Pampered by the Toughest Man After Divorce
Chapter 1423 - 1245: Xiao’ai, Dabao, Xiaobei

Chapter 1423: Chapter 1245: Xiao’ai, Dabao, Xiaobei

"Do you have something you want to talk to me about?" Long Aixi actually couldn’t remember if he had spoken to Zhou Xianzhi during the day, he was so preoccupied with Xia Dabao that he couldn’t understand why she would suddenly get angry. What had happened?

Zhou Xianzhi immediately felt disappointed, she gave a stiff smile, "Then... since you’re busy, let’s chat another day. I just haven’t seen you for such a long time and was wondering how you’ve been recently?"

"I’ve been quite well, there’s no need for Xianzhi to worry about me," Long Aixi replied politely.

"Then... don’t you want to know how I’ve been? I’ve been gone for several months, don’t you want to find out how things went for me?" Zhou Xianzhi felt that this was the first time she had been so bold in speaking to Long Aixi.

Long Aixi looked Zhou Xianzhi up and down, then said indifferently, "You seem more energetic than before, I assume you’ve been doing well."

"Indeed, but that’s a long story. Aixi, may I come into your room to talk slowly? Also, I’d like to borrow a couple of books. I’m quite bored alone, having no one to chat with," Zhou Xianzhi said.

Since it was about borrowing books, Long Aixi didn’t see any problem; his room indeed had many books, so he stepped aside, "What books do you want to read? Come in and pick. But it’s getting late, we can talk more tomorrow."

Being able to come in was good enough for Zhou Xianzhi, a look of joy on her face, "Good, I’ll just come in to take a couple of books and then I’ll leave."

...

Xia Dabao could not focus on reading at all.

Her mind was filled with the words she had said to Long Aixi in the evening, and how he had stopped her.

The more she thought, the more she felt she had spoken too harshly.

He had been nice to you, what had you done to offend him?

She was still living at his house; if she ruined their relationship, how would she explain it to Uncle Long and Aunt Jianxi? She would definitely have to leave.

It wasn’t that she couldn’t bear to leave, but if she had to, she wanted to leave joyfully.

Moreover, when they were in Peach Blossom Village, hadn’t she treated him well? They even acted in a play together, performing some intimate actions, and Long Aixi hadn’t blamed her.

Sigh, never mind, just talk to him properly and explain everything clearly.

Deciding this, she didn’t care about anything else; she simply put on her shoes and ran out.

Her room was not far from Long Aixi’s, just a few steps away, and fortunately, Long Aixi’s door was not closed. She just ran in all at once.

"Xiao..." She had just entered, hadn’t even greeted, when she saw Zhou Xianzhi inside.

Zhou Xianzhi was looking at books on the shelf, while Long Aixi was sitting at the desk writing. The two of them looked quite harmonious, and she suddenly thought of the phrase: ’a couple perfectly matched.’

For some reason, having composed her thoughts beforehand, Xia Dabao now found she did not want to say much.

What’s the point in talking? Some things are better left unsaid as they might just get worse.

To Long Aixi, whether it was her or Zhou Xianzhi, they might just be seen as femme fatales; what difference would a few more make?

When Long Aixi saw Xia Dabao, he immediately showed a joyful expression, put his book down, and walked towards Xia Dabao.

"Abao, you’re not asleep either?" Long Aixi said with a smile.

Xia Dabao nodded, glanced at Zhou Xianzhi who was still picking out books, and continued to pick some while smiling at Xia Dabao as if she were the mistress of the house.

"Xiao’ai, I don’t really have anything, and since you have a guest, I won’t disturb you more. I... I’m going back to sleep," Xia Dabao said incoherently, then turned and ran off.

Just as Long Aixi was about to follow, Zhou Xianzhi called him back, raising the book in her hand, and then said to Long Aixi, "Aixi, then I’ll borrow this one."

"Sure, take whatever you like," after saying this, Long Aixi looked in the direction Xia Dabao had run, but she had already disappeared without a trace.

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