CH 16

The scorching air was sultry and unbearable. Qin Yao strode into the living room and sat down on the sofa, but his body faintly exuded a cold aura. Seeing that there was a visitor, the servant also knew that it was the little young master of the Qin family, so he didn't dare to neglect and hurried over to ask him what he wanted to drink.

Qin Yao didn't seem to hear him, the gaze in his dark eyes heavy. He was staring blankly into space and his expression held a little gloom within the loneliness.

He sat in the living room, so he naturally couldn’t hear the conversation between Zhong Youyou and Shi Zhitang at the entrance of the villa.

But when he raised his eyes, he could clearly see that the distance between the two of them was extremely close. Then, after an exchange of words, Youyou tucked her hair at the back of her ears and the corners of her mouth curved up in an obvious arc.

"……"

Youyou had never been like this in front of him before.

That moment, the possessiveness in Qin Yao's heart overwhelmed his mind. He subconsciously stood up and wanted to walk over there, wanting to unreasonably interrupt the contact between the two. He did this many times before and it was because of this that he made Youyou more disgusted......

Qin Yao took a deep breath and tried his best to contain the impenetrable jealousy in his heart.

He unbuttoned the collar a little dryly.

……

*

Zhong Youyou did laugh, but it was actually sneer. She crossed her arms and looked at Shi Zhitang's eyes a little mockingly: "Meng Shixuan is not at home, come another day."

These two people haven’t had enough of seeing each other at school, so they still needed to chase her to this house to revolt her?

Shi Zhitang's eyes fell on Zhong Youyou's face in front of him and his heart palpitated for a moment.

When Zhong Youyou moved here three years ago, he was surprised when he first saw her. The timid little girl sitting in the corner stealthily looked at him, but did not dare to come forward to speak. That was a totally different beauty from the pampered, gentle and generous Meng Shixuan who lived in comfort.

At that time, Zhong Youyou seemed to be about to bloom, but was covered in thorns. She was a nervous and helpless flower bud, and treated everything around him with care and embarrassment, making people feel pity for no reason.

It's a pity, that that kind of Zhong Youyou was fleeting.

Afterwards, every time he saw her, she became more rebellious and vulgar. Not only her personality became unreasonable and annoying, but she also messed up her makeup and hair. Her face was always covered heavily with eyeshadow and thick eyelashes, so that sometimes he couldn't see her face clearly.

Of course, after she turned herself into that ghostly appearance, many of the Zhong family’s guests wouldn't give her a second glance at all.

But now...

He saw the clean Zhong Youyou again, standing in front of him like this. Her clean and fair face was drenched with sunlight, and it was coated with a dazzling light, making it hard for him to move his eyes away.

Her beauty caused people to not dare admit.

Shi Zhitang’s mood is complicated. In the most difficult time in his last life, Meng Shixuan broke off their engagement without hesitation. Instead, Zhong Youyou didn't care about how he hurt her before and helped him when he needed it. His heart is not made of stone. Even if he still has no feelings between men and women for Zhong Youyou, he is still moved...

And now, Zhong Yoyo, who has regained her luster and light, caused him to become absent-minded for a moment, and his heart also skipped a beat.

After he settled down, he remembered his purpose for coming here and said, "I'm here to find you. I have something to talk about."

Zhong Youyou was taken aback for a moment, then frowned.

——Even if Shi Zhitang had a bit of a heart, he shouldn't always appear in front of the original owner. He knows that the original owner likes him to death, and he always gives the original owner hope. Sometimes indifferent, sometimes showing a little warmth. Doesn't he know that the more he is like this, the more the original owner will be unable to give up?

It would be better to be completely cold-blooded and ruthless, and tell the original owner to stop thinking about it.

She snorted, put down her arms, slid her hands in her pockets, and leaned on the door, but her attitude became more and more casually alienating, and she said coldly, "Talk? What’s there to talk about between us?

"...Youyou, why are you....." The words Shi Zhitang prepared earlier suddenly got stuck in his throat, and he looked at Zhong Youyou in incomprehension.

In front of him, Zhong Youyou has always been humble and delighted. If he takes a look at Zhong Youyou a little more, Zhong Youyou would be happy all day long —— he is also used to a Zhong Youyou like that chasing after him. But what happened to Zhong Youyou today? Her eyes are so cold that he can't find a trace of love?

Or was she angry because he spoke up for Meng Shixuan not long ago?

Shi Zhitang thought that he had found the reason, so he sighed and said in a somewhat pampering tone: "Don't be like this, I want to have a good talk with you. If you don't like Meng Shixuan, I will interact with her less in the future, okay?"

His eyes are sincere and his words were serious.

Having experienced those things in his previous life, he is now tired of seeing Meng Shixuan. In the past few days, what lingered in his mind were the small details when he stayed with Zhong Youyou in his previous life. In his previous life, he only regarded Zhong Youyou as his younger sister and didn’t have many chances to interact with her, but he held a good opinion of Zhong Youyou.

If Zhong Youyou is still willing to like him in this life, then he will definitely treat Zhong Youyou well. In the past few days, he was waiting for Zhong Youyou to take the initiative to find him. After all, Zhong Youyou used to find excuses to go to his class or wander near his home when he had nothing to do, wanting to see him more.

But in the past few days, Zhong Youyou has never appeared in front of him, as if she had never thought of him.

He called Zhong Youyou, but Zhong Youyou didn't answer it either.

He was a little panicked now and he had a bad feeling in his heart, so he took the initiative to visit today.

It was only after he had experienced his last life that he realized that he was too indecisive and hesitant when making a decision, which led to the final result. He was also responsible for Zhong Youyou falling into such an end. Therefore, although he had prepared a lot of words today, what he said just now was the most direct sentence, which is tantamount to a confession…..

He knew that Zhong Youyou would show shocked and surprised eyes, and wouldn't believe it was true. He couldn't help but smile slightly and very softly, waiting to tell Zhong Youyou that this is all true…..

"Are you serious?" Zhong Youyou was indeed shocked, but she was not even a little bit happy! She was simply speechless. Shi Zhitang was always happily together with Meng Shixuan, but why the heck did he suddenly turn around and look for her? Was he too free?

Shi Zhitang said softly: "Serious."

"......No, what is it that gives you confidence, thinking that I am willing to keep being a spare tire for you?" Zhong Youyou was so startled that she didn’t know which way was North.

spare tire - fallback guy or girl

"..." Shi Zhitang's ears buzzed, he couldn't understand what Zhong Youyou was saying.

Hasn't she always liked him?

He said with some difficulty: "What do you mean?"

Zhong Youyou smiled and simply spelled it out for him, "It means that now, the spare tire is not willing to continue being one. Can you understand that?"

Shi Zhitang felt as if the back of his head had been slammed with a stick. His mind was buzzing for a long time, unable to think.

He stood there motionless, like he had been dropped into an ice cellar. He tried to tell if Zhong Youyou was saying this out of anger, but Zhong Youyou had never treated him with such a cold attitude.

......He suddenly felt like he couldn't breathe. He never felt that until after being treated with such indifferent attitude by Zhong Youyou.

"Youyou, why are you suddenly....."

Before he finished his words, he suddenly heard a "DONG" coming from the living room of the villa. A heavy object fell and the sky shook, and several servants cried out in shock, "Young Master Qin, what happened to you?!"

"Qin Yao is here too?" Shi Zhitang's expression changed.

But Zhong Youyou was taken aback and hurried in as if she could not care less about him.

*

Zhong Youyou ran over. Water was splashed all over the floor and the fruit bowl had broken into two. Qin Yao's lips were dry and peeling, and his mind seemed to be a bit fuzzy. She was taken aback, and quickly helped him up and reached out to touch his forehead.

So hot!

This is so hot that it’s over forty degrees!

When did you start to have a fever? Didn’t you drive over just now? And could even speak?

Zhong Youyou hurriedly grabbed his two arms, trying to drag him up.

But Qin Yao was too heavy, she couldn't pull him up, so she fell onto him. Shi Zhitang, who was chasing in after her, happened to see this. Shi Zhitang's face turned dark and he spoke to the servants next to him: "What are you doing in a daze, why aren’t you helping?"

The servants didn't dare to get close, but they had no choice but to help Zhong Youyou lift Qin Yao up and send him to Zhong Youyou's room upstairs.

Zhong Youyou touched Qin Yao's forehead again and found that it didn't seem to be as hot as before, but it was still pouring with sweat for some reason.

She said: "Bring over some ice cubes and towels."

The servants nodded and went out. After going out, they looked at each other. They have heard of the little young master of the Qin family for a long time, but they haven't seen him. After seeing him, he was indeed as crazy as the rumors said!

He just soundlessly poured a cup of hot water and wiped the boiling water on his forehead. In this hot weather, how could he keep his forehead from getting hot? Immediately afterwards, they were dumbfounded and before they could react, they saw the Qin family’s little young master suddenly faint——

It wasn’t them who said it, but only Zhong Youyou would believe that this strong and tall man would faint the moment he decided to.

*

Zhong Youyou closed the door, sat down by the bed, and asked, "Did you catch a cold? Why didn't you tell me earlier? I'm sorry to call you over when you’re sick."

Qin Yao opened his eyes, lowered his eyes, and pursed his lips, not saying a word. The tall one leaned back on the small bed, and adding on his pale lips, he looked very pitiful.

"……"

Zhong Youyou suddenly felt embarrassed to reproach him, and blamed herself. What was she talking for so long with Shi Zhitang for.

She said: "Then what should I do. How about you rest first and we don’t move today? I will look for you another day?"

Qin Yao's expression suddenly changed. Just when he was about to speak, he saw Zhong Youyou look over and hurriedly buried his head, and said dully, "If you want to move, let’s move. Maybe I’ll be fine after I sweat."

"Are you sure?" Zhong Youyou doubtfully asked.

It happened that the servant brought the ice cubes and towels over. She carefully wrapped the ice cubes with the towel, pushed Qin Yao down with one hand, and pressed the ice cubes on his forehead with the other hand.

She didn’t know if it was her illusion, but after only putting it on for two short minutes, the temperature on Qin Yao’s forehead dropped quickly…...

She felt confused. She touched her forehead, and then touched Qin Yao's forehead, only to find that the temperature of Qin Yao's forehead was lower than her own. What's going on? She quickly removed the ice cubes.

"Why aren’t you burning up anymore?"

Qin Yao also seemed somewhat innocently surprised and blinked: "Maybe your ice cube method is quite useful?"

"……"

Zhong Youyou was speechless for a while, and pulled him up from the bed: "Do you still have any strength?"

Qin Yao was afraid that she would really not move today, so he hurriedly got out of bed, rolled up his sleeves, deliberately exposed her white and capable arms, circled around Zhong Youyou, and lightly picked up her luggage: "What do you think? "

Zhong Youyou touched Qin Yao's forehead again, and after making sure that he really did not have a fever, she lowered her hands. She carried the two lightest bags and followed him downstairs and moved the things to the trunk of his car.

*

The two went upstairs and downstairs twice, completely tossing Shi Zhitang to the back of their heads, and did not notice that Shi Zhitang sat downcast in the living room for a while. Seeing that Zhong Youyou still hadn't come down, he left in a complicated mood......

At this time, everything was loaded into the car. Zhong Youyou just got into the passenger seat and suddenly remembered something.

"I'll go get the fruit, I washed it for you specially, so it's a pity not to eat it."

"Was it really washed for me?" Qin Yao was fastening her seat belt and was suddenly startled and in disbelief.

"Yeah." Zhong Youyou glanced at him: "If I didn’t wash it for you, then who did I wash it for? I only have an appointment with you and I didn't know that Shi Zhitang would drop by so suddenly."

After finishing, she jumped out of the car and went to the refrigerator to put the washed cherries in a small bag. The weather is too hot and she can eat them in the car later. Before leaving, she glanced at the villa, only to feel very happy.

So when he jumped into the car, she was still humming.

Seeing Qin Yao still frozen, she urged: "What are you in a daze for? Drive."

Qin Yao stared at her, but repeated: "It was really washed for me?"

"That's right." Zhong Youyou opened the fruit box and picked a few fresh, red and tender cherries, with clean and crystal clear droplets on them. She stuffed one into Qin Yao's mouth, urging: "Hurry up, it's too sunny."

When her fingertips touched Qin Yao's lips, Qin Yao suddenly stiffened.

After taking the cherry into his mouth, he only started chewing after a long time, and slowly, after a long while, he eased from his stiffness.

That kind of feeling is tantamount to having fallen into the darkness, and when he was planning to reluctantly accept it, she suddenly threw down a life-saving straw.

——She really washed it for him, really washed it for him! Was it also possible that she put on makeup for him?

Qin Yao was like a child who was suddenly rewarded. He was so surprised that he couldn't find where north, south, east, or west was. He was ecstatic, and his heart thumped and thumped.

The author has something to say:

Qin Yao: So happy

Zhong Youyou: How disappointing