After eating with Yu Na, Xiang Huan went to find Xu Jiayi.
Xu Jiayi studied fabric dyeing and weaving design at university. After graduation, she set up her own studio and rented a second-floor store, where she also lived.
The studio mainly deals in home textiles and fabrics, and often cooperates with Xiang Huan's furniture store, which is quite popular in Lincheng.
When Xiang Huan came over, Xu Jiayi was receiving customers, so he asked her to go upstairs by herself.
The upstairs is basically Xu Jiayi's private living area. Xiang Huan occasionally comes back to stay for one night. She came today and wanted to stay overnight.
When going to the bathroom, Xiang Huan saw an empty packaging box for a pregnancy test stick in the trash can.
Xu Jiayi finished her work and went upstairs and asked Xiang Huan why she had time to come over today. She came just in time and she was just looking for her.
Xiang Huan asked her what was wrong, and speculated that it had something to do with the empty box of pregnancy test sticks she found.
"You can arrange a time and accompany me to the hospital. It only takes half a day." Xu Jiayi sat down and lowered her head.
"Do you want to have a checkup? Are you feeling uncomfortable? I can accommodate you at my own time."
Xu Jiayi sighed, her voice muffled, "I need to have a minor operation...I'm pregnant."
Xiang Huan's heart sank.
"Did you find out after you broke up with him? Did you tell him?" Xiang Huan sat next to Xu Jiayi, trying to clarify things.
"I only found out after we broke up. I didn't tell him what to say after we broke up. I'll handle it myself." Xu Jiayi raised her head, her eyes red.
Xiang Huan advised her to think again and not to make an impulsive decision. He would be with her.
At night, the two of them didn't go out. They stayed in bed and watched a drama together. It was a love movie with a tragic ending. Both of them burst into tears.
When Xiang Huan was crying, Cheng Ye called her, but Xiang Huan hung up and didn't answer. He sent a WeChat message saying that it was not convenient to talk now.
Narino called again.
Xu Jiayi climbed out of bed and said she would go downstairs to the supermarket to buy some drinks. She was actually afraid that Xiang Huan would give her some space because she didn't answer the phone.
In fact, it wasn't because of this that Xiang Huan refused to answer. She was crying too hard and didn't want Cheng Ye to hear it.
She didn't answer until Narino called for the third time.
"I'm enjoying myself in the club. It's not convenient to answer my call." Narino asked when he came up.
Xiang Huan sniffed and said, "I'm with my friends, watching a drama at my friend's house."
Narino immediately heard that she had cried in her voice, and asked if she was crying and why.
"I was so engrossed in the drama when I watched it. The ending was so tragic. The male protagonist died in front of the female protagonist." When Xiang Huan thought of the scenes in the drama, he couldn't hold back his tears.
Narino chuckled after hearing this.
"That's miserable enough... Hey," he coughed, "let me ask you, if we both go through this, what will you do without me?"
Xiang Huan's tears were instantly stopped by his words.
"It's impossible for both of us." She responded coldly.
Chengye laughed out loud on the other end of the phone. He stopped dwelling on the topic and instead asked Xiang Huan how long it would take for the furniture he ordered to arrive.
Xiang Huan's mood was confused by the assumption just now.
She didn't answer the question and said: "If we really meet, it depends on the relationship between the two of us. If I am worthy... I will send you away and go with you."
There was no sound on the other end of the phone for several seconds.
Xiang Huan knew that Chengye was listening and had heard it, so he continued: "If you don't have a status, then I will wait until you are buried and find an expert to help us establish a husband-and-wife relationship over there."
A burst of laughter suddenly erupted from the other end of the phone.
Xiang Huan couldn't laugh. When she heard Chengye's laugh, she hung up her phone and turned it off.
When Xu Jiayi came back, she pretended that nothing had happened, and the two of them watched a comedy movie again, crying and laughing all night, as if they were back in the college dormitory.
When she lay down to sleep, Xu Jiayi asked Xiang Huan and Cheng Ye how they were doing.
Xiang Huan said it was not good and told his friends that Chengye might be getting married to someone else.
Xu Jiayi was stunned after hearing this, and asked Xiang Huan what to do and what the woman's background was.
Just as Xiang Huan was about to say something, something hit the window of the bedroom facing the street, making a crisp sound and both of them were startled.
The two of them didn't go directly to the window to see what was going on. After waiting for a while, the glass was smashed again.
"Has this happened before?" Xiang Huan asked Xu Jiayi in a low voice.
Xu Jiayi shook her head and wanted to call the police directly, but Xiang Huan stopped her, got out of bed and went to the window, opened the curtains a crack, and carefully looked out.
This street is not on the main road. There are not many cars and people passing by at night. There is a streetlight opposite, so the street is not dark.
A familiar car was parked under the streetlight, and Xiang Huan knew it belonged to Cheng Ye.
A few minutes later, Xiang Huan went downstairs and opened the door to see Chengye standing at the door.
Xiang Huan looked at him and asked, "How old are you? You always play with things like breaking glass."
Cheng Ye was still holding a stone in his hand. When he saw Xiang Huan appeared, he threw it to his feet and asked her why she turned off her phone.
"How did you find this place? I never told you about this place." Xiang Huan has been thinking about this since just now.
She must have remembered correctly. She had never told him that she had such a good friend as Xu Jiayi, so it was even less likely that she would mention this place.
Cheng Ye confessed, saying that he knew about it from Cheng Tianyu.
As for the source of the information, it was provided by Pan Ning.
Xiang Huan was stunned for a moment, but then he realized that it was probably her mother who told her to follow the family's request so that she could get closer to her only son.
But she didn't expect that Chengjia's background check on her would reveal this.
Narino asked again when the furniture he ordered would arrive, saying that he was anxious to live in the apartment and wanted to see if it could be expedited.
Xiang Huan said that he would have to go to the store tomorrow to find out. After saying that, he stared at Cheng Ye and stopped talking.
Narino saw her thoughts and explained with a smile that he was going to lend the house to a friend for a period of time, so he was anxious.
"Just because of this, you had to find me in the middle of the night." Xiang Huan didn't believe him.
Chengye said: "That's why, because I have to go out tomorrow, and I want to finalize this matter before I leave. Who knew you were going through so much trouble here."
Xiang Huan didn't ask him where he was going. After turning on his phone, he called the store manager and told him about Narino's order.
A few minutes later, she told Narino that the furniture she ordered could arrive a week in advance, which was the fastest.
"By the way, your male manager at the headquarters will have nothing to do when he goes back?" Narino suddenly mentioned this matter.
Xiang Huan couldn't explain clearly, and then asked if there was anything else. If not, she would go back to sleep.
I still have to explain it to my frightened friends.
"Okay, you go in, I'm leaving." Narino turned around and walked towards the parking place.
Back upstairs, Xu Jiayi breathed a sigh of relief after listening to Xiang Huan's explanation, and complained about how Chengye acted like a street gangster.
Xiang Huan drank some water and said that he grew up on the street.
Xu Jiayi became interested, grabbed Xiang Huan and asked if he could tell her about the things they had done in Marriage Town before.
He also smiled wickedly and asked Xiang Huan if it was his first time with this former gangster and if it was in that town.
Xu Jiayi squeezed Xiang Huan into the corner of the sofa, "Look at the name of this town, Marriage... Town, it sounds like it is suitable for that kind of thing... Hahaha."
Xiang Huan smiled and refused to say anything, and asked Xu Jiayi why her head was full of colorful things, so unladylike.
"What a lady!" Xu Jiayi rolled her eyes disdainfully, "Let's stop pretending. Since when have we become ladies?"
Xiang Huan also rolled his eyes at her.
Xu Jiayi still refused to let her go, so Xiang Huan had no choice but to lie in bed with her and talk about the past ten years ago.
