Yu An tried to brush it off, but seeing that he couldn't run away, he boldly pressed closer: "If you want a kiss, I can kiss you right now."
Xie Chiyuan freed one hand and pressed it against his forehead, coldly saying, "No kissing."
If they don't even want kisses anymore, then this is a serious matter.
Yu An really couldn't say that he initially regarded Xie Chiyuan as a reserve.
Xie Chiyuan always regarded their past relationship as a sweet memory.
Yu An had wanted to explain it before, but Xie Chiyuan was very concerned about that initial memory.
He couldn't bring himself to speak.
The two looked at each other, their eyes meeting.
"An'an, tell the truth."
Before Yu An could even prepare a lie, Xie Chiyuan warned him in advance.
Yu An hesitated: "Do you really want to hear the truth?"
Xie Chiyuan nodded calmly, his gaze deep and unfathomable.
"Then, promise me you won't be too angry after you hear it."
Yu An blinked and started negotiating with him.
After Xie Chiyuan nodded again, Yu An took a deep breath and blurted out the truth.
"We didn't have any emotional foundation back then."
He hesitated for a moment, then gave his answer: "So, I... I don't want to kiss you so soon."
Xie Chiyuan said quietly, "I understand, you wanted to eat at that time."
In other words, while he was lost in thought, Yu An was simply eating.
"The next few times..."
Xie Chiyuan said slowly, "We were just eating, you never even thought about stealing a kiss from me."
Yu An forced a smile and whispered an attempt to cover it up: "I wanted to steal a kiss from you later."
However, this "later" refers to the period after the relationship was established.
Xie Chiyuan closed his eyes, feeling as if all the beautiful memories stored in his mind were shattering.
"An'an".
"I am here!"
Yu An knew that this belated truth might be a blow to Xie Chiyuan.
He reached out and patted Xie Chiyuan on the back beforehand.
"Don't get too agitated. I was wrong about what happened in the past; I didn't explain things to you clearly."
"But we still have a future! I'll never lie to you again!"
Yu An tried her best to coax Xie Chiyuan, afraid that Xie Chiyuan would anger her to death.
I don't know how long I coaxed him.
Xie Chiyuan's emotions finally calmed down. He tossed his phone aside, not wanting to look at it even once.
Yu An glanced at it; he was looking at his phone.
Combining what Xie Chiyuan had just said, Yu An belatedly realized what was going on—
Xie Chiyuan saw something on his phone.
On his phone, there was only one post that could reveal the truth.
Yu An was filled with regret.
He should have found a way to delete the post!
The night grew deeper.
Yu An quietly threw her phone further away, not wanting Xie Chiyuan to see it again.
Xie Chiyuan was still unable to recover for a while. He lay flat on the bed, staring at the ceiling above his head.
Yu An leaned closer and could hear him murmur, "I thought you were just lusting after me and had planned this all along."
"I didn't expect you were just after my food."
In his eyes, his relationship with Yu An began with romance.
In Yu An's eyes, the essence of their relationship was: a sudden confession from someone who had been holding back their feelings.
Yu An rarely saw him so devastated, and for a moment she felt a little sorry for him.
In an effort to cheer Xie Chiyuan up, Yu An finally gritted her teeth and went to the wardrobe to retrieve some clothes she had been saving for the last time.
He wasn't entirely without privacy in front of Xie Chiyuan!
For example, Xie Chiyuan had no idea how many outrageous clothes were hidden in his wardrobe.
The source of the clothes was somewhat unexpected, but Yu An still kept them as if by some strange twist of fate.
She rustled as she put on her clothes for a while.
soon.
Xie Chiyuan heard a soft "husband" and subconsciously turned his head to look.
"An'an?"
Xie Chiyuan's Adam's apple bobbed, and his eyes darkened instantly: "What, what are you wearing?"
"Hmm, she's wearing a bunny outfit."
Since Yu An didn't have any baby rabbits, she dressed up as a rabbit herself.
Xie Chiyuan had never liked eating rabbit meat before, but now he has suddenly fallen in love with 100 ways to eat rabbit meat.
It wasn't until the next day, when it was fully light, that this happened.
Xie Chiyuan had barely slept. When he heard the alarm clock ring, he got up, turned it off, and comforted the person in bed, "An'an, be good and sleep a little longer. I'm going to work."
It must be said that Yu An is still inferior to Xie Chiyuan in terms of physical strength.
Xie Chiyuan went to work with high spirits, but he had already noticed the fatigue from this kind of work.
Yin Tan entrusted this task to him because he knew that Yin Tan was capable of handling the matter well.
However, having the ability to handle something doesn't mean one is interested in handling it well.
I was busy until halfway through the morning.
Xie Chiyuan sent Yu An a message: "There's food by the bedside in the bedroom."
"Don't forget to eat when you wake up."
"I've warmed the milk for you; it's in a thermos."
The message was sent, but no reply was received.
Xie Chiyuan guessed that he probably hadn't woken up yet.
After sending a message to Yu An, Xie Chiyuan pondered for a few seconds and then called Yin Qin, who was becoming increasingly irrelevant.
He forced his elderly father to talk about work: "I just got a report that says the personal relationships between the North and South districts are getting closer and closer."
"Dad, didn't you say before that the relationship between these two districts isn't very good?"
In today's environment, the four districts also need to be wary of each other.
Aside from mass production of mutant strains, the Eastern District did nothing else.
The North and South districts have always kept a low profile, but the sudden thawing of relations between them has made Xie Chiyuan pay some attention to them.
“The two districts didn’t get along very well before, but maybe they’ve recently taken a liking to each other.”
Yin Qin held a thermos cup, with goji berries soaking in it.
While recuperating, he casually replied to Xie Chiyuan, "If you feel something is wrong with these two districts, go and investigate. Don't ask me about everything."
Xie Chiyuan: "..."
When Xie Chiyuan heard the last sentence, he had a strange, ominous feeling.
His throat tightened, and he asked, "Dad, when you were in a coma, I told Uncle Ruan that I would temporarily take over your job."
"Now that you're almost fully recovered, shouldn't you come back?"
This time, it was Yin Tan's turn to remain silent.
After a few seconds of silence, he hissed in a very uncharacteristic way: "My head suddenly started to hurt. By the way, the doctor said I shouldn't overwork my brain or get too tired."
"Chi Yuan, I need to take good care of my health. If you need anything, just tell your Uncle Ruan, and he will pass it on to me."
"Of course, unless it's something important, you don't need to bother your Uncle Ruan all the time."
After saying that, Yin Qin hung up the phone immediately.
Xie Chiyuan: "???"
Xie Chiyuan stared in disbelief at his phone, which had just been disconnected.
Is his dad just going to give up entirely?!
Yin Qin refused to return to work. Even when Xie Chiyuan went to him in person, he clutched his chest and said he was too weak to get out of bed.
Ruan Ke stood beside the hospital bed, calmly peeling an apple without saying a word.
Xie Chiyuan was at his wits' end with his lazy and unproductive father, so he turned to Ruan Ke for help: "Uncle Ruan, can you help me manage my dad?"
"The West District originally belonged to him, but now he's completely ignoring everything. What kind of behavior is this?"
"Consider it retirement."
Yin Qin took a small piece of apple from Ruan Ke's hand and casually replied to his words.
Xie Chiyuan's eyes gradually turned rebellious. His handsome face was gloomy as he coldly said, "If you don't care, then I won't care either."
Yin Qin leaned against the headboard and said lazily, "Fine, I won't care. We'll retire together, but I've already saved up some money so we can live a good life together after retirement."