The ingredients at the bottom of the hot pot were almost cooked, and the soup was simmering . Xu Xiyan invited everyone to dig in . “Come, everyone! Let's eat! Please help yourselves!”
Fang Xiaocheng picked a mushroom ball from the hotpot and dipped it in peanut sauce . “Here, Cherry, have a mushroom ball! I've dipped it in peanut sauce for you . ”
“It's okay, Orange Mommy, you can have it . Baby doesn't want it,” Ying Bao shook her head . She scooped up a beef ball with a spoon and took a big bite out of it happily .
Xu Xiyan added, “Oh, I forgot to tell you that Ying Bao cannot have peanut butter . She's allergic to it . ”
She's allergic to peanut sauce?
Huo Yunshen jerked his head up at the little girl . She was also allergic to peanuts?
He was allergic to it too!
What a coincidence!
After dinner, Wang Dazhi and Fang Xiaocheng bid them goodbye . Before leaving, Fang Xiaocheng said, “Cherry, would you sleep with Xi Baby tonight? Orange Mommy will pick you up tomorrow, okay?”
“Okay!” Ying Bao jumped happily .
After sending Fang Xiaocheng and Wang Dazhi off, Xu Xiyan and Huo Yunshen joined Ying Bao for a game of Chinese checkers .
As Xu Xiyan watched Huo Yunshen and Ying Bao getting along in harmony, she felt the long-lost warmth of being with a family .
She couldn't help but think: If…If Huo Yunshen liked her, that would be great, and Ying Bao could live in a complete family .
She really felt like asking him . Huo Yunshen, do you like me?
Why do you have to bury your feelings so deep?
Xu Xiyan had always been confident and insightful . However, when it came to Huo Yunshen, she could understand him, but couldn't figure him out . She could never guess what he was thinking .
She had heard some ugly rumors from the public . It was rumored that the reason Huo Yunshen had never been intimately close with women was not that he had anxiety towards women or had gotten into a car accident, but that he seemed to be gay .
As for that night when he had a sexual relationship with her five years ago, it had happened because she had been drugged and couldn't control herself from throwing herself onto him . Otherwise, he wouldn't have touched a woman .
He had helped her again and again, and she had wondered whether he had been interested in her . But back at the hotel that day, he did not even look at her, as if she was half-transparent .
Therefore, Xu Xiyan had always thought that it was true that he did not like women .
It was nearly 10:30 PM when they were done playing the game . Ying Bao was holding onto Xu Xiyan, arms around her neck, dozing off .
Xu Xiyan picked the child up and said, “She's already sleepy . I'm going to bathe her and then put her in bed . You can go back to your place and wait for me . ”
“Okay,” Huo Yunshen replied .
After Xu Xiyan had bathed Ying Bao and put her in bed, she came out of the bedroom and found that Huo Yunshen was still in the living room .
“You haven't left yet?”
“I was waiting for you . ”
He had nothing to do at home, anyway, so he had decided to wait for her .
“Why don't you stay here for the night? Do you need anything? I can go over and bring it for you . ”
Xu Xiyan was asking for his opinion . The main reason for asking him to stay here was that it would take a long time for his massage and acupuncture, and she was not comfortable leaving Ying Bao alone in the house .
“Sure, why not . ”
It was a one in a million chance and Huo Yunshen had happily agreed to it .
In the guest room, Huo Yunshen lay on the bed as Xu Xiyan gave him a body massage .
Nonchalantly, Huo Yunshen asked Xu Xiyan, “What do Ying Bao's parents do?”
He really wanted to know . What kind of parents were able to raise such an obedient and lovely child as Ying Bao?
Chapter end
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