My Wife, The Ice Queen President

Chapter 298: Chapter 0297: Estrangement (Four updates) _1
 

When Yang Xinyi returned home, she found Tang Ning both sitting on the living room sofa.

Neither of them spoke.

Yang Xinyi sat there blankly, as if petrified, and gave Ye Xiong a faint glance when he walked in.

Tang Ning, on the other hand, sat on the sofa holding Xiao Baibai, continuously stroking its fur, and lowered her head without daring to speak when Ye Xiong entered.

The living room was filled with a suffocating, oppressive atmosphere.

Even Xiao Baibai seemed to sense that something was off and lay obediently in Tang Ning’s arms, not causing any trouble.

Ye Xiong glanced at the two women but said nothing and headed straight upstairs.

He had spoiled these two women too much; they were becoming increasingly unreasonable.

Especially Tang Ning, who had reached a point of recklessness, ignoring his words completely.

He had already warned her several times in the car, but she had dismissed his words, not showing any respect, clearly thinking he had no temper at all.

Seeing that he entered and went upstairs without saying a word, Tang Ning’s eyes reddened. She walked to Yang Xinyi, shook her arm urgently, and said, “Cousin, it’s over, brother-in-law is thoroughly angry now, what should we do?”

“Don’t ask me, figure it out yourself?” replied Yang Xinyi angrily.

“Cousin, please go and beg him, or, be a bit more proactive tonight, use all your skills, let him ********, he might forgive us!” Tang Ning suggested.

Yang Xinyi’s face darkened. Did Tang Ning have nothing else in her mind besides these Evil Sect ideas?

Having no other choice, Tang Ning couldn’t bring herself to apologize to Ye Xiong, not because she didn’t want to, but because she was afraid of his anger.

Tang Ning was both fond of her cousin-in-law and quite afraid of him.

Suddenly, her eyes rolled, and she snatched a pen from the table and quickly wrote down a line, saying, “Xiao Bai, open your mouth.”

Xiao Bai opened his mouth reluctantly.

Tang Ning stuffed the note into his mouth and said, “Hold it, take it upstairs to your cousin-in-law.”

Xiao Bai whined, then unwillingly climbed out of her embrace and ran upstairs.

Ye Xiong entered the guest room, preparing for a shower.

Having worsened his relationship with Yang Xinyi so much today, there seemed no chance of sleeping there tonight, which is why he had come to the guest room.

Just as he took off his shirt and was about to shower, a knocking sound arose at the door.

On opening the door, there was Xiao Bai with a note in his mouth.

He took it and read it. It was just one small line: Cousin hasn’t eaten anything until now.

The handwriting was Tang Ning’s.

Ye Xiong’s lips twitched.

This girl knew he was soft-hearted and was actually resorting to this tactic.

All he could say was that this girl’s methods were ruthless; she even knew how to exploit his weaknesses.

Yang Xinyi was a bit temperamental and it was normal for her to skip meals when upset. Plus, she had a weak appetite and would surely have stomach pains at night if she didn’t eat.

Originally, Ye Xiong was determined to ignore them. Let them be angry or unhappy if they wished, but now, with Tang Ning pulling this move, he felt troubled.

It didn’t matter anymore.

Ye Xiong took off his clothes and rushed into the bathroom for a shower. Afterward, he couldn’t calm down, no matter what.

Yang Xinyi’s stomach condition was his greatest concern.

In the end, he failed to stay detached, left the room, and went downstairs.

In the living room, Yang Xinyi and Tang Ning were still in the same positions as before: Yang Xinyi held a pillow, lost in thought, while Tang Ning held Xiao Bai, without having moved an inch since earlier.

Ye Xiong let out a silent sigh. In this life, it seemed he owed these two women.

He ran to the kitchen and fussed around for a bit.

Moments later, he cooked a bowl of pork and egg noodles, set it on the table in front of Yang Xinyi, then went upstairs without a word.

Looking at the bowl of noodles in front of her, Yang Xinyi asked, “Tang Ning, what did you write in the note earlier?”

“I simply told him that you hadn’t eaten tonight.”

Tang Ning walked over, sniffed the noodles on the table, took a deep breath of the aroma, and said, “It smells so good. Brother-in-law’s cooking skills are really different. Cousin, can you share some with me?”

“You can have it all. I’m not hungry,” Yang Xinyi shook her head.

“I’ve already offended brother-in-law terribly today; if I eat the noodles he cooked for you, he will surely want to kill me.” Tang Ning swallowed hard, fighting off her hunger.

“I don’t have an appetite, just eat it!” Yang Xinyi said, and then went upstairs to her room.

Tang Ning and Xiao Baibai looked at the bowl of noodles, both human and dog swallowing their saliva with great difficulty.

“Xiao Baibai, what should we do now? Neither cousin nor brother-in-law are willing to take the first step to admit they’re wrong. It’s all because of pride. What do we do?” Tang Ning sighed.

She truly regretted everything; it was all triggered by her actions.

With that in mind, she resolved to mend their relationship tonight, no matter what.

“Xiao Baibai, bring this to brother-in-law.”

Tang Ning wrote another note and had Xiao Baibai carry it upstairs to Ye Xiong.

Poor Xiao Baibai had to be the errand runner once again.

When Ye Xiong opened the door and read the note, his anger flared up once more.

He had humbled himself and cooked a bowl of noodles for Yang Xinyi, only for her to show no appreciation.

Forget it, if she’s hungry, she’s the one to suffer, it’s her stomach that will hurt, it’s not my problem.

Ye Xiong slammed the door shut.

As night fell, Ye Xiong tossed and turned in bed, unable to sleep.

From the next room, a soft cough could be heard from time to time. Although faint, it was clear that Yang Xinyi was experiencing stomach pain again.

She had a condition in which stomach pain would trigger coughing, and if the coughing was intense, it meant she was in considerable pain.

Why do women have to be so competitive? Clearly, it was her mistake, but she insists on my admission of guilt.

Ye Xiong had no problem apologizing, but it couldn’t be a repeated pattern.

Why does she have to be so proud?

Having no choice, Ye Xiong got out of bed and went downstairs.

In the living room, a figure curled up on the sofa, silent as a specter.

Tang Ning didn’t know when she had woken up, sitting in the living room in a daze, without even turning on the light, like a ghost.

The bowl of noodles on the table had long since gone cold.

Seeing Ye Xiong come down, Tang Ning raised her head, her eyes swollen from crying, and weakly said, “Brother-in-law, I’m sorry. I was wrong. Please, forgive me. It was all my fault, it has nothing to do with cousin.”

Ye Xiong had grown numb to her habitual mistakes and subsequent apologies.

As if he hadn’t heard her, he walked straight into the kitchen, cooked another bowl of noodles, took it upstairs, and pushed open Yang Xinyi’s room.

In the room, Yang Xinyi wasn’t sleeping at all but leaning against the bed, lost in thought.

Possibly due to the stomach pain, her brows were furrowed tightly, and she coughed from time to time.

Ye Xiong placed the noodles on her desk and suddenly asked, “Yang Xinyi, do you actually love me?”

Yang Xinyi didn’t understand why he would ask such a question; her nose felt a bit sour.

Did she love him? Wasn’t that obvious?

If she didn’t love him, would she have been upset all night long?

But the word “love” was something she just couldn’t bring herself to say.

“How can someone who doesn’t even take care of their own body be qualified to love someone else?” Ye Xiong softly asked.