Qin Tianyi asked with a grim expression, "Why didn't you let the bodyguard with you tell me that Sophie was missing? And she's sleeping in our bed right now..."
Susu made a shushing gesture at him, signaling him to talk outside, then got up and pulled him out of the master bedroom.
Outside the bedroom, Susu smiled and tiptoed to hook her arms around his neck, saying, "Honey, I know, I know. Sophie left her place suddenly at dawn, and I was terrified. She's finally okay, but she's very tired, so can we let her sleep in our room tonight?"
Qin Tianyi grabbed her arm and said coldly, "No, I'm a neat freak."
Seeing that he was still unhappy, Susu pouted and said, "She just fell asleep, and you want to wake her up. Can you bear it? At worst, tomorrow Xiaomei and I will change all the bedsheets, duvet covers, and pillowcases inside and out."
Qin Tianyi was truly helpless with her. He stared at her and asked, "Then where will we sleep tonight?"
Susu looked at the other rooms and said, "I'll sleep with Xiao Xingxing, and you can, you can sleep in the study..."
"No," Qin Tianyi leaned his entire body against her, "I want to sleep with you."
"Then let's sleep in the guest room. We have plenty of rooms anyway." Susu felt his full weight pressing down on her, making it hard for her to stand steadily. She staggered a couple of steps and felt a sharp pain in her foot.
She winced and gasped, her expression caught by Qin Tianyi, who immediately asked, "What's wrong? Did you hurt yourself today?"
Susu saw that he had finally straightened up and pointed to her foot, saying, "I'm not injured, my foot just hurts."
As she spoke, she lifted the foot that was hurting and found blood seeping from the side.
Qin Tianyi saw it too and immediately said, "Your blister has burst. You must have walked a lot today looking for Sophie."
Susu gritted her teeth and nodded, "It's nothing, I'll put some medicine on it and be fine tomorrow..."
Qin Tianyi scooped her up without a word and carried her to the study, placing her on a comfortable chair. He commanded her, "Sit still and don't move."
He went out to find a first-aid kit and, from somewhere, produced a long, thin needle.
Susu's foot, with the burst blister, still ached. Seeing the long needle in his hand, she felt both pain and fear. She asked, her heart clenching, "What do you want to do?"
Qin Tianyi let out a cold laugh and sat beside her, pretending to be a cold-blooded killer. He grabbed one of her feet and placed it on his lap. "What do I want to do? What do you think? Of course, I'm going to pop all the blisters on your feet before applying medicine."
Susu said fearfully, "No, that will hurt a lot."
Qin Tianyi couldn't help but laugh, "Isn't my Mrs. Qin always very strong? Are you scared now?" As he spoke, he firmly held her foot, preventing her from moving.
As the needle was about to pierce her skin, Susu dared not look. She cried out, "Mr. Qin, be gentle... Ah... It hurts! It hurts so much..."
Qin Tianyi deftly popped two more blisters on her foot and quickly used a cotton swab with antiseptic to stop the bleeding and reduce inflammation. He chuckled mischievously, "You scream! Scream louder, preferably loud enough to attract Chen Ma and Xiaomei. They might think we're doing *that* in the study."
Susu immediately covered her mouth, glared at him, and said vaguely, "Be gentle, be gentle."
After treating the blisters on one of her feet, Qin Tianyi grabbed her other foot and said irritably, "You were so determined when looking for someone, and now you know pain. See if you're still so reckless in the future."
"Ah, ah..." Susu cried out a couple more times. Fortunately, this foot only had two blisters.
After applying the medicine, Qin Tianyi held onto her foot, pinching her ankle, and said sternly, "If anything like this happens again, notify me immediately."
"Oh, oh, I know." Susu thought to herself that he was taking advantage of the situation to get revenge while popping her blisters.
"What 'oh oh'? Are you a duck? Grow a brain," Qin Tianyi said, poking the sole of her foot.
Susu immediately squirmed with ticklishness, trying to pull her foot away, and exclaimed, "What are you doing? I know. It's just looking for someone. What danger could there be with a bodyguard following me! Mr. Qin, if you keep this up, I'll get angry!"
Qin Tianyi was not afraid of her anger at all. He simply pulled her onto his lap, boldly pushed aside her hair, and looked at her lips with deep affection before kissing her.
Susu pushed against him with her hands and cried, "You're crazy, this is the study..."
"I know," Qin Tianyi kissed her anyway.
Susu pushed him away again and said, "Be careful of my foot."
"I know too." As soon as he finished speaking, Qin Tianyi pressed a button on the armrest of the chair, and the backrest immediately reclined flat.
Susu was pinned down by him and, no longer able to resist, became intimate with him for a while.
...
Jia Nanfang returned from outside in a daze, having already learned about Shu Yan's arrest.
She collapsed onto the sofa in the living room. She knew that this time, Shu Yan was implicated in the murder of Huo Jin, the precious daughter of the Huo family.
Now, all the evidence pointed to Shu Yan, and the Huo family would definitely not let it go. Wouldn't their families become enemies!
A heart-wrenching pain struck her. She couldn't understand why Shu Yan would kill Huo Jin. Had her daughter truly gone mad?
Yes, mad, mentally unstable! As long as the police could be convinced that Shu Yan was mentally unstable, then everything would be fine, and she wouldn't have to go to jail!
She immediately sat up straight. Thankfully, thankfully, her daughter was still salvageable. As long as she could get Shu Yan out of jail, Shu Zhongze could send Shu Yan as far away as he wanted. At least her life could be saved, and she wouldn't suffer in prison.
"Madam, please have some tea." The household servant poured her a cup of tea.
She took it, calmed down, and took a sip. She asked, "Has the master returned today?"
The servant replied, "The master returned very early today. When he came back, he asked where you had gone."
Jia Nanfang immediately looked around, "Where is he?"
"As soon as the master returned, he went to the old madam's room and hasn't come out since."
"Okay, I understand." Jia Nanfang was slightly taken aback. Why would he suddenly miss Wen Shuman at this time?
She put down her teacup, got up, and went to the door of Wen Shuman's former room, but dared not enter.
This room was still preserved as it was when Wen Shuman was alive. Apart from having the servants clean it once a month, Shu Zhongze did not allow anyone else to enter freely.
She gently knocked on the door, "Old Shu, are you in there?"
After a few seconds, Shu Zhongze's voice came from inside, "Yes, what is it?"
"Nothing, what do you want to eat tonight? I'll cook for you myself." Jia Nanfang's voice was extremely gentle.
"Whatever," Shu Zhongze's tone was very indifferent through the door.
Jia Nanfang continued in a voice as gentle as water, "Okay, then I'll make a few of your favorite dishes." As she spoke, her smile froze on her face, and she silently went to the kitchen first.
She had long known that the most important person in Shu Zhongze's heart was his mother, Wen Shuman, followed by that woman. As for her, she was merely a high-class servant, a high-class nanny.