"She's not the type to look for trouble," Gu Sinian explained.
Wen Yi's expression was a little complicated. She looked like she wanted to say something but stopped on second thought. After a while, she said faintly, "Forget it. Do as you see fit."
Ling Han's attention wasn't on Gu Sinian's love history. He finished his breakfast early in the morning and sat upright. He watched as his future father-in-law slowly finished his porridge and even drank two bowls. Then, he walked away with his hands behind his back and still didn't look at him.
"During breakfast today, Mom didn't make things difficult for Ling Han anymore. Everyone was normal. It's just that Dad still treats him like he's invisible."
Ji Xiaoyue muttered as she placed a bowl of porridge and a plate of side dishes on the bedside table. Then, she pulled Ye Huanyan up from the bed.
"Xiao Yue, I don't want to eat."
"That won't do. If you don't eat, Mom will drag Ling Han to the shooting range in the afternoon. I don't dare to ask Dad for help."
"My head hurts."
"Why are you pretending to be sick? It's not advisable to go on a hunger strike or pretend to be sick. It can easily lead to family conflicts."
Ji Xiaoyue touched Ye Huanyan's wrist and pretended to pull her up. When she touched Ye Huanyan's wrist, she suddenly frowned and reached out to touch her forehead. She immediately exclaimed, "Oh, you're right. It's hot. Do you have a fever?"
With that said, she turned around and looked at the little girl on the sofa. "Naonnao, go call Sophina."
"Okay."
Naonnao ran outside and shouted downstairs, "Sophina, Mommy has a fever. Bring the first aid kit up."
Ji Xiaoyue stayed by the bed and glared at her. "You can even get a fever from soaking in a hot spring. I feel really bad about it. Look at your small physique. Are there any side effects?"
Ye Huanyan narrowed her eyes and bit the thermometer in her mouth, unable to speak. She could only listen to Ji Xiaoyue's nagging.
Ever since this person married her brother, she had become more and more naggy. She was very talkative every day. Especially when she returned to the villa, she liked to run around with a bag of snacks. Not only did she lead the prim and proper Gu Min astray, but she had also led Gu Liu astray recently.
"Open your mouth. Let me check the temperature."
"…"
"It's almost 39 degrees Celsius. Lie down and think of a way to reduce your fever. If it still doesn't go down at night, I won't help you hide it anymore. I'll call the doctor directly."
"It's nothing serious. I just caught a cold last night. Don't tell my mom."
As soon as Ye Huanyan spoke, he felt his throat burn. Last night, after walking around the villa in a sweaty manner, anyone would have a fever.
"Who knows?" Ji Xiaoyue sighed. "Who knows how our mom will torture this future son-in-law this afternoon."
Ye Huanyan's eyes dimmed a little. "Do you think that Ling Han remarried to me because he feels that he owes me?"
"Of course he owes you. Do you still need to ask?"
Ji Xiaoyue blurted out without thinking. However, Ye Huanyan did not mean that. Her face was extremely pale. Last night, she was in a muddled state repeatedly in her dreams. There was the time when the two of them fell out, the time when they were innocent and ambiguous, and the time when they met again. Before she woke up, she saw a pair of eyes full of guilt.
Those eyes in her dreams made her feel uneasy.
"What are you thinking about?" Ji Xiaoyue asked. "Why are you suddenly asking me this? Did he provoke you? Or is it because you can't stand the pressure from Mom and Dad? "
"Nothing."
Ye Huanyan closed his eyes. "I want to sleep for a while."
"Alright then, you go and rest. I will come and see you before lunch."
Ji Xiaoyue adjusted the cold towel on her forehead. Before she left, she reminded Naonnao, who was slumped on the sofa and playing with his tablet. "Your mommy is running a fever. Don't bother her. Come with Auntie."
Due to the underground hot spring, the bamboo forest at the back of the villa was shrouded in mist all year round. It was like a fairyland.
Today, Fu Yingxiang was wearing a lotus-colored cotton dress with a large black lantern-sleeved cardigan on the outside. There was a fresh and elegant little daisy brooch on her chest. Her long chestnut brown hair had been dyed black at some point in time and was draped over her shoulders. From time to time, it would be blown by the wind, making her look like a fairy who had fallen into the mortal world.
She had the appearance of a classic beauty. Five years ago, before the Fu Family's accident, she had always dressed in this style. She looked like an otherworldly fairy, as if she had no intention of getting involved with anything in the world.
Gu Sinian approached her slowly, as if he was afraid of disturbing her. He stepped carefully on the dead leaves in the bamboo forest, but the leaves rustled.
She turned around and showed a natural smile. "You are here."
"Why don't you sit in the room?" Gu Sinian asked.
"I am afraid of misunderstanding. It is not a big deal, but there is something that I am worried about unless I give it to you in person. I happened to be in Los Angeles, so I brought it with me."
She said as she handed over the blue suede box that she had been holding in her hand.
"The last two bottles of that child's ashes are here. Although I know that you don't mind this, it will be better for you in the future, right?"
Gu Sinian took the box and looked at it apologetically. When he opened it, there was a glass bottle that was as thick as two fingers and it was filled with grey powder.
"Why is it with you?"
"During the wedding, I took advantage of the chaos to get it from Gu Duo. Since you didn't go, she knew that this thing was meaningless in her hands, so she didn't waste any time and asked for it back."
Fu Yingxiang said it casually. In fact, when she was preparing, she wasn't sure if Gu Duo would really bring this thing to the wedding. After all, if she missed that opportunity, it wouldn't be easy to set up another trap for Gu Duo.
Fortunately, it was a close call in the end. "Thank you."
Gu Sinian closed the box with a complicated look in his eyes.
Fu Yingxiang was very relaxed and smiled. "She didn't think it was taboo to bring it to the wedding. I heard that after she went home, she had a big conflict with her family. Now there is chaos over there. She wants to go back to the Four Seasons Villa. Your parents didn't agree, did they?"
Gu Sinian shook his head. "No, I was afraid that Yan Yan would be uncomfortable."
Fu Yingxiang smiled again, but there was a bit of self-mockery in her smile. "That girl really doesn't know how to behave. She can't know her place, and she still blindly thinks about it. She made a mess of her own life. In the end, no matter what happened, it was all because of her own actions."
She was talking about Gu Duo, but how could she not be talking about herself?
"If you need anything in the future, just let me know."
"Don't think about the future. Let's do it now, in this place. Gu Sinian, you still owe me a first kiss. Don't you remember?"
Gu Sinian was stunned. Everyone had a time when they were young, and Gu Sinian was no exception.
From the age of ten until many years later, Fu Yingxiang was the only girl of the same age by his side. Every year, there would be a few holidays where his father's good friends would send them to the villa to stay. At that time, the only girl in the villa, Gu Min, was still a snot-nosed person who followed her brother around. She couldn't even be considered a girl.
Therefore, when he climbed mountains, climbed trees, and dived into the sea to catch fish in his youth, it was this woman in front of him who accompanied him.
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