okay." Just as Su Manrong agreed, she heard him say again: "Go back to the hotel and have a good sleep. We don't plan to leave today."
Although the tone of his words made her almost feel no respect for her eldest sister-in-law, Su Manrong still felt at ease because of him: "Then Xiaoxiao, please take care of me."
…
Grandma saw that the person who had just been out for a while came back, and took off her reading glasses: "Did you quarrel with your mother again?"
"No." Bai Xiao picked up an apple, "Let me cut an apple for you."
But the old man took her hand and said: "Sit down, there is no quarrel, why do you keep a straight face? Did she tell you about your father?"
"That's their own business and has nothing to do with me."
"But you still mind." Grandma sighed and looked at her: "Does your return to China really have nothing to do with them at all?"
Bai Xiao answered quickly: "I just don't want to make it difficult for Shao Ting."
The old man did not force her to admit: "People are all emotional animals, and occasional retreat is not cowardice. If you keep things in your heart, you will hurt yourself sooner or later."
Bai Xiao opened her mouth, but swallowed the words again.
The old man smiled and teased her: "Besides, if you don't have Xiao Shao to protect you now, what else do you have to worry about?"
Thinking of Yu Shaoting, Bai Xiao pulled up a smile on her lips, as if she was shy but also trusting: "With him by my side, I really don't worry about anything."
…
When Yu Shaoting led Yu Jingxi into the ward, Bai Xiao had just washed the apples and came out of the bathroom. She didn't ask about Xu Jingyan, and he didn't mention a word.
The old man said that he was fine and asked them to go back to Fengcheng.
Yu Shaoting took the fruit knife and took the initiative to take over the task of peeling. While peeling, he said casually: "I just asked Jing Xing to book a room here."
He holds the apple in his left hand and the knife in his right hand, and his peeling movements are familiar and delicate.
Bai Xiao's eyes fell on his hands. They had clear joints and slender fingers, which favored Bai Xi's skin color. The outline and bones of the hands were very beautiful. She thought of the feeling of these hands on her shoulders, heavy, but
It gave her a deep sense of security and made her want to rely on him involuntarily.
——————————
Yu Shaoting actually didn't let Jing Xing book a hotel. He said so in the ward, just to deal with the elderly. They stayed in the same five-star hotel as last time.
The sole of Bai Xiao's foot was punctured by a piece of glass, and it was not completely healed. When he took a shower at night, he wet the wound and shouted Yu Shaoting's name in the bathroom with his feet raised.
Yu Shaoting opened the door and came in. Without saying a word, he put his left arm on the crook of her legs and picked her up from the waist.
When he reached the door, he suddenly lowered his head and kissed her forehead.
Bai Xiao smelled the smell of tobacco in his breath, and automatically imagined in his mind the image of him smoking by the window wearing an open-collared shirt.
Yu Jingxi had already hid in the small room of the suite watching cartoons by herself.
Bai Xiao was placed by Yu Shaoting next to the bathroom in the master bedroom. He couldn't find the medicine box for a while, so he called the service desk, who immediately sent someone to bring it to him.
She lay in the bathtub for too long, and her wounds were soaked and turned white, but when her feet were held in his hands, Bai Xiao instantly forgot about the pain.
She remembered that time in Las Vegas, when he treated her wounds so carefully.
For some reason, the names of Su Manrong and Xu Jingyan suddenly popped into her mind. She had never encountered such a thing before. It was too dramatic, but she couldn't do what the heroine in the TV series did. After learning the truth, she immediately followed
Her parents hugged each other and cried, and she only had emotions that were held in her chest and could not be expressed.
Yu Shaoting applied the medicine for her, stood up and turned around to put the medicine away. Just as he was about to close the medicine box, someone gently hugged him behind him. He turned his head and said, "What's the matter?"
"Just stay like this for a while."
Similar words, he once said to her in the dead of night.
That night, for no apparent reason, he drove to the capital of Star Language to look for her, forced her to go downstairs, and finally put her in his arms, lying in the car with his eyes closed and not letting her move.
…
When Yu Shaoting turned around with the potion, Bai Xiao looked at his back, which was slender and generous. Maybe she had suppressed it for too long and wanted to hug him.
She stood up, took two steps forward, stretched out her hands around his waist from behind, and rested her head on his back.
Yu Shaoting really didn't move anymore, just let her hold her like this, and didn't ask her any more questions.
Bai Xiao retracted her arms, pressed her cheek against his body through the fabric of her shirt, and suddenly said, "Give me a chance to protect you anytime."
"How do you want to protect me?" Rarely, Yu Shaoting followed her words and asked playfully.
Bai Xiao hugged him: "I can do whatever you do. Never underestimate a woman's ability at any time."
Yu Shaoting chuckled softly. As long as he moved a little, he could feel the back of his head pressed against his. She was unconvinced and said, "You're laughing at me again."
"……No."
"Yes." Bai Xiao rubbed his back with her face, sighing like a broken jar: "Just think of me as an ant shaking a big tree, just laugh."
Yu Shaoting pulled her hand away and turned around. The distance between the two was less than one step. He lowered his head. After two people have been together for a long time, they will always have a tacit understanding. Bai Xiao stood up on tiptoes and stretched out her arms to hug him.
Her neck, he put one hand around her waist and the other held the back of her head, but made no further movement.
Bai Xiao waited for a long time, opened her eyes, and found that he was looking at her, with a faint smile on his lips, and the white shirt, giving him a different kind of scenery.
She was not embarrassed by the teasing, but hugged him tightly again. Because it was too sudden, his figure swayed, and his hands were in time to support the desk behind him.
"Why are you so clingy tonight?" His originally deep voice became more relaxed and playful.
Bai Xiao hesitated for a moment, and then asked the question that had been bothering him for a long time: "What did he say to you at the entrance of the hospital this afternoon?"
"...Let me take good care of you." Yu Shaoting's answer was an understatement.
Bai Xiao didn't quite believe it: "Didn't you say anything else?"
"What do you want him to say?" Yu Shaoting touched her long, smooth hair. She used floral shampoo. When he lowered his head, he smelled a very light fragrance, "He came here because he wanted to visit your grandma.
, but I had something to do and rushed back to the capital."
"Why do you never take the initiative to ask me about the relationship between me and him, and... between you and your sister-in-law."
"You want me to ask?"
Bai Xiao nodded, but then shook his head, and leaned into his arms, knowing his temperament well. It would be abnormal if he kept asking. If he didn't ask, it didn't mean he didn't care about her, but he gave her enough space.
Apart from this, he has already shielded her from the wind and rain of the outside world.
When hugging him, Bai Xiao felt that all his indifference could be relieved: "I don't know what kind of feelings I should have towards them."
"His sister is right. I am no longer alone. I can't escape by running abroad. If they can't find me, they will naturally bother you. I thought a lot when I went to bed last night, although I haven't yet
I know how to face them, but I will no longer run away and make the people around me suffer."
Yu Shaoting hugged her harder: "Do you think about these things every night when you go to bed?"
When Bai Xiao heard his voice, she felt as if she had cleared away the clouds and seen the sun. She hugged his waist and said, "The people I think about the most are people. You know who I am thinking about."
His chest shook slightly, and a low laughter sounded in her ears: "What do I know?"
"...You know it in your heart."
——————————
Xu Jingyan received the call and rushed back to the capital at night. He went directly to the hospital and met the Xia family waiting in the ward.
Maybe because Xia Lan was kicked out of her family when she was young, she was not close to these cousins, but this time they were united like a rope.
When Xu Jingyan arrived at the door, he happened to see a daughter-in-law of the Xia family sitting beside the bed comforting Xia Lan who had woken up.
"Don't worry, there are still people in our Xia family. If anything happens, my sister-in-law will make the decision for you."
When Xu Jingyan heard this, his temples tingled. Xia Jianyao, Xia Lan's eldest cousin of the Xia family, had already come over: "You're back? I have something to tell you."
Although the Xia family is a scholarly family, in recent years, more and more people have begun to join the officialdom, and many of them have the help of the Xu family, just like the dodder attached to the big tree of the Xu family, so when I heard
When it was said that Xu Jingyan was divorcing Xia Lan, the Xia family felt as if a magnitude 6 earthquake had occurred and they rushed to the hospital in a hurry.
Xu Jingyan didn't have much energy to deal with the Xia family now. After the two of them walked for a while, he got straight to the point: "Tell me what's going on."
Xia Jianyao frowned. He might be quite dissatisfied with Xu Jingyan's attitude, but he didn't get angry because of it: "Are you really going to divorce Xia Lan?"
Xu Jingyan said nothing, but his attitude was already there!
"Why, now that you have found your illegitimate daughter, you don't even care about the relationship between husband and wife that you had with Xia Lan for so many years?"
The word 'illegitimate daughter' stung Xu Jingyan's nerves. He heard Xia Jianyao continue: "Are you rushing to divorce Xia Lan because you want to make room for them?"
"Who told you that that was my illegitimate daughter?"
Xia Jianyao didn't expect that Xu Jingyan would struggle with this title: "Isn't it true? I don't remember that you and Xia Lan gave birth to such a big daughter."
Xu Jingyan's tone suddenly became much colder: "When she is discharged from the hospital, you can take her back to Xia's house." After saying that, he opened the door and left.
"Xu Jingyan, what do you mean by this?"
?I tell you, there is nothing so cheap in the world."
But what responded to him was the door slamming shut.
…
Seeing that Xia Lan was awake, Xu Jingyan wanted to go over and talk to her about the divorce. As soon as he walked to the door of the ward, he heard the conversation coming from inside.
As for the content of the conversation, let him clench his hands hanging by his side.
"That illegitimate daughter is really with the third child of the Yu family now? Isn't that Shuyuan's former husband? He knows people and faces but doesn't know his heart. Jingyan is now eager to recognize this daughter, let alone being raped by them.
The mother and daughter were trapped!"
"Otherwise, how could such a coincidence happen? She doesn't like anyone, but she just likes the husband of your sister-in-law's daughter. She even gave birth to a child. I think she is trying every means to get close to the Xu family. By the way, she used to steal Shuyuan's husband.
Way to retaliate against you!"
Outside the door, when Xu Jingyan heard these humiliating words, veins protruded on his forehead, and his eye circles became red because of the stuffiness.
Why should his child, who has been missing for more than twenty years, endure the inexplicable accusations and insults from these unimportant people?
"This mother and daughter are really scheming. They have been waiting for more than 20 years. How can ordinary people have such perseverance? Now seeing that Jingyan's family is well-off and the Xu family is backing them, they can't wait to come. That niece of yours,
You have to leave at the right time, otherwise, you will be pissed to death by a mistress."
Xia Lan's sister-in-law was talking eloquently. Suddenly, the door of the ward opened with a bang. She was startled and stopped talking.
If Xu Jingyan only had a grudge against Xia Lan because of Liang Huizhen's words and had the idea of divorcing because he was tired, then at this moment, when he heard the Xia family insulting Bai Xiao unscrupulously, the anger in his heart was suddenly ignited.
There was no expression on his face when he came in.
When Xia Lan saw him, she thought of him turning around and leaving regardless of his own life and death after talking about divorce that day. She held a breath in her chest and stopped talking.
"Jing Yan, I was trying to persuade A Lan just now. You are the same. You are already quite old and you are still divorced. Isn't this intentional to make people laugh?"
The hall sister-in-law was chattering beside her and enlightening Xu Jingyan.
Xia Lan looked out the window. There were some things that she knew very well. Women should never beg men when they should show off. Since she didn't admit those things, she was not at fault, so why bother begging him? It was just that for a long time, she didn't wait for Xu Jingyan's words.
Open your mouth.
She turned back to look at Xu Jingyan, meeting his eyes, and her heartbeat suddenly stopped.
Xia Lan only heard Xu Jingyan say in a very calm tone: "Now that you are awake, take the time to sign the divorce agreement. I have already signed it."
"..."
Xia Lan looked at him in disbelief. Didn't he come from Liyang to explain why he wanted to divorce her?
She opened her mouth, but Xu Jingyan said first: "As for the post-marital property, I will let the lawyer handle it."
"Jingyan—" The lobby sister-in-law also knew that the matter was difficult and wanted to persuade her a few words, but Xu Jingyan didn't give her a chance to speak and left after speaking.
The lobby sister-in-law was also anxious: "This... didn't he come to show his goodwill today? Why are they getting divorced again? I am really fascinated by that mother and daughter!"
Xia Lan looked dazed, and the color on her face faded. That's not the case. She doesn't want a divorce. She finally got him. If she doesn't get a divorce, she won't get a divorce even if she dies!
——————————
Xu Jingyan returned to the capital not because of Xia Lan, but because his family said there was something important and Bai Xiao's name was mentioned. He came to the hospital because he received a call from his father when he got off the plane, asking him to take care of his housework.
Let's go to the compound to see him again.
As soon as Xu Jingyan arrived at his home in the courtyard, he saw Hu Yaning looking at him restlessly and greeting him with his lips raised: "Lao Liu, are you back?"
Mr. Xu was sitting there drinking tea with a calm expression. He just raised his eyes and glanced at him: "Sit down."
"Dad, why did you call me back?" Xu Jingyan didn't take any detours and went straight to the topic as soon as he sat down.
"Lao Liu is here, you have to say everything you need to say."
When Hu Yaning heard what her father-in-law said, she became even more frightened, but she still said in a dry voice: "Lao Liu, I'm sorry, I didn't mean it."
"I went to your house this morning to get a change of clothes for Xia Lan, and I happened to run into the reporter and photographer who were going to interview you."
Hu Yaning observed Xu Jingyan's face: "They said they made an appointment with you before, but now they can't contact you."
Recently, all Xu Jingyan's work has stopped. As for those interviews with magazines and newspapers, he has long forgotten about them. But after hearing what Hu Yaning said, he vaguely noticed that the fishing rod was not good, and suddenly raised his head with questioning eyes.
To her: "What did you tell them?"
When he asked this question, his heart was beating loudly in his chest. He didn't want it to be what he thought, but his hands on his legs were already slowly holding his pants.
"I...I didn't say anything, I just said -"
Hu Yaning licked her lips and noticed Xu Jingyan's look as if he wanted to eat her. Due to Mr. Xu's presence, she closed her eyes and confessed everything: "She asked me why your wife is not here. She has interviewed you before.
It was Xia Lan who entertained them, but why didn't she see her this time? I was confused and didn't know what was going on, so I told them that Xia Lan was in a car accident and was hospitalized. You go to Liyang to find your biological daughter. When you come back, I guess
