Nan Yu closed her eyes and leaned against the window, her fair face exuding a sense of tranquility, her long, dense lashes like those of a beautiful doll.
The golden sunlight fell upon her, seemingly draping her in a layer of sacred light that made her seem inviolable.
She appeared not to be sleeping peacefully, with a slight frown on her brows, her lips tightly pursed, radiating an aura of exhaustion.
Huo Juanyan watched her, his expression slowly softening.
In that instant, the surrounding winter snow seemed to melt away, and spring appeared suddenly.
"Xia Xing, have Bodyguard Lao Ning come to pick me up, you take her home," Huo Juanyan instructed.
Xia Xing stood in shock, his eyes wide in disbelief as he looked at Huo Juanyan; he opened his mouth and finally managed to say a single sentence.
"President Huo, aren’t you supposed to keep your distance from Miss Nan..."
Keep a distance?
Before he could finish speaking, Huoyan sent a sharp glance his way, and he instantly swallowed the rest of his words.
He flashed a standard professional smile, "President Huo, I’ll take Miss Nan home right away and arrange for Lao Ning to come pick you up."
After saying that, he quickly called Bodyguard Lao Ning, who was nearby and could arrive in two minutes.
After the call, Xia Xing turned around and saw Huoyan pick up the blanket from his knees and hand it to him.
"Cover her with this."
Xia Xing’s eyes widened, but not daring to disobey the order, he quickly took it, covering Nan Yu with a confused look to prevent her from catching cold.
Lao Ning arrived shortly afterwards, and Huo Juanyan left in the car.
After sending Huo Juanyan off, Xia Xing immediately took the driver’s seat, looking at Nan Yu, who was sleeping soundly in the back seat, and then pondered over Huo Juanyan’s behavior today.
He couldn’t figure out what had happened today.
"President Huo’s thoughts are really hard to guess. Just the other day, there were strict orders not to let the outside world know about his relationship with the Young Madam, but today he’s been much nicer to her, even having me take good care of sending the Young Madam home..."
He had just finished muttering to himself when he received a text message from Sun Lu.
[Assistant Xia, Miss Nan has been cleared of suspicion, you can rest easy on this matter.]
Xia Xing had an epiphany, "No wonder President Huo didn’t get angry today; it seems he already knew about this, so that’s why he had me take Miss Nan home."
He felt relieved, started the car, and took Nan Yu home.
When Nan Yu woke up, she found herself lying in the back seat of the car with a white woolen blanket covering her, carrying a faint woody cool fragrance, which dispelled all her fatigue.
She opened the car door and saw Assistant Xia crouched outside, engrossed in playing games on his phone.
Realizing she was getting out of the car, he awkwardly put away his phone and stood up.
"Young Madam, have you woken up?" he asked.
Nan Yu smiled apologetically, "Sorry, I must have slept a long time, making you wait so long."
Xia Xing shook his head, "It’s okay, President Huo asked me to bring you home, and he even gave me time off."
Nan Yu was taken aback, "Huo Juanyan asked you to take me home?"
Xia Xing explained, "President Huo was originally going there for business today. I came down early to drive and pick him up but ended up encountering you getting into the car and falling asleep."
"When President Huo saw that, he told me to take you home, and he called someone else to take him back to the company."
With a glance at the blanket in Nan Yu’s hands, he added another comment, "This blanket is also President Huo’s, he covered you with it because he was worried about you catching a chill."
Hearing this, Nan Yu’s cheeks turned slightly red. She looked at the blanket and thought of the cool fragrance, then coughed lightly.
"Thank him for me," she said.
Xia Xing responded cheerfully, "Of course, Young Madam."
Nan Yu checked the time and saw it was dinner time. Recalling Nanny Wang must have already prepared dinner, she called out to Assistant Xia, who was about to leave.
"Assistant Xia, why don’t you stay for dinner before you go?"
At that moment, Nanny Wang arrived.
"Xia, since the Young Madam is inviting you to eat, you should stay. After eating, you can take the Young Madam to deliver dinner to the Young Master," she suggested.