The next day, early morning
At the dinner table, looking at the empty seat next to him, Xiao Shuihan frowned slightly: "Where are you and that Miss Chu, young man?"
Xiao Qianshan's expression was heavy, and he remained silent. Seeing this, Old He explained in a deep voice, "Young Master... Young Master Xiao is ill, and Miss Chu is taking care of him, so she didn't come."
Luo Yilan paused in her stirring motion with the spoon, her gaze subtly shifting to Lao He. The pronunciations of Xiao, Shao, and Xiao were extremely similar, but she could distinguish the tones. Lao He had served the Xiao family for many years and wouldn't make such a mistake as calling someone by the wrong name.
He seemed to be hinting at something to her...
She exchanged a glance with Xiao Shuihan, but ultimately said nothing and continued eating with her head down.
A light drizzle began to fall from the sky.
At lunchtime, Xiao Wujie and Chu Liyue's seats remained empty.
In the afternoon, Xiao Shuihan and Luo Yilan entered Xiao Wujie and Chu Liyue's room.
For no apparent reason, they came over.
On the bed, Xiao Wujie lay with his eyes closed, his face pale, an oxygen tube in his nose, looking extremely haggard.
He coughed up blood last night, and it rained today, which aggravated the pain in his abdominal injury. He didn't get any rest all day. Chu Liyue fed him painkillers and coaxed him for a long time before she finally managed to get him to sleep.
When she saw Xiao Shuihan and Luo Yilan arrive, she frowned slightly. Xiao Wujie had just fallen asleep not long ago and was not sleeping soundly, so she didn't want anyone to disturb him.
But the two people in front of her were his biological parents, and she couldn't kick them out.
Luo Yilan looked at her, a strange look flashing across her noble face.
Chu Liyue was helping Xiao Wujie pack his medicine for each meal, dividing the various pills into small medical bags so they could be carried around easily and he wouldn't have to go through all that trouble every time he needed to take his medicine.
Luo Yilan was amazed by her thoughtfulness and consideration, and even more amazed by the amount of medicine in each small bag.
The medicine bag doesn't look big, but if you were to pour out all the different colored pills inside at once, it would probably fill your palm.
How could this child be so seriously ill at such a young age?
When her gaze fell upon Xiao Wujie's pale, bloodless face, the softest part of her heart seemed to be touched, and an indescribable sadness spread through her.
For a moment, she felt an urge to pull him into her arms.
A subtle atmosphere settled over the room.
Xiao Shuihan and Luo Yilan simply nodded slightly to Chu Liyue without saying a word. They stood quietly by the bed, watching Xiao Wujie, who looked sickly and haggard.
Their gazes followed Xiao Wujie's soft breathing.
In the end, they came in silently and left the room silently, without making a sound the whole time.
Chu Liyue helped Xiao Wujie pack the pills without disturbing him at all.
That evening, neither Xiao Wujie nor Chu Liyue went to dinner, nor did Xiao Shuihan or Luo Yilan.
The sky was dark and the air was damp from the rain.
In another quaint room, Luo Yilan sat silently by the window, her noble and delicate face bathed in soft light, her gaze deep and slightly dazed.
At this moment, Xiao Shuihan wrapped his arms around her waist from behind, rested his forehead on her shoulder, and remained silent.
Luo Yilan reached out and gently stroked his hair, remaining silent as well.
After a moment, Xiao Shuihan suddenly spoke in a low, hoarse voice: "Alan, you feel that way too, don't you?"
Although they had never met before, it felt as if they had known each other for a long time.
Despite having had no prior contact with them, I felt an immense sense of familiarity.
Although we've only known each other for a few days, I'm already moved and heartbroken for him.
He wasn't stupid; this unprecedented feeling caused a series of thoughts to race through his mind uncontrollably.
Luo Yilan's fingertips, which were stroking his hair, paused slightly, and a hint of daze appeared in her calm, deep eyes.
In the upper echelons of Lingnan, she was a legendary woman. Born a woman, she was no less capable than any man, and was known for her cold temperament and decisive methods.
In Lingnan, she is the woman who has stood the highest in recent decades. Some acquaintances would joke that she is an iceberg that will not melt for anyone except Xiao Shuihan.
Her heart was indeed like an iceberg, but it wasn't just Xiao Shuihan who melted it.
Outsiders only know that she and Xiao Shuihan are a perfect couple, deeply in love, but few know that they also had a child together.
The little life that came out of nowhere, even when it was still in her womb, was like the warmest flame, melting her whole heart.
She had been married to Xiao Shuihan for three years at that time. The two of them broke through the barriers of social class and finally came together, which was not easy.
In those days, tolerance towards women was far less than it is now. In most people's minds, women should be good wives and mothers, and cook and serve meals.
She was aloof and unwilling to spend her life confined to her home, much less be told what she was doing and what others thought of her as marrying into a wealthy family.
Xiao Shuihan was extremely famous in the Lingnan area at the time, and she hoped to stand at the same level as him, so she was unwilling to join the Xiao family's management and chose to work hard on her own.
Xiao Shuihan loved her deeply and resolutely stayed by her side, working hard together.
They loved each other deeply and, for the sake of their careers, had decided not to have children. But when this child arrived silently after an accident, their hearts were filled with joy.
This was the fruit of their love, and neither she nor Xiao Shuihan could bear to abort it.
For this reason, she even decided to slow down her career. The workaholic abandoned all her career three months before giving birth and focused on resting at the Xiao family's old house.
At that time, Xiao Shuihan worked overtime every day to finish his work, ignoring all external matters, just to accompany her during her pregnancy.
Every night he would lie on her pregnant belly to listen for sounds. He even got jealous of the little one inside her, asking her if she would only have eyes for the child and not for him in the future.
She, who is usually quiet, always answers seriously, saying that he and the little one in her belly are the most important people in her life, and her love will not be shared with a third person.
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