The bright moonlight shines in through the window.
Inside the house, three people stood in a stalemate in the corridor.
Xia Youming raised his hand helplessly and angrily and patted his chest heavily:
"I, Xia Youming, have lived for so many years and have endured all kinds of hardships."
"Even now, I, Xia Youming, don't want everyone to think that the Xia family was able to come back to life by selling their daughter!"
By the end, there was a tremor in his voice that even he himself was not aware of.
"Li Li, you are the only daughter of our Xia family. Your parents are the only precious daughter..."
What he hopes is that his daughter can live a truly happy life.
Instead of marrying into a ruthless person through any agreement.
He may not want fame or fortune, but he must want Xia Li to live happily.
"But Dad, do you think we are really happy like this?"
The tension in my head never breaks every day. I have to think about how to save the Xia family all day long, think about borrowing money from everywhere, and face people who come to threaten me every day to collect debts.
Such days are not easy at all.
Xia Li took a deep breath and pretended to be calm and said:
"Dad, if we still can't pay the money this month, have you ever thought about what they will do to us?"
"Have you ever thought about it!"
Those people can do anything.
They are all in this circle, so they naturally know that some powerful people can find someone to take care of everything.
"Li Li..."
Xia Li raised his hand to wipe away the tears that kept flowing from the corners of his eyes, and looked at Su Jing and Xia Youming standing in front of him with moist eyes.
"Dad, mom."
She lowered her eyes and whispered:
"I've already thought about it."
Every word that came out of the trembling lips rang out clearly in the quiet living room corridor.
"I want to marry Xie Yin."
After saying that, Xia Li turned around and walked into the room, using his last strength to hold the door handle and close the door.
As the door closed, Xia Li leaned against the door and slowly closed his eyes, as if his strength had been drained.
The tears in the corners of her eyes slowly fell to the floor, and finally disappeared.
She slowly squatted down against the door panel, folded her legs and put her head between her legs.
What she was sad about was not that she was going to marry Xie Yin, nor was she worried about whether she would be happy after marrying Xie Yin.
What makes her sad is that even at this time, her parents still don't want her to suffer at all.
But it was because of their love that Xia Li wanted to do something more for them and this family.
Now, Xie Yin's conditions are also in front of him.
The opportunity to change was right in front of her, and she had no reason not to reach out and grab it.
Xia Li collected her emotions and raised her head from between her legs.
He stretched out his hand to wipe away the tears left by the tears on his face, stood up and walked to the bed, picking up the mobile phone placed on the pillow.
She looked at the chat box with Xie Yin and typed with her fingertips trembling.
A little Li: [Mr. Xie, are you there? 】
X: [? 】
Looking at the message popping up on the screen, Xia Li pursed her lips, and her trembling fingertips were typing, deleting, and organizing the language on the input method.
The next second, a voice call from a man suddenly popped up on the screen.
The phone suddenly rang, causing Xia Li's fingertips to tremble and press the green answer button.
"Ms. Xia came to me so late to think of an answer?"
The man's deep and melodious voice came from the phone, and it was like a blurry and numb electric current rushing into Xia Li's ears without warning.
"Hmm..." Xia Li bit her lip and responded softly.
As if she had gathered enough courage, she said:
"I've thought about it, and I agree to your terms."
The man on the other end of the phone was stunned for a moment.
Xie Yin, who was currently smoking in front of the huge floor-to-ceiling window in the living room of Tingyuan, paused for a moment before passing the cigarette to his lips.
The man stared at the dark night sky outside the window with deep eyes, and the corners of his mouth slightly curved in an unnoticeable arc.
"Have you really thought about it?"
It seems unbelievable.
It's like confirming again.
Xia Li took a napkin from the bedside table and wiped the dried tears from the corners of his eyes, and whispered:
"Think about it."
Xie Yin extinguished the newly lit cigarette in the cigarette extinguisher barrel beside him. He held the mobile phone to his ear with one hand and inserted the other hand casually into his suit trouser pocket.
In the huge living room, only a small dim light was on.
The large, polished floor-to-ceiling window in front of him reflected the man's tall figure, and in his ears was the girl's voice coming from the mobile phone.
His eyes fell on the leaves in the garden that were swaying gently with the sudden wind, and his thin lips opened slightly:
"Nine o'clock tomorrow morning."
"I'll pick you up."
After hanging up the phone, Xie Yin, who was standing in front of the floor-to-ceiling window, suddenly lowered his head and chuckled.
He lowered his eyes.
His eyes fell on the watch on his hand, which looked particularly mismatched with the string of Buddhist beads.
But so what?
The man's fingertips gently rubbed the string of black beads on his wrist.
As long as he likes it.
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At nine o'clock the next morning, Xia Li went downstairs on time.
And the unfamiliar Rolls-Royce Phantom had already parked in front of the unit.
And Xie Yin was leaning on the car, holding a cigarette in his hand and putting it to his lips, about to light it with the metal cigarette lighter in his hand.
However, his peripheral vision suddenly fell on Xia Li who came out of the unit door.
She slowly walked out of the unit door wearing a knee-length white dress.
Xie Yin was about to light a cigarette.
At that moment, he seemed to suddenly return to the snowy night of that year.
On a snowy night, a girl wearing a long white dress is swinging on a swing in a white rose garden.
That was the first time he fell into a trance when he saw the back of a girl.
Xie Yin still remembered that he was so lost in thought that day that he was burned by the burnt cigarette on his fingertips.
Xie Yin was stunned, and it wasn't until Xia Li walked in front of him that he could pull away from that memory.
He broke the cigarette in his hand and threw it into the trash can.
Xie Yin opened the passenger door and cleared his throat:
"Let's go."
After getting in the car, Xie Yin reached for the box from the back seat and handed it to Xia Li.
Xia Li looked at the delicately packaged paper bag held in the man's sharp-jointed hands, and turned his head to look at him with some confusion.
Meeting Xie Yin's gaze, Xia Li swallowed involuntarily.
Seeing her confusion, Xie Yin just said calmly: "Breakfast."
Xia Li took the paper bag from the man's hand.
She thanked the man softly and carefully took out the hot latte and sandwich from the bag.
Xia Li's community is not far from the Civil Affairs Bureau, but this time the journey felt particularly long.
She ate the sandwich in her hand carefully, afraid of staining the car seat.
The car slowly drove into the Civil Affairs Bureau, Xie Yin rested his hand on the steering wheel casually.
"Have you brought everything?"
A man's voice came to his ears, and Xia Li, who had just bitten her sandwich, blinked at the man.
She nodded, chewed the sandwich in her mouth quickly and swallowed:
"Bring them all."
"Let's go."
The moment Xia Li stepped into the Civil Affairs Bureau side by side with the man, she felt as if her feet were stepping on the clouds, as if she was in a dream.
Following the registration process, the staff member who helped register was a young girl.
She looked at the two different people standing in front of her, raised her eyes and looked at them several times before asking in a low voice:
"Are you...are you sure you're here to get your marriage certificate?"
The two of them nodded in unison.
Why doesn't she look like that?
The distance between the two people in front of them was like an invisible and intangible Milky Way.
The expression on the man's face was indifferent, while the expression on the girl's face was more unnatural.
There is no excitement or nervousness about becoming newlyweds.
She even doubted whether the two of them went to the wrong service window.
The girl quietly glanced at the man standing next to the girl with her peripheral vision, then looked at the cute and beautiful girl in front of her, and finally registered the two of them with doubts in her heart.
It wasn't until the staff stamped the marriage certificate on it that Xia Li woke up from a dream.
The moment I walked out of the door of the Civil Affairs Bureau, I was greeted by a warm breeze.
Xia Li lowered his eyes and looked at the small red notebook tightly held in his hand, remembering the last time he came to the Civil Affairs Bureau.
Under the scorching sun, she stood outside the door of the Civil Affairs Bureau and waited for Qi Du all morning.
But the other party let her go without caring.
Not long after, he came to the Civil Affairs Bureau again.
But this time, she and Xie Yin became a legal couple.
"What are you thinking about?" Xie Yin handed his marriage certificate to Xia Li.
Xia Li came back to his senses: "It's nothing."
She looked at the marriage certificate handed over by the man, and before she could ask, the man's clear voice brushed past her ear:
"Please, Mrs. Xie, please help me keep the marriage certificate."
The man stared down at her.
The sound of "Mrs. Xie" reached Xia Li's ears, dyeing the girl's auricles with a thin layer of powder, which quickly spread to her cheeks.
Xia Li blushed and took the marriage certificate from the man's hand.
Xie Yin took in all the girl's expressions, looked at the girl's pink cheeks, and raised his eyes.
After receiving the certificate, Xie Yin came to the door in person with the prepared agreement.
Everything was written clearly in the agreement. Although Xia Youming was reluctant, he could only sign the agreement.
"Thank you, Mr.
Xia Youming handed the signed documents to Xie Yin and said with some uneasiness:
"I am just a daughter. If she offends Mr. Xie, please don't embarrass her..."
Su Jing, who was sitting aside, turned her head and raised her hand to wipe away the tears on her face.
Xie Yin took over the agreement from Xia Youming.
He calmly picked up the tea cup in front of him and took a sip:
"Don't worry, Mr. Xia, I will take care of Miss Xia for Mr. Xia."
While talking, Xia Li had already packed all the luggage in his room and was standing in the corridor pushing two boxes.
Xie Yin stood up from the sofa and walked to Xia Li's side.
He took the suitcase from Xia Li's hand naturally and held the handle of the suitcase with his slender fingers:
"Then Mr. Xia and Mr. Su, I will take Miss Xia back to Tingyuan first."
After saying goodbye to his parents, Xia Li moved to Tingyuan with Xie Yin.
This is not the first time Xia Li has come to Tingyuan, but it is the first time she has stepped into Tingyuan as "Mrs. Xie".
Xia Li watched Ji Cheng move his suitcases into the master bedroom on the third floor, wondering if there was anything wrong with this.
But the man's slightly hoarse voice sounded in his ears.
"I'm going back to Hong Kong City tonight, so you can just sleep in the master bedroom."
