Chapter 61 Chinese New Year "You must like Coco."

In the last few days before the New Year, Baiye was busy connecting with clients and project managers to confirm their work schedules and shutdown/start times.

Yi Sheng seems to have completely settled down, spending his days at home watching movies and reading books, and occasionally going out to work out.

"Aren't you going to participate in your company's annual meeting?" Bai Yeke felt very unbalanced seeing her idle.

"We'll see." Yi Sheng brewed coffee with great interest. "Would you like a cup? You still have to work later, right?"

"..." Bai Yeke glared at her, "I won't drink it, or I won't be able to sleep later."

So, in no time, Bai Yeke found a cup of hot milk next to her.

Midway through, Bai Yeke would leave the study and pass through the living room. Recently, she had been monopolizing calligraphy, while Yi Sheng would lazily sit cross-legged on the sofa area at night watching movies and documentaries.

Yi Sheng was drinking coffee and eating fruit while watching a documentary, yawning. When she saw her come out, she greeted her, "How's it going? Are you done?"

"Just drink your coffee," Bai Ye said irritably.

Yi Sheng frowned, feeling utterly innocent. She stretched her long legs, which she had been sitting cross-legged for a long time, and said, "Oh." She looked somewhat aggrieved, which made Bai Yeke laugh at the same time.

Around 10 o'clock, Bai Yeke became even more drowsy after drinking milk. She inwardly complained that Yi Sheng had ulterior motives, and then Yi Sheng knocked on the door and entered.

"What are you doing?" Bai Ye asked knowingly.

"Tsk." Yi Sheng closed her laptop. "Managing the video account isn't work. Let's talk about it tomorrow. Time to sleep."

“How can it not be considered work?” Bai Yeke retorted, “Isn’t it about maintaining popularity?”

"Okay." Yi Sheng coaxed her, "But it's too tiring. You can just let Xiao Yang take care of it tomorrow. Anyway, she's full of energy every day."

"...?"

Bai Yeke's forehead was covered in exclamation marks.

She has so little workload and she's already tired, while Xiao Yang has so much workload and he's dumping it on others.

Besides, Xiao Yang is neither a Santian employee nor her subordinate. Strictly speaking, Xiao Yang is her master. How can a disciple order his master around?

"Don't be like that," Bai Ye said, not very happy. "Assistant Yang is already very busy."

"Um?"

“You stay at home all day, and she does all the chores. Why are you exploiting her for housework?”

"Family matters..." Yi Sheng was amused by her. "Oh, then let's not leave them to her."

"Um."

Yi Sheng grabbed her arm and half-carried, half-pulled her toward the bedroom, saying, "Then you need to go to sleep too."

Bai Ye rubbed her eyes and resisted Yi Sheng, "I'm sleepy."

"I didn't say I was going to do anything," Yi Sheng said, amused.

Yi Sheng led her to rinse her mouth and brush her teeth. Bai Yeke was especially sleepy because she had drunk milk, and was almost in a half-asleep state.

Back in the bedroom, I fell asleep the moment my head hit the pillow.

"Get out of my way!"

"nausea!"

In the middle of the night, Bai Yeke was awakened by a scream.

She propped herself up on her arms and suddenly realized that it was Yi Sheng who was talking in his sleep.

Yi Sheng had already opened his eyes. His usually slightly closed dark pupils were now wide open, his face was paler than usual, and a thin layer of sweat had appeared on his forehead.

"W-What's wrong?" Bai Yeke asked softly.

Yi Sheng didn't answer. She maintained that terrified and disgusted expression for about half a minute, then propped herself up against the headboard. She closed her eyes, raised one arm to shield her forehead, and whispered, "It's okay." Her voice was incredibly hoarse.

Bai Yeke's heart sank. She tried to comfort Yi Sheng, slowly reaching out a hand. "Did you have a nightmare?"

"No—" Yi Sheng suddenly cried out, and Bai Yeke's hand froze in mid-air. She looked at Yi Sheng in astonishment. Yi Sheng swallowed hard, seemingly realizing that he had overreacted, and explained, "Um, a nightmare."

After Yi Sheng finished speaking, she continued to close her eyes and breathe heavily.

Unlike their usual panting when they were being affectionate, their breathing was heavy and rapid, yet it carried a profound sense of dejection.

Bai Ye felt a pang of heartache. It was always Yi Sheng who took care of her and pulled her back when she was embarrassed or ashamed. But when faced with Yi Sheng's vulnerable moment, she felt powerless and didn't know what to do to make Yi Sheng feel better.

Another minute passed, and Bai Yeke gently lifted the covers and got out of bed. She took a damp and wrung-out towel and handed it to Yi Sheng instead of using it rashly. "Wipe yourself off. You'll easily catch a cold if you sweat."

"Hmm." After wiping, Yi Sheng handed it back to her. Bai Yeke went to the bathroom again, and when she came back, Yi Sheng's complexion had improved a lot.

The woman looked slightly tired, but forced a smile as she looked at Bai Yeke. "Sorry to wake you up, go back to sleep." She then yawned.

Bai Ye nodded without saying anything.

Yi Sheng is not the type to apologize, and besides, why should she apologize for waking her up because of her sleep talking?

Bai Yeke silently crawled under the covers, getting closer to Yi Sheng, but keeping a fist's distance between them. She didn't want to provoke Yi Sheng any further.

Within two seconds, Yi Sheng took the initiative to move closer, eliminating the distance between them.

Bai Yeke then turned over, raised her hand to hug Yi Sheng, and imitated the way her mother used to pat her back when she was little, gently patting Yi Sheng's back again and again, "It's okay, go to sleep."

Their breathing gradually calmed down, and eventually, it was unclear who fell asleep first.

When Bai Yeke opened her eyes again, her first reaction was to be stunned, because Yi Sheng was in her arms, silently watching her. It was amazing that neither of them had changed their positions last night. Moreover, she felt a little embarrassed that Yi Sheng was looking at her so closely. Her second reaction was that she felt sore, because her whole body was sore from being in the same position for so long.

Despite the aches and pains, Bai Yeke pulled Yi Sheng closer in her arms and kissed her forehead with her lips. "Good morning."

"Good morning." Yi Sheng's eyes curved slightly, indicating that she had completely recovered from last night's nightmare.

When she got up, Bai Ye couldn't help but stretch and move her arms and legs, her face contorted in pain as she grimaced.

Yi Sheng watched from the side and couldn't help but laugh.

Bai Ye glared at her, "It's all your fault."

Yi Sheng's smile faded, and she said softly, "Yes, it's my fault."

"Hey! It's not your fault!" Bai Yeke immediately regretted her actions and quickly coaxed, "How can it be your fault?"

Yi Sheng forced a smile, "It's probably because I didn't sleep well after drinking coffee that I had nightmares."

That's a lame excuse. It's obvious that the dream wasn't just a random fantasy; it had content, and Yi Sheng was hiding something.

Bai Ye didn't expose him, "Right? From now on, you're not allowed to drink coffee at night, you can only drink milk."

"Oh," Yi Sheng said helplessly, "but I don't really like drinking milk at night."

"..." Bai Yeke glared at her, then paused, "Then drink hot cocoa."

Yi Sheng paused for a moment, then subconsciously said, "Me too—"

“You must like Coco.” Bai Yeke said expressionlessly.

cocoa.

Yi Sheng realized what was happening and asked with a smile, "Aren't you Coconut Cola? I like cola, so it's fine, right?"

"Cocoa." Bai Yeke pushed her away to wash up. "I like to drink hot cocoa, but it's not easy to keep it at home, so I can only drink it when I come across it."

"oh."

"So you have to like Coco too."

"Oh, okay."

Wei Qiushi finally returned just ten days before the Lunar New Year.

When Wei Qiushi chatted with Bai Yeke last time and learned that she had moved out, he said something like, "Before I come back, you better get back home! Isn't it shameful for a girl who isn't married to move out instead of staying at home?!"

However, Baiye had long forgotten about it.

So when Wei Qiushi returned home and found that Bai Yeke wasn't there, he was a little annoyed.

The stepfather chuckled, "She has somewhere to go now, what are you worried about?"

"Where to go?" Wei Qiushi asked, puzzled.

"You're worrying too much. Why don't you just call her back for a meal during the New Year?" The stepfather was speechless. "It's none of your business."

Wei Qiushi rarely comes home; he's busy hanging out with his friends and really doesn't want to bother with this.

Unexpectedly, on New Year's Eve, his stepsister did indeed return, but she brought back another person with her, Yi Sheng—the worst person he had viciously engraved in his heart's little notebook.

During the Lunar New Year holiday, Bai Yeke rarely stayed in bed, and Yi Sheng didn't want to wake her up. When Bai Yeke opened her eyes, Yi Sheng went back to bed to coax her to get up. But when the two hugged, they started kissing, and then they started rolling around in each other's arms. They kissed for a while until Bai Yeke's new phone rang.

At the company's annual meeting, Yi Sheng was a generous giveaway, handing out a lot of nice things. Fortunately, Bai Yeke brought some things back. Because she ranked high in the competition, she was invited to the headquarters to attend the annual meeting. Her luck was so-so that she won a new mobile phone. She was also praised by the head of headquarters for her performance in the competition, who said that she had a bright future. On the other hand, Lu Feiteng had bad luck and won the worst participation prize, a rice cooker. He was so depressed that he had a dark face when taking the group photo.

The phone rang; it was Mom calling to call them home for dinner.

Bai Yeke and Yi Shengshan arrived late, just in time for dinner, but Wei Qiushi arrived even later. He sat down and didn't immediately recognize the strange woman.

Gradually, even without an introduction, Wei Qiushi understood the ambiguous atmosphere between Bai Yeke and the strange woman, and felt very uncomfortable, but he didn't make a move because of the holiday.

Halfway through the meal, when his stepfather mentioned the name "Miss Yi," Wei Qiushi was taken aback. When he confirmed that this Miss Yi was indeed Yi Sheng, his face turned ashen. He glared at Bai Yeke and pointed at her, saying, "You're really something!" He then decisively left the table.

"Hey! This kid!" the stepfather called out but didn't get a response. He then smiled and said to everyone at the table, "It's okay, that's just his temper."

Yi Sheng smiled indifferently, while Bai Ye no longer cared about the affairs of this family.

After the meal, Wei Qiushi called Bai Yeke into the study.

"You're getting revenge on me, aren't you?" Wei Qiushi was furious.

Bai Yeke was baffled. How did her dating become revenge against Wei Qiushi?

"No matter how we've gotten along over the years, I've always considered you a member of this family," Wei Qiushi said painfully.

This person is one person in the family, but not the same as a family member.

Bai Ye didn't dwell on these things, "Mm."

"But you actually got together with Yi Sheng!"

"Don't say such harsh things!" Bai Yeke was immediately displeased. She didn't care how Wei Qiushi belittled her in the past, but she couldn't stand it when he said bad things about Yi Sheng.

"You think my words are harsh, but don't you know how ugly your own actions are?" Wei Qiushi pointed at her. "How have I treated you? How have you treated me? Yi Sheng is my enemy! The enemy who ruined my career!"

Bai Ye was taken aback.

She didn't recall her stepfather's family having any business dealings with Yi Sheng, let alone Wei Qiushi. He was just starting out and she had never heard of him having any conflicts with anyone.

"Tell me in more detail," Bai Ye said impatiently.