Chapter 933: Just Want to Sleep With You

Li Xiao stopped halfway through his sentence, pausing suddenly.

After thinking for another two seconds, he continued.

"Besides, I am increasingly unable to determine what she is thinking, so once the investigation results from above come out, if it is confirmed that she only has a mission I am unaware of, then it won't matter; I will let her leave. Before that, I can take you back to the Old Residence to stay for a while. If you are afraid of the pressure from the old master, we can live somewhere else instead..."

Cai Xiaotang was somewhat surprised, not expecting that he had already considered so much.

Then, she suddenly thought of something, and her expression changed slightly.

For so many years, Li Xiao had always been brooding over Luo Wanwan's "death." Otherwise, he wouldn't have brought her back this time out of guilt, nor would he have caused so many problems...

Cai Xiaotang couldn't help but speak up to confirm: "Are you sure you want to let her leave? Haven't you always felt that you owed her..."

"The debt is only a part of it; I am more responsible for you."

Li Xiao interrupted Cai Xiaotang and smiled, planting a kiss on the back of her hand.

The gentle touch was like a feather, landing precisely on the very center of her heart, stirring up ripples.

This guy, Li Xiao...

Sensing that she was falling for him crazily again, Cai Xiaotang hurriedly pulled her hand away and coughed lightly, feeling somewhat uncomfortable.

Li Xiao didn't make any further moves, just looked at her with a smile and continued: "It was my lack of consideration before. Although I feel guilty toward her, in all fairness, this time she acted without authorization and almost put you in an even more dangerous situation..."

He stopped suddenly and couldn't help but let out a long sigh.

Just thinking about the potential consequences made him feel a lingering fear.

After pausing for a few more seconds, he continued: "I say with my mouth that this matter has passed, but in my heart, I still resent her, and I will never forget it in this lifetime, nor will I let these two things cancel each other out because of my guilt toward her."

And...

He couldn't even confirm whether Luo Wanwan truly wanted to "save" Cai Xiaotang.

In the past, he could trust her without any reservations.

But now, he couldn't do it.

Only she herself knew what kind of orders she had given to her subordinates.

So, after the matter with Linke is wrapped up, he will not let her stay by his side anymore.

As for her mission...

If there is a place where help is needed, he will not stand by and watch, but he will not intervene personally either.

This is the best way to handle things for both of them.

If she wants any compensation, he will try his best to satisfy her within his capabilities.

But if she truly has malicious intentions, then he will never indulge her again!

The room suddenly became quiet.

Listening to Li Xiao's words, although Cai Xiaotang tried her best to control her emotions and didn't want to show her happiness too obviously, the corners of her lips still couldn't help but curl up bit by bit.

The next second, she saw the person in front of her raise his eyebrows, looking somewhat annoying as he said:

"If you want to laugh, then laugh; no need to hold it in."

"Who wants to laugh!"

Cai Xiaotang instantly straightened her face and gave his uninjured shoulder a punch, feeling annoyed.

Her heart felt bittersweet, and a trace of bitterness couldn't help but flash through it.

Being able to hear him say this...

The previous matters didn't seem worth dwelling on anymore.

From now on, she only hoped that he would be safe and sound, never get hurt again, and never take risks for anyone else.

The cold atmosphere between the two seemed to have suddenly melted, and they spent the day in the hospital room very harmoniously.

Until the evening.

Cai Xiaotang was just about to go to sleep on her own bed like yesterday.

Then she suddenly heard a knock on the hospital room door.

"Come in."

Li Xiao responded.

Immediately after, the door was pushed open.

Cai Xiaotang turned her head and saw Lao San walk in carrying something the size of a palm, which he placed on a table not far away.

A wisp of calming, faint fragrance instantly drifted through the air.

She stared at it carefully for two seconds, then couldn't help but widen her eyes slightly.

"Is this... aromatherapy?"

Cai Xiaotang found it unbelievable, doubting if she had seen something wrong.

Then she saw that certain someone nod as naturally as could be.

"Yeah, it's for sleep aid; I was afraid you wouldn't sleep well at night."

As Li Xiao spoke, he tilted his chin toward his own hospital bed.

Lao San immediately understood, walked to the bedside in two steps, and without saying a word, pushed Li Xiao's bed directly toward Cai Xiaotang's direction!!

In just a few short seconds.

The two beds were "connected" together just like that.

At a glance, it looked just like one big bed.

Cai Xiaotang: "..."

What! Is! This! Doing!

Can't you just honestly recuperate while you're sick?

This is allowed too?

She was dumbfounded, never having imagined there could be such a way to "share a bed."

Perhaps because her dazed expression was truly too funny, Li Xiao nearly failed to hold back the laughter at his lips; seeing that everything was settled, he nodded with satisfaction and signaled for Lao San to leave.

Lao San did not say a word and vanished quickly.

Before leaving, he did not forget to thoughtfully dim the lights.

The entire room instantly became hazy.

This place was originally a high-end VIP hospital room, and both the facilities and the decor were extremely comfortable and humanized.

Now, paired with the faint fragrance in the air and the two beds pushed together, it would be no exaggeration to call it a suite in some resort hotel!

"Ahem..."

Seeing that Cai Xiaotang was still in a daze, Li Xiao deliberately coughed.

He then intentionally drew out his voice and said, "We... can get into bed and sleep now."

"Sleep your head!!!"

Cai Xiaotang finally reacted, speechless as she pointed at the two beds placed together.

"Aren't you being too much? I'm sleeping separately from you for your own good! It's not like you don't know what I'm like when I sleep; do you want to be kicked right on your wound by me while I'm asleep?"

Thinking of the injuries on his body, Cai Xiaotang could not help but feel a bit anxious.

Li Xiao, however, seemed completely unconcerned; hearing this, the corners of his lips curled up, and he easily caught her hand, his face wearing an equally worried expression.

"Didn't I say, I'm afraid you won't sleep well." As he spoke, he pulled Cai Xiaotang to sit on the edge of the bed and deliberately continued to complain with "dissatisfaction."

"I don't even know who it was having nightmares last night, causing me not to sleep well all night long, keeping watch the entire time. If you have nightmares again today, wouldn't it be better to have me by your side?"

Cai Xiaotang paused upon hearing this, finally understanding his intention behind pushing the beds together and having someone bring the aromatherapy, and her heart felt as if it had been stuffed with honey.

Then, bubbles could not stop rising.

Without saying anything more, she finally climbed onto the bed.

Immediately after lying down, she felt a familiar body temperature beside her.

Her heartbeat suddenly could not help but quicken.

Cai Xiaotang subconsciously wanted to turn over and face away from Li Xiao.

But her hand was suddenly grabbed by someone.

Then, a soft chuckle reached her ears.

"I can't hold you, but holding hands like this isn't bad either; sleep."

Cai Xiaotang: "..."

She took a deep breath, her cheeks ultimately turning red in spite of herself.

The retort on the tip of her tongue was also suppressed, leaving only one voice "roaring" in her heart.

There's no way anyone could fall asleep like this!!!

Cai Xiaotang thought this, yet her hand could not help but grip back, her palm tightly pressed against the temperature that had long since become a habit.