The warm-toned light softened the man's chiseled face. In his eyes, he saw only her.
She could feel the temperature through his fingers as the air became thick with chemistry.
Whoosh—
Xiang Yi's tiny, pale ears had turned crimson to her disappointment.
Her starry eyes were wide with surprise, but more so...
Embarrassment.
"Our Yi mei worked very hard today." Shi Sui said in a low and somewhat shaky voice as he tried to coax her patiently, "Your brother doesn't hate you, he's just having trouble now. Don't think too much of it, hm?"
Thump thump thump...
Her heartbeat was terrifyingly fast.
Xiang Yi sat back in her chair to create some distance between the two as she stuttered, "You...I...You...This..."
She was an aunty fan, how come she felt her heart skip a beat just now?
"I'll go check on Xiao Naofu!" The girl found an excuse and left.
The man's deep eyes chased her silhouette and paused.
In front of the cat condo.
"Xiao Naofu, are you still angry? How about some milky milk?" Xiang Yi said gently.
Xiao Naofu: Not listening!
Its tail however began to waver.
Xiang Yi continued to coax. "How about I buy you a bell tomorrow? It's every tiger's favorite, super cute!"
Xiao Naofu twitched its cat ears and turned its face, meowing compliantly. "Meow~"
— This Huhu doesn't want to walk; hold me!
Xiang Yi understood as she picked up the soft cat and made it some goat milk powder.
The cat licked the milk a few times before provocatively lifting its head to look at Shi Sui.
Hmph, she still likes this Huhu the best!
A certain actor chuckled lightly and lazily opened his mouth. "I held the cat for too long today and my hands are kind of sore… Can you pour me a glass of water?"
His slender fingers casually rubbed at his wrists. It was clearly a question void of any pretense or coquettishness, but it made a person feel pity and distress.
Xiang Yi: "I'll go right now!"
Shi Sui turned to the cat and batted his eyes.
"..." Motherf*cker!
Xiao Naofu didn't expect that he couldn't win against him in green tea skills, nor white lotus skills; it even lost! At being babied!
The goat milk in his bowl immediately tasted sour.
...
At dawn.
"Whoosh—"
Xiang Qi opened the curtains as the faint morning light enveloped his torso, a black bathrobe loosely dr.a.p.ed over his body. The collar was open, revealing the outline of distinct abdominal muscles.
There were faint bluish-black bags under his eyes. He had stayed up all night to finish watching "Two Under One Roof".
Although he couldn't be sure, it seemed like… his sister was back.
He had to go see for himself.
Xiang Qi dialed his uncle's number.
It took a while for the other end to answer as a dazed and sleepy Xiang Feng sounded from the other end: "Old Three, I don't have an issue with you calling me in the middle of the night, but what the hell do you want this early in the morning?"
Xiang Qi went straight to the point. "I want to go on that woman's variety show. Arrange it for me."
"Huh? What woman? Why are you trying to pursue now?? Heh, if you want to talk about this, I'm suddenly very awake."
"...'Two Under One Roof'."
"Ah? But I hear they have the upcoming guests planned already..." XingChen app was Xiang Feng's company, and the biggest collaborating partner of "Two Under One Roof".
Xiang Qi said coldly: "What kind of domineering CEO are you if you can't even cut the line?"
Xiang Feng: [email protected]#($#@()$*!
He took a deep breath, telling himself this was his dear nephew. Blood-related nephew!
"Okay, I'll try to arrange it for you. But you have to promise me you won't bully your sister..."
"None of your business."
Slam.
Mercilessly, he hung up the phone.