For Mu Yi, Bai Xin had recently found it increasingly difficult to remember the times they had spent together. He was always at his grocery store; sometimes, she even brought him dinner and he would insist that she hurry back to rest.
He said he was worried she would get tired, often not returning home until sometimes close to midnight.
When she asked why he was so busy, he simply said that some customers always came late, and he couldn’t just not wait for them, as they were all neighbors from around the area.
"Today, you’re not worried about your grocery store?"
Bai Xin asked indifferently. However, to Mu Yi, it seemed like Bai Xin was being sarcastic and jealous.
He quickly explained with a smile.
"Xinxin, no matter how important the grocery store is, it’s not as important as you, right? Look, I’m here already. Why don’t you come back with me?"
Mu Yi said, his gaze sweeping across the surroundings again.
"Where’s dad? I haven’t had a proper drink with him in so many years. This time, I will stay and have a couple of drinks with him, and we’ll go back tomorrow."
Mu Yi wore a silly grin, looking like a simpleton.
Yet, Bai Xin gave him no face at all.
"No need, don’t let it interfere with your business. My dad hasn’t drunk with you for many years, and it’s not necessary now. You realize that you haven’t visited for many years.
Mu Yi, let’s end our relationship here."
Bai Xin didn’t want to say anything more to this man. Every time, it was the same; whatever she said, he just gave a foolish grin, appearing to acquiesce but actually avoiding the real issues.
When Mu Yi heard what Bai Xin said, he wasn’t angry but instead lowered his posture, cautiously trying to grab Bai Xin’s hand.
Bai Xin shook him off, and he wasn’t angry but simply began gently.
"Xinxin, I don’t get it, I know my mom and my sister have been too much, but I love you. I always give in to you; you married me, you’re living life with me, not with them. Why care about what they do?
I promise, from now on, you can do whatever you want. If you don’t want to have children, then we won’t have any. Is that okay?"
See how righteous and careful his words were.
Even the people near their home knew, he didn’t care whether Bai Xin could have children, as long as they could be together, he was happy.
"Xinxin, I don’t mind whether we have children or not. All I care about is you. Whether we have children is not important, it’s just that my mom has some old-fashioned thoughts, so she keeps hoping we’ll have a child. But that’s definitely not what I want.
You know how much I love you."
Should she be moved by these words? The first time, she was moved, so for his sake, she really had accommodated Mu Yi’s mom and sister.
Not having spoken until now, Bai Zhi couldn’t help but say sarcastically to Mu Yi,
"So, uncle, you also think it’s my aunt’s fault that you don’t have children, you’re really something."
This man, he was very cunning, somehow subtly shifting the blame of not having children entirely onto his aunt, and she probably hadn’t even noticed, perhaps even touched at the beginning.
People say that, look how I still love you even though you can’t have children, how could you not be moved?
Bai Xin was stunned; she really hadn’t caught onto this problem before because at that time, everyone thought that if a woman couldn’t have children, it must be the woman’s problem; even she had thought that perhaps it was because she had fallen into an ice hole in winter that year, which might have hurt her body.
That same year, Mu Yi had come to find her brother who saved her after she fell into the ice hole, and even gave her his own already frostbitten jacket, which had moved her,
"Bai Zhi, what do you mean by that, when did I ever blame your aunt."
At that moment, he truly detested Bai Zhi.