"Not great," Shen Xi's voice became a bit more serious than before. "On the surface, she seems happy-go-lucky like before, but I know she's suffering inside.
She's only doing that to prevent her loved ones and friends from worrying."
After hearing her words, a hint of melancholy instantly colored Han Haoming's bright eyes. He looked into the distance, not saying a word.
"Han Haoming, I can tell you like Si Yue too. What is it that's preventing you two from being together? Can you tell me? Perhaps I can help." Shen Xi's gaze was fixed on him as she asked cautiously.
"No. Shen Xi, no one can help us. In this lifetime, Qin Si Yue and I are destined to be apart, and we can never be together." Han Haoming looked at her with a sorrowful expression.
That incident was a chasm between them, an insurmountable one.
"Han Haoming, how do you know if you don't try..." Before Shen Xi could finish, Han Haoming's phone suddenly rang.
"Excuse me." Han Haoming took it out, quickly answered, "Hello? What? Okay, I'll be right back."
"What's wrong?" Shen Xi asked with concern, seeing his brow furrowed.
"My mom accidentally fell off the bed. I need to get back quickly." Han Haoming glanced at her and immediately walked towards the car.
"Send me your address, and I'll go with you!" Shen Xi exclaimed, her heart jumping at the news, shouting after his retreating back.
In a private room on the fourth floor of the bar, two bodyguards in black bowed their heads as they reported to the two Xia sisters.
"So useless. Couldn't you have followed them to the basement? That policeman only met her by chance and couldn't follow her all the time.
I don't believe there's no opportunity." Xia Jingnan glared at them furiously.
One of them replied, "We followed them, but she kept talking to that policeman surnamed Han. Later, something urgent happened, and they drove away together."
"Alright, you can go now." Xia Jingnan waved her hand coldly, signaling the two to leave the room.
Xia Jingyi looked up at her. "Sister, are we just letting her go?"
"How can this be letting her go? It's just missing a good opportunity to catch her. Don't worry, I will definitely avenge you."
Xia Jingnan slowly sat opposite her, her gaze fierce.
"Also, I've found out her real name is Shen Xi. She is indeed the Chinese medicine doctor Qin Si Ye hired for his grandmother.
She forced my Junqi to transfer schools. I haven't let that go, and I'll settle both old and new scores."
"Sister, if you ask me, we should have controlled Xie Yifei when we saw her alone earlier. Now look, we haven't caught anyone." Xia Jingyi's pupils constricted, filled with regret.
Xia Jingnan sighed softly. "I wanted to catch them both at once, but who knew that tall man would arrive first.
Just by looking at him, I could tell he was skilled. Our two bodyguards weren't his match at all."
"So what do we do now?" Xia Jingyi sat up straighter, her face anxious, wanting to avenge herself immediately.
That night, after their commotion, she not only had her engagement with the Zheng family broken off but was also captured and tortured for a night by that Manager Huang.
She had wanted to die then, but fortunately, her sister had persuaded her not to.
"It's okay. Don't be too impatient. We will definitely find another opportunity. I don't believe we won't encounter those two women when they're alone." Xia Jingnan took a deep breath, her gaze fierce.
By the time Shen Xi arrived at Han Haoming's place with him, Lu Ying was still lying on the floor by the bed.
Fortunately, a soft rug was spread on the floor, so her fall wasn't too severe.
Shen Xi examined her all over and found her mind to be clear and her condition normal, so she left with relief.
Upon returning home, it was already ten o'clock at night.
The children had already washed up and gone to bed.
She walked wearily back to her bedroom, removed her mask, and just after finishing her shower, received a video call from Qin Si Ye.
Shen Xi hesitated for a moment, then turned off the video and called him instead.
"It's so late, do you need something?"
"Xi Xi, why did you reject me again? Didn't we already meet yesterday?" Qin Si Ye's magnetic voice carried a hint of hurt.
"Yes. We've already met, so why do we still need video calls?" Shen Xi retorted somewhat impatiently.
"That was yesterday. We haven't met today, have we?" Qin Si Ye paused, then added, "I mean, since we've already met, we can video chat from now on."
The next moment, Shen Xi doused his hopes with a bucket of cold water. "You're thinking too nicely. You mean the rule of not meeting is broken, so there's no need to follow it anymore, right?
I'm starting to suspect that yesterday's incident was a deliberate setup by you and your sister."