From a son-in-law to a favorite of the empress

Chapter 928

The moon was crescent, the night was like water, and the sea was much quieter than during the day.

The big ship was parked steadily on the sea, and everything was silent, creating a beautiful artistic conception.

The stove on the deck was burning brightly, and Zhao Jianjia was carefully brewing tea with a relaxed smile on her lips.

Ningyue and Ruan Zhi hugged each other, sitting around the stove, whispering, and covering their mouths with a smile from time to time.

Qu Ling used a knife to cut the fruit and carefully distributed it to everyone.

On the other side of the deck, Zhou Yuan looked at Xiaoying, who looked aggrieved, and said solemnly: "You are not allowed to get away with it this time. You must explain clearly why you have such a big appetite and can eat so much."

Xiaoying felt guilty, lowered her head, pinched her skirt with her hands, and whispered: "It's not much..."

Zhou Yuan said: "Isn't it much? Xiaoying, we don't lack food now, but we can't overeat!"

Xiaoying pouted and said: "It's the poisonous insects. They eat a lot and can help me digest, so I..."

Zhou Yuan hummed: "Because it can help digestion, you are not afraid of eating too much, so you keep craving and keep eating."

Xiaoying raised her head, blinked her eyes, and said: "I'm just a little greedy, not too greedy."

Look at her cute Seeing her look, Zhou Yuan couldn't keep a straight face anymore, so he held her in his arms and said with a smile: "Your belly is showing now, are you uncomfortable?"

Xiaoying shook her head and said with a giggle: "No, I don't feel anything at all!"

Zhou Yuan said: "Where did you go after listening to the story in the afternoon? Did you wipe your tears secretly?"

"Hmm..."

Xiaoying whispered: "I couldn't stand crying, but I was embarrassed to cry in front of everyone."

Zhou Yuan pinched her cute little face and said: "What's wrong, are you worried that the sisters don't like you?"

Xiaoying nodded gently and said: "People who can bring happiness to everyone will be likable."

She looked at Zhou Yuan and asked weakly: "Will brother like the baby in Xiaoying's belly?"

This sentence made Zhou Yuan slightly stunned.

Then he felt a little sad, and couldn't help hugging the girl in his arms, whispering: "You, you are usually cute, but you are very thoughtful."

"You feel that you are of humble origin, so you think that you have to be a happy person to be accepted by everyone."

"You know that the baby in your belly is secretly conceived, so you are worried that I will not like it after it is born."

"Xiaoying, you know everything."

Xiaoying lowered her head, her voice trembling: "I'm sorry... brother... Xiaoying is just afraid..."

Zhou Yuan said: "What are you afraid of?"

Xiaoying choked and said: "I'm afraid that the things I cherish will be lost, and the things I care about will be taken away by fate, just like grandma, just like Grandma, they loved me...loved me...but none of them survived..."

"At that time, I was less than fourteen years old. I didn't know what to do or where to go. I lived alone."

At this point, she buried her head in Zhou Yuan's chest and cried softly: "Xiaoying is afraid of living alone. It's very lonely, so...she used means on her brother..."

"I'm sorry...brother, don't drive me away..."

Zhou Yuan took a deep breath. He never thought of driving Xiaoying away, nor did he take any actual action, but Xiaoying was always afraid of being driven away. This is persecution delusion...No, this is not...but fate did not give her any sense of security.

A child in his teens, whose whole family died, of course would feel insecure.

Only a full stomach and the poisonous insects in her stomach could make her feel a little more at ease.

She was afraid of being abandoned, so she became a happy fruit to make everyone love her.

This is a helpless compromise of personality after facing a cruel fate.

Zhou Yuan stood up, took her hand, and whispered: "Xiaoying, look, the moon is there, so bright."

Xiaoying looked up stupidly and saw the bright stars in the night sky.

Zhou Yuan said: "The moon and stars have always been above that sky. Although they are sometimes covered by clouds, they will appear again and emit gentle starlight anyway."

"Xiaoying, am I your light?"

Xiaoying opened her mouth, but she did not answer because she had never heard such words.

People treat her as a child and a little sister, and they will not say such words to her.

Zhou Yuan whispered: "If I am your light, then no matter how long I leave, you must believe that I will definitely come back to you."

"Your trust in me should be like trust in light. No matter how dark the night is, light can illuminate it."

"Don't be afraid, don't doubt the love of light for you, because it is separated by a long distance, starting from the depths of time and space for billions of years, and it must rush to your side and illuminate your dark night."

Speaking of this, Zhou Yuan couldn't help but laugh, holding her face, and said: "Am I your light?"

Xiaoying nodded slightly, but tears flowed out.

Her heart was full of trauma, and in every abyss of darkness, she would feel unimaginable pain.

But after meeting Zhou Yuan, there was light in her darkness.

It's not so painful anymore, much better, although there is a hint of sadness, although there are irreparable regrets, but it's really not so painful anymore.

Zhou Yuan whispered: "You are an adult, and you are about to be a mother. You have to get out of the pain of the past and live your own life."

"Grandma and grandma are watching you in the sky. They may be one of these stars, emitting light and heat, watching whether their little baby is doing well."

"So you have to be really happy, so that they can rest in peace, right?"

Xiaoying nodded heavily: "Yes! Xiaoying understands!"

There were tears in her eyes, but she also felt an indescribable touch and determination.

There were countless thoughts and feelings in her heart, which eventually converged into complex words - yes, I have grown up, and I am no longer the child with no relatives. I am a wife and will soon be a mother.

There will always be pain in life, and most people in this world are like this, especially in this chaotic era.

Hunger, cold, war... Where is there no pain?

Things in the past will always pass, people will always grow up, and always have to face their own lives.

Always indulging in grief, not only will your life not be good, but your dead relatives will also not be able to rest in peace.

Xiaoying, Xiaoying, why do you always think of those sad things? Why can't you get out of it?

In fact, you could have gotten out of it a long time ago, but you always deliberately think about those sad things, constantly amplifying such emotions, in order to get another kind of self-pity pleasure, isn't it?

Birth, aging, sickness and death in the world are always inevitable. You used to be so lonely that you needed to live on the pleasure of self-pity, but it is not like that now. You have a husband, you have many sisters who care about you, and you have a baby.

Go ahead, let all the sorrows go, and face the future bravely.

Grandma and grandma are watching you in heaven, so many relatives are watching you in heaven.

How can you always live in the past and make them worry?

Can the light of the stars really not illuminate your dark night?

Countless chaotic emotions repeatedly washed away Xiaoying's heart, but her heart gradually calmed down, and those pains seemed to be healing rapidly.

Her eyes became bright, and she looked up to see the stars in the sky.

That's so beautiful!

Two of the stars are more beautiful, what are they?

Ah, it's my brother's eyes.

Xiaoying laughed, a laugh from the bottom of her heart, and said softly: "Brother, you are my light."

She tiptoed and kissed Zhou Yuan gently on the face.

At this moment, the scars in her heart completely melted, and the road ahead was bright.

Because she touched the light.