Inviting the Moon to the Farmhouse

Chapter 145 Creating a "Child" Out of Nothing

Dai You and Xia Lanyue sat at the table.

Dai You, who had taken the initiative to speak, looked at Xia Lanyue quietly, but couldn't say a word for a long time.

"What do you want to say?" Xia Lanyue couldn't help but ask.

"Ah Yue, between me and Xia Yao, who do you choose?" Dai You asked.

Xia Lanyue was taken aback. Faced with such a straightforward question, she was speechless for a moment.

In terms of closeness, she would definitely choose Dai You.

But Dai You made her choose her lover! So she couldn't choose.

For her, her relationship with Dai You was more like that of family, and she was already quite good at not disliking Xia Yao. The reason she agreed to marry Xia Yao was also a result of a series of unexpected events.

However, Dai You was unaware of all this.

Seeing that Xia Lanyue remained silent for a long time, Dai You became somewhat anxious. "I know it's too late to say this now, since you're carrying his child. But if you're willing to stay with me, I can treat the baby as my own after it's born, so don't worry."

"Flesh and blood?" Xia Lanyue frowned and looked down at her stomach. She suddenly remembered that she might have vomited earlier, causing him to misunderstand. "You've misunderstood. There's no such thing as flesh and blood."

Dai You understood something, and his eyes lit up. "In that case, between me and him, who do you choose?"

“Dai You, ever since I woke up, I’ve always treated you like an older brother,” Xia Lanyue said, “but this feeling is familial.”

Dai You lowered his head. "Brother," he sighed, "but we are not."

“But I’ve always believed that, and I cherish our relationship. I don’t want it to be ruined, and I don’t want you to be sad,” Xia Lanyue said.

“But I’m already heartbroken, ever since you said you liked that guy,” Dai You said, his emotions gradually rising. He realized this wasn’t good and started pacing around the room, trying his best to suppress his emotions.

Then, Dai You knelt down next to Xia Lanyue and said, "Ayue, don't rush to marry him. I don't want you to regret it after you regain your memory, nor do I want you to blame me for not stopping you or taking good care of you when you remember everything."

“I… I probably won’t remember it in the future,” Xia Lanyue said.

“No, you will remember,” Dai You said, as if speaking to himself. “A-Yue, you will remember us.”

Xia Lanyue didn't dare to speak and lowered her head.

Dai You grasped Xia Lanyue's hand. "A-Yue, I... I only have you left. If you stop paying attention to me, I really don't know what to do."

Hearing Dai You's words, Xia Lanyue's heart softened. She herself was in the same boat; here, Dai You was all she had left.

But feelings don't lie.

Xia Lanyue was incredibly conflicted. Looking at Dai You's pleading eyes, she couldn't bring herself to say, "Let me think about it."

Dai You saw a glimmer of hope and smiled. He nodded heavily and said, "Yes."

Now, Xia Lanyue dared not easily say that she was leaving, for fear that if she did, Dai You would misunderstand and think that she had chosen him.

After leaving Dai You's room, Xia Lanyue headed towards Wang Xiang's shop.

She was feeling unsettled and wanted to get some fresh air. She decided to go to the shop and tell Jiang Di about Dai You's outing.

The shop was bustling with business, and the staff were all busy.

Ah Bei was very happy to see her arrive, but because he was entertaining guests, he couldn't greet her immediately and seemed a little anxious.

Xia Lanyue gestured for him not to rush, and then stood by the door waiting for him.

After seeing the guests off, Abei immediately came up to them, "Sister Dai, you're finally here! Why haven't you come lately?"

"I've been quite busy lately."

Abei glanced upstairs and asked softly, "Sister Dai, are you really engaged to Xia Yao?"

Xia Lanyue nodded.

"Then what about Manager Jiang?" Abei asked, pouting.

"He's such a good man, why would you worry about him not having a wife?"

“But I want you to be with him,” Abei said, shaking her arm.

Xia Lanyue smiled at Abei, and was about to speak when she was interrupted by a voice, "Abei, go do your work."

Wang Xiang found herself standing at the corner of the stairs.

Abei looked up at Wang Xiang and said reluctantly, "Oh, I see, Manager Wang."

Wang Xiang looked at Xia Lanyue and pointed upstairs, "Miss Dai, please come upstairs."

Xia Lanyue smiled and followed Wang Xiang upstairs, giving her the tea she had brought.

"Miss Dai, you're too kind," Wang Xiang said, accepting the gift. "I've heard about your situation, Miss Dai. I wish you a long and happy marriage."

"Um... thank you," Xia Lanyue replied hesitantly.

“Jiang Di isn’t in town lately, but he instructed me to hand over the dividends to Miss Dai. Are you here today to collect your dividends?” Wang Xiang poured Xia Lanyue a cup of tea and, before she could ask, started talking about the dividends.

"No, it's Dai You who's out. I wanted to thank Jiang Di. Isn't he... going back to town?" Xia Lanyue asked.

Wang Xiang shook her head. "He's just not here recently." Seemingly afraid that Xia Lanyue would overthink things, she explained, "He's always been like this, not often here. He only stayed here for a while because of you, Miss. Now he's just back to normal, so don't worry."

Xia Lanyue understood what he meant. It seemed that Jiang Di had let go of the past and knew that he hadn't been greatly affected, so she was relieved.

"That's good. When he comes back, please pass on a message to him thanking him for taking care of me during this time," Xia Lanyue said with a smile.

"Miss Dai, are you... leaving?" Wang Xiang seemed to sense something was off in her tone.

Xia Lanyue was taken aback. She didn't know how she had said that, and quickly explained, "No, I... that's not what I meant."

Wang Xiang thought for a moment, "I misunderstood. You can wait until Jiang Di comes back and say this to him in person. I'm afraid I can't pass on this message."

Xia Lanyue thought about it and realized that thanking him in person would be more sincere. "Okay, I understand. I'll wait for him."

"Waiting for him?" Wang Xiang muttered softly, but her voice was too low for Xia Lanyue to hear.

Xia Lanyue chatted with Wang Xiangqian for a while longer before leaving.

She felt that Wang Xiang was somewhat distant and cold today, probably because she had rejected Jiang Di? It was as if there was no longer any affection between them, unlike their previous warmth. But since things had come to this, she couldn't change it and could only accept it.

She remembered that she had made a promise with Jiang Di to spend the lotus festival together, but she didn't know if he still remembered or if he could come back.

Xia Lanyue came out of the shop and walked towards the inn when she was suddenly stopped by a burly man.

"Is this Miss Dai?" the burly man asked.

Xia Lanyue looked at him warily, "What is it?"

"This letter is from the local official, who asked me to give it to you," the burly man said, handing over an envelope.

"Xiang Si?" Xia Lanyue suddenly remembered that he was referring to Xia Yao.

She just couldn't understand why they couldn't say it face-to-face, and instead had to send a letter!

She took the letter, full of doubt, but before she could ask who the person was, he turned and left. "Sigh..."

Xia Lanyue simply ignored him and started opening the letter, wanting to know what Xia Yao had written.

The letter didn't say much, only that it invited her and Dai You to have dinner at his house that evening. It also included the address: No. 2, Lane 3, East, the same courtyard that Xia Yao had taken her to see that day.

Xia Lanyue didn't understand the letter's purpose, but the fact that someone followed her as soon as she left the shop showed that Xia Yao had sent people to watch her! Sure enough, this guy didn't trust her.

Xia Lanyue stuffed the letter back into the envelope, intending to find an excuse not to keep the appointment.

Thinking that she had used Xia Yao and didn't plan to pay any more attention to him, she felt a little guilty. But then she thought that Xia Yao had taken advantage of her quite a bit, and she had even saved his life, so they were even.

Suddenly, Xia Lanyue realized something was wrong. She quickly took out the letter and looked at it again, then stood there in shock.