Fang Zhi was holding her anger in and ignored him. Just as Qi Shen was about to leave, he remembered something and returned to sit down by the bed.

When the bed beside her sank into a crater, Fang Zhi raised her head warily, her round, beautiful eyes fixed on Qi Shen, as if afraid he might do something.

"Zhizhi." Qi Shen slowly extended his hand to her. "Give me your phone."

At this point, he wanted her phone, and he couldn't think of any other reason besides deleting Sister Lin's contact information.

She quickly shook her head.

Qi Shen's pale, exquisitely crafted hand remained still, his dark eyes gripping her face tightly, his gaze unwavering. "You want me to search myself?"

"No."

Fang Zhi uttered two words without the slightest hesitation.

Qi Shen stared at her intently for a while, seeing right through her little scheme. He said calmly, "Don't worry, although I don't know what Lin Yisheng said to you, I won't let you delete her."

He was unhappy that Lin Yisheng had taken Fang Zhi away and refused to return her, but he also knew that without Lin Yisheng's help, Zhi Zhi might have gotten into trouble given her state of mind after seeing the vulgar language on the forum.

The man clearly showed a determination to achieve his goal.

Fang Zhi looked at his hand, lowered her head and pondered for a moment before looking at the handsome man and saying, word by word, "Then I swear I won't delete Sister Lin."

She paused, as if feeling that this one sentence wasn't authoritative enough, and added, "A liar is a dog."

Sister Lin has been teaching her a lot lately.

A man's words are deceitful.

If you're unsure whether what he says is trustworthy, then you should be direct and ask him for assurances.

"..." Qi Shen took in all of Fang Zhi's changing expressions, unsure whether to be angry or amused.

He stayed away for a few days and didn't seem to have changed much, but he learned a lot of these crooked and unorthodox methods. He even came up with the tricks to avoid deleting the oaths that Lin Yisheng made him swear.

This also indirectly reminded him that Shi Yan's wife was a special person in Fang Zhi's household, or at least very important.

Thinking of this, Qi Shen's eyes gradually darkened, but his face remained calm and composed. "Why would I lie to you, brother? If I wanted to delete Lin Yisheng, I have plenty of ways to do it."

Fang Zhi remained silent, maintaining her stance of "I won't show you my phone unless you swear an oath."

Seeing this, Qi Shen scoffed, "Brother sees that Zhizhi has forgotten the pain once the wound has healed." His tone became meaningful, "It hasn't been long and she's already being naughty. Doesn't her bottom hurt anymore?"

Hearing him ask that, Fang Zhi almost couldn't catch her breath. She said softly but firmly, "I won't give it to you even if it hurts."

The surrounding atmosphere fell silent, and the two stared at each other for a moment in a tense silence. Qi Shen thought to himself:

She's just a young girl, or rather, a girl he personally picked and fell in love with. As long as she doesn't cross his bottom line, what's wrong with letting her have her once?

He said calmly, "Okay, brother swears."

At this point, he reluctantly took that step back.

As the years passed and they experienced loss and gain, the little girl was able to climb all over him and act like a tyrant.

"for you."

Only then did she reluctantly hand over her phone.

Qi Shen took the phone but didn't turn it on immediately. Instead, he slowly twirled it in his palm. "I'll have someone cancel the second SIM card for you. This is a one-time exception."

"Oh." Fang Zhi had no objection to this.

Since he's already found out, there's no need for this card anymore; it would just be a waste of her phone bill.

"Good girl." Qi Shen gently stroked the girl's soft, long hair, then left a soft kiss on her forehead. "I'm sorry, Zhizhi, I shouldn't have treated you like that that day."

"But I don't regret it, because I won't allow anyone else to admire or covet Zhizhi. If I could do it all over again, I would still choose to stop Zhizhi from participating in the arts performance."

The soft, gentle voice reached Fang Zhi's ears, and she was stunned for a moment, then fell into a daze. She couldn't change her brother's mind no matter what she did, and she felt truly powerless about it.

While she was still in a daze, the man stood up and prepared to leave.

Out of the corner of her eye, she realized what was happening and hurriedly called out to him, "Brother, my phone...aren't you going to give it back to me?"

Qi Shenjun smiled gently and harmlessly, pointed to his phone, and said in a calm and gentle tone, "Getting a good rest means you can't play on your phone, understand? Got it."

Modern people can't live without their phones, and only then did I realize what was happening when I opened my eyes wide.

"Is this also a punishment?" she blurted out.

Qi Shen nodded slightly. "Yes, I will return the phone to you when my brother comes back tonight."

He's the kind of person who can't stand being taken advantage of, especially when it comes to young girls, he's very calculating.

He was still upset that Zhizhi had blocked him and wouldn't answer his calls.

Qi Shen raised a slight lip. If it's a phone that can't answer his calls, then what's the point of keeping it?

"Wait..." Fang Zhi hadn't finished speaking when she watched helplessly as the relaxed and carefree man took her phone and left.

Her upbringing wouldn't allow her to yell at him to return the phone, and now she can't even chase after him anymore.

She slept very well at Sister Lin's house last night, so she definitely won't be able to sleep now. And it's not even ten o'clock yet, how is she going to get through this day?

The medicine had dried, and only then did I get out of bed, put on my clothes, look out the window, and look at the ceiling.

She vaguely remembered that she seemed to have forgotten something.

Three minutes later, Fang Zhi's pupils contracted slightly.

Before running away from Nangong, Jiang Yu had made a phone call to her, and the call record was not deleted.

She slowly moved to the windowsill. The tall, handsome man had changed out of his casual clothes into a suit and opened the car door to get into the Bentley. From this angle, she couldn't tell at all whether her brother had taken her phone.

......

As the Bentley drove out of the Nangong Villa District, sunlight streamed through the car window onto the refined and elegant man, making his sculpted face appear even more streamlined and profound in the interplay of light and shadow.

Qi Shen looked through Fang Zhi's social media apps and found only one new friend—Sister Lin.

He promised her he wouldn't delete it, and he won't.

Qi Shen then exited and looked through his text messages and other things. While browsing the calls, he paused for a moment, and a five-minute call record caught his attention.

Comparing the time with the surveillance video and the time stated by the nanny, this was the phone call the little girl received just before she ran out.

If it was a typo, it wouldn't take five minutes...