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"I felt so guilty that I had sold my two ancestral houses, and it weighed down on me like a stone, and I couldn't breathe when I thought about it. Brother, thank you, I'm finally free. Fang Xiaoshi raised her head to look at Cao Yuyi, tears also followed, and she said in a choked voice.
"Silly girl, this is a happy event, why are you crying? You should be happy. Cao Yuyi said with a smile while wiping her tears, but there were already tears in his own eyes. Cao Yuyi had an impulse to pull her into her arms and said to her: For my sake, I made you suffer. But he couldn't help but say it after all. He didn't want her to think that he was so kind to her because of gratitude and guilt. He wanted her to slowly feel his love for her. His love for her has long been deeply rooted in his heart unconsciously, and it has nothing to do with other factors.
"Brother, you're passing through here on a business trip again! Sister Luo, no, you should call your sister-in-law, is she here too?"
"I'm going back to Beijing in the afternoon, come and go shopping with me!" Cao Yuyi didn't answer her question, but only gently picked up her hand and said. The moment he made contact with his hand, Fang Xiaoshi's heart beat violently. Her face was also inexplicably hot. How could there be such a strong feeling, when I kissed Zou Tianyu before, I didn't have such a strong feeling! Fang Xiaoshi thought nervously in his heart.
At the moment when he came into contact with that somewhat cold little hand, Cao Yuyi and Fang Xiaoshi felt similar, even he couldn't believe that he had been living with other women for many years, and he felt that he was an ignorant teenager at the moment.
They didn't take a few steps before Cao Yuyi spoke:
"When I learned that the old ancestral house in the countryside had become a nursing home, I started to want to take it back, but when I came here, I changed my mind when I looked at the clean house. If the old ancestral house has been uninhabited and cleaned by no one, it will collapse on its own sooner or later after a day of wind and rain. It's better to contribute something to your hometown. And both of us lost our parents early, and there was nowhere to do our filial piety. We offer a house to be considered a little filial piety to the old people in our hometown. Fang Xiaoshi looked at him with admiration and approval, and said:
"Brother, your decision is very good, I support you. Cao Yuyi handed Fang Xiaoshi a bunch of keys:
"This is the key to the old ancestral house in the countryside, which is now the nursing home, and now it belongs to you. Fang Xiaoshi hurriedly pushed his hand away and said:
"I can't ask for this, the reason why I took the key to the house in the town is that I want to clean it often, and come back when you and your sister-in-law want to stay. The old ancestral house in the countryside has a new use, and someone is cleaning it, and it is also using me, and it is useless for me to ask for the key. ”
"What do you mean it's useless to ask for a key? This house belongs to you, if you don't take the key, who will accept it?"
"Brother, don't mess around, this house is all your Cao family, I... I'm not. Fang Xiaoshi lowered his head and said in a sad tone.
"Didn't I tell you? You entered the Cao family with your mother, and you are destined to be a member of the Cao family. Why do you still say such things? You can't wait to get rid of the relationship between the Cao family?" Hearing this, Cao Fangxiao raised his head in a panic, looked at him, and eagerly explained:
"Brother, you know I didn't mean that. ”
"And what do you mean?"
"You may not know it! Zou Dafu is my biological father. ”
"I know, but what's wrong with this? It's so hard that you only recognize the Zou family and not the Cao family?"
"Of course not, I'm just... I just think that the Cao family's business is my business, but... But this house shouldn't have my share. Fang Xiaoshi was so excited by him that he didn't know what to say. Cao Yuyi stopped and looked at her deeply:
"You mean to say that you only pay silently for the Cao family and don't want to reciprocate, and you don't even want a house, right?"
"I am a member of the Cao family, but I am a woman, and I will marry one day, of course these two houses belong to you. Cao Yuyi looked at her more deeply and said:
"But everything you have done is not the daughter of the Cao family at all, but like the mistress of the Cao family. Don't forget, you even sold the two ancestral houses of the Cao family. ”
"Ah!" Fang Xiaoshi was so frightened by his words that her legs went weak, if Cao Yuyi hadn't helped her in time, she would have sat on the ground, her face flushed, and she stammered:
"I... I was really walking... Desperate, I just give... Give..."
"Okay, okay, I know everything!" Looking at Fang Xiaoshi's panicked appearance, Cao Yuyi's heart ached. She made this decision in order to help him, how could he not understand her good intentions? But now she is willing to bear such a great grievance, and she is unwilling to tell the truth. Cao Yuyi didn't break her, only interrupted her.
"Xiao Shi, it's not that you treat yourself as the mistress of the Cao family, but that you are the mistress of the Cao family. Cao Yuyi looked at her and said sincerely. Fang Xiaoshi looked at him in surprise and surprise. She was shocked again, his eyes were so hot that she was sucked into them, and she couldn't extricate herself. They just stared deeply. Fang Xiaoshi reacted first, she looked away in a panic and lowered her head. After a while, she fiddled with the key in her hand and said softly:
"Brother, you gave me the keys to the two ancestral houses again, so you are not afraid that I will sell them again when you are not paying attention. ”
"I've already said it, you are the mistress of the Cao family, you have the final say, you can sell it if you want to. And as a descendant of the Cao family, I have the obligation to keep the ancestral house of the Cao family, so I will buy it back. ”
"Will you buy it and give it to me?" Fang Xiaoshi then asked. Cao Yuyi nodded seriously and said emphatically:
"I'll give it to you to keep. Fang Xiaoshi was dumbfounded, she raised her head again, looked at him blankly, and asked stupidly:
"Brother, why are you so good to me?"
"Because you are the mistress of the Cao family, who am I not good to you and good to?" Cao Yuyi asked with a smile.
"But I..."
"What's the matter? Xiao Shi, don't talk about accompanying my brother to lunch, I'll go back to Beijing after eating." ”
"Brother, why did you just leave when you came back?" Fang Xiaoshi said with some disappointment and reluctance. Of course, Cao Yuyi wouldn't tell her that he had been back for half a month in order to come back to buy back the ancestral house. If he doesn't go back and forces Tang Chaoyang to be anxious, he will really chase after him and kill people. Tang Chaoyang is sincerely thinking about the company, and he can't make it difficult for him anymore.
"What's wrong, are you reluctant to let me go?" Cao Yuyi said with a smile. Fang Xiaoshi didn't dare to look at him, she hesitated for a moment, then nodded and said:
"Brother, I don't want you to go. Her gentle words set off a lot of waves in Cao Yuyi's heart, he never expected Fang Xiaoshi to say this. He couldn't control himself anymore, he once again held Fang Xiaoshi's hands and said sincerely:
"Xiao Xi, my company really has something, I have to leave today. But you have to believe me, I am leaving for a short time now for a longer time in the future. Fang Xiaoxi's blank look made Cao Yuyi instantly understand that he was in a bit of a hurry, he would scare her. He hurriedly let go of her hand:
"Let's go! I saw a snack bar in the town with a very good environment and taste, come with me to try it!" Fang Xiaoshi hadn't recovered from what he had just said, he said that his short departure was for a long time in the future, was it meant to her? This is what lovers only say! How could my brother say it to her?
"Xiao Shi Xiao Shi..."Cao Yuyi shouted a few more times before Fang Xiao Shi came back to his senses.
"Huh, brother, what did you say?"
"I told you to accompany me to dinner. ”
"Oh, good!" Cao Yuyi took Fang Xiaoshi's hand tightly and walked towards the hotel.
"Brother, you eat this. Fang Xiaoshi took a piece of sweet and sour pork ribs and put it into Cao Yuyi's bowl.
"You eat yours, you don't have to pick up the vegetables for me. Cao Yuyi picked up the sweet and sour pork ribs in the bowl and said to Fang Xiaoshi. He had just taken a bite, and after a few chews, he frowned and said:
"These ribs are so ugly, they are far worse than what you made. ”
"Brother, is what you said true? Then the next time you come back, I'll cook it for you. ”
"Okay! I can't remember how long it's been since I've eaten your ribs. Every time I eat, I order sweet and sour pork ribs, but every time I take a bite, I don't want to take a second bite, my mouth has already been raised by you very picky. ”
"Brother, are the ribs I cooked really so delicious? You didn't fool me!"
"Do you think I'm fooling you like this?"
"Then I will believe you, as long as you are willing to eat, I will always burn it for you. ”
"Okay, that's what you said. Fang Xiaoshi nodded affirmatively and said:
"I live in the school dormitory now, and it's not good to open a small stove. When you come back next time, I'll burn it for you in the old house in town. ”
"Xiao Shi, you might as well move back to live now, it's not far from the kindergarten. Fang Xiaoshi shook his head after hearing his words, sighed lightly and said:
"I don't want to move back. What I'm most afraid of now is loneliness. I live in the school and have other teachers. Living at home, facing only an empty room. Cao Yuyi's heart was once again as sad as a knife:
"Xiao Shi, then you can live in the school first! I'll come back with you, and I'll never let you experience loneliness again. Fang Xiaoshi couldn't believe her ears, she raised her head in surprise, and asked uncertainly:
"Brother, you're coming back, big... Will my sister-in-law agree?"
"Sister-in-law, what's the matter with this sister-in-law?" Cao Yuyi didn't react at once. Fang Xiaoshi explained:
"I mean Sister Luo. ”
"Don't mention her again when we're together in the future. ”
"Who's that?"
"Of course, it's about me and you. Looking at Cao Yuyi in front of her, Fang Xiaoshi felt so familiar and unfamiliar, what he did this time was far beyond her expectations. What he said also made her unpredictable, but it made her so excited and obsessed. Fang Xiaoshi obviously knew that this was not okay, they were brother and sister, he already had a wife, but she still didn't want to wake up from this dream. Because what just happened was what she dreamed of.