Chapter 1323 - 1320: Bai Wei Still Refuses to Divorce

Chapter 1323: Chapter 1320: Bai Wei Still Refuses to Divorce

Hua Xiaomo and Zi Yunsui were busy greeting guests, happily bustling around, and just as the banquet was about to end, Hua Xiaomo unexpectedly caught sight of a graceful figure lingering outside the hall doors.

"Bai Wei?!" Hua Xiaomo hurried over with quick steps and grabbed her hand. Her exquisite face lit up uncontrollably with joy. "How have you been this past year? You’ve been abroad all this time, now that you’re back, don’t you dare leave again!"

Turns out, after Qi Longbing’s affair was exposed back then, Qi Longbing was stabbed and hospitalized. She finally managed to track down that hospital, but in the end, she never found him. Fang Mingrui had already put him on a private jet right after the operation that very night and flown him back to America for treatment. As for what happened after, it wasn’t hard to imagine. Qi Longbing was lucky; the Dagger Hua Xiaomo stabbed him with had veered just slightly away from his heart. His life was saved, but he still had to recuperate for more than half a year before his body fully recovered.

As his wife, Bai Wei had chased after him to America too. Fortunately, she’d worked at Qi Corporation before, so tracking him down wasn’t that hard. But the reality was, even after she found him, Qi Longbing still refused to see her. He only had Fang Mingrui pass her a divorce agreement. Everything played out exactly as he’d planned—since it was all over, why would he keep this useless chess piece around?

But Bai Wei stubbornly refused to divorce. She once waited outside Qi Longbing’s residence, Caesar Courtyard, for seven days and seven nights, braving rain and sun, all for the sake of seeing him just once. In the end, she did see him.

She told him she still loved him, that it didn’t matter whether he loved her or not, she only wanted to stay by his side and take care of him.

Qi Longbing treated her with icy indifference, saying nothing at all. After giving Bai Wei a dismissive glance, he turned his head and walked away without a trace of emotion.

Thinking of his heartlessness, Bai Wei could only let out a helpless sigh. In the end, what else could she do? She had no choice but to stay on in America for the time being. She called Zi Yunsui and the others, saying she was staying to "study abroad," when in fact she was staying just to be near him, hoping her actions could soften Qi Longbing’s heart of stone.

And that stay turned into a whole year. With her little nephew’s birthday approaching, and missing her brother Zi Yunsui and her sister-in-law Hua Xiaomo, Bai Wei took this chance to return to City A.

Walking into the Longtan Banshan Marriott Hotel and seeing their whole family so happy and harmonious, then thinking about all the ways her own life was not going smoothly, she felt embarrassed to show up at the venue and only appeared once they spotted her.

Seeing the deep concern on Hua Xiaomo’s face, Bai Wei couldn’t help it—her eyes shimmered with emotion.

"Sis, I’ve missed you all so much." Bai Wei said, then reached out and hugged her.

"Haha, it’s great that you’re back! Now this is what you call a family reunion." Hua Xiaomo said, patting her shoulder, then joked, "If your brother sees you back, he’ll be over the moon."

"Mm, mm. Oh right, Sis, where’s my brother? I haven’t seen him anywhere!" Bai Wei asked.

"Oh, he went to see Ye Xiangxue off. Ye Xiangxue, you know him—the very refined-looking guy. He usually stays in City B and doesn’t come to City A often, but his relationship with your brother is very close. Your brother insisted on personally taking him to the airport. It’s fine, let’s wait here for now, he might be back any minute." Hua Xiaomo said with a smile, while carefully studying the little sister-in-law in front of her. To be honest, back when Bai Wei insisted on staying in America to ’study,’ she and Zi Yunsui already knew what Bai Wei’s real intention was, but they also knew that trying to persuade her was pointless. When it comes to feelings, it’s never that easy to simply let go just because someone tells you to.

A year’s time had made Bai Wei much more mature. Beneath that lovely exterior, there was still a heavy shadow of sorrow hidden between her brows.

"Weiwei, between you and him..." Hua Xiaomo probed very gently. She knew this was Bai Wei’s sensitive spot; everyone has their own privacy.

"..." Bai Wei said nothing. Her sadness showed plainly on her face as she lowered her head.

"Weiwei, you’ve really had it hard." Hua Xiaomo said softly. Bai Wei’s expression already told her everything; it seemed Qi Longbing still hadn’t accepted her. Thinking of that man, and then of her own child... so many things had happened in the past, far too many, and some of them were simply unbearable to recall. At that thought, Hua Xiaomo let out a long, quiet sigh. "Try to forget him. There are plenty of good men in this world."

"..." Bai Wei still said nothing, just shook her head sadly.

"Silly girl!" Hua Xiaomo couldn’t help giving a wry smile. In this regard, Bai Wei’s devotion really was a bit like Zi Yunsui’s—they were both people who clung to love with all they had. But Zi Yunsui seemed to understand better when to hold on and when to let go, and understood the other person’s heart more.

"Alright, let’s not talk about unhappy things. Come and see your little nephew, Xiao Yun. It’s been a year—look how adorable he’s grown!" Hua Xiaomo laughed, then took the just-one-year-old child from the nanny’s arms.

"Wow, what a gorgeous little handsome guy!" Bai Wei immediately took a liking to Xiao Yun the moment she saw him. "Come, let me hold you." With that, she took the child from Hua Xiaomo, every now and then pinching his little cheeks and chubby arms, kissing his tiny mouth, showering him with affection.

Seeing this scene, Hua Xiaomo couldn’t help but laugh as well.

...

Meanwhile, in the underground parking lot of the Longtan Banshan Marriott Hotel, the strikingly handsome, almost ethereal Zi Yunsui was walking along with his arm draped over Ye Xiangxue’s shoulder.

"Ye Xiangxue, you’re really not giving me face, heading back so soon? I honestly wanted to keep you here to play for a few days." Zi Yunsui said, smiling warmly as he chatted.

A faint blush of shyness swept across Ye Xiangxue’s refined features. That expression didn’t escape Zi Yunsui’s eyes.

"It’s not that I don’t want to. I’d love to stay a few days too, it’s just... you know how it is. Things are really busy with the Crown Prince Faction, I honestly can’t get away." Ye Xiangxue said apologetically.

"Oh, yeah?" Zi Yunsui replied smartly, countless guesses flashing through his mind. Xi Jian’s eyes narrowed slightly as he speculated, "Are you in love?"

At that, Ye Xiangxue coughed twice in embarrassment, his expression extremely unnatural. He hadn’t expected Zi Yunsui to see through him in one go—he hadn’t planned on letting him find out this quickly. After all, he’d once had a special kind of feeling for Zi Yunsui.

Seeing his expression, Zi Yunsui gave his shoulder a hearty slap.

"So, you’ve got game!!" Zi Yunsui laughed, and then countless faces floated through his mind like a movie reel as he tried to figure out who this person could be... He boldly continued guessing, "Don’t tell me your someone is Xin’er?"

If he’d been drinking water just then, he definitely would have choked. Ye Xiangxue flailed his hands about in a panic.

"Hell no! How could it be her!" Ye Xiangxue immediately shot down that idea. Honestly, sometimes Zi Yunsui could be really gossipy.