Yu Xiao, who was busy serving dishes, turned around immediately when she heard Kang Shaoxi's voice. Seeing Kang Shaoxi standing in front of her, she became a little nervous: "Shao... Shaoxi! When I came here just now, I heard from mom that you were resting, so I didn't disturb you!"
"Yeah?"
"How are you?"
Kang Shaoxi looked at her and smiled faintly: "Very good!"
"We are all... worried about you!"
"Really? I'm fine! I'm back safely now!"
"That's good..." Yu Xiao seemed a little embarrassed when facing Kang Shaoxi.
"By the way, sister-in-law, I heard that you gave birth to twins, a boy and a girl. Why didn't you bring your niece and nephew over?" Kang Shaoxi sat down at the dining table, took a piece of dessert and put it in his mouth, chewing it slowly.
"They are too young. If they come, it will only cause trouble!"
"It's more fun when they are smaller! Shaodong and I are also twins, a boy and a girl. Oh, my heart is itching when I think about having a pair of little babies just like Shaodong and me. Let's bring them here together with big brother someday! I heard from mom that they are more than six months old, and I, as their aunt, have never seen them. This is a bit inappropriate, sister-in-law, what do you think?" Kang Shaoxi spoke slowly, and what he said was impossible to refuse.
"Well, OK! I'll bring them over in a few days and let you see them..." After hearing Kang Shaoxi's words, Yu Xiao couldn't refuse anything. Besides, she was the child's aunt, and it was impossible not to let her see them. But when she thought of her previous experience, she felt a little bit unspeakable in her heart.
For the Kang family, this lunch was the happiest meal since Kang Shaoxi disappeared. Kang Shaoxi's safe return made everyone feel relieved. After lunch, Yu Xiao and Kang Shaonan left first because they had children to take care of at home.
When the car drove out of the Kang family compound, Yu Xiao looked back uneasily, then looked at Kang Shaonan beside her: "Kang Shaonan, do you think she will hold a grudge against the two of us?" Woman's intuition told her that Kang Shaoxi was not as relaxed as she seemed.
"No! Even if she really holds a grudge, it's because I, her elder brother, didn't go to America to find her. Why would she hold a grudge against you?" Kang Shaonan smiled and shook his head. Looking at his wife who looked worried, he patted the back of her hand and comforted her, "Don't think about it! Isn't she back now? After this year, I found that she seems to have grown up! She has become more polite than before. Think about it, how could Shaoxi speak in this tone before?"
"But..." Yu Xiao was still a little nervous.
"Don't think too much. Since she has lived in the United States for a year, she should understand why we didn't go there to look for her. Isn't it easy to hide someone in such a big place? Besides, she went to the United States not because we sent her there, but because she believed Fu Zihao's words and brought tragedy upon herself. Fortunately, she has come to her senses and returned to the right path. This is already very precious to her!"
"Well, what you said seems to make some sense. By the way, Kang Shaonan, do you feel that the man named George looks familiar? Although this is the first time I meet this person, why do I always feel like I have seen him before?" Thinking of the man named George, Yu Xiao couldn't help but frowned slightly.
"I really didn't realize that! Are you hallucinating because you're tired recently? Or do you feel that way because you think that guy is very handsome?" Kang Shaonan joked with his wife.
"Hate it, I don't like him like that at all! Besides, no matter how handsome he is, is he as handsome as you?"
"Haha! It seems that I am the most handsome in my wife's eyes!"
"Of course!" Yu Xiao gave Kang Shaonan a mischievous smile.
"Ha ha!"
"By the way, Shaoxi said she wanted to see Xiaoxiao and Yangyang some other day..." Yu Xiao remembered Kang Shaoxi's words and turned to look at Kang Shaonan to remind him.
"Oh, okay! Just go ahead and see it! After all, she is Xiaoxiao and Yangyang's aunt! You have to see it, what do you think?" Kang Shaonan did not comment on this.
"Yeah, that's right..."
The night Kang Shaoxi came back, he called his good friend Shen Xinrou. Shen Xinrou thought about it a lot, but she never thought that the call would be from Kang Shaoxi. Hearing her familiar voice, Shen Xinrou was very excited. The two chatted for a long time. Kang Shaoxi roughly told Shen Xinrou about his experience in the past year. Of course, these contents were exactly the same as what she had told her family before. Listening to her friend's tragic experience, Shen Xinrou sighed on the phone. The two finally agreed to meet at the coffee shop they often go to tomorrow morning, agreed on the time and place, and then hung up the phone.
The next day after breakfast, Kang Shaoxi changed into a new set of clothes that her mother bought for her and went out with George. George's purpose of coming to T City this time was to open a western restaurant here. Before opening the restaurant, of course, he had to find out the situation of western restaurants here. Kang Shaoxi specially sent a car and a driver to accompany George, and dropped Kang Shaoxi off at the coffee shop that he had agreed to meet with Shen Xinrou. The driver took George to other places.
When Kang Shaoxi was about to enter the coffee shop, he happened to see Shen Xinrou's car arrive. Seeing Shen Xinrou park the car and walk up to him, Kang Shaoxi walked up to his friend and hugged her excitedly.
"Shaoxi! That's great! I thought I would never see you again!" Shen Xinrou looked at Kang Shaoxi looking left and right excitedly.
Kang Shaoxi smiled and said, "I was born in the year of the cat and have nine lives! So I won't die easily!" After saying that, he took his friend's arm and walked into the coffee shop side by side.
The two of them found a private room and waited for the waiter to leave before they started chatting.
"Shaoxi, is what you told me last night true?" Shen Xinrou was still a little skeptical about what her friend said last night. After all, Kang Shaoxi was a rich lady, how could she endure that kind of hardship? For her, those were things she dared not even think about.
"Haha, do you think I made up a nice story?" Kang Shaoxi raised his eyebrows slightly as he looked at his friend opposite him, then picked up the coffee in front of him and took a sip elegantly.
"No! No! I just think you are so awesome! If that happened to me, I would definitely not come back safely!" Shen Xinrou quickly shook her head and explained.
"Haha, once people are forced into a desperate situation, they will do anything!" Kang Shaoxi narrowed his eyes coldly, reached out to take out a cigarette from his bag, lit it skillfully, then took a light puff, and slowly exhaled a puff of smoke rings.
The smoke filled the air. Shen Xinrou looked at Kang Shaoxi smoking with her eyes wide open: "Shao, Shaoxi, you started smoking?"
"It tastes very good. Would you like to try one?" Kang Shaoxi asked his friend with a tentative smile.
Shen Xinrou quickly shook her hands: "No! No! I don't want to smoke this! If my parents and my brother knew about this, they would either kill me or skin me alive!"
Kang Shaoxi looked at her with a disdainful smile: "Tsk! Smoking is not a big deal, why should I kill you? Besides, can't you just avoid them when you want to smoke?"
Shen Xinrou smiled awkwardly: "Actually... I can't absorb this thing..."
"Just listen to me last night. Tell me how you've been doing this year? Have you found a suitable boyfriend?"
"Oh! Don't mention it..." Shen Xinrou sighed heavily, picked up the coffee and took a sip depressedly.
"What's wrong? Who made you unhappy?"
"My brother is getting married! Do you know who he is marrying? You would never guess!"
"Married? To whom?"
"She was the woman who grew up with my brother and died in a car accident a year and a half ago!"
"What? Didn't you say she was dead? Could it be that your brother married a spirit tablet?" This was really beyond Kang Shaoxi's expectations.
"What spirit tablet? That woman is still alive! It's just that she was blinded and her face was disfigured in the car accident, so they hid the truth from my brother and said she was dead. And there's something even more infuriating!"
"What's up?"
"She is Yu Xiao's biological sister! Isn't that infuriating?" Shen Xinrou felt depressed when she thought of the blind Ming Yao.
"Biological sister? Haha, this is really very interesting!" Kang Shaoxi listened to Shen Xinrou's words and smiled as he narrowed his eyes into slits.
"What's with that expression on your face? They are sisters, how can you still laugh?" Shen Xinrou stared at Kang Shaoxi in surprise and asked. If she remembered correctly, when she heard about this kind of thing a year ago, she would definitely slam the table and curse, but now, she could actually laugh.
"But...are they biological sisters? What does this have to do with me?" Kang Shaoxi asked with a faint smile.
"Ah? Don't you like my brother? Now Fu Zihao is dead..." Shen Xinrou was really puzzled.
"That was in the past. I have someone I like now! So your brother is a thing of the past!"
"Isn't that George who came with you?"
"Um… "
"I think he looks good. He doesn't look like a businessman, but more like an artist! When did your taste change?"
"People will change! By the way, since Mingyao you mentioned is blind, did your parents agree to her marrying your brother?"
"Alas... my brother acted first and asked for permission later! But it's been such a long time since they got married, and my mom still hasn't acknowledged her!"
"What about you? Are you ready to compromise and accept her as your sister-in-law?"
"How is it possible? She is a blind woman. I would rather die than let her be my sister-in-law! My brother is such a jerk. He has no taste!" Shen Xinrou kept shaking her head and complaining as she spoke.
"Actually, if your brother's job is so difficult, why don't you do Mingyao's job?"
"How can we do it? She's not at our house!" (To be continued)