Chapter 182: Sleep inside, or sleep outside? Pick one

Xie Qin boiled water and was mixing cold medicine into a cup, his fingertips holding a small spoon, stirring gently and leisurely to let the medicine dissolve.

After a while, he turned and walked out of the kitchen.

Looked at her and put the cup in his hand on the table.

"Drink the medicine."

Xie Qin saw the set she was wearing, his gaze stayed on her for a few more seconds, but he didn't say anything.

Shen Li stepped forward to pull the chair, sat down at the dining table, lowered her head without saying a word, raised her hand to pick up the spoon, and took a sip.

He probably determined that she could drink this medicine.

Xie Qin took off the damp short-sleeved shirt he was wearing in front of her, straightforwardly and without any concern, revealing the tight and smooth muscle lines on his body.

Shen Li secretly glanced at him, he shouldn't have noticed that she was peeking.

He threw the clothes on the sofa casually, then walked to another bathroom and closed the door.

Soon, the sound of a shower came from inside.

Shen Li, who was left alone, was extremely quiet in the living room.

For six years, not seeing each other for so long.

This was the first time the two were alone together.

After all, they were still a bit unaccustomed.

She could clearly feel Xie Qin's indifference toward her.

He didn't smile at her either.

It was just that this feeling was hard to express in words, to describe.

Like familiar strangers?

But it didn't reach the point of not seeing each other again.

But...

It was almost there.

Although the atmosphere between the two was harmonious, it was difficult to integrate as before.

Involuntarily restrained, and became cautious again.

Because... the bad things he encountered were all because of her.

Shen Li was absent-minded, drinking the medicine in the cup, she had no bottom in her heart, and couldn't test whether Xie Qin... still liked her.

Even if there was no liking.

Even if there was no way to save it.

She wanted to make up for the harm she caused him.

Because she was the one at fault.

She was sorry to Xie Qin.

The medicine was bottomed out.

Xie Qin walked out of the bathroom wearing a set of black casual pajamas, surrounded by faint water vapor. While using a dry towel to wipe his wet hair casually, he held his phone in his hand and lowered his head to reply to messages, the wet broken hair on his forehead hanging down, covering those deep dark eyes.

When he raised his eyes, he saw the figure sitting on the sofa, sitting quietly and motionless.

The hand wiping his hair stopped.

He lowered his eyes and glanced at the time, unknowingly, it was almost two o'clock.

Turning his head to look out of the floor-to-ceiling window, the drizzle just now turned into a downpour in an instant, the dark clouds not far away, thunder and lightning, muffled thunder sounds came from time to time, dense raindrops hit the glass heavily, knocking out dull and clear sounds.

Today's scene seemed to have been arranged in advance.

Specifically wanting to trap her here.

At this point, it was still raining heavily outside.

Xie Qin couldn't drive her away either.

He said casually, "I don't usually come here to live, the sheets and quilt covers are newly changed, if you're sleepy, go to sleep."

Hearing him speak, Shen Li had more reactions, she raised her eyes, looking at him calmly, but the redness from crying just now was still frozen at the corners of her eyes, "What about you?"

"Living room sofa."

Shen Li pursed her lips tightly.

Xie Qin stared at her for two seconds, and laughed out loud, the bit of arrogance and playboy spirit in the past was all revealed: "Why, followed all the way home, purpose achieved, and still not giving up?"

He leaned forward half a step, his tone carried a bit of playful teasing: "Want to... sleep with me?"

Shen Li almost reflexively, but her brain responded to him: "Can I?"

As the words fell, the teasing in Xie Qin's eyes stopped suddenly, his expression obviously paused.

The two looked at each other, the air condensed into a quiet silence.

After a while, Xie Qin curled his lips and pulled out a lazy smile, hung the towel he was wiping his hair with around his neck casually, glanced at her: "If you dare, follow me."

After saying this, the person who originally said he would sleep on the sofa, walked with long legs into the bedroom that belonged to him.

Shen Li looked at his back hesitantly, and after it disappeared from her line of sight, the heartbeat in her chest accelerated inexplicably. In a trance, her free will led her to stand up from the sofa and walk slowly toward that room.

She didn't know what would happen.

She only knew that she wanted to stay with him for a while longer.

Xie Qin stood by the bed waiting for people to walk in, his eyebrows raised slightly, and he raised his chin at her in a sloppy and indecent way, "Sleep inside, or sleep outside? Pick one."

Shen Li looked at the 1.8-meter big bed, blinked, and finally, in front of him, took off her shoes, climbed to the corner of the bed, lifted the quilt, sat on the bed, and moved to the side, leaving him more than half the space.

Then she looked at him, the meaning obvious.

As if saying, you can come over to sleep now.

"High-achieving student who has been abroad! Just different, open to... inviting strange men to bed!" Xie Qin laughed coldly: "Lie down."

He ordered her like issuing a command.

His tone wasn't very good either.

Shen Li supported the bed, no matter what he said, she listened to him, lay down, rested on the pillow with his scent, and covered her chest with the quilt.

Like this... can we sleep together?

Such a sentence floated through her mind.

However, before she had time to say it.

It went dark in front of her eyes.

Xie Qin raised his hand to turn off the room light, turned and left, and closed the door behind him.

The living room light was also turned off, Xie Qin lay on the sofa with his eyes closed, his hand on his forehead, without any sleepiness, but had to force himself to fall asleep.

The night rain outside the floor-to-ceiling window fell continuously.

Barely, it made him have some sleepiness.

Don't know how long it had passed.

The sound of rain weakened.

Middle of the night.

A faint sobbing sound came from the room, fragmented and suppressed.

Xie Qin opened his eyes suddenly, and after listening clearly, his sleepiness shattered clean.

He raised his hand to touch the phone on the tea table and looked at the time.

Three-thirty in the morning.

Only an hour had passed.

The closed room door was quietly opened.

Xie Qin touched the switch on the wall, lit a dim night light, walked over softly, and looked down at Shen Li who was originally sleeping in the corner, now occupying the whole bed.

The dim light drifted into the room, falling hazily on the edge of the bed.

He didn't make a sound, just leaned over, raised his hand slowly, and before he had the next action.

His hand was grabbed by a force that was not light or heavy.

He wanted to break free, he could break free at any time.

But...

Xie Qin didn't.

Instead, he looked at the hand grabbed by her, and squatted down by her bed slowly.

The other hand that was not controlled brushed away the hair covering her face, bit by bit, wiping away the tears falling on her cheeks, "Why are you crying?"

The unwiped tears wetted his knuckles again.

The crying, the moment she grabbed his hand, clearly weakened.

Xie Qin's throat rolled heavily, his voice pressed extremely low, a bit hoarse: "Since you are so sad, why... didn't you come back earlier."

His palm tightened slightly, wrapping her hand that refused to let go.

"Is it because holding my hand like this, you can feel a little better..." ===== CHAPTER 183 =====