Chapter 373 - Chapter 373: A dream
Chapter 373: A dream
Translator: Dragon Boat Translation Editor: Dragon Boat Translation
Li Miao’s face turned red.
“There’s no progress. He just confessed to me, and I haven’t agreed yet…”
Li Xu heaved a sigh of relief when she heard this answer.
Fortunately, they weren’t together yet. Even if they did, they didn’t have deep feelings for each other.
Most importantly, Li Miao didn’t suffer any losses.
She didn’t want to interfere with Li Miao’s relationship, but she really couldn’t agree with this Liu boy.
Li Xu laughed. “Let’s go and shop. It’s almost the new year. I’ll buy you some clothes!”
Li Miao held Li Xu’s arm and followed her out.
Zhang Kun said he was going to take the children out for a walk, but he was still a little worried.
He was worried that the two sisters would start a fight.
Li Xu’s temper was getting worse and worse, and she was getting more and more opinionated.
She didn’t like this Liu guy, so Li Miao probably wouldn’t be able to convince her.
Li Miao, on the other hand, was at the age where she would let her emotions get the better of her. The more her family didn’t allow her to be with someone, the more she wanted to go against her family.
So, he took the children for a walk around the area and came back, still worried.
He heaved a sigh of relief when he saw the two sisters come out holding hands. It seemed that he had underestimated the relationship between the two sisters. The night market next to B City’s Normal University was very famous in the entire B City.
Some tourists from other places would also come because of the fame.
Therefore, the night market was so crowded that it was almost impossible to move.
Zhang Kun was afraid Ji Yuanyuan would be squeezed, so he simply carried her on his back.
Ji Yuanyuan was almost ten years old, about 1.3 meters tall, and weighed 50 to 60 pounds.
It was really a little strenuous to carry it, but it was much easier to carry her.
There were many snacks in the night market. Although the three children had eaten their fill, they still wanted to eat everything they saw.
After walking around, their stomach had already become rounder.
It was getting late. Zhang Kun and the others went back to the Qin family’s house, while Li Miao went back to school.
Li Miao’s school had finished their final exams. The students were leaving one after another. It was hard to buy tickets, so she could stay in the dormitory for two more days.
It was already past ten o’clock at night when they returned to the Qin residence.
After exchanging a few pleasantries, Cheng Shuqin urged the Zhang family to go upstairs and rest.
Ji Yuanyuan was so tired she fell asleep almost as soon as she touched the pillow.
However, not long after she fell asleep, Ji Yuanyuan felt like a ghost was pressing down on her bed.
She knew she was in a dream. She wanted to get up, but couldn’t.
The scene in front of her changed constantly, from childhood to adolescence, and then to adulthood…
Suddenly, the scene stopped at a villa.
In the living room of the villa, a young girl was lying on the soft and spacious sofa.
The young girl’s eyebrows were like a painting, and her skin was smooth. She was wearing a silk nightdress and covered with a thin blanket.
The blanket was crumpled, and the girl’s round shoulders and small feet were exposed.
At the door, the helper, Auntie Wu, opened the door and a man with a tired expression entered.
Auntie Wu quickly bent over, took the slippers off the shoe rack, and placed them at the man’s feet.
After the man had changed his shoes, she placed the leather shoes that the man had changed out of on the shoe rack.
The man took a few steps and found the woman on the sofa.
He stopped in his tracks and frowned.
“Sir, Madam has been waiting for you the whole night. She even made you some soup. Would you like to have some?” the servant, Auntie Wu, quickly explained in a low voice.
The man opened his mouth, his voice a little hoarse. “Bring it up!”
When Aunt Wu heard this, her expression brightened and she quickly went to the kitchen.
The man stepped forward and stood in front of the sofa, looking down at the girl’s face.
His Adam’s apple moved slightly, and he had a tender expression. After a moment, he reached out and tidied up the blanket on the girl.
The blanket unfurled and covered the girl’s shoulders and feet.
The young girl seemed to have been woken up by the man’s movements. She snorted and opened her eyes.
The moment the girl opened her eyes, the tenderness in the man’s eyes disappeared.
He stood up and moved his eyes away from the girl.
The girl saw the man and stood up from the sofa. She asked in surprise, “Mucheng, you’re back?”
The man raised his hand and coughed lightly as if to hide his emotions.
“You don’t have to wait for me in the future, and you don’t have to trouble yourself to prepare soup for me,” he said in a low voice.
He then walked towards the dining room.
His footsteps were a little fast, clearly a little uncomfortable.
The girl stood still, the surprise in her eyes gradually disappearing.
She seemed to be a little aggrieved. After a moment, she replied in a low voice, “Oh!”
Seeing the man did not have the slightest reaction, the corner of her mouth twitched and she said, “I’m going to sleep!”
She put on her slippers and went upstairs.
The sound of her footsteps was a little heavy, and she was obviously angry.
But the man didn’t notice at all as he sat down on a chair in the dining room.
Aunt Wu brought a bowl of soup and looked into the living room. She asked curiously, “Where’s Madam? Is she upstairs?”
The man nodded and took the soup from Auntie Wu’s hands. He said in a low voice, “Don’t let her wait for me in the future. And don’t let her cook the soup anymore.”
Auntie Wu stood at the side and whispered, “Madam is just worried about you. She said that you’ll definitely drink when you go out to socialize at night. When you come back at night, you’ll feel better with some soup.”
“The company has been very busy recently and I don’t know what time I’ll be back. Besides, she has never been to the kitchen before, so she’ll be easily injured.” As the man spoke, he raised his head and drank all the soup in the bowl.
The soup was warm. After drinking it, the man let out a breath of relief.
“I understand. I’ll tell Madam about it tomorrow,” said Auntie Wu as she put the bowl away.
“Auntie Wu, you should rest early too!” The man stood up and said in a low voice.
With that, he turned around and went upstairs.
He walked to the door of the bedroom. Just as he was about to open the door, he seemed to have thought of something. He turned around and quietly went to the guest room next door.
In the bedroom, the young girl on the bed had been paying attention to the movements outside.
Hearing the sound of footsteps outside the door, she quickly closed her eyes.
However, after waiting for a while, there was still no sound of the door opening.
Instead, she heard footsteps again, which were getting further and further away…
The young girl sat up from the bed in anger. She gritted her teeth and looked at the door, her eyes gradually turning red.
In the guest room, the man walked into the bathroom, turned on the tap, and filled the bathtub with water.
Taking advantage of the moment when the water was turned on, he took off the suit he had worn all day.
The bathtub was filled to the brim with water, and he stepped in.
The warm water wrapped around his body, and the man closed his eyes and sighed in comfort.
Perhaps it was too comfortable, but the man unknowingly fell asleep in the bathtub.
When he woke up, more than 20 minutes had passed.
The man got out of the bathtub and put on a bathrobe.
He wanted to return to the master bedroom but hesitated when he reached the door of the guest room.
He looked up at the clock on the wall. After thinking for a moment, he turned around and lay on the bed in the guest room.
The man was too tired. After lying down for a few minutes, his breathing became even.
In the master bedroom, a young girl sat on the bed, hugging her legs and silently crying..