After leaving the Ninth Heaven, all her friends went away in pairs, leaving her alone.
In the past, when she and her friends gathered late, Si Yiyan would come to pick her up personally, so today she deliberately delayed the party until ten o'clock, wanting to see if he would have a change of heart and come to pick her up.
But, obviously, she was going to be disappointed.
Wen Xinya couldn't help but call Si Yiyan.
She picked up the phone as usual, but Wen Xinya felt sad and held the phone for a long time, not knowing what to say.
"What's wrong?"
Perhaps because he hadn't heard her speak for a while, Si Yiyan patiently spoke.
Wen Xinya suppressed her depressed mood and whispered, "I'm in the Ninth Heaven. I met Zhou Tianyu and the others. The party just ended."
There was a hint of anticipation in her voice.
Si Yiyan was silent for a moment, then said, "It's already ten o'clock. I'll ask Gu Yuehan to pick you up. Go back and rest early."
He sat in the car, looking at a person squatting under a street light not far away, emitting a lonely look, like an abandoned orphan, and his heart couldn't help but tremble slightly.
Although the two of them were in a lukewarm semi-cold war, he still paid attention to her every move. He naturally knew about her meeting with Gu Junlin and others today.
He didn't care much about it at first, but by 9:30 in the evening, he began to feel uneasy.
There were piles of documents on the desk, but he couldn't concentrate on reading them. Instead, he kept looking at the time on his watch. He only persisted in this state for ten minutes before giving up. He immediately dropped his busy work, took the car keys, and drove straight to the ninth heaven.
He had heard the cautious probing and implicit expectations in her words. The self-control that he had always been proud of began to break down little by little under her gentle voice. He even wanted to disregard everything, open the door, get out of the car, and pull her into his arms.
However, he still held back.
Infatuated men and resentful women are not his style.
This time, he was really angry.
Wen Xinya pursed her lips and didn't bother about it anymore: "When will you come back? I... I'll make you a midnight snack, okay?"
Si Yiyan did not go home for the past two nights. Every time she called him, he said he was busy with work. She ran to find him and wanted to question him, but when she saw the piles of documents on his desk and Gu Yuehan's tired face, she swallowed all the questions silently.
No matter how busy he was at work or how late he worked, he would always go home.
Although she knew that he doted on her, without comparison, she had no way of truly feeling how much he indulged her.
"I'll try my best!" A hint of darkness flashed across Si Yiyan's eyes. He was afraid that he would disappoint her today. Country E had completed its deployment for the operation to disintegrate the HZ International Alliance, and the operation would be launched in full swing soon. Not only could he not go home to accompany her today, but he would not be able to go back for at least a week.
Wen Xinya bit her lip, her eyes felt sore and bitter, and she felt extremely aggrieved.
Si Yiyan changed the subject and said, "Anfia has been sent back to Italy and will not appear in front of you again."
Gu Yuexi will also be punished for acting on his own initiative.
Mr. An is a smart man. He will restrain Anfia's behavior in the future and will not give Anfia any chance to commit suicide.
"Yeah... I understand."
She had heard about Anfia's incident yesterday. Anfia was covered in a black cloth and beaten in the underground parking lot of Jiayuan Club. She had five broken bones and was almost covered with bruises.
Thinking back to the time when Wen Haowen caused her to be hospitalized due to a bruised forehead, Si Yiyan rushed all the way back from Country E to Beijing to see her, stayed with her for half the night, and quietly left early the next morning. Later, she found out that Si Yiyan had beaten Wen Haowen up to vent her anger.
At that time, she laughed at him for being childish.
The past was vivid in her mind, Wen Xinya's nose felt sore and she had an urge to cry out of grievance.
She didn't know why, but she seemed to have become very fragile and particularly sentimental recently.
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Si Yiyan followed her car all the way and personally sent her back to the manor. Then he returned to Jiayuan Club and plunged into the busy and high-intensity work.
"Knock knock knock—" there was a knock on the door.
Si Yiyan stopped the work at hand, slowly leaned back in his chair, and rubbed his swollen and painful forehead: "Come in!"
The office door was pushed open, and Wen Xinya, carrying a thermos, walked into the office carefully with light steps.
Si Yiyan's eyes suddenly focused, and he looked at his watch. It was already past midnight: "It's so late, why don't you stay at home and rest?"
He was naturally aware of her actions in trying every possible way to please him in the past two days.
I didn't expect this little girl to come here so late.
When Wen Xinya heard his voice, she felt as if she was being punished to stand while studying. She was a little bit at a loss, and stood straight in front of him, her posture almost like a soldier standing at attention.
This made Si Yiyan feel both amused and confused.
Wen Xinya explained in a panic: "That... Gu Yuehan said... you didn't eat much at night, and I was worried that you were busy with work and your body was damaged, so I made a pot of five-seed porridge for you."
Five-seed porridge is made with walnuts, pine nuts, melon seeds, lotus seeds, almonds and other nuts, which are ground into powder and then simmered over low heat.
The five-seed porridge made in this way is fragrant, soft, delicious and healthy, and has the medicinal effect of nourishing the liver and kidneys, benefiting the brain and calming the mind.
She looked at him with sparkling eyes, bright and pure, with a flattering look, which made Si Yiyan feel helpless: "Give it to me."
He was indeed a little hungry.
Wen Xinya was stunned for a moment, unable to react.
Si Yiyan emphasized again: "Bring the porridge over?"
Wen Xinya heard it clearly now and smiled broadly. She ran to the sofa with porridge in her hand and quickly served him a bowl of porridge and placed it in front of him.
Si Yiyan looked at the porridge in front of him, which had a fragrant smell and soft rice grains, and his appetite immediately grew.
Wen Xinya propped her chin up and tilted her head to look at Si Yiyan who was holding a small white glazed bowl and a spoon, eating slowly. His every move was full of natural elegance and nobility.
Si Yi put down the empty bowl in his hand, picked up the face towel, and wiped his mouth: "It's already late, I'll let Gu Yuehan take you home!"
Wen Xinya said shamelessly: "No, it takes about an hour to drive from Jiayuan to the manor. It's so late, and driving back is simply a waste of time. Anyway, you have a room here, and it's not like you haven't slept here before."
After saying that, she pretended to yawn and looked very sleepy.
Si Yiyan's eyes flickered with a hint of smile, and the girl's face became thicker: "It's up to you, I still have work to do, if you're sleepy, go to bed early."
After saying that, Si Yiyan stood up and returned to his desk.