I want her

I'm not in the mood to eat.

Shen Yi put down her chopsticks and went to the balcony to get some fresh air.

Yan Xu's already heavy mood became even more vexed.

Why is it that matters of the heart are so complicated and difficult?

The two remained locked in a stalemate until Yan Xu opened the door to leave. Shen Yi stopped her, lowering his eyes, and said, "Take me with you. I didn't eat enough."

Yan Xu didn't want to agree, but her body moved on its own and she said, "Mmm."

After saying that, the two of them were stunned for a few seconds.

Her body made the decision before her brain did, and he never expected her to agree so unexpectedly.

Xiao Jingxing found a barbecue restaurant on the map, which was also very close to Zhenyunxuan.

He gave some vegetables to the boss to grill, so that Yan Xu could eat them as soon as he arrived.

But he didn't expect that there were other people among those who arrived.

The three of them looked at each other, sitting quietly without saying a word.

Shen Yi didn't want to embarrass Yan Xu, after all, he had only invited her: "I begged her to bring me here. Aren't you welcome?"

"You're not welcome." Xiao Jingxing said bluntly, "It's none of your business to be here while I'm catching up with Xiao Xu."

With such provocative words, he really wanted to assert his position as the empress and show Xiao Jingxing who was unworthy of being present.

Yan Xu spoke first: "He doesn't eat much at night, let's eat together. I should have told you in advance."

She lost her composure in this matter.

Having said all that, Xiao Jingxing couldn't say anything more.

There wasn't a trace of smoke during the barbecue, and not a single word of small talk was exchanged; everyone quietly focused on eating.

Near the end, Xiao Jingxing pulled Yan Xu aside: "I'll take you home."

Shen Yi grasped his wrist, gesturing for him to let go: "I live with her, you don't need to take me."

"You two live together...you're living together?" Xiao Jingxing didn't believe Shen Yi's words.

Yan Xu is not someone who easily lets others into her life, let alone a man she has only known for a short time.

This is not the kind of behavior that Yan Xu would do.

Yan Xu nodded in agreement: "We live together, and I married him."

She originally thought that the marriage of convenience would end sooner or later, so there was no need to tell too many people about her relationship with Shen Yi. But if she couldn't hide it, she would just be honest about it.

When Shen Yi heard Yan Xu acknowledge their relationship for the first time, his heart warmed, and he felt that his persistence had finally seen the light at the end of the tunnel.

Upon hearing the word "marriage," Xiao Jingxing felt as if a stone had hit him on the head, leaving him dizzy and disoriented: "How could you?"

She grew up in a divorced family, so she hates marriage the most.

Why would you marry someone you've only known for a short time?

More importantly, Yan Xu didn't know Shen Yi's true identity. He was just a bankrupt, poor boss. What did Yan Xu have in common with him?

Xiao Jingxing had countless questions, but they all boiled down to one: "Are you sure it's him?"

In the past, she could have firmly stated that she would get a divorce sooner or later.

But now, after making choices that Yan Xu wouldn't have made before, she's uncertain...

Shen Yi is also waiting for the answer to this question.

He also wanted to know if Yan Xu still held the same thoughts as before.

Yan Xu changed the subject, saying, "Leave tomorrow's problems for tomorrow. You should go back now. You must be tired from driving all the way to Yunzhao County today."

Xiao Jingxing had watched him grow up, so how could he not understand what she meant?

But the more you try to avoid it, the more it reveals the truth.

"Okay, you should get some rest too." Xiao Jingxing looked up at Shen Yi. "Then you take her home for me and protect her."

Shen Yi glared at him: "Nonsense, do you need to tell me?"

He put his arm around Yan Xu's shoulder and started walking towards the residential area, forgetting that Xiao Jingxing was going in the same direction as them.

Yan Xu broke free from his arm and walked forward on her own, with Shen Yi following after her.

The two were playfully bickering. Yan Xu seemed to dislike him, but her body language did not reject Shen Yi's approach.

Xiao Jingxing watched their retreating figures and mocked himself, "I thought I was the only one who could stay by her side, but it turns out I was just overthinking things and taking myself too seriously."

Anyone could take his place.

But he was unwilling to accept it. He clearly had the opportunity to stand by her side. If he hadn't gone abroad and was delayed for a few years, how could things have turned out like this?

The order in which people appear in our lives is very important, so important that for some people, more than ten years is less than two months, or even less, for others.

We arrived at the residential area quickly.

Summer nights in Yunzhao County are cool, the wind is refreshing, and the moon seems so close you could almost touch it.

"Shen Yi, I want to drink." She was upset, inexplicably upset, and couldn't explain why.

I want to drink, to drink myself into a stupor.

Shen Yi put his hands on his hips and pulled a long face like a parent: "With your health, you still drink alcohol. If you want to be scolded by the doctor, just say so. I'll take you to see him."

"...Annoying, I'm not drinking anymore," Yan Xu muttered as she stepped into the elevator.

Inside the elevator, both of them tacitly looked up at the numbers above, which kept increasing.

In the confined space, time suddenly seemed to slow down.

Shen Yi suddenly spoke, her voice gentle: "He just asked you if you were sure it was me, why didn't you answer?"

Because he also wanted to know, really wanted to know.

I thought I could get away with it, but I still couldn't escape it...

Yan Xu lowered his head, his eyes vacant, lost in thought: "I don't know, I haven't thought about it..."

I didn't dare to think about it too much.

She was afraid of betraying the original intention of this marriage, and she was also afraid of falling into a marriage she shouldn't have, and then becoming her second mother.

Fear and terror forced her to walk forward with her eyes and ears covered, taking it one step at a time.

Shen Yi could see that she was in a dilemma, and didn't want to press her: "Never mind, it's not important."

It doesn't matter if she's not sure, because he is.

It's Yan Xu we're going to have.

I want her.