TGFH Chapter 16: Reunion...

        As soon as Xiao Yiran entered the hall, he saw Bai Yi standing aside. His face was a little pale, and his figure was thinner than when he left Yunxia. He seemed as if he would fall down if the wind blew. He was not the same person as the energetic Bai Yi in Huaiding.

　　A feeling of heartache suddenly filled his chest. Without paying attention to the other people in the hall, Xiao Yiran quickly walked to Bai Yi and asked worriedly, "Why are you here? You don't look well. Didn't Mo Zhi take good care of you?"

        Bai Yi's eyes were fixed on Xiao Yiran when he came in. Now he looked closely at the person he had been missing for nearly a month. He reached out and touched the other person's face, smiled and shook his head, and said softly, "I'm fine, don't worry."

　　Xiao Yiran stretched out his hand and pulled Bai Yi into his arms, and frowned when he felt the other person's increasingly thin body.

　　Bai Yi was startled by Xiao Yiran's action, and fell into Xiao Yiran's arms before he could react. Thinking of the other people in the hall, his face instantly turned red. He gently pushed Xiao Yiran to try to get out, but he felt that Xiao Yiran was unwilling to let go. A familiar and reassuring smell came from the tip of his nose, and Bai Yi was reluctant to leave, so he stopped struggling, just withdrew a little, and gently leaned in Xiao Yiran's arms.

　　"General!"

　　"Brother."

　　When Xiao Yiran and Bai Yi were cuddling each other in love, everyone in the hall also reacted. Feng Jing was the first to shout excitedly to Xiao Yiran, while Xiao Mo straightened himself in front of Xiao Yiran without saying anything more.

　　Aunt Xiao, who was standing by and saw Xiao Yiran holding Bai Yi, was stunned for half a second. After she reacted, she screamed in a shrill voice.

　　Finally, the second Miss Xiao, who had been sitting in the main seat, stood up and called Xiao Yiran "big brother". As for the cousin of the Xiao family, she still hid behind Aunt Xiao with a pitiful look on her face, and a faint "cousin" seemed to come out of her mouth.

　　Xiao Yiran took a quick look at the whole place, nodded to Xiao Mo and Feng Jing first, then carefully found a chair to sit down while holding the person in his arms, before looking at everyone again.

        Miss Xiao smiled faintly at Xiao Yiran and said slowly, "Brother Feng said before that this young man is your wife. Min'er didn't know the situation and had to ask you to come back. Now, can you tell me whether this young man is Min'er's sister-in-law?"

　　"Yes." Xiao Yiran nodded in response.

　　Upon hearing this, Miss Xiao smiled and bowed to Bai Yi, then said with a smile, "Min'er greets sister-in-law. I was a little rude just now, please don't blame me."

　　Bai Yi leaned in Xiao Yiran's arms and smiled gently back. Just as he was about to speak, he was interrupted by Aunt Xiao's sharp voice.

　　"You! How can you marry a man?"

　　Xiao Yiran looked up at her aunt, but didn't say anything. He just frowned, as if he was thinking about how to answer. Feng Jing, who had just calmed down, didn't care. He immediately jumped in front of Aunt Xiao and yelled back, "What's wrong with being a man!? It's not like there are no examples of men getting married in Dazhao. Why can't the general marry Yi?!"

　　"You are a great general! How can you be the same as an ordinary man?"

        "The late emperor's concubine Jin was a man, so why can't our general's wife be? Is Aunt Xiao saying that the late emperor is not as good as an ordinary man?"

　　"How can you, an outsider, interfere in the affairs of my Xiao family?!"

　　"Didn't Aunt Xiao also marry out?" Feng Jing retorted with his eyes wide open.

　　"You...you...!!" Aunt Xiao was obviously very angry at Feng Jing's sharp words, and her hand was shaking as she pointed at Feng Jing.

　　Seeing the two people arguing more and more fiercely, everyone felt a headache.

　　Bai Yi was about to persuade Feng Jing, since he didn't care much about Aunt Xiao's opinion anyway. But before he could open his mouth, he felt a tightness in his chest, followed by a sudden surge of nausea in his stomach. He immediately covered his mouth with one hand, held Xiao Yiran's arm with the other hand, and began to dry heave.

　　Bai Yi's movement immediately attracted everyone's attention in the hall. Xiao Yiran was the first to react. He immediately supported Bai Yi's body, stroked his back with one hand, and looked at Bai Yi worriedly.

　　Then Feng Jing also reacted immediately, and no longer cared about Aunt Xiao on the opposite side. He rushed to Xiao Yiran and Bai Yi and said nervously, "Oh, is it serious? Do you want to call a doctor? Is the fetus disturbed?"

　　Although Feng Jing spoke quickly, everyone present heard it, but their reactions were different. Second Miss Xiao raised her eyebrows and looked at Bai Yi's belly, Aunt Xiao stared blankly at Xiao Yiran and Bai Yi with her mouth wide open, and the weak cousin secretly stared at Bai Yi out of the corner of her eye. As for Xiao Yiran, his mind was focused on Bai Yi, and although he heard it, he still didn't react.

　　"Uh... ugh... cough cough, why ask for a doctor? I am the doctor myself." After taking a breath, Bai Yi smiled and replied to Feng Jing. He took out the pregnancy-preserving medicine given by Yun Mozhi and took a pill. "It's just a common symptom. It's nothing."

　　After taking the medicine, he finally suppressed the nausea, and Bai Yi leaned softly in Xiao Yiran's arms. After the second month of pregnancy, his morning sickness symptoms were extremely obvious, and it happened from time to time. He was used to it. But after tossing around in the general's mansion for so long today, he was indeed a little tired.

　　Seeing Bai Yi's face even paler than before, and thinking of what Feng Jing had just said, Xiao Yiran felt his heart skip a beat. He no longer cared about the people in the hall, and with a wooden face, he picked up Bai Yi and carried him horizontally, and walked towards his own yard.

　　Aunt Xiao, who had recovered from her shock, looked at Xiao Yiran and left with Bai Yi in her arms. She was about to shout again, but was stopped by Miss Xiao's gentle but sharp look.

　　"Aunt, since my sister-in-law is not feeling well, let her rest for a while. We can talk about it another day."

　　"What sister-in-law...they haven't even gotten married yet!" Although Aunt Xiao was full of complaints, she could only mutter hatred to the Second Miss Xiao.

　　"Brother Feng and Brother Mo, can you take a day off in the mansion? Min'er will go and arrange it." No longer paying attention to Aunt Xiao, Second Miss Xiao turned to Feng Jing and Xiao Mo and asked.

　　"Thank you, Second Miss. We still need to go back to the military camp, so there's no need to bother you." Xiao Mo bowed to Second Miss Xiao, declined, and pulled Feng Jing away. They happened to meet Mo Yan who had just arrived at the general's mansion. After Mo Yan understood the situation, he took the initiative to take Xiao Mo and Feng Jing back to the military camp.

　　After the three of them left, Miss Xiao looked at Aunt Xiao and Miss Cousin, smiled faintly, and said, "Aunt and Cousin should go to bed early. Min'er will go back to the room first."

　　After saying that, she went back to her own yard. In the end, only Aunt Xiao and Cousin Xiao were left in the hall.

　　"Hmph! A despicable man who came out of nowhere and has no idea what he is talking about! Lan'er, let's go back too!" Aunt Xiao stamped her feet and finally had no choice but to take her daughter back to the house.

　　…

　　Xiao Yiran carried Bai Yi all the way back to his room steadily, then carefully placed Bai Yi on the bed and sat on the side of the bed, "Are you feeling uncomfortable anywhere?"

　　Bai Yi smiled and shook his head.

　　"You...is what Xiaojing said true?" Xiao Yiran looked at Bai Yi with a wooden face, but his eyes were full of worry and concern.

　　"Well...are you unhappy?" Bai Yi looked up at Xiao Yiran and smiled as calmly as possible.

　　Although he had all sorts of expectations about how Xiao Yiran would behave after he knew about this, when it really happened, he was still a little nervous and worried. Looking at Xiao Yiran, who was expressionless as usual, Bai Yi didn't know what Xiao Yiran was thinking at the moment.

　　"Of course I'm happy... But how can you leave with Xiao Jing and Ah Mo at this time? Mo Zhi didn't stop you?" Feeling Bai Yi's nervousness, Xiao Yiran tried to slow down his tone, "At least send me a message and let me pick you up... What if something happens on the way?"

        "I just wanted you to know earlier and give you a surprise." Knowing that the other party was not angry but just worried, Bai Yi was relieved. He put his hand on Xiao Yiran's neck and smiled gently, "I am a doctor myself and I can take care of myself."

　　Xiao Yiran looked at Bai Yi deeply, and finally could only sigh helplessly, "You can take care of yourself, but you take care of yourself to such an exhausted state?"

　　"It's just that the morning sickness is a little severe, it's nothing, don't worry." Bai Yi smiled, raised his head and gently kissed Xiao Yiran's lips.

　　Although Xiao Yiran wanted to push Bai Yi down and give him a fierce kiss, he was worried about Bai Yi's pale face and his health, so he only responded to Bai Yi's kiss gently, and let go after a while. "You should take good care of yourself in the mansion. Mo Zhi will be back to Shengjing soon, so let him come and see you. We'll get married when you feel better."

　　"Yeah." Bai Yi lay on Xiao Yiran with a flushed face and responded with a chuckle.

　　"I'll be busy with some things in the near future. If you need anything, just tell Min'er. She's my sister, so there's no need to be so polite."

　　"good."

        "Aunt and cousin are living in the mansion temporarily, but they usually don't come to my yard. If you meet them, Aunt is the elder...you should not be angry with her, it will hurt your body. If you have any problems, you should find Min'er or ask someone to find me." After thinking about it, Xiao Yiran still spoke up and gave instructions.

　　Thinking of how his aunt spoke sharply and harshly, and how she always tried to get him and his cousin together, Xiao Yiran was worried that she would make things difficult for Bai Yi, so he secretly decided to let Feng Jing come over to accompany Bai Yi and protect him.

　　"I know." Bai Yi smiled and looked at Xiao Yiran, "I don't care about other people's attitudes and thoughts, as long as you remember what you promised me."

　　Xiao Yiran nodded and touched Bai Yi's cheek. "You don't look well. Go to sleep for a while. I'll call you for dinner tonight."

　　"Then you stay with me." Bai Yi did feel a little tired, but after nearly a month of separation, he finally saw Xiao Yiran, and he was reluctant to close his eyes.

　　"Okay." Xiao Yiran felt a little distressed when he saw that Bai Yi was already very tired but still holding onto his sleeve and unwilling to let go. He simply took off his shoes and went to bed, hugging Bai Yi in his arms, "I'll stay with you, you go to sleep."

　　Bai's face turned slightly red. He leaned lightly on Xiao Yiran's chest, listening to the rhythmic heartbeat coming from Xiao Yiran's chest, and slowly closed his eyes and fell asleep.

　　Xiao Yiran stared at Bai Yi's sleeping face, lowered his head and gently kissed Bai Yi's forehead. Although he still had a blank expression on his face, he was actually very happy and excited about Bai Yi's arrival and the news he brought. But thinking that Bai Yi seemed to have been suffering since he followed him out of Huaiding, he felt a little distressed and guilty.

　　"I will treat you well all my life." Xiao Yiran said softly.

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