Chapter 691: After All the Roundabouts, You’re Still My Whole World

After that, Little White Dove felt rather apologetic. All he could do was try his best to make it up to Sheng Xinyi.

But he'd never imagined that the very next day, his mother would do something even more outrageous.

At breakfast, Mother Chen handed Sheng Xinyi five yuan. "Here, go buy me a bottle of soy sauce."

"I'll go!" Little White Dove reached for the money.

But Mother Chen stopped him. "You haven't even finished eating. Let her go."

"She's not familiar with this place."

"It's right at the village entrance. This place isn't big, and there's no human traffickers around. You think she'll get lost? Besides, aren't you still eating? She's already done. Can't she even run a simple errand? Or are my words just not worth listening to?" Mother Chen berated him aggressively.

Seeing that a quarrel was about to break out, Sheng Xinyi, wanting to smooth things over, said to Mother Chen, "Alright, Auntie, I'll go buy it."

She shook her head at Little White Dove.

Little White Dove was very reluctant, but after asking several times whether he should go with her, Sheng Xinyi refused each time.

He had no choice but to agree reluctantly.

After Sheng Xinyi left, an old matchmaker led a shy girl in through the front door.

"Aunt Chen, this is the girl I told you about, from the neighboring village. Pretty, isn't she? Have a good chat." The old matchmaker was the local matchmaker, someone who specialized in setting people up and arranging marriages.

"Good, good, good. Girl, have you eaten? Chen Ge, add another pair of chopsticks!" Mother Chen said happily.

However, when Little White Dove looked at the girl before him, then at the old matchmaker, he immediately understood what was going on.

"Mom, you sent Xinyi away just to set me up on a blind date? I have a girlfriend. Why would I go on a blind date!" Little White Dove was quite displeased.

"So what if it's a blind date? Who doesn't these days? Even if you have a girlfriend, a marriage without the parents' approval will definitely not be happy. Marriage is a major affair, and it requires a matchmaker's words. Spend some time with other girls. Maybe what you felt before was just a passing whim. Once you've interacted with other girls, you'll realize they're absolutely wonderful!" Mother Chen said matter-of-factly.

However, to Little White Dove, this was utterly absurd.

Little White Dove rejected it on the spot. "I won't marry any girl other than Xinyi."

The girl who'd been brought for the blind date was also getting angry. "How ridiculous. He already has someone, and you still set him up!"

Just as the girl turned to leave, she noticed a graceful figure standing behind her.

Her gaze was scorching and piercing, her eyes rimmed red. Biting her red lips, she walked right past Little White Dove's astonished gaze and set the soy sauce down on the table with a thud.

"Seems I've interrupted you two. I'll be going."

The speaker was Sheng Xinyi.

Stubbornly, she barged into the room and began packing her luggage.

Little White Dove panicked. Seeing Sheng Xinyi packing, he immediately grew anxious. "Xinyi, where are you going?"

"I'm going home!" As soon as the words left Sheng Xinyi's mouth, tears fell. "What did I do wrong? Why do you have to hurt me like this?"

She sobbed and sniffled, utterly miserable. "I thought that as long as two people liked each other, that was enough. But I never imagined there would be so many things to overcome… It's completely different from what I imagined. I'm exhausted right now."

Her tearful, weeping appearance made Little White Dove's heart ache terribly.

"I'm sorry. I made you suffer. I didn't plan on going on a blind date. It was all my mom's arrangement. I had no idea she'd be so unreasonable."

Just as Little White Dove instinctively moved to hold Sheng Xinyi, she pushed him away.

Sheng Xinyi closed her eyes in pain, tears streaming down.

"Let me calm down for a few days," she paused. "I'm going home."

Little White Dove blamed himself deeply. Seeing how miserable Sheng Xinyi looked, his heart ached along with hers.

"Alright."

He respected her choice.

He didn't stop Sheng Xinyi from packing.

Sheng Xinyi lifted her suitcase while tears streamed down her face.

Little White Dove tried to help, but Sheng Xinyi petulantly swatted his hand away.

As Sheng Xinyi went out, Little White Dove followed her like a little tail.

When Mother Chen saw Sheng Xinyi about to leave, she even gloated, "Oh, leaving, are you? I won't see you out!"

Little White Dove instantly roared in anger, "Mom, say one less word!"

"What did I say wrong?!" Mother Chen was furious.

"You know exactly what!"

"Alright, stop arguing, I'm leaving." After that stubborn reply, Sheng Xinyi carried her suitcase and headed out. Little White Dove still went up to help.

It was a push-and-refuse, and no conclusion could be reached.

In the end, Little White Dove snatched Sheng Xinyi's suitcase and forcibly pushed it forward.

Seeing Little White Dove's stubbornness, Sheng Xinyi's heart felt heavy.

At the bus station, they waited a while, and the bus arrived.

"I'm going." Sheng Xinyi tried hard to wave at him calmly, then pretended to be calm as she took the suitcase he handed her and boarded the bus.

"Be careful," Little White Dove said, his eyes full of guilt and heartache.

He watched Sheng Xinyi's graceful figure board the bus without looking back at him.

For a single instant, he felt as if his entire world had turned gray.

Especially when he saw her leave on the bus.

A powerful feeling arose in Little White Dove's heart.

He was about to lose her—

Once she left, she might never come back.

"Sheng Xinyi—"

The roar pierced the sky.

"Stop!!! Driver, stop!"

Sheng Xinyi vaguely heard the shouting from behind.

She immediately turned around and saw a tall figure desperately running after the bus.

He was actually running after the bus!

That obsession, that desperate effort, brought tears to Sheng Xinyi's eyes instantly.

"Driver, there's someone back there, please stop!" Sheng Xinyi reminded the driver.

The driver stopped.

Sheng Xinyi reached the door and met the eyes of Little White Dove, who had caught up, panting and drenched in sweat.

"What are you doing? Are you crazy! Are you trying to make me go back with you?" Sheng Xinyi choked up, looking at his sweaty, exhausted appearance, wanting to cry.

"No, I want to come with you," Little White Dove shook his head, firmly gripping the bus handrail and climbing aboard. "I think I still can't give up the whole world. You are my whole world."

Sheng Xinyi was astonished.

His desperate, reckless appearance was just like a moth diving into a flame—and just like love.

……

Ever since Leng Ruoli got pregnant, she'd been very sleepy.

She might sleep the entire day.

Jiang Muye checked the time on his watch. It was already noon.

"She hasn't come down to eat anything today?" Jiang Muye asked the butler.

The butler nodded. "Right, she hasn't. Madam is still sleeping upstairs."

"That won't do. It'll hurt her stomach. She has to eat something. I'll bring some food up." So Jiang Muye had the kitchen prepare some plain porridge and light dishes, then carried it upstairs.

Jiang Muye entered the room. The curtains were drawn, and a lump was squirming on the bed.

After setting the food on the bedside table, he gently nudged Leng Ruoli. "Darling, time to wake up. You skipped breakfast, so how can you skip lunch too?"

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