Qiao Xi wanted to explain again, but the enthusiastic driver dissuaded her. Thinking it over, he was just a passer - by. Whether he misunderstood her or not shouldn't affect her.
After adjusting her attitude, the pink bubbles the driver was creating in the front seat didn't bother Qiao Xi at all.
About half an hour later, the car pulled over to the side of the road. Using the only cash in her wallet to pay the fare, Qiao Xi rushed into the residential community and then into the apartment building.
Back home, she placed the business card she had been clutching all the way on the table.
Picking up the landline phone beside it, she looked at the name on the card and thought of Wen Sining, but her fingers dialed Feng Jingcheng's number.
"Hello."
"It's me. I'm home safely."
Nervously clutching the phone, Qiao Xi waited anxiously for the other person's response.
After a few seconds of pause, Feng Jingcheng understood.
"Okay, I got it. Go to bed early."
"You too."
After hanging up the phone, Qiao Xi still held it in her hand for a while. There was something stirring in her heart, an itch that seemed to be trying to break out of her pounding heart.
Could it be...
Qiao Xi slapped her head and strongly refuted, "What are you thinking? It's impossible!"
She picked up the business card and neatly stuffed it into the drawer in front of her. To prevent such thoughts from taking root in her heart, she picked up the phone again to contact Wen Sining.
Wen Sining was lying on a two - meter - wide bed, tossing and turning. She looked at Lu Luochen on the sofa.
Lu Luochen wasn't asleep either. His dark pupils were fixed on Wen Sining.
Forget it. She'd better turn back.
Wen Sining grabbed the quilt and shifted her bottom back to her original position.
Buzz - buzz~
In the quiet room, the vibrating sound from under the pillow echoed loudly throughout the room.
Wen Sining's heart skipped a beat. She quickly reached over her shoulder and felt for the phone. By muscle memory, she pressed the button on the edge, and the noisy sound stopped abruptly.
Letting out a sigh, she thought of Qiao Xi whom she couldn't reach at night. Feeling the phone vibrate again in her palm, after a moment of hesitation, Wen Sining threw off the quilt and silently put on her shoes.
She could feel Lu Luochen's eyes on her. But so what? She had to know how Qiao Xi was doing.
When she reached the door and just unlocked it, the scent of a man wafted up behind her.
What was he following her for?
Forget it. She'd play it by ear.
Wen Sining let go of the door handle and continued walking out.
Turning on the living - room light, Wen Sining stood in front of the kitchen bar, holding a water cup.
Lu Luochen was standing beside her. He picked up a cup and walked to the sofa in front to sit down.
Was he doing it on purpose?
Wen Sining stared at him resentfully. With the phone in her hand, she didn't even get a chance to answer it.
Reaching out to place the cup on the coffee table, Lu Luochen then picked up the remote control. In the bright living room, sounds echoed from time to time.
Facing his broad back, Wen Sining slowly squatted down. Her eyes wandered between the stairs and the sofa. Hugging her knees, she inched towards the stairs at a snail's pace.
"Your phone has been ringing." Lu Luochen turned around, and his sharp eyes immediately locked onto Wen Sining.
One of her legs was on the step, and the other was below. Wen Sining kept her aching neck still and looked at Lu Luochen in surprise and embarrassment as he walked towards her.
"Aren't you going to answer it?" Lu Luochen looked down at the phone screen in her hand.
The screen was glowing, but the part with the contact name was perfectly covered by her hand.
Wen Sining decided to stop hiding. Since he knew, there was no need to be furtive. Standing up from the ground, she swiped the screen and answered Qiao Xi's call right in front of Lu Luochen.
"Hello."
"Sining, I lost my phone."
Glancing at Lu Luochen, she walked to the sofa and sat down. The TV was still playing. Wen Sining casually crossed her legs on the sofa and put a pillow in her lap to support her arm.
"Okay, where are you now?" Wen Sining asked.
"I just got home."
It had been dozens of hours since her first call. She'd just gotten home. What had happened to her in those hours?
Wen Sining noticed that Lu Luochen was still standing on the stairs and hadn't left. So she changed the question on the tip of her tongue. "How are you doing now? Are you going to rest?"
The sudden change of topic made Qiao Xi squint her eyes in confusion. "Are you already resting?"
"Yes. We'll talk about anything else tomorrow. Go to bed early. Don't stay up late." Wen Sining ended the conversation.
Qiao Xi hung up the phone in a daze. Looking at her disheveled self, she put down the phone and went back to her room to get ready to wash up.
At the Lu residence, Wen Sining put her phone on do - not - disturb mode. Then she turned to look at Lu Luochen on the stairs and asked, "Do you still want to watch TV?"
Lu Luochen didn't know why he'd turned on the TV. Hearing Wen Sining's question, he turned and walked upstairs.
"Tsk~" Wen Sining snorted and picked up the remote control to turn off the TV.
Back in the room, they didn't say another word to each other. They each lay down in their own places and quietly fell asleep.
The next day.
Early in the morning, the old master made a racket in the living room to wake the two still in dreamland.
Wen Sining was sleepy - eyed, covering her mouth and yawning as she followed Lu Luochen.
"Ouch!"
After taking two steps down the stairs, Wen Sining bumped into Lu Luochen's back. She instantly woke up from her drowsy state.
"Why did you suddenly stop!" Wen Sining rubbed her forehead and complained.
Didn't he know that this would cause a collision? Or was he doing it on purpose?
Lu Luochen turned to face Wen Sining with her pouting lips. He deliberately slowed down his steps as he went downstairs. On the one hand, he was deliberately holding her back, not giving her any chance to get in front of him.
It only took a few steps to get down the stairs, but they took a full ten minutes. Wen Sining saw that there was only one step left. The pent - up feeling in her body instantly dissipated. She deliberately waited until Lu Luochen was some distance away from the stairs and then took a big, revengeful step.
"Madam!"
Uncle Bai cried out in alarm. The other servants in the living room also looked towards the stairs at the sound.
Wen Sining's eyes widened in shock. She flailed her hands in the air and threw herself straight at Lu Luochen.
"Get out of the way~"
Before her words could even finish, Wen Sining landed squarely on Lu Luochen.
With a thud, the living room fell silent.
Wen Sining took a deep breath and looked down at Lu Luochen menacingly beneath her in embarrassment.
"Get off!" Lu Luochen pushed at Wen Sining's hands on his chest.
Without the support, her heavy body fell even faster. The lips that Wen Sining had gasped and puckered landed firmly on Lu Luochen's lips.