If Zhuang Yuhua hadn't seen that the dark silhouette was Chi Yue, he would have jumped up and used Tai Chi.
He stood up and turned on the bedside lamp. Under the light, Chi Yue's face was half bright and half dark, looking even more terrifying.
Even though Zhuang Yuhua believed in idealism, he was still a little nervous at this moment. He asked, "Chi Yue, what's wrong with you? Why aren't you sleeping?"
Chi Yue did not answer, but asked: "Why are you still calling my name now?"
Zhuang Xihua was stunned for a moment, wondering what else to call him if not his name. It took him a while to understand what he meant. He said with a smile, "I'll call you Xiaoyue."
Chi Yue said "hmm" to show her agreement.
Both Tang Feng and Xiyin called him by his nickname, but Zhuang Yuhua kept calling him by his full name, which sounded very strange.
Chi Yue's expression brightened a little, and he looked like a human and no longer like a ghost.
Zhuang Xihua stretched out his hand and pulled him to sit on the bed. He looked at his face carefully and found that he was pale and his eyes were blue. He kept staring at him with dull eyes and looked a little empty. Zhuang Xihua suddenly had an idea and asked, "Xiaoyue, you haven't slept all this time, have you?"
Chi Yue nodded.
Zhuang Xihua asked in disbelief: "Since yesterday... no, it should be the day before yesterday, from the time you entered the door until now, you haven't slept for a single second?"
Zhuang Yuhua remembered that when he woke up yesterday at noon, Chi Yue was already sitting in the living room. At that time, Zhuang Yuhua thought he got up early, but now thinking about it, he didn't get up early at all, he didn't sleep at all.
Chi Yue continued to nod and gave a positive answer.
Zhuang Yuhua's heart suddenly tightened. It was almost forty-eight hours and Chi Yue hadn't slept at all. Even if he was young, he couldn't endure this.
Seeing that he still didn't speak, Zhuang Xihua said sadly: "I let you live here because I wanted to take care of you and let you relax and rest. But in the end, you couldn't sleep. I might as well send you back to the dormitory."
Chi Yue panicked, grabbed Zhuang Xihua's hand, shook her head and said, "I won't leave."
"Why don't you sleep? What if you ruin your health?"
Zhuang Xihua felt Chi Yue's hands were cold, so he moved some of the thin blanket over him to cover his legs.
Chi Yue lowered her eyes and said after a long while: "I was afraid you would disappear."
Zhuang Yuhua was stunned and asked in confusion: "Why wouldn't I see you? I will greet you when I get home."
Chi Yue didn't say anything, but just held Zhuang Xihua's hand tightly, causing Zhuang Xihua some pain.
Zhuang Xihua knew that he was actually very strong, so he didn't shake his hand off. Instead, he asked, "What are you worried about?"
Zhuang Yuhua saw that Chi Yue was worried, so worried that she didn't sleep for two days and two nights, and stayed by her side all the time.
Chi Yue shook her head slowly: "I can't explain it, but I'm afraid you'll disappear suddenly."
His wording was a little strange, Zhuang Xihua did not delve into it, but just assured again and again: "I will not leave without saying goodbye, this is my home, where else can I go."
Zhuang Yuhua didn't understand why Chi Yue was so kind before, but became abnormal after moving into his house, why Chi Yue was worried that he would leave his home, and what was there in this house that scared Chi Yue.
Chi Yue raised her head and looked into Zhuang Xihua's warm eyes. She held his hand. The soft yet tough touch mixed with the warmth of body temperature transmitted from her fingertips gave Chi Yue a real feeling.
Only then did Chi Yue confirm that this person was by his side.
Chi Yue raised his eyes and scanned the bedroom. This was not his first time here. The current room had undergone a drastic change from what he remembered. It could be said that they were two completely different spaces.
The things he experienced were also very different. In each event, the people present were consistent with his memory, but the direction was strange, which made him very scared.
Zhuang Yuhua noticed that Chi Yue's hand was trembling slightly. He held Chi Yue's hand tightly and said softly, "I'm here. I will always be with you."
After a long while, Chi Yue finally relaxed, looked at Zhuang Yuhua, and said, "It's settled. You are not allowed to leave."
His tone was a little tough, with a different kind of dominance than usual, and seemed a little fierce.
To Zhuang Xihua's ears, it sounded like a little wolfhound bluffing and showing off its strength.
Zhuang Xihua raised a smile, moved the hand he was holding, hooked his pinky with her pinky, shook it gently, and said, "Okay, let's pinky it."
Chi Yue looked down at their entangled fingers. Both of them had beautiful hands, long and clean, hooked together like vines climbing on each other.
Chi Yue's cheeks slowly turned red, and she finally regained her popularity.
"Don't worry, don't worry. Go to bed early."
No matter what, not sleeping for two days and two nights is too harmful to your health.
Zhuang Yuhua moved his butt to make room for half of the bed, and said generously: "If you're still not sure, sleep with me."
Chi Yue's face turned even redder. He suddenly stood up, rushed out of the bedroom, and came back after a while, holding the bedding.
He spread the sheets on the side of Zhuang Xihua's bed and said, "I'll sleep on the upper floor."
How could Zhuang Xihua let the guest sleep on the bed? He quickly said, "It's okay. My bed is big. Come up and sleep."
Chi Yue's face flushed red, and she quickly lay down on the bed, covered with a quilt, and said, "It's not okay here. If you get too close, I won't be able to wield a sword again."
Zhuang Xihua: “?”
He felt the gap between him and Chi Yue deeply, and he often couldn't understand what Chi Yue said.
Since Chi Yue insisted, Zhuang Yuhua didn't say anything more. He was afraid that if he didn't agree, Chi Yue would stay up all night and stand by his bed.
Fortunately, it is summer now and the weather is hot. Zhuang Yuhua turned up the air conditioner temperature a little bit and said softly to Chi Yue, "Go to sleep, good night."
Chi Yue responded quietly: "Good night."
Zhuang Xihua turned off the lights and fell asleep again.
Chi Yue listened to the shallow breathing beside her, finally felt at ease, and slowly closed her eyes.
Zhuang Yuhua fell into a deep sleep in the back and never woke up, except that occasionally something would slide in his hand.
This time it was different from the snake-like feeling just now. It felt soft and hot, groping around his little finger repeatedly, as if it had put a square-shaped rope around him, pulling him tightly and leaving him nowhere to hide.
The next day, Zhuang Yuhua woke up, turned over and looked at the bedside, and found Chi Yue was still sleeping.
Chi Yue was lying on the bed in a rather heroic posture. The quilt was not covering her, but was loosely draped over her abdomen. Her two long legs were stretched out of the quilt, and her pajamas had just been pulled down to her ankles, revealing her two fair feet.
Zhuang Yuhua observed Chi Yue's foot bones and concluded that Chi Yue could still grow taller.
He reached out to cover Chi Yue with the quilt, his eyes suddenly fell to Chi Yue's waist, and then he was stunned.
… How to say it, he suddenly realized that Chi Yue was an adult.
Not only is he an adult, he's also a young man full of vigor and vitality. It's normal for him to have a reaction early in the morning.
This made Zhuang Yuhua feel a little uncomfortable. He picked up Chi Yue's quilt quietly and covered him with it, covering Chi Yue's waist tightly. Only then did he breathe a sigh of relief.
He got out of bed, walked into the room, prepared breakfast, and started his day.
After Chi Yue woke up, she found Zhuang Xihua was still in the room, and then everything returned to normal. Zhuang Xihua went to the company to attend court... no, to work, and Chi Yue went with him to the headquarters for internship. Everything seemed to be back to the past and on the right track.
Until Luo Zhenduo went to Zhuang's Company to pick up Chi Yue in person.
This means that the Luo family has found out the truth of everything.
Twenty years ago, Chi Yue's biological mother Lu Hong gave birth in the same hospital. Lu Hong soon discovered that there was something wrong with her child and that he had a congenital heart disease.
The Chi family had no money, and Lu Hong had a hard time giving birth to a son. She wanted to show off, but who knew that her son was a sickly child.
Heart surgery requires huge medical expenses, which is an astronomical figure for the Chi family.
Lu Hong saw that a girl in the next ward also gave birth to a son. The girl was somewhat averse to the child and was unwilling to look at the baby for long. Her family often argued with a wealthy-looking lady in the hospital. The lady seemed to want to take the child away, and the girl's family was bargaining with her.
At this time, Lu Hong had a bold idea.
She finally got the chance, and the next day the child said goodbye to her young mother and was taken away by a wealthy lady. Before leaving, the girl and the baby were alone for an afternoon, and Lu Hong quietly slipped into the room and replaced the baby with her own child.
Therefore, Xiyin, who had a congenital heart disease, was taken away by Mrs. Luo, while the healthy Chiyue came to the Chi family and was treated as a tool for blood-sucking and elderly care by her adoptive parents.
Luo Zhenduo figured out these things and felt shocked but deeply sad at the same time.
If he had not had an escapist mentality at that time and had chosen to face his own child, perhaps he would not have given Lu Hong the opportunity to take advantage of him.
If he had learned how to be a father and not just spoiled her as compensation, Xiyin would not have grown up like this.
Luo Zhenduo looked at Chi Yue in front of him and thought to himself, he didn't know if he could still be a good father, and he didn't know if his son could still accept him.
Chi Yue followed Luo Zhenduo to the identification center, and the two had their blood drawn on the spot for DNA comparison. The Luo family paid for the expedited process and the results were quickly obtained.
Chi Yue is Luo Zhenduo's biological son.
Although everyone already knew this fact, it was still shocking when the results were obtained.
Even Zhuang Xihua couldn't help but feel incredible.
It's just that he has one more idea than others.
The original book is so melodramatic that even Chi Yue's background is so complicated. No matter what weird plots appear, Zhuang Yuhua is not surprised.
Lu Hong took Xiyin's money and ran away, but was caught by Luo Zhenduo. She confessed that she had colluded with Xiyin, deceived Chi Yue and kidnapped him.
The Luo family had ten thousand ways to quietly get rid of the Chi couple, but under the influence of Zhuang Yuhua, Luo Zhenduo decided to sue Lu Hong and let her bear the due legal responsibility.
Luo Zhenduo would not let Chi Yue return to the Chi family, but he was undecided about what Chi Yue was thinking.
Xiyin's incident dealt a great blow to Luo Zhenduo. He had never really thought about what his children were thinking and just doted on them blindly. He began to respect his children's ideas and understand their needs.
Luo Zhenduo looked at his biological son with mixed feelings, and asked Chi Yue in a hoarse voice: "Are you willing to accept me as your father?"
He asked with great difficulty, and each word seemed to have been squeezed out through thousands of hardships. It took a lot of effort to piece together a sentence.
Chi Yue answered readily: "Yes, I do."
Luo Zhenduo: “…”
Chi Yue was too straightforward, which made him feel unreal.
Then Chi Yue further aggravated his sense of unreality and shouted directly, "Dad."
Before Luo Zhenduo could be moved, he heard Chi Yue say, "Give me money."
Luo Zhenduo: “?”