The two looked at each other, all kinds of emotions swirling, and a thin layer of mist had covered her eyes.
This time, she didn't cry, but smiled at him. That smile was a bit desolate, resolute, and sad, which made him feel so distressed that he just wanted to hold her in his arms and hug her tightly, and not let those cruel things outside hurt her.
He raised his hand and stretched it towards her.
Without hesitation, she thrust her hand into his palm.
He buckled it, very hard.
The two of them held hands tightly, as if nothing could separate them.
Bai Yeqing took her hand and walked out.
"Stars!"
"Ye Qing!"
Behind him, four people called out in unison.
No one looked back.
Shen Min took a step forward and said, "Xingchen, listen to what mom said..."
Xia Xingchen covered her ears and walked out quickly. At this moment, she wished she was deaf, so that she would never hear anything she didn't want to hear. She could vaguely guess what was going on, but she felt that the result was too fantastic. She couldn't accept it! She didn't want to listen to the reasons behind what their elders said!
She told herself that as long as she didn't hear it, all this was just an illusory dream. It couldn't affect her, nor could it affect him!
"Xiaobai, Dabao!"
As soon as Xia Dabai saw them coming out, he quickly broke away from Bailang and ran over. He was so anxious outside, but he couldn't go in to help. He cried so much that his eyes were swollen like walnuts.
He inserted himself between the two people, holding the two adults' hands with his two little hands. Although he didn't know what happened inside, he guessed that they definitely didn't get married, and he felt sad in his heart. His little hands held them both tightly, trying to hold back his tears, as if to comfort them, "It doesn't matter, it didn't happen, we can do it next time! Next time we won't tell them, we'll come secretly!"
Xia Xingchen felt a sore nose and tears almost fell.
She wanted to give Dabai a complete family so much! But, right now... Will they have a next time
"Ye Qing." Bai Suye looked at the three of them worriedly, feeling very uncomfortable.
"Take the children and get in the car first!" Bai Yeqing glanced at Xia Xingchen. Xia Xingchen nodded, and under Rui Gang's escort, she hurriedly got in the car holding Xia Dabai. Looking at the people coming out of the Civil Affairs Bureau, she locked the car door with a "click" without hesitation, and said to Rui Gang: "Let's go first."
"But, Mr. President..."
"Isn't Leng Fei still here?" She didn't want to meet any of their elders right now, including her mother.
Rui Gang saw her miserable and sad expression. Although he didn't know what had happened exactly, he finally nodded, started the car, and drove away.
Xia Xingchen leaned against the car, holding the child. Her eyes were fixed on the window, and everything in her eyes was going backwards.
Outside, it has started to snow lightly.
But…
In my heart, however, it began to snow heavily.
She thought that if she hadn't heard the cruel truth, she wouldn't feel sad or scared. But at this moment, her hands holding the child were still shaking.
Maybe it’s cold...
She hugged the child tighter and said to Ruigang, "Ruigang, turn up the heat."
Ruigang glanced at her through the rearview mirror and finally said "hmm". In fact, the heater in the car was already at its maximum effect.
After a while.
There was a depressing atmosphere in the carriage.
Even Xia Dabai, who was usually active, was unusually well-behaved at this moment. He calmed down and didn't say a word.
When Rui Gang thought she would never speak again, he heard her say faintly: "Tell someone to send my mother to the small rental house. She has the key."
Rui Gang nodded, "Don't worry, we will make arrangements."
Xia Xingchen nodded in relief. She closed her eyes tiredly, and all the past events kept running through her mind.
That day, when Bai Yeqing saw the photo of her and her mother for the first time, he said that she looked nothing like her parents...
Later, when she met Madam Lanting, they got along so well and were so compatible...
Later, Yu Zenan half-jokingly said that she was the daughter of Madam Lanting. That day, after getting drunk, he even said that the madam had promised her to him as his future daughter-in-law...
At that time, she never took these words to heart, but now, when she recalled them again, it was like a movie playing in her mind, and every second, every sentence, every word was cruelly pulling at every nerve in her body...
… … … …
Bai Suye looked at Bai Yeqing with a heavy gaze, "You have never been someone who doesn't know the importance of things."
"You should know better than the elders behind you that true feelings cannot be contained." Bai Yeqing said firmly, looking at her, "If it was so easy to contain, how could you have suffered so much in the past three years? And now..."
At this point, he paused, "Are you still in control of your emotions? If I tell you that I know there is no future for you two, and I ask you to restrain yourself, can you restrain yourself?"
Bai Suye tensed up. She didn't expect that he would bring up the topic of herself.
wry smile.
Yes, my own feelings are still a mess now, how can I care about his affairs
The one-month period between her and Night Owl was coming to an end soon. She had thought that after this month, she could withdraw, and Night Owl could also withdraw smoothly, but...
Today, the two are even more miserable than they were a month ago...
"I really have no right to dictate your relationship. However, Ye Qing, no matter what happens in the future, you must always remember your current identity."
"A big part of the reason why I wanted to climb to this position was because I had to rescue my second uncle. Now that my second uncle is safe and sound, I naturally have less attachment to this identity. And... now I feel that this identity has brought more and more constraints to me, and I am tired of it."
Men have an instinctive pursuit of power.
He was just an ordinary man, no different from other people.
However, often when power and desires are satisfied or even expanded, what follows is a feeling of emptiness in the heart.
That emptiness made him particularly long for an ordinary family.
When I woke up in the morning, I saw my beloved and my child. After breakfast, we went to work separately. On the way home, I brought my child's favorite toys and dishes. I saw a beret and brought it back to cover her head.
The family took a walk after dinner in the evening.
After that, they would always hold each other's hands like this, all the way to the end of time, the end of the universe...