Chapter 117

Watching Lou Xiaoe smiled and wiped away her tears, thinking to herself that she had already agreed to let go. They were already divorced, so why should she keep thinking about him? Now she should live her life well.

Thinking this, she took the bowl Li Xuewu handed her and used a spoon to eat it bit by bit. It was glutinous, with the fragrance of green onions and the pure taste of eggs; it was different from before, and it was truly delicious.

Seeing Watching Lou Xiaoe had regained her spirit and wiped away her tears, Li Xuewu said slowly: "The best revenge is not destroying a person, and even less destroying yourself, but living happier and more joyfully than them."

Li Xuewu didn't say it explicitly, but Watching Lou Xiaoe already understood. She nodded while holding the bowl.

Seeing the temperature in the room gradually rising, Li Xuewu took off his overcoat and began to tidy up the messy things in the room.

The man's things were piled on the cabinet, and the woman's clothes were placed by the bed in the room. He closed the open cabinet door and picked up the divorce certificate that had been thrown on the floor and placed it on the bedside table.

At this time, Watching Lou Xiaoe had also finished the last bite of the dough soup and let out a satisfied burp, licking her lips like a child. Her eyes didn't look at the divorce certificate, but she handed the bowl to Li Xuewu very naturally.

Li Xuewu was stunned for a moment, took it, and put it in the kitchen. By the way, he also put the messy kitchen back in order, washed the pot and bowl, and cleaned the cupboard.

Li Xuewu had never entered the kitchen at home; he was a very lazy person. Now, perhaps it was that look of trust that prompted him to finish these things, or perhaps he had already defined this place as his own home in advance and didn't want it to be so messy.

He filled the stove with some more coal, poured the hot water he had just boiled on the stove into a thermos, and connected another pot to boil.

He looked at Watching Lou Xiaoe at the door of the inner room and then said: "Following Lou Jie, you should rest. I'm going back. Oh, that's right, Xu Damao's father gave me a box, the same one from last night. I put it on the cabinet for you; you should put it away."

After saying that, he walked toward the door.

Just two steps later, he felt someone hugging him from behind, and two arms like white lotus roots wrapped around his waist.

Li Xuewu shuddered instantly.

What is this Watching Lou Xiaoe doing?

He only heard Watching Lou Xiaoe behind him say softly: "Stay with me for a while."

Li Xuewu turned around slowly and comforted her: "Following Lou Jie, let go..."

But Watching Lou Xiaoe didn't let go of her arms. Now it had become Watching Lou Xiaoe hugging Li Xuewu, her head just reaching Li Xuewu's chin.

This was the feeling, the reliable, solid feeling just now.

Seeing that Watching Lou Xiaoe had just eaten and was sweating a little, and had taken off her outer coat, leaving only a sweater, Watching Lou Xiaoe hugged him tightly, and he could clearly feel her rapid heartbeat.

What reaction would a young, strong, big guy have when hugged by a woman?

Standing by the stove, the heat wave behind him roasted him, and the heat wave in front of him tested him.

This Watching Lou Xiaoe wouldn't be confused by great joy and great sorrow, would she?

Wanting to keep him to wrestle?

I, Li Xuewu, want to leave; no one can keep me!

Seeing Watching Lou Xiaoe standing on the cement floor with a pair of small bare feet, he squatted down slightly, his left hand passing through the bend of Watching Lou Xiaoe's calves, his right hand supporting her back, and he gently picked her up, walking toward the inner room step by step.

Li Xuewu's original intention was to carry her back to the inner room, put her down, and leave, waiting for her to calm down...

After Watching Lou Xiaoe was supported, her face leaned against Li Xuewu's chest, and her hands gently wrapped around Li Xuewu's neck, feeling his vigorous heartbeat.

Feeling that every step this person in front of her took was so reliable and fascinating, she slowly lost herself in this atmosphere.

She knocked down the documents Li Xuewu had just picked up from the floor and placed on the bedside table.

That document happened to fall open on the floor, and only the names Watching Lou Xiaoe and Xu Damao were written on it...

"Candle shadows shake red flames, through the gauze window..."

Living in a courtyard has this one disadvantage: there are many residents, and people walk around from time to time at night.

The residents in this courtyard add up to more than 70 people; every time there is a big meeting, they can fill a courtyard.

And these 70-plus people all have to go to the public toilet outside the main gate to relieve themselves, so people go out from time to time in the first half and second half of the night, and the main gate is not closed.

In the second half of the night, Liu Guangfu from the Second Master's family ran out in a daze wearing a cotton-padded jacket. As soon as he went out, he saw a faint light in Xu Damao's house, thinking that Watching Lou Xiaoe must be at home, so why was the small desk lamp on in the middle of the night?

As he walked, he felt something was wrong. Hey! Why was there a "creak, creak" sound coming from the house?

Why was Watching Lou Xiaoe shaking the bed in the middle of the night instead of sleeping?

"The stupid goose is not a stupid goose; it's really a dull-headed goose!"

He shook his head and ran outside. When he ran to the moon gate, he suddenly bumped into a figure.

Liu Guangfu, who fell to the ground, cursed: "Ouch! Who is it! Don't you have eyes!"

Liu Guangfu looked at the person coming in the moonlight and was startled.

"Brother Damao!

! Why are you out? You scared me to death!"

The person coming was Xu Damao, wearing a thick cotton-padded jacket, his face covered in a layer of oil and mud, shining in the moonlight. The right sleeve of his cotton-padded jacket was torn, and the cotton inside was flying out.

"What are you talking about! What do you mean why am I out? Why can't I come out if I haven't done anything wrong? Get lost, get lost, go do what you need to do."

As he spoke, he pushed Liu Guangfu away and walked toward his house.

Liu Guangfu was holding his bladder and didn't have time to nag him, so he muttered something and ran outside.

Xu Damao walked into the back courtyard and felt something was wrong. It was the second half of the night, and every family had turned off their lights, so why was his house the only one with a small light on?

Li Xuewu wouldn't have moved in on the first day he got the house, would he?

He walked to the window and saw the silhouette of a sea swallow reflected on the pink curtains, moving with the waves.

This curtain was a silk curtain Watching Lou Xiaoe brought from home.

The "Sea Swallow" dubbing played on the radio, and the "creak, creak" sound of the iron ship kept coming from the window.

A song of "Phoenix Seeking Phoenix," graceful and impassioned, the cry of the sea swallow pierced his eardrums. This sound was too familiar!

It was Gorky's "Sea Swallow"~

Xu Damao's eyes instantly turned bloodshot, his face ferocious, wanting to break the window and rush in to turn off the radio.

The fear of the darkness and the steamer in the detention room instantly dispelled this impulse. Now he remembered that he still had a criminal record at the Steel Rolling Mill. The little courage he had left instantly vanished, leaving only emptiness.

"I Have a Scroll of Ghosts and Gods"

A sense of powerlessness surged into his heart. He turned his head and leaned against the wall. Xu Damao's body slowly fell to the ground, and above his head was the window with a faint light—that faint light used to be his home.

The "creak, creak" sound of the iron ship from the "Sea Swallow" dubbing on the radio was still ringing, fast and slow, strong and weak in the surging waves. This sound seemed to be amplified and clearly sent into Xu Damao's ears.

Even the happy low moan of the sea swallow welcoming the waves seemed to echo in his ears.