Pampered by the Toughest Man After Divorce
Chapter 1349 - 1171: Xiao’ai, Dabao, Xiaobei

Chapter 1349: Chapter 1171: Xiao’ai, Dabao, Xiaobei

From a distance, Xia Dabao could be seen returning with a boy in white, braving the rain. Even while running through the rain, Dabao wore a cheerful smile, and the boy was carrying the basket for her. They seemed to be having a great time together.

A small smile unconsciously appeared on Axiang’s lips.

Why could Xia Dabao be so happy, while she... never mind, she shouldn’t disturb Dabao’s happiness. With the way she looked, it would only worry her.

Axiang turned around and walked away.

This time, she had no idea where to go. The rain was getting heavier, all the villagers working outside had gone home to avoid it. Axiang didn’t want to go home; she thought she might as well go to the big banyan tree at the entrance of the village to take shelter from the rain, and make other plans when it stopped.

However, before she reached the big banyan tree, Axiang felt a pause in the rain.

No, the rain hadn’t stopped; it was raining everywhere else. It was just above her head that the rain was blocked. She quickly looked up and then saw a huge banana leaf over her head, held by someone like an umbrella.

"Shagen, it’s pouring so heavily, why don’t you go home?" Axiang asked.

Because Shagen had given the entire banana leaf to Axiang, his whole body was exposed and now completely soaked.

A warmth surged in Axiang’s heart, and she murmured, "Why do you always appear when I am at my most sorrowful and heartbroken?"

Shagen probably didn’t understand what Axiang meant. Seeing the rain was too heavy, he just said to her, "Quick, go home!"

"Shagen, I no longer have..." Axiang wanted to say she had no home to return to, that she was unwelcome wherever she went. Before she could finish her sentence, Shagen took her hand and pulled her toward his house.

Shagen ran with Axiang, holding her hand and not forgetting to keep the banana leaf over her head, as if he knew one should not get wet in the rain. He always shielded his own head when it rained, but this time, he shielded Axiang’s.

All of a sudden, Axiang felt that her situation wasn’t so miserable after all; at least there was Shagen, who always cared for her.

Although she didn’t know what Shagen thought of her, from their interaction over the past few days, Shagen was at least genuine and meant no harm.

Perhaps he, too, had been alone for too long and was lonely.

...

After Shagen brought Axiang home, he immediately offered her a chair to sit on.

As for Axiang, seeing Shagen all drenched, she felt a pang of sympathy and instructed him, "You go and change into some dry clothes first. Don’t catch a cold."

But Shagen shook his head, "Sister, you are wet too."

"Me? I’m fine, I’ll dry off soon enough. Besides, I don’t have clean clothes here," Axiang said with a smile and urged Shagen to go change.

After much persuading, Shagen finally changed his clothes, but he also held another set in his hand, signaling Axiang to go in and change too.

Axiang sneezed and knew that if she didn’t listen to Shagen, she would catch a cold too.

She looked at the clothes for a while, hesitating whether to change. It was only after noticing the stitches she had sewn last time she was there, she thought about the connection and felt there were no other options available. She decided to just go ahead and change.

The rain continued to pour as Axiang went into Shagen’s room. It took her a while to get dressed in his clothes properly. Shagen was so tall that the clothes hung on her like a dress. She spent quite some time tying the drawstring of the pants to fit her snugly.