novelraw Chapter 520 - 437: Still 3 years?
Chapter 520 - 437: Still 3 years?
Chapter 520: Chapter 437: Still 3 years?
Li Si couldn’t help but comfort her: "You’re overthinking this! Shasha, it’s not that serious! Relax, it’s not a big deal."
"The main thing is that you and Xu Er are both okay, which is fortunate enough. If there had been a serious injury, the one who should feel guilty would be me."
Bai Shasha and everyone else were all gathered together because of her wedding. She couldn’t help but feel a vague sense of self-blame—maybe she should’ve just gone to the bridal chamber to fool around. If she had, perhaps this wouldn’t have happened!
"Si, don’t think like that! We’re all fine, aren’t we? Xu Er just looks worse than he is. I saw the wound at the time—it wasn’t large, only required three stitches!"
As Bai Shasha spoke, she held up three fingers to illustrate, and no sooner had she finished than Jiang Fan interjected: "Really? Only three stitches? I thought it was thirteen stitches! Oh man, Sisi—you didn’t see how our Shasha cried. She was like a total tearful mess!"
"Get lost!" Bai Shasha exclaimed, embarrassed, and started punching Jiang Fan lightly in frustration.
Li Si joined in the fun on the side, teasing, "Shasha, it looks like you do care about Xu Er quite a lot! Usually, you act so indifferent. Xiao Fan, how come you didn’t record it at the time? We could’ve watched it together later for entertainment!"
"Si, you’re even worse!" Bai Shasha felt like her dignity had been completely lost.
She remembered vividly how scared she had been seeing Xu Er covered in blood.
An extended relative of her family had once gotten into a fight and been killed with a bottle.
So when Xu Er got hurt for her sake, she felt touched yet also enraged at Leng Shuang.
She had slapped her hard right on the spot!
Had Jiang Fan not suggested calling the police, she wouldn’t have calmed down, and who knows—maybe she’d keep beating that woman half to death!
Finally, everyone stopped blaming themselves and returned to their usual camaraderie.
The blush in Bai Shasha’s cheeks faded a little, and she asked, "We all agreed not to tell you guys about this. How did you find out?"
Li Si gave her a reproachful glance: "If Xiao Ning hadn’t called and told him, were you planning not to say anything? Is this something you can hide?"
Bai Shasha stammered to defend herself: "I just thought it was your second day as a newlywed. I figured maybe I’d wait a day or two for Xu Er to recover a bit before saying something!"
"You! I don’t even know what to say to you! But you know what? This incident with Xu Er getting hurt might be the perfect catalyst for you two! Still sticking to your three years plan?" Li Si teased with a mischievous grin.
"Three years? What three years! I say, hurry up and get married already! Saves me from having to fly back to attend your wedding later!" Jiang Fan chimed in.
Bai Shasha turned away and sat on the bed. "I’m not talking to you guys anymore! My mind’s all jumbled!"
She hadn’t expected herself to have such deep feelings for Xu Er. All along, in her interactions with him, Xu Er had been the one making sacrifices—others thought he loved her more than she loved him.
But the scene from last night kept flashing in her mind. Now, she could confidently say that Cao Yufan had been completely erased from her heart.
Her heart was now full of Xu Er—the silly guy who made her laugh and made her cry!
Li Si and Jiang Fan exchanged a glance, struggling to conceal their amusement.
Looks like Xu Er’s injury really was perfectly timed, wonderfully effective, and absolutely worth it!
Not to mention Bai Shasha wasn’t speaking in absolutes anymore. Xu Er’s ’springtime’ might not be far off!
Li Si cleared her throat and said, "Alright then, you stay jumbled—I’m going to check on Xu Er. We can’t just let this go. Even if we don’t report her or have her arrested, we need that woman to apologize!"
With that, Li Si stood up and went to the adjacent room to find Leng Mochen.
Bai Shasha was stunned and quickly followed Li Si in a few hurried steps. "Huh? Si, let’s just drop it, okay?"
But deep down, she felt uncomfortable saying that. Why should the perpetrator get away scot-free while they quietly let it go?
However, for Li Si’s sake she didn’t want to make things difficult for her friend—being a wealthy family’s wife wasn’t easy, especially when that woman was their relative!
Jiang Fan stopped her: "Shasha, just listen to Sisi! It’s already letting her off easy by not reporting her or having her arrested. She can’t even bother to apologize? If it weren’t for this, would you have used the excuse to deceive your parents, saying Xu Er’s parents couldn’t make it?"
Bai Shasha said helplessly, "Alright then!"
The scene had truly scared her to death. If Xu Er hadn’t been there, the one needing stitches might have been her!
When Li Si entered the bedroom, Xu Er was gleefully bragging to Leng Mochen about his heroic deeds last night and Bai Shasha’s tears.
Seeing Li Si walk in, his face flashed with a trace of embarrassment.
"What did Shasha tell you all?"
Li Si smiled innocently: "Nothing much!"
Xu Er grew anxious. He’d overheard snippets of conversation from the room and couldn’t believe it! Previously, he’d joked about Long Wu pulling a ’self-inflicted injury’ stunt to win Su Meng’s forgiveness and successfully get the girl.
Now here he was, seemingly borrowing that same tactic. But in the pursuit of marrying his beloved sooner, these minor injuries were nothing!
Leng Mochen embraced Li Si and said, "Don’t bully our patient Xu Er now!"
Xu Er touched the gauze on his forehead and winced with a hiss, "Yeah, Sisi! Look at what I’ve gone through for Shasha!"
It really hurt like hell!
"Four words for you: A blessing in disguise!"
"You two are amazing! No wonder you’re family—you’re completely in sync!" Xu Er complained. The level of tacit agreement was ridiculous!
Li Si gave Leng Mochen a wink. "You said so too?"
"Yup," Leng Mochen replied with a laugh.
"That woman Leng Shuang absolutely needs to apologize to Shasha and Xu Er. This was intentional harm!"
"Don’t worry, I’ll take care of it!"
As they spoke, there was suddenly a knock at the door outside, leaving everyone in the room exchanging puzzled glances, wondering who it might be.
Bai Shasha hurriedly ran into the bedroom and whispered nervously, "Maybe it’s my parents! What do we do about Xu Er looking like this?"
Earlier that morning, she had called her mother, saying that Xu Er’s family suddenly had an urgent matter and wouldn’t be able to meet today.
Xu Er had used the same reason to call his own parents.
Li Si patted her shoulder, "Why are you panicking? Just take a peek through the peephole first. If it’s your parents, then just be honest about it!"
Maybe once they said something, Shasha’s parents would end up liking Xu Er even more.
Bai Shasha snapped out of panic mode, nodded, and tiptoed over to the living room.
Xu Er quietly gave Li Si a thumbs-up, and Li Si returned his gesture with a smile.
Jiang Fan wrapped his arm around Li Si’s shoulders and whispered near her ear, "The wedding bells are almost ringing!"
Leng Mochen let out a faint smile.
It really was Bai Shasha’s parents who came. The two had tidied up at the hotel but were increasingly suspicious as they thought things over.
So they decided to come over to Bai Shasha’s to check things out. She had told them she stayed here after partying too late with Jiang Fan and other friends.
But that morning, she suddenly called and canceled the meeting with Xu Er’s family.
Mrs. Bai suspected something had gone wrong—had the two fought? Were they having an argument?
When they entered, they saw Li Si and Leng Mochen as well. Everyone exchanged smiles and polite greetings.
But when Mrs. Bai saw Xu Er sitting on the bed with his head wrapped in gauze, she gasped in shock and covered her mouth: "What happened? Did you get in a fight with someone? Does it hurt terribly?"
She anxiously looked him over, relieved to see he only had a head wound and no other injuries.
Xu Er felt touched by his future mother-in-law’s kind concern. "It’s alright now, Auntie! Just a minor injury!"
He tried to ensure her he was fine, but the pain suddenly flared embarrassingly around his wound.
Leng Mochen suppressed a laugh and squeezed Li Si’s hand tightly.
"Playing tough!"
"This bedroom’s too small; let’s move to the living room instead!"
Li Si, Leng Mochen, and Jiang Fan all went to the living room, leaving space for their conversation. (To be continued. If you like this series, please visit Qidian [qidian.com] to cast votes and support us. Mobile users can read at m.qidian.com.)