half thorns, half joy

According to the general customs, the night before the wedding, the woman will spend the night at her natal home, and the man will go to the woman's home to pick up the bride early the next morning.

But Tang Xuan didn't have any family members, so the ceremony was much simplified. Tang Xuan lived directly above the banquet hall where the wedding was held, which was very convenient.

Xiao Mingyuan was originally not enthusiastic about Tang Xuan, his daughter-in-law, so he didn't mention many things that should be paid attention to, and even stopped Zhao Suizhi from letting him care.

Anyway, what it means is that it doesn't need to spend a lot of trouble to let such a daughter-in-law who is not satisfied with him in all aspects come in.

Fortunately, Xiao Zihan was more active. Although many ceremonies were missing, the wedding scene was beautifully arranged. The stage was designed by him himself, and the banquet for the guests was also of the highest level.

It was approaching ten o'clock, Xiao Zihan was still communicating with the master of ceremonies about the next day's procedure.

Tang Xuan was sitting alone in the hotel room, wearing a beautiful cheongsam, with the lights off, looking out the window lonely.

Outside the window, thousands of lights are on.

It's a pity that there is not a single lamp that can accommodate her.

Tang Xuan sat alone in a daze for a long time. She didn't recover until the phone on the bed rang.

"Xiaoxuan, are you asleep?" Xiao Zihan's voice came from the phone.

Tang Xuan squeezed her phone back to the window sill and replied with a smile, "Not yet, how about you, are you done?"

"Well, now on the way back."

"Be careful." Tang Xuan couldn't help reminding when she heard the siren from the phone.

Xiao Zihan hummed, and asked Tang Xuan, "Is it true that Huang Tingting can't come here? Someone should be with you at this time. Now that you are like this, I feel like you are alone."

Tang Xuan smiled nonchalantly, and explained, "Tingting also wanted to come, but something happened at home, so she couldn't come, and so did the others."

"But this is your marriage, such a big thing..."

"It's okay." Tang Xuan didn't want Xiao Zihan to worry about herself at this time, so she pretended to be okay and smiled, "I'm thinking of you, but I don't feel lonely at all."

Xiao Zihan also laughed, "Really?"

"Of course, I'm a little worried now. What if I'm so excited that I can't sleep, what will I do tomorrow."

"If you don't sleep tonight, then tomorrow you can only be a bride with dark circles." Xiao Zihan teased Tang Xuan.

Tang Xuan complained coquettishly, "Hmph, then I won't tell you anymore. I'm going to sleep. I won't let some people dislike me tomorrow."

Xiao Zihan kept laughing, "I don't know who said that I couldn't fall asleep because of excitement, why, can I fall asleep again?"

Tang Xuan said unconvinced, "Of course, some people shouldn't pretend to be sentimental."

"Haha." Xiao Zihan backed the car into the garage, turned off the engine, and heaved a long sigh, "Actually, I'm a little excited too."

Tang Xuan stopped talking.

Xiao Zihan said to himself: "When I checked the scene again tonight, I felt like there were clouds floating under my feet. It was very dreamy."

Tang Xuan bit her lip, "Does it feel so unreal?"

"Yes." Xiao Zihan's face was full of uncontrollable happiness, "I still remember today when we first met, you lent me an umbrella, and I discussed novels with you. Time flies. It's all like It just happened yesterday."

Tang Xuan picked up Xiao Zihan's words and said, "Yes, at that time, I never would have thought that we would get married so soon."

"Who would have thought."

Both of them were emotional for a while, and Xiao Zihan thought about the warm scenes the two of them had experienced in the past few days, and couldn't help but promise Tang Xuan, "Tang Xuan, I, Xiao Zihan, swear that in my life, I will definitely let you happy."

Tang Xuan didn't expect Xiao Zihan to be so serious all of a sudden, she was stunned for a moment, and then tears welled up in her eyes.

"I will give you a complete home, I will build our home with you, and I will try my best to protect our home." Xiao Zihan said, his throat was also hoarse.

He secretly swore in his heart that in this lifetime, he would never repeat his father's mistakes, never do anything wrong to Tang Xuan, and never make Tang Xuan sad.

Absolutely not.

Tang Xuan's tears flowed down her cheeks like water, but she didn't make a sound. She listened quietly to Xiao Zihan's words, bit her lip and gave a hum.

She doesn't believe in promises, she believes in Xiao Zihan.

Until this moment, Tang Xuan didn't resent fate. If it wasn't for these blunders, if it wasn't for this ups and downs of fate, how could she and Xiao Zihan fall in love.

Even if this love will end tomorrow, she is satisfied.

In her Tang Xuan's life, there was such a man who loved her to the core, she deserved it.

"Xiao Zihan, I love you."

For the first time, Tang Xuan said these three words to Xiao Zihan seriously, without any distracting thoughts, and following her heart.

"I love you too."

Xiao Zihan was also a little excited.He even wished he had to care about those so-called customs, so he rushed to Tang Xuan and hugged her tightly.

After the affectionate confession, there was a brief silence.

Tang Xuan was afraid that if she continued to be so excited, she would do something stupid, so she hurriedly said good night to Xiao Zihan, and hung up the phone.

Xiao Zihan didn't know what was on Tang Xuan's mind, but he also knew that now was not a good time to call back, so he didn't call again.

When this night is over, tomorrow, he will start a new chapter in his life.

Sitting in the car, Xiao Zihan took a few deep breaths, slightly calmed down his excitement, and then opened the door and got out of the car.

According to the custom, he must stay in the Xiao residence tonight.

As soon as Xiao Zihan got out of the car, his phone rang again. He thought it was Tang Xuan's call, so he was nervous and immediately connected without looking at it.

"Young Master Xiao."

So Xiao Zihan was a little disappointed when a muffled young master Xiao's voice rang beside him.

"Young Master Xiao." The other side shouted again.

Xiao Zihan leaned against the car door, hummed, "Let's talk."

"I have checked all the information you asked for. Shall I give it to you now?"

"Eh..." Xiao Zihan didn't expect to finish the investigation at this time, he thought for a while and said, "I'm at the main house now, why don't you..."

"I'm here too, and I'll give you something now."

"OK then."

Xiao Zihan was on the phone, walked from the garage to the main entrance of the main house, and saw that person.

Every family that wants to develop for a long time must know some people who are raised in secret, and pay high prices to investigate all kinds of necessary information and entanglements for them.

"Young Master Xiao, what do you want?" The man was plain-looking, and his clothes were extremely plain and inconspicuous. He looked no different from those pedestrians on the street, and he was the type who would be overwhelmed in the crowd.

But Xiao Zihan knew that this person's ability was very strong.

"Thank you for your hard work." Even though he had already paid the money, Xiao Zihan still had a very polite attitude. After taking the heavy document bag, he turned around and prepared to leave.

Unexpectedly, he was called.

"Young Master Xiao."

Xiao Zihan turned his head, "What else?"

The man's face hidden in the dark hesitated for a moment, and then said: "The things inside are very important, if you are not busy, Young Master Xiao, you can take a look tonight."

"okay."

"Goodbye."

"..." Xiao Zihan said something weird in his heart, then looked at the file bag in his hand, it's very important?what will it be
Just when Xiao Zihan was hesitating whether to open it, Xiao's nanny ran up to Xiao Zihan in small steps.

"Master, why don't you come in."

Xiao Zihan withdrew his hand that was about to unpack the file bag, and smiled back, "I'm going to go in now, let's go."

"Hey." The nanny said with a smile on her face as she walked, "Madam has been waiting for you all night. I just saw that you were at the door on the surveillance camera. I immediately asked me to come and call you."

Hearing his mother, Xiao Zihan smiled, "Did mother eat?"

The nanny replied: "I ate it, and ate it with the master."

Xiao Zihan's footsteps paused, "My dad is here?" After he finished speaking, he realized that he was talking nonsense. He is going to get married tomorrow, and he will definitely go back to Xiao's house tonight. Even if his father is just for show, he will definitely come back to live.

But he wasn't ready to meet his parents face to face, so he made an excuse to put the file bag back in the car, went to the garage again, put down the file bag, and then dawdled into the house.

Entering the room, Xiao Zihan saw his father and mother sitting on the sofa, talking and laughing.

Looks as good as ever.

After confirming that Xiao Yu was his father's illegitimate son, Xiao Zihan tried not to go back to Xiao's house, and tried to avoid being alone with his parents.The reason he avoided it was because he didn't want to see this kind of picture.

But now, there is no way to escape.

"Dad, Mom." Xiao Zihan walked up to face the scalp, forced the corners of his mouth into a smile, and stood still.

"Xiaohan, come and sit down." Zhao Suizhi got up happily, and sat on the sofa with Xiao Zihan, "I told your dad about you just now, you boy, you have really grown up now."

Xiao Zihan lowered his head in embarrassment, "It's okay."

Zhao Suizhi was puzzled, "Why do you look unhappy, what's the matter, are you too tired?"

Xiao Zihan shook his head, "No, it's okay."

Zhao Suizhi and Xiao Mingyuan looked at each other, and asked worriedly, "Are you really okay? Xiaohan..."

"Okay, let me talk to him." Xiao Mingyuan stood up on his knees, walked straight upstairs, and said without turning his head while walking, "Come with me."

Zhao Suizhi patted Xiao Zihan's back with a smile, "Go, you're getting married tomorrow, let's have a good chat with your father tonight, and you'll be the head of the family from now on."

Xiao Zihan bit his lips, "Yes."

"Seeing that you've lost weight recently." Zhao Suizhi sighed distressedly, "I'll ask the kitchen to make you some soup, and you'll drink it before going to bed."

"Mom, don't bother."

"No trouble, I have nothing to do anyway." Zhao Suizhi pushed Xiao Zihan, "Go, have a good chat with your father."

Xiao Zihan knew that he couldn't hold back his mother, so he let her go.He went upstairs with a heavy heart and walked into Xiao Mingyuan's study.

Xiao Mingyuan was sitting in front of his huge desk, reading a philosophy book with glasses on, when he heard footsteps, he gave the order without raising his head, "Close the door."

Xiao Zihan obediently closed the door and stood there, motionless.

"Why don't you talk, don't you have a lot to say to me?" Xiao Mingyuan turned a page of the book and said to Xiao Zihan.

Xiao Zihan gritted his teeth and looked at Xiao Mingyuan, "Dad... how do you know, I have a lot to say to you..."

"What do you think?" Xiao Mingyuan finally raised his head and looked straight at Xiao Zihan, "I don't know if you have made so many moves recently."

Xiao Zihan finally couldn't bear it anymore, took a few steps forward, and stared at Xiao Mingyuan with trembling lips, "Dad...you know I know, is this your attitude?"

"Boom—" Xiao Mingyuan threw the book in his hand on the table, "Didn't you bear it well these days, why can't you bear it now?"

"that is because……"

Xiao Mingyuan lowered his face, "Because of what? Because you care about my face? Or do you care about your own face?"

Xiao Zihan didn't expect his father to still have such an attitude at this point. He couldn't help but his eyes were red, and his chin was raised high. "That's because I don't want to make my mother sad."

Xiao Mingyuan was stunned by this answer.

He softened his tone and said: "No matter what your reason is, you performed very well this time, and I am very satisfied."

"Really?" Xiao Zihan smiled sarcastically, "How satisfied are you, Dad? Are you more satisfied than Xiao Yu?"

Xiao Mingyuan smiled dotingly and helplessly, "Xiaohan, you don't need to compare with him at all, you are the heir of the Xiao family, he is not."

By this time, Xiao Zihan no longer believed Xiao Mingyuan's words, "Oh, is that so, why isn't he?"

"Because he's going to jail."