Chapter 325

But she and Qiao Muting still have to live their lives in the future, so keeping up appearances is enough.

Qiao Muting looked at her deeply, "Her mother lost her life to save me, and my taking care of her is merely fulfilling her mother's final wish."

Shu Xia was surprised by Qiao Muting's sudden explanation and was momentarily unsure how to respond, "Mm, that is as it should be."

Fortunately, the restaurant served food quickly.

As the dishes were brought out one by one, Shu Xia ate while deliberately ignoring the thoughts in her heart that she could not make sense of.

The taste of this Thai restaurant was quite good; she had rarely eaten it before, and vaguely remembered that Jiang Nannan had taken her there once.

After lunch, Qiao Muting had to return to the hotel as he indeed had a video conference, and Shu Xia went to the beach near the hotel.

By the evening, Shu Xia received a message from Qiao Muting; he would not be eating dinner with her, as Song Ziqi's condition had suddenly changed and she had been taken into the operating room again, so he had gone to the hospital.

For dinner, Shu Xia went to the pedestrian street she had visited before; there were many snacks, and she spent the whole time walking, eating, and checking in at various spots.

When she returned to the hotel around ten o'clock at night, Qiao Muting had not yet returned.

She then tidied up her suitcase.

Perhaps Qiao Muting would not go to the airport with her tomorrow.

It was around two in the morning when Qiao Muting returned.

The sound of the door opening was very soft.

But Shu Xia did not sleep very deeply in hotels, so even though the sound was faint, she still woke up.

She looked toward the door, "You're back?"

"Did I wake you? Go back to sleep, I'm going to take a shower." Qiao Muting's voice was low, revealing a touch of gentleness under the night.

Shu Xia gave a hum, turned over, and went back to sleep with peace of mind.

About half an hour later, Qiao Muting got into bed.

When he held Shu Xia, he planted a very light kiss on her cheek.

Shu Xia felt it.

After waking up, she did not know why she had become clear-headed while sleeping, and she clearly felt him get into bed.

In his eyes, she should have been fast asleep.

Then, this kiss of his...

Shu Xia's heart trembled slightly.

Perhaps.

She was overthinking it.

Qiao Muting's even breathing soon came to her ears; had he fallen asleep so quickly?

If she hadn't seen his insomnia before with her own eyes, she would now suspect that his claims of insomnia were just him playing the victim.

Thinking and thinking, she drifted off to sleep in a daze again.

Some people fall asleep in the dead of night and have sweet dreams.

While for others, the darker the sky, the more unable they are to find rest.

Inside the Lin Family villa, in Lin Miao's room, a session of intimacy had just ended.

Lin Qi glanced at the time, "It's three o'clock, let's sleep; we still have to go to the hospital tomorrow morning."

There was no one else at home, so he and Lin Miao slept directly in the same room; perhaps because they had just gotten together, the two of them had great needs for each other.

Lin Miao had just returned to bed after showering, holding her phone and casually scrolling through Weibo, when she suddenly swiped onto Shu Xia's Weibo.

Seeing that Shu Xia was traveling in K City, her eyes widened.

"Look quickly, Shu Xia isn't in Jing City; she's ignoring us and not going to the hospital to take care of Mom, she actually went to K City to travel! She is too heartless, her heart is too cruel!"

Lin Qi had originally been a bit tired and sleepy, but upon hearing Lin Miao's words, he immediately looked toward Lin Miao's phone.

It was Shu Xia's Weibo; the top picture showed she was in K City, and it was a photo of a beach by the sea, with excellent scenery.

His face suddenly clouded over, becoming extremely gloomy, "I thought she was just angry at us; we had neglected her so much in the past, so it was normal for her to throw some tantrums, but I didn't expect that she would actually disregard Mom's life and death to go traveling!"

"Brother, she hates me; why don't you send her a private message and scold her awake!" Lin Miao's eyes darted around as she came up with an idea.