Chapter 147: Scumbag

She covered her mouth and coughed violently a few times, her little face turning bright red.

Yu Shiyan stood up and strode around behind her, gently patting her back to help her catch her breath, while frowning and saying, "You're so delicate."

Yuan Siyin couldn't find the words to refute, she coughed until tears welled up in her eyes, and a grain of rice was stuck in her throat, which she swallowed after a long while.

"It's all your fault. I choked because you were staring at me like that."

Yuan Siyin's anger flared up, and she grabbed his sleeve to wipe away her tears.

Yu Shiyan felt somewhat helpless. Thinking that his little sparrow would be his sooner or later, he could only nod and coax her, "Yes, it was my fault."

"Finish your drink, let's go!"

Seeing him back down, Yuan Siyin immediately took advantage of the situation, shoving the bowl and tray into his arms and shoving him until she finally managed to get him out.

When she sat down at the table, Yuan Siyin sighed with relief, feeling her eyelids grow heavy.

She shook her head and picked up the ledger, only to find that there was an extra entry on it, which was a miscalculated number.

It must have been Yu Shiyan who hooked them up.

Fortunately, there aren't many left, so we should be able to finish checking them tonight.

She wearily rubbed her temples, intending to get up and pour herself a cup of tea, but then everything went black and she collapsed.

——

It felt heavy on my body, like I was being weighed down by several kilograms of cotton, making it impossible for me to move.

Yuan Siyin woke up in complete darkness and found herself covered in sweat, as if she had been pulled out of the water.

There was a hazy white figure not far away. She tried to open her eyes, but still couldn't see clearly.

Am I still dreaming?

Hearing her unconscious sobs, Yu Shiyan turned back and gently placed his hand behind her head, but his words were undisguisedly cold: "So delicate."

Before she even opened her eyes, she was already cursing him as a scoundrel in her dream.

The heartless little titmouse.

Yuan Siyin immediately sobered up a bit, but was still in a daze: "Yu Shiyan? Didn't I send you to another room? Why are you still here?"

"Why don't you ask yourself? You're just talking nonsense when you have a high fever."

Yu Shiyan held back for a moment, but still couldn't bring himself to say anything harsh: "What is it that makes you so worried and exhausted, that you have to risk half your life?"

Yuan Siyin was stunned, then her lips trembled and tears began to fall: "You were even mean to me in my dream! Aren't you the one who wanted me dead the most?!"

"You knew all along?"

Yu Shiyan pursed his lips slightly, feeling an indescribable heartache upon seeing her cry.

"How could I not know? I have your little schemes figured out perfectly!"

Yuan Siyin broke free of her hand, just to make a childish gesture.

Yu Shiyan sighed and gently wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes with his fingertips: "Don't cry."

"How did I end up with you?!"

"Yeah, how did I end up with you?"

Yu Shiyan casually put the account book he was looking at aside, stuffed her outstretched hand back under the covers, and repeated her words with a light laugh.

Yuan Siyin suddenly sat up and began to count on her fingers meticulously: "If you don't believe me, I'll tell you one by one."

I, Aqing, Ziyuan, the entire Yuan family—you killed them all, including my aunt, whom you imprisoned in the palace, and my father died in battle…”

As she spoke, she started crying again, “Do you know that I’m most afraid of you? I’m afraid you’ll kill me, afraid you’ll take action against the Yuan family. I’m the only one who did something wrong, so why did you kill them all as well?”

I just didn't want to watch my father die and be unable to do anything about it. You haunted me and followed me here, and you should have married Qi Xinxin, but you kissed me yesterday.

What do you mean by this? You treat me like a pastime, but take her for granted?

What a jerk!