Can We Say No to Divorce?

Chapter 848 - 598: Extra—Summoning the Courage

He stood next to her, smelling the aroma from the kitchen. He had been busy all night and was hungry!

So, he went to the kitchen himself and saw the soup ready, along with two dishes, one meat, one vegetable, and a soup.

Just as he was about to bring it out to eat, Qiao Xiaoyan woke up.

She ran into the kitchen and looked at him: "You’re back!"

"Smells good, I’m just in time because I’m hungry!" Song Xuyao said.

"Let me do it!" Qiao Xiaoyan brought the dishes, rice, and soup to the table, and she served him a bowl of soup.

Song Xuyao looked at the bowl of soup and gulped down a large mouthful. Qiao Xiaoyan put a chicken leg on his plate, "Eat slowly, there’s plenty!"

He nodded, and Qiao Xiaoyan asked him, "Is the soup good?"

"Delicious!" Song Xuyao replied, "I’m easy to please, as long as I’m full, I’m good."

"Pfft..." Qiao Xiaoyan laughed out loud, then noticed the lipstick on his shirt collar, and at that moment, she also smelled the perfume on him.

This particular perfume wasn’t hers. Women have the keenest senses; she knew it was Nian Enxi’s.

Qiao Xiaoyan’s smile gradually froze on her face, and an inexplicable surge of emotion kept welling up in her heart.

The first time she loved him, his heart was with Song Chenxi.

The second time she decided to love him again, his heart was with Nian Enxi.

The first time, she lost to a deceased woman.

The second time, will she lose to someone who looks exactly like the deceased woman?

Qiao Xiaoyan, can your life be any more of a failure?

She knew she was bringing this upon herself, but she also didn’t understand why she only had feelings for him!

Qiao Xiaoyan glanced at Song Xuyao. He was still bowing his head, drinking soup. The soup contained red dates, codonopsis, longans, lotus seeds, and was stewed with chicken.

Did he know the meaning of this bowl of soup: to wish for a noble child? (dates, codonopsis, longans)

Or perhaps, the road to having a noble child with him was still far away.

She just wanted to tell him, her heart...

But Song Xuyao seemed to have noticed nothing. He drank two bowls of soup, ate a bowl of rice and dishes, and then casually asked her, "Have you eaten?"

"I’m not hungry." Qiao Xiaoyan’s expression was somewhat sad.

Song Xuyao nodded, "I’ll finish quickly and take you back later. It’s already late..."

Qiao Xiaoyan stared at him without saying a word.

Song Xuyao put down his bowl and chopsticks, and Qiao Xiaoyan cleaned up the tableware. After she had tidied up, Song Xuyao was smoking on the balcony.

He saw her coming out and then took the car keys: "Let’s go! I’ll take you."

He said, heading towards the door.

Qiao Xiaoyan stood still without moving.

Song Xuyao reached the door, and seeing that she hadn’t come out, he came back in and looked at her, "What’s wrong?"

Qiao Xiaoyan still didn’t speak.

Song Xuyao had to come in front of her, speaking calmly, asking again, "What’s wrong?"

"I hate this shirt on you!" Qiao Xiaoyan said coldly.

Song Xuyao looked at his shirt. There was Nian Enxi’s lipstick stain on the collar. He gazed at Qiao Xiaoyan, "Jealous?"

Qiao Xiaoyan turned her head away, ignoring him!

Song Xuyao took off his shirt, then threw it into the trash can, got a clean shirt to put on, and walked up to her, "Alright, let’s go!"

Qiao Xiaoyan looked at him at this moment and asked, "Did you and she..."

Song Xuyao raised an eyebrow, "Did we what?"

Qiao Xiaoyan looked at him angrily, just not saying it!

Song Xuyao looked at her stubborn appearance, "I remember, you weren’t like this, Xiaoyan..."

Qiao Xiaoyan simply sat on the sofa, she wasn’t going.

Song Xuyao looked down at her from above, then curved his lips into a smile, "You want to ask if I slept with her?"

Qiao Xiaoyan really wanted to ask that!

But suddenly, she felt, what right did she have to ask?

The relationship between them was consensual companionship!

Song Xuyao lit another cigarette. He sat across from Qiao Xiaoyan.

After taking a deep drag on the cigarette, he looked serious and said, "Xiaoyan, I want you to understand, the relationship between us ended a long time ago!"

Ended a long time ago?

Has it ended a long time ago?

Qiao Xiaoyan’s ears buzzed, as if countless bees were buzzing continuously.

Did he really not know what her waiting for him so late at his house meant?

Did he really not understand what her cooking dinner and making soup for him meant?

Even if he’s a careless man, he wouldn’t be clueless!

Qiao Xiaoyan’s eyes filled with tears instantly, why was she so disappointing?

Why did she have to wait for him to say it so bluntly?

Qiao Xiaoyan looked at him: "I remember, before Nian Enxi appeared, you never mentioned breaking up with me!"

"You also need to know, the relationship between us has always been physical." Song Xuyao said mercilessly.

Qiao Xiaoyan bit her lip, so this was it, when she gathered the courage and thought of continuing with him, he said that their relationship has always been just physical.

"This was just a matter of mutual consent with needs fulfilled." Song Xuyao stared at her, "Since it’s over, let’s not entangle any further!"

Qiao Xiaoyan choked up: "Then why did you save me from the zombies? Why did you save me again on the island?"

"I’m a police officer! Saving people is my duty!" Song Xuyao ignored her pain and took a calm drag of his cigarette, "If every woman I save questions me about whom I have relations with, how am I supposed to manage?"

Qiao Xiaoyan grabbed a pillow from the sofa and threw it at him, "You bastard!"

"I never claimed to be a good person!" Song Xuyao was indifferent about his image.

Qiao Xiaoyan looked at him with tears in her eyes: "Can’t you not be with Nian Enxi?"

"You should understand what she means to me!" Song Xuyao did not hide it, "The reason I accepted her, I admit, is because she resembles Chenxi."

"Then, you don’t accept me just because I’m Qiao Xiaoyan!" Qiao Xiaoyan said sadly, "Do you know, you once had violent emotions because she drugged you!"

At this point, Song Xuyao walked to her: "Qiao Xiaoyan, so you are also so conventional, fabricating lies to get a man, do you think you can persuade me? Do you think I would believe you?"

His voice grew colder, and the air around Qiao Xiaoyan became more suffocating, as if reaching a critical point, making it hard to breathe.

"What if she really does harm you?" Qiao Xiaoyan couldn’t hold back and accused.

"I would willingly accept it." Song Xuyao snorted, "I’d rather die under her peony skirt!"

"Smack!" Qiao Xiaoyan reached out and slapped Song Xuyao!

There were five fingerprints on his face; she put all her strength into that slap!

Just like her love, although wounded, she still mustered the courage to love again!

But what about him? He insulted her like this!

Song Xuyao took the slap forcefully, looking icily at Qiao Xiaoyan causing a scene, while Qiao Xiaoyan was sobbing uncontrollably!

For a moment, even the air seemed to stop flowing.

The air was filled with his angry breathing and her suppressed sobs.

"Aren’t you leaving yet?" Song Xuyao said coldly.

Qiao Xiaoyan could no longer stay, she turned around, picked up her handbag, and ran out the door without looking back.

After she left, Song Xuyao picked up his phone and dialed Zhuo Yufeng: "Take her home!"

"Are you kidding? It’s so late!" Zhuo Yufeng was driving, "And, what if people misunderstand when I take her at this hour?"

"You’re the only one I trust!" Song Xuyao hung up the phone.

Zhuo Yufeng muttered, being trusted by you is such a troublesome thing!

Zhuo Yufeng turned the car around and drove near Song Xuyao’s house, seeing a girl squatting on the ground crying.

He took out his phone, snapped a photo, and sent it to Song Xuyao.

Qiao Xiaoyan didn’t know how long she had been crying, then looked up and saw Zhuo Yufeng’s car, staring at him dazedly.

Zhuo Yufeng walked up to her, "Alright, stop crying, fortunately, there’s no one on the street now, or others would think I bullied you!"

He reached out and pulled her into a hug, feeling her sobbing; this woman should have found happiness, but she loved the wrong person again and again!

"Am I really silly..." Qiao Xiaoyan asked muffled against his chest.

"Yes! You’re the silliest girl I’ve ever met!" Zhuo Yufeng said, "I have beer in the car, why don’t we drive to the beach, have a drink, and watch the sunrise together?"

"Okay!" Qiao Xiaoyan got into the car.

Zhuo Yufeng drove to the beach, took out the beer, handed her a can, looked at her tear-swollen eyes, and he knew she genuinely meant it this time!

It was so hard for her to walk away from Bai Ye’s world and move to Song Xuyao’s world, but this man was...

Qiao Xiaoyan drank a lot, then fell asleep on the sand.

Zhuo Yufeng picked her up, placed her in the car, and waited together for the sunrise.

But before the sunrise, he received a report call about a body found bitten in the park.

"Another zombie case?" Zhuo Yufeng’s voice rose.

Qiao Xiaoyan also woke up, her eyes especially red, like peaches, though beer doesn’t easily cause drunkenness, yet the mood after being drunk, when tomorrow’s sun rises, must forget the past pain and begin a new day.

Especially with a case in the morning, she also perked up.

After Zhuo Yufeng hung up the phone, she looked at him: "New case?"

"Yes!" Zhuo Yufeng immediately drove, "There’s a body in the park, it’s estimated to have happened last night, we must go there immediately."

"Alright!" Qiao Xiaoyan also got energized.

Zhuo Yufeng said while driving: "I’ll take you to see the sunrise next time!"

Qiao Xiaoyan laughed: "Thank you, Zhuo Sir... But no need to watch the sunrise, I’m okay now!"