Chapter 206: What kind of life is this!

Xie Qin's voice made a muffled sound: "Mm."

Shen Li: "Endure it a bit longer, it will be fine soon."

Xie Qin buried his face deeper, his warm, hot breath spilling onto her neck, wrapped in the rich, cold scent of alcohol.

She boiled some boiling water with a kettle. He was still hugging her in this posture, and after she finished this, she turned around.

Shen Li looked up at him, Xie Qin lowered his head, and two gazes looked at each other.

After a moment.

Shen Li's eyes moved, her pursed lips curled into a faint arc, and her voice was a bit uncertain, her tone slowing down, asking him slowly: "Just now... were you acting like a spoiled child with me?"

"Can't I?" Xie Qin leaned on her shoulder and rubbed a few times, "I'm dying of discomfort, and you're still making fun of me."

Shen Li smiled, her long eyelashes drooping, her fingertips gently stroking his side face, saying softly: "No, it's just... I didn't expect you to act like a spoiled child with me."

"You were always quite fierce before, you've never been like this."

He usually spoke cynically, his personality was flamboyant and rebellious, he always looked at people with a high-and-mighty attitude, his temper was also impulsive, he would have a cold face at every turn, and his whole body was written with 'not easy to provoke'.

"I'm fierce?" Xie Qin grabbed the keyword and looked up at her, "Where am I fierce?"

Shen Li didn't speak, her eyes fixed on him, "..."

His self-awareness was still not clear enough.

Meeting her quiet gaze, Xie Qin softened his tone and asked again: "Have I ever been fierce to you?"

She shook her head.

"How could I bear to be fierce to you." Xie Qin sighed low, his voice stained with the hoarseness after drinking, "Every time you glare at me, I don't dare

"I... glared at you?" Shen Li felt he was shifting the blame, "I didn't."

"You did, you just forgot." Xie Qin placed his hands on her waist, his voice even sounding aggrieved, saying it as if it were true.

Shen Li pursed her lips tightly, turned around, and stared at the kettle as it boiled; she didn't really want to talk to a drunkard.

Xie Qin continued to tell her, "Back in freshman year, my pen dropped, you wouldn't help me pick it up, and you even snapped at me!"

"Snapping at me was one thing, but you even used my pen to hit me."

"I was scared to death."

What he said stirred up some of Shen Li's memories. Seeing that the water was almost boiled, Shen Li took a cup from the cupboard, rinsed it simply with water, and remembering the incident, said to him: "I was doing homework at the time, and you kept deliberately dropping your pen on the floor, making me pick it up, disturbing me."

Xie Qin began to act unreasonably: "I don't care, anyway, you snapped at me."

Shen Li smiled as she looked at him: "That was only that one time, and it's been so long, yet you still remember it so clearly."

How could he not remember? As long as it concerned everything about her, he remembered it all clearly, never having forgotten a single thing.

Xie Qin's gaze was deep, moving with her figure, his eyes not shifting away even a fraction.

Shen Li took a jar of honey from the refrigerator, added a little to the cup, mixed it with hot water, and then added a bit of cold water so the temperature was just right to drink.

She turned around and placed the prepared honey water in his hands, "Finish this, then go take a shower and get to sleep early."

Xie Qin tilted his head to look at her: "What about you?"

Shen Li told him: "I still have to rush my thesis in a bit, I'll be late, you go to sleep first."

Xie Qin reluctantly put down the honey water and pulled her into his arms, "I've already showered for you, you have to help me wash too."

Shen Li tried to push the clingy person away, only to find she couldn't, "Alright, stop messing around. We've already wasted a lot of time today, and I still need to make up for what I've fallen behind on. Only by finishing the May Day holiday early can I spend more time with you."

Xie Qin let go, looked down at her, half-believing: "Really?"

Shen Li nodded with a smile, responding: "Mm."

"Then you aren't allowed to lie to me!" Xie Qin leaned down, looking at her levelly, his eyes carrying a hint of dangerous warning, his tone drawn out as he spoke slowly: "I hold grudges, you know."

"If you dare to lie to me... you're done for!!!"

To make her realize the importance of this matter, Xie Qin enunciated every single word.

There were still over ten days until May Day, after which there would be a short long holiday.

Shen Li coaxed him, kissing him on the cheek, "I won't lie to you."

Hearing her affirmation, Master Xie hooked his lips in a satisfied smile, the dimples at the corners of his mouth appearing faintly. He straightened up, took the honey water from the side, raised an eyebrow at her, and compromised: "Alright then, I'll be a widower for another half a month."

As he spoke, he obediently turned and left, took a sip of the honey water, and sighed helplessly: "When will this ever end!"

Having lived as a widower for six years, he still had to wait another three.

What kind of fate is this!

Sigh.

Seeing him return to his room, Shen Li went to the study next door.

Originally there were three rooms here, but only one was a bedroom, one had been turned into a study, and the other was a walk-in closet for miscellaneous items.

So last time, when Xie Qin brought her back, she slept in his room, and Xie Qin had to sleep on the sofa.

After Xie Qin finished showering and changed into his pajamas, he didn't go back to his room to sleep.

He lounged on the living room sofa, the television playing with a low background volume, his fingertips playing with a mobile game distractedly, while his gaze uncontrollably looked toward that tightly closed study door again and again.

He glanced at the time; it was already 11:30.

Is she not done yet?

Xie Qin hesitated, wanting to know how she was doing, but not daring to go in and disturb her.

He simply continued to focus his mind on the game.

He waited until.

1:00 AM.

Shen Li walked out of the study, sleepy. Seeing the lights were still on in the living room, she was a bit surprised. Hearing movement in the kitchen, she looked through the glass door and saw Xie Qin putting noodles into a pot.

"Why aren't you asleep yet?"

"I'm hungry, got up to cook a late-night snack." Xie Qin turned to look at her and asked: "Do you want to eat some together?"

Shen Li was silent for a moment, thought about it, and agreed, "Okay."

Xie Qin didn't cook too much, just enough for two people.

"I'm going to take a shower."

"Mm."

A while later, when Shen Li finished showering and walked out of the room, she received a message from Shen Zhaozhao.

Shen Zhaozhao: 【Auntie, I want to come to Wuchuan to find you.】

Looking at the message, her movement of wiping her hair with a towel paused, and she replied with a slight frown: 【?】

A few seconds later, she replied again: 【I don't have much time to take care of her.】

After editing it, looking at the somewhat cold text, she thought about it and deleted it, then re-edited: 【I have a lot of things to do, if she comes over, I might not have time to take care of her.】

【You can go see her more often.】

【That room of mine can be for you to stay in.】

Shen Zhaozhao: 【I told you, she said she doesn't need me, and she doesn't even let me call her Mom.】

【She insists on coming to find you, what can I do.】

Shen Li looked at the message, lost in thought, her gaze hardening.

Then she saw Shen Zhaozhao send another message: 【Are you planning to stay in Wuchuan from now on? Not going back to Haishi and not caring about Mom anymore?】