i loved you so much

Chapter 29 The price of love (3)
Li Xiao'an got up and squatted in front of her: "Don't be too stubborn, your father's leaving is his own choice, your life is still going on, you still have me, and you still have a baby in your stomach."

"Don't worry, I'm fine. My dad ended his life because he was afraid of dragging me down. If I don't do well, wouldn't I be sorry for his painstaking efforts?" She looked at him, her eyes blurred with tears, "It's just that all this happened so quickly. It was so sudden, his illness obviously improved, I thought he would get better...I was very disturbed, as if something bad was about to happen."

"No matter what happens, I'm there."

"Can you stay with me forever?"

"I can." Li Xiao'an took her hand, put it on his mouth and kissed, "Don't you understand? I can't let you go after so many things happened in the past, and I won't let you go in the future."

An Xiaoduo looked at him, but there were some uncertainties in her eyes.

Li Xiaoan thought for a while: "In this way, when we go back to Wucheng, we will go to register, and we will hold the wedding when you are in better health, okay?"

An Xiaoduo lowered her head and never responded to him. He waited persistently until his heart turned from hot to cold before he heard her softly say: "I can't fit the wedding dress anymore."

Li Xiaoan couldn't help laughing: "It's okay, I'll find the biggest designer to design the wedding dress, even if you don't have a waist, wearing a wedding dress can still make you look beautiful."

As long as she agrees, other things will be easy to handle. Li Xiaoan called his new assistant and asked him to come to Lizhou to deal with such trivial matters as resigning from school and renting out.

On the evening of New Year's Eve, when the two returned to Wucheng, Li Xiaoan's car was parked in the parking lot of the airport. After picking up the car, An Xiaoduo got into the passenger seat and put on her seat belt obediently.Li Xiaoan saw that she was mentally weak, as if she was still sleepy, so he said, "I'll take you back first, Auntie Cen is at home."

"What about you?"

"I'm going to the mansion." After he finished speaking, he glanced at her, "Everyone who should be there is here, I don't want to be absent, I will rush back as soon as possible, you eat something first, or sleep first, Let's eat and watch the Spring Festival Gala while I go back, okay?"

An Xiaoduo smiled: "Okay."

He still remembered that she had to watch the Spring Festival Gala every year, watching it every year, cursing every year, and watching it every year after scolding, just like northerners want to eat dumplings during the New Year, without the Spring Festival Gala, it feels like something is missing this year , not enough fun.

When she arrived at the villa, just as she got out of the car, Aunt Cen came up to meet her, pulled her to greet her, and it seemed that Li Xiaoan had already informed her.

Li Xiaoan carried the luggage in, explained a few words in a hurry, and drove away.

An Xiaoduo stared at the passing car in a daze. Aunt Cen patted her on the shoulder and said, "Xiao An can't get away from the old lady, the elders and juniors are all there, so he always has to go to show his face. Let's go inside."

An Xiaoduo nodded and walked obediently into the villa.The room was well heated, so she took off her thick coat and scarf, and only wore a sweater.Aunt Cen poured her a cup of hot milk, looked at her belly lovingly: "Xiaoduo, how many months?"

"More than three months."

Aunt Cen touched her belly lightly, and said with a smile: "Great, Xiaoduo, you won't leave in the future, will you? Live well with Xiaoan and stop arguing."

An Xiaoduo smiled.

"After you left, Xiao An hugged the tank of koi you left behind and locked himself in the study for three days and three nights. I was frightened by him." Say, take it all to heart."

After An Xiaoduo listened quietly, she yawned, her almond-shaped eyes glistened, "Aunt Cen, I'm tired."

"Oh, why don't you go to bed first? I've packed your room for you early in the morning."

"Thank you, Auntie Cen, wake me up when Xiaoan comes back." An Xiaoduo drank the milk in one gulp, handed the empty cup to Auntie Cen, then got up and went upstairs. This winter night felt a faint warmth.

She went into the bathroom, put hot water in the bathtub, the steam was steaming, and soon the mirror on the washstand was blurred, and she stretched out an index finger to draw on it.She is back here again, her life is like going around in circles, walking back and forth, and finally she has to come back here.

The difference is that last time she was treated coldly by him, this time he was so considerate, gentle and careful to her.

She lightly covered her belly with her hand, and the corner of her mouth curled up in a sneer.

It was past eight o'clock in the evening when she was woken up by Li Xiaoan, she opened her sleepy eyes, looked at the man next to the bed with a faint chill, and muttered: "Just came back?"

Li Xiaoan nodded: "They forced me to eat."

"Then you won't have New Year's Eve dinner with me?"

"Eat, my stomach is still half empty."

An Xiaoduo pushed the quilt away with a smile and sat up. The two went to the restaurant on the second floor. Aunt Cen prepared all the meals. The big TV on the wall was on. She must watch the Spring Festival Gala.Her eyes lit up, and she picked up the remote control to turn up the volume.

"This is how the New Year's atmosphere will be." Seeing that the two people in the room were looking at her, An Xiaoduo explained a little embarrassedly.

Auntie Cen smiled, and Li Xiaoan rubbed her head: "Just as long as you are happy."

The three of them ate around the dining table. An Xiaoduo had a bad appetite and was full after a few mouthfuls. Aunt Cen couldn't stand it anymore, so she served her a bowl of corn and crab roe soup, and she was not allowed to get up until she finished drinking.She sent a distress signal to Li Xiaoan, but Li Xiaoan pretended not to see it, silently eating the food in his bowl.

She had no choice but to hold the bowl of hot soup and drink it one bite at a time.

"Hey, that's good." Aunt Cen nodded in satisfaction.

After dinner, Aunt Cen quickly cleaned up the dishes. An Xiaoduo was going to help wash the dishes, but Aunt Cen insisted not to let her interfere and drove her to watch TV.

This year's Spring Festival Gala has a lot of skits. An Xiaoduo likes to watch Feng Gong and Huang Hong the most, and finds them particularly funny. Even though the plots of the skits are mediocre, their expressions and movements are full of comedy effects.

Sitting beside her, Li Xiaoan focused his attention on peeling the walnuts. He only raised his head when he heard An Xiaoduo's exaggerated laughter, glanced at the content of the Spring Festival Gala, and then hooked the corners of his mouth, revealing a knowing smile.

An Xiaoduo caught his smile right away: "It's funny, right? Feng Gong says it every year—audience friends, I miss you so much!"

She is quite gifted in language, and the imitation is so vivid that Li Xiaoan really laughed out loud at this moment.He laughed just now not because of the skit, let alone because of Feng Gong, but because he heard An Xiaoduo's exaggerated laughter. He hadn't seen her laugh so happily for a long, long time.

One night, An Xiaoduo's cell phone was also very busy, ringing from time to time, all the New Year greetings from friends, including Qiao Ke, Xiao Chi, Chu Kui, Tracy, Ben, Wu Boxin, Liu Yang... ... When it was almost twelve o'clock, she actually received a text message from an unexpected person, and it was only then that she remembered that He Bixi lived in the villa next door.She said to Li Xiaoan: "Let's go to Ms. He's place tomorrow and wish her a New Year."

"You mean tourmaline? She's not in the country."

"Abroad?"

Li Xiaoan nodded: "She has been a little troubled recently."

"What happened?"

"Not long ago, she had dinner with a senior executive of a magazine, and was followed by a reporter to take a photo. The reporter dug up some old stories about her. The senior was her boyfriend in college, and the two almost got married."

"It's not a big deal, who didn't click on it."

"Of course it's not just that. She used to be very self-willed. It was only after she became a mother that she restrained her temper. When she fell in love with someone, she was beaten by the man's parents. I don't know what she did. Anyway, she ended up with a diploma. It was detained, but I promised to help her get it back."

An Xiaoduo listened to these old things about He Bixi, and felt that she couldn't match up with the elegant and mature celebrities she knew, and was amazed for a while.

"I didn't expect that. There's something even more unexpected. Nuoyan and her ex-boyfriend fought for her."

An Xiaoduo's eyes widened: "Mr. Zhou can fight? I really can't believe it."

Li Xiaoan said with a smile: "Don't look at him who is usually gentle, mature and steady, but when he was with He Bixi back then there were a lot of embarrassing things."

"It's really unexpected."

"Love tends to make one's head hot." Li Xiaoan said jokingly, feeding the peeled walnuts to her mouth.

An Xiaoduo opened her mouth to answer, and said, "I want to eat tiramisu."

"I'll buy it for you tomorrow."

An Xiaoduo fell into his arms contentedly.

"You treat me so well now, if you don't want me again in the future, how can I live?" She sighed.

Li Xiaoan stroked her lightly, as if stroking an unguarded cat: "Be good, how could I not want you?"

An Xiaoduo hooked his neck with a smile, took a bite on his collarbone, and stuck out her tongue to lick it like a prank.

Li Xiaoan bit her ear in retaliation, the two of them were playing on the sofa, when the zero o'clock bell rang.

They stopped and looked at the TV at the same time. The scene of the Spring Festival Gala had been cut to the outdoor scene, and the overseas Chinese all over the world were cheering happily, saying congratulations on the new year and other blessings.

An Xiaoduo turned her head and stared quietly at the man beside her. Li Xiaoan seemed to have sensed something, and lowered her head to look at her.

The sound of the TV was obviously very noisy, but they felt a reassuring peace in each other's eyes.

"Happy New Year," An Xiaoduo said softly, "I hope we will all be safe and happy in the new year."

"Yeah." Li Xiaoan embraced her, and immediately fell on her skin with a passionate kiss, "I will definitely, don't leave me again..."

Between the kisses, she heard his sigh-like voice.

(End of this chapter)