She thought persuading him would be difficult, but to her surprise, after he glanced at the hand clinging to the hem of his clothes, with a mysterious look in his eyes for a moment, he actually nodded and said, "Okay."
Then, he looked at her, seemingly asking her with his profound gaze.
Is there anything else?
Xia Chuyi was taken aback.
"No, there's nothing else."
"Hmm." Huo Shiqian nodded, gently covered her hand, smoothly pulled it away, loosened the hem of his clothes, and then swiftly leaped out of the window.
"I hope next time I come to see you, I can do so openly and honorably."
In the end, Huo Shiqian left these words behind.
Clearly, Huo Shiqian cared a lot about having to climb through the window to see her.
Huo Shiqian's tall figure quickly vanished behind the window.
Recalling the dreamlike conversation just now, with Huo Shiqian's touch lingering on her hand, Xia Chuyi felt an incredible sense of unreality.
This man, actually, wasn't as fierce as she had imagined.
She slapped her own head vigorously.
What was she thinking! Xia Chuyi! It didn't matter to her whether he was fierce or not, right?
Besides, how could she know what he was thinking just from one look in his eyes?
Since when had she and he become so attuned?
She and he were destined not to cross paths.
However, for some reason, she felt entwined with him, a feeling she couldn't shake off.
Originally, after a day full of heart-stopping events, Xia Chuyi thought she wouldn't be able to sleep at night; surprisingly, she slept so deeply that when she woke up, it was already broad daylight.
Upon waking, she blinked and, with a thought, entered the space.
Breathing in the fresh air of the space, she finally realized that all the events of the previous day were not a dream.
Because the space maintained a constant temperature, she was too lazy to go out, and so she freshened up there.
After getting everything ready, she went into the small kitchen.
It was strange, even without an electrical connection, the appliances in the kitchen were still working.
Xia Chuyi made herself a bowl of hot noodle soup with minced pork, sprinkled with green onions and seasoning. Satisfied with her meal, she then left the space.
Once everything was prepared, she set out to find Xia Lan.
"Knock, knock, knock." She rapped on the door a few times.
The door opened quickly.
"Who is it?" Xia Lan's voice came from inside.
"Chuyi?" The moment Xia Lan saw Xia Chuyi, her expression clearly showed shock.
"Chuyi... why are you here, do you need something?" Xia Lan struggled to muster a 'kind' smile towards her.
Xia Chuyi put her hands back in her pockets and looked at Xia Lan with a smile, her tone full of surprise, "You're asking me why I came to see you? Don't tell me you forgot; we agreed to go to the military base today."
Upon mentioning this, Xia Lan's eyes immediately looked off.
"Um, Chuyi... the thing is, yesterday, while you were out, Brother Qing had already taken me to the military base... He said he's busy today, so we don't need to go."
Xia Lan explained awkwardly, looking embarrassed.
"What did you say?" Xia Chuyi's smile vanished in an instant as her brows furrowed and eyes narrowed, "You already went to the military base yesterday?"
She pulled her hand out of her pocket and pointed angrily at Xia Lan's nose.
"Xia Lan, don't you have any sense? Don't you know why we came here?"
"Grandfather He Qing is about to pass away, and he wanted to see me married to him, that's why he sent me here with a letter to find him at the military base."
"You said it would be best to talk to He Qing first, and I listened to you, so I met with him first. But you saw for yourself. When we met yesterday, it was clear he didn't like me; what could I do? I had to go to the leadership!"
"And you, you just came here for a blind date. Now that you've met someone for yourself, you can't stand to see others do well?"
Xia Chuyi bombarded her with a series of questions, her demeanor intimidating.