Chapter 2169
Feng Nianian looked at him with tear-filled eyes, one hand covering her belly. "Axun, our baby is safe." As soon as the words fell, her tears fell too.
Jiang Xun looked at Feng Nianian, who was still full of nothing but him even at a moment like this, and his heart lurched. His other hand reached over to grab hers as well, nodding repeatedly, his gaze as soft as water. "Nianian, I’ll stay with you."
Jiang Xun was completely sober now; he understood who was truly worth his gentleness and cherishing. Ruan Jiaojiao didn’t deserve it!
Looking at this Jiang Xun, Feng Nianian’s gaze grew even more infatuated. The two of them walked hand in hand all the way to the ward, completely forgetting there was another person here.
Zhou Yun stood in the back watching from a distance. With her eyelids lowered, no one knew what she was thinking.
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By evening, aside from the classmates who were just on ordinary terms and went back to school, no one else was in a hurry to leave.
When Ruan Jiaojiao and the others returned to the hotel, dinner hadn’t started yet. Seeing that Duan Qianyang was still at the hotel, Ruan Jiaojiao was a bit surprised.
You had to know that besides the New Year, when Duan Qianyang would have a three- or four-day vacation, he was busy all the rest of the time.
When Duan Qianyang came over to call Duan Xi, Duan Xi was talking to Shen Ting. Shen Ting had only gone to the karaoke hall that afternoon and hadn’t eaten at the hotel at noon, so he hadn’t run into Duan Qianyang.
Now seeing Duan Qianyang appear at the private room door—especially after Ruan Jiaojiao called out "Uncle Duan"—he froze for a moment.
In his previous life, even up to his death, Shen Ting had never been acknowledged and taken back by the Duan Family. He only learned of the Duan Family’s existence in this life. It’s just that he was very satisfied with his current living environment: a strict father, a mother who wasn’t particularly gentle but undoubtedly loved him, and another one, Shen Bai, who had only been born a few minutes earlier than the body he now occupied, yet doted on him as well.
Everything he had most longed for in his previous life, he had obtained in this one. The obsessions he once carried had all completely dissolved the moment he saw Wa Yiting.
So as for the Duan Family, he had never been that interested. It was just that suddenly seeing Duan Qianyang appear now, he inevitably felt a bit stirred and went blank for a moment.
Duan Qianyang was unlike Ruan Jianguo; even in middle age he was still a handsome uncle type. His temperament was gentle and refined, but after all, he was a man in a high position, and the aura around him simply couldn’t be ignored.
Seeing him suddenly appear in the doorway, the noisy crowd in the private room immediately quieted down.
"Xiaoxi, come out for a moment." The private room door wasn’t closed; Duan Qianyang knocked on it, and after the crowd’s eyes turned toward him, he smiled and spoke to Duan Xi.
When Duan Xi saw him, he remembered what he’d said that afternoon. He immediately stood up, and when Ruan Jiaojiao was about to stand up as well, he leaned down and whispered a couple of words in her ear, and Ruan Jiaojiao obediently sat back down.
Duan Qianyang didn’t notice Shen Ting’s presence. Seeing Duan Xi stand, he just smiled at everyone, then turned and left.
Shen Ting lowered his head and smiled, a little bitter, a little relieved.
Ruan Jiaojiao was separated from him only by Duan Xi’s chair. Now that Duan Xi had left, she happened to catch that downward glance and smile of Shen Ting’s. Her heart gave a jolt, and she craned her little head over to ask, "What are you laughing at?"
Please don’t blacken and steal Dad away!
That would be a bit too melodramatic!
Shen Ting lifted his head and glanced at her, then withdrew his gaze, his eyes carrying a hint of disdain.
As for Ruan Jiaojiao, Shen Ting truly did not understand what Duan Xi saw in her.