Chapter 302

Song Zhaodi was looking forward to it. "Then I won't go out tomorrow. I'll just stay home and wait for the refrigerator to arrive. I'll take a look at this strange thing and broaden our horizons."

Shu Ying's smile deepened. "Alright, alright, I'll definitely let you see me tomorrow. It's getting late, sister, you should wash up and get some rest. We'll go upstairs to sleep now."

Song Zhaodi was indeed feeling sleepy. She usually went to bed early, but today she forced herself to stay awake to wait for Shu Ying and Xie Zhiyan to return.

"I'll go wash up first. Call me if you two need anything."

Shu Ying nodded and waved to her, "Sister, remember to apply face cream after you take a bath. I've noticed your skin has been getting better and better lately. It's much whiter than before, and you look more and more like someone from the city."

These past few days, Song Zhaodi has been diligently using the face cream that Shuying gave her every day. The scars on her body have actually faded a lot. A few days ago, they were still light pink, but when she rolled up her sleeves to look today, they had turned white.

Song Zhaodi thought to herself that in about another week, these scars might completely disappear, and then she wouldn't have to worry about scaring people when she wore short sleeves anymore.

After escaping from the mountains, she met Shuying, and things seemed to get better and better for her, as if she had met her lucky star.

All the lights on the first floor were turned off. Shu Ying went upstairs and took a relaxing bath in the spiritual spring. She had a habit of taking baths. Just taking a quick cold shower was not enough to relieve her fatigue. She had to heat the water until it was warm and soak her whole body in it before she could feel that every cell in her body felt much more comfortable.

Shu Ying washed her hair and soaked in the bathtub, comfortably swinging her legs. The spiritual spring water seeped into her limbs and bones, and it seemed as if all the mental and physical energy she had used excessively during the day had been replenished.

"Luckily, I had the spiritual spring water to keep me going, otherwise I really wouldn't have been able to handle the workload of the whole day. It seems that I still need to take better care of my body. I haven't had stomach problems for quite a while, but today I almost couldn't hold on because I didn't eat two meals on time."

Shu Ying has a very open mind, and she no longer insists on stubbornly enduring many things.

She is now a mother of two. While working hard, she always has to think about her children. The lessons Shi Tou learned from his stepmother were already terrible. Becoming a mother means having a weakness. She has to think more about her children.

After leaving the space, Shu Ying changed into her pajamas. The two ate dinner, and Xie Zhiyan took the initiative to do the housework. She was almost asleep, but no one came upstairs. Her drowsy head couldn't stay awake any longer, and she suddenly woke up just as she was about to fall asleep.

The door hadn't been opened yet, and she had a pained look on her face. This was the look Xie Zhiyan saw when he came in—a helpless yet adorable expression.

Shu Ying held the blanket in both hands, seemingly waiting for him, but in reality, she had already gone to sleep.

Xie Zhiyan lay down on the bed next to her, and suddenly a depression appeared in the space beside her. Shu Ying subconsciously turned over toward the heat source.

"You're back?"

She spoke in a daze, making one want to pinch her cheek, but Xie Zhiyan was worried about waking her, so he strongly suppressed his thoughts, turned around and carefully turned off the light before slowly pulling her into his arms.

Shu Ying was half asleep, still muttering about the noodles she had just eaten.

"The noodles my sister made are so delicious..."

Xie Zhiyan was both amused and exasperated.

Just as he was about to respond to her, he heard Shu Ying muttering indistinctly.

"The spiritual spring water is very good for your health, Ayan, you must drink and use it more often."

Xie Zhiyan was completely confused.

What kind of spiritual spring water? What about drinking more and using more? He covered Shu Ying with the blanket and gently placed a kiss on her forehead.

"Go to sleep, you're too tired today."

Actually, Shu Ying is a very good sleeper and rarely talks in her sleep. Today she was in a daze, probably because she was exhausted. Xie Zhiyan was heartbroken.

Looking at the person sleeping soundly in his arms, he even wanted to hide her away in his private messages.

Especially when he thought about the way Jiang Yunzhou looked at Shu Ying in the conference room today, he understood the message conveyed in those eyes: the bitterness of loving someone but not being able to have them.

Only men can truly understand men, and only those in similar circumstances can truly understand each other.

He understood Jiang Yunzhou's resentment and could see the pain in his eyes, because he had once looked up to Shu Ying with the same longing and unattainability.

During the years he secretly loved Shu Ying, he seemed to see his own reflection in Jiang Yunzhou, the same humility and caution. When he saw her getting along well with other men, his heart was already riddled with holes, but he didn't even have the right to be jealous.

Compared to Jiang Yunzhou, he was ultimately lucky. At least he used to have a marriage contract with Shu Ying, while now Jiang Yunzhou could only be considered an ordinary friend.

The sense of disappointment was enough to kill his pride, so he understood even more that the other person probably wouldn't be able to give up their obsession with Shu Ying even many years later. The person you liked when you were young might become as worthless as rice or mosquito bites if you got them, but if you didn't get them, they would become a lifelong regret and obsession.

Even if he understands the other person, there is nothing he can do. If two people can stay together for a lifetime, who begged for it in their previous life?

Fate is something that can't be explained or defined. They both tried their best, and the rest can only be left to fate.

Xie Zhiyan couldn't help but think that if Shu Ying hadn't agreed to fulfill their marriage contract back then, then Jiang Yunzhou might be him now. Only when their relationships were reversed did he realize the panic in his heart.

Unbeknownst to him, Shu Ying had already taken over his entire life; her existence was so important to him.

He held Shuying tenderly and placed a kiss on her hair, a kiss filled with endless tenderness and gratitude.

He was always grateful to Shu Ying for coming to his side, so much so that he didn't even dare to recall the vivid and terrifying dream he had in the hotel in Shanghai.

It was as if, in the next second, that terrifying dream would come true and mercilessly take Shuying and the child away from him.