"Xiao Ruo, what are you daydreaming about again? Don't these dishes suit your taste?"
Annie put down her chopsticks and looked worriedly at Bai Xiaoruo, who was eating absentmindedly across from her.
After leaving the boss's office, the girl seemed dejected, probably because she felt wronged after being kicked out by the boss.
Sigh, I should have told her not to go in earlier. She insisted on going in anyway, and she just made trouble for herself.
"No, the food is all delicious."
It was really delicious, but... the person eating it seemed to have something on their mind.
Bai Xiaoruo stirred the rice bowl in front of her with her chopsticks a few times, but she couldn't hold it in any longer. She put down her chopsticks and couldn't help but ask, "Sister Annie, can I ask you a question?"
"Hmm? Of course, what's the problem?" Annie also became serious.
"So... Sister Annie, how did you and your boyfriend meet? I'm quite curious."
"Hey? When did you become so gossipy, little girl? Hehe, do you have someone you like?" Annie rested her chin on her hands, recalling those wonderful memories, and couldn't help but feel smug. "We've known each other since high school, but we weren't in the same class, just in the next class. We bumped into each other a few times and knew each other's names. Then, coincidentally, we ended up in the same major and the next class in college. We often went to class together and sat close to each other, and slowly, it just naturally led to us getting together. Xiao Ruo, let me tell you, I'm getting married at the end of the year, and you have to be my bridesmaid! I've been thinking about it for a long time, but I haven't found the right person yet. Now that I've met you, it's just a natural progression."
Without thinking, Bai Xiaoruo blurted out, "Bridesmaid? But aren't married people not allowed to be bridesmaids?"
"What?" Annie had just picked up the juice in front of her to drink it when she suddenly heard Bai Xiaoruo's words, and she was so startled that she almost spat out the juice in her mouth.
Did I hear that right? Marriage?
Realizing she had almost given herself away, Bai Xiaoruo quickly corrected herself: "Oh no, I mean, I have a friend who got married, so she can't be her best friend's bridesmaid."
"Oh, I see... That's true. These days, young people like you are getting married earlier and earlier. Oh dear, I'm almost an old auntie. I'm so ashamed."
"No, Sister Annie, you're still very young..." Bai Xiaoru just smiled, picked up the juice on the table and took a couple of sips. "Sister Annie, I have something I'd like you to analyze for me."
"Hmm? What's up?"
"Well, I have a friend, she's my friend, not me, and she's the same age as me. She recently got married..." Bai Xiaoru recounted the events that had happened between her and Xian Mingyu over the past few months to Annie, changing the audience.
"What? Really? You got married so hastily? Your friend is so stupid!" Annie looked incredulous. "If it were me, even if the other person was rich, with many luxury cars and houses, if they didn't like me, I wouldn't love them, I wouldn't care."
"She had no choice... Anyway, she's married now, and it's been more than three months, but her husband still refuses to touch her. It was only a few days ago that she finally saw him come home for dinner..." Bai Xiaoruo sighed, her own helplessness reflected in the story.
Now, the only person I can confide in is Sister Annie.
Ji Shushu was very suspicious, and since she knew Bai Xiaoruo best, telling her these things was no different from telling the truth directly.
But in this situation, she couldn't tell the whole world directly. Bai Xiaoruo had been feeling restless for a long time, and she was often absent-minded when she was in class or drawing. The only person who could help her now, and who was also an experienced person, was Annie.
Annie shook her head regretfully. "Xiao Ruo, all I can say is that your friend is really foolish. Why does she have to suffer like this? Her family isn't good to her, her husband isn't good to her, and her grandparents are always hoping she can have a baby soon. How tiring is it to live like this? Why not just get a divorce? There are plenty of men in the world, and maybe she can meet someone better after the divorce."
"Divorce? No way! I signed an agreement!" Bai Xiaoruo suddenly became agitated.
"Huh? Sign an agreement? What agreement did you sign?" Annie was completely confused.
"Uh, I mean, my friend, she signed an agreement before she got married that she could only get a divorce if she didn't have a baby within two years and the relationship was completely strained..."
Speaking of that agreement, Bai Xiaoru signed her name in a daze at the time and didn't have time to read the terms carefully before the agreement was taken away. Now, she doesn't know if it's in Xuan Mingyu's hands or with her grandparents.
Bai Xiaoruo also understood that it was precisely because of this agreement that Xian Mingyu would hate her even more.
Even if he didn't like her, he still had to be married to her for two years. Plus, there was pressure from his grandparents, so it was impossible not to have a baby within two years. They had both had medical checkups before marriage and were both fine, so there was absolutely no reason why they couldn't conceive. Therefore, the so-called agreement that they could divorce if they didn't have a baby within two years was actually a very small chance of divorce.
However, it seems that, not to mention two years, even from their wedding night until now, more than three months have passed, and Xian Mingyu has not been willing to give in or touch Bai Xiaoruo. If he continues to persist like this, perhaps he can really look forward to his freedom in two years.
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