"Are you talking about Zhou Hongsheng?" Xia Xi pondered for two seconds and shook his head. "I've been back home for over a month, and he's never come to see me."
Zhou Hongsheng is Xia Yue's legal husband and the one who sent her to prison.
It's a joke for a couple to end up like this.
When Xia Yue's accident happened, Xia Xi had already gone to England. She rushed back to Ganlin after receiving Su Jinru's call, but the matter was already settled. Zhou Hongsheng had connections and hired a powerful lawyer, who sentenced Xia Yue to a heavy sentence. The boundary of manslaughter was inherently difficult to determine.
The two sisters met hurriedly in prison. Xia Xi wanted to find a lawyer to appeal again, but Xia Yue advised her not to bother, saying it was useless. The person was already dead, and she was the one who stabbed the knife. No matter how the case was tried, the case would not change much.
Her only request was that Xia Xi take Youyou away and raise her.
It's said that children need to be educated from a young age. If Youyou had stayed with Zhou Hongsheng, it was unclear whether she would have survived. Even if she had survived, she wouldn't have had a good life and would have most likely been spoiled.
At that time, Youyou was too young to remember anything. Xia Yue cried and begged Xia Xi not to tell Youyou about her life experience, so that she could have a healthy and happy growth environment, just like her name.
Whether it is the nickname "Youyou" or the full name "Leyi", it is the greatest blessing that Xia Yue, the mother, gives to her child. She just hopes that she will be happy and carefree, and nothing else matters.
When she is released from prison in the future, if the child recognizes her, she will still be the child's biological mother. If the child does not recognize her, she will put the child under Xia Xi's name, and she will spend money and effort to raise the child.
She knew that doing so was unfair to Xia Xi, but she was desperate and had no other choice.
It's all for the children.
Six years have passed, and Xia Yue still hates that man with a vengeance when she thinks of him. She smiled sarcastically, "That's right, Zhou Hongsheng would rather not have a daughter like Youyou. With someone raising a child for him, he wouldn't know how comfortable he would be. Why would he want to come to you?" She wiped her face, tilted her neck slightly, and added a self-deprecating smile to her lips. "The thing I regret most in my life is marrying Zhou Hongsheng. Our love, from campus to wedding dress, sounds beautiful, but in fact, it was rotten inside. The second regret is that I accidentally killed Wang Yuzhen, which prevented me from raising my child myself and reuniting with my family."
After a pause, she looked at Xia Xi and said earnestly, "Xixi, you must be careful when choosing a man. People's hearts are hidden behind their belly. No matter how good a man is to you, if you open his belly, you may find that he is harboring evil intentions. I am a bloody example."
Just as Xia Xi was about to say something, Xia Yue changed the subject and asked, "What happened between you and that Xu...Xu Yanfeng?"
"We're done."
Xia Xi pursed her lips and smiled faintly.
Xia Yue looked at the almost negligible smile on her lips, and her expression became dazed for a moment. She couldn't remember the last time she saw Xia Xi laugh heartily. She only remembered that she was really carefree when she was in college.
At that time, Xia Xi would video chat with her family every week. The first time she heard Xu Yanfeng's name from her was when she was eating in the cafeteria. She secretly tilted her phone screen to the side and saw a boy in a white shirt sitting at a table three or four meters away from her. Although she couldn't see his front, his profile was handsome enough. Xia Xi pointed at the boy, her face full of boasting: "See, that's the boy I'm pursuing. His name is Xu Yanfeng, a great guy in our architecture department. I heard he also studied law and finance. Wow, he sounds like he has a high IQ and is a perfect match for me! That's right, he's a little hard to pursue. I'm still in the stage of trying to get him into a relationship."
She was laughing so hard on the other end of the phone that she couldn't straighten her back.
Xia Xi kept chattering, "The disadvantage is that we were at the old campus during our freshman and sophomore years. If we had moved to the new campus earlier, maybe I could have taken him down during my freshman year. Why would I have to wait until now?"
She encouraged Xia Xi: "With my sister's charm, I think it's only a matter of time before I can win him over!"
Xia Xi smiled at the camera and rubbed her thumb and index finger together: "Chasing a man also requires money, dear sister, how about some sponsorship?"
She transferred 20,000 yuan to her sister, and Xia Xi sent her a bunch of kissing emojis. After that, every few days Xia Xi reported to her on her progress in pursuing her boyfriend, and eventually, she finally got him.
…
The two sisters were chatting happily when the prison guard came over to remind them that visiting hours were over and their families were asked to leave.
The smile on Xia Xi's face faded. She stood up, looking deeply at Xia Yue who was about to be taken away by the prison guards, and said hurriedly: "Sister, I forgot to tell you, happy birthday. When you get out, our family will celebrate properly. Take care of yourself, me, grandma, mom, and Youyou are all waiting for you."
Xia Yue nodded heavily with red eyes.
Xia Xi took her bag back from the storage area and left some money in the mail room before leaving so that Xia Yue could buy things inside.
Coming out of the prison, the sunset glowed half the sky red. Not far away, a blue taxi stopped by the roadside. Through the window, she could see the driver waving at her. She exhaled, and her body felt lighter.
"Sorry to have kept you waiting." Xia Xi got into the car. "Please take me to the high-speed rail station."
The driver smiled, expressing his understanding, started the car, and left the prison far behind. Xia Xi leaned against the car window and looked back, imagining the scene of coming here again to pick up Xia Yue in a few months.
By that time, Xia Xuan should be better and might come with us.
*
After getting off the high-speed train, Xia Xi just received a voice message from Su Jinru, asking her how long it would take her to get home.
Xia Xi found his car in the parking lot, got in, and replied to a voice message: "I just got off the high-speed train. You guys eat first, no need to wait for me."
There was no traffic jam on the way home, and Xia Xi smelled the delicious food as soon as she opened the door. Su Jinru came out of the kitchen with a plate of stir-fried pork slices with velvet mushrooms. When she saw her, her eyes lit up: "You're back."
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