"It's broken," Qin Siye replied curtly.
"Oh? What a coincidence," Qin Siyue said thoughtfully, looking at his back. "Don't you still have..."
Before she could finish, Qin Siye sharply interrupted, "Can you still sit in this car? If not, you can get out at the door and take a taxi."
Hearing this, Qin Siyue rolled her eyes at him and immediately shut her mouth, saying no more.
What did she do wrong to make him so angry? She let him have the passenger seat, didn't she?
Really. Did he believe all his cars were broken today?
Just now at home, he heard that she didn't have a car to drive and even said to let Manager Liu send her. Why didn't he let him send her now?
After that, the atmosphere in the car became awkward, and no one spoke.
To ease the tension, Chenchen, with his bright eyes, asked in his tender voice, "Uncle Qin, how many days will it take to fix your car?"
Hearing this, Qin Siye turned his head to look at him, his expression noticeably softening, "About ten days."
"Then will you be riding with us for a while?" Chenchen continued to ask curiously.
"Yes. This is an agreement between your Mommy and me," Qin Siye said, glancing at Shen Xi. "But only in the morning. I usually get back very late at night."
"Oh, that's great!" The three children clapped their hands in delight.
It was only at this moment that Qin Siyue finally understood that her brother had clearly done this on purpose.
Could it be that he had feelings for Sister Shen Xi and was intentionally creating an opportunity for them to be alone?
She suddenly regretted it. If she had known, she would never have gotten into this car.
But why didn't Sister Shen Xi tell her last night that her brother would also be riding in her car today?
Besides, when she was sitting in the passenger seat earlier, Shen Xi's expression was also normal, as if she had tacitly agreed to her sitting there.
What was going on?
Could it be that her brother was like a barber's pole – all enthusiasm and no response?
After dropping off the three children, they continued driving along the main road.
The atmosphere in the car was very strange. The two people in the front hadn't exchanged a single word since the beginning.
Qin Siyue felt like a giant third wheel. She really wished she could jump out of the window right now.
"Um, Sister Xi, stop at the bus stop ahead. I want to get off," Qin Siyue straightened her body and said loudly.
Shen Xi glanced at her in the rearview mirror. "What's wrong? It's still early for work. After we drop off Mr. Qin, we can go back to the hospital together."
What? Is Sister Xi planning to drag her along the whole way? She wondered if her brother would want to "strangle" her if he heard this.
Qin Siyue quickly waved her hands, saying flusteredly, "Sister Xi, I won't go with you. I just remembered that the cosmetics I ordered from a specialty store a few days ago have arrived. I need to pick them up. I'll take a taxi to the hospital later."
"Alright." Hearing this, Shen Xi couldn't say anything more. She stopped the car near the bus stop and let her get off.
The car started and moved forward. After the first traffic light, Qin Siye looked at her with a slightly angry expression. "Shen Xi, you did that on purpose, didn't you?"
"What?" Shen Xi glanced at him and asked inexplicably.
"Still pretending? Siyue is also in this car today. Didn't you arrange it on purpose?" Qin Siye crossed his arms and stared at her intently.
"How could I possibly arrange such a thing on purpose? Her car broke down, and she asked to hitch a ride with me temporarily. We work at the same place, so I couldn't refuse her, could I?" Shen Xi said, looking straight ahead, her reasoning sound.
Qin Siye, however, didn't buy it. He felt she had done it on purpose, her intention being to avoid being alone with him.
"I don't care. In short, if you bring anyone else in your car next time, I'll extend those ten days indefinitely."
"Mr. Qin, you..." Shen Xi glared at him, too angry to speak.
Was this man used to being domineering, and now that they'd had a few good days, he was back to his old ways?
Seeing her disappointed and angry eyes, Qin Siye's heart skipped a beat, and he quickly said, "I was just kidding. Ten days is ten days, and I stand by my word.
But this is an agreement between the two of us, a way for you to repay my help. I hope you can be full of sincerity."
Shen Xi thought for a moment, then turned her head to look at him, meeting his melancholy gaze, and replied in a low voice, "Okay."
As soon as the words left her lips, Shen Xi suddenly felt a sense of being "kept" by him.