Don't meet me in your next life.

Lin Lubai went downstairs and took a breath.

The more you love, the deeper the hurt. She loved Lin Lubai, but he only wanted to use her as a target.

He clearly loves Su Qiaoqiao, but instead of marrying her after sleeping with her, he makes himself marry her to face the gossip and shield her from the bullets.

Xiang Yi felt terrible.

Fine, let's get married. As long as we can protect the child in her womb, she has no family and doesn't care about anything else.

Thinking of this, Xiang Yi sneered and turned to walk down the stairs.

When Xiang Yi came downstairs, she saw the pile of breakfast on the table and called Xiao Qing over to eat with her, deliberately ignoring Lin Lubai.

Lin Lubai acted as if he hadn't heard anything, sitting on the sofa with a gloomy face waiting for him, without going over to eat breakfast.

Xiang Yi ignored him.

Looking at Lin Lubai's dark face and then at Xiang Yiyi, Xiao Qing sensed that something was off.

"Are you two alright?" Xiao Qing asked softly.

"Don't drag me into this. I am me, and he is him." Xiang Yi poked the sandwich hard.

"Okay, okay, I won't drag you two into this. You don't have a grudge against breakfast, do you? Why are you poking it so hard?" Xiao Qing said with a smile.

“I have no grudge against them. I just find them annoying and hateful.” Xiang Yi said, raising her voice.

Lin Lubai's heart skipped a beat, and his face darkened even more, but he remained seated, looking at his phone without showing any emotion.

Xiao Qing understood immediately. She ate a few bites, picked up her sandwich and milk, and went out: "I'm done eating. I'm going to work now."

"Okay. Xiao Qing, you go ahead and get busy," Xiang Yi said. "Be careful on the road."

"Okay, call me if anything happens. Don't suffer in silence. If anyone dares to bully you, we'll bully them back." Xiao Qing deliberately said this loudly.

Lin Lubai pretended not to hear and sat there with a gloomy face.

After Xiao Qing left, Lin Lubai stood up from the sofa, slowly walked to the seat Xiao Qing had just sat down, and picked up the untouched sandwich to eat.

Xiang Yi ignored him and continued showing off her breakfast, her eyes fierce, as if she wanted to eat him for breakfast.

She remained silent, and Lin Lubai also kept quiet, though he kept talking. He was indeed quite hungry; he never felt like he could eat enough breakfast with Yi Yi.

Xiang Yi felt like she was venting during breakfast, and she put down her spoon after five minutes because she was in a bad mood and didn't eat much.

Lin Lubai, on the other hand, was extremely suspicious. Seeing that she had only drunk a third of her milk after finishing breakfast, he quickly grabbed the milk and gulped it down.

Xiang Yi looked at him with some surprise; this man had actually drunk the milk she had just drunk.

Lin Lubai quickly drank his milk, got up, and tidied the table.

Two minutes later, the table was clean and tidy.

Xiang Yi stared blankly at his back. Lin Lubai looked really handsome at that moment, but she couldn't control herself around this man.

After he finished cleaning up the kitchen, he came over to Xiang Yi and asked, "Where are your things? I'll get them for you. Let's go remarry."

As her pregnancy progressed, she faced many inconveniences, but since the wedding was inevitable, Xiang Yi didn't hesitate to make a fuss.

"It's on my bedside table on the second floor. The key is in the middle drawer of the wardrobe, next to the peach kernels."

Lin Lubai was going back to the Lin family home soon, so he didn't linger and went straight upstairs to get his documents.

They drove to the car and headed to the Civil Affairs Bureau.

Xiang Yi ignored her, and Lin Lubai didn't say anything either, but kept her eyes on the shops on the side of the road.

Upon seeing the cake shop, Lin Lubai parked his car and asked Xiang Yi to wait in the car for two minutes, while he got out and bought a bunch of food.

"Here you go, eat if you're hungry." Worried that Xiang Yi might get hungry, Lin Lubai bought her a bag of cakes and a cup of milk tea.

"You got off the bus just to buy these for me?" Xiang Yi asked.

"What do you think?" Lin Lubai asked.

"I thought something had happened to you, but who knew..." Xiang Yi's voice grew softer and softer, lacking any confidence.

"Eat up, it'll satisfy your craving." Lin Lubai was in a good mood.

Yi Yi didn't want to ask many questions, but seeing Lin Lubai like this, she was still very moved.

"Lin Lubai, you're already engaged to Su Qiaoqiao, why don't you marry her? And you two have already... you know..." Xiang Yi couldn't help but ask.

Lin Lubai glanced at her: "Are you really unaware, or are you pretending not to know?"

"You don't like her, yet you slept with her?"

Xiang Yiyi felt a mix of emotions; was it joy or sorrow? She couldn't quite tell.

"Do you believe me if I say I didn't touch her, that she was drugged that night?" Lin Lubai looked at her probingly.

Xiang Yi felt a weight lifted from her shoulders, a sense of relief washing over her: "I believe you. But what are you going to do now?"

"I won't marry her, so I'll marry you first as a last resort." Lin Lubai paused. "You are my last trump card. I don't want to marry anyone else but you."

When he suddenly confessed his feelings, Xiang Yi's face turned as red as a ripe apple. This man was too good at flirting.

Not hearing Xiang Yi speak, Lin Lubai turned and glanced at her: "You don't want to marry me?"

"No, won't they make things difficult for you if you do this?" Xiang Yi asked.

“Yes, but I don’t want to marry someone I don’t love. I have no parents, and I don’t need this kind of marriage based on self-interest,” Lin Lubai said calmly.

Hearing his words, Xiang Yi felt a lump in her throat.

“We’ll go get our marriage certificate later. After that, I’ll take you home first. I’m going to see Grandpa today.” Lin Lubai explained again, “I’ll take you to see Grandpa next time. Right now, I have to hide you well.”

"I understand." Xiang Yi's heart was pounding.

So soon you're going to meet the parents? And what he said made Xiang Yi's heart race. She had just decided to let go, but his words completely turned her back on her.

"Xiang Yiyi, after you get married, can you keep a little distance from Lu Sichen?" Lin Lubai suddenly asked.

"Huh? Ah?" Xiang Yi was taken aback.

Lin Lubai's heart clenched; he was terrified of hearing the answer.

“Lin Lubai, I told you, give me a year, and this is also giving Lu Sichen a year,” Xiang Yi said. “I won’t have anything with him, but I can’t keep my distance like you said.”

"Do you love him that much?" Lin Lubai felt a pang of pain in his heart; he knew she wouldn't agree.

"This has nothing to do with whether or not we love each other," Xiang Yi sighed softly.

"Then why do I have to give you a year, even if we get married?" Lin Lubai continued to ask.

"Lin Lubai, stop asking. Can you give me a year?" Xiang Yi lowered her head, unsure how much further Lu Sichen had to go.

"Okay, I'll give you a year." Seeing her like this, Lin Lubai didn't dare to say anything more.

"Thank you," Xiang Yi said.

Oh well, even if something does happen, it's only a year.

Lin Lubai tried to comfort himself, but he was still very worried. A year was too long, and there were too many variables in a year.