Chapter 360

Su Jinru advised Xia Xuan a few sentences, she covered her ears and refused to listen. Su Jinru was frightened by her reaction, dared not advise again, glanced at Xia Yue. Xia Yue silently shook her head at her, waved her hand indicating she should go back to the room, with her watching, nothing would happen.

Su Jinru sighed, returned to the room.

Xia Yue frowned, shouted at the person outside the door: "Don't keep ringing the doorbell, the elderly and children at home need to rest, go back, if there's anything we can talk about tomorrow." After thinking, she casually added, "The neighbors will probably come complain about the disturbance soon."

The outside finally quieted down.

Xia Yue breathed a sigh of relief, looked through the peephole again, Chen Songbai's figure was gone outside. She turned back, sat beside Xia Xuan, took away her hand covering her ears, while wiping her tears she softly comforted: "Chen Songbai has already been driven away by me, if you don't want to see us, you don't have to."

Xia Xuan sniffed, gave an "en" sound.

"Don't cry, take a hot shower, sleep well." Xia Yue tidied her hair.

Xia Xuan gradually stopped crying, obediently went to the bathroom to take a shower. Xia Yue worried about her, followed closely without leaving her side. While Xia Xuan showered inside, she stood outside the door waiting for her.

After finishing her shower, Xia Xuan pulled open the door and came out, her mood still terrible: "Sister."

Xia Yue took the hair dryer from the bathroom, pulled out an extension cord, told Xia Xuan to sit on the sofa, and she helped her blow-dry her hair.

Already not a child, Xia Xuan felt embarrassed to let her sister wait on her like that, she raised her hand, wanting to take the hair dryer: "I'll do it myself."

"Sit properly." Xia Yue raised her hand and patted her shoulder.

Xia Xuan had no choice but to sit obediently, not moving around.

Xia Yue's fingers slipped through the soft, damp strands, gently teasing them, amidst the buzzing noise she said slowly: "Your hair is really beautiful, just like when you were little, thick and black, and lots of it. I remember when I helped you tie your hair as a kid, the hairbands couldn't hold it, you pouted and said pulling hurt your scalp."

Xia Xuan gave a faint smile, her thoughts carried back to childhood by her words: she was the youngest in the family, her health had been poor since birth, everyone revolved around her. Back then she was young, didn't understand things, even envied her older sisters, wondering why she didn't have their healthy bodies, could play whatever she wanted, eat whatever she wanted, carefree and worry-free. Whereas she was like a bird with broken wings, wanting to fly but unable.

After growing a bit older and understanding more, she realized having two older sisters was a great blessing, and she began to learn to cherish them.

She and Xia Xi were close in age, she liked to cling to her even more, like a little tail, using tasty snacks and fun toys to coax her, to get her to play longer with her. Of course, Xia Xi was also very good to her, taking her wherever she went.

Xia Xuan laughed and laughed, tears in her eyes: "Being born into our family, I'm still quite fortunate." In another family, she might not have so many people behind her giving her support.

So, no matter what happens, she must remember, she still has family.

After drying her hair, Xia Yue turned off the hair dryer, the room quieted down again. Xia Yue unplugged it, coiled the cord around the dryer, carefully poured a little hair oil into her palm, and applied it to Xia Xuan's shiny black hair.

A faint rose scent lingered at the tip of her nose.

Xia Yue: "Go to sleep."

Xia Xuan responded, lay down on the bed, she tried to think of other things to divert her attention, but it was difficult; closing her eyes, that scene appeared in her mind—Miao Yijia wearing a sexy camisole nightgown, her appearance alluring, on her face a feigned guilt, the deeply asleep Chen Songbai panicked and scrambled up from the bed, naked body, messed-up sheets.

Xia Xuan suddenly opened her eyes, her heart pounding especially fast, her five viscera and six bowels seemed to be overturned.

She couldn't sleep, she simply couldn't sleep.

A soft hand suddenly landed on her shoulder, Xia Xuan turned her head, it was her sister guarding her side.

"What exactly happened?" Xia Yue spoke cautiously, "Can't you tell the eldest sister?"

She stroked Xia Xuan's hair repeatedly.

Xia Xuan lowered her eyes, buried her face in the pillow, extremely distressed, yet couldn't speak. She herself was still dazed, as if she had gone through a false illusion.

But if it was an illusion, how could it feel so real?

"Alright, alright, I won't ask." Seeing her sister about to cry again, Xia Yue hugged her and gently patted.

Xia Yue didn't close her eyes all night, staying by Xia Xuan's side; she knew Xia Xuan also hadn't slept all night, possibly tormented inside, tossing and turning, each interval less than ten minutes.

Only when the sky outside grew light did Xia Xuan finally fall asleep from exhaustion. Xia Yue couldn't bear to wake her, who had finally managed to sleep, she tiptoed out of bed barefoot, bent over to pick up her shoes, walked out barefoot, and gently closed the door.

Su Jinru had already risen, was cooking porridge in the kitchen, turned her head and saw Xia Yue with dark circles, asking: "How is Xuanxuan?"

"Not good." Xia Yue shook her head, "I guess the conflict is quite serious."

Su Jinru sighed worriedly: "What's going on, did you ask? Logically it shouldn't be, that kid Chen Songbai is quite accommodating to Xia Xuan, usually Xia Xuan says he's thoughtful. It's just his mother, not very reasonable, hard to like. Could his mother have come over?"

"I asked, but Xia Xuan won't say."

"Give Songbai a call, ask him." Su Jinru pressed her eyes, "My right eyelid keeps twitching, I feel uneasy. They say left eye twitching brings wealth, right eye twitching brings disaster."

"Mom, why do you still believe in that?"

Xia Yue took out her phone and dialed Chen Songbai's number; the other side answered, Xia Yue didn't bother with pleasantries, her tone very bad: "What did you do to wrong Xia Xuan? She came back crying yesterday, didn't sleep all night! Chen Songbai, Xia Xuan's body can't take a blow, is this the first day you've found out?"

The person on the other end didn't make a sound.

"Hello? Hello?" Xia Yue angrily glanced at the screen, which showed the call was still ongoing, then put it back to her ear: "Chen Songbai, what do you mean by not speaking?"

"Can I see her?" a hoarse voice came from the earpiece, filled with sorrow and dejection.

Xia Yue froze for a moment, then quickly calmed: "Xia Xuan doesn't want to see you, I don't want to provoke her."

The call ended strangely, Xia Yue's anger rose considerably, she exchanged a glance with Su Jinru beside her, annoyed: "He also won't speak. But from his tone, I'd say eight out of ten it's his problem."

Actually, even without listening to Chen Songbai's tone, she could guess it couldn't be Xia Xuan's fault. Her nature is so soft, like a dough ball, she wouldn't even speak harshly to others, how could she start a conflict?

The more Xia Yue thought, the angrier she got, she threw her phone onto the sink counter.

Su Jinru: "Go buy some pan-fried dumplings from Chen's Shop, Xia Xuan loves them, when she wakes up persuade her to eat something, nothing is more important than her own health."

After Xia Yue finished washing up, changed clothes, took her phone and two bags of trash. Just then Youyou woke up, ran out of the room, wanting to go out with her, so she brought the little girl along.

When the door opened, a shadow suddenly caught her peripheral vision, Xia Yue nearly had her soul scared out, she dropped a bag of trash from her hand.

The bag's mouth wasn't tied tight, a few packaging bags leaked out, Xia Yue saw clearly it was Chen Songbai, her thumping heart calmed a little, she bent down to pick up the trash and put it back in the bag.

"Young uncle-in-law, how come you're here?" Youyou bounced over to greet Chen Songbai.

Chen Songbai leaned against the wall, sitting, full of dejection, he gave a faint smile to the cute little girl, pushed himself up from the ground to stand straight, nodded at Xia Yue: "Elder sister."

Xia Yue saw he was still wearing yesterday's clothes, surprised she asked: "You've been waiting here all night?"

Without needing Chen Songbai to answer, she already knew in her heart—the person before her had eyes filled with red bloodshot veins, a short stubble on his chin, his exhausted expression couldn't be hidden.

Seeing his wretched state, usually soft-hearted Xia Yue couldn't bring herself to speak harshly, only told him: "Xia Xuan just fell asleep a little while ago this morning, don't disturb her. I'm not sure what conflict you two have, but I will unconditionally side with Xia Xuan, I think you should go back for now. We can talk after her emotions stabilize."

Chen Songbai wiped his face, eye sockets moist: "Her health is poor, she can't stay up late, she can't be upset."

Xia Yue: "You don't need to tell me this, I know it better than you."