Pampered by the Toughest Man After Divorce
Chapter 1266 - 1088: Xiao’ai, Dabao, Xiaobei

Chapter 1266: Chapter 1088: Xiao’ai, Dabao, Xiaobei

"This... she... she had something to do, so she went back," Zhao Datu explained as he got up.

"You’re lying, you definitely drove her away, you did something and don’t even have the guts to admit it, really, you’re something else," Xia Dabao said indignantly. She stopped paying attention to Zhao Datu and returned to the stool she’d brought with her, sitting down beside Lanlan and Axian.

"No, I..." Zhao Datu tried to explain, but Xia Dabao had already gone over to sit with Tian Xiaobei, who even gave him a contemptuous look back.

At that moment, Zhao Datu felt isolated, and the reason for his isolation was that he had already married, otherwise how could things have developed to this point?

He didn’t even have a chance to get close to Xia Dabao anymore.

He felt utterly dejected and regretted why he had agreed to marry Axiang.

...

After the Niuniang play ended, the villagers started to disperse, and Xia Dabao and her group left together.

For some reason, Xia Dabao kept thinking about the Chen Shimei play and also about the question she wanted to ask Tian Xiaobei, but when the words came to her lips, she found herself unable to ask, feeling that she was being too sentimental.

Seeing Xia Dabao’s rare silence, Tian Xiaobei thought that Xia Dabao might have been influenced by Axiang, so he started comforting Xia Dabao, "Dabao, actually... everyone has their own fate, don’t be sad."

Xia Dabao thought Tian Xiaobei was discussing the plot with her, so she shook her head, "I’m not that sad, but Chen Shimei’s original wife is just so pitiful. Alas, it’s truly said that men fear entering the wrong profession, and women fear marrying the wrong man."

Then Tian Xiaobei laughed again, "So you were talking about Chen Shimei? But we are not the parties involved, we don’t understand their thoughts, so we shouldn’t judge them too much."

"Yeah," Xia Dabao nodded and then asked Tian Xiaobei, "Where are you planning to go later? How about coming to my house? My parents made zongzi, I don’t know how they are doing now, maybe they’ve finished and it’s time to cook them. My mom’s zongzi, I guarantee it, is the tastiest in the village."

Lanlan had tasted the zongzi made by Aunt Nan Feng, so as soon as Xia Dabao mentioned it, she got excited immediately, "Yeah, I’ve had it, it really has a lot of filling and thin skin, I especially like it. Abao, you’re favoring Xiaobei too much, calling him but not me."

Xia Dabao laughed and said, "I was planning to call Xiaobei first and then call you, why not go together? It probably won’t be ready so soon. Let’s play cards while waiting; it will be ready after a few rounds."

"Sure, sure," Lanlan clapped her hands, looking expectantly at Tian Xiaobei.

They had left in the morning and after watching the play, it was only noon, so there was still plenty of time. Besides, the pharmacy was closed today, so Tian Xiaobei thought for a moment, "Alright, then let’s go pay New Year’s visit to Uncle Ye and Aunt Nan Feng."

Axian liked having visitors at home, so now that both Tian Xiaobei and Lanlan said they would come, he was naturally happy and began to clap his hands cheerfully.

...

The group walked back together, and just as they were about to reach Xia Dabao’s house, Tian Xiaobei suddenly stopped. He noticed a small piece of dried leaf had fallen onto Xia Dabao’s hair without her knowing.

"Abao, wait a moment," Tian Xiaobei asked Xia Dabao to stop, and then he reached out to remove the dried leaf from her hair. Because they were so close, Xia Dabao caught the faint scent of soapberry from Tian Xiaobei’s body. She didn’t know why, but her face suddenly flushed, and her eyes met Tian Xiaobei’s, who was also staring at her blankly.

And this scene was just witnessed by Ye Ge who had just stepped out of his house.