Lu Xiaoqiao led him into the bedroom.
Before he could say anything, she spoke first.
“Don’t waste time. Don’t say useless things. If you want to talk, show me that you’re serious.”
Xie Xun sat on the camp bed with both hands resting behind him, his body slightly leaning back. His posture looked relaxed and casual.
“I only have one condition.”
Lu Xiaoqiao said, “What is it?”
“I want my son.”
Lu Xiaoqiao did not even bother responding. She seemed used to hearing this from him. She was too tired to get angry anymore and simply picked up her cup and took a drink.
Xie Xun watched her slender, pale neck as the water moved down her throat.
“You name the conditions. Money, property, connections, resources. Whatever you want.”
Lu Xiaoqiao put down her cup.
“You forgot what happened last night, didn’t you? No one can truly love two people at the same time or take care of two families.”
She sat down on the bed opposite him and spoke seriously.
“Let’s separate peacefully. In front of Lutu, we can act as though nothing has changed and try to reduce the harm to him as much as possible. When he grows up, we can tell him the truth. What do you think?”
“We can rewrite the agreement. I don’t want any of your property. I won’t even ask you to pay child support.”
Then she offered him an even bigger deal.
“I can even help you recover your memories. I…”
She could not explain why, but when Xie Xun heard that she was willing to give up everything—even the huge amount of property mentioned in their previous agreement—an overwhelming mixture of anger and coldness rose inside him.
Xie Xun slowly sat upright.
His long eyes turned dark and cold, and his voice became so firm that he did not let her finish.
“Then let’s settle it in court.”
“……”
Lu Xiaoqiao reminded herself not to lose her temper. She had already allowed herself to be provoked too easily the night before.
“If someone isn’t loved, then she’s the mistress. As long as you sign the agreement, I’ll help you two live happily together…”
She had learned her lesson. This time, she carefully avoided directly calling Wan Bao’er his sister-in-law.
A flash of pain crossed Xie Xun’s forehead.
He raised a hand and rubbed his temple.
Lu Xiaoqiao continued talking.
But Xie Xun could no longer hear her.
His head was throbbing painfully. His vision blurred for a moment, and without realizing it, his eyes fell on her lips.
Her soft, pale-pink lips moved as she spoke.
Her coaxing voice kept going on and on.
Xie Xun stared blankly.
He wanted to kiss her.
He wanted to kiss her so badly.
Perhaps noticing his strange expression and where he was looking, Lu Xiaoqiao suddenly stopped talking. She covered her mouth with both hands, and her muffled voice came from behind them.
“Are you going to talk or not?”
Xie Xun was still dazed, almost as if his mind had separated from reality.
He heard himself answer, “Let’s go to court.”
“……”
Court, court, court!
Damn you!
What chance did she even have if this went to court?
Once things reached that point, their relationship would be completely broken. Even if she or her parents wanted to see Lutu, it could become extremely difficult.
Lu Xiaoqiao suddenly felt like her life was unbearably miserable.
Just moments ago, she had been overwhelmed with guilt toward Xie Minghe.
Now she hated the entire Xie family, and especially the unreasonable man sitting across from her.
Her shoulders trembled, and tears immediately rolled down her face.
Xie Xun’s face suddenly went pale.
“Don’t cry!”
“Why should I listen to you?” Lu Xiaoqiao cried even harder. “You really need to see a psychologist. There has to be something seriously wrong with you. Waaah…”
Xie Xun’s body trembled from the pain. He desperately tried to suppress a groan.
Lu Xiaoqiao stopped.
“……”
Her mouth fell slightly open, and a tear was still hanging from her lower eyelid.
“What’s wrong with you now?”
Xie Xun gritted his teeth.
“Nothing.”
“Oh.”
Lu Xiaoqiao sniffed and returned to her previous mood.
“What did I do in my past life to deserve meeting someone like you? Waaah…”
As soon as she started crying again, Xie Xun bent forward once more, pressing a hand against his chest. He looked as though he desperately wanted to tear his heart out.
Lu Xiaoqiao stopped again.
“?”
Xie Xun closed his eyes.
Lu Xiaoqiao sniffed again.
“I’ve never seen such a strange person in my entire life. Waaah…”
A painful sound escaped Xie Xun’s throat.
Blood suddenly appeared at the corner of his mouth.
Lu Xiaoqiao: “……”
The entire room went silent.
Outside, the sunlight broke through the clouds and streamed through the glass window, brightly illuminating every corner of the room.
Lu Xiaoqiao was completely confused.
Was there actually something wrong with him?
And why did his strange condition seem to happen every time she cried?
Lu Xiaoqiao decided to test it. She stared directly at him.
“You can’t take my child away from me. He’s the hope of our whole family. Waaah…”
Sure enough, Xie Xun’s hand had already tightened around the loose shirt he was wearing.
It was clearly a reaction to extreme pain.
Lu Xiaoqiao immediately stopped crying.
Xie Xun seemed to take a deep, desperate breath.
He was recovering.
Lu Xiaoqiao: “……”
Silence filled the room.
It was so quiet that she could almost hear the blood rushing through their bodies.
Xie Xun slowly looked up while breathing heavily. Cold sweat covered his forehead, making strands of his hair stick to his skin. The veins on his neck were still visible.
Their eyes met.
Lu Xiaoqiao blinked several times.
Xie Xun closed his eyes briefly, his jaw tightening slightly.
After staring at each other for a long moment, Lu Xiaoqiao slowly fluttered her eyelashes and whispered,
“Ohhh… I see…”
So when he said, “Whenever she cries, I feel pain,” he had actually meant it literally.
Xie Xun: “……”
After a brief pause, Lu Xiaoqiao wiped her eyes with the back of her hand and suddenly gave him a sweet smile.
“Let’s negotiate again. I get the child, I want the property, and you don’t get to reduce the child support by even one cent.”
Xie Xun stared at her.
“In your dreams…”
Lu Xiaoqiao immediately started crying again.
Xie Xun’s expression froze.
Lu Xiaoqiao tilted her head and looked at him sweetly.
“Okay?”
“……”
Xie Xun swallowed several times, his throat still damp from the pain.
“You think I’m afraid of that?”
Lu Xiaoqiao nodded.
“Oh, you’re not afraid? Then I’m really sad. Waaah…”
This time, her crying sounded a little forced.
Lu Xiaoqiao could not help herself.
The moment she realized that Xie Xun would suffer whenever she cried, her first reaction was actually to laugh.
The scene in the room became extremely strange.
“Waaah… sob… hahaha… waaah… hahaha… waaah… hahaha!”
Xie Xun: “?”
Lu Xiaoqiao tried several times, but she discovered that she could no longer cry.
Whenever she started feeling sad enough to cry, she immediately remembered that Xie Xun would suffer because of it.
Her mood instantly improved, and she could not stop herself from laughing.
“……”
No way.
Seriously?
Had this new ability already stopped working?
Lu Xiaoqiao pouted and suddenly became annoyed with herself.
Xie Xun simply sat there and watched her behave like a little crazy person, crying one moment and laughing the next.
Then, at one point, Lu Xiaoqiao suddenly looked at him.
The resentment in her eyes shot straight toward Xie Xun like Cupid’s arrow.
But this time, he did not feel pain.
Instead, his entire body went numb.
Every inch of him seemed to tremble.
He suddenly had an overwhelming urge to pull her close and never let her go.
Lu Xiaoqiao was no longer afraid of him.
She simply could not cry right now because she was too excited about discovering this secret.
That did not mean she would never be able to cry again.
If he dared to bully her or use his power against her…
She would cry until he could not take it anymore!
With that thought, Lu Xiaoqiao lifted her chin proudly.
“Let’s negotiate!”