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Lu Zhao put his phone aside.
He finished a whole cigarette on the balcony. The moonlight shone on his tall and lonely shadow, slanting alone on the ground.
You shouldn't smoke when you have a fever. Nicotine becomes particularly bitter in your mouth and cuts your throat like a blade.
He thought about Xia Yu's cold voice just now, and thought that Xia Yu should be sleeping next to Xu Zhan now, and his internal organs seemed to be in a mess.
Like torturing himself, he couldn't help wondering whether Xia Yu would return to Xu Zhan after hanging up the call, whether she would sleep next to Xu Zhan, and smile at him tenderly and lovingly - just like she did to him before.
The ash fell on the railing, and the gray ash was slowly blown away by the wind.
Lu Zhao looked at his shadow on the ground expressionlessly.
He recalled the look in Xia Yu's eyes three years ago when he looked at him with despair in his eyes.
It is true that what goes around comes around in this world.
Now it is finally his turn to feel the pain Xia Yu suffered back then.
Xia Yu did not actually stay at Xu's house for several days. Early the next morning, he left with Xu Zhan.
Xu Ping went with them, riding in Xu Zhan's car, and asked Xu Zhan to take her to the city government where she worked.
On the way, Xu Ping and Xu Zhan were mainly chatting. Xia Yu didn't sleep well yesterday and was catching up on sleep.
But he couldn't fall asleep.
But Xu Ping and Xu Zhan thought he was asleep.
He heard Xu Ping talking to Xu Zhan about adopting a child again. Xu Ping doted on her younger brother, but she was also strong-willed at heart.
She said to Xu Zhan, "There is a child among the distant relatives of the Xu family whose parents have passed away. He is only two years old. Logically, we should raise him. I have seen him and he looks a bit like you when you were a child. Why don't you let you and Xia Yu raise him?"
She seemed to have an inexplicable obsession with Xu Zhan's family life.
Although she herself did not want to get married and was not considering having children for the time being, she always felt that her younger brother should have a warm and happy family.
There is a close lover and children to take care of.
Xu Zhan had a headache. He sighed, "Sister, please stop pushing me. I don't want to raise a child yet. Xia Yu doesn't want to either. Raising a child is a serious matter. Xia Yu and I have to be responsible for him."
Xu Ping didn't speak for a while.
But she then asked, "Do you two not want to raise children, or do you not want to spend your life together at all?"
Xia Yu almost opened his eyes.
Xu Zhan almost turned the steering wheel in the wrong direction.
He glanced at Xia Yu in the rearview mirror, then at his sister, "What are you talking about, sister?"
In the sunlight, Xu Ping's face was as cold as ice.
She has always been the most perceptive person in the family.
From the moment Xu Zhan and Xia Yu got married, she could sense that Xu Zhan and Xia Yu did not really love each other.
But so what
There are a few couples who truly love each other till old age.
Xia Yu was the one she had chosen in the first place, and she had arranged a marriage between him and Xu Zhan. Not only would he be helpful to the family, but his brother was also a gentle person, so he should be paired with an equally well-behaved partner.
She saw Xia Yu and Xu Zhan as a pair of little animals, innocent and good-tempered, and easy to be bullied.
But with her and Xia Jin around, who can bully them
But she has recently noticed some clues. Her little brother, who has always been well-behaved and obedient under her supervision, does not seem to be as well-behaved as he appears.