You Claimed You Didn’t Love Me, So Why Cry Now That I’m Engaged? Chapter 212 extra 22

[Side CP Extra] Their First Life 22

A week later, Xiang Wanxing accompanied Chen Zirui to District A.

The two first went to the hospital to visit Father Gu. Ever since Gu Huaiye passed away, Father Gu couldn’t handle the blow and had fallen bedridden with illness.

Looking at the white-haired old man lying on the hospital bed, Chen Zirui felt incredibly awful. He turned around and wiped his tears with his hand.

Seeing Chen Zirui, Father Gu struggled to sit up. “It’s Little Chen.”

Xiang Wanxing and Chen Zirui hurried over to support him, propping up the pillow so Father Gu could lean back more comfortably.

“Is your health any better?”

Father Gu shook his head helplessly. “Good days and bad days. It’s like this when you get old; I just let nature take its course.”

“I…” Chen Zirui paused, suddenly looking up at Xiang Wanxing.

Xiang Wanxing understood his meaning. “I’ll go for a walk outside.”

Chen Zirui stayed in the ward for nearly an hour. When he came out, both his eyes were red.

Xiang Wanxing stepped forward and took his hand. “How did it go?”

“Uncle didn’t blame me. He told me I absolutely shouldn’t blame myself.”

Xiang Wanxing smiled, rubbing his head dotingly. “Where do you want to go now?”

Chen Zirui thought for a moment and answered, “I want to go see Brother Gu.”

He hadn’t even attended the funeral; he had to at least visit Gu Huaiye’s tombstone. If he kept hiding in fear, what kind of friend was he?

Chen Zirui wasn’t sure what kind of flowers Gu Huaiye liked. He wandered around the flower shop and bought a bouquet of baby’s breath.

Arriving at Gu Huaiye’s tombstone, he met an unexpected person.

Chen Xialin was actually there, using a handkerchief to wipe the dust off the tombstone, while a bouquet of white roses lay on the ground.

“Xialin, when did you return to the country?”

Chen Xialin glanced at Chen Zirui, then continued wiping the tombstone.

“Brother, how could you keep it from me for so long? I even missed his funeral.”

“I…”

Xiang Wanxing let go of Chen Zirui’s hand, walked to Chen Xialin’s side, and said in a low, husky voice, “Your brother didn’t attend either. He blamed himself heavily during that time and was living very poorly every day. He couldn’t attend to many things. Don’t blame him like that.”

Hearing Xiang Wanxing’s words, Chen Xialin’s expression became complicated.

He had heard the details of the accident; he figured Chen Zirui must be suffering greatly himself.

It was just that he couldn’t accept it immediately, which was why he couldn’t help losing his temper at Chen Zirui.

When Chen Zirui came over to place the flowers, Chen Xialin whispered to him, “Brother, I’m sorry.”

Chen Zirui shook his head and didn’t answer him.

The three stood in silence for a while. As they were leaving, Chen Zirui asked Chen Xialin, “Where are you living now? Staying at home?”

“I rented an apartment.”

Chen Zirui was stunned. “A short-term rental apartment?”

“No, I dropped out of school.”

As soon as the words fell, even Xiang Wanxing couldn’t help looking over.

“Everything was fine, why suddenly drop out?”

Chen Xialin pondered for a moment, his smile somewhat bitter. “Brother, I really liked Brother Gu. I thought once he was free, he would come abroad to find me, so I kept waiting overseas.”

Speaking of this, Chen Xialin choked up, tears gathering in his eyes.

“I was thinking, if I hadn’t gone abroad to study, or if my attitude had been tougher—if I seized Brother Gu’s soft spot and morally blackmailed him into going abroad with me—maybe he wouldn’t have died.”

Staring at Chen Xialin’s profile, Chen Zirui realized that in this accident, everyone was blaming themselves.

Including Father Gu. During their chat in the ward today, he also blamed himself for not going to District B with Gu Huaiye back then, insisting on being stubborn against Xie Miaohan to the end.

Chen Zirui thought that if Gu Huaiye could see this from heaven, he probably wouldn’t want them to live on in such self-blame.

So he had to live well, and never let Brother Gu down.

Chen Zirui patted Chen Xialin’s shoulder. “Don’t think about these things. Since you’ve already dropped out, just treat it as taking a break for a while. Do you want to come back to District B with us?”

“No.” Chen Xialin wiped his tears with his finger. “I want to stay in District A to take care of Brother Gu’s dad. When Brother Gu and I were engaged, Uncle treated me very well; he really treated me as his daughter-in-law. So now that Brother Gu is gone, I have to take care of Uncle for him.”

Round and round it went, and in the end, Chen Xialin remained trapped in District A.

But this was Chen Xialin’s own well-considered choice. Chen Zirui couldn’t persuade him otherwise, so he nodded.

Actually, if he hadn’t gotten married, he would have done the same as Chen Xialin and chosen to stay in District A to care for Father Gu.

After Xiang Wanxing drove Chen Xialin to the apartment, the two went directly back to District B.

On the way, Chen Zirui spoke to Xiang Wanxing in a negotiating tone.

“Xiang Wanxing, can I come back to District A often in the future? I want to help Xialin too. Brother Gu was my best friend; now that he’s gone, I can’t just ignore everything.”

Xiang Wanxing hesitated for barely a second. “You can. I’ll arrange a driver for you; let him be responsible for driving you back and forth.”

He thought for a moment and added, “And don’t let Xialin live in an apartment. I’ll just buy a villa here. If you can’t make it back to District B in time, you can also stay at the villa.”

Seeing Xiang Wanxing support his decision so much, the gloomy mood Chen Zirui had felt recently finally dissipated a little.

while waiting for a red light, Chen Zirui leaned over specifically to kiss his cheek, his expression shy. “Thank you. I love you to death.”

Finally seeing the familiar Chen Zirui again, Xiang Wanxing smiled happily.

He pointed to his other cheek. “Here too.”

Chen Zirui kissed it generously.

Xiang Wanxing took his hand and placed a kiss on the back of it.

“Your husband has endured for a long time. We haven’t done it in almost two months; when are you going to satisfy me?”

Chen Zirui rolled his eyes and said reservedly, “Depends on your performance.”

Two months without sex; this guy must be suffocating.

If they did it now, wouldn’t he be taken apart?

Chen Zirui touched his butt, shivering.

This butt following him really suffered.

In less than two years, Xiang Wanxing became the head of the Xiang family as he wished.

Immediately upon taking office, Xiang Wanxing eliminated dissidents. In just half a year, he cleared out many people, leaving only trusted confidants.

Originally, he had said he might let his older brother be his footmat, but that couldn’t happen now because his brother had long been sent by Xiang Wanxing to open a branch company in a backward region.

The capital given to start the company was pitifully small; he probably wouldn’t be able to return to District B for the rest of his life.

As for Father Xiang, he became an idle old man at home. He had grievances in his heart but dared not confront Xiang Wanxing directly, afraid Xiang Wanxing would send him to a nursing home abroad if he was unhappy.

Just as Xiang Wanxing had promised in bed back then, Chen Zirui was now the person with the highest status in the Xiang family.

Xiang Wanxing, who was decisive and feared by everyone outside, was like a temperless, henpecked husband when he returned to the old Xiang mansion. Under the shocked gazes of the servants, he massaged the back and legs of Chen Zirui, who had been lying down all day.

“Where else is uncomfortable?” Xiang Wanxing asked while pounding his back.

“Here is a bit sore.” Chen Zirui pointed to his neck. “Played games for too long, it feels awful.”

“Okay.”

Just as Xiang Wanxing was about to start pinching, he suddenly felt his tie was in the way, so he undid it and tossed it on the floor.

Seeing this, a servant immediately came forward to pick it up, then lowered their head and retreated far back.

Father Xiang couldn’t stand it anymore and said angrily, “Xiang Wanxing, you are the Omega. Since when do you serve an Alpha?”

As soon as these words came out, everyone except Chen Zirui sucked in a breath of cold air.

This was Xiang Wanxing’s reverse scale. Except for Chen Zirui, no one was allowed to mention he was an Omega.

Sure enough, Xiang Wanxing got angry, staring at Father Xiang with a ruthless look.

Father Xiang realized he had misspoken. He coughed lightly and corrected himself, “I meant you two can do this kind of thing in your room. It’s really… very unsightly.”

Xiang Wanxing withdrew his gaze, continued his hand movements, and said coldly, “If you don’t wish to see it, you can go abroad. That way, you won’t have to be annoyed.”

How could Father Xiang dare say anything else? The situation had changed; the Xiang family was already Xiang Wanxing’s world, and Father Xiang had no one behind him.

He let out a “humph” and went upstairs, looking aggrieved.

Late at night, it was Chen Zirui’s turn to serve Xiang Wanxing.

He sat on Xiang Wanxing, a flush appearing on his handsome face.

“Damn! Are you trying to… torture me to death…”

Xiang Wanxing held his waist and laughed. “We’ve barely started; the night is still long.”

Chen Zirui: “……”

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