Chapter 19. Bai Xiao: What to do if you accidentally fall in love with your wife?
After crying for a long time, Song Huaicai realized how embarrassing he was.
He broke free from Bai Xiao, pulled out a tissue, and wiped away his tears again.
Looking at Bai Xiao so close to him, Song Huai acted impulsively and blurted out his innermost question: "Bai Xiao, why do you hate me so much?"
Bai Xiao was incredulous when he heard this. How could he possibly hate Song Huai? What was this guy thinking all day long? Why would he have such a misunderstanding?
Seeing Song Huai looking at her tremblingly with innocent eyes, Bai Xiao's heart softened instantly.
Bai Xiao said helplessly, "I don't hate you."
Song Huai sobbed, "Really...really?"
"Really, if I hate you, I'll... I'll be struck by lightning!" Bai Xiao said, raising her right hand in a vow gesture.
Song Huai burst into laughter after his tears.
"Okay, stop crying..." Bai Xiao's tone was like coaxing a child. "Have you eaten dinner yet? Let's eat dinner together, and then you can go back to sleep, okay?"
Bai Xiao asked Song Huai to sit on the sofa first, while she went to reheat the food that Song Huai had made.
Song Huai ate at a snail's pace, which Bai Xiao couldn't bear to watch any longer. He put several pieces of meat on Song Huai's plate and said, "Eat more. Look how thin you've become."
Perhaps it was because the meat Bai Xiao served was exceptionally delicious, but Song Huai's appetite increased, and he ate half a bowl more rice than usual.
After watching Song Huai return to his room, Bai Xiao finally felt relieved after a whole night of worry.
However, he always felt that something was wrong somewhere deep inside him.
Bai Xiao racked his brains for a long time, but still couldn't figure out why. He returned to his room and turned on his computer to check his emails as usual.
He glanced at the date in the lower left corner of the computer screen and instantly froze.
Today is October 28th.
It was the ninth anniversary of his relationship with Song Boyu.
Bai Xiao closed her eyes in pain, her brows furrowed.
It seems that since he married Song Huai, he has rarely thought about Song Boyu.
He and Song Boyu were in love for five years. During those five years, they stayed by each other's side and became each other's lovers and family. Unfortunately, such a sunny and lovely young man died in a car accident.
For the past few years, Bai Xiao has refused to believe this fact. In his dreams, he always vaguely believes that Bo Yu is still by his side. However, whenever he wakes up from his dream and looks at the empty space beside him, he realizes that the boy who always loved to make him happy is no longer alive.
During those years, he suffered from tension headaches, but the doctor said that his headaches were purely caused by psychological factors, and that only psychological medicine could cure mental illness.
Surprisingly, after he married Song Huai, his headaches never returned.
But why would this person be Song Huai?
This person can be anyone, but it absolutely cannot be Song Boyu's biological brother.
For a moment, a feeling of unease welled up in Bai Xiao's chest, and his agitation reached its peak.
"Crash!" Bai Xiao grabbed a piece of porcelain from the shelf and smashed it to the ground.
Antique white porcelain from some unknown dynasty shattered on the ground, making a crisp sound.
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After that day, for some reason, Bai Xiao never appeared in front of Song Huai again—before, the two could at least meet every morning and evening, but now Bai Xiao didn't even go home.
Although Bai Xiao still sends people to deliver medicinal meals to Song Huai every day, it's as if he has completely disappeared from Song Huai's life. He doesn't even reply to WeChat messages sent to him by Song Huai.
Every day, Song Huai faced his empty home, feeling a mix of disappointment and relief.
These days, Bai Xiao has been too good to him, so good that he is very flustered. He is afraid that one day he will lose control of himself and reveal all the love that is overflowing in his heart to Bai Xiao.
By then, it will truly be too late to undo the damage.
Although he didn't know why Bai Xiao was avoiding him—Bai Xiao would always come home even if she worked late before—he was genuinely relieved. While enjoying every moment with Bai Xiao, he was also constantly walking on thin ice. He was both happy and afraid, and these two conflicting emotions almost exhausted him.
Song Huai sighed silently. Oh well, he was going to be separated from Bai Xiao sooner or later anyway, so there was nothing wrong with getting used to this kind of life in advance.
Since that night, Bai Xiao has been at a loss as to how to deal with his feelings for Song Huai. He dares not confess his love to Song Huai, nor does he want to keep these feelings trapped in his heart. Caught between two options, Bai Xiao chooses to run away.
Every day after get off work, Bai Xiao, feeling upset, still chooses to go to a bar to drink.
After drinking, fearing that he would hurt Song Huai again if he went home, he simply asked Ji Xia to take him back to his apartment.
Ji Xia was also very puzzled by her boss coming to the bar to drown his sorrows every day after get off work. Bai Xiao was a workaholic who rarely did anything that wasted time. She didn't know what had gotten into him lately, as he had been coming to the bar to drink alone for several days in a row.
That day, as usual, he helped Bai Xiao back to the apartment. After helping Bai Xiao to the sofa, he should have left, but looking at Bai Xiao's increasingly handsome and refined features under the light, his rationality gradually disappeared, and he couldn't help but lean forward...
Just then, Bai Xiao tilted her head slightly and murmured, "Song Huai..."
Ji Xia was suddenly shocked, his heart filled with turmoil: How could this be? When did Bai Xiao care about Song Huai to such an extent! He had always thought that Bai Xiao's feelings for Song Huai were just a passing fancy, and that Bai Xiao would divorce Song Huai after Bai Jingzhong's death. Since Song Boyu's death, Bai Xiao had been very averse to intimate relationships with him. Over the years, many wealthy young ladies had pursued Bai Xiao, but after being repeatedly met with Bai Xiao's coldness, they all left, having found it pointless.
Bai Xiao muttered Song Huai's name several times, and finally fell asleep with a furrowed brow.
Ji Xia always believed that only she, as Bai Xiao's personal assistant who was selected from thousands of candidates, could stay by Bai Xiao's side forever.
He knew perfectly well that the chances of Bai Xiao falling in love with him were extremely slim. Rather than gambling on that tiny possibility, he decided to settle for second best and become Bai Xiao's capable assistant, silently accompanying her by her side.
But now, due to unforeseen circumstances, Bai Xiao has actually... fallen in love with Song Huai.
Ji Xia carefully covered Bai Xiao with a blanket, then turned and left.
After turning around, Ji Xia's eyes suddenly turned sinister.
In the darkness, he gave a cold laugh and muttered silently, "Song Huai..."
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