After coaxing Yu Jingxi to sleep, Bai Xiao gently closed the door and came out.
It was already eleven o'clock in the evening, but she was not sleepy at all, so she simply sat cross-legged on the sofa and watched TV.
The fluorescent light from the TV screen reflected on Bai Xiao's face, but she didn't see much of it. She was just thinking about her own thoughts. Suddenly, the sofa beside her sank. She tilted her head. Ye Hehuan took a bag of potato chips, which were long and thin.
His white legs crossed, "Why aren't you sleeping yet?"
"Aren't you still asleep?" Bai Xiao replied with a slight smile.
Ye Hehuan gave her an angry look and said politely: "Am I the same as you? At twelve o'clock, my nightlife has just started!"
Bai Xiao stopped answering, and instead leaned on the back of the sofa and stared at the TV screen.
After a long time, Bai Xiao's hoarse voice sounded, "He Huan, I want a divorce."
Ye Hehuan slowed down his chewing of potato chips and turned his head, obviously not believing the news he heard.
With Bai Xiao's feelings for Pei Qiyou, it was not easy for her to say the word "divorce". She once thought that even if a knife was placed on Bai Xiao's neck, Bai Xiao might not be willing to sign the divorce agreement.
But now, she actually took the initiative to say she wanted a divorce.
"Why?" Ye Hehuan still couldn't hold it back, "Are you planning to give up your seat to your cousin?"
Bai Xiao's left hand touched his left ankle, which had a wound plaster on it, with a slight smile on his lips: "I just think it's time to end."
Ye Hehuan also fell silent.
"Since he doesn't love me anymore, is it interesting for me to tie him to me? It's better to stop here."
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Apartment bedroom, orange light, beautiful spring scenery.
The woman's snow-white skin was stained with a blush. Just when she thought she was about to have sex, the man behind her suddenly left.
The emptiness from heaven instantly made the woman open her narrowed eyes. She lay on the bed and looked sideways at the man who had already had sex. His long and straight legs, and his broad back were filled with sweat. He picked it up casually.
He put a bathrobe on himself and left the room.
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Pei Qiyou closed his eyes and leaned on the sofa in the living room, his cold and stern features blurred in the dim light.
"What's wrong today? Are you in a bad mood?" The woman tied the belt of her nightgown and sat down next to him.
She looked at his frown, as if she was irritated and couldn't get rid of it. Seeing that he was motionless, her confusion became deeper and deeper.
Although Pei Qiyou is not gentle when it comes to sex, he has never been so rampant and just venting like tonight, like a machine. But no matter how she tried to please him, she never let him go. She has been with him for so many years, and this situation is still the same.
first.
Ling Ling put her hand on his shoulder: "What happened?"
Over the years, no matter how the women around Pei Qiyou changed, she has not been replaced. This is attributed to her peace of mind.
Speaking of which, she was two years older than Pei Qiyou, and her acquaintance with him was purely coincidental. At that time, she was still a waitress in a nightclub in city B. When she got off work, she found a drunk Pei Qiyou being beaten by a crowd. Later, she
After saving him, she returned to Fengcheng with him.
It can be said that she witnessed with her own eyes how this big boy went from poverty to success.
Now Pei Qiyou occasionally comes to her place, but he has never treated her badly in terms of daily expenses.
"Is there any problem with the company?" Ling Ling asked with concern.
Pei Qiyou's eyes were closed tightly, like a petrified statue, with only his chest rising and falling gently.
Ling Ling asked jokingly: "Or...whose famous flower do you like? You look like a resentful woman who has been abandoned..."
Before she finished speaking, those sinister eyes were already looking at her, scaring her so much that she shut up immediately.
Pei Qiyou leaned back on the sofa and closed his eyes tiredly, making it difficult to see what he was thinking.
Ling Ling sat quietly beside him, her eyes fell on his chest, wheat-colored skin, half-covered nightgown, and a mandala tattoo could be vaguely seen. She had noticed it in the past, but never
Before I asked, now, unexpectedly, I reached out my hand to touch him.
But as soon as her hand reached halfway, it was held by Pei Qiyou and then thrown away without mercy.
She was unsteady and fell down on the sofa. Seeing the anger in his expression, she hurriedly explained, "I just want to see that tattoo."
Tattoos…
Pei Qiyou's expression was a little dazed.
"I didn't look carefully before, but there are very few men who can tattoo flowers." Ling Ling said cautiously.
Pei Qiyou lowered his head and stared at his chest through his open nightgown, stunned.
What came to mind was eighteen-year-old Bai Xiao. At that time, something happened to the Pei family, and no company was willing to hire him. During the days when he was most short of money, he had to go to the construction site, and Bai Xiao would go to him every day.
One time while delivering food, she was not careful and her left ankle was accidentally penetrated by a steel bar.
The leg was saved, but a very ugly scar was left on her ankle.
He suddenly remembered clearly Bai Xiao's eyes that were as red as a rabbit. She snuggled into his arms and whispered coquettishly: "So ugly!"
She said scars were unsightly, so he went to many tattoo shops; she said she was afraid of pain, so he accompanied her without hesitation.
The intense love and affection in the past was like a sharp sword stabbed into his heart, making him so painful that he couldn't breathe.
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Ling Ling saw Pei Qiyou suddenly look as helpless as a child, and worriedly wanted to hug him like before.
But he suddenly opened his eyes, which were bloodshot, pushed her away, and stood up from the sofa.
"What's wrong?" Ling Ling looked up at him.
Pei Qiyou just said lightly: "I will never come again."
When she realized the meaning of this sentence, Ling Ling was a little stunned. When she came to her senses, Pei Qiyou had already put on her clothes and came out.
Ling Ling took two steps after him: "Why?" Pei Qiyou placed a check on the dining table without looking back, "Take this money and start your life again, don't be a mistress anymore."
Ling Ling stared at the check. Pei Qiyou had already opened the door and walked out of the apartment.
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It was late at night when I returned to Pei's house. As soon as Pei Qiyou went upstairs, the door to Jiang Yingmei's room opened.
"So you still know how to come back." Jiang Yingmei's eyes stopped on the women's bag in his hand, and her eyes softened instantly, "Where is Xiaoxiao?"
Pei Qiyou did not answer.
Jiang Yingmei sighed, "Qiyou, I don't understand what you want to do now."
Looking at her silent son, Jiang Yingmei also had a headache, "If you really don't like Xiaoxiao, then you..."
"I will not divorce." Pei Qiyou's answer remained unchanged, and his tone remained firm.
Jiang Yingmei glared at her son angrily, said nothing, turned around and closed the door, keeping out of sight.
Pei Qiyou stood at the door for a while, then leaned over and put his bag at the door, then turned and went downstairs.
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The next day, Bai Xiao sent Yu Jingxi to school, and when he went to the hospital, he didn't expect Jiang Yingmei to be there.
"Coming?" Jiang Yingmei looked at Bai Xiao lovingly as she came in.
Bai Xiao called "Mom", turned her eyes, and saw the coat and bag she had left behind last night on the sofa.
"Xiaoxiao, come and chat with your mother-in-law!" Grandma was in good spirits.
"I'm going to wash some grapes first." Bai Xiao took a bag of red grapes and entered the bathroom.
Not long after, Jiang Yingmei came in and stood beside her, watching her wash the grapes, looking like she was hesitant to speak.
Bai Xiao shook off the water drops on his hand and looked at her, "If you have anything to say, mom, just say it."
"Xiaoxiao, what happened last night...since Qiyou said that the child is not his, then it is not. You have to believe him."
Bai Xiao: "It doesn't matter to me whether it is."
"Xiaoxiao you..."
Bai Xiao met Jiang Yingmei's stunned gaze and said, "Mom, you guessed it right, I want a divorce."
In the narrow space of the bathroom, it was suddenly so quiet that even my breathing became light.
Jiang Yingmei held Bai Xiao's hand anxiously, "Xiao Xiao, don't you think about it again? Divorce is not a trivial matter."
"Mom, I'm sorry." Bai Xiao withdrew his hand from her palm.
The words had been spoken, and it would only be awkward to stay together any longer. Bai Xiao picked up the plate with red grapes and said, "I'll go get some porridge for grandma first."
Just as she walked to the bathroom door, Jiang Yingmei's helpless and sentimental voice came from behind: "How did Qiyou become like this?"
How did Pei Qiyou become like this?
This reason is the old scar in Bai Xiao's heart. As for his previous appearance, it has begun to become blurred in her memory.
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When Jiang Yingmei came out of the bathroom, Bai Xiao had already taken the thermos and went downstairs to make porridge.
There was a polite knock on the ward door, and she went to open the door. It was an elegantly dressed old lady.
"What's the matter with you?" Jiang Yingmei asked curiously, while Zhou Aihua was already asleep inside.
The old lady looked into the ward and said, "I came to see my in-laws, but it seems I went to the wrong place."
Jiang Yingmei followed the old lady's gaze and turned back, then smiled and said, "This is my in-laws who just had an operation recently."
"Then I must have made a mistake." The old lady nodded apologetically to Jiang Yingmei, and then walked away holding her delicate handbag.
When Jiang Yingmei closed the door, the old lady who was walking away suddenly stopped, looked back, and took out her mobile phone from her bag.
"Jin Sheng, didn't you mean ward 5043? No... all the patients in it have relatives. You must have made a mistake. Maybe they have been discharged?" The old lady's tone was full of disappointment, "I guess so, forget it, forget it.
Don't go to the trouble to check, there will be plenty of opportunities to meet you in the future."
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When Ye Hehuan stepped into the ward, Bai Xiao was sitting on the sofa, holding a newspaper and looking for a job.
"Are you really planning to leave Pei's big tree?" He grabbed an orange and sat down next to Bai Xiao.
Bai Xiao changed the subject: "Grandma will be discharged from the hospital soon, but her body is still weak. I don't worry about her going back to Liyang."
"Isn't that easy? Let grandma come back to live with us."
Ye Hehuan seemed carefree, but in fact she was very thoughtful. She wrapped her arms around Bai Xiao's neck and said, "Looks like I won't have to eat dumplings anymore."
Bai Xiao smiled, then calmed down and said solemnly: "Thank you and Huan."
"Here we go again..." Ye Hehuan suddenly remembered something and said to Bai Xiao who got off the sofa, "I seemed to have seen Pei Qiyou's car downstairs just now."
Bai Xiao paused as he put on his shoes.
"Looking down from the window here, you should still be able to see his car." Ye Hehuan added seemingly unintentionally.
Before he finished speaking, Bai Xiao had already ran to the window.
Unfortunately, when she looked towards the parking lot, she only saw a Lexus driving out of the hospital gate.
Ye Hehuan looked at Bai Xiao's back standing by the window for a long time and sighed heavily, "Xiao Xiao, actually you still haven't really let go."
Bai Xiao's hands grasped the window sill, and her lowered eyelashes flickered. How could a relationship of twenty years be put down so easily?
"Xiaoxiao, I suddenly don't understand what's going on between you two? It doesn't look like he has any feelings for you. You, you obviously can't let go of him, but you insist on getting a divorce. You guys are
Two people who cannot be measured by normal thinking..."
Bai Xiao turned back to look at her, with a wry smile on her lips: "So what if I can't let go? We might as well get divorced like this."
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Pei Qiyou returned to the office, leaned back on the sofa, and stared at the ceiling in a daze.
When the cell phone rang, he picked it up while rubbing his forehead: "How are things going?"
"It has been found out that the child belongs to a male classmate in her junior college class. Do you want to send someone to take her to have it aborted?"
"She knew there was nothing to ask for, so she would naturally take it away."
After hanging up the phone, his temples still hurt badly. He threw the phone on the coffee table, closed his eyes and fell asleep.
A pair of hands as white as onions touched his forehead, and the soft fingertips gently pressed his temples, massaging them skillfully.
Pei Qiyou's frown slowly relaxed, and the familiar feeling made the annoyance squeezing in his heart gradually dissipate. His raised hand covered the delicate hand that was massaging him, and his thin lips closed together, so lightly that he could almost hear it.
Unseen voice: "Xiao Xiao..."
"Mr. Pei, do you want to focus more on your strength?" A delicate and artificial female voice sounded from behind.
Pei Qiyou suddenly opened his eyes and tugged hard on his hand. The woman lying on the side of the coffee table was his new secretary. She was dressed up in a gorgeous way. Every time she came to deliver documents to him, she wanted to pull down the collar of her bottoming T-shirt.
Below the chest, as if afraid that he would not be able to see.
Elena didn't miss the disappointment in Pei Qiyou's eyes, and flipped up her curly hair, trying to attract the attention of the man on the sofa.
"Mr. Pei, do you want me to make you a cup of coffee?"
Pei Qiyou's indifferent gaze fell on her. She had big breasts, a thin waist and a pert butt. She was also prettier than Bai Xiao, but he couldn't arouse any interest in her.
"Get out." He ordered coldly, then closed his eyes and leaned back on the sofa.
"Mr. Pei..." A strong and pungent fragrance came to my face.
Pei Qiyou opened his eyes, and his cold and stern eyes made Elena dare not come closer. She swallowed in fear, "Mr. Pei..."
"Get out, or I'll put your resignation letter on the HR manager's desk tomorrow."
Elena thought the conditions were good, but her repeated hints failed to attract Pei Qiyou's favor. Instead, she almost lost her job and left immediately in fright.
Pei Qiyou fell asleep on the sofa and suddenly felt a little cold. He subconsciously pulled the blanket on his body, but he only touched his suit. He opened his distracted eyes, looked at the empty office, and called to the door.
: "Bai Xiao!"
The door opened, and it was secretary Zhang Xiaoli who came in.
Seeing Pei Qiyou who was half asleep, Zhang Xiaoli was also stunned, and then said: "Mr. Pei, Assistant Bai has resigned."
Resigned?
Pei Qiyou's brain suddenly woke up, and he stared at Zhang Xiaoli in a daze.
Zhang Xiaoli hesitated for a while, then asked Pei Qiyou for his opinion: "Mr. Pei, are you still going to the dinner with Lisheng Group tonight?"
Pei Qiyou had already stood up, and while pulling his tie to the lounge, he replied: "Go and prepare the car."
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Halfway through the evening meal, Pei Qiyou was so drunk that he fell down.
Although others were surprised, they still called the driver to take the drunk Pei Qiyou back.
The driver looked in the rearview mirror at the man in the back seat who was frowning and looking uncomfortable, and asked cautiously: "Mr. Pei, where are you going?"
Because there were so many places he could go, the driver didn't even know which home he was going to. The man behind him seemed to be asleep. It took a long time until the driver planned to send him directly back to Pei Qiyou's house, and then Pei Qiyou slowly opened his eyes.
Eyes looking out the window at the dim night scene were a little blurry, and a hoarse, dry voice came out from his throat, "The Capital of Star Language."
The driver was stunned. He had never been to this place before, but he still turned the car around obediently.
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Bai Xiao had just come out of the shower and wiped her hair. Her cell phone on the sofa was vibrating happily.
Seeing the three words displayed on the screen, Bai Xiao stood in front of the sofa and did not pick it up.
"Why don't you answer the phone?" Ye Hehuan poked his head out of the room.
"Rouwan"'s wrinkled dog head also poked out, barked twice in coordination, and was kicked back by Ye Hehuan.
"Your master left you here, you eat my food and drink my food, and you dare to make noise for me?!"
"Rou Yuan" whined twice in aggrieved manner, then moved closer to Ye Hehuan's legs, twisting her big round butt in a flattering manner.
Bai Xiao just stared at the flashing mobile phone quietly, not knowing what he was thinking.
"How about I pick it up for you?" Ye Hehuan pretended to come over and get his phone.
Bai Xiao picked up the phone and turned around, walked to the balcony, and pressed the answer button: "What's the matter?"
"Assistant Bai? You have answered the phone. I am Xiao Wu, Mr. Pei's driver. Your home is in the capital of Star Language, right?"
"Yes, what's wrong?"
After hesitating for a while, he slowly said, "Assistant Bai, Mr. Pei and I are at the gate of Xingyu Capital."
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Bai Xiao went downstairs with her coat on and saw the elegant black car under the street light.
The driver, Xiao Wu, got down from the driver's seat and said, "I'm really sorry for bothering you, Assistant Bai, so late."
"What's going on?" Bai Xiao looked at the closed rear door of the car.
Xiao Wu scratched his ears and said awkwardly: "Mr. Pei had a dinner party tonight. He came out drunk and said he wanted to come here. Mr. Pei kept calling Assistant Bai's name, and I couldn't wake him up. I guess Assistant Bai
I should live here, so I took the liberty to make a call using Mr. Pei’s mobile phone.”
As the president's driver, Xiao Wu is used to seeing all kinds of beauties. He really didn't know that Assistant Bai and the president had such a relationship.
It's time for him to make a wise decision and retire.
Looking at Xiao Wu who had found something to say and hurriedly left, Bai Xiao couldn't stop calling him, "Hey!"
After standing by the car for a while, Bai Xiao opened the back seat door.
Pei Qiyou was slumped unconscious in the back seat, with his shirt collar half open and tie loose, mumbling something vaguely. When the car door opened, a burst of alcohol smell hit his nose, but Bai Xiao still leaned in.
, patted his face: "Pei Qiyou, wake up!"
Seeing that he didn't respond, Bai Xiao was about to take back his hand, but his whole body was hugged, and he became unstable and fell on him.
Pei Qiyou held her tightly, and he buried his face in her still damp hair. Although his voice was very low, she still heard it clearly.
"Xiao Xiao, Xiao Xiao, Xiao Xiao, Xiao Xiao..."
He repeated it over and over again, as if he was afraid of being discovered, and the caution in his tone made Bai Xiao's eye circles sting warmly.
She raised her hand and put it hesitantly on his back. Only at this time could they get along so calmly. She stroked his body gently, like a mother comforting her child. Suddenly there was a call on the mobile phone next to her.
Come in.
There was no name displayed on the screen. Bai Xiao glanced at the drunk man and picked up the phone.
"Qiyou, you left your watch here when you took a shower last night. Do you think you should come here to get it or should I send it to you?"
Every word of the unfamiliar soft voice pierced Bai Xiao's heart.
"...I pray you, are you listening?"
Bai Xiao had no expression on his face and said calmly: "He is drunk. He is in Building 7 of Star Language Capital. Come and pick him up."
Without waiting for the person on the other end to answer, Bai Xiao had already hung up the phone, then broke free from Pei Qiyou's restraint, closed the car door and went upstairs.
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Bai Xiao stood in front of the balcony with his arms folded, watching expressionlessly as the car downstairs was driven away by a woman.
There was a rustling sound in the kitchen, and Bai Xiao turned around, "He Huan, help me find a lawyer tomorrow."
Ye Hehuan was chewing on a sauced duck leg. When he heard this, he looked up in surprise at the woman in front of the balcony.
The moonlight reflected on Bai Xiao's body through the window, shrouding her whole body in a bright halo, making it impossible to see her face clearly.
Ye Hehuan opened his mouth and was about to say, "You've really thought it through" when the doorbell rang: "Ding dong ding dong!"
"Woof woof!" "Meatball" had already taken the lead and ran to the entrance, wagging his tail desperately.
"I'll open the door first." Bai Xiao avoided Ye Hehuan's scrutinizing eyes.
Opening the door, Bai Xiao saw no one in her sight. A childish voice sounded: "Xiao Bai, it's here!"
Bai Xiao lowered his head and Yu Jingxi stood outside the door with a bulging schoolbag on his back.
"You little guy, don't you have to go home? Why are you running here?" Ye Hehuan appeared behind Bai Xiao.
Yu Jingxi didn't seem to hear these unwelcome words. He sat directly in the entrance and took off his shoes. He took out the cotton slippers he wore last time from the shoe cabinet and put them on. He touched "Meatball"'s head and then walked in as if
I lost my schoolbag just like I did at home, and collapsed on the sofa: "I'm exhausted."
Bai Xiao looked at the wall clock and asked Yu Jingxi: "It's already nine o'clock, why are you here so late?"
"Oh, I don't know how to do a lot of homework today. No one at home will teach me. I thought you could do it, Xiaobai, so I came here."
With that said, as if to better prove that he was not lying, Yu Jingxi turned around and opened his schoolbag, took out a few homework books and placed them on the coffee table.
Ye Hehuan interjected: "Your schoolbag is so bulging, what else is in it? It can't be clothes, right?"
Being exposed on the spot, Yu Jingxi's face immediately turned red, but she still refused to admit it.
"Haha, it seems that I really got it right." Ye Hehuan turned his head to Bai Xiao, "I guess I will have to pester you in the future."
Yu Jingxi stood there with his head lowered, holding two homework books, and the orange light stretched his small figure on the wall.
A five-year-old child is so clingy to himself only because he has no mother.
Bai Xiao felt indescribably distressed when she saw him standing there alone, so she went over to sit on the sofa and took him into her arms.
"Then why don't you come over in the evening? It's so late now and it's not safe."
When Yu Jingxi saw that Bai Xiao didn't dislike him, his little face immediately turned gloomy, and he grinned, with two cute little pear dimples. He leaned on Bai Xiao and said softly and waxily: "Uncle Liang sent me here, see me
He didn't leave until he reached the door."
Ye Hehuan looked at the two people who were leaning together, and shook his head. Even though he was like this, he still said that he didn't want to be his stepmother! Thinking of the suit in Bai Xiao's bedroom closet, judging from the size, its owner was not a first-class figure.
Wow, with a roll of his eyes, Ye Hehuan became gossipy. He sat next to Yu Jingxi and asked, "Little brat, where is your father? Why don't I send you here?"
She really didn't want to pay attention to this aunt who ruined her relationship with Xiaobai, but thinking that she and Xiaobai lived together and were good friends, Yu Jingxi still endured it and answered casually while flipping through her homework: "He is on a business trip."
"Then who else is in your family?"
"...my father, grandparents, second uncle, and my aunt and cousin who are abroad."
Bai Xiao was indifferent to this topic and stood up, "I'm going to get some fruit."
When Bai Xiao disappeared at the door of the kitchen, Ye Hehuanlang asked secretly like a grandma: "Then does your father have a girlfriend?"
Yu Jingxi slapped the notebook with her two fleshy hands and looked at Ye Hehuan sideways: "Are you annoyed?"
Ye Hehuan: "..."
Bai Xiao came back from the kitchen and found that the two of them were each occupying a corner of the sofa. One was reading a magazine and the other was doing homework. Neither of them paid attention to the other.
As soon as he put the fruit plate on the coffee table, Ye Hehuan looked up from the magazine: "Xiaoxiao, have you really decided to divorce?"
The child who was doing his homework paused his writing. Although he did not look back, his two little ears were already raised high, and his eyes were aimed directly at Bai Xiao.
