When the phone rang, Xia Xiaobei woke up from his shallow sleep.

A few murmurs came from her parents' room. She hurriedly sat up and picked up the extension here first. The other side was quiet and probably fell asleep again. She breathed a sigh of relief, turned on a small light in front of the bed, and identified through the glimmer of light that it was now 6:20 am.

Xia Nan was still sleeping soundly. Obviously, the few short rings just now did not disturb him. She took the phone away and asked in a low voice: "Hey..."

The air in the room in the early morning was slightly cold, she shivered for a moment, and when the same trembling voice came, she almost thought she was still dreaming!

"Xiaobei."

Someone who has always been smooth-talking is now a little incoherent and hoarse.

Xia Xiaobei sat on the edge of the bed, stunned for two seconds, and suddenly realized that when he came over, his throat choked slightly.

She hurriedly covered her mouth and nose to prevent him from hearing it. After calming down, she asked him calmly: "Why did you call here?" When she left Shanghai, her phone was completely turned off and disable. She read that right, she was holding the landline at home.

"Don't worry about this for now," he said to her overly calmly, obviously a little disappointed, "Are you sleeping?"

"Yeah... I'm awake."

"Then you come out."

She was a little confused.

She also expected that she would not hide for long, and there was nothing rare to fall into the Lei family, but she didn't expect it to be so soon, and it was him! When she heard Ye Shaoqian's voice, she couldn't tell what the sour and painful feeling in her heart was. Was she disappointed? Or was she just so surprised that she was at a loss? At her most embarrassing and helpless moment, she touched his trace again.

There was a glimmer of light outside the window and the floor was dark. She stared at the corner of the wall unconsciously and took a deep breath: "Where are you..." The voice spoke, and she realized that no matter how hard she tried to control it, it would inevitably have a fragile and unstable breath, as if it would break into a subtle choking when touched.

Ye Shaoqian seemed to have heard something, and paused slightly before slowly saying: "I'm outside your house."

In November, in the early morning, the city was still shrouded in vast gray.

Ye Shaoqian stood in the cold and thin wind, and the air he exhaled formed white mist, blurring his vision. Therefore, when Xia Xiaobei opened the door and stood in front of him, he was still stunned for a few seconds, with a illusion that he couldn't tell the difference.

She wrapped a thick layer of cotton coat outside her pajamas, but she still looked thin, her eyes were red and swollen, and her big black and white eyes were covered with bloodshot.

Looking at her haggard appearance, he suddenly didn't know where to start what he had prepared just now, and asked her blankly: "Do you have something to do at home?"

She shook her head indifferently, and then both of them were silent. Sometimes a gust of cold wind blew, shaking at the same time.

He knew that something must have happened when she suddenly came home. He came here this time to make all preparations. When he saw his father-in-law and mother-in-law, he would ask them about marriage. Even if the Xia family had a huge trouble, he would still be ready to take a package. Just when he was about to take a big step, she quietly closed a door and blocked him from the outside.

Her indifference made him feel heartbroken.

"Am I late..."

The low and uneasy voice, he was like a wandering child, made her unable to bear to look at him.

He drove for 8 hours after getting the address. He arrived here at around 6 a.m. without changing hands halfway. His handsome face was covered with dust. Because he drove all night, a few blisters appeared on the corners of his mouth and his eyes were covered with tired blue.

She finally couldn't bear it and gave in to the door and said, "Come in first."

He didn't bring any luggage, turned off the car and went in with her.

It is a very simple three bedroom and one living room, with a small living room of less than 40 square meters. There is no room for sofas and dining tables piled up, but it is very warm and there are traces of home everywhere. Xia’s father is a people’s teacher, and Xia’s mother is a doctor in a city hospital. She raised two daughters. One married a good family. From then on, she settled in the United States and the other entered Shanghai in college. From then on, she worked alone outside, which was an ordinary family.

Ye Shaoqian sat down on the sofa, and Xia Xiaobei poured him a cup of hot water. When passing by the master bedroom, the person inside seemed to ask something, and she just said, "It's okay, I can't get up and pour a cup of water to drink."

He still glanced around strangely. Xia Xiaobei put on his clothes and sat opposite him, asking him, "Are you not going to explain yet? How do you know here?"

Ye Shaoqian put down the hot cup and smiled faintly: "It was she who told me." After that, he handed her the label paper with the address written on it.

When Xia Xiaobei looked at the handwriting, he knew whose "good intention" was. He was helpless when gritting his teeth. As expected, the only one who knew her was Lan Jia.

Seeing that she had no reaction, Ye Shaoqian sat next to her and smiled embarrassedly: "Who was talking to you just now? Are our parents and mothers? You see, I came over in a hurry and didn't prepare anything. I don't know what our parents and mothers like?"

His "our parents" was so loud that she screamed enthusiastically. She couldn't help but laugh and pushed him: "Is there anyone who is so close to you?"

Seeing that she finally laughed, he felt relieved, reached out to her, put his hand in her ear and said, "I have always wanted to find a chance to come back with you to see my parents, this time just so happens."

Seeing him talking to himself happily alone, she suddenly felt an indescribable sadness in her heart. Just then, Xia Nan walked out of the room and rubbed her eyes while calling her: "Auntie..."

Xia Xiaobei pushed Ye Shaoqian away and stood up. Seeing that the little guy was barefoot and didn't even wear shoes, he hurried over and picked him up: "Did my aunt disturb you? Will you go back and continue sleeping?"

Xia Nan shook her head and looked at the sofa: "Auntie, Uncle Xiaoye is here too..."

Ye Shaoqian leaned halfway on the sofa and blinked at him: "Hi, Xiaonan."

When Xia Nan returned to China for vacation during the summer vacation, Ye Shaoqian took him over, so the two of them were quite familiar with each other.

Xia Nanlai acted coquettishly in Xia Xiaobei's arms: "Auntie, I'm hungry, I want to eat dumplings!"

Xia Xiaobei nodded: "Then can I go in and put on my clothes first? If I wear it, I will have dumplings." He looked at Ye Shaoqian again, "You haven't eaten them yet, right? Do you eat dumplings?"

He squinted his eyes and kept nodding.

When Xia Xiaobei came out with two bowls of hot sesame dumplings, one big and one small, Ye Shaoqian was already holding Xia Nan in the living room and "flying the plane". Early in the morning, the two magic stars could also play well, and Xia Xiaobei had to stop them: "My parents are still sleeping, so they are quiet, come and eat dumplings."

The two demon stars curled their lips and stared at each other, and moved to the dining table to sit. At this time, Xia's father and mother also got up and came out in their clothes. When they saw many people in the living room, they couldn't help but ask: "Xiaobei, this is..."

"Ye Shaoqian, my friend in Shanghai." Xia Xiaobei rushed to introduce.

Ye Shaoqian swallowed the hot dumplings that had been eaten halfway through, stood up and bowed politely: "Hello uncle and aunt."

He is usually careless and knows the right way at critical moments. Xia Xiaobei is afraid that he will say "Hello, parents" as soon as he opens his mouth.

Xia’s father and mother looked at the handsome young man who was handsome, and his confusion gradually turned into a smile, and nodded and smiled: “Okay, okay.”

Xia’s mother also criticized Xia Xiaobei: “Look at you, my friend doesn’t say anything. I’m not greeting you well…oh, don’t stand, sit down and have a meal first. The aunt will go out to buy some good food later and show you some things at noon.”
Chapter completed!