"What are you doing?" Bai Le was completely baffled.
Xi Yan glanced at him and said calmly, "Wait until you come to a conclusion."
After he finished speaking, he reached out and handed the peeled apple to Bai Le.
Bai Le was taken aback, then accepted the gift with a flattered air. It was indeed a privilege to be pregnant.
With a bite of crisp, sweet fruit in his mouth, he recalled what he had just said, silently cursing in his heart, "Xi Yan said he would wait for my answer here. How come I never noticed how shameless he is before?"
He glanced at him furtively and realized that Xi Yan was staring at him the whole time, which made him feel inexplicably flustered.
"Hmm... I think..." Bai Le thought for a moment, taking another bite of his apple. He paused halfway through his sentence, looked at Xi Yan, and said somewhat awkwardly, "... marrying you isn't out of the question."
A light appeared in Xi Yan's dark eyes, and he was no longer lifeless.
With a bite of apple in his mouth, Bai Le turned over, opened the bedside table drawer, rummaged through it, and finally took out a piece of paper and a pen. He unscrewed the pen cap and wrote a few large characters on the paper.
With an apple stuffed in his mouth, he mumbled, "Let's make a pact: no interference, okay? If either of us meets someone we like, we'll just say so and part ways amicably."
Xi Yan meets her true love again, there's still a possibility she'll dump him. Aren't many stories like that? The male protagonist is forced to marry someone he doesn't love because of an unplanned pregnancy, and then one day he meets his true love and abandons his wife and children to pursue her.
Xi Yan frowned as she watched his actions, as if she were watching a child playing a childish game of make-believe.
For the first time, he felt a sense of helplessness. He knew that Bai Le was confused and didn't understand his feelings for him at all. He didn't dare to say it directly, for fear of scaring the child away.
My only option is to play with him.
"Yes," Xi Yan and said slowly.
Bai Le glanced at him a few more times, then suddenly muttered a few words under his breath.
"What?" Xi Yan frowned.
Bai Le boldly leaned closer and asked, "What happens to the assets if one party cheats?"
Xi Yan paused, then frowned and asked, "Where did you get all this nonsense from?"
Bai Le has vague memories of the original owner in his mind, so he is somewhat sensitive to the issue of marital infidelity. When Wu Xueying and Bai Huizhang divorced, they wanted to divide up even the toilet seat in the house.
However, he was intimidated by Xi Yan's lecturing tone and shrank back. "Why are you being so fierce? I was just saying." He wasn't greedy for money; he just remembered to ask.
Xi Yan was silent for a few seconds, then blurted out, "I didn't yell at you."
Bai Le let out a soft "Ah," looking at Xi Yan. He couldn't tell anything from Xi Yan's expression; although some of the coldness had faded, his expression remained indifferent.
The two drafted the agreement, Bai Le first signed his name on it quickly before handing it to Xi Yan.
Looking at the flamboyant handwriting, Xi Yan pursed his lips imperceptibly.
Then he wrote his own name below Xi Yan's name. This was the first time in his memory that he had signed his name on a non-commercial contract, and he never expected it to be on something like this.
The news that Bai Le had agreed to marry Xi Yan spread quickly. The Bai family was already mentally prepared, but the others were unaware of it.
Although Wu Xueying was a little worried because she didn't think that Fourth Master was the kind of person who would care for others, she couldn't say anything more since Lele had agreed.
Bai Huizhang's attitude was similar to hers. Although he was strict with Bai Le, he still cared about him. Bai Yin was probably the happiest because she didn't have to marry a stranger. She had barely spoken a few words to him before they were going to spend the rest of their lives together. Just thinking about it made her scalp tingle.
Therefore, the only person in the Bai family who was dissatisfied with this matter was Chen Suqiu. Although she was indignant, she was not stupid enough to stop it. She could only complain sarcastically behind her back. Bai Huizhang saw that she did not do anything out of line, so he let her be.
"Lele! Confess and you'll be treated leniently; resist and you'll be punished severely! What exactly happened?"
As soon Bai Le replaced the SIM card, he received a call from Wu Hua as soon as he turned on his phone.
He sounded a little guilty, "Um... it's what you heard."
Wu Hua: "I've heard many versions, which one do you think you have?"
Bai Le's voice trailed off, "It's just... an accidental discharge, and then, by accident, I got pregnant."
Wu Hua remained silent for a while, then let out a long sigh.
"Wait, are you free on Friday? I'm going to interrogate you with Xiaozhouzi and the others."
Friday? Bai Le calculated in his mind that the time was fine. He was going to the Xi Family tomorrow. He heard it was customary for Old Master Xi to meet with him and discuss the wedding arrangements.
Bai Le had never been to the Xi Family mansion where Old Master Xi lived. When he arrived, he discovered that it was not just large, but could be described as a manor.
He and Xi Yan entered the mansion together and saw an old man sitting on the tatami in the living room setting up a chessboard. It was none other than Old Master Xi, whom he hadn't seen for a long time.
Old Master Xi looked up at him and asked, "Do you know how to play chess?"
Bai Le thought he was talking to Xi Yan, so he nudged his arm and reminded him righteously, "I'm asking you a question, why aren't you answering your elders? That's impolite."
Xi Yan turned to look at him and said calmly, "He's asking you."
Bai Le awkwardly shut up, said "Oh," and then answered Old Master Xi's question.
"I know a little bit. If Grandpa wants me to play, I can play with you." He chuckled after saying that.
Old Master Xi snorted at his smile. After Bai Le sat down, he began to concentrate on playing chess with him.
Seeing his unusually serious and solemn expression, Xi Yan seemed to have become interested as well, and his expression as he looked down at the chessboard became more focused.
Fifteen minutes later, Old Master Xi threw a handful of white pieces into the chess basket and sneered, "You said you knew a little bit, I thought you were just being modest."