Shen Xi's heart trembled. She immediately withdrew and asked with concern, "What's wrong again?"
At some point, the man had saved a spot for her.
With a gentle push, Shen Xi fell to his side.
The man quickly covered her with the blanket, wrapped his arm around her slender waist, and replied in a low voice, "This way it won't hurt. Go to sleep."
Shen Xi couldn't help but smile wryly. She knew she had been tricked by him again but dared not move.
She could only let him hold her as he pleased.
"Qin Si Ye, must you be like this?" Shen Xi asked helplessly and with resignation.
"Yes," Qin Si Ye replied definitively. "Only this way can I get a good night's sleep. Don't speak from now on, just sleep with me for a while.
I promise I won't be in the same state as I was in the hospital that day. I'm so tired, I just want to sleep now."
Shen Xi could hear the sleepiness in his voice, and she had already noticed the dark circles under his eyes.
She sighed softly, slowly turned around, her back to him, and stopped speaking.
She thought that once he fell asleep, she would sneak away.
Who knew that she couldn't control herself and also closed her eyes.
After an unknown amount of time, several WeChat notification sounds came from Qin Si Ye's phone. He groggily picked it up and saw it was Qin Si Yue. He saw several messages on it.
"Brother, when are you and Sister Xi coming back?"
"Grandma is asking if she should have her acupuncture this month?"
...
Qin Si Ye frowned, but it was inconvenient to type with one hand. He simply picked up his phone, aimed it at a photo of himself and Shen Xi's backs, and sent it.
It was as if he was saying: We're sleeping, don't disturb us, I'll tell you about your questions when I wake up.
However, this photo brought great shock to Qin Si Yue. She sat up abruptly from the quilt, her eyes wide open as she looked closely.
"Brother, you mean the person sleeping next to you is Sister Xi. Are you two sleeping?"
"Are you two together already?"
But after a while, there was no response from the other side.
Qin Si Yue couldn't help but ask again, "That's not right, Brother. Based on the time, it should be afternoon in Country B. Why are you two sleeping at this hour?"
At this moment, there was finally a reply. Qin Si Ye sent a short silent video.
From his slightly angry eyes and mouth movements, Qin Si Yue read the following meaning.
"Shut up."
"Can you stop disturbing our sleep?"
After Qin Si Yue saw it, her face broke into a smile.
It seemed her brother had admitted it.
She would have to tell Grandma the good news after it was dawn.
At six o'clock in the afternoon, Chen Chen and Shuo Shuo came out of their rooms and found no activity downstairs.
"Where's Mommy? Why isn't dinner ready yet?" Shuo Shuo asked with some confusion.
Chen Chen frowned and said, "Mommy might not be awake yet. Let's go to her room to check."
Mommy was always punctual. Had she overslept because she was too sleepy?
But when they reached Shen Xi's room door, they found the door ajar, and their Mommy was nowhere inside.
"Perhaps she's in Yan Yan's room." Chen Chen thought for a moment, then pulled Shuo Shuo towards Yan Yan's room.
When they knocked and opened the door, they saw only Yan Yan inside.
The three of them found it very strange.
Shuo Shuo extended his left arm, about to call Shen Xi's phone, when Yan Yan suddenly stopped him, "Wait, I remember Mommy helped Uncle Qin upstairs after eating. Could Mommy be in Uncle Qin's room?"
Chen Chen and Shuo Shuo looked at each other in surprise.
At that moment, Shen Xi happened to open the door and walk out of Qin Si Ye's room.
She haphazardly tidied her hair, lowered her head, and silently cursed the scoundrel in the room.
He insisted she sleep with him for a while, and they ended up sleeping until now.
She hated herself even more for making the same mistake twice. How could she forget to set an alarm?
Walking and fuming, filled with regret, she suddenly looked up and found three little figures standing in front of her, staring at her with strange expressions.
Shen Xi's heart skipped a beat. She stopped and met their gaze for a few seconds before stabilizing her emotions and smiling slightly.
"I was just looking for your Uncle Qin about something.
You must all be hungry, right? I'll start cooking now, and dinner will be ready in half an hour."
After saying that, she lightly brushed her hair from her ears, quickly passed them, and strode downstairs.
The three children silently exchanged glances, then bolted into Qin Si Ye's room.