“Why are you here? Weren’t you supposed to be waiting in the basement?” Shen Xi walked over, looking at the man in front of her with surprise.
Qin Si Ye smiled faintly, his ink-black eyes filled with tenderness. “I was afraid you’d be too tired to even walk, so I came up to get you.”
“I’m not that delicate,” Shen Xi gave him a light glare and turned towards the elevator.
However, her heart felt very warm.
Qin Si Ye’s lips curved slightly as he followed her into the elevator.
Actually, Shen Xi was just being stubborn. After a long day of flying, climbing mountains, and getting rained on, she was utterly exhausted, on the verge of collapsing.
She tried her best to stay awake, but her eyelids kept drooping. Eventually, sleepiness overcame her will, and she actually fell asleep in the elevator.
Seeing this, Qin Si Ye quickly caught her, tenderly sweeping her into his arms. He gently placed her on the back seat of the car and drove towards Hua Ban Li.
An hour later, Shen Xi slowly opened her blurry eyes. Glancing around, she found a man sitting on the sofa. She sat up from the bed with a start.
Hearing the movement, Qin Si Ye walked towards her slowly. “You’re awake?”
“I… why am I here?” Shen Xi panicked, touching her cheek. Thankfully, the mask was still there. She asked incoherently.
Qin Si Ye walked to her bedside, looked down at her, and his lips curved slightly. “This is your bedroom. Where else would you be?”
Right, this was her room. Where else could she be?
The crucial question was how she got back here. Her mind seemed to have gone blank, with no memory of it.
She only remembered entering the elevator with Qin Si Ye at the hospital. After that, she couldn’t recall anything.
Seeing her zoning out, Qin Si Ye couldn’t help but laugh. “You can fall asleep standing up, and you still insisted you weren’t tired. I think if I hadn’t come up, who knows who would have carried you away.”
Hearing this, Shen Xi’s heart leaped, and she looked at him in disbelief.
Was he really talking about her? How could she fall asleep standing up, and be carried back by him?
It was too embarrassing. Shen Xi quickly smoothed her long hair and got out of bed, heading towards the washroom.
“Could this favor be worth a thank you?” the man behind her asked abruptly.
Shen Xi paused for a moment but didn’t reply, continuing to walk forward quickly.
She had sweated a lot that day, and her clothes were already smelly.
She needed to take a hot shower first.
As she prepared to remove the mask from her face, she hesitated.
She wasn’t sure if that man had left yet, so it was better to keep it on for now.
Although she had agreed to his pursuit, she wasn’t ready to face him with her true appearance.
Outside, Qin Si Ye sat back on the sofa. As soon as he took out his phone, he received a WeChat message from Chen Chen.
“Uncle Qin, where did you and Mommy go today? Why haven’t you returned yet?”
Qin Si Ye glanced at the time. It was already ten o’clock at night. When he carried Shen Xi upstairs earlier, he had only seen Fang Sao, so it seemed the children were all back in their own rooms.
“We’re back,” Qin Si Ye typed quickly.
Chen Chen asked, “Where?”
Qin Si Ye replied, “In your Mommy’s bedroom.”
“Ah?” Chen Chen replied with a surprised exclamation, immediately followed by another question, “Did you and Mommy make up?”
Qin Si Ye replied with a smile, “Yes.”
Chen Chen asked, “What’s your current status?”
Qin Si Ye’s eyebrows lifted. “She’s agreed to let me pursue her.”
Chen Chen immediately sent him a thumbs-up. “That’s great! As expected, hard work pays off.”
Qin Si Ye asked with a smile, “You know this proverb too?”
“Of course. Although we were born and raised abroad, Mommy always prioritized our mother tongue education,” Chen Chen replied proudly, then asked curiously, “Can I know what happened today that made her suddenly change her attitude?”
Qin Si Ye then briefly recounted the day’s events to him.
When Chen Chen learned that Mei Yun was injured, he was very worried. Qin Si Ye told him that she was not seriously hurt and had already received treatment at the hospital.
The two then shifted the topic back to his relationship with Shen Xi. Chen Chen kept encouraging him to persevere and become his rightful father soon.
Qin Si Ye’s lips bloomed with a smile. “Don’t worry, that day won’t be too far off.”
“Who are you chatting with? You seem so happy,” Shen Xi’s voice suddenly sounded beside him.