"Is this your home address?" Xu Jingyan pinched out the wrinkles on the express delivery slip, no longer as calm as before.

Bai Xiao put two sets of clothes he bought for his grandmother into the express bag, thinking that he had written it wrong, so he reported the address of Liyang's hometown again, and looked at Xu Jingyan in confusion: "Did I write it wrong?"

When the courier staff saw Xu Jingyan holding the order but not handing it over to him, he politely asked: "Sir, have you read it?"

Xu Jingyan lowered his head, stared at the elegant font, stared at the address, and a crazy idea was about to emerge.

That year, Bai Ningxuan bought three cotton-padded jackets for her family in the capital. He accompanied her to the post office to send parcels. She said: "My handwriting is not good, so do it!"

Bai Ningxuan was a top student in the Academy of Fine Arts, but she could write with "childish" handwriting. She handed the pen to him and stood beside her and reported her home address. Even after so many years, he could recognize her at a glance.

I recognized it. The mailing address written by Bai Xiao was exactly the same as the address he wrote down one stroke at a time!

He suddenly remembered that time when he met Bai Xiao in the car on the way to Liyang. She said, "I have lived with my grandparents since I was a child."

He heard that Yu Zhengdong’s wife, Su Manrong, took her daughter abroad after her husband’s death and has not been back for more than twenty years...

That time when he invited Bai Xiao to dinner, she specifically told the waiter not to put garlic in the dishes.

In the primary school auditorium, she helped the children play the violin without even following the music score.

It was a very common thing in the past, but now that he thought about it, he just felt heartbroken.

He recalled that day, when Su Manrong was outside the cafe, she stared into his eyes and said word by word: "Dead, that child... is dead!"

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Bai Xiao saw Xu Jingyan looking dazed and didn't know what was wrong with him, so he couldn't help but ask: "Are you okay?"

When Xu Jingyan heard her voice, he slowly came back to his senses, looked up at Bai Xiao, who was looking at him in confusion, holding the list in both hands, and gradually his eyes became red.

"..." Bai Xiao never knew what to call Xu Jingyan: "If you feel uncomfortable, why don't you sit down for a while."

Xu Jingyan opened his mouth, but found that his throat was blocked and he couldn't make a sound. He just looked at Bai Xiao blankly, unable to move his eyes away.

The courier took the order and clothes and left.

Over there, Aunt Li happened to come out, holding a dinner plate: "Just in time, I made some snacks. Let's eat together, Mr. Xu, before we leave."

Bai Xiao originally thought that Xu Jingyan would refuse, but the fact was that Xu Jingyan stayed and ate Aunt Li's longan and egg soup with her.

To be more precise, Xu Jingyan was sitting opposite and watching her eat.

Bai Xiao felt that the atmosphere was a bit awkward. After taking a few bites, he wiped his mouth and raised his eyes to look at Xu Jingyan: "It tastes good. You should also eat some."

"...I'm not hungry." Xu Jingyan wanted to smile at her, but he never thought that smiling would be so difficult one day.

The landline at home rang, and Bai Xiao picked up: "Well, okay, let him in."

"Are there guests at home?" Xu Jingyan guessed that the call should come from the security office at the entrance of the community.

Bai Xiao booked a violin for Yu Jingxi in a musical instrument store a few days ago. It is only for children. The little guy recently told her that he wanted to learn to play the violin, and she expressed her absolute support. In today's society, no child brought out does not have one or two.

She also wanted Yu Jingxi to master a skill.

Yu Jingxi is getting older, but she is too hot-tempered and restless. She hopes to make him calmer by learning the piano.

…

Xu Jingyan was sitting in the living room, watching Bai Xiao slowly walk over while lowering his head and playing with the small piano box.

Especially when he saw the gentle look on her face, his hands clasped her legs and knees, and the veins on the backs of her hands popped out, making it difficult to breathe due to the pressure.

"Bought for Jing Xi? What, he wants to learn the violin?"

Bai Xiao felt that he was a little imitating in front of the master, so he smiled and blushed slightly: "First buy a violin and let him practice his skills."

"What about you? At what age did you start learning piano?" Xu Jingyan felt her throat was dry, but she was eager to know everything about her childhood.

Bai Xiao thought about it for a moment: "Maybe he was six years old, maybe five and a half years old. I can't remember the specifics."

Xu Jingyan had known about Bai Ningxuan's family situation before. It was not a wealthy family, but an ordinary one. She also lived with her elderly grandfather and grandmother. How could a couple who had lost their labor force afford to teach their children violin lessons?

Xu Jingyan looked at her and asked: "Was your life as a child very difficult?"

Bai Xiao didn't understand why Xu Jingyan suddenly asked this. Thinking of his kind grandmother, he smiled: "Although it's not rich, it's enough for me."

Although she later entered the Pei family, during those years in Liyang, her grandfather and grandmother truly loved her to the core.

"Then have you ever thought about your parents?"

"When I was young and ignorant, I would think about it, but when I grew up, I wouldn't think about it anymore." Bai Xiao said in an understatement.

"Why don't you think about it anymore?"

Bai Xiao looked back at Xu Jingyan's eyes and rarely said something from his heart: "Since the ending is disappointment, why do you still think about it? I know that I am the only one in the end, so why make myself uncomfortable for someone who doesn't matter, and now,

I am very satisfied with what I have and don’t need more.”

Just as she finished speaking, Bai Xiao heard the ringtone of her cell phone. It was the cell phone she had placed on the dining table. She stood up and said to Xu Jingyan, "I'll go over and answer the phone."

Xu Jingyan watched her leave. He had never felt so uncomfortable in his life, as if a piece of his heart had been severely cut out. There was no blood, but it was horribly empty. A letter from Bai Ningxuan could make him let go and go away.

On the other hand, it didn't make him feel sad enough to cry.

…

It was a call from Yu Shaoting.

Bai Xiao told him that Xu Jingyan was still there. Yu Shaoting paused and said, "Then let Uncle Six stay for dinner."

"..."

Bai Xiao didn't want to drive Xu Jingyan away, but Xu Zhenning was still lame in the hospital at this time, so they kept his father at home to entertain...

"Wouldn't this be good?"

"What's not going right?" he asked her, silencing her with the intention of teasing her.

Bai Xiao thought of what Mrs. Yu said at home in the morning. She held the phone and put it to her ear, "Have you... gone to the hospital to see Xu Zhenning?"

There was no immediate answer.

Bai Xiao added: "Mom has already told me, is Xu Zhenning's leg really lame?"

"You want me to go see her?" After a while, Yu Shaoting spoke, but as soon as he opened his mouth, Bai Xiao was blocked.

Bai Xiao remained silent. On the other end, he said, "You don't need to worry about these things. Take good care of your baby at home. I'll go back later."

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After Yu Shaoting called Bai Xiao, he left the company soon, drove, and went to the primary school to pick up his son.

When he arrived at school, he happened to see Yu Jingxi holding a branch and carrying a big schoolbag, chasing around the campus with a group of noisy children, shouting loudly, and seemed to be playing some kind of game of police catching robbers.

Yu Shaoting frowned at the school gate, and Yu Jingxi immediately calmed down.

Yu Jingxi hurriedly threw away the branch used to prick people, walked over, and called out obediently: "Dad."

"Get in the car." Yu Shaoting didn't talk nonsense to him. Unlike other parents, he picked up the child and gave the child a kiss on the face first.

The little guy said oh, stuck his butt out and climbed into the newly purchased Range Rover. He consciously fastened his seat belt and turned his little head: "It's the same as the previous one."

Yu Jingxi thinks that her father must be in a good mood today, otherwise, why would he come to school to pick her up in person?

He rolled his eyes, observed the expression on Yu Shaoting's face, and asked tentatively: "Dad, why didn't you let Uncle Xiaoliang pick me up today?"

"He's going home these days to stay with his wife as she prepares for delivery."

Yu Jingxi really felt that her father was very happy today, and he answered his question so patiently, and then asked: "What is expectant childbirth?"

Yu Shaoting held the steering wheel with one hand and opened the storage compartment with the other. He took out a box of wedding candies and threw it to Yu Jingxi: "I'm about to give birth, which is when my wife gives birth to a baby."

Today, a senior executive in the company got married. He brought him a box of wedding candies, and he took them before he came out.

Yu Jingxi hugged the exquisitely packaged wedding candy box and was shocked. When she heard Yu Shaoting's explanation, she said, "What about Xiaobai? When will Xiaobai expect to give birth?"

"About seven months later." Yu Shaoting glanced at his son, his eyes softening a little: "At that time, you have to take good care of your sister."

"Why not a younger brother?" Yu Jingxi peeled off a candy and said, "I prefer younger brothers. Let Xiaobai, Mr. Brother, have a younger sister."

Yu Shaoting didn't mind Bai Xiao having more children. It was rare for father and son to have no disputes due to different opinions.

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Yu Shaoting and Yu Jingxi entered the house and saw Bai Xiao sitting on the sofa in the living room. She was quite surprised when she also saw their father and son.

"Xiao Liang is asking for leave these days." Yu Shaoting explained and put Yu Jingxi's heavy schoolbag aside.

Yu Jingxi stared, shouted "little grandpa" and threw herself into Xu Jingyan's arms. When Xu Jingyan sent wedding gifts to Bai Xiao and the others, he also sent Yu Jingxi an Iron Man toy, which was originally imported from abroad.

After a while, Xu Jingyan hugged her sweetly: "Little grandpa, why did you come to my house?"

"Can't I come?" Xu Jingyan touched the child's head, his eyes more loving than before, because there was another kind of emotion.

When Bai Xiao asked him to stay for dinner, he agreed without thinking. Even if he was considered shameless, he was not willing to leave just like that.

He wanted to see her for a while longer, and also wanted to see Jing Xi.

Bai Xiao stood up and said without disturbing the two men: "I'm going to help Aunt Li cook."

When passing by Yu Shaoting, the backs of their hands touched accidentally or intentionally. He stretched out his hand, squeezed her palm, and then let go.

…
To be continued...