"Who is this woman?" Xia's mother frowned, and then suddenly shouted to Xia Zixiu, "Husband! You don't want me anymore! You have changed your mind! Who is this woman!"

"..."

Before Du Rui had time to swallow a mouthful of rice, she was frightened by Xia's mother's words.

She hurriedly said, "Mom... I'm Du Rui..."

"Du Rui? What Du Rui?" Xia's mother's emotions suddenly became violent. She pushed Xia Zixiu away violently, "It's because of this woman that you didn't come to see me for so long, right?"

"Mom, no..." Xia Zixiu coaxed, gently patting Xia's mother on the back.

"If it's not this woman, who is that? Who is it that makes you not come to see me for so many years! We are husband and wife!"

"..." Xia Zixiu's eyes narrowed slightly.

"No, I want to kill this woman, it must be this woman who did it!"

"Miss Du, you'd better hide in the room first..." Petunia advised.

"..." Du Rui swallowed and put down her chopsticks, "Zixiu...I, I will go back to the room first..."

After saying that, she ran away and returned to her room.

Xia Zixiu closed his eyes and gently hugged his mother, "Mom, stop making trouble, okay? Let's be good and eat first. No women, no other women..."

Mother Xia's flushed face slowly calmed down, as if she was tired, she obediently picked up the chopsticks and stuffed the food into her mouth.

Xia Zixiu looked at the closed door, feeling uncomfortable.

"Penny, take care of it for me. I'll go to the room and take a look..."

"Okay, Mr. Xia."

As soon as Xia Zixiu stood up from his seat, Xia's mother grabbed him, "Son, where are you going?"

"I'm going to get something..."

"Stop lying to me! Are you hiding women like your father?!"

"..." Xia Zixiu pursed his lips and sat back on the chair, "Mom, you are overthinking. I won't go get it. Let's eat."

Xia's mother then ate her meal obediently, and chatted with Xia Zixiu without saying a word. The conversation was almost completely incorrect. On one side, he was coaxing Xia's mother, but on the other hand, he was thinking about the woman in the room.

He glanced at Penny at the dinner table, her expression indifferent.

The dinner lasted for an hour and a half.

Du Rui lay on the bed, clutching her stomach that kept screaming with hunger. After tossing and turning for twenty minutes, she finally lost the energy to toss and turn.

Lying sideways on the bed, looking at the ceiling, Xia Mu's delirious face was still in front of her. She didn't know that Xia Mu's sudden arrival would make her so confused.

Sighing softly, she knew that she owed Xia's mother. Her father killed her husband, and now, she had taken possession of her son.

Du Rui closed her eyes and told herself that she couldn't think so much. The more she thought, the less courage she would have.

I don't know if it was because she was really hungry and had no energy, so she fell asleep again.

After lunch, Xia Zixiu took Xia Zixiu into the guest room again, and arranged a room for Penny. After packing her things, Xia Zixiu still held Xia Zixiu's arm and refused to let him go.

"Mom, it's time for you to take a nap..." Xia Zixiu looked at her helplessly.

"I can't sleep, husband, please sleep with me..." Xia's mother blinked and looked at him.

"Penny..." Xia Zixiu looked at Penny standing aside, "Is there anything you can do?"

The girl was wrinkled. "I usually coax Mom Xia to sleep. Mr. Xia, if it's inconvenient for you, just go out and close the door. I will find a way." 13acv.

"..." Xia Zixiu was helpless. He knew that the methods used to deal with mentally ill patients were not good ones, "I'll do it."

"Okay, Mr. Xia."

"Come to my study later. I have something to tell you."

"OK."

Petunia walked out of Xia's mother's room. Xia Zixiu gently held Xia's mother's hand and covered her with a quilt, "Mom, I'll stay with you here. You can sleep."

"Son, when I saw you, I was so excited that I couldn't sleep." Mother Xia suddenly stretched out her hands and waved them.

Xia Zixiu chuckled, "Do you want me to tell you about what happened between you and your father in the past?"

"What's going on between me and your dad? What's going on between me and your dad?"

"..." Xia Zixiu just smiled.

Another hour passed after Xia Mu was put to sleep.

Xia Zixiu closed the door and walked back to his and Du Rui's room. He looked at the woman lying on her side on the bed. Her face didn't look very good and her brows were slightly frowned.

"Rui'er..." He called her name softly.

His bright black eyes slowly opened, and he felt his head was dizzy, "Zixiu... Is mom feeling better?"

Xia Zixiu picked her up and held her in his arms, "I've made you feel wronged..."

Du Rui was stunned for a moment and shook her head. She didn't feel aggrieved in her heart. The person who should be aggrieved was Mama Xia, who was a million times more aggrieved than she was...

"No, mother is the most important thing." Du Rui said softly, "But Zi Xiu..."

"kindness?"

"I'm hungry..."

"..."

He held her soft and boneless body, and it was true that her whole body was clinging to him without any strength, "I haven't eaten since I got up..."

"Why don't you eat? What time did you get up?"

"When I was about to eat, my mother came. I have never been in contact with a patient like my mother, so I didn't dare to act rashly..."

He kissed her forehead distressedly, "Isn't Petunia here? She is a professional."

Du Rui leaned on the bedside and stretched out his hand to push him weakly, "Stop talking nonsense, Zixiu, please give me some food... Otherwise, in my current state, it is possible to knock you down and bite you..."

Xia Zixiu didn't know whether to laugh or cry.

"Wait for me a moment."

"Hurry up... I'm going to die from hunger..."

Xia Zixiu walked out of the room and brought some hot food in, "You eat some first, and I'll ask Penny to make something fresh for you later."

Du Rui picked up the chopsticks and started eating.

"Eat slowly, I'm going to talk to Penny about something first."

"Well, well, go ahead." Du Rui said without raising his head.

Xia Zixiu walked into the study, and Penny was already standing there waiting for him.

Sitting on the sofa, he looked at her and said in a cold voice, "Who gave you the power to bring my mother here without permission?"

Petunia lowered her head and explained, "It's Xia's mother who is clamoring to see you. Almost everything in the house has been smashed. I can't do anything."

"Then why didn't you inform me beforehand?"

"Mother Xia said she wanted to give you a surprise, so I..."

"Penny!" Xia Zixiu narrowed his eyes, "I singled you out from so many people because your professionalism does not need to be doubted, but now, it is obvious that I was wrong."

“Mr.

The condition is stable enough.”

"Stable? Was that called stable just now?"

"It's because Miss Du Rui is relatively unfamiliar to Mama Xia, so she..."

"I don't think I need to remind you, you should also know the relationship between Du Rui and me, right?"

Penny nodded.

"Since you are so professional, why didn't you think that there is someone here who is relatively stranger to my mother? Why didn't you think that she would be emotionally unstable when meeting a stranger?"

Xia Zixiu rebutted every sentence.

The current situation, with Xia's mother staying here, is not good for him.

"I will be responsible, but Mr. Xia." Penny continued to look at her, "Even if Xia's mother's condition has improved somewhat in the past two years, you can't go without seeing her for such a long time, can you?"

"..."

"In the past, no matter how busy you were, you would visit her once or twice within two months, and sometimes you would stay with her for a few days, but now? Haven't you calculated how long it has been since you visited Mama Xia?

?”

Xia Zixiu pursed his lips.

"Being busy is just an excuse. You can spend two months with Miss Du on vacation in Paris, but you are angry because Xia's mother insists on coming to you. Mr. Xia, you should see this comparison more clearly than I do."

"Penny, I don't think you have the qualifications to question me like this."

"Yes, I am just a caregiver. To put it harshly, I am just a servant of your Xia family. But I have taken care of Mother Xia for so many years. To me, Mother Xia is more important to me than my own mother.
To be continued...