Chapter 12
Part12Do you like me a little bit?
Yi Xiaoqiu came to the milk tea shop again and ordered a cup of jujube milk. Yi Xiaoqiu politely stood on tiptoe and put the banknote on the counter: "Aunt Beibei, Nuo, give you money." β
Bei Bei smiled and gently pinched the tip of Yi Xiaoqiu's upturned little nose: "Auntie has a treat today, you don't have to pay." β
Yi Xiaoqiu blinked and blinked his big eyes and insisted on paying the bill. "No, my mom said, you can't get it for nothing."
In the process of Bei Bei and Yi Xiaoqiu's conversation, Xia Zhiyao turned his back to the counter to prepare jujube milk for Yi Xiaoqiu, although Yi Xiaoqiu repeatedly said that Xia Zhiyao's drink was far from Beibei's, but when he thought that this might be the most close contact with this pink and tender little girl, Xia Zhiyao felt sour. She hung her head, her eyes were red, and her fingers holding the handle of the spoon trembled slightly.
When the delicate Beibei noticed that her shoulders were trembling slightly, she patted her shoulders and told her meaningfully. "It's too late to regret it."
Xia Zhiyao sniffed and shook his head to hold back the tears that wanted to come out of his eyes. "No regrets."
Although Bei Bei knows that Xia Zhiyao has a docile personality, there is a strong force in her bones that no one can match, once she makes up her mind to do something or makes up her mind to give up, almost no one can convince her to change her mind. Bei Bei loosened her shoulders and squeezed her eyes at Yi Xiaoqiu.
Yi Xiaoqiu quietly lip-synced and asked her silently. "Aunt Beibei, is Aunt Yaoyao unwell?"
Bei Bei raised his fingertips and pointed at Xia Zhiyao, who was facing away from the two of them, and then pointed to the position of his heart, making a painful look.
Yi Xiaoqiu's small mouth opened round as if he suddenly realized.
Xia Zhiyao poured the warm jujube milk into a paper cup, sealed it and handed it to Yi Xiaoqiu, she almost couldn't help crying.
Yi Xiaoqiu bit the straw and seriously approached Xia Zhiyao, who was bent down, and stared at her eyes carefully for a moment, she blinked, and her small palm covered Xia Zhiyao's chest. "Aunt Yaoyao, are you heartbroken? I sometimes feel like my heart aches, but Mommy rubs it for me to be much better! Now I'll give you a rub, okay? β
The child doesn't know that the heartache of the adult is not a physical pain like hers, but more like a huge hole in the heart that has been forcibly cut out, and we can only watch the hole get bigger and bigger, and the flesh and blood are blurred, but there is nothing we can do.
"Xie Lu Xie Xiaoqiu, Auntie doesn't hurt anymore, you are so good."
"You're welcome." Yi Xiaoqiu smiled and withdrew his palm and ran to the door of the store, turning around and waving to Xia Zhiyao before going out. "Auntie, see you again!"
Xia Zhiyao, whose eyes were full of mist, pulled the corners of his mouth desperately, and couldn't help crying when Yi Xiaoqiu's back disappeared from sight.
Bei Bei couldn't help but reddened her eyes when she saw Xia Zhiyao's sad appearance, and hugged Xia Zhiyao's shoulder to cheer her up. "When Xiaoqiu was born, she almost couldn't save her life, and she stayed in the incubator for almost a month. At that time, you said that as long as Xiaoqiu can survive, all the painful punishments will be up to you. Look at how well the Yi family takes care of her now, she is alive and happy, what else are you worried about? β
Xia Zhiyao took the tissue handed over by Bei Bei and wiped the tears on his cheeks. "I just can't bear to ......"
Babe poked her in the head. "It's not life and death! When you miss her, we'll come back! It's all relatives visiting the door! Can the Yi family not be allowed to visit relatives again? β
After Xia Zhiyao was amused by Bei Bei, Bei Bei unexpectedly received a call from the police station. The two hurried to the police station, and when they saw Xiao Jiu with scars on his cheeks, mouth, and elbows, Bei Bei was so angry that he almost kicked it. "Dead Xiao Jiu, you can't stop for a day or two? Are you running away to black boxing again? β
After the police officer repeatedly said that Bei Bei would be thrown out of the city if she didn't keep quiet, Bei Bei suppressed her anger and glared at Xiao Jiu fiercely, and lowered her voice to reprimand. "You just want to me off and Haruka, don't you?"
Xiao Jiu covered his chest with one hand and clenched his fist with the other to cover his lips and coughed a few times, his silence made Bei Bei angry again, and he almost flipped the table in the police station.
Since entering the police station, Xia Zhiyao's heart has suddenly accelerated and beat wildly, and he felt even more palpitations after seeing the shocking blood stained on Xiao Jiu's clothes. "Are you going to look for Gu Mingcheng?"
Xiao Jiu moved his wrists, his fists creaking. "Who let him bully you? He deserves it! β
Xia Zhiyao knew how much Lu Dao Xiao Jiu hated Gu Mingcheng, and even knew that Lu Dao Xiao Jiu would greet Gu Mingcheng with multiple fists when he made a move. Xia Zhiyao held his breath. "What did you do to him?"
A smug smile appeared on Xiao Jiu's face, completely forgetting the situation he was in. "Broken right wrist, which he owes you-" Didn't kill him, it's already cheap!
"Even if you kill him, you can't change the facts that have happened. My right hand will also never be able to hold a paintbrush. Xia Zhiyao was annoyed and blamed himself for not discovering Xiao Jiu's idea of revenge earlier to stop it, today Xiao Jiu hurt Gu Mingcheng so badly, how could the Gu family let him go so easily?
When Gu Mingcheng's lawyer filed a lawsuit against Xiao Jiu, Bei Bei was so anxious and angry that he didn't even have the mood to scold Xiao Jiu.
Lu Nanteng, who disappeared for two weeks due to Xia Zhiyao's merciless refusal, appeared at this critical moment, and Bei Bei pinned all his hopes on him.
Lu Nanteng said that he would do his best. On the one hand, Xia Zhiyao hoped that Lu Nanteng would be able to negotiate with Gu Mingcheng successfully, but on the other hand, she actually had no hope for this negotiation from the bottom of her heart.
Therefore, when Lu Nanteng brought back the news of the failure, Xia Zhiyao did not show extreme disappointment like Beibei.
"I'm sorry." Lu Nanteng frowned and apologized, "Gu Mingcheng is still being treated in the hospital, Hu Ziyu loves his son, and he is worried that Xiao Jiu will deliberately retaliate in the future, so he insists on severely punishing Xiao Jiu." β
Xia Zhiyao gently tugged at the corners of his lips. "Brother Nanteng, don't say that." Even if Hu Ziyu doesn't pursue it, with Gu Mingcheng's personality and methods, he will not let Xiao Jiu go.
The only way I could think of was to beg him.
Bei Bei only stopped Xia Zhiyao for a moment, and Xia Zhiyao patted the fingers she held on her wrist. "Beibei, you don't want Xiao Jiu to go to jail, do you? He has a criminal record, and when he enters the bureau again, I really don't know when he will be able to come out. β
Beibei's persistence collapsed little by little after Xia Zhiyao finished saying that sentence, and she hesitated and struggled in Xia Zhiyao's must sacrifice and Xiao Jiu's imprisonment. Both of them are the people she loves the most, and which one is hurt, Bei Bei feels distressed. She didn't dare to imagine how Xia Zhiyao would be treated if she went to ask Gu Mingcheng?
When Xia Zhiyao walked out of the house and closed the door with his backhand, Bei Bei leaned on the back of the door and cried. "Xiao Jiu, you have no brains!"
In addition to scolding Xiao Jiu to vent her anger, she no longer knew how to express her anger.
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When he saw Gu Mingcheng's miserable pale face and the little red stars overflowing from the gauze wrapped around his right wrist, Xia Zhiyao's heart suddenly swelled with joy.
Gu Mingcheng took out a cigarette branch with his left hand and lit it and put it at the corner of his mouth. He chuckled, "What, you feel sorry for me?" β
Xia Zhiyao glanced at him lightly, with shallow disdain and hatred in his eyes.
Gu Mingcheng took a hard puff of his cigarette and spit out a big smoke ring.
This woman is indeed very different from six years ago. And he gradually couldn't tell what kind of feelings he had for her.
obviously hoped that she would have a miserable life, but seeing her being bullied with her head hanging down and tears in her eyes, her heart would throb faintly. obviously wanted to torture her and make her pay for Ye Nian's death, but whenever he stubbornly and stubbornly looked back at him, he couldn't make a move. Obviously, he didn't love her at all, but when he saw her smiling face when she talked to Lu Nanteng, his heart would swell with anger.
This emotion had not been seen in the previous twenty-nine years, and it was an extremely strange and even terrifying feeling.
Just now, when she looked at him with that cold and cold gaze, he even felt like he was about to suffocate.
And at the moment when he was calm, Xia Zhiyao had already locked the door of the ward and began to unbutton his shirt.
When Gu Mingcheng came back to his senses from his contemplation, Xia Zhiyao had already faded his long skirt. "Please let Xiao Jiu go."
The cigarette branch at the corner of his lips burned, and the taste of nicotine was inhaled into his lungs, Gu Mingcheng squinted his eyes, and his heart fell little by little. It is undeniable that Xia Zhiyao is very beautiful, and his figure is also exquisite. Gu Mingcheng's gaze swept over her, and for no reason he felt bored and restless. The blood seemed to converge in one direction, and he extinguished the cigarette butt and chuckled. "You know how to exchange for equal value."
The sun was shining in every corner of the ward, but Xia Zhiyao felt goosebumps on his skin, and he felt a chill in his heart. With a cold expression, she walked towards Gu Mingcheng step by step as if she had been tortured, climbed onto the hospital bed, and sat opposite him.
"Not planning to leave G City and start a new life? Just for that little gangster, no matter how reluctant he is in his heart, he will experience the feeling that life is worse than death again? β
Xia Zhiyao's eyes were still faint. "Don't you just want to see me live rather than die? Not as you wish? β
Gu Mingcheng raised his left hand to clamp her chin, and his fingertips exerted slight force. "Where do you get so much confidence?"
Xia Zhiyao smiled lightly. "You forced me three times and twice before, and the purpose was not the same?"
She's really grown, with sharp teeth and a sharp mouth.
Gu Mingcheng pursed his lips, let go of her chin, and took out another cigarette and lit it, but it was only between his fingers and not to his lips. "Shouldn't I compliment you for being smarter?"
Xia Zhiyao answered the question. "There's just one thing I don't understandβ"
"What?"
"Are you really just because you hate me?" Xia Zhiyao still couldn't help but express the doubts in her heart. He made things difficult for her in every possible way, was it really just because of hatred? He can't wait to tear her apart, but it's just because he hates her?
Gu Mingcheng was stunned for a moment, and his head suddenly flew away.
He should have hated her.
At least, he thinks he hates her. There was too much depression accumulated in his chest, and he got up and pressed Xia Zhiyao down on the hospital bed, his dark eyes approaching the bottom of her eyes. He asked rhetorically, not knowing whether he was asking her or himself. "Otherwise, do you think...... What else could it be? β
Xia Zhiyao chuckled softly and asked a question that even she thought was ridiculous. "Do you like me a little bit?"