After Breaking Up With the Scheming Bad Woman 61

Chapter 61: The Kind of Relationship We Once Had, Without Even the Shell of Family.

As an internationally renowned city, Haicheng had more visitors than usual during the May Day holiday.

The weather was clear and the air was fresh. Not only the scenic spots, but even some usually non-touristy shops had long, winding queues in front of them, stretching as far as the eye could see. The streets and alleys were like constantly expanding giant containers, filled with crowds from all over the world.

Looking down from Huai Xing’s apartment, you could see the bustling crowds in the business district not far away.

It had been two days since she had returned from Jingcheng. In these two days, apart from some social engagements, she had hardly gone out, shutting herself in at home. At this moment, she had just woken up from a nap not long ago, and she was staring at the lively scene in front of the floor-to-ceiling window in a daze.

After so long, she was still living in this high-end duplex apartment, and Lu Xianyue was still living opposite her.

Previously, Lu Xuerong had come to ask them if they wanted to move to another, larger apartment, but they had discussed it and thought it was too much trouble, so they had been living here ever since. Mainly because, for them, this hundred-square-meter place was already enough. Even though their “status” had risen, this apartment was not bad, and it would not make them look cheap.

Seeing the queue in the business district finally move, Huai Xing’s long lashes trembled.

Coincidentally, the doorbell rang at this moment. She came back to her senses and went to open the door.

At the door was Wen Shiwei, holding a basket of lychees. Seeing Huai Xing, whom she hadn’t seen for a while, her bright face was adorned with a rich smile. She lifted the basket and said, “It’s the season for lychees, Xingxing.”

Huai Xing took the basket, the corners of her lips lifting. “Sister Shiwei, I heard from Auntie Wen that you were going back to Yuncheng for May Day. I thought you weren’t in Haicheng.”

“I was originally going back, but my mom suddenly signed up for a foreign tour group for herself. She only remembered to tell me after she had bought the tickets,” Wen Shiwei said, changing her slippers, her face helpless.

Huai Xing placed the basket on the dining table first. “It’s good that you’re not going back. The airport is too crowded.” She gestured. “Sister Shiwei, you can sit on the sofa. I’ll go get a plate for the lychees.”

But as soon as she entered the kitchen, she turned back and poked her head out. “Did you tell Xianyue that you were coming?”

“Why should I tell her?” Wen Shiwei asked, washing her hands seriously at the sink and looking back at Huai Xing in the mirror with a smile.

Huai Xing: “…You’re right.”

She went back in to get a plate and some disposable gloves.

When she came out of the kitchen again, there was the sound of the door opening, and Lu Xianyue entered the password and came in.

She was holding her phone and shouting, “Xiao Xing, let me show you…” Her gaze fell on Wen Shiwei on the sofa, looking very surprised. “Wen Shiwei, what are you doing here?”

Hearing her call Wen Shiwei by her full name, Huai Xing’s brows lifted slightly.

Wen Shiwei glanced at the person who had come in, put on a disposable glove, took a lychee, and answered softly, “I came to bring Xingxing some lychees.”

“Oh, I came to show Xiao Xing a new food shop I found. The online reviews are overwhelmingly positive…” Lu Xianyue said, sitting down on the single sofa at the side, not next to Wen Shiwei.

Seeing her nervous appearance, Huai Xing found it funny. She leaned over, bent down slightly, the end of her words lifting as she deliberately asked, “Mm, okay. Let me see which one.”

Lu Xianyue: “…”

She had just made it up, but since Huai Xing had asked, she could only open Xiaohongshu in front of Huai Xing and continue to act.

But before she could exit her previous browsing history, the words in the picture on it clearly showed, “I’m a straight woman, but I had a dream about doing that with a woman. Is this normal?”

These words were also in large font, and Huai Xing could see them at a glance.

Lu Xianyue quickly exited. Her ears, hidden under her hair, began to feel as if they were bleeding, and her cheeks were also flushed. She managed to open a food shop on the homepage and cleared her throat. “This one. The comments all say that the curry here is delicious.”

Huai Xing took her phone and played along, pretending to scroll through the comments. “It seems pretty good.”

Wen Shiwei peeled a lychee. She lifted her eyelids and met Lu Xianyue’s gaze. Before Lu Xianyue could escape her sight, she said in an irresistible tone, “You haven’t washed your hands. Put on gloves.”

“…It’s not like you brought me lychees,” the young lady Lu said, not moving, and replied stiffly.

Huai Xing’s fingertips were still on the screen, even though she had already scrolled to the bottom. She secretly used her peripheral vision to pay attention to the two of them, really wanting to hide herself at this moment.

Hearing this, Wen Shiwei smiled. “You’re right.”

She then took out the pit of the lychee and said slowly, “I brought several pounds, just hoping that Xingxing would eat them all by herself and get heaty.”

Huai Xing couldn’t pretend anymore. She returned the phone to the seemingly angry Lu Xianyue and eased the atmosphere with a smile in her eyes. “That won’t do. I have a video to shoot when I get back to work.”

The company’s marketing department had arranged for a blogger with tens of millions of fans to come to the company’s silk factory to shoot on May 6th.

There was a certain probability that Huai Xing would appear in the shot.

As she spoke, she sat down on the single sofa on the other side of Wen Shiwei, put on gloves herself, took a brightly colored lychee, peeled it, and put it in her mouth.

The pulp slid smoothly over her lips and teeth, and the juice instantly burst in her mouth, filling her entire oral cavity.

“Sweet but not cloying, refreshing and delicious,” Huai Xing commented. “Sister Shiwei, this variety of lychee is so delicious.”

Wen Shiwei had already swallowed the pitted lychee. She nodded at Huai Xing with a deep smile. “It’s good, so I brought it. I’m glad you like it.”

Hearing her say this, Lu Xianyue stood up with a somewhat cold face. “Xiao Xing, I have a meeting to attend, so I’ll be leaving.”

“Okay.”

Huai Xing could only agree. She couldn’t always be in the middle of this “inexplicable” relationship between Lu Xianyue and Wen Shiwei.

Some things had to be resolved by the parties involved.

As soon as Lu Xianyue left, Wen Shiwei also stopped peeling lychees. She sat back, looked at the sofa where Lu Xianyue had just been sitting, her lips pressed together lightly, her face calm.

Huai Xing’s WeChat call came through. She took off her gloves and came to the floor-to-ceiling window to answer.

Soon, she saw a faint figure in the mirror, and then she heard the sound of the door closing.

A slight curve appeared on her lips. She held her phone and turned around, only to see that some of the lychees in the basket on the table were gone, and Wen Shiwei was no longer there.

“Xingxing,” Su Cheng’s voice called back Huai Xing’s thoughts.

Huai Xing lowered her eyes. “I’m listening, Sister Su Cheng.”

“Qiaoqiao is clamoring to see you. Are you free these two days?”

After Su Cheng finished asking, before Huai Xing could answer, Su Qiao’s tearful voice came through. “Auntie, I miss you so much, wuwuwu. Can I come and see you, wuwuwu…”

A child’s thoughts were always simple. They had to get what they liked, and they had to see the people they wanted to see.

“Of course you can,” Huai Xing said. She had a good impression of Su Qiao. After thinking for half a second, she agreed.

Su Qiao: “Yay! See you tomorrow, Auntie! I have a gift for you!”

“What is it?”

“I won’t tell you what I drew! It’s a secret!”

Huai Xing chuckled lightly. “Okay, a secret.”

After setting the time and place to meet tomorrow, the call was temporarily paused here.

Huai Xing returned to the sofa and sat down, the clear sky as her background. She put on her gloves again and, in silence, peeled a lychee for herself.

…

The next morning, Huai Xing drove to Haicheng Airport.

Since she was in Haicheng, and Su Qiao was also thinking of her, there was no reason not to pick them up.

It was still the holiday, and the airport was crowded with people.

Huai Xing held the one-meter-tall doll she had specially prepared for the little girl and stood at the arrival gate.

Before long, Su Qiao came out, sitting on a suitcase and being pushed by Su Cheng. Seeing Huai Xing, she immediately jumped off the suitcase and ran over with small steps. “Auntie!”

Su Cheng couldn’t help but laugh and followed slowly behind.

When they reached a relatively empty area, Huai Xing knelt down and looked at Su Qiao at eye level. “Long time no see, Qiaoqiao.”

She held out the doll. “This is a gift I prepared for you. Friends have to give and take, right?”

Su Qiao glanced at Su Cheng. After getting permission, she accepted it and planted a smack on Huai Xing’s face. “Thank you, Auntie.”

Su Cheng took the doll. “I’ll take it, Xingxing.”

“Okay.”

But Huai Xing’s hands were not empty either. Su Qiao stood next to her and wanted her to hold her hand. The little girl was very excited at the moment and was sharing what she had encountered in the past few days on the way to the parking lot.

Even though some things were not interesting or fun for Huai Xing, she had a lot of patience with children and would not hinder Su Qiao’s desire to share.

In fact, her expression would even be more lively, giving enough emotional feedback.

Su Cheng pushed the suitcase and walked at the side. She looked at Huai Xing’s appearance, and the sigh in her heart did not stop.

Huai Xing’s change was not just on the outside, but also on the inside. She seemed to have become a very strong city wall. For example, she would not refuse Su Qiao’s request to meet, but it was limited to polite and courteous exchanges.

The person clearly did not look silent, but the feeling she gave Su Cheng was that of a calm lake.

No one could bring her ripples anymore.

Su Cheng wanted to ask Huai Xing if she had been doing well these past few years, but she couldn’t ask. She was the best friend of the perpetrator. From what angle should she ask Huai Xing, this victim?

Even if she knew the answer, what could she do?

“Sister Su Cheng, I’ll take you back to the hotel first, and then we’ll have lunch,” Huai Xing said, sitting in the driver’s seat. “In the years I’ve been in Haicheng, thanks to Lu Xianyue’s picky mouth, we’ve saved up some good Haicheng restaurants. It’s a good choice to take friends there to eat.”

Su Cheng was in the back seat next to her daughter. She replied, “Okay.”

She asked, “Old friends?”

“Yes, the few friends from university. I even met them on a business trip to Jingcheng a few days ago.”

Su Qiao fell on her mother. “Ah, oh… when is Auntie going to Jingcheng next time? You said you would come and play with me when you came to Jingcheng.”

“I don’t know. I remember too. Don’t worry.”

The car drove onto the wide road, and Su Qiao lay against the window, looking at the scenery outside.

Just as they passed a big bridge, Su Cheng’s phone rang. She glanced at the driver’s seat and answered, “Wantang.”

“I’ve just landed in Haicheng with Qiaoqiao. I’m in Xingxing’s car now.”

“If you want to go to my studio, just go. It’s not like you don’t know my employees.”

…

After chatting for two or three minutes, the two of them finished talking, and Su Cheng handed the phone to Su Qiao.

Su Qiao skillfully put it on speaker and shouted into the phone, “Tangtang Mommy.”

She said, “Mommy and I have safely arrived in Haicheng. We’re waiting for you.”

Chu Wantang’s voice was clear and moist, with a hint of a smile. “Okay, I’ll be there tonight. You can play first.”

“Auntie gave me a very big doll.”

“Then what about the gift you prepared for Auntie? Did you give it to her?”

“I’ll give it to her in a while.”

The child did not know the inside story and chatted with Chu Wantang very naturally.

By the time the 90-second red light countdown in front of them ended, the call had also just ended.

Huai Xing looked straight ahead and drove with full concentration.

Su Cheng took back her phone and then held her daughter and looked out the window together, pretending that nothing had happened.

Half an hour later, Huai Xing took the mother and daughter to the hotel to check in.

And she also received Su Qiao’s gift. It was a framed painting of Huai Xing, depicted in brilliant colors.

It was the day they had first met. Huai Xing was sitting in a restaurant by the sea in Nancheng, looking at the sea outside the window, and there was a burning candle on the table.

There was no face, but the scene was full of feeling.

Perhaps because a new brain was easier to use, apart from not drawing Lu Xianyue opposite her, Su Qiao had drawn a rough idea of what dishes were on the table.

Huai Xing looked at the painting, and the smile on her lips deepened. “So beautiful.”

She knelt down and looked at the little girl, saying, “Thank you, Qiaoqiao. I like this painting very much.”

Su Qiao was a little embarrassed. “Tangtang Mommy drew it with me.”

“Hmm?”

Su Qiao pointed to the dishes in the painting, and also the clothes Huai Xing was wearing.

Her childish voice sounded again. “This, and this, she remembered them all and asked me to add them.”

Huai Xing’s long lashes trembled slightly. “She remembered these, and you could draw them. You’re so amazing.” She said with a smile, “It seems I can’t just call you Qiaoqiao in the future. I’ll have to call you a little painter.”

Qiaoqiao clenched her fists. “When I grow up, I’ll be a great painter!”

“Yes!”

Su Cheng at the side had packed up the things she needed to go out. Hearing their conversation, she couldn’t help but sigh in her heart again.

..

That night, Chu Wantang came to Haicheng.

When Huai Xing brought Su Cheng and Su Qiao back, she saw her standing by the roadside waiting for someone. Her foot injury seemed to have improved a lot. At least she was no longer wearing one shoe on one side.

The back seat door opened, and Chu Wantang reached out to take the already asleep little girl.

After Su Cheng had taken her daughter and moved to the side a little, she looked at Huai Xing in the front seat and said, “Can we continue, Huai Xing?”

“What?”

“The kind of relationship we once had, without even the shell of family.”