Chapter 584: You've Taken a Liking to Li Xiao

"I certainly do not!"

Cai Xiaotang felt a tightening in her chest at Jiang Baobao's words, and she instantly realized that what she had just said might easily cause some misunderstanding, so she gathered her wits and said, "It's not that I want to ask for myself! I'm asking on behalf of a friend!"

"A friend?"

Jiang Baobao's tone was somewhat suspicious.

Generally speaking, those who start a question with "I have a friend" are all asking for themselves...

But Xiao Tang and Li Xiao's relationship is so good, she must be overthinking it, right?

"You answer my question first! Anyway, I really am asking for someone else. You wouldn't even doubt me, would you?" Cai Xiaotang urged again, abruptly pulling back Jiang Baobao's train of thought.

Jiang Baobao then answered with amusement: "Does that even need asking? If you often dream of very intimate scenes with a man, of course you like the other person!"

"But..."

Cai Xiaotang subconsciously wanted to retort, but she suddenly frowned, and her cheeks felt a bit hot.

Immediately, she heard Jiang Baobao continue: "That friend of yours must have someone she likes to be having dreams like that."

"But the relationship between the two of them is usually very bad! I mean... they don't even count as friends, so how could she possibly like him?"

Cai Xiaotang's tone carried deep confusion, and her heart couldn't help but beat a little fast.

Upon hearing this, Jiang Baobao couldn't help but laugh immediately: "That's even easier to explain. If she tells you she doesn't like the other person at all, maybe she's just being stubborn, who knows? Not all couples in the world are sweet and loving every day; there are also those who are always bickering and arguing but still have a very good relationship. So I guess their relationship probably isn't as bad as she says..."

Cai Xiaotang was left speechless by Jiang Baobao's words.

Herself and Li Xiao...

Although their relationship doesn't count as bad, the initial impression was indeed not very good.

When did she start thinking this person was actually not bad?

"Hello? Xiao Tang?"

Jiang Baobao hadn't heard a response from Cai Xiaotang for a long time and was somewhat puzzled.

Cai Xiaotang instantly came back to her senses: "Ah, I'm here. Then I probably know how to reply to her..."

"I don't think you need to point it out."

Jiang Baobao suddenly thought of something else: "Since she always dreams of the other person, she must have feelings for that man. You don't need to be too explicit; just give her a slight hint. It's better to let the two parties involved develop things slowly."

Jiang Baobao spoke with great logic, but Cai Xiaotang's mind was becoming increasingly blank.

She... has feelings for Li Xiao?

And then... still need to develop things slowly?

"Xiao Tang? Why aren't you talking again?"

Jiang Baobao's puzzled voice came through again, and Cai Xiaotang hurriedly said: "I was thinking about how to reply to her. Baobao, thank you. I'll go return her call now, and I'll make plans to meet you another day..."

After finishing her sentence, Cai Xiaotang hung up the phone quickly, but stood where she was, feeling a bit dazed.

Those words of Baobao's just now... seemed to... have hit the mark completely.

But she and Li Xiao... are only acting out a fake relationship...

How could she have developed real feelings?

Cai Xiaotang walked forward aimlessly, staring blankly at another villa area in the distance.

Then she saw that the entrance of that household was decorated with many colorful balloons and a red carpet was laid out; it looked like they were holding some kind of joyous event.

Her footsteps paused, and she suddenly thought of something; the expression on her face became somewhat annoyed.

How could she have forgotten to ask how the wedding preparations were going!

She must be very busy during this time; she should have gone to help with the preparations when she had the time...

Come to think of it... her precious camera was still left at home!

She has time today, so why not go get it, and on the day of Baobao's wedding, take some good photos!

Thinking of it, Cai Xiaotang immediately took out her phone and started calling a car. She got in, gave her home address, and then reached into her pocket, but suddenly froze for a moment.

Oh no... she didn't bring her keys when she went out earlier!

Cai Xiaotang was dazed for a few seconds, and a figure suddenly flashed through her mind!

Li Xiao!

Doesn't he have a key to her place!

Besides, this guy just walked away earlier, and she didn't know what he was doing at the moment...

Thinking this, Cai Xiaotang immediately pulled up someone's number on her phone and edited a message directly.

【Are you busy? I want to go back to my place, but I forgot to bring my keys. Can you have someone send them over for me?】

After editing the message, Cai Xiaotang looked at the last sentence, hesitated for a moment, and didn't send it, but changed it to: 【Can you help me send them over?】

Only then did she press send with satisfaction.

On the other side—Li Xiao was staying alone in a private villa study.

Hearing his phone ring, he glanced at it casually, and then raised his eyebrows in some surprise.

She left the Old Residence just like that?

He thought the old man would keep her a bit longer...

Why did she suddenly want to go home?

He was free, actually...

However...

Li Xiao's gaze flickered for a moment, and thinking of last night's events, he was suddenly somewhat hesitant.

Should he just let someone else send them over?

Li Xiao thought about it and casually opened his contacts, scrolling through them one by one, pondering who he should send.

But after looking through the contacts back and forth three times, he didn't make a single call.

Last time, the people over there deliberately had someone cut off the power to Cai Xiaotang's home.

If he hadn't made arrangements in advance, the consequences would have been unthinkable.

Although they have been very well-behaved recently, who knows if there might still be people lying in ambush there?

Li Xiao pondered for a moment, but in the end, he couldn't help but stand up and stride out of the study.

……

Inside the residential complex—Cai Xiaotang was standing downstairs, having lost count of how many times she had looked at the reply she just received from Li Xiao.

【Wait for me.】

The content of the message was only two short words, yet Cai Xiaotang read it with extreme focus, and she couldn't help but have a sweet smile on her lips.

"Wait for me..."

She murmured the content of the message in a low voice, her mood suddenly becoming somewhat jubilant.

It was clearly just two words... how could she seem to be able to imagine the tone of voice that person usually used?

And for some inexplicable reason, it was a little cool...

"Tsk... have I gone crazy?"

Realizing that her face was almost stiff from smiling, Cai Xiaotang instantly reined in her smile and deliberately made her expression serious, though she was bubbling with joy inside.

She hadn't expected that Li Xiao would actually come to deliver the key to her in person...

Does this count as being at her beck and call?

It seems... it feels pretty good?

Thinking this, Cai Xiaotang couldn't help but pat her own cheeks, muttering to herself in a low voice: "Calm down! Must stay calm! Isn't he just a man who is a bit handsome! Be reserved!"

She muttered warnings to herself for a long time, then inadvertently glanced at her own window, and suddenly froze.

Oh no!

She was truly a fool!

No one had lived in the house for such a long time; she should have gone up to tidy it up first!