Chapter 219: You Are Still My Wife

Before long, the waiter brought up the late-night snack, featuring both Chinese and Western options: hash browns, stir-fried noodles, salmon, and chocolate ice cream.

The food inside Disney is always made to look cute; the chocolate ice cream was even in the shape of Mickey Mouse, which made one feel very happy just looking at it.

Han Yangting took an empty bowl for Bai Shuruo and said, "Whatever you like to eat, just help yourself."

Bai Shuruo nodded, scooped half a bowl of stir-fried noodles, and added two fried hash browns; she had always liked eating these strong-flavored foods.

As for him, he prepared the dipping sauce for her salmon.

She did not accept a flavor of wasabi that was too strong, but it could not be missing either; just a tiny bit, enough not to rush to her head, was fine.

Bai Shuruo saw him hand the sauce to her, and she hurriedly took it, saying, "You still remember my preferences."

"Naturally, I remember."

Once the words were spoken, both of them fell silent for a moment.

This kind of conversation seemed too intimate; after all, the two of them had been hurting each other just a short time ago.

Bai Shuruo felt that since the atmosphere had reached this point, it would be better to simply speak her mind.

"Mr. Han, there is something I would like to ask you?"

"Go ahead and ask." Han Yangting also began to eat the stir-fried noodles.

Bai Shuruo spoke up: "Are you planning to get married again?"

Han Yangting paused, then looked at her: "Why do you ask this?"

She could not help but say: "If you are planning to remarry, then I feel... it would be inappropriate for us to travel together in the future. If your fiancée knew you were out playing with me and Xiaofeng, she would likely feel uncomfortable."

Han Yangting said: "What you say makes a lot of sense, so why did you come out with me then?"

Bai Shuruo said: "I..."

"You knew full well that coming out with me was inappropriate, yet you still came with me, which shows that you actually want to be with us, don't you?"

The hand Bai Shuruo used to hold her chopsticks trembled, and she suddenly felt the food in her mouth was like chewing wax, completely devoid of taste.

The reason she trembled was that he was right; she was indeed like that!

For this period of time, what she looked forward to most were her days off, so she could see Xiaofeng and, incidentally, catch a glimpse of him.

She was a person with a high sense of morality; when he proposed going out to play, the image of the girl named Nana had also flashed through her mind.

However, she had still agreed.

She put down her chopsticks and looked at him: "Mr. Han, what do you mean?"

Han Yangting just smiled faintly again, then said: "It means nothing, keep eating."

"I'm full." Bai Shuruo intended to leave the table.

"The noodles aren't finished yet, and there's still half the salmon left," Han Yangting said.

Bai Shuruo simply sat back down, ate a piece of salmon, and dipped it in extra sauce; when the taste of the wasabi rushed up, it made her entire head clear.

She sniffled and said: "Mr. Han, let's just speak plainly then. If you are concerned about Nana, yet you hope I fulfill my duties as a mother, then from now on, whenever we need to be together, I will not show up. Do not invite me to do anything in Xiaofeng's name again. From now on, as long as you are there, I will stay out of your way, is that okay? I also don't want you to think I'm being pathetic."

After finishing, she gulped down the food in her bowl, and only when the bowl was empty did she want to leave the table.

However, her wrist was suddenly grabbed by him.

With a slight pull from him, she fell into his arms and sat on his lap.

She was completely flustered.

Just as she was about to struggle to get out, he said: "Bai Shuruo, listen to me, I have no intention of remarrying."

She looked at him in surprise.

"W-why?"

He hesitated for a moment, then said: "For Xiaofeng's sake, to give Xiaofeng a complete family, I do not intend to remarry. Also, I hope our marriage can continue."

She stared blankly at him.

For a moment, her mind was a tangled mess.

"You mean..."

"You are still my wife, Xiaofeng is my daughter. As for Nana, I have already made things clear to her; I will not marry her."

Bai Shuruo was shocked by this information.

The wind chimes were blowing, and not far away was the dreamy Castle of Disney.

She felt as if she had fallen into a fairy tale.

Han Yangting continued to look at her and said: "Return to the Castle to live, be my wife, and we will raise Xiaofeng together. If you truly do not want to be with me, you can make a decision once Xiaofeng is an adult."

Bai Shuruo was completely stunned.

Crucially, she was in his arms now, and everything about him was familiar to her—the familiar scent, the familiar feel of his muscles.

"I-I need to think about it," she said, trembling.

"Could it be that you have someone else in mind for remarriage?" Han Yangting asked.

"No, I don't," Bai Shuruo answered crisply.

"Then why refuse? In fact, marriage is the same regardless of who you are with; the most important thing is raising children. Since I already have this daughter, Xiaofeng, I must be responsible for her."

Bai Shuruo did not know why, but she suddenly asked: "But Xiaofeng is only a daughter. Don't you Wealthy Families all need to have sons? If I... if I continue the marriage with you, do we need to have, have a second child?"

He looked at her, his lips moved, but his expression remained serious.

"If you are willing, that would naturally be best. Whether it's a son or not doesn't matter; the key is to have many children so that Xiaofeng will have company in the future."

"Then... I will think about it carefully."

Bai Shuruo struggled desperately to break free from his arms, then fled back to her room and covered her head with the quilt.

The next day, they were still playing at the Disney park.

However, the world seemed to have changed.

Yesterday, Mickey Mouse was just Mickey Mouse, and Donald Duck was just Donald Duck, but today, everything Bai Shuruo looked at felt dreamlike.

Yesterday the air was still sorrowful and sighing, but today it was like cotton candy, sweet everywhere.

Xiaofeng wanted to eat ice cream, Han Yangting asked Bai Shuruo if she wanted some, and Bai Shuruo immediately agreed: "I do."

Xiaofeng wanted a cloak and a glowing hair accessory, and since there were matching ones for mother and daughter, Bai Shuruo got one too. The mother and daughter ate ice cream, wore their cloaks, and shuttled around the Castle, their happiness pure.

In short, she had let go, becoming as unconstrained as Xiaofeng.

Bai Shuruo saw that Han Yangting's attitude toward her had also changed.

A while ago he had been indifferent toward her, but today he treated her the same as Xiaofeng; when playing on rides that required seatbelts, he fastened Xiaofeng's first, then fastened Bai Shuruo's.

When Xiaofeng saw Han Yangting fastening her seatbelt, she couldn't help but clap her hands and say, "Mommy is a little kid too."

Bai Shuruo was stunned.

If Xiaofeng thought she was like a little kid, that meant Han Yangting was treating her just as he had in the past.

Even if he was doing it for Xiaofeng's sake.

Over these years, she had long since let go of her hatred, and now she only hoped that Xiaofeng would live well.

That night, returning from Disney, while sitting on the plane, Han Yangting asked Bai Shuruo another question: "Have you considered the matter I discussed with you last night?"