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She would never pick up an unfamiliar number, but seeing that her phone was ringing non-stop, she thought for a moment before picking it up and pressing the answer button.

However, there was no sound coming from the other end of the phone, which made Chen Xi a little curious.

"Hello, Miss Chen." With that aged voice, Chen Xi's entire body suddenly turned ice-cold.

"It's rare that you still remember me, this bad old man. Do you have time? I'll send someone to pick you up. " Tang Xingzhou's voice was calm.

"I, I didn't …" Before Chen Xi could finish, she was interrupted.

"At three o'clock tomorrow afternoon, I'll send my car to the door of the company. I hope this is a conversation between the two of us, just the two of us, do you understand? Miss Chen? " Tang Xingzhou emphasized the last few words.

No matter how foolish Chen Xi was, he knew what she meant by those words. He didn't want her to tell Tang Hongbo.

She held the phone, telling herself not to be afraid, not to be afraid, wasn't it just an old man? What was there to be nervous about, Chen Xi continuously built her mental state for her, so what would come would eventually come.

"What are you doing? Did you get off work? " Tang Hongbo suddenly appeared behind her back.

"Ah ~" Chen Xi screamed out in fear.

Tang Hongbo was also shocked by her scream.

"What's the matter with you?" Tang Hongbo reached out and supported her shoulders.

"No, nothing." Chen Xi was still in a daze.

"It's really fine?" Tang Hongbo obviously did not believe him.

"It's nothing, I was just thinking about something just now, so I was startled by you." Chen Xi explained softly.

"Alright, let's go. It's time to get off work." Tang Hongbo's eyes flashed as she looked at the phone in her hand.

"Mm, let's go."

Along the way, Chen Xi was a little absent-minded. Tang Hongbo saw this and remembered it in his heart. He didn't ask about anything else.

Even when she returned home, she still hadn't come back to her senses.

"Mummy, come play with me." Tony pulled at the corner of Chen Xi's clothes, and looked at her eagerly.

"Darling, be good. Mommy is a bit tired, can you play with your little sister?" Chen Xi gently caressed Tony's head.

"No, little sister Yiyi is too stupid, I don't want to play with her." Tony said proudly.

"How can you say that about your sister? When you have your holiday, mom will take you to play in an amusement park, okay? " Chen Xi said.

"No, childish." Tony snorted.

"Yo, what's wrong? Weren't you fond of going to amusement parks before? " Chen Xi asked curiously.

"I don't expect anything that I've never been able to get." Tony said it with a look of nonchalance.

However, Chen Xi's heart suddenly soured. She knew that she owed him too much.

She reached out and stroked Tony's head, then said gently.

"Sorry, Tony." Chen Xi's eyes were full of guilt.

"Forget it, I'm going to play with that idiot Yi Yi." Tony turned and ran away.

When Meng Qingxia walked over with the fruit in hand, he saw Chen Xi in a daze. She put down the fruit in her hands and sat beside her.

"Where's cousin?" Meng Qingxia asked softly.

"He went to the study as soon as he came back." Chen Xi looked at Tony who was playing with Yi Yi.

"Watching your son grow up day by day, don't you feel happy in your heart?" Meng Qingxia asked with a smile.

"That's right, there is happiness as well as guilt. You owe him too much, making him suffer things he shouldn't be able to endure at his age." Chen Xi sighed.

"Yeah, me too. I owe Yi Yi a lot of things as well. We're both not good mothers." Meng Qingxia said softly.

"Qingxia, you must be happy with this Brother Yiran. Chen Xi looked at her and smiled faintly.

You too, but you might have to work a little harder by following my cousin. You know, he is a tyrannical and unreasonable person, and he will certainly draw his name on the people or things that he has decided on in his own territory so that no one can violate his rules. So, you are his prey, so don't even think about escaping for the rest of your life. Meng Qingxia said mischievously.

"You're talking about wolves, right?" Chen Xi laughed.

"He's much scarier than a wolf." Meng Qingxia laughed.

"What bad things about me?" Tang Hongbo's cold voice sounded out from the right side of the two.

Chen Xi turned her head to look and saw Tang Hongbo dressed in a beige household uniform. The icy cold and overbearing aura had faded away and there was an additional hint of gentleness to it. Perhaps because he looked too good, and took off his formal attire, he looked no different from those sunny and handsome youths in university.

Although she had seen it many times, her heart would still beat faster whenever she saw it. It was like the feeling of her first love.

"Sister-in-law said you're a wolf." Meng Qingxia said with a smile.

"Yes, you're right." Tang Hongbo said as he walked towards them.

Meng Qingxia smiled and tactfully left.

"What's wrong with you? It feels like you've been absent-minded since you left work? " Tang Hongbo asked worriedly.

"You're thinking too much. It's really nothing." Chen Xi laughed faintly.

"Alright, I believe you. Come, let's go eat dinner." Tang Hongbo rubbed her soft hair.

Chen Xi nodded. Tang Hongbo also smiled and turned around.

"Will you be going back to your old house this new year?" Chen Xi suddenly asked behind her.

Tang Hongbo's footsteps stalled, then he turned around to look at her with a gentle and doting smile.

"Yes, I will bring you and your son with me, if you are willing." Tang Hongbo asked seriously.

Chen Xi also returned a gentle smile, but did not say anything else.

"Alright, stop thinking so much." Tang Hongbo pulled her up.

She was truly happy from the bottom of her heart. No matter what, she would not be afraid, no matter what she had to face tomorrow.

As long as Tang Hongbo made a gentle promise, it was better than everything else.

"CEO, tomorrow I want to take a day off from work, is the CEO going to allow this?" Chen Xi asked with a smile.

"Leave of absence? What if the president doesn't allow it? " Tang Hongbo said seriously.

"Well, all I can say to Tony is that his dad isn't allowed to leave, so his trip to the amusement park is a failure." Chen Xi said in a regretful tone.

"If it's for your son, then it's a different story." Tang Hongbo laughed.

"Do you want me to accompany you?" Tang Hongbo asked gently.

"No need, just do what you need to do." Chen Xi rejected her.

Chen Xi secretly took a sleeping pill at night, but she was still unable to sleep. Tang Hongbo lay right next to her, and she didn't dare move, afraid that she would disturb him.

It was only until dawn did she finally fall asleep. When she woke up, Tang Hongbo had already left.

"Madam, you're up. Come and drink this soup." Just as she went downstairs, she saw Aunt Liu holding a bowl of soup, and laughed as she spoke.

"Aunt Liu, what soup did you have this morning?" Chen Xi's face was filled with black lines.

"Teacher instructed me to do this before he left in the morning. It would be very helpful to my insomnia." Aunt Liu passed the soup in her hand to Chen Xi as if she was offering a treasure.

Insomnia? Chen Xi was startled, could it be that he knew about it last night?

She reached out to take the bowl, then stared blankly at Tang Chen. So he actually knew.

She suddenly felt her heart warm.

"Madam, drink it. Why are you in a daze?" The Aunt Liu urged.

"Alright." Chen Xi responded and raised her head to drink.

"What about Tony? How come I didn't see him in the morning? " Chen Xi asked.

"The young master has been taken away by Mr. Chen. Today, Mr. Chen has come to play with the young master and Miss." The Aunt Liu said with a smile.

"Brother Yiran? Did he run into Hongbo? " Chen suddenly asked.

"No, sir left very early. Mr Chen only came after you left." Aunt Liu thought for a moment before replying.

"I understand, thank you Aunt Liu Tang." Chen Xi smiled as she thanked her.

Chen Xi dialed Chen Yiran's number, and only got picked up after a long time.

"Brother Yiran, you are really amazing now. You didn't even say hello before taking my son away. Aren't you afraid that I'll call the police?" Chen Xi took the lead and spoke without waiting for the other party to speak, with a slightly blaming tone.

After Chen Xi finished speaking, there was actually no sound from the phone. She thought that she called the wrong number, and then brought her phone up to her eyes to see.

That's right, it's Chen Yiran's phone call, Chen Xi muttered in her heart.

"Hey, you …"

"Brook, it's me." Chen Xi's words were cut off abruptly.

Chen Xi was startled, what had happened recently? Why was there always a telephone to scare the soul?

She felt a little awkward for a moment before she replied in a dry voice.

"H-Brother Han Hao, why is it you …"

The other party seemed to be silent for a moment, then he spoke in a voice that seemed to have been suppressed for a very long time.

"You, how have you been?"

Chen Xi laughed soundlessly on the other end of the phone.

"Hmm, what about you?"

"Is it convenient to come out and see you? Ah Hao took the two children to buy some cotton candy and left his phone with me. " Han Hao suddenly said.

"Alright, where are you guys?" Chen Xi agreed quickly.

Actually, even if Han Hao hadn't said it, she would have found time to have a good chat with him.

Chen Xi opened the door and discovered that there was already a thick layer of snow outside. She suddenly felt much better because it had been quite a while since it had snow.

"Ding ding ~" was the notification sound of a text message. Chen Xi took it out and saw that it was from Han Hao.

"It's cold outside, put on more clothes." The words were filled with concern.

After Chen Xi looked at it, she quietly put the phone back in her pocket. Since she could not give him any response, she would not give him any hope.

She now knew that sometimes it was more difficult to reject someone than to accept someone, especially someone who was a good friend of yours.

She truly treated Han Hao as a brother, a brother as well as a friend.

She didn't want to hurt him, and certainly didn't want to lose him, so she would do her best to protect this friendship.