Xin Ying unbuckled her seatbelt to check on Lin Leyao's condition. After getting into the car, Lin Leyao had already taken off her mask, revealing a pitiful expression on her face. Tears streamed down her red eyes, making her look exceptionally pathetic.
Xin Ying took a deep breath. She genuinely felt that this situation was more challenging than any project she had ever encountered before.
Xin Ying took out a tissue and wiped Lin Leyao's tears while complaining, "How can your alcohol tolerance be so low? You've never drunk alcohol in all these years since you debuted?"
Hearing Xin Ying's words, Lin Leyao's tears flowed even more, and she couldn't stop wiping them away. This made Xin Ying, who was usually aloof and proud in front of outsiders, feel helpless for the first time.
"I'm not competent, I'm not a good star," Lin Leyao said sullenly after crying for a while.
Why do you say that?
"I don't even drink alcohol."
Xin Ying explained her earlier complaint: "I'm sorry, I didn't mean that."
"Yes." Lin Leyao nodded, wiped away her tears, and continued, "So many fans are sad because of me, I'm not feeling well at all."
"Your professional skills are fine, and your morals are not corrupt. You are very good."
Lin Leyao shook her head: "You don't understand."
Xin Ying reached out and wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes, and said slowly, "I don't understand your fans, but I understand you."
"You understand me?" Lin Leyao opened her mouth, somewhat stunned.
"Yes. You're great, you always have been."
His drunken mind failed him to hear the words "from childhood" that Xin Ying had said.
Lin Leyao turned her head to look out the window, seemingly lost in thought. After a while, she leaned back in her chair and fell asleep.
The carriage gradually quieted down. Xin Ying looked at her peaceful sleeping face, and her gentle expression slowly turned serious when facing Lin Leyao.
Lost in thought for a while, Xin Ying finally started the car again and drove away.
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Author's Note:
Thank you to all the little angels who voted for me or watered my plants with nutrient solution between 13:52:55 on January 23, 2022 and 23:59:59 on January 28, 2022!
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Thank you so much for your support! I will continue to work hard!
Chapter 12
The black Pagani drove out of the underground parking lot and headed along the bustling avenue of S City toward the newly built villa district, where Xin Ying usually lived.
The car had only been gone for about ten minutes when Lin Leyao woke up from her sleep.
Noticing the passenger's movement, Xin Ying asked, "Awake?"
"Hmm," Lin Le responded, slowly opening a bottle of mineral water and taking a sip.
The kitten in the back seat, having become familiar with the car's interior, started to become more active, scratching at the gap between the front seats and meowing incessantly.
Lin Leyao was afraid that it would disturb Xin Ying's driving, so she scooped the kitten into her arms. She didn't mind that the kitten was dirty. She pinched its ears and rubbed its paws, which amused the kitten to meow and resist.
Watching her series of actions, Xin Ying felt that she should be sober enough, and her heart gradually calmed down.
Lin Leyao noticed the car's route and asked, "Where are we going?"
"Go to my place."
Lin Leyao grunted in acknowledgment and said nothing more.
Xin Ying glanced at her with some surprise, then pondered for a moment, unsure whether she was sober or not.
Noticing the kitten baring its teeth and biting Lin Leyao's finger, Xin Ying said, "Take the kitten to the vet for deworming tomorrow. Have you thought about how you want to raise this kitten?"
"Huh?" Lin Leyao looked at her with some confusion, not understanding what she meant.
"You're often away from home for months at a time filming. How do you take care of the kitten?"
Lin Leyao blinked and asked, "Aren't you going to take care of her?"
Xin Ying countered, "How am I supposed to take care of her?"
Lin Leyao was silent for a while, unsure how she interpreted their conversation. After a long pause, she seemed to suddenly realize something: "You don't want to get married anymore?"
Xin Ying didn't understand Lin Leyao's thought process at this moment, but the fact that Lin Leyao dared to ask this question so boldly made her certain that Lin Leyao was still drunk.
Xin Ying coughed lightly and retorted, "I didn't."
“Now that we’re married, this is our little kitten,” Lin Leyao explained slowly. “You’re also the kitten’s mother, so you have to take care of her.”
Xin Ying: "...Okay."
Lin Leyao turned the kitten's head toward Xin Ying and instructed, "Come on, call her Big Mom."
Xin Ying: "..."
This strange name.
However, Lin Leyao quickly overturned her previous statement, "No, you can't call her that if you're not married. Come on, call her Aunt Xin."
Twenty minutes later, the car passed through the gate and entered the villa area.
At the same time, a black Mercedes-Benz G-Class followed Xin Ying's car into the villa area.
Xin Yuan pressed her face against the car window, looking at the license plate of the car in front. Suddenly, she noticed something and exclaimed, "Fourth Uncle, that's Auntie up ahead! Didn't Auntie leave a long time ago? Why is she only coming home now?"
Xin Yuan rolled down the car window and called out, "Auntie!"
The black Pagani had excellent sound insulation, so Xin Ying didn't hear Xin Yuan's shouts outside. What kept reaching her ears was Lin Leyao's constant chatter with the kitten.
Xin Ying and Xin Si Nan's villas were very close. Xin Si Nan drove the car into the garage, and Xin Yuan couldn't wait to open the car door and run towards Xin Ying's residence.
On the other side, Xin Ying drove the car into the garage, and Lin Leyao got out of the car carrying the kitten.
Although Lin Leyao's mood had improved considerably, her head was still spinning from that glass of baijiu. Arriving at an unfamiliar place, she didn't know the way. After spinning around in circles for a while, she obediently followed Xin Ying's side.
Xin Yuan excitedly ran to the gate of Xin Ying's villa. Just as she was about to speak, Xin Si Nan covered her mouth.
"Little darling, why are you bothering your aunt?"
"Mmm." I'm going home tomorrow, what's wrong with me seeing my aunt?
Xin Yuan's words were all muffled by Xin Si Nan. She was still struggling when she suddenly saw two figures walk out of the garage. One figure was leaning against the other.
One is my aunt, and the other is...
The light from the motion-sensor lights in the courtyard shone on the two people inside. When Xin Yuan saw the other person's face, she was completely stunned.
Xin Si Nan scooped up his stunned niece and quickly ran towards his home.
Lin Leyao and her aunt knew each other; Lin Leyao leaned on her aunt, and they held hands. After summarizing all this, Xin Yuan drew a conclusion—
My aunt and Lin Leyao are having an affair!
Oh my god...
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Xin Ying asked Lin Leyao to sit on the sofa in the living room. She carefully instructed Lin Leyao again and again to sit quietly and not move. Then she went into the kitchen to pour hot water.
Xin Ying had poured half of the hot water when she suddenly heard a heart-wrenching cough coming from outside. She rushed out and saw Lin Leyao, her face flushed, leaning against the bar and coughing wildly, while holding an opened bottle of whiskey in her hand.
Xin Ying slowly uttered two words in a deep voice: "Le Yao..."
Lin Leyao blinked her red eyes and looked at Xin Ying with a blank expression, explaining, "I was thirsty, and it was open all along."
Xin Ying sighed, walked over and took the whiskey bottle from Lin Leyao's hand, then helped her into the kitchen to make a cup of honey water.
Lin Leyao drank the whole cup of honey water from Xin Ying's hand.
Xin Ying reached out and tucked a stray hair behind her ear. Seeing her blushing cheeks as she obediently drank water, her heart softened.
She looks much more docile now than she did after drinking that glass of liquor.
After finishing her water, Lin Leyao looked up at Xin Ying without moving. Xin Ying asked, "Want some more?"
Lin Leyao licked her rosy lips and shook her head.
"Okay, let's wash up and go to bed then."
Halfway there, Lin Leyao suddenly remembered something and muttered, "Cat."
"I'll get it done in a bit."
Lin Leyao shook her head, her feet rooted to the spot, unwilling to move.
Xin Ying sighed and put her on the sofa, saying, "You wait here now, I'll make a nest for the kitten right now, okay?"
Lin Leyao sat quietly on the sofa without saying a word. Xin Ying squatted down and looked at Lin Leyao's face, only to find that she was silently shedding tears.
Xin Ying quickly pulled out tissues from the coffee table and wiped away Lin Leyao's tears, looking quite helpless: "Why are you crying again?"
"You..." Lin Leyao choked up as soon as she opened her mouth, as if she had encountered something very painful, "Why did it take you so many years to come to find me?"
Xin Ying paused in wiping away her tears.
Lin Leyao asked, her voice choked with emotion, "Isn't there anything you want to tell me?"
"I..." Xin Ying frowned and pondered for a long time, unsure of how to begin.
Lin Leyao seemed unconcerned by Xin Ying's reply and continued, "It was one thing for you to abandon me back then, but now you're heartlessly abandoning your child too."
"?" Xin Ying realized something was wrong.
"You'er is still so young!" Just then, the sound of a kitten meowing came from behind. "Listen to how heartbroken your daughter is crying. Are you really so cruel as to abandon her?"
"Yes, how could I not want it?" Fearing that Lin Leyao, who was drunk, would cause more trouble, Xin Ying quickly assured her, "I'll bring it over right now."
After the kitten was brought in, it was placed on a chair in the shoe-changing area by the entrance. The little guy jumped down and started biting the slippers on the floor.
Xin Ying picked up the little guy and put the kitten in a delivery box.
Xin Ying placed the kitten in front of Lin Leyao, who immediately stopped crying, hugged the box, and slowly stood up, saying, "Go to sleep."
"Okay." Xin Ying's heart, which had been hanging in suspense, slowly settled down.
Xin Ying led Lin Leyao into the guest room, and Lin Leyao didn't need anyone's help with washing up afterwards, and nothing unexpected happened.