"Th - that... I'm s - sorry, Mr. Zhao. I'll go back to my room right away..."
Saying so, Qin Qiao'er scrambled to get out of bed, but was pulled back into Zhao Youting's arms. "Miss Qin, do you dislike staying with me so much?"
He tossed her back onto his large, simply - decorated yet soft bed.
"No, it's not like that. It's just... just that, oh right, I don't know how Chenchen and Wanwan are doing. I'll go check on them..."
She pretended to flee again.
"They're fine. They've gone with the butler to count the things they want to donate for the charity sale."
As he said this, Zhao Youting moved closer. "So, Miss Qin... Qin Qiao'er, now it's just the two of us here."
He trapped Qin Qiao'er with his arms, and the distance between them was getting dangerously close.
Qin Qiao'er felt a chill down her spine, but at the same time, she found Zhao Youting's scent rather pleasant.
Gradually, her face turned red. "Mr. Zhao... what are you up to? You're getting too close..."
The shy yet vigilant look on Qin Qiao'er's face made Zhao Youting find her even more alluring.
He hadn't planned to do anything at first, but now he wanted to tease her. So he leaned close to her ear and said, "What do you think, Miss Qin?"
Sure enough, Qin Qiao'er's face flushed bright red. "I! How would I know!"
Then she wrapped herself tightly in the quilt, becoming a real mummy, and turned her back to Zhao Youting.
Zhao Youting found this quite funny and cute.
He reached out and pulled Qin Qiao'er, who was as hot as a freshly - cooked fish, into his arms.
Qin Qiao'er, who thought it was all over, had even prepared to fight to the bitter end.
Who would have thought that after a while, Qin Qiao'er felt Zhao Youting's breathing behind her gradually become steady.
Was he... asleep?
This was the perfect chance to escape... but hell no! Qin Qiao'er tried to struggle, but to no avail.
Such strength... was he pretending?
"Mr. Zhao, Mr. Zhao?"
There was no response.
She struggled to turn around and saw Zhao Youting's peaceful sleeping face. Qin Qiao'er felt a twinge of softness in her heart.
The usually domineering man could also look so obedient when sleeping. He seemed extremely tired.
Well, he was a busy man with a million things to do, yet he took such good care of her and the two kids.
In this quiet moment, Qin Qiao'er finally had the chance to take a good look at Zhao Youting's handsome face.
"If... you were to be the kids' father, it wouldn't be so bad..." Anyway, he was asleep and couldn't hear, so it was okay to say it.
After saying that, she laughed at herself. "What am I talking about? A coward who doesn't dare to say it to his face and is still being petty."
It was all in the future how much trouble Zhao Youting would go through because he was in a deep sleep due to staying up for days and didn't hear this sentence.
Qin Qiao'er struggled for a while in her heart. Finally, thinking that she couldn't escape anyway, she decided to trust him and rest for a while.
Just like that, time passed until evening.
"Daddy Youting, we're back!"
Chenchen and Wanwan, led by Grandpa Butler, were getting closer to Zhao Youting's bedroom noisily.
Qin Qiao'er woke up at the sound. She panicked and tried to get up, but was pulled back by Zhao Youting and landed in the quilt.
His eyes were bright in the dark, looking as beautiful as stars.
"Little kitten, where do you think you're going?" With the nasal tone of just waking up, the man's warm breath was too close.
"You, let go. If Chenchen and Wanwan see us..."
"If you go out now, they'll see you too. Besides, you're going to be my fiancée. What's wrong with just sleeping together..."
"I never agreed to that!" Qin Qiao'er whispered in a hurry, which actually sounded like she was coquettish.
Zhao Youting's analysis was even more reasonable. "Moreover, if you go out like this, won't it be even more obvious?"
Qin Qiao'er was stunned. He was right.
"So what should we do?"
Zhao Youting smiled. "Don't move."
"Huh?"
After saying that, Zhao Youting pulled the quilt over her head.
Qin Qiao'er was still in a daze in the sudden darkness when she heard the door seem to open...
"Mr. Zhao, regarding the charity sale..."
The old butler's voice came. As soon as he entered the room, he saw that although Zhao Youting was sitting on the bed, there was obviously someone else in the quilt. And the shoes on the ground seemed to be Miss Qin's.
Then he saw Zhao Youting make a "shh" gesture. The old butler immediately understood and hurriedly stopped the two kids.
"Hey? Grandpa Butler, why won't you let us in? Isn't Daddy Youting in there?"
Wanwan's sweet voice made Qin Qiao'er panic in the quilt.
The old butler's voice sounded extremely flustered. "Um, this... Mr. Zhao is... no, he's not..."
Chenchen thought for a while. He seemed to have seen Mommy's shoes in the room just now...
Although he didn't know what Mommy and Daddy Youting were doing, Chenchen was sensible enough to step forward to help the old butler out. "Wanwan, Daddy Youting is too tired and is sleeping. Let's be quiet and go to our own rooms."
The old butler wiped the sweat off his forehead and finally calmed down. This Qin Chenchen, although looking like a child, acted just like the young master back then, no, even the current young master.
He even had more practical ideas and was more alert than the idealistic young master back then.
"Really? How do you know that, Qin Xiaobao?" Usually spoiled by Qin Qiao'er, Wanwan also called Chenchen "Xiaobao".
"Sister... I told you not to call me Xiaobao! Of course I heard it from Grandpa Butler before, right?"
Seeing this, the butler nodded in cooperation and squatted down to touch Wanwan's cute little head. "Yes, yes, that's right. At that time, you were studying snacks, so you didn't hear it."
Wanwan frowned and thought for a while. She really had been studying snacks all the way here. But Grandpa Butler's expression was also a bit strange...
Ah, forget it. Anyway, Chenchen wouldn't lie to her.
"Okay, then let's go back to our rooms... No, where's Mommy? We haven't told Mommy that we're back yet!"
They had forgotten about this...
"Mommy may have gone for a walk. Didn't she get carsick?"
If they said she was sleeping in the bedroom, they'd probably be found out soon.
Chenchen thought it through quite well...
"Okay, then let's go back to our rooms."
Hearing the footsteps gradually fade away, Qin Qiao'er finally dared to stick her head out of the quilt.