Chapter 102 Chapter 102 "Have you ever been hungry?" ...
Shen Xingchuan listed several options he had prepared and asked her opinion: "Would you like to eat Japanese food or Huaiyang cuisine tonight?"
Seeing Yao Yingxia's lack of interest, he offered another option: "It's still early, I can cook for myself."
His craftsmanship was inherited from Xu Nianzhen, and Shen Xingchuan was very confident that he could help her fulfill her wish.
Yao Yingxia hesitated for a moment, then, as he expected, said, "Then let's go buy some vegetables."
The driver drove straight to the nearest farmers' market, where Shen Xingchuan and Yao Yingxia got out together. They had been there twice before and were familiar with the area. At the very edge was the seafood section, where Shen Xingchuan bought shrimp and scallops. At the end, he turned right and the second row was the vegetable section.
As dusk approached, most of the leafy greens had wilted after a day of exposure to the wind and sun, looking unappealing. Yao Yingxia stopped only when she passed a stall in the middle section.
The vegetables in front of her could be described as verdant and juicy. One could tell at a glance that they had just been picked. There were even many varieties rarely seen in the north. Yao Yingxia even saw some wild vegetables that were only produced in the area around City A.
The scattered clues gradually became a line. Yao Yingxia didn't know how to hide her panic, so she could only bend down and touch the fresh and round leaf.
Her naturally drooping hair obscured her face, and no one noticed the emptiness in her eyes. But she managed to let out a sound of genuine surprise, sounding flawless: "S City actually has this?"
The stall owner said with some pride: "Now that technology is advanced, we can grow all kinds of vegetables here."
But most people in S City have never seen these vegetables, so how many people are willing to try them easily?
Yao Yingxia didn't say anything else, but just smiled strangely.
Shen Xingchuan waved his hand and bought a little of each vegetable. The driver and bodyguard following behind him each carried a few bags of vegetables and went to the fruit area in a mighty manner.
Half an hour later, they finally returned home and went into the kitchen together. Yao Yingxia was in charge of washing and picking, while Shen Xingchuan was in charge of cooking. Even though it was their first time working together, they had a pretty good understanding.
This gave Shen Xingchuan an inexplicable illusion that he could replace Xiao An. A moment later, he ridiculed himself for having such self-deceiving thoughts.
An hour later, Yao Yingxia finally ate the spring vegetables at the end of spring.
Shen Xingchuan doesn't cook often, but he is quite good at it. The seven or eight dishes on the table are all cooked in different ways according to the taste, such as blanching, stir-frying, and cold dressing.
To be honest, it looked good and smelled good, but Yao Yingxia couldn't taste anything and just stuffed the food into her mouth numbly.
The feeling of being played around by others is really terrible. Shen Xingchuan treats her as if he is keeping a very pampered pet in captivity. Within the boundaries, she can enjoy all the privileges, but has no human rights.
At first, Shen Xingchuan felt a sense of accomplishment at her voracious appetite, but after seeing her devour almost a day's worth of food without hesitation, he took her chopsticks away and said, "Overeating is bad for your stomach. I'll make you more tomorrow."
Yao Yingxia didn't react. She just sat obediently at the dining table, staring at the food in front of her without blinking, and said, "One spring, debt collectors came to our house and took away all our belongings."
Shen Xingchuan was surprised by her sudden desire to share. After all, his wife had never confided any experiences to him and had firmly isolated him from any intimacy.
Now she was willing to open the door a little, even if it was only to glimpse some of the past that he had never participated in, it still brought Shen Xingchuan unspeakable hope.
He had no way of thinking about what purpose was hidden behind this, and just sat next to Yao Yingxia in silence.
She smiled pitifully. "My mom had just received her salary when they snatched her passbook away, leaving us with nothing. We needed to eat for the next month, so Mom had no choice but to borrow money. However, Yao Qihang's reputation was so bad that no one was willing to lend us money, no matter how hard she tried."
After Xiao An found out, he took out all his savings and borrowed a little from Xiao Ruo, and gave it to her. However, this was only enough for her and her mother to eat for a week.
Yao Yingxia didn't mention Xiao An, but just looked at him and asked, "Have you ever been hungry?"
When Shen Xingchuan was born, the family business was already thriving. Not only had he never gone hungry, but he had also wasted a lot of food because of his picky eater. Even if he had no appetite for one or two meals occasionally, it could not be considered as starving.
Realizing that what she was about to say was too heavy, Shen Xingchuan couldn't bear to look at those scarred eyes.
Yao Yingxia spoke calmly, as if recounting someone else's story: "My mom and I could only cook a pot of thin porridge every day with some vegetable leaves. We ate this for half a month straight, and our faces turned green. Fortunately, the beginning of spring arrived soon, and the weather warmed up quickly. One day, a neighbor told me there were wild vegetables to pick on the nearby hillside, so my mom and I rushed over before dawn."
She opened her hands and gestured, "We actually filled this huge woven bag. We also picked up quite a few chicken mushrooms. It turns out they taste like meat after being fried. You can't imagine how much Mom and I ate that day. By the end, we were crying and vomiting like crazy."
Her tone was too relaxed, like a vibrating string that was gradually getting better and better, strangling his heart and twisting it into a bloody mess.
Shen Xingchuan's throat seemed to be blocked by a huge stone. At the perfect time when he should have expressed comfort, he was rarely able to speak.
Shen Xingchuan truly couldn't imagine that during Yao Yingxia's youth, when the domestic economy was booming and thriving, there were still people starving in the cities. This precocious child had indeed experienced many hardships, and Shen Xingchuan somewhat understood why she had developed the dull personality she had today.
Yao Yingxia closed her eyes and sighed silently. "A lot of times, I've wondered why I was born into this world. Why didn't I have a good father? He's just too bad, you know? One day, a debt collector came to our door again, threatening to burn our house down if we didn't pay him back. And he actually said to me, 'Why don't you just go out and sleep with them? Just consider it a favor to your dad.'"
Yao Yingxia's voice was filled with confusion, as if she really couldn't understand what he was doing: "What kind of father is he?"
If Xiao An had not called the police in time and asked familiar friends to keep an eye on her, no one knows what would have happened. Her brother really saved her many times.
Hearing this, the veins on Shen Xingchuan's arms had bulged horribly. If he were in Xiao An's position, he would also kill that scum without mercy, cut him into pieces, and throw him to feed the dogs.
The air was filled with a suffocating low pressure. Yao Yingxia smiled again: "So when he died, I was really happy. I didn't feel any reluctance or sadness at all. It was just a pity..."
Having said this, she finally paused, but Shen Xingchuan knew what that abrupt end meant. She felt sorry for Xiao An who had ruined his bright future and destroyed his own life.
After regaining his memory, Shen Xingchuan actually thought of killing Xiao An. He could not tolerate such a huge cuckold being poured on his head on the night he got his marriage certificate, nor could he accept the fact that Yao Yingxia loved someone else. He was even more angry that they dared to deceive and tease him like this.
Especially at that time, he and Yao Yingxia were still in a stalemate cold war, and the desire to retaliate against them was unprecedentedly strong. Shen Xingchuan had already been burned out of all his rationality by jealousy.
Besides, it is so easy to kill Xiao An. Any car accident, rare neurotoxins on the market, fire, falling from a building, or drowning can make him disappear completely without anyone noticing.
Shen Xingchuan had even sent people to prepare several very thorough plans that could be implemented at any time and anywhere. Even if a case was filed for investigation afterwards, it would never be traced back to him.
On the night when he made the final decision, he once again opened Xiao An's investigation report and read it as calmly and without any emotion as possible, and then hesitated for a moment.
Xu Nian will not live long. The medical team has made an accurate estimate based on previous survival data. No panacea can save him. Xu Nian is too seriously injured and there is no way he can wake up. His limit is about five years.
When the two most important people in Yao Yingxia's life pass away one after another, she will be left alone and without any ties. Given her current overly tense and depressed mental state, can she really survive?
When Shen Xingchuan thought that Yao Yingxia might end up in a dead end, he felt a chill down his spine and finally chose to give up the plan.
After calming down completely, Shen Xingchuan's feelings towards Xiao An became very complicated. If he hadn't come to her aid, Yao Yingxia would probably have fallen into the abyss completely, and now she would be living a dark life in some corner, no one knows.
So even though he hated their lingering relationship, Shen Xingchuan did not interrupt the treatment of Xiao's mother, and did not even use extremely cruel means to deal with Xiao An.
He just hoped that the other party would give up and never bother his wife again, and that Yao Yingxia would behave herself and stay by his side forever. Was such a simple request really too much?
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