Cai Yanyan went into Xia Yu’s house anxiously. Unexpectedly, Xia Yu asked her to have a seat in a peaceful mood, not having slapped her on the face as she had imagined.

Xia Yu’s anger had abated after days. She felt herself also accountable for the scam made by Cai Yanyan, because she didn’t refuse to see her despite all the tricks that woman had played.

“Xia Yu, I’m sorry!” Cai Yanyan bowed her head not to look at Xia Yu.

“Spare your crap. I asked you to come for one thing and you must tell me the truth. Of course, you can refuse. But I warn you to think twice before making the decision.” Xia Yu said after glancing at her.

“I will be honest.” Cai Yanyan kept her head drooping.

Cai Yanyan didn’t have any choice in the situation, did she? That’s why she would confess.

Xia Yu made it in one sentence, “Did Xiao Man tell you it’s Young Master Mo who plotted it?”

“She didn’t mention his name, but it’s blindingly obvious.” Cai Yanyan answered frankly.

“That’s it. You can go.” Xia Yu thought for a while after hearing that and asked Shen Qiang to send her away. Then she kept sitting there, wandering.

Second Brother hove a sigh and gently touched her head, seeing Xia Yu being silent. He didn’t try to persuade her after some thought.

But his face went ugly with his eyebrows twisted.

“Xiao Yu, have a rest.” Second Brother said.

He moved to where Xia Yu lived to took care of her after he heard that incident. Their master would arrive soon after being informed of what happened here by him.

Before that, he would sub his master to protect Xia Yu from any harm even in the slightest.

“Um.” Xia Yu lifted her head to look at Second Brother. Despite their limited time spent together, Second Brother really treated her like his own sister, which was appreciated by Xia Yu.

Sometimes, she was jealous that her father had such an excellent apprentice. Silently, she erected on her feet and went into her room.

It was pretty much after more than an hour when she woke up. Still sleepy, she went into the bathroom to rinse her face to awaken herself.

“Why are you blushing?” Second Brother felt worried about her and stretched out his hand to feel her forehead, after noticing her awake. “It feels hot like a fever. There’s medicine in the house, and you may have some.” He’s about to fetch some medicine.

She did feel sick but not that much, so she seized him, “It’s not a fever. Don’t worry.”

“We’d better take it seriously.” As Xia Yu experienced such a misery that the bruise was still there, Second Brother always kept on his toes.

“Xia Yu, are you sick?” Right now Shen Yan came in and looked worried hearing what Second Brother just said.

Having a glance at Shen Yan, Second Brother turned his eyes back to Xia Yu saying nothing.

“Xia Yu, you must have the medicine.” Second Brother said.

“He’s right. Shall I serve you?” Shen Yan echoed aside.

Another bigmouth’s here despite her reluctance. Xia Yu knew she had no option.

They were finally relieved as Xia Yu swallowed the pills in front of Shen Yan.

It was then when Second Brother turned to Shen Yan, “Young Master Yan, why are you here?”

He should’ve been leading his subordinates to seek those people, shouldn’t he? In fact, Second Brother also ordered his people in the Ruyi Tower to help him. They would show no mercy once that gang was caught.

“I came to see Xia Yu.” Shen Yan was indeed worried that Shen Qiang brought Cai Yanyan here so he came by. Surprisingly, he only talked to Liu Sijie for a while and Cai Yanyan had left along with Shen Qiang.

“Talk with Xiao Yu, Young Master Yan. I’m returning to Ruyi Tower.” Second Brother said to Shen Yan.

Then he asked Xia Yu to have a good rest and left after Xia Yu agreed.

Xia Yu was about to ponder over what had happened in the last few days since she was not in a good mood and wanted to stay alone quietly. She asked Shen Yan to leave her alone but he refused, saying that he would stay to take care of her.

Shen Yan, when he wanted to take advantage, he would act shamelessly, and he was canny enough to pretend to be in distress since he knew Xia Yu was still in a bad mood, who ended up giving in to him. “Can I have a sleep here? I haven’t slept for several days. I assure you it’s just a while.”

The man said when he got into bed, then quickly crept into the quilt, with one hand still holding Xia Yu’s hand tightly.

“You…” Second Brother would come back no sooner. Though he knew her relationship with Shen Yan, they hadn’t married yet. She felt embarrassed and improper to let a relative witness such a scene, so she had planned to let him get out of the bed. But she didn’t make it as a glance at Shen Yan’s gaunt face hit her soft spot.

The man’s mouth turned upward, and he held and kissed Xia Yu’s hand with his which were soft and warm. The part he had kissed felt crispy.

It didn’t take long before he fell asleep. The rhythmic breath in his nose showed that he was really sleepy.

Xia Yu tried to withdraw her hand, but tried several times without success. Seeing that he had just fallen asleep, she did not really want to do that with strength.

She sighed helplessly and could only let him grab it. Now she could only lie down beside him to sleep. Xia Yu suspected that the man deliberately held her hand for that.

But as soon as thinking of what happened, Xia Yu sank into a bad mood. After thinking about it for a while, she couldn’t sleep.

After carefully thinking about the causes and consequences of the incident, she was even more sure that Shen Mo couldn’t be so stupid to assault her in broad daylight.

Xia Yu still felt something wrong but could not make sure. The more she thought the worse her headache became so she waved her head to force herself to stop thinking. Not long after she felt sleepy and fell asleep. When she woke up it was the day. In front of her, there was the handsome face of Shen Yan who stood close to her with his deep eyes gazing at her smiling.

“Good morning.” The slightly coarse voice, when flipped through the eardrum, was like a feather sweeping across, even one’s heart fluttering.

She was dumbfounded seeing Shen Yan the second she opened her sleepy eyes. She could still remember that the man came last night, crept into the bed to have a rest, but ended up staying until now.

“I was too sleepy last night. I had planned to have a nap and then left but didn’t wake up until this morning.”

Despite his explanation and his pretentious innocence, Xia Yu knew he didn’t incline to do that at all cause this man was literally a canny wolf in sheep’s clothing.

Xia Yu glared at him but didn’t uncover the lie. She lifted the quilt, got up and went to the bathroom.

Scarcely had she entered the bathroom when Shen Yan followed in, opened the cabinet, and grabbed a new toothbrush from within quite naturally.

“Don’t go out and stay in the room first.” Xia Yu said, because she did not want Second Brother to know Shen Yan was there.

He also understood the reason, so agreed.

After finishing washing, Xia Yu planned to let Shen Yan leave before Second Brother noticed. At this time, the door of Brother Second’s room opened.

“Xiao Yu, you’re up? You look great. I came back late yesterday and there’s one thing I forgot to tell you.” Second Brother looked at her carefully and said.

“What’s the matter?” Xia Yu thought it was something about work.

But Second Brother told Xia Yu, “Master is coming in a second.” Second Brother looked at his watch and said.

What? He would be there soon? Though she knew her father was coming, she didn’t expect he would come at this time when he would run into Shen Yan. Now it’s not only Second Brother but also her father whom Shen Yan must avoid sneaking away.

Xia Yu was thinking that and drifted off.

“What are you thinking about?”

Second Brother was so careful that a glance could tell Xia Yu was a bit strange.

She smiled and said she’s fine. Then she shifted the topic to her father so Second Brother didn’t keep asking.

“Okay, I’ll go and see if master is there.” Second Brother quickly changed his clothes and went out.

When Xia Yu saw that Second Brother had left, she hurried to the kitchen to cook noodles. She thought that Shen Yan should have time to eat before leaving.

“Xiao Yu, why are you cooking?” Second Brother might have forgotten something so he came back and happened to see Xia Yu cooking noodles in the kitchen, asking.

Xia Yu’s face was slightly red, and said, “I’m hungry, so I want to cook a bowl of noodles. Second Brother, mind your business and leave me alone.”

Seeing Xia Yu began eating, Second Brother smiled and said, “It’s a blessing to eat.” After that, he left the kitchen.

She took out an egg from the refrigerator, but when she was about to close it, she paused and took another one.

After cooking the noodles, Xia Yu went into her room holding the bowl. After pushing the door open, she saw Shen Yan on the phone. His voice was not high and was deliberately kept low. Even if she passed the door of the room, she could not hear him talking on the phone inside.

“Send the document to my e-mail, and please don’t call me if nothing happened.” After that, he hung up.

He smiled and looked at Xia Yu, then his gaze moved to the bowl that Xia Yu was holding. The smile on the corner of his mouth became brighter, and there was joy that could not be hidden between his eyebrows.

“Smells so good. Is it for me?” He said as he walked over, with his dark eyes full of smiles.

Xia Yu said yes and handed it over to him when he reached out his hand.

In fact, it’s just a bowl of plain noodles, with two gold fried eggs. It’s not that delicious, but the man who was used to eating sumptuous dishes kept praising the noodle as if it was rarely seen so that Xia Yu wanted to taste herself.

She looked away from his abdominal muscles, went to the closet, took out her pajamas, quickly entered the bathroom, closed the door and locked it.

When she took a breath, it was all the smell on Shen Yan around her, as if he was beside her at the moment. Xia Yu shook her head vigorously to shake off the beautiful images in her mind so as to stop imagining.

After taking a shower, her body’s heat had finally quelled. When the door was just opened and she was about to go out, she accidentally slipped and screamed.