Chapter 196 Enjoy Love
In the elevator, Qu Jianhang asked her, "Were you with Pei Muye last night?"
Lin Xiyin blushed, still not used to discussing such issues with her elders.
She lowered her head and hummed in agreement.
Qu Jianhang smiled.
Lin Xiyin quickly explained, "It's not what you think... I was just drunk and slept at his place for one night. Nothing happened."
Qu Jianhang said, "Nothing happened, and then you became his girlfriend."
Lin Xiyin's face flushed: "Really, no..."
"Okay, okay, I believe you." Qu Jianhang said, "Now that we're together, let's enjoy the process of being in love."
Lin Xiyin looked at her: "Mom, aren't you urging me to get married?"
After all, she's single with a child, which doesn't sound good to outsiders.
Because of this, Lin Yiming wouldn't even let her go home, saying it was shameful.
"You can get married whenever you want," Qu Jianhang said. "It's okay if you don't get married, it's not like Mom can't afford to support us."
"But people will gossip..."
The elevator has arrived.
Qu Jianhang took her hand and led her outside.
She said, "Ruanruan, your mother wasn't by your side when you were little, and there are many things I didn't teach you. But you are very good, kind, upright, brave, and affectionate."
Lin Xiyin felt a little embarrassed by the praise: "I'm not that good."
"Yes," Qu Jianhang said. "Of course you're that good. I haven't described you enough. You've only just come to my side at this age, and there are some things I want to tell you."
Lin Xiyin looked at her.
Qu Jianhang said, "Don't care too much about what others think or say. If you live in the shadow of what others say, you'll be miserable. People who are better than you don't have time to gossip. Those who spread rumors and stir up trouble behind your back are mostly inferior to you. So, do you understand?"
Lin Xiyin smiled and nodded: "Mom, I understand."
“If Mom were poor and destitute, it would be difficult for her to let you live according to your own wishes. But Mom has the ability now. So, Ruanruan, whatever path you choose to take in life, Mom will support you.”
"Thank you, Mom!"
Even Aunt Zhao could tell that Lin Xiyin was in a good mood.
She even hummed a song while eating.
Lin Youxing asked, "Why is Mommy so happy?"
Lin Xiyin was a little embarrassed.
Qu Jianhang said, "Because my mother is in a relationship."
Lin Youxing was taken aback; "Mommy's in love?"
He knew that dating meant having a boyfriend.
One of the kids in their class already has a boyfriend!
They even said they'd get married someday!
Lin Youxing asked, "Mom, will you marry him in the future?"
After telling her mother about her relationship, Lin Xiyin faced her son's questions.
However, she's not as shy now.
She said, "Mommy hasn't thought about that yet."
Lin Youxing asked, "Then what about Dad?"
Mommy's in love, isn't Daddy pitiful?
Lin Xiyin couldn't help but laugh.
Qu Jianhang stroked Lin Youxing's soft, smooth hair and said, "The one who's dating your mommy is your dad."
The little guy was overjoyed.
Qu Jianhang said, "Go on your date without worry, do whatever you want, leave Youyou to me. When I'm not busy, I also take him back to the old house to see the elders."
"Thank you, Mom," Lin Xiyin said. "However, I can't let this interfere with your dating life."
Qu Jianhang said, "That's different. Yan Chengyu is busy all day long; he doesn't have that much time. Unlike Pei Muyi, whose business is ultimately his own, Yan Chengyu is not in control of his own destiny."
Lin Xiyin said, "Then we should cherish Uncle Yan's free time even more."
Qu Jianhang smiled and said, "I know, you don't need to worry about me, just be happy."
Lin Xiyin wanted to say something more.
Qu Jianhang said, "Don't think too much about it. I didn't have that much time to date Yan Chengyu either. Sometimes we wouldn't see each other for a whole month."
"A month?" Lin Xiyin couldn't help but ask curiously, "Mom, it's been so long, don't you miss each other?"
Lin Xiyin is now able to discuss some more private topics with her mother.
In the past, she would never have imagined that she would talk about dating with her elders.
"I'd like to," Qu Jianhang said. "But it's alright. Maybe it's because I'm getting older, and I value things differently from you young people. He has a job, and so do I. Dating is just a part of life, not the whole thing."
Lin Xiyin understood.
Qu Jianhang added, "No matter when, no matter how much you like someone, you must leave yourself enough personal space. You must first have yourself before others will respect you, like you, and remember you for a long time."
Lin Xiyin nodded, having benefited greatly.
When it was time for her to go to work, Pei Muye came to pick her up.
Pei Muye did nothing else in the car, just held her hand the whole way.
He held the steering wheel with one hand, remaining calm and composed.
When they arrived at the school, just as Lin Xiyin was about to get out of the car, he leaned over and helped her unbuckle her seatbelt.
The two were standing quite close together.
Lin Xiyin pressed her body tightly against the seat.
"Teacher Lin, remember to think about a question this morning."
Lin Xiyin asked curiously, "What's the problem?"
"How many days should you date before you can kiss?"
Lin Xiyin pushed him away: "I'm getting off the bus."
Pei Muye smiled and pulled her back: "I'll wait for your news."
Lin Xiyin was busy until after 10 o'clock before she had time to drink some water.
She called Xiao Ruoyi.
She definitely had to tell Xiao Ruoyi about her relationship with Pei Muyi.
"You agreed to his request?" Xiao Ruoyi wasn't too surprised. "If you ask me, you should torment him a bit more. You're just too soft-hearted."
Lin Xiyin smiled and said, "I've already said it, it wasn't all his fault in the past."
“I know, otherwise how could he have caught up with you so easily?” Xiao Ruoyi said, “I’m the first to disagree.”
Lin Xiyin asked, "How was your day?"
"fine."
No matter when she asked, Xiao Ruoyi always said it was fine.
Xiao Ruoyi asked her, "What are your plans? When will you remarry?"
To everyone else, it seemed that once she and Pei Muye reconciled, they would immediately remarry.
But Lin Xiyin didn't want to.
She said, "I don't have that idea for now."
Xiao Ruoyi asked, "So what do you think?"
"I want to... date first." Lin Xiyin had nothing to hide from her best friend: "I'm envious of you dating."
Xiao Ruoyi knows her best.
She never dated during the best years of her life. Later, she married Pei Muye, then divorced, and has remained single ever since.
She has never experienced the sweetness and beauty of many things in love.
Xiao Ruoyi said, "Then go talk to them. Go on dates, have meals, watch movies—do all the things young couples do."
“Okay,” Lin Xiyin said. “That’s what I think too.”
"I'm so happy for you," Xiao Ruoyi said. "But, I have something to tell you."
"you say."
"If you don't plan to remarry or have children, be sure to take precautions so you don't end up like me with an unplanned pregnancy."
"No..." Lin Xiyin had developed a thicker skin, and she said, "I won't be that close to him for the time being."
"Great!" Xiao Ruoyi almost wanted to applaud her: "Let's do it this way, keep him hanging on, make him suffer to death!"
Lin Xiyin laughed uncontrollably: "That's not what I meant."
"However, on another note, that bastard Pei Muye has a better physique than Huo Xianyang. It's your loss if you don't sleep with him."
Lin Xiyin's face flushed again: "What are you saying? I'm ignoring you."
“I’m telling the truth,” Xiao Ruoyi said. “Besides, men only think with their lower bodies. I have a friend who dated her boyfriend for seven years, and he cheated on her two months before their wedding. It was because she insisted on not having premarital sex, and her boyfriend couldn’t stand it.”
"Seven years?" Lin Xiyin exclaimed, "You endured seven years, and you can't even endure the last two months?"
“He’s been cheating on me for over a year,” Xiao Ruoyi said. “After my friend found out, he knelt down and begged me to come back, saying he still loved my friend and that he was just playing around with that woman. You see, men are always like this.”
Lin Xiyin said, "Not everyone is like that. Attorney Huo is an exception."
Xiao Ruoyi glanced at Huo Xianyang beside her and said, "When he was abroad, who knows if he had a fling with a blonde beauty. After all, I didn't put a chastity belt on him, so who knows what he did?"
Huo Xianyang was processing documents nearby, but he was also keeping an eye on Xiao Ruoyi's movements.
Hearing her say that, he couldn't help but frown and look over.
Xiao Ruoyi continued, "Of course, it's not only men who cheat. But compared to women, men are even less able to control their lower bodies."
After chatting with Xiao Ruoyi for a while and hanging up the phone, Lin Xiyin was still thinking about Xiao Ruoyi's friend, with whom she had a seven-year relationship that ended due to infidelity.
Seven years.
After seven years together, even if the romantic love is gone, shouldn't there be some familial affection between them?
Seven years is enough time to raise a cat or dog and treat them as family.
How could you bear to cheat?
It seems that not all love stories have happy endings.
Lin Xiyin was certainly aware of this.
She's not some naive, innocent girl who grew up in an ivory tower.
As for Xiao Ruoyi, after hanging up the phone, she met Huo Xianyang's accusing gaze.
"What's wrong? Did I say something wrong?" Xiao Ruoyi said, "I didn't mean anything by it, I was just telling the truth."
Huo Xianyang said, "If I had other women, I wouldn't be hung up on you."
Xiao Ruoyi said, "Oh, I'm sorry to have wronged you."
"Maybe the God of Love tied me to you with a rope, and I can't leave." Huo Xianyang bent down and kissed her. "I don't want to leave either. Baby, don't say those things that make me angry. People who are angry die young, and you'll be a widow for me then, how painful that would be."
"Why would I be a widow?" Xiao Ruoyi said. "I'll find eight or ten handsome old men to dance square dance around me..."
Before she could finish speaking, she felt nauseous and quickly got up, leaning over the bed and vomiting into the trash can.
While patting her back, Huo Xianyang said, "You should say less. Even God can't stand it anymore."
After vomiting, Xiao Ruoyi felt weak all over. She lay on the bed to calm her palpitations and reached out to touch her lower abdomen.
"Wait till you get out, I'll spank you!"
When it was a little after 5 p.m. when he got off work, Pei Muye came to pick up Lin Xiyin.
Lin Xiyin sat in the passenger seat, glancing at him sideways, but quickly drifted off into thought.
"What are you thinking about?" Pei Muye squeezed her fingers.
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