She sighed softly, raising her eyes to look at him, her brow revealing exhaustion: “There’s no reason. I just feel tired and want a peaceful life.”
Chapter 103: Brother’s Lover
“Do I make you feel tired?” His low, hoarse voice carried an imperceptible pain: “Is that why you keep trying to escape from me? Is that why you sold our relationship along with this necklace?”
Xia Qianxi stared in shock at the gardenia flower necklace in Xing Tuo’s hand, then regained her calm expression. She said insincerely: “Yes. Your obstinacy suffocates me. Being with you is painful. This life… I’m already tired of it, so I’m leaving, and I don’t want to say goodbye to you.”
“I don’t believe it!” Xing Tuo grabbed her right hand, his deep phoenix eyes staring directly into her pupils: “If that’s true, why are you still wearing this ring? And you’re even carrying my child inside you.”
“Make me!” Xia Qianxi suddenly snatched the necklace from his hand and threw it onto the calm sea surface. The gardenia flower pendant drew a beautiful arc in the air, creating slight ripples before disappearing.
Xing Tuo held her in his arms, holding her hand together on her swollen belly: “Of course, we will be happy.”
Raindrops gently tapped on the glass window. Xia Qianchi rested her head on Xing Tuo’s shoulder, listening to his steady heartbeat, gazing out the window, trying to find the shadow of happiness in the misty rain.
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Xia Qianchi opened her slightly dry eyelids, glancing at the alarm clock on the bedside table. It was already past eight in the morning. The sky outside was still gloomy, with no sunlight, no sound of rain tapping on the glass, no bird calls – everything was silent.
She looked at Xing Tuo beside her in the dim light. He was sleeping deeply, but his brow was tightly furrowed, seemingly troubled in his dream. His hand, even in sleep, still gripped hers tightly. Finally, she hesitated but didn’t wake him. She gently separated his fingers and withdrew her hand from his palm, then quietly got out of bed.
