Chapter 228 Don't you mind?

Huo Xianyang raised an eyebrow: "Whatever you say, it's fine. Anyway, you're the only one who bullies me."

Xiao Ruoyi moved closer and leaned against the cabinet: "What if I always treat you like this?"

"We've been together for so many years, do you think I don't know how you've treated me? Besides, if you do something wrong, you should be punished."

"You know you were wrong?"

"I was wrong," Huo Xianyang said. "I'm the one who hurt you."

Xiao Ruoyi snorted: "I'm not sad. As long as I don't give anything, I won't be sad."

Huo Xianyang said, "That's my fault for being incompetent. All these years, I haven't made you pay any price."

"Yes, it's all your fault."

Huo Xianyang said, "That's why I'm here to atone for my sins. I'll do anything, like serving tea and water."

Xiao Ruoyi concluded: "She really is a masochist."

She was sharp-tongued, and once Huo Xianyang finished making the noodles, she didn't hold back and ate most of the bowl before she couldn't eat anymore.

Huo Xianyang, watching from the side, asked her, "Do you want to eat more?"

I'm full.

Xiao Ruoyi always has big eyes but a small stomach. She always thinks she can eat a whole cow, but she gets full after eating very little.

Huo Xianyang took the bowl and started eating.

Xiao Ruoyi sat on the sofa by herself, too full to lie down.

Huo Xianyang finished eating quickly and came to sit next to her on the sofa: "Want to sleep later?"

"I'm too full."

Huo Xianyang said, "Shall I rub your stomach?"

"No way." Xiao Ruoyi stood up. "I'd better take a walk."

Huo Xianyang also stood up: "It's cold outside, you're not allowed to go out."

"I'll just walk around inside."

Xiao Ruoyi strolled back and forth, with Huo Xianyang following beside her.

“Yiyi, you can be angry with me, and you can punish me, but don’t be unhappy,” Huo Xianyang said. “Didn’t you always say before that getting angry is punishing yourself for someone else’s mistakes?”

“You’re right,” Xiao Ruoyi said. “That’s why I’m not angry anymore.”

“That’s right,” Huo Xianyang said. “I’ll do anything you ask.”

Xiao Ruoyi looked at him: "Do you think that now that I'm pregnant with your child, no matter what, we can't be separated?"

"I didn't mean it that way," Huo Xianyang quickly explained. "I'm so grateful that you gave birth to my child..."

"It's not like I gave birth to this child for you," Xiao Ruoyi snorted. "I wanted this child myself."

Huo Xianyang said, "You couldn't have given birth without me."

"Then I won't look for someone else?" Xiao Ruoyi said, "There are so many excellent men, you're not the only one..."

Huo Xianyang couldn't help but hug her, but the two of them couldn't be as close as before.

Because Xiao Ruoyi is now heavily pregnant, she has separated the two of them.

"Some things can be said, and some things cannot be said." Huo Xianyang sighed, "Yiyi, it's better not to say things like that."

Xiao Ruoyi said, "Didn't you say you'd be willing to be a beast of burden? You're already unhappy after just a few words?"

"You can say whatever you want, but you can't cheat on me."

"You've already put them on me..."

"So I'm sorry," Huo Xianyang said. "You're sad, and I'm sad too. So, let's not do things like that again. I'm sorry, even if I thought about giving up on you for a second, it was my fault. Because I soon knew the answer, and I couldn't give you up. Yiyi, you are more important than my life."

Xiao Ruoyi turned her face away, her eyes reddening.

"I did that once, and I regretted it terribly. I've completely forgotten about that girl. Yiyi, I'll say it again: you can punish me however you want, as long as we're okay together..."

“Then I’ll have to take it slow,” Xiao Ruoyi said. “No matter what, I’ll do whatever I feel like, and you’re not allowed to resist.”

Huo Xianyang looked at her pitifully: "When have I ever resisted?"

Xiao Ruoyi pushed him away: "Get out of my way, you're blocking my way."

Huo Xianyang had no choice but to take her hand and walk around the room with her.

The next morning, Pei Muyi took a plane and left the country.

Lin Xiyin was worried, so when she arrived at school, she called Xiao Ruoyi to find out how the two of them were doing.

Huo Xianyang answered the phone.

He said, "I got hungry in the middle of the night last night, so I got up and ate a bowl of noodles. I couldn't fall asleep for a long time afterward, and I just slept for an hour now."

"So... are you all alright now?"

"Don't worry," Huo Xianyang said with a smile, "at least we weren't kicked out again."

"She's pregnant now, so she might be a little emotional. Please be understanding."

"I know," Huo Xianyang said. "Don't worry, I'll take good care of her."

"Call me anytime if you need anything."

"good."

The two didn't talk for long before hanging up the phone.

In the afternoon, Lin Xiyin received a message on her phone. She opened it casually and was stunned after reading it.

Several photos were sent from an unknown number; they were all intimate photos of Pei Muye and a woman.

Because of the pose in the photo, you can't see the woman's face, you can only see that she has long hair.

There were hugs, kisses, and people going into the hotel together.

I called Muye an hour ago, saying I had just gotten off the plane, because she said she was going on a business trip.

But what's with the photos...?

Lin Xiyin suddenly felt a blank in her mind, her thoughts were a mess, as if she had everything, yet also as if she had nothing at all.

When Pei Muyi called after getting off the plane, he said he would be very busy and would contact her later.

It wasn't until after 11 p.m. that Lin Xiyin received another message from Pei Muye.

He told Lin Xiyin to go to bed early, saying he had a meeting and wouldn't make any more phone calls.

Lin Xiyin stared at her phone, her eyes stinging.

After a while, as if torturing herself, she opened the photos that the stranger had sent her earlier and looked at them again.

Pei Muye... he wouldn't be that kind of person.

But the photo was right in front of me.

Lin Xiyin closed her eyes, her eyelashes trembling uncontrollably.

Her heart was trembling, mixed with a subtle pain that made her whole body shake.

She slowly curled up and buried herself in the blankets.

She didn't sleep all night. When the alarm clock woke her up, she opened her eyes and felt dry and sore.

When I went to the restroom, my eyes were red and swollen, with dark circles. I couldn't possibly go out in public looking like that.

She could only cover it up with foundation and put on light makeup.

When she went out, Qu Jianhang praised her, "You're wearing makeup? You look beautiful."

Lin Xiyin usually only does basic skincare and rarely wears makeup.

"Thank you." She smiled. "Mom, I need to go to school early today, so I won't eat. I'll have to trouble you with Yoyo."

"Then I'll have Auntie bring you some food," Qu Jianhang instructed the auntie, and then said to her, "Your Uncle Yan and I discussed it, and we're thinking of setting the wedding date for May Day. What do you think?"

"Really? That's great!"

Lin Xiyin was genuinely happy for her.

After Lin Xiyin took breakfast and left, Qu Jianhang checked the time and, seeing that it was still early, called Yan Chengyu.

"If Ruanruan has no objections, then let's hold the wedding on May Day."

"Okay." Yan Chengyu breathed a sigh of relief: "Then I'll have someone prepare it right now."

"You're so busy, I'll have someone do these things. Besides, given your status, our wedding has to be kept simple."

"Hanghang, I'm sorry you had to go through this."

"Why bring this up?" Qu Jianhang said, "But I have something else to discuss with you."

"you say."

"After we get married, can we still live together only occasionally, like we do now? I can't bear to be separated from Ruanruan and Youyou."

Yan Chengyu said, "Right now, sometimes we might not even live together for a single day for ten days or half a month. I don't want to live like that after we get married."

"But……"

Yan Chengyu said, "Didn't Ruan Ruan and Pei Muye say when they're getting married? If they do, you'll have to separate from Ruan Ruan."

Qu Jianhang said, "I've thought about it. After they get married, I will ask Ruan Ruan for her opinion and live with them, as long as they don't mind me."

"What about me?" Yan Chengyu asked pitifully, "Aren't you going to take care of me?"

Qu Jianhang said, "I can't help it. We're remarried, so our relationship with our children is a bit awkward, and we can't live together..."

“Why not?” Yan Chengyu said. “If Ruan Ruan isn’t married, it might be inconvenient, but if she marries Pei Muye, can’t we live together?”

Qu Jianhang asked in surprise, "You actually have such an idea? You're not opposed to it?"

Speaking of Yan Chengyu, he has a strong sense of personal territory. He is too busy with work to take care of himself, so he eats almost all his meals at the company cafeteria.

Later, when he got together with Qu Jianhang, Qu Jianhang mentioned that he wanted to find him a chef or a housekeeper, but Yan Chengyu was very resistant.

He doesn't like outsiders coming into his house.

When he was with Qu Jianhang, he did almost everything himself.

Even if he is very busy and tired from work, he doesn't want a complete stranger to come to his home to help.

Even his son, since he got married, he doesn't see him very often throughout the year, and when the family eats together, it's mostly at restaurants.

Qu Jianhang thought to himself, how could someone who didn't even want to live with his own son possibly agree to live with Pei Muyi and Lin Xiyin?

So she was very surprised when Yan Chengyu said that.

Yan Chengyu said, "As long as I'm with you, that's enough. I don't want to be separated from you again. From now on, as long as we're not busy and have time, we'll be together."

Qu Jianhang smiled and said, "It won't be long before you get tired of it and bored with it. Then you'll see..."

"No." Yan Chengyu looked at her. "We've wasted so much time before, and now that we're married, I don't want to waste any more. I want to see you every day when I come home, Hanghang. Home is where you are."

To say I felt nothing would be a lie.

Qu Jianhang nodded and said, "Then I'll ask Ruanruan and the others for their opinions. I'm already worried they'll dislike me if I live alone. If we both live with them, wouldn't they dislike us even more?"

Yan Chengyu said, "I promise I won't disturb their lives. I can cook and do housework..."

Qu Jianhang laughed uncontrollably: "How could I let you do these things? We have a housekeeper, a nanny, and a cook at home... Speaking of which, if we were to really live together, our whole family would probably have to live in a villa. There would be more people in a villa. Are you really not worried about that?"