Cao Xue was somewhat surprised; she hadn't expected He Lingchuan to agree.
She took out a toy from her pocket and looked at the two children: "How about Auntie goes inside and plays with you?"
Bei Chen and Nan Chen exchanged a glance and nodded together.
Within ten minutes, Cao Xue had completely gained the trust of the two children.
He Lingchuan stood at the kitchen doorway, watching Nan Chen and Cao Xue having so much fun, and his heart softened.
He never expected that the two children would like Cao Xue so much. Logically speaking, Cao Xue is so young, she should dislike children!
While the two children were playing by themselves, He Lingchuan walked over to Cao Xue and asked her softly, "You really like children?"
Cao Xue leaned against the wall and sighed, "I love it. My biggest dream when I was a child was to start my own family and have two children with the person I love. It's a pity..."
Cao Xue's eyes were full of loneliness. She suddenly turned her head, stared at He Lingchuan's face, and said abruptly, "Brother Lingchuan, I really envy you."
"Envious of me?"
He Lingchuan pointed to himself, looking puzzled: "What do I have to do with that you should envy?"
On the contrary, Cao Xue, with her good family background and excellent academic qualifications, is what He Lingchuan envies the most.
Cao Xue looked at him and shook her head: "You don't understand. I envy your family and your children because I will never have my own children in this lifetime."
Cao Xue's voice trembled with sadness as she spoke, and He Lingchuan raised an eyebrow: "How could that be?"
He Lingchuan's words came to an abrupt halt, his gaze falling on Cao Xue's chest: "Is it because your heart won't allow it?"
"Um."
Cao Xue nodded somewhat forlornly: "That's why I really like seeing such well-behaved children as Nan Chen and Bei Chen."
Cao Xue turned her head and murmured to herself, "If only I weren't so young, then you could be with me, right?"
He Lingchuan almost choked while drinking water; he didn't know why Cao Xue would have such a thought.
However, he did not directly refute Cao Xue, but instead smiled vaguely.
A silence fell between them. He Lingchuan knew that the topic of children was very heavy for Cao Xue.
He smiled and said softly, "You will meet someone who loves you and will accept everything about you. It doesn't matter if you don't have children. Look at me, if I didn't have children, I wouldn't be so worried now."
That's true. If He Lingchuan didn't have children, he wouldn't have been controlled by Shen Yanxi.
Cao Xue looked at He Lingchuan very seriously, her eyes filled with a glimmer of hope: "If we didn't have a child, would you be willing to be with me?"
Cao Xue persisted in asking this question, leaving He Lingchuan somewhat at a loss.
He cleverly changed the subject: "Actually, having children isn't all that great. If I didn't have children, I might already be studying abroad."
He Lingchuan planned to study abroad right after getting married, but Shen Yanxi suddenly became pregnant. He thought that his first child should stay with Shen Yanxi, but he never expected that it would stay for so many years.
Cao Xue was clever and understood He Lingchuan's implied meaning. He didn't press her for answers but instead chatted casually with the people around him.
After the two children got tired of playing, He Lingchuan took them back to their room to sleep.
Afraid of waking them, Cao Xue sat obediently on the sofa waiting for He Lingchuan.
Hearing the doorbell ring, Cao Xue went to open the door without thinking, only to be met by Shen Yanxi, who was carrying large and small bags.
"Sister Xixi."
"Why is it you?"
Cao Xue and Shen Yanxi spoke in unison, one expressing shock and the other fear.
Shen Yanxi put her things on the table as if she were in her own home: "He Lingchuan, didn't you promise me you wouldn't see her?"
Standing in front of Cao Xue, He Lingchuan did not directly answer Shen Yanxi's question: "Why did you come back?"
His attitude angered Shen Yanxi, who stepped forward and grabbed his collar: "You don't want me to come back? Do you think I'm in your way?"
Shen Yanxi started to act unreasonably: "I knew you had no good intentions all along. It's a good thing I came back, otherwise you would have really been living a good life."
He Lingchuan frowned, his eyes somewhat disoriented. He felt as if he was recognizing Shen Yanxi less and less. Although the Shen Yanxi of the past was unreasonable and arrogant, she had never been as harsh as she was now.
"Think what you want."
Despite Shen Yanxi's hysteria, He Lingchuan still showed no intention of explaining.
In Shen Yanxi's eyes, he was just a man who only knew how to cheat.
Shen Yanxi had already formed a preconceived notion, so no matter how much He Lingchuan explained, it would be meaningless.
"Is this your attitude?"
Shen Yanxi grabbed He Lingchuan's shoulders and questioned her, refusing to let him leave no matter what she said.
"What kind of attitude do you want me to have? To coax you and go along with you? That was me in the past. What reason do I have to treat you like that now?"
He Lingchuan spread his hands, looking puzzled and confused: "Shen Yanxi, we ended things a long time ago. Please don't pretend to be my woman, and don't try to control me. You have no right to do so."
Seeing Shen Yanxi's eyes slowly redden, He Lingchuan ultimately couldn't bear to continue speaking, but he also didn't intend to let Cao Xue leave.
He noticed that the children really liked Cao Xue, and if Cao Xue staying here could make the children happier, he hoped that Cao Xue could stay here a little longer.
On the contrary, Cao Xue felt embarrassed when she heard the two of them arguing.
"Brother Lingchuan, if there's nothing else, I'll head back now."
She glanced at Beichen and Nanchen, who were waiting for her at the kitchen door. Although she was reluctant, she had no choice but to leave.
He Lingchuan looked in the direction Cao Xue was looking, and saw that the two children were reluctant to part, clearly not having had enough fun with Cao Xue.
He Lingchuan didn't try to stop her, but politely asked Cao Xue, "If you want to leave, I'll take you home now."
Cao Xue subconsciously looked at Shen Yanxi, whose hands were clenched into fists and hanging at her sides, standing there blankly.
Cao Xue knew that staying would only cause trouble, so she chose to leave.
The two walked to the door one after the other. He Lingchuan seemed to suddenly remember something and instructed Shen Yanxi: "Don't take them to see strangers. When I come back, you can go to the hospital to visit Zhou Mingyan."
Upon hearing Zhou Mingyan's name, Shen Yanxi pouted in annoyance: "Why are you going to the hospital so late?"
She looked at He Lingchuan and said, "I'm not going out, and you're not allowed to go out either."
For a moment, the air seemed to freeze. He Lingchuan opened his mouth slightly and pointed at Cao Xue: "Then you take her there."
"How could I possibly be someone else's free driver?"
The crucial point is that Cao Xue was also her rival in love.
"Then what do you want?"
He Lingchuan realized that Cao Xue was deliberately making things difficult for him.
"Let Cao Wei come."
Shen Yanxi pointed at Cao Xue, her face showing displeasure: "I'll call her right now."
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