"Lao Liu has not been happy these years. He has never had children of his own. This is also a punishment for him."
As soon as Xu Hongyang finished saying this, Xu Ruiling and the nurse pushing the trolley came in one after another.
Bai Xiao stepped aside and watched the nurse hanging water on him. Xu Ruiling cut half an apple and handed it to Xu Hongyang: "Dad, you didn't eat much for lunch, so please eat some fruit."
Xu Hongyang didn't have much appetite, but he rushed Xu Ruiling to go back to work: "I have hands and feet, and I don't need anyone to watch me 24 hours a day."
Xu Ruiling looked embarrassed, and just when she opened her mouth, Bai Xiao suddenly said: "Go ahead, I'm in the hospital this afternoon."
As soon as these words came out, not only Xu Ruiling, but also Xu Hongyang turned to look at Bai Xiao.
After Bai Xiao said this, he took the empty hot water bottle from the cabinet and said, "I'll get a pot of water."
When she left the ward, Xu Ruiling looked away and looked at her father with a smile: "If the sixth child knew, he probably wouldn't be able to sleep tonight."
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Bai Xiao went to the hospital cafeteria to buy porridge and then returned to the ward with a hot water bottle.
Xu Ruiling had already gone back, but here came a few men in military uniforms, in their forties or fifties, who were sitting on the sofa talking to Xu Hongyang.
Seeing Bai Xiao, someone asked in surprise: "Who is this -"
Xu Hongyang smiled and glanced at Bai Xiao, who was silent, and introduced with a natural expression: "He is my child. He just came from Fengcheng this morning."
The nurse came in with a stack of paper cups and a can of tea. Bai Xiao took them and said, "I'll do it."
When a lieutenant general took the cup, he smiled and said to Xu Hongyang: "Mr. Xu is very lucky. Unlike me, he gave birth to a son, and his son gave birth to a grandson."
"So, girls are still considerate and know how to greet you." Someone followed.
Bai Xiao entered the bathroom and just closed the door when she vaguely heard voices outside: "Mr. Xu, your granddaughter, do you have a partner now?"
"Look at this old Wu, he wants to find a daughter-in-law for his son again!"
Xu Hongyang smiled, picked up the cup and took a sip of boiled water. Bai Xiao made tea for everyone except him: "She is already married. She is the third child of the Zhan Ming family."
“The person who married General Staff Yu’s third son is not yours——” Some people who were not well-informed couldn’t bear to ask curiously.
Xu Hongyang nodded without any embarrassment or evasion: "This is my youngest granddaughter."
People familiar with the matter looked at each other and didn't expect that the reports were true. Then they all smiled and said, "Then let's congratulate Mr. Xu first."
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Bai Xiao opened the bathroom door and came out. Outside, the guests had left, but Xu Hongyang was still sitting there drinking water slowly.
The bowl of porridge she just bought was still on the counter.
If Xu Ruiling hadn't mentioned Xu Hongyang's condition to her on the phone, Bai Xiao wouldn't have believed that an old man with such good spirits was already suffering from advanced cancer. A nurse came in to check on Xu Hongyang's condition and learned that Xu Hongyang hadn't eaten anything for lunch.
He advised: "You still have to eat, otherwise how can your body be well?"
"You don't tell me what disease I have, but my body knows it well." Xu Hongyang said.
The nurse looked at the stubborn and dignified old man and didn't know how to persuade her. She was asked to take care of Mr. Xu, but the old man obviously didn't listen to her words and had to look at Bai Xiao for help.
Bai Xiao was holding the porridge, and instead of using soft words to persuade like a nurse, she said - "Then tell me, what disease do you have?"
Xu Hongyang's expression changed, but he refused to answer.
"You talk like you know everything, but in fact, you are giving up on yourself. To put it bluntly, it's just two words: you are afraid of death."
Xu Hongyang glared at Bai Xiao, looking a little embarrassed. Bai Xiao had already pushed the porridge in front of him: "At that time, even if my body is fine, I tell myself every day that I am going to die. I can still torture myself even if I am not sick."
One foot in the coffin."
The nurse thought Mr. Xu would be furious after hearing these words. Unexpectedly, Xu Hongyang smiled and asked the nurse to get a pair of chopsticks.
"The cafeteria gave us a spoon." Bai Xiao took out a disposable spoon from the bag.
Xu Hongyang ate slowly, and Bai Xiao didn't rush him. Although he looked normal, she knew that late-stage gastric cancer was uncomfortable and would cause varying degrees of nausea when eating. He ate most of it and put down his spoon, but Bai Xiao didn't let him go.
Eating, this was probably his limit, and then she brought him the water glass.
"This is the most the old man has eaten since he was admitted to the hospital." Bai Xiao went to throw away the garbage, and the nurse went out with her.
Regarding Xu Hongyang's specific condition, Bai Xiao didn't know yet, so he took the opportunity to ask the nurse a few questions, and the nurse didn't hide anything: "The hospital plans to arrange for the old man to undergo chemotherapy, but the old man may not be willing. He shouted as soon as he came in yesterday
I have to go home. If I don’t receive treatment, this disease will not last long.”
Bai Xiao nodded, said thank you to the nurse, threw away the trash, turned around, and saw Xu Jingyan coming out of the elevator.
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On the way to work, Xu Ruiling finally couldn't hold it back and called her brother to tell him that Bai Xiao was taking care of her father in the hospital.
Xu Jingyan hung up the phone and hurried over, and saw Bai Xiao in the corridor.
The second sister didn't lie to him. She looked at the child standing not far away. What she had planned to say was stuck in her throat due to excitement.
It was Bai Xiao who broke the silence first and opened the door of the ward: "Go in first."
In the evening, Bai Xiao got up and was about to leave. Xu Hongyang suddenly said: "Lao Liu, you go back with your daughter. Here, your sister-in-law will be here soon."
Just after leaving the hospital, Bai Xiao received a call from Yu Zhanming. Chief of Staff Yu told her not to go home at night.
"I'm going to leave the army later. The nanny has something to do at home and has asked for leave. The orderly also left with me. How are you going to get in without the key?"
Bai Xiao came out without her bag and only had a few dozen dollars on her: "Dad, why didn't you tell me earlier?"
Yu Zhanming was on the other end and said angrily: "Are you questioning me? That's it, I'm leaving."
After saying that, he hung up the phone.
"Xiao Xiao." Xu Jingyan, who was beside her, suddenly said, "How about we stay at home tonight."
Bai Xiao turned to look at him.
Xu Jingyan thought she was unwilling to live under the same roof with him: "I went to sleep in the old house. There was only a nanny at home and no other people around."
Xu Jingyan didn't wait for her reply for a long time. He was definitely disappointed. He was about to say, I'll book a room in the hotel for you——
Bai Xiao said "hmm", his eyes fell on the parking space not far away, and he said casually: "Did you drive here by yourself?"
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Xu Jingyan drove here by himself and ran through several traffic lights along the way.
Bai Xiao followed him back to the villa. The nanny at home was newly hired. She was from other provinces. When she saw Bai Xiao, she enthusiastically gave her slippers: "Hello, Miss."
Xu Jingyan asked the nanny to prepare a room.
As for himself, he picked up a bag and said he was going to take out the garbage, so he went out.
Bai Xiao was sitting in the living room. The nanny poured her a glass of water and then went upstairs to clean up the room. Bai Xiao raised her head and looked around the villa. Many of the furniture were new. She had not been here before, but she could also see that
, after replacing many old things, she found no trace left by Xia Lan here.
Bai Xiao's cell phone rang.
The caller ID showed Yu Shaoting's name. She answered the call and heard shallow breathing coming from the other end, but they didn't speak immediately.
Sometimes, I find it very peaceful to listen to each other's breathing quietly like this.
I don't know how long it took before his low voice came from the receiver: "Have you had dinner?"
"Not yet." Bai Xiao glanced at the wall clock and said, "It's only five o'clock. It's a little early." She paused and asked him what he was doing.
Yu Shaoting said: "I just came out of the company and went to Qinyuan to pick up Jingxi and prepare to go to the compound for dinner."
Bai Xiao also told him what happened at Xu Jingyan's house. Even if he didn't do it intentionally, he was still suing Yu Zhanming in front of him in disguise.
On the other end, a low laughter sounded: "Wait a minute, I will tell mom about this and let her vent your anger for you."
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Bai Xiao had just finished talking to Yu Shaoting when the door of the villa opened and Xu Jingyan came in. It was raining lightly outside and his hair and clothes were a little wet.
In his hands, he carried two large bags of things, with vegetables protruding from the mouth of the bags.
He said he was going to take out the garbage, but instead he ran to the supermarket next to the community and purchased a lot of daily necessities and ingredients for dinner.
Bai Xiao felt that he should buy all the ingredients in the supermarket quickly.
"I don't know what you like to eat. I thought these were good, so I bought them all." Xu Jingyan said this with some flattery.
Bai Xiao looked through another bag and saw toothbrushes and toothpaste, all of which were imported brands, as well as shampoo and shower gel. The newly bought towels were printed with cute cartoon patterns. In fact, these toiletries were available at home, but he
I still want to prepare these for her myself, with the joy of being a father.
He also specially bought her a set of girls' pajamas. Looking at the patterns on the clothes, Bai Xiao had the illusion of going back to her girlhood.
For dinner, Bai Xiao had a bowl of rice, no more, no less. Xu Jingyan asked her if the food didn't suit her taste.
Even the nanny is a little worried. She absolutely believes that as long as Bai Xiao nods, she will be fired by her owner because of her unqualified cooking skills.
But Bai Xiao shook her head. It wasn't the food. After she became pregnant, she sometimes had a bad appetite and couldn't eat much.
She just said it casually, but Xu Jingyan took it to heart. When she went upstairs to take a shower, he took the car keys and went out to buy a big bag of plums.
"I asked my second sister, and she said that if you have nausea during pregnancy, eating these would be better."
He stood at the door of the guest room and handed her the things, but was worried that she wouldn't be used to sleeping: "If anything happens, just call me, I'll be right next to you."
Seeing his eager look, Bai Xiao felt that he might have moved his mattress to the door of her room to sleep there.
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At night, Bai Xiao lay on the bed and tossed about, unable to fall asleep for a long time. She got up and went to the kitchen to pour water, but accidentally tripped over the trash can next to the door.
The door to the master bedroom opened quickly, and Xu Jingyan hurriedly came down from the second floor.
Seeing her standing blankly in the kitchen with an overturned trash can at her feet, he turned on all the lights in the villa in the middle of the night and protected her upstairs, for fear that she would bump into her. Bai Xiaozhen
I really wanted to say to him: "Don't make such a fuss, I can go by myself."
However, when I looked back and saw his careful movements, all the words were choked back in my stomach.
When Bai Xiao was sleeping, she thought about what Su Manrong said, what Yu Shaoting said when he hugged her that night, and her grandmother. They were all telling her directly or indirectly that if she was willing to give her a chance, he would definitely be a good father.
.What happened back then, he suffered as much pain as she did.
The family that I thought was happy and harmonious was built on the facts of deception. The person next to me was the culprit who caused my wife and children to be separated...
He has filed for divorce and is now alone.
Bai Xiao looked at the ceiling above her head, thinking about Xu Jingyan's performance all night, her heart felt sour, she turned her head and buried her face in the pillow.
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The next morning, Bai Xiao went downstairs and the nanny said that her husband had gone out. She waited for a while and Xu Jingyan came back.
He was afraid that she wouldn't be able to get used to northern food, so he drove across most of the capital city to queue up for breakfast at a famous southern restaurant.
Bai Xiao looked at the steaming breakfast. Even if she had some knots in her heart last night, at this moment, she was completely relieved.
Xu Jingyan took the chopsticks out of the kitchen. Bai Xiao suddenly raised his head and asked him: "Dad, is there any jealousy at home?"
The chopsticks in his hand fell to the ground. Xu Jingyan thought he was hallucinating, but his eye circles couldn't help but turn red. He heard Bai Xiao speak again: "I want to eat with jealousy. If there is no jealousy at home, forget it. There is one more thing. I
I may have to stay in the capital for a few more days, so I will stay at home during these days."
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I will update one chapter first, and then upload another chapter in the early morning. Even if I add an update today, everyone will refresh and read again tomorrow morning. I beg you, otherwise you will have dark circles under your eyes after staying up late. I will be punished. Please help~~~
