He had waited until just now to briefly take the time to wash up. His hair was still damp, but he immediately came back to check on her.
Just then, he saw that she was already awake and looking around the room.
"Why did you bring me to your place? I thought you'd send me back to avoid suspicion..." Yan Xia reached up to tuck her hair behind her ears.
Fang Jiangyi casually threw the towel in his hand aside and came to the bedside.
"You still care about such things? You almost lost your life."
Yan Xia recalled what had happened the previous afternoon: Lu Qianzhou's cold eyes, the icy lake water, and the suffocating sensation.
She swallowed with a dry throat. "I'd like some water."
After the high fever, the water in her body had evaporated severely. She was already dizzy, and her throat was dry and itchy.
Fang Jiangyi's eyes were pitch - black. He first came to the bedside and reached out to feel her forehead temperature. After confirming that it was much better than last night and that she only had a low - grade fever now, he lowered his eyes and said,
"Get back in bed. You still have a low - grade fever."
But Yan Xia sensed a different kind of atmosphere. The look in his eyes when he had just looked at her was direct and calm, as if he could see straight into her heart.
Was Fang Jiangyi finally touched by her?
While he went to get the water, Yan Xia looked around the room again. The room was very clean and simple. The overall color scheme was mainly blue, white, and black, which was really in line with Fang Jiangyi's cold style.
She looked at the family photo on the table again and gradually lost herself in thought...
Once upon a time, she was also such a happy person.
Soon, Fang Jiangyi came back with a glass of warm water. She eagerly reached out to take it and gulped it down.
He sighed helplessly, looked down at her, took the glass, and asked gently, "How do you feel? Is your head still dizzy?"
"I'm much better. You didn't spread the word about what happened yesterday, did you?" She was just afraid that Fang Jiangyi would make a big deal out of it.
"Do you think Lu Qianzhou would give me a chance to spread the word?" He neatly pulled up the quilt and covered her tightly. "He's always creating an image of doting on you to the public, but in fact, look at how he treats you. You almost died at his hands. Lu Sheng, do you still think he's the third brother you can trust the most?"
Yan Xia knew that Lu Qianzhou's fierce look yesterday had really scared her.
"It's because I really touched his bottom line this time." Yan Xia looked up at him and said, "Mr. Fang, now, can you eliminate your doubts about me and choose to believe me?"
Fang Jiangyi was speechless for a moment and asked, "Do you want something to eat?"
She was silent for a moment and felt that her stomach wasn't really hungry, but there was an empty and uncomfortable feeling in it.
She was silent for a moment before saying, "I don't want to eat. I still want some water."
He pressed her shoulder and made her lie back. "Lie still."
Yan Xia drank some water again and then lay in bed with her eyes closed, dozing lightly. Fang Jiangyi sat by the window, holding a book in his hand. The room was very quiet, and the chirping of birds outside the window could be faintly heard.
Her eyes were too sore to open. Yan Xia lay there silently with her eyes closed for a while and then asked, "Mr. Fang, is the photo on the table... your family photo?"
Fang Jiangyi shifted his gaze from the book to the photo. He glanced at the happy and harmonious family in the photo and simply responded with a grunt.
After a moment, he asked her in return, "Lu Sheng, what's your current relationship with Lu Qianzhou?"
Yan Xia suddenly opened her eyes. "We've basically completely broken up, but for people from our kind of family, even if we completely fall out, we still have to create a false image of harmony in public."
Suddenly, she remembered an important thing and added,
"By the way, I asked you to arrange someone else to get the reclamation approval from Wang Keding. Have you arranged it? Did you get it?" She had put so much effort into getting that thing. If it all fell through at the last moment, wouldn't all her efforts be in vain?
Fang Jiangyi turned a page of the book. "I sent someone, but Wang Keding didn't give it. He specifically asked for you to go in person."
Yan Xia was a bit worried. "He won't go back on his word and give it to someone else, will he?"
"You don't need to worry. He won't." Fang Jiangyi said briefly. "But Shangguan was very worried about your situation when he didn't wait for you. He said that after I contacted you, I should let you call him back immediately."
Only then did she remember that she had asked Shangguan to accompany her yesterday. She wondered if he had waited for a long time.
However, her phone and bag were left in Lu Qianzhou's car. She was afraid they had been taken back to his home.
Fang Jiangyi's gaze accidentally fell on her again. Only a small bulge in the middle of the quilt could be seen. She was so tiny.
He casually said, "It seems that Shangguan really wants to pursue you."
"Him?" Yan Xia couldn't help but laugh. "Aren't you his friend? How come you don't know about his past love history? The average duration of his previous relationships has never exceeded six months."
He just had too much of a playful heart.
But Fang Jiangyi could see something different. Although Shangguan Yao had also pursued other girls passionately before, for this man who hated trouble, it seemed to be the first time he had helped someone whole - heartedly.
The sky - blue curtains weren't drawn tightly. A ray of sunlight shone through the gap in the curtains and changed angles on the floor, like the trace of time, silent but with a light step.
Maybe because there was an extra person in the room, he couldn't concentrate on reading his book.
Finally, he couldn't help but close the book. Resting his head on the back of his hand, he told her something.
"Last night, I had someone announce to the public that I've broken up with Peng Shiyi."
The public was in an uproar. He knew that announcing such news at this time would definitely stir up a storm. There would be constant conspiracy theories, and everyone would speculate about the reason for their breakup.
But he had already made up his mind.
Yan Xia was stunned for a moment and then turned over to look into his eyes. The quilt smelled like him.
"The one - month deadline is almost up. It's okay for you to announce it in advance."
But he said, "I did it for you, Lu Sheng."
To make room for her?
Yan Xia didn't know how to react for a moment and just laughed. "It's good to make room for me in advance. I don't want to be scolded too badly."
Fang Jiangyi was both angry and amused. She was being silly again at this moment and couldn't understand the subtext in his words.
He got up and came to the bedside. He reached out and pulled her up, put a pillow behind her, and wrapped her tightly in the quilt, only leaving her head exposed. She actually looked a bit cute.
"Lu Sheng, you said before that you approached me because you liked me. What about now? Do you still like me?"
Yan Xia smelled a hint of danger. Wasn't it because of the cooperation that he had agreed? Why now...
She became a bit incoherent. "Of course... of course I like you."
He reached out and gently pinched her cheek affectionately, smiling brightly. "Good, then from now on, we're together."
She widened her eyes in disbelief and could only frown and ask him,
"Mr. Fang, the time hasn't come yet. Why are you suddenly saying this?"