This year, when late autumn and early winter meet in Beijing, the air outside is particularly cold.

Yujingwan was very warm, and the fireplace in the living room was burning brightly.

"Ruyi, let me listen quickly."

On the sofa, Song Xilan was resting his head on Qiao Ruyi's slightly bulging belly, holding his breath and listening to the movements in her stomach.

Qiao Ruyi smiled and looked down at her.

"Ruyi is only three months pregnant. She shouldn't be able to hear anything now, right?" Fang Ran imitated Song Xilan and leaned forward to listen, but he really didn't feel anything.

Qiao Ruyi shook her head gently, picked up the pen and paper beside her and wrote a few words: They are only the size of peanuts now, and I can't feel their movements.

"Yeah, it's still too young." Song Xilan got up from her belly and suddenly saw the handwriting on the paper. He looked at Qiao Ruyi in surprise, "They???"

Hearing this, Fang Ran suddenly turned his head and looked at Qiao Ruyi.

Seeing their surprised expressions, Qiao Ruyi guessed that they must have been caught off guard, so she nodded and held up two fingers.

"Twins?" Song Xilan covered her mouth in surprise.

After a brief moment of surprise, Fang Ran asked excitedly, "Ruyi, are they really twins?"

Qiao Ruyi smiled and nodded.

Song Xilan looked at her slightly bulging belly and was very happy. "No wonder I saw that you were only three months pregnant, but your belly seemed a little bigger than others. I thought it was because the baby was developing too well."

"But having twins will be harder, right?" Fang Ran looked at her thin face. "Ruyi, in this case, you need to eat more, get more rest, and stop thinking too much about unhappy things, okay?"

Qiao Ruyi picked up a pen and paper and wrote: I have been eating a lot recently, and I take the nutritional supplements you bought for me every day.

Song Xilan watched her pretending to be strong by only reporting good news and not bad news, and she held her hand with heartache, "Ruyi darling, are you still asking people to continue searching for Ling Che's body?"

Hearing this, Qiao Ruyi lowered her eyes, slightly raised the corners of her mouth and nodded.

Song Xilan asked, "So there's still no news?"

Qiao Ruyi shook her head.

There was a brief silence among the three of them. Whenever this topic was brought up, it felt particularly heavy.

Instead, it was Qiao Ruyi who smiled at them first. She looked at the two of them and wrote: Don’t talk about me, let’s talk about you.

She looked at Song Xilan, wrote a line of words, and asked her with a smile: I see that you are very different today. Do you have something happy to share with us?

Happy things?

Song Xilan's big eyes were filled with sweet light. During the time she had been with Song Yanzhi, she had indeed been very happy every day.

He became more gentle and attentive, and took exceptionally good care of her.

Song Xilan looked at the two of them and said with a smile, "I want to share a good news with you. Song Yanzhi and I are together!"

"Really?" Fang Ran raised his hand and ruffled her hair. "Our Xilan has finally found her happiness."

Qiao Ruyi smiled beautifully and was not too surprised. She seemed to have guessed that the two of them would be together, it was just a matter of time.

Song Xilan told them with a smile, "He has been living in his parents' villa before. He bought a new one some time ago. We plan to move there after the New Year."

"Wow!" Fang Ran exclaimed, unable to hide the joy on his face. "Living together?"

Song Xilan nodded shyly, feeling a little bit of anticipation.

She'd read online that compatibility between two people can be determined after spending time together. Many couples who seem to be in a sweet relationship often end up arguing and breaking up once their bad habits become apparent.

She didn't know yet whether she and Song Yanzhi had any bad habits that they couldn't tolerate each other.

However, she thought that if Song Yanzhi really had any bad habits, as long as they were not too extreme, she would tolerate him.

Qiao Ruyi smiled and wrote on the paper for a long time, then handed it to Song Xilan: "You have been together for a while, and living together is not a bad thing. After all, you are not young anymore and can take responsibility for your own choices. Song Yanzhi is indeed a very good person, but it is best to see if he has any plans to get married during the cohabitation period. If he does not want to get married for the time being, then you must take precautions and do not let anyone get killed."

Seeing this, Fang Ran nodded in agreement.

Having children is an important decision, and not having children is also a very important decision.

Cohabitation is fine, but children cannot come without preparation.

Sometimes an accident may be a kind of harm.

Song Xilan looked at the words on the paper, and suddenly her eyes became red. When she looked up at Qiao Ruyi, she looked like she was about to cry.

Qiao Ruyi thought she had said something wrong and asked her what was wrong.

"Ruyi, it would be great if you could speak and tell me these things in person..." Song Xilan said with red eyes and sobs, "I really want to hear you teach me these things in person."

It took Ruyi a lot more effort to write down such a long paragraph with pen and paper than to say it out loud.

She really wanted to hear Ruyi speak in person again.

Qiao Ruyi smiled, put down the pen and paper, hugged her in his arms, and patted her back gently.

She doesn't speak, not because she can't, but because she doesn't want to.

Before, my mouth didn’t want to say it, now my heart doesn’t want to say it.

Song Xilan finally calmed down after being gently comforted by her.

She raised her hand and tore off the words she had just said, folded them carefully and put them in her pocket, patting it carefully. "I'll remember it."

Qiao Ruyi smiled gently, nodded, touched her curly hair, then looked up at Fang Ran and raised her eyebrows.

Seeing that both of them were looking at her, Fang Ran also raised an eyebrow, "What's wrong?"

Song Xilan asked with a smile, "Ruyi wants to hear about your relationship with that guy called Ou Zilin. What's going on?"

"Ou Zilin?" Fang Ran didn't know why the two of them suddenly brought up her. She shrugged and smiled calmly, "Just an ordinary friend."

"Ah?" Song Xilan seemed confused. After thinking for a moment, he asked tentatively, "Fang Ran, baby, you still can only like girls?"

Fang Ran looked at her carefully asking the question and smiled with relief, "I've always known my own problem. I don't only like women or only like men. I like..."

She thought for a moment and said, "It should be someone who makes me feel relaxed, free of burden and pressure, and even allows me to be carefree and not hate myself. The person I like should make me feel this way, regardless of gender."

Because of her bad childhood memories and the fear that memory brought, she thought she hated men and hated all men in the world.

But this man, Ou Zilin, seems to be different from them.

The more she got along with him, the more she realized her problem.

What she hated was not the man, but the nightmare that she could not get rid of and the people who created the nightmare for her.

What she likes is not women, but the sense of security that women cannot bring her harm and fear.

All along, it wasn't that she had a problem with her sexual orientation, but that she couldn't get over the psychological barrier.

A man like Ou Zilin seems to be a special existence.

It's because he's so special that we can only be friends.

Being friends is her greatest satisfaction.

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