"It's Xie Yifei," Shen Xi replied immediately. "How could we say anything bad about you when we were chatting?"
Shen Xi thought to herself, not only did we not say anything bad, but she was praising you everywhere.
But she couldn't say the next sentence out loud. This man, give him an inch and he'd take a mile.
If she really told him, he might snatch her phone to check, and that would be trouble.
There was a lot of content inside that wasn't suitable for him to see.
"But why were you so flustered?" Qin Si Ye continued to press.
"You scared me," Shen Xi shot him a look. Her dark eyes darted a few times, as if she had thought of something, and she asked nervously, "Were you awake long ago and secretly read our chat?"
"No. What do you take me for? Would I do something like that?" Qin Si Ye's gaze deepened as he replied earnestly.
As the CEO of a conglomerate, he would never stoop to such clandestine actions. If he wanted to look, he would do so openly with her permission.
Shen Xi met his gaze for a few seconds. Seeing his sincere attitude, she stopped talking, turned her face towards the window, and gently closed her eyes.
Qin Si Ye tugged at her arm and pointed to his right shoulder. "If you want to sleep, you can lean on my shoulder."
"No need. I can sleep like this," Shen Xi glanced at him and refused indifferently.
Qin Si Ye's lips curved upwards. He turned her body and pressed her head onto his shoulder, his voice extremely gentle. "I was leaning on you like this just now. Consider it my repayment."
Just as Shen Xi was about to struggle free, her gaze met Du Qiuyu's from the side. Du Qiuyu was smiling and looking at her with admiration.
Shen Xi suddenly remembered Xie Yifei's words about acting to the end. Shen Xi immediately returned a smile to her, gently closed her eyes, and remained still.
Du Qiuyu turned around and lightly nudged Tang Feng, who was fast asleep.
"What's wrong?" Tang Feng, startled from his dream, immediately sat up straight.
"Don't you find Qin Si Ye and his wife different from normal couples?" Du Qiuyu said mysteriously, as if she had discovered a new continent.
"What are you talking about? You scared me." Tang Feng peered over with his head bowed. Seeing Shen Xi resting on Qin Si Ye's shoulder, he said, "What's different? I think it's very normal."
"But I still feel their behavior is very unnatural, as if they're acting," Du Qiuyu's thoughts drifted to afar, her brows furrowed.
"Don't overthink it. That's their private family matter. Remember what I said, no matter what you saw or thought today, don't mention it to anyone when we get back." Tang Feng immediately pulled her thoughts back.
"Got it," Du Qiuyu hooked her arm around his, responding with a hint of coquettishness.
Tang Feng affectionately wrapped his arm around her waist and smiled. "I think you're just envious and jealous because they're a perfect match. Come here, let me hold you for a while."
"No way. No matter how handsome, rich, and powerful a man is, he belongs to someone else. I'll only hang myself on this tree of yours my entire life."
"Why does that sound so reluctant? Am I not good enough for you?"
"No. We're a different kind of perfect match, made for each other."
Forty minutes later, Teacher Li picked up the microphone and announced loudly, "Dear parents and children, we have now exited the highway and entered A City. After a day of joyous travel, we are about to return to our warm and sweet homes..."
Shen Xi slowly opened her eyes and found that she had fallen asleep leaning on Qin Si Ye's shoulder.
And she had slept very soundly, without a single dream.
She had only been acting, how could she have actually fallen asleep?
She quickly lifted her head, wanting to sit up straight, but found a warm hand still resting on her waist.
Her heart couldn't help but beat faster. Had this man been holding her like this while she slept?
Qin Si Ye was looking up, listening to Teacher Li speak. Sensing the movement of the woman in his arms, he withdrew his gaze, lowered his head, and asked softly, "You're awake? Did you sleep well?"
"Mhm," Shen Xi sat up straight immediately, smoothing her disheveled hair to hide her inner turmoil.
Qin Si Ye, noticing her awkwardness, curved his lips slightly. He withdrew his arm from behind her and stretched it.