Jiang Xiaobai was in a daze as if she were hypnotized. When she came back to her senses, their marriage certificate was kept away by Xiao Su.
“For the next six months, I’ll keep the marriage certificate. After that, I’ll give it back to you. If you still don’t want to be with me anymore by then, I’ll stay far away from you.”
It’s just half a year. After all, she had gone through the past six months, so it wasn’t that big of a deal to give him six more months of time.
Actually, Jiang Xiaobai’s heart had truly softened. Perhaps it was because she finally knew that he had paid attention to her for the past six months, which was why her heart had softened so quickly.
But she didn’t regret her decision either.
“Now, let me accompany you to bring our son back home.”
Jiang Xiaobai had left the house alone in the morning but came back with Xiao Su. Du Xiaoyu thought that they were done discussing and didn’t say much to them. She only told them, “The baby has just fallen asleep in the room.”
“Mom, let him sleep for a while longer. We’ll not disturb him.”
Why is he still addressing me as Mom?
Du Xiaoyu glanced at Jiang Xiaobai in confusion, so the latter pressed her lips together, her expression rather unnatural. In the end, she said, “Xiao Su and I didn’t get a divorce.”
“Yeah?” Du Xiaoyu had heard that they did get a divorce. But after a slight pause, she realized that Jiang Xiaobai had said that they didn’t get a divorce. “What happened?” she asked.
“It’s just what it is. I suddenly don’t feel like getting a divorce, so I didn’t ask for one.”
Jiang Xiaobai didn’t want to elaborate on what had happened. She was in a daze the whole time and only realized what she had done after the fact.
Du Xiaoyu was stunned for a while. After some time, she finally laughed and said, “Oh, that’s good then. Isn’t it good? It’s not really a big issue anyway. Since you’re done kicking up a fuss, you should be good to each other in the future.”
Xiao Su’s smile was so bright that it could literally light up the entire room. “I understand, Mom. I will definitely be good to her.”
After that, Jiang Xiaobai and Xiao Su stayed back for lunch and waited for the baby to wake up before going back home.
Although they did not file for a divorce, they had kicked up such a huge fuss for a long time, so they were rather unnatural toward each other. But Xiao Su was especially enthusiastic and treated Jiang Xiaobai really well. After she got out of the car, he carried the baby for her and even held her bag for her.
For the next few days, Xiao Su was extremely meticulous and cared for Jiang Xiaobai tenderly, as if she was a second kid in the house. Every time Jiang Xiaobai woke up, she would see a glass of warm water by her bed. When she went into the bathroom, her toothbrush and toothpaste lay in front of her on the counter. Even the piping hot breakfast was already prepared and ready for her to tuck in when she entered the dining room. Xiao Su was like a robot that got everything ready for her well on time.
Although Xiao Su was good to her before, he was never like this. After enjoying life like an invalid for a few days, Jiang Xiaobai finally said, “Actually, you don’t have to do this. Even if you want to make it up to me, you don’t have to be so meticulous.”
While details were important in any relationship, it was also important to maintain them. If he did all this now, how long would he be able to maintain doing them every day?
Xiao Su knew what she was concerned about. “You don’t have to think on behalf of me. This is what I should do to make up for you. Since I’ve said that I need to make it up to you, I will definitely do so. I’ll do all these things for six months. If you don’t change your mind after that, I’ll do these things forever.”
His tone was so determined that Jiang Xiaobai didn’t know what else to say and could only sigh helplessly.
“Then do whatever you want to do, I guess. As long as you’re not tired about it.”
“Tired?” Xiao Su laughed lightly. “I desire to do it all for you.”
He no longer wanted to repeat those days without her presence in his life. He hoped that he could see her lying beside him every day when he opened his eyes in the morning, and he hoped that he could see her petite figure sitting on the couch every evening when he came home from work.
Jiang Xiaobai lay down and thought about what Xiao Su had said to her.
Do these things forever?
How long is forever? It sounds really, really long. Jiang Xiaobai closed her eyes. Can we really stick through thick and thin until forever arrives?
For the past six months, it wasn’t just Xiao Su who was tormented to hell and back. Yan had also suffered as well.
She had realized that it was she who had caused the rift between Xiao Su and Jiang Xiaobai. She had wanted to do something about it, but she was worried that her presence would cause Jiang Xiaobai to become even more upset about the matter.
So in the end, she didn’t do anything at all. But she was still depressed over this matter.
Homewreckers will all go to hell when they die.
Yan remembered this very well. So, if Xiao Su and Jiang Xiaobai were no longer together, she would feel guilty for the rest of her life.
Yan started to hate herself again. Why did I bump into him at the supermarket? Although she was grateful that Xiao Su had sent her to the hospital, she kept feeling that if she hadn’t met him, things wouldn’t turn out this way. If she hadn’t been so clumsy and fell down, she wouldn’t have needed Xiao Su to send her to the hospital, and there wouldn’t be a misunderstanding like now.
Yan had heard that Jiang Xiaobai had returned, but she dared not contact her.
Initially, they had a pretty good relationship. But Yan hadn’t dared to look for her for the past six months, and Jiang Xiaobai hadn’t contacted her either. Suddenly, they had ceased contact just like that.
Han Qing saw that she was down in the dumps, so he decided to talk some sense into her.
“What’s happened has already happened. There’s no point for you to be depressed about it. Why not think about how to help them?”
“Help?” Yan smiled bitterly. “Considering my identity to them, what can I do?”
“Your identity is rather inconvenient, I suppose. You can’t do anything that could be of help now. So there’s that. Actually, this matter isn’t really related to you.”
Han Qing knew Xiao Su, and they were both men. So he knew what Xiao Su was thinking about when he rushed into the fire to save another woman when he already had Jiang Xiaobai.
Unfortunately, if Xiao Su still loved Jiang Xiaobai, he would have to make it up to her for the rest of his life.
“How is it not related to me? If I didn’t fall down, they wouldn’t become like this.”
“Silly girl.” Han Qing reached out to pat her head. “There are many things that are fated to occur. This is just God’s way of testing their relationship, otherwise why would you coincidentally bump into him at that very moment? Even if you both left at the same time, it’s still not certain that you two would reach the same supermarket at the same time. Coincidences are actually very rare in this world, and the possibilities are slim. But however slim the possibility was, you still bumped into him coincidentally. What does this mean?”
Han Qing reached out to pull Yan into his embrace and continued, “Don’t think about it anymore. Let him handle what he has to handle. It’s what he owes her.”
Yan didn’t really understand what Han Qing had said. She raised her head to ask something, but Han Qing held her head down. “There, you’ve worried enough for the past six months. Don’t worry about it anymore. If you have the time to think about things, why not use the time to accompany Yangchen and Zixi?”
“They play well together. Why would they need me to accompany them?”
“Even then, don’t they still need your company? If they don’t, then keep me company instead.”
Han Qing brushed her long hair with his fingers as he said in a low voice, “I won’t go to the company today. You stay by my side and keep me company, otherwise you keep having weird thoughts every day.”
