"What’s going on?! Didn’t you say you’d text when you got ho?!"
"Sorry, I forgot."
"You forgot?! Where did you go? Ah Su went to find you in the middle of the night and said you hadn’t co ho."
"Yeah, I wasn’t feeling well last night, so I went to a nearby hotel, got a room, and slept there. My phone just happened to die..."
"Did you have a fever again?"
Yin Shixiu’s accusatory tone softened instantly, turning into concern.
This sudden change was like a hamr, piercing into the softest and most fragile part of Su Xiaong’s heart.
She hurriedly reached out to cover her mouth tightly, holding the phone away, choked with emotion unable to speak, only able to make a muffled sound, "...Yeah."
"Are you better now?"
"...Yeah."
Yin Shixiu sighed heavily, "As long as you’re okay. Call your parents later and let them know you’re safe."
"Okay."
Yin Shixiu furrowed his brows, feeling sothing was off with Su Xiaong, but assud it was because of her sickness, so he didn’t ask more, just said, "I’ll nap for a while, I have a eting later."
Su Xiaong sensed sothing was off in his words...
"You... didn’t sleep all night?"
"...Yeah, waiting for your ssage."
Perhaps knowing that Su Xiaong was safe now, he relaxed, his voice becoming lazy and comfortable.
But he didn’t know that at this mont Su Xiaong’s heart was wrenched into a knot, the pain indescribable.
"You’re silly... I’m not a child..."
Su Xiaong struggled to utter this banter that carried not a hint of humor.
Yin Shixiu chuckled softly, "You’re not a child, but maybe even a child wouldn’t give such worry."
"No way..."
"Does your heart ache?"
Yin Shixiu asked casually.
Su Xiaong’s nose twitched with sourness, "Yeah... Sorry... Sorry, Shixiu... boohoo..."
She bit into her arms, unable to suppress her sobs.
Hearing her cry, Yin Shixiu felt a bit confused too, "Okay, okay, if you feel sorry for , then next ti, can you not disappear on , dear wife?"
"Boohoo... Sorry! Shixiu..."
Yin Shixiu sighed deeply, unsure of what to say for a mont, he hadn’t even scolded her that harshly yet!
"Girl, if you keep crying, you’ll really make it hard for to be at ease."
"Uncle..."
"Yeah."
"Co ho soon... co ho soon!"
"..." Yin Shixiu heard her plea, tinged with so resentnt, his heart softened, and he nodded, "Alright, I’ll co ho soon."
After hanging up the call with Xiao ng, Yin Shixiu contacted his secretary to change the flight and return tonight.
The schedule was tight, but no work could be more important than Xiao ng’s words at the mont.
anwhile, Su Xiaong burst into tears once more after hanging up the phone.
As if her tears could reverse ti, as if crying could change reality...
Her eyes were wet and dry, dry and wet again, repeating like this until her tears ran dry, yet her sadness and pain did not lessen one bit.
She stood under the shower, repeatedly lathering herself with body wash, washing over and over as if trying to scrub off a layer of skin.
When she ca out of the shower, she was covered in scratch marks she had made herself, yet she seed to feel not clean enough...
The reflection in the mirror... How could it be so dirty?
Thinking back to last night, and thinking of Ren Yixuan, made her stomach churn violently, vomiting until she was retching bitterly, nauseous and dizzy.
She stayed at the hotel until night, calling the staff to buy her a whole set of new clothes, from inside to outside, only after wearing the new clothes did she leave the hotel.
Returning ho, she turned on the lights; the large house was empty and desolate.
It felt as if all her strength had been drained, she walked tiredly to the sofa and sat down, then slowly curled into the sofa.
Her heart flooded with thousands of thoughts, intertwined into a giant net trapping her.
At this mont, her phone vibrated—it was a ssage from Ren Yixuan...
She quietly swiped open the ssage, staring at the simple and clear words, her heart freezing over.
We’re even.
Even...
What does even an?
He threw her into the eighteenth level of hell, then casually said... Even.
Ha, Su Xiaong felt infinite desolation.
Perhaps from the mont she was with Yin Shixiu, it was destined that she and Ren Yixuan would have such an ending.
It’s not even, but a mutual, lifelong resentnt that neither will forget!
"You disgust , I really hate you. Ren Yixuan."
This lifeti, she had never hated anyone like this, hated to the point of wanting to kill him, hated to the point of wanting to dig out his heart with a knife!
She wanted to see what that heart was made of, wanted to see if that heart was black...
When Ren Yixuan read the ssage from Su Xiaong, his heart was only filled with desolation as well.
But perhaps it’s not too bad, such an ending... is better than no ending.
Yin Shixiu returned the next afternoon.
At that ti, Su Xiaong was cooking in the kitchen, the kitchen counter piled with vegetables and at.
When he ca in, Xiao ng didn’t hear him, Yin Shixiu quietly entered the kitchen without taking off his coat, and hugged Su Xiaong from behind!
"Ah—!"
This sudden embrace startled Su Xiaong into a scream, she struggled and fought back!
"Girl! It’s !"
Yin Shixiu called her loudly, Su Xiaong stopped struggling, but still shaken, her body trembling slightly...
"Shi, Shixiu?"
She hurriedly turned and looked up at Yin Shixiu, her eyes suddenly wet.
Yin Shixiu tilted his head slightly, teasing with a chuckle, "What? Did you think a flower thief broke in?"
Su Xiaong pursed her lips, looking at him, speechless.
Yin Shixiu sighed, sowhat disappointedly said, "I thought you missed so much when you said on the phone. I thought... you really missed ... But I co back, and there’s not even a hug."
"Oh!"
Su Xiaong snapped back to reality and reached out to hug him, Yin Shixiu quickly stopped her, carefully taking the knife from her hand, "I want a hug from you, not for you to murder ."
Su Xiaong awkwardly scratched her head, "Hehe..."
Yin Shixiu reached out to her, "Alright, now you can co hug , wife."
Su Xiaong looked at his open arms, took a deep breath, and slowly moved closer...
"Isn’t this hug a bit perfunctory?"
Yin Shixiu said dissatisfied, then tightened his grip, pinning her in his embrace, murmuring in her ear, "Missed you... Your sll is so nice."
Saying that, he nuzzled his nose against her cheek, turning his head to give a soft kiss...
His husky voice expressed his long-standing longing.
"Is your body still uncomfortable today?"
He asked with concern.
Su Xiaong shook her head, "No, no..."
"Glad your cold is over... Tomorrow we will pick up Shuangshuang and Huang Huang."
"...Yeah."
Yin Shixiu touched her forehead with his, "Shall we go to the bedroom?"
The ambiguous and suggestive tone made Su Xiaong’s heart skip a beat suddenly.
Understanding what he wanted to do, Su Xiaong beca stiff...
"Uh... I-I need to pack first, I’ll make dinner."
Xiao ng gently pushed him away, lowering her head.
Yin Shixiu chuckled, turned her halfway around, holding her small waist, whispered in her ear, "Make dinner later, let’s have the main course first."
"I-I need to take a shower first..."
Yin Shixiu saw her hesitance, frowned and directly lifted her to sit on the counter...
"Why shower? I want you now."
Saying this, he reached to unbutton her clothes, but before he could touch the buttons, Su Xiaong slapped his hand away, "No!"
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