Xie Qining saw Sasha's eyes focused only on the newborn child, and it seemed that the family's attention was now all on this baby.
He felt even more bored staying at home and wanted to be free to go out soon, so he could continue his former life of indulgence.
When Sasha first gave birth, he had a brief moment of joy at becoming a father, but after spending nearly a month with Sasha and the baby, that novelty had worn off.
The baby's constant crying at night had already annoyed him to no end.
When Sasha wanted to marry him, he already had a wife, and he knew that without a justifiable reason, the Xie family would not allow him to divorce and remarry.
Only by getting Lan Yu pregnant before she had children could she drive away Lan Yu and become Xie Qining's wife.
But Sasha found that she couldn't get pregnant with his child, and the problem was with him; his sperm viability was low. So Sasha came up with the idea of in vitro fertilization.
He hadn't expected that after they tried twice abroad, Sasha would actually get pregnant. This gave him a legitimate reason to tell his family that he wanted to divorce Lan Yu and marry Sasha.
After his family did a DNA test on the fetus in Sasha's womb, they agreed to his plan. For the sake of Sasha's unborn child, they kicked Lan Yu out.
Thinking of this, he couldn't help but think of Lan Yu again. He actually missed Lan Yu's once pitiful appearance a little, but when he thought of Xiao Anjing, he gritted his teeth in hatred.
Once he regained his freedom, he would not let Xiao Anjing and Lan Yu off the hook.
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Although Xiao Anjing was very reluctant, he was determined to send Lan Yu and Xiaoxiao to his mother's place before Christmas.
This way, they could accompany his mother for Christmas, and he could also concentrate on the bidding. He thought of bringing them back after Lan Yu gave birth and the baby's full month celebration.
Su Su heard from Tian Yi that Xiao Anjing was sending Lan Yu and Xiaoxiao abroad. So, the weekend before they left, she invited An Jing's family over for a visit, and also invited Su Kangxi and Ya Nan.
Everyone gathered to have a happy weekend.
Little Xingxing heard that Xiaoxiao was coming home on Friday and slept soundly, smiling all night.
On Saturday, he woke up early and began to go to the door from time to time, eagerly waiting for Xiaoxiao to come and play with him.
It wasn't until after nine o'clock that he saw Uncle Xiao's car.
Before the car had even stopped at his house, he ran over, waving and smiling happily at Xiaoxiao, who was sitting in the car.
As soon as Xiaoxiao saw him, she also leaned out of the car window and shouted, "Xingxing gege, Xingxing gege."
After the car stopped, An Jing opened the car door and said to Xiaoxiao, "Go play with gege."
Xiaoxiao jumped out of the car, took Little Xingxing's hand, and the two little ones ran to the garden.
When Su Su came out to greet them upon hearing the noise, Kangxi and Ya Nan also drove up. They were all happy to see each other and stood at the door, exchanging pleasantries.
At some point, Tian Yi also arrived at the main entrance, leaning against the door and saying, "Why are you all still standing outside talking? Come in, there's prepared tea and snacks inside."
An Jing ran towards Tian Yi first, patted his shoulder, and walked ahead.
Su Su took Ya Nan to the children's room and brought out the two little darlings. The adults chatted while playing with the two children.
Little Xingxing and Xiaoxiao were playing on the swings in the garden. Xiaoxiao, wearing a pink princess dress, sat on the swing, and Little Xingxing pushed her high from the side.
Xiaoxiao kept giggling, the sky was blue, and the clouds were like cotton candy.
Little Xingxing looked at Xiaoxiao, as if seeing a princess from a fairy tale stepping out of a book.
Xiaoxiao got tired of playing and stopped the swing.
Little Xingxing also sat on the swing, next to her, and placed a chocolate candy, wrapped in a beautiful candy wrapper, into her hand.
"This is for you."
"But I don't like candy." Xiaoxiao liked the candy wrapper, but she really didn't like sweets.
Little Xingxing said confusedly, "There are girls who don't like candy? But you must try this candy, it's different from other chocolate candies. The girls in my class all love it."
Xiaoxiao carefully unwrapped the candy, afraid of ruining the beautiful wrapper. She took a bite of the candy and found that it wasn't just sweet; liquid flowed out from the bitten chocolate candy, with a strange taste.
But the taste was combined with the sweetness of the candy, making it more special than ordinary sweet candies. This taste was actually quite good.
"What's in the candy?"
Seeing her eating with relish, Little Xingxing smiled and said, "It's filled with a type of liquor. My dad says it's whiskey. It's called liquor-filled chocolate, isn't it delicious?"
Xiaoxiao nodded and asked, "Is there any more? I want to eat more."
Little Xingxing took out another one and placed it in her palm, saying, "This is the last one. My parents said that children can't eat too much of this kind of chocolate, or they'll get drunk."
"Okay." Xiaoxiao didn't immediately eat it. She put the candy wrapper and the remaining liquor-filled chocolate into her small shoulder bag. From it, she took out a pen and gave it to Little Xingxing.
Little Xingxing took the cute cartoon pencil she handed him and asked, "Is this specifically for me?"
"Yes." Xiaoxiao's lips curved up and she said, "Xingxing gege, I'm going to leave Lancheng with Mama for a while. We'll come back after she gives birth to the baby in her belly."
Little Xingxing was surprised and asked, "Where are you going?"
"Dad said to Grandma's place abroad. Grandma lives alone in a big house and is very lonely. We're going to accompany her for Christmas, New Year, and Spring Festival..." Xiaoxiao counted on her fingers and said, "I think we'll be back after the Spring Festival. Then I'll have a younger brother or sister, and we can play together again."
"Okay, then I'll wait for you to come back." Little Xingxing fumbled in his pants pocket for a long time, finally taking out a hairpin. He wanted to say more to her but felt a bit sad about parting.
Xiaoxiao's sharp eyes spotted the shiny hairpin he was holding and she exclaimed, "Xingxing gege, this hairpin is so beautiful."
"For you." Little Xingxing finally held up the hairpin.
Xiaoxiao looked closely. It was a plastic hairpin with a butterfly shape, adorned with some glitter. Her eyes sparkled as she stared at the hairpin and said, "I like it. Help me put it on."
Little Xingxing had never put a hairpin on a girl before. He clumsily clipped the hairpin onto the top of her head and said, "The girls in my class wear these hairpins in their braids. You look even prettier than them wearing it."
Xiaoxiao touched the hairpin on her head and said with a smile, "I'll wear it when Mama braids my hair."
Little Xingxing lowered his head shyly and said, "This isn't valuable. I didn't tell my parents; I bought it with my allowance. If you think it's pretty and you like it, you can ask Uncle Xiao and Aunt Lan to buy you prettier hairpins."