Chapter 324: Aged, Vintage Jealousy

This area is relatively secluded, quiet as soon as night falls, and it doesn't take much time to walk these two streets from one end to the other.

Han Yangting and Bai Shuruo walked aimlessly along the street for a while, and Bai Shuruo pointed to a milk tea shop by the roadside: "I remember Meng Ze and I used to drink milk tea here often."

Han Yangting's face fell again: "Let's go."

"Go where?"

"To drink milk tea."

Bai Shuruo: "..."

When this man gets jealous, he is terrifyingly childish, and this is aged, vintage jealousy at that.

By now, Nana and Meng Ze have long since become an established couple; Meng Ze's business is growing larger by the day, and he finds new ways to surprise Nana every day—hiding rings in cakes, preparing candlelight dinners while Nana is fast asleep, or suddenly appearing in the city where Nana is staying while on a business trip to surprise her. A while ago, for International Women's Day, he even bought advertising space on the tallest building, playing it on a loop all night long, scattering dog food everywhere.

Nana's social media feed is now a massive scene of public displays of affection; clicking into it is like watching a sci-fi movie.

So, what is the point of being jealous over these things?

It's too childish.

After finishing the milk tea, Bai Shuruo pointed to a shop across the street selling flower cakes and said: "That one..."

"Have you eaten there before?" Han Yangting asked.

"If I say I have, are you going to keep eating? Can you eat that much? Your stomach must be full already, right?"

Han Yangting patted his already full stomach: "I can still eat some."

Bai Shuruo said: "I haven't eaten there. You know I don't like cookies. I only like eating spicy strips and potato chips."

Han Yangting didn't believe her, so he went in, bought a flower cake, and started gnawing on it, then gave one to Bai Shuruo.

Bai Shuruo: "..."

At 11 o'clock, the two returned to the guesthouse.

Their room had a small balcony, and from the small balcony, one could see the lights not far away.

After returning, Han Yangting didn't sleep; he just sat on the balcony and watched.

Bai Shuruo walked over and asked: "Brother Han, what are you looking at?"

"I'm carefully memorizing the scenery you've seen before in my mind," Han Yangting said.

Bai Shuruo said: "You childish ghost."

She had seen enough of the scenery outside the balcony and didn't want to look at it anymore; in the dead of night, she thought of Xiaohuang.

They say that once a woman becomes a mother, she enters the role much faster than a man.

For instance, she was missing her child now, but Han Yangting was only concerned with being jealous.

She returned to the bedside and made a phone call to the nanny at home, asking about Xiaohuang's situation: "Has Xiaohuang missed Mommy today?"

The nanny replied truthfully: "She has, she missed you terribly and made a huge fuss for a long time. After all, she was used to having Mommy around, so not seeing Mommy now, she's bound to make a fuss."

Bai Shuruo's heart ached terribly the moment she heard this, "Then what should we do?"

"Ma'am, you must be firm. Weaning is just like this; if you aren't firm, all your previous efforts will be wasted. At the very least, Xiaohuang is willing to take the bottle now and can get full drinking formula."

Bai Shuruo thought of Xiaohuang holding the bottle with teary eyes, and her heart ached even more.

But if they didn't do this, Xiaohuang would keep fussing to breastfeed and never get full, and both the adult and child would suffer.

Sigh, there are some things in this world that money simply cannot buy.

Han Yangting's attention was no longer on the scenery outside the balcony, but was fixed on Bai Shuruo.

The sight of his wife's heartache left him with no mind to be jealous.

He walked over and pulled Bai Shuruo into his arms, but Bai Shuruo shook him off.

"Ruoruo, what's wrong?" Han Yangting asked.

Bai Shuruo said: "I don't want to talk to you."

She had been worried about the child the whole time, yet he was being jealous for no reason; it was so annoying.

Han Yangting seemed to realize he was in the wrong.

He immediately hugged Bai Shuruo even tighter.

"Go to the balcony and look at your scenery, go downstairs and drink your milk tea, and there are flower cakes, fast food, and that person selling rice—go buy two meters of rice, and the fruit seller—go buy a pile of everything."

Seeing that Bai Shuruo was truly angry, Han Yangting immediately held her tight: "Ruoruo, it's all my fault. I knew you came out just to relax, yet I was so childish. Not only did I fail to help you with your worries, but I also made you angry and sad. I was wrong. I will never make you angry again. How about we check out now and go stay at a big hotel, okay?"

Bai Shuruo didn't even think about it and said decisively: "Okay!"

Han Yangting hesitated for a second, then also said decisively: "Fine, then let's go check out now, and we'll take a taxi back."

"What about the bicycles?"

"We paid a deposit; we'll just compensate them for one."

"Hmph, you certainly are wealthy and arrogant."

"It's just a bicycle; I can pay them double the price."

The guesthouse landlady watched them check out at 12 midnight with her own eyes.

And, they gave her a bicycle.

The landlady thought that their affair must have been discovered, which was why they had to flee in the middle of the night.

It must be that.

Sigh, what a pair of star-crossed lovers; to have an affair, they could eat simple fast food—she wouldn't even eat the things from that fast-food restaurant.

To have an affair, they drank 5-yuan cups of milk tea; that kind of milk tea is made with sugar crystals, and it leaves a bitter taste in your mouth as soon as you drink it.

Yet this man bit the bullet and drank it.

To fit into the woman's world, he really gave it his all.

……

Han Yangting called a ride-hailing car, and the two of them soon returned to the hotel where they were staying.

Upon arriving at this spacious hotel where one could see fish, Bai Shuruo's mood finally improved a little.

After taking a bath and lying on the bed to watch the fish for a while, she was not as depressed anymore.

But she still did not speak to Han Yangting.

Seeing that she would not open her mouth, Han Yangting naturally did not dare to speak either.

It was not until he saw that her mood had improved that he wanted to hold her again.

Bai Shuruo still did not want him, and she shook her hand away with disdain: "Go away."

"Ruoruo, I've already said I know I was wrong, can you please not ignore me?"

"Where were you wrong?"

"I shouldn't have taken you to fill in those memories, and I shouldn't have made you suffer the hardships you suffered before."

"Anything else?"

"I shouldn't have made you ride a bicycle for so long; even though you were just sitting in the back, sitting is also very tiring."

"Anything else?"

"And..." Han Yangting could not think of anything else.

Bai Shuruo was still angry, so she turned around and ignored him.

"Ruoruo, how about you give me a hint?" Han Yangting said: "Just a little bit?"

Bai Shuruo angrily covered her head with the quilt: "That's not it!"

"Then... what else is there? My good Ruoruo, just give me a reminder!"

Bai Shuruo said helplessly: "You don't think about the child at all."

"I do think about him."

"Then why was it only me who called back? Did you call back? Did you ask about Xiaohuang's current situation? Because he couldn't get milk, he kept crying and fussing, but you, as a father, didn't think of these things at all."

"I..." Han Yangting said: "I thought about it in my heart, I just didn't express it with my mouth."

Besides, there are so many servants at home, the grandparents are there, and there are the best maternity matrons; Xiaohuang wouldn't have any problems, right?

A mother just has so many things to worry about.

But Han Yangting felt that what Bai Shuruo said was not wrong; ever since they had Xiaohuang, Bai Shuruo's energy had all been on the child.

It was not easy for them to come to Dali, and she had finally relaxed her body and mind; he should have seized the opportunity to let her relax more, yet he took her to those places from the past, which was truly inappropriate.