The next morning.
Jiang Xu woke up to find Bai Xiaoya's trace gone from beside him.
After freshening up and walking out to the living room, he saw her preparing breakfast.
She was still in her pajamas, with an apron tied around her waist.
She had the look of a virtuous wife and good mother.
"You're awake," Bai Xiaoya said, turning her head towards him with a bright smile upon hearing the movement.
In a moment of distraction, Jiang Xu seemed to see the scene when he first met Bai Xiaoya back in college.
The two figures quickly overlapped.
Jiang Xu snapped back to reality, "Why make breakfast yourself? You could have let the staff do it."
"No, that won't do," Bai Xiaoya said as she placed the last breakfast on the table, "I want to make it for you myself."
Nothing mattered more than personally making a loving breakfast for someone you liked.
Jiang Xu smiled and sat down.
After breakfast, he stayed for a bit longer, then left under Bai Xiaoya's reluctant gaze.
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