Chapter 1248: Must You Be Like a Hedgehog?

Bai Yufei was very worried that Qin Yiyan might have ideas about her!

She looked at Qin Yiyan nervously.

Yet she discovered that there was no special expression on his face, and she could not discern whether he was happy or angry.

Jiang Baobao had given Bai Yufei a warning, then she also turned her attention to Qin Yiyan.

It had to be said that Qin Yiyan was an expert at hiding his emotions.

Jiang Baobao looked him over, but could not read any emotion from his face.

In the end, Jiang Baobao gave up.

She only said, "You should still care more about Xin'ai usually; even if the two of you are having a spat, you are still the child's father."

As her voice fell, Jiang Baobao turned and left.

Bai Yufei pointed at her retreating back, exasperated: "Brother, look at her..."

"Alright, take a look at the documents I gave you yourself."

Qin Yiyan wanted to smooth things over.

He also wanted to send Bai Yufei away.

Comparing the two, the latter bothered Bai Yufei more!

She bit her lip and then negotiated with Qin Yiyan: "But there are some documents I don't understand, Brother, please explain them to me."

"Wait a moment, I need to go see your sister-in-law first."

"It's just edema, what is there to see? They must be exaggerating to lure you over!"

Bai Yufei wanted to hold Qin Yiyan back.

Qin Yiyan, however, chuckled lightly.

Although he was confident, in some aspects, he still had self-awareness.

For example... Liu Xin'ai would never use a sob story to lure him over.

She... would rather not see him at all!

Qin Yiyan did not speak again and headed toward Liu Xin'ai's bedroom.

This made Bai Yufei stomp her feet in place with anger.

At this moment, Liu Xin'ai did not know what had happened outside.

After chatting with Jiang Baobao, she felt somewhat exhausted and was lying on the bed resting.

In a hazy state, she felt

someone push the door open and enter.

Liu Xin'ai thought it was Xiao'an, so she paid no attention.

But...

Her ankle was grabbed by someone!

And that touch...

It was not Xiao'an!!

Liu Xin'ai woke up instantly and pulled her ankle back with force!

Then she saw that the person sitting at the foot of the bed was actually Qin Yiyan!

Qin Yiyan had just returned and had not yet taken off his coat.

He thought the chill on his hands had startled Liu Xin'ai, so he said, "Sorry."

Liu Xin'ai did not accept his apology.

She only asked very nervously, "What are you doing?"

"I heard your ankle is swollen, so I came to take a look."

"What is there to look at? I know, you think I'm deliberately playing the victim to trick you!"

Liu Xin'ai's analysis made Qin Yiyan frown.

Afterward, he stared at Liu Xin'ai with dissatisfaction and questioned, "Must you be like a hedgehog!?"

"Then what have you done to me? I want to protect myself, is there a problem with that?"

Liu Xin'ai's eyes were full of wariness.

And seeing her like this, Qin Yiyan's brow actually relaxed, and he said, "No problem."

"Then you..."

Liu Xin'ai was just about to chase him away.

But Qin Yiyan grabbed Liu Xin'ai's ankle again.

Liu Xin'ai clenched her fists; she felt this bastard was deliberately humiliating her!!

But...

Qin Yiyan said nothing, only gently massaging Liu Xin'ai's ankle.

His actions...

Made Liu Xin'ai feel extremely awkward!

Moreover, she couldn't quite tell if Qin Yiyan was actually humiliating her or not.

But one thing, Liu Xin'ai was very clear about.

She did not like this!

Since she didn't like it, Liu Xin'ai said, "Xiao'an has already massaged it for me, there's no need to trouble you."

"But it had no effect, isn't it still swollen?"

"

"Reducing the swelling also takes some time, doesn't it?"

"I don't even mind the wasted time, why do you have so much to say?"

"Because... I want to sleep. With you like this, how am I supposed to sleep?"

"I'm not going to hurt you, just go to sleep."

"If there were a jackal beside you, would you be able to sleep?"

As these words fell, Qin Yiyan's fingers suddenly tightened.

The force was great enough to make Liu Xin'ai's face contort.

Then came the questioning: "You said you wouldn't hurt me!"

"Then what kind of things are you saying?"

Liu Xin'ai did not feel there was anything wrong with her words.

She even wanted to give a more fitting example!

"What did you and Jiang Baobao talk about?" Qin Yiyan suddenly spoke, asking a question first.

And this question made Liu Xin'ai feel nervous involuntarily.

Her tone of voice also became increasingly cold: "We talked about a lot. As for the specifics, you can just watch the surveillance."

Qin Yiyan's brows furrowed again: "Do you have to speak like this?"

"I'm not lying, haven't you been monitoring me?"

Qin Yiyan... did not deny Liu Xin'ai's words.

He only looked away, then said: "If you were a little more obedient, I wouldn't need to use these methods at all."

Qin Yiyan wanted Liu Xin'ai to be able to be obedient.

Liu Xin'ai, however, directly punctured his fantasy: "Unless I'm crazy, I will never meet your requirements!"

Her tone of voice...

Provoked Qin Yiyan so much that he wanted to lose his temper!

But the slightly swollen ankle under his palm miraculously made his anger disappear.

Finally, Qin Yiyan only said: "When you have nothing to do, go out for a walk so it doesn't keep swelling."

"Are you... not going to keep me locked up anymore?"

"As long as you are a little more obedient, I naturally won't keep you locked up."

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"But my behavior has nothing to do with being obedient."

"Who says? Aren't you being quite obedient right now?"

Liu Xin'ai lowered her head to look, and said bluntly: "That's because my ankle is still in your hand."

This woman...

Really knows how to kill the mood!

Qin Yiyan took a deep breath, then said as calmly as possible: "For the sake of the child, you had best not keep trying to find ways to anger me, and don't dwell on any unreliable plans plotted with friends."

Liu Xin'ai raised her eyes and retorted: "Are you using the child to threaten me?"

"This is not a threat! It is that as a mother, you ought to take good care of the child!"

"That doesn't require your reminder; I will naturally do it."

As the words fell, Liu Xin'ai lowered her eyes, looking as if she couldn't be bothered to speak anymore.

Seeing this, Qin Yiyan found it truly difficult to control his anger again.

And just as Qin Yiyan was about to say something, Bai Yufei didn't even knock on the door and barged straight in:

"Brother, I've been waiting for you for so long, why..."

When Bai Yufei entered, she happened to see Qin Yiyan holding Liu Xin'ai's ankle.

This made Bai Yufei freeze.

The next instant, her brain was filled with jealousy.

She even shouted indignantly: "Brother, what are you doing!?"

Bai Yufei's behavior made Qin Yiyan frown: "When will you ever get over this habit of entering without being invited?"

"This isn't an outsider's room, so what if I come in directly? Will Sister-in-law scold me?"

Liu Xin'ai couldn't be bothered to speak.

She couldn't even be bothered to look at that woman.

Bai Yufei glared fiercely at Liu Xin'ai, then continued to press: "Brother, you still haven't said what you're doing."

"Your sister-in-law's ankle is swollen, I'm helping her massage it."

"This kind of thing should just be left to the servants to do, why bother yourself with it!"

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"It's just a small matter, I did it while I was at it."