She struggled to turn over, just as the bathroom door opened.

Fang Zhi stared blankly as the man emerged, his lower body wrapped in a bath towel. His upper body was pale and lean, revealing toned abs with smooth, elegant lines that exuded power. The light red marks left by fingernails added a touch of ambiguity.

Fang Zhi suddenly closed his eyes.

Last night, he carried her to the bathroom, and they were completely open with each other, seeing each other as they should, but she still wasn't comfortable in that situation.

Even the memory of him asking for her help in a hoarse voice, and the ferocious, enormous sensation in his hand, is still vivid in my mind.

As the blush rose from the girl's small face all the way to her ears, Qi Shen's eyes narrowed slightly, showing no sign of anything amiss.

He walked over, sat down next to Fang Zhi, and said gently:

"Awake? Do you want to go back to sleep?"

"No..." Fang Zhi originally wanted to say she wasn't going to sleep, but when she thought that if she said she wasn't going to sleep, Qi Shen would have to call her to wash up and eat, and the two of them would have to spend time together, she immediately changed her mind, "Sleep, I'm still a little sleepy."

After speaking, she symbolically shrank further into the blankets.

"Okay." Qi Shen chuckled and affectionately patted the girl's head that was still sticking out of the window. "You can sleep a little longer. I'll tell Wang Ma to come and make breakfast now, and she'll wake you up when it's ready."

Fang Zhi listened motionless to the man's gentle and considerate words, her heart filled with complex emotions. Things seemed to have reached a dead end; no matter what she did, it would be futile.

Moreover, her brother's actions last night had already torn down the last layer of taboo.

As she turned 18—

He seemed unable to wait a moment longer, regardless of whether there was that origami crane or that empty embrace.

Should she try to accept it? If she doesn't accept it, how can she resist? Fang Zhi was plunged into deep confusion, feeling powerless and suffocated by Qi Shen's relentless pressure.

As the leader of SQ, Qi Shen never abuses his privileges unless there is something important to do.

Now that it was time for him to leave for work as usual, he didn't delay any longer and went straight to the wardrobe to pick out a new outfit he had prepared and put it on.