He held Yueyue’s hand and placed it on his face, patiently saying, "See, I am right here in front of you, aren’t I?"
His voice was too gentle, patient to the extre, only indulgent.
Yueyue blinked, her eyes brimming with sourness; she held it back, softly saying, "Yes, you are right here in front of ."
After saying this, she closed her eyes and hugged Shen Jinci’s waist.
Outside, the snow was falling intensely, flakes clinging onto the window, refusing to fall down.
Yueyue, with her eyes closed, listened to Shen Jinci’s heartbeat.
After a while, she said, "When we go back, can we bring all the little flowers with us?"
The little flowers she ntioned were the daisies Shen Jinci had transferred from back ho.
Those flowers weren’t anything expensive or rare, just the ordinary ones easily found by the roadside, but Yueyue loved them very much.
"We can," Shen Jinci replied, "We’ll move everything when it’s ti."
Yueyue’s mood gradually stabilized, her smile unwittingly deepening, with a similar joyful emotion spreading across her eyes and brows. She said, "Then tomorrow, I don’t want to eat Buddha Jumps Wall."
"Why not again?" Shen Jinci, stroking her hair, looked endearing, "I’ve already checked the recipe, it’s not difficult."
"Let’s just eat sothing simple; I want you to hold ," Yueyue said.
As she spoke, there was a slight nasal sound in her voice, which Shen Jinci heard very clearly, making his heart squeeze a bit.
He held Yueyue tighter and repeatedly whispered ’sorry’ very softly in her ear.
Yueyue asked him why he was apologizing.
Shen Jinci said it was because he had been too careless and had allowed her to suffer.
On that silent, long night, the harshness of the wind and snow was blocked outside, and all Yueyue could hear were Shen Jinci’s hoarse sighs as he said, "Yueyue, nothing scares more than seeing you suffer."
Li Sihe barely slept all night; he got a bit of a fever at midnight, took a pill, but it didn’t work.
Bai Xu stood by his bed, looking at his flushed face, and said, "I will call our family doctor over."
"There is no need," Li Sihe said, "It will be better by tomorrow."
"Your body hasn’t fully recovered; you shouldn’t exert yourself," Bai Xu frowned, his voice becoming heavier, "By not taking care of your body, you’re going to make all your efforts be in vain."
"I’m fine," Li Sihe paused, looking at Bai Xu, his tone sowhat indifferent, "When the ti cos, go back to the country with Shen Jinci and the others; I don’t need you here."
"Mr. Li..." Bai Xu’s face changed slightly; he paused, bit down on his teeth, his voice resolute, "I want to stay."
"Bai Xu, I have nothing left now; following , you won’t have a good future. Moreover, I am no longer focused on my career," Li Sihe said indifferently, "If you don’t want to waste your life in diocrity, you shouldn’t waste your ti with ."
"How do you know that I definitely want career achievents? Mr. Li, I have already tasted what it’s like to stand on high ground, and indeed it’s good, but it’s not worth plotting for an entire lifeti. I hope to stay by your side and take care of you, no matter what you want to do in the future, I will support you," Bai Xu frowned as he looked at Li Sihe, his words earnest, "Please keep ."
Li Sihe couldn’t help but scoff, "Blind loyalty is aningless."
"It’s not blind loyalty," Bai Xu paused, then continued, "I was picked up by the Li Family; I have no family and don’t know my own past. For , you are my family, the only family I have left in this world."
Li Shiheng’s face gradually lost its sarcastic expression, and he looked emotionlessly at Bai Xu before finally closing his eyes in compromise.
"Get a cup of hot water."
Bai Xu’s eyes lit up, "Wait for , I’ll go right away!"
At the sa ti in Xiangjiang, dawn was just breaking.
Wen Jiao sat on the deck of a ferry at Victoria Harbor, watching the dawn light spill onto her ticulously made-up face, a natural filter.
Wen Jiao took out her phone and snapped a few photos from different angles.
Pan Ni and Bai Wending were the earliest to arrive, spotting Wen Jiao from afar, they walked up to her smiling and said, "Miss Wen, you look beautiful today!"
Wen Jiao and Shen Zhaoli’s wedding banquet was said to be grand, yet Shen Jinci and Bian Yue were both overseas with urgent matters and did not attend.
This made the Shen Family’s stance quite intriguing.
Pan Ni and Bai Wending both had their own calculations, hoping to find so fresh gossip from Wen Jiao.
Wen Jiao gracefully stood up, smiling, "Long ti no see. I’ve been busy getting married recently and haven’t had much ti to socialize."
"Ah! What does it matter! Marriage is more important after all! My parents ca back from your wedding and said that Young Master Shen treats you really well, he’s even moved in with you!" Pan Ni said with a laugh: "Our Wen Jiao is indeed fortunate!"
Wen Jiao smiled without replying – these polite phrases, not only are they hardly believable to the listener, but the speaker also lacks sincerity, it’s all just superficial.
Bai Wending’s beautiful eyes shifted as she picked up where Pan Ni left off, "Right, why haven’t we seen Bian Yue? Isn’t she back yet?"
"Not yet," Wen Jiao said. "Bian Yue is on her honeymoon abroad."
"Wen Jiao, aren’t you close friends with Bian Yue? It’s your big wedding, and Bian Yue didn’t co back?" Bai Wending teased lightly, "Seems like the honeymoon must be really spectacular, I wonder which country it’s in."
Wen Jiao smiled, "A private island; you probably couldn’t go there."
As they were talking, more wealthy young ladies arrived.
Wen Jiao used the excuse that it was about ti to be the first to sit down.
Being the protagonist of this banquet, once she sat down, it wasn’t appropriate for Pan Ni and Bai Wending to keep probing.
The last to arrive was Zhuang Jie Ning, who sat down next to Wen Jiao.
Wen Jiao saw her, pressed her lips together, and her expression grew colder.
Without speaking, Wen Jiao picked up so red wine and took a big sip.
"Miss Zhuang, have your injuries healed?" Seeing Wen Jiao’s unpleasant expression, Pan Ni initiated the conversation, earnestly saying, "It’s been a long ti since we’ve seen Miss Zhuang."
It was more than just a long absence. After Li Shiheng passed away, Zhuang Jie Ning’s na seed to have evaporated.
"Miss Zhuang, you should mourn properly – the dead cannot be brought back to life, and you need to take care of yourself. I heard you couldn’t even save your child..." Bai Wending said sympathetically, "Take it easy. Given the current state of the Li Family, it’s perhaps better that you lost the child."
Being the once glamorous Miss Zhuang who now faced such a plight, there were nurous who wanted to kick her while she was down.
Having prepared herself before coming, Zhuang Jie Ning simply smiled and said, "I’ve co to terms with it, thanks for your concern."
"What’s there for Miss Zhuang to be upset about?" Wen Jiao chuckled lightly, her gaze impatient: "Even for an invitation-only banquet, Miss Zhuang ca uninvited, didn’t she?"
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