Translator: Dj22031
Editor: Dj22031
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Zu Qi looked up sadly and indignantly, and at a glance he saw the smile in Xue Jue’s eyes that almost overflowed from his eyes.
The light in the corridor was obviously dark, but Zu Qi felt that it was bright enough for him to clearly see the smile on Xue Jue’s face.
In fact, he rarely saw Xue Jue smiling. In his impression, Xue Jue always had a poker face, as if even his breath was cold.
But it was undeniable that Xue Jue looked good when he smiled. There was a gentle luster in his obsidian eyes, and the corners of his mouth were slightly turned up. Like this, he fit the character of the gentle, golden, and handsome second male character very well.
Zu Qi, who was originally angry, suddenly met Xue Jue’s smile and was stunned for a moment, and then all his anger disappeared without a trace in an instant.
He didn’t know why, but he couldn’t get angry all of a sudden. He was like a deflated balloon, and his whole body was hunched over.
“Does it still hurt?” Xue Jue smiled slightly and asked.
“Well…” Zu Qi responded unconsciously, and after a while he reacted and said, “Huh? What…”
“Does it still hurt here?” Xue Jue raised his hand and tapped his nose lightly with his index finger mid-sentence. When he touched the tip of Zu Qi’s nose, he saw Zu Qi frowning immediately, and immediately suppressed a smile and said, “It seems to be quite painful.”
Zu Qi hissed in pain, suppressed the urge to roll his eyes, and said with embarrassment and annoyance: “You did it on purpose, right?”
Xue Jue blinked innocently: “What did I do on purpose?”
As the culprit, Xue Wanwan, after ravaging Zu Qi’s nose, tilted his head and fell asleep directly in Zu Qi’s arms. His little face was flushed and he didn’t know what he was dreaming about. But he would pout from time to time.
Zu Qi looked at the son he had given birth to and felt helpless in his heart. He freed up a hand and tapped the tip of Xue Wanwan’s nose: “Naughty boy, he is young but strong.”
Xue Wanwan didn’t even open his eyes, he just subconsciously held Zu Qi’s fingers and took them into his mouth.
Zu Qi was startled and quickly took out his hand.
He didn’t know how to take care of children and had never taken care of children before. He didn’t know what needed to be paid attention to, but he still tried not to touch Xue Wanwan’s face or feed anything into the little guy’s mouth.
While carrying Xue Wanwan downstairs, Zu Qi bumped into Xue Yanjing who was walking up the stairs.
The two of them were startled at the same time, and then were relatively speechless.
Zu Qi had a very bad impression of Xue Yanjing, not to mention how Xue Yanjing behaved like a monster in the plot. Judging from his behavior of bringing back his lover and illegitimate child when Xue Jue was not at home, Zu Qi also despised his behavior as a man.
After being stunned for two seconds, Zu Qi nodded to Xue Yanjing expressionlessly, then passed him and prepared to continue walking down.
“Zu Qi.” Xue Yanjing suddenly shouted.
After all, Xue Yanjing was an elder. Zu Qi had to stop and turn to look at Xue Yanjing who was about to speak. He didn’t speak and only used his eyes to ask the other party what happened.
They hadn’t seen each other for more than a month. Xue Yanjing was much more energetic than the last time they met, but he still looked very haggard. It could be seen that he had been worried about various things during this time.
In comparison, Zu Qi looked particularly radiant. A life of only eating and sleeping had made him gain seven or eight pounds. His cheeks were fairer and smoother, and he was no longer as thin as before.
While Zu Qi was sizing up Xue Yanjing, Xue Yanjing was also observing him carefully.
Until now, Xue Yanjing still disliked Zu Qi very much, but he did not dare to express all his thoughts directly like he did before. Instead, he forced an extraordinarily inconsistent smile on his face.
“Are you feeling better?” Xue Yanjing rubbed his hands uncomfortably and asked pretending to be concerned.
Zu Qi replied in a calm tone: “Much better.”
Xue Yanjing seemed not to feel Zu Qi’s indifference and continued to say with a smile: “I originally planned to visit you while you were in the hospital, but I was too busy with work, so I couldn’t make the time.”
Zu Qi: “…”
Did this person really think he was a fool?
When Xue Yanjing found himself outside the ward again and again, he was stopped mercilessly by Weng Yuxiang. Xue Yanjing was so angry that he cursed and even made random remarks about Zu Qi, who was lying innocently on the hospital bed.
Not long after this incident happened, Xue Yanjing was able to pretend that nothing had happened and talk to Zu Qi with a pleasant expression.
He had to say that Xue Yanjing was really thick-skinned.
Zu Qi looked at Xue Yanjing with a dead smile, nodded, hugged Xue Wanwan tightly and was about to walk away. Unexpectedly, he heard Xue Yanjing say again: “Can I hold the child?”
After hearing this, Zu Qi immediately became vigilant and politely refused: “Wan Wan has fallen asleep, let’s wait until he wakes up.”
“If he wakes up, he may not let me hold him.” Then he wanted to take the little guy away from Zu Qi’s arms.
Zu Qi was startled by Xue Yanjing’s sudden movement and quickly turned to avoid his movement.
However, Zu Qi’s subconscious actions seemed to annoy Xue Yanjing, and the expression on his face was gradually covered with anger, and his eyes were full of hostility.
Xue Yanjing glared at Zu Qi and was about to open his mouth to speak, but in the next second, he suddenly caught a glimpse of the thin figure suddenly appearing behind Zu Qi.
He was stunned for a moment, and then his expression became stiff at a speed visible to the naked eye.
Zu Qi quickly noticed Xue Yanjing’s gaze. He turned around and saw Sun Fei standing not far behind him. She was wearing ordinary servant clothes, her face was sallow, her hair was a little messy, and she was full of depression. Her eyes were looking at Xue Yanjing for a moment.
After not seeing each other for a long time, Sun Fei had become even more depressed and embarrassed than before. It was obvious that her life in the Xue family was not easy.
“Brother Jing.” Sun Fei shouted hoarsely, “I have something to tell you.”
Xue Yanjing frowned, obviously not wanting to agree to Sun Fei’s request. Helplessly, Zu Qi stood straight between him and Sun Fei, seeing him neither agreeing nor refusing for a while.
Zu Qi naturally saw Xue Yanjing’s dilemma, and after hurriedly saying hello, he hugged Xue Wanwan and left.
After Zu Qi’s figure disappeared from sight, the embarrassment in Xue Yanjing’s expression disappeared instantly, replaced by endless indifference and disgust.
“What exactly do you want to do? Didn’t I tell you not to come to me during this period?” Xue Yanjing’s brows knotted into a knot, and he spoke with hatred.
Ever since Xue Yanjing lost power, Sun Fei had long become accustomed to his bad attitude towards her. She looked at Xue Yanjing with her lifeless eyes and said hesitantly: “You haven’t come back these days. I can’t find you. I, I’m just worried about Xiao Hao, do you know when he can come out? He has been locked up for almost two months…”
“How would I know?” Xue Yanjing said impatiently, “You pester me all day long asking this and that. Who do you want me to ask?”
Sun Fei’s eyes were a little anxious: “Don’t you know people in the police station? Please ask them to help inquire.”
As she spoke, the restless Sun Fei suddenly stepped forward, grabbed Xue Yanjing’s arm, and begged pitifully: “Brother Jing, Xiao Hao is your son after all, and he worked under you before those problems happened. You can’t ignore him! If even you give up on him, then Xiao Hao is really doomed…”
Xue Yanjing suddenly shook off Sun Fei’s hand, pointed at her and said angrily: “So what if he did things under me? Could it be that I instigated him to steal other people’s money?”
Sun Fei was stunned by Xue Yanjing’s loud voice. Her hands that were thrown away froze in mid-air, and big tears rushed out of her eyes like broken beads.
“But, but his actions were all with your consent. If you hadn’t nodded, Xiao Hao wouldn’t have taken the risk…”
“Shut up!” Xue Yanjing, furious, began to speak indiscriminately, “Who told that bastard do something illegal? He deserves it! Not to mention that he will be arrested now, he might be sentenced to ten or twenty years in the future.”
After hearing these words, Sun Fei was stunned on the spot as if she had been struck by lightning. Then emotions such as panic and despair quickly spread to her entire face.
Sun Fei stared at Xue Yanjing blankly, her mouth opening and closing silently, but she couldn’t say a word.
The air around him suddenly became silent, as if a huge force was invisibly squeezing Xue Yanjing’s brain, making him feel suffocated.
Looking at Sun Fei with tears streaming down her face in front of him and her increasingly thin figure, Xue Yanjing couldn’t remember how she looked before when she was so glamorous.
Suddenly, an emotion called distress crept into Xue Yanjing’s heart.
But it was just distress. He looked deeply at Sun Fei, who was sobbing softly, with a complex expression. He hesitated for a long time, and raised and lowered his hand several times but still did not put it on Sun Fei’s shoulder.
While Sun Fei was covering her face with her hands and crying, Xue Yanjing almost ran away.
T/N: XY really is a scumbag….
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