Chapter 261 - Go with Her (1/2)
Xiao Baoshan thought for a while before he said, “I want to find my roots, but I owe you too much.”
“You owe me nothing. I made the choice voluntarily, so n.o.body is to blame. I’m not a delicate or clingy woman. I won’t take what doesn’t belong to me.”
He looked gratefully at her.
“Do you like your wife?” she asked.
He fell into silence. In all honesty, he didn’t know. He just felt distressed on seeing Ye Xiaoxian’s sorrowful face. They said that she was his wife. Although he had given her a letter of divorce, he needed to figure out the reason why he had done so.
“Who’s prettier, her or me?” Jin Xiaoyu asked.
She just wanted to tease him and didn’t expect him to answer. But to her surprise, he replied without hesitation, “You!”
At that moment, she burst into tears. Then, she smiled. “I’ve known you for over a year and you’ve finally said something pleasing.”
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After that, Xiao Baoshan went to Ye Xiaoxian’s room. Standing outside the room, he hesitated for some time before knocking at the door. He felt like his hand against the door weighed a ton, as so many thoughts were whirling around in his mind. Although he didn’t recall anything, he got a sense of direction after seeing Ye Xiaoxian. It was like the duckweed on the water finally knew where to go. Although it didn’t go ash.o.r.e, it had hope and expectation for its future. He felt an urge to know his past, and Ye Xiaoxian and her companions were his guides.
After a while, the door was opened, revealing Ye Xiaoxian’s face. She looked somewhat tired with her slightly puffy and black-ringed eyes.
“What is it?” she asked in a flat tone yet with clear anger.
He said, “When are you leaving? I’ll go with you.”
“Then what about your bride?” She raised her brows. “You haven’t gone through the last step in the bridal chamber, have you?”
He said, “I’ve talked to her. She thinks I should go with you.”
“What if she doesn’t want you to go?” she asked deliberately. “Will you then stay?”
He knew how furious she was and didn’t explain anything. He just said, “I’m sorry.”
Her hostility suddenly disappeared because she didn’t know how to vent her anger on such a man. He was always like this, mollifying her so easily. As for his apology, she didn’t know to whom he said that. Anyway, she felt happy to know that he would go back with her. If he didn’t do so, she would hate him. Thankfully, she had come here in time and he was willing to go with her.
After a while, she asked, “What about your new wife? Won’t she come with you?”
“She said she would stay here.”
“I hope you won’t regret it!” After saying that, she slammed the door.
When she went back to the room, Liu Qianqian teased her about her duplicity – happy inside but indifferent on the surface.
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The next day, Ye Xiaoxian and her companions set off for the tribe. Xiao Baoshan also came out with them. He wanted to say goodbye to Jin Xiaoyu, but her room was locked.
Idiot walked over and said sulkily, “Miss Jin is sleeping. She asked us not to bother her. But she’s prepared a horse for you to ride.”
Xiao Baoshan felt his heart pounding in his chest. Perhaps he was moved or perhaps he was affected by some more complicated emotions.
He wanted to say thank you, but words were powerless at this moment. Finally, he said at the door, “I’m sorry.”
Idiot said, “Don’t hang about here. Just have breakfast and go. Oh yes, Miss Jin said you can’t come back after you leave because she doesn’t want to see you again.”
Xiao Baoshan paused. Then, he turned around and went downstairs.
The breakfast was buns. When he came to the hall, Ye Xiaoxian and her companions had been there eating. Xiao Tieshu immediately beckoned him to join them, but Ye Xiaoxian pretended not to see him. Being Ye Xiaoxian’s best friend, Liu Qianqian, naturally, also ignored him.
After breakfast, Ye Xiaoxian and Liu Qianqian got into the carriage, Xiao Tieshu sat on the edge and Wong Wu drove the coach.
Xiao Baoshan also mounted the horse prepared by Jin Xiaoyu. It was her own private horse which she loved very much and sometimes chatted with. The fact that she was willing to give the horse to him showed she still had affection for him.