After Yu Xi got dressed, she remained silent towards Qi Yan, who was still sleeping on the bed.
What should I do? He slept with his close friend whom he felt very fond of, and he did it when he was unconscious... If he investigates this matter, will Qi Yan think that he is the kind of merciless scumbag?
-The ever-shrewd boss Yu Xi, the smiling fox, is in urgent need of a strategist to advise him at this moment.
While thinking about it, the person on the bed suddenly groaned, and then saw the figure turning. Under Yu Xi's nervous gaze, Qi Yan slowly woke up. Qi Yan seemed a little confused when he just woke up. He waited for a while before blinking.
The pain in his body was still faintly screaming. Qi Yan's mind was half awake when he saw the culprit sitting by the bed, staring at him with complicated eyes.
Under his gaze, Qi Yan's eyes gradually turned red.
"Ah!" Yu Xi panicked and quickly took out a handkerchief from the wooden box on one side: "Why are you crying? I'm not irresponsible?"
When he said this, Qi Yan, who was still a little confused, completely woke up. Recalling everything that happened during the day, crystal tears flowed down the corners of Qi Yan's eyes and disappeared into his hair.
The red eyes were a physiological reaction after waking up, but the tears falling now were really the bitterness that Qi Yan couldn't express.
Seeing his tears streaming down his face, Yu Xi was completely upset. He clumsily wiped Qi Yan's face with a handkerchief. Even though the other party glared at him fiercely, it could not alleviate the guilt in his heart.
After a while, Qi Yan felt that he had regained some strength, so he sat up suddenly, endured the pain and coldly pushed Yu Xi away who was trying to help him, and got out of bed naked without any hesitation. He bent down with great effort and lifted himself up. He picked up the torn clothes one by one and put them gently on his body, as if he wanted to cover up the ambiguous traces on his body.
Such a cold and strong look made Yu Xi feel even more guilty, and even felt a faint twinge of pain.
For some reason, he didn't want to see such an indifferent Qi Yan... It should be said that he was a little selfish. What he wanted to see was still the kind and intelligent Qi Yan, even though he faced everything with an indifferent face to the world.
"Qi Yan, you..."
"You may have been tricked by a thief yesterday." Qi Yan's voice was a little hoarse: "You have to pay attention these days. Also, if you have nothing else to do, please don't go to the Yamen to call me again. I still have my own work. To do.”
"Qi Yan, do you blame me? I'm sorry for what happened today, but..."
"You want to be responsible?" Qi Yan responded with a half-smile, "Forget it, you don't need to be responsible for anything. Whether it's the world, human relations, or me, you don't need to be responsible."
Yu Xi wanted to say something else, but was interrupted sharply by Qi Yan: "What happened today will be treated as if it never happened."
Yu Xi felt sour in her heart, and unknown emotions rose from the darkness. He knew that Qi Yan was setting boundaries with him, and even the good relationship in the past was reduced to smoke at this moment...
Why do we need to draw boundaries after such an intimate thing happened? He disagrees!
"Do you really want to draw a clear line?" Yu Xi snorted and said, "That's all, since you don't want to, why should I put my hot face on that cold butt? It's better to pretend that this never happened, so as not to distract me from it."
He deliberately said such words to provoke Qi Yan, and sure enough, he could barely see his figure trembling slightly.
Although Yu Xi felt distressed, she refrained from saying anything to Qi Yan. He put his hand on the curtain and pulled it hard. The moon-white curtain lay gently on Yu Xi's hand with the sound of tearing. Yu Xi walked to Qi Yan and draped the curtain over Qi Yan, wrapping his whole body in it.
"Even if you have to leave, just wait a moment. I'll ask someone to bring some clothes... and get a bucket of bath water by the way. You must take a good wash."
Seeing his thin and frail body shivering in the curtain, Yu Xi finally couldn't hold back and hugged him in her arms.
"Whether you blame me, hate me, or want to draw a clear line with me, I will listen to you. But before that, should you listen to my heartfelt words? If you miss it like this, you will seriously Won’t you regret it?”
[The male protagonist’s favorability towards Qi Yan is +5, current favorability: 85]
The tears he had been holding back finally overflowed at this moment. Qi Yan stood upright on the spot. Even if Yu Xi hugged him, he did not lean over.
As if he was protecting his only dignity, Qi Yan made Yu Xi feel heartbroken.
Simply, Qi Yan left without insisting. Wrapped Qi Yan in the quilt, Yu Xi tried to push open the locked door in Qi Yan's mouth, and then opened it with a slight step back.
Yu Xi looked at the quiet corridor outside in surprise, then turned to look at Qi Yan, and found that his head was exposed. He also looked at the door that opened with a slight push with a shocked look on his face.
"...Be careful when you go out." Qi Yan became even more worried: "I'm afraid there is a scam."
Yu Xi did not suspect that Qi Yan was lying. She went through everything in her mind and found that there were many suspicious things.
He knocked gently on the wooden door, quite rhythmically, which was the secret signal of the secret guard beside him. The moment the sound of the door stopped, a man dressed in black was kneeling next to Yu Xi.
"Is there anything unusual?" Yu Xi said in a cold voice, "Where did you go just now? What happened in the building?"
The man in black was respectful and his voice was as hoarse as a machine: "There is nothing abnormal. I just went to the Yamen. Mr. Liu came down to inspect and found that Mr. Qi was not there."
Qi Yan's heart tightened: "What then?"
"One of the people in the prison rescued Young Master Qi, and he is now safe."
Yu Xi lowered her eyes and looked at him for a long time, then asked, "Did you find anyone suspicious when you came back?"
"There is no suspicious person, but..." The man raised his head and looked at Yu Xi with a trace of confusion in his eyes: "Has the Lord closed the restaurant?"
Yu Xi was startled: "When did I close the restaurant? Although it is late now, it is still in the afternoon, closer to dusk, and further to night -"
Yu Xi's voice stopped suddenly. He turned around in disbelief and saw Qi Yan looking at him with a horrified expression.
"Yu Xi!" Qi Yan shouted. Before Yu Xi could recover, he felt a pain in his abdomen.
Looking down, he saw the man in black looking at him with a chuckle, his eyes full of disdain and ridicule.
There was a dagger stuck in his abdomen. When the dagger was pulled out, blood flowed. Yu Xi frowned. The man seemed to think he was dead, so he stood up and left. Yu Xi's eyes darkened, and she gathered her strength and slapped the man's back chest hard.
Spurting out a mouthful of blood, the man didn't even have a chance to scream. He just lay on the ground in a daze, refusing to close his eyes.
Qi Yan didn't care about anything else, and quickly ran down from the bed, came to Yu Xi, and supported him.
"Yu Xi, how are you? Is everything okay? I'll call the doctor!"
"Don't go!" Yu Xi grabbed him, sweat dripping from his forehead: "I'm afraid this building is under surveillance. You must not act rashly."
"Then what should you do?" Qi Yan said anxiously: "It's okay, they don't recognize me. What's more, no matter who it is, they should know that I am from the Yamen. Even if the situation in Daliang is imminent, no one dares to confront people from the court. Do it!"
"You little jailer, who cares whether you are from the imperial court or not..." Yu Xi struggled to say these words and moved step by step towards the bed. Seeing how stubborn he was, Qi Yan had no choice but to support him obediently.
Except for Qi Yan and Yu Xi, there was no one in the restaurant, including Yu Xi's secret guards.
Almost overnight, the entire restaurant was transformed.
Yu Xi's wound was not particularly deep. Although Yu Xi did not dodge the dagger, he dodged when Qi Yan screamed, causing the dagger that would have pierced him to tilt a lot. Therefore, wounds that seem to bleed a lot are not that serious after being treated with medicine.
After briefly treating Yu Xi's wounds, he pulled her over to ask what happened.
"When I came, you were already drunk on the table. I wanted to help you, but you woke up and looked very wrong, and then..."
Qi Yan didn't say anything more about what happened after that. Yu Xi also knew what happened, so she didn't ask any more questions.
"Why did you drink alone before? Also, was it you who asked me to come to the restaurant?"
Yu Xi's face was also a little pale. After thinking about it, he said truthfully: "It's true that I asked you to come to the restaurant. It's just because we haven't seen each other for a long time and we want to have a good reunion."
"Then why did you start drinking alone first?"
"I didn't drink..." Yu Xi reached out and pinched his eyebrows: "I'm afraid it was something else that made me dizzy."
Qi Yan didn't say that when he came in, the smell of alcohol in the room was very strong, so he suspected that Yu Xi was drunk.
"This restaurant is yours, how could you be framed in your own territory?" Qi Yan paused, and the light in his eyes dimmed. After pondering for a moment, he asked a question he had asked many times.
"Are you really a spy of the enemy country?"
This time, Yu Xi was silent, instead of pretending to be a relaxed denial like before.
Qi Yan's heart sank slightly, and after a long while, he sighed: "That's it, I already know."
"Do you care?" Yu Xi said: "I am willing to tell you because I am not afraid. Even if I die in your hands in the end, I will have no regrets."
The heart seems to be wrapped in warmth, but behind that warmth is a wall of ice that can dissipate the warmth anytime and anywhere, freezing the entire heart.
Doesn't it matter if this man dies in his own hands
"Don't trust me too much." Qi Yan's voice was light, with no hint of emotion or anger.
His tone made Yu Xi believe him even more.
These are two people who are familiar with each other. They are familiar with each other's tone and movements. Even though they have known each other for less than a year, their tacit understanding is unprecedented.
"Do you think this was done by the imperial court?" Qi Yan changed the subject: "Do you want to hear my deduction?"
Yu Xi raised her eyebrows: "I'm all ears."