Qiao Yanli was wearing a suit and leather shoes, with a cool and elegant temperament, coupled with his handsome face that was much prettier than a celebrity, he was really out of place in this snack street and extremely conspicuous.
There were many people in the snack street. Qiao Yanli carefully protected Xia Yanxi along the way. Xia Yanxi was not touched by anyone.
The two of them were so close that the cold wind blew his cool breath over, making Xia Yanxi's ears feel a little hot for no reason.
To be honest, she felt lucky to have such a person who cared for and accompanied her when she was at her lowest and uncomfortable.
Xia Yanxi sat in front of the barbecue stall. After ordering the barbecue, she ordered another beer. Qiao Yanli looked at her with tears on her eyelashes, pursed her thin lips, and said nothing more.
Xia Yanxi drank a few glasses of wine and her eyes became distracted. She told Qiao Yanli a lot about her and Xu Lingwei.
As he spoke, tears fell uncontrollably.
"I treat her as a relative. Why would she miss my husband? I can share anything with her, but not my husband."
"The man I have been in love with for five years betrayed me, and my best friend who has been my friend for twenty years hurt me. Do you understand this feeling of collapse and disintegration? In a short period of time, the people I trust and rely on the most have been heartbroken. My heart, am I really that annoying?" At the end of the sentence, she lay on the table again and burst into tears.
The people eating late-night snacks all around looked at their table, thinking that Qiao Yanli had bullied Xia Yanxi, and looked at him with reproachful and unkind eyes.
Qiao Yanli knew that Xia Yanxi needed to vent, so he didn't care about the eyes of the people around him and looked at the sad and uncomfortable girl quietly.
It wasn't until she was tired of crying and finished venting, and he paid the bill, that he walked over to her, bent down, and took her into his arms.
"Yan Xi, let's go home."
Xia Yanxi's long, thick eyelashes trembled. She buried her tear-stained face into his warm chest and said a hoarse 'hmm' in her voice.
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On the way back to Qinyuan, Xia Yanxi fell asleep due to exhaustion. She woke up when Qiao Yanli carried her to the apartment.
Maybe she was traumatized, and even after drinking, she couldn't sleep well.
Looking at the man's handsome, sculptured face under the light, Xia Yanxi bit her lip and said, "Yanli, I want to take a shower." Her body now smelled of alcohol and barbecue, and she couldn't stand it. He actually hugged her back...
Every time, the most embarrassing and worst side of myself appears in front of him. Thinking about it, it is quite sad.
Qiao Yanli put Xia Yanxi on the sofa and kissed her forehead, "Okay, I'll put the water in."
Not long after Qiao Yanli entered the bathroom, Xia Yanxi also staggered over.
Leaning against the door of the bathroom, looking at the man who had taken off his suit jacket and was wearing only a white shirt with his sleeves rolled up to his elbows and testing the water temperature in the bathtub, Xia Yanxi's empty heart felt a hint of warmth.
Qiao Yanli put the water away and saw Xia Yanxi at the door, so he pulled her in and said, "Take off your clothes."
Xia Yanxi was stunned and looked at him with her long eyelashes blinking. After drinking, her thinking was a little sluggish. It took her a while to react and said, "You...should go out first?"
Qiao Yanli stared at her with a faint look on his face, without any trace of affection, "I don't worry about you taking a bath like this. You may drown in the bathtub later."
Xia Yanxi, "..." Husband, are you sure you don't want to take advantage of this