Chapter 16: Did I kiss the little moon on your waist?

Meng Zhe stared at her cracked lips and asked her repeatedly until Qiao Xu got annoyed and he finally left.

Before leaving, I ran into a delivery person bringing fever-reducing medicine.

Qiao Xu huddled on the sofa, her nails digging desperately into the back of her hand.

She didn't want to cry, but she couldn't help it.

They eventually reached the point where they stabbed each other in the back.

She bit her pale lips until they bled, and groaned in pain.

In the past, Cherry would keep her company during times like this.

Now, she's all alone.

She clutched her neck, gasping for breath, and whispered, "Ah Si, it hurts so much."

"Qiaoqiao is feeling unwell."

But she could no longer hear her Ah Si coaxing her.

Her physical manifestation seems to be getting more and more powerful.

[Yuemao Villas]

After Xu Si'an returned, he opened a bottle of wine without even taking a glass, and poured it into his mouth.

His phone rang, he answered it, and then tossed it onto the bar counter.

Xu's mother's furious voice rang out: "Xu Si'an, you're with that woman again! She even dared to hit Weiwei."

"Who I'm with is none of your business. Four years ago you said that if I didn't listen to you, you should disown me as your son. Now what are you interfering with?"

Xu Si'an's voice was cold, as if the person opposite him was not his mother.

Shen Zhiwei was indeed the fiancée arranged for him four years ago, but he did not marry her.

Xu's mother threatened Xu Si'an that if he didn't marry Shen Zhiwei, he would lose his share of the company's inheritance.

Whoever marries Shen Zhiwei will inherit the company.

Xu Shiran likes Shen Zhiwei, but Shen Zhiwei likes Xu Si'an. The Shen family needs the Xu family's financing, so Shen Zhiwei has no choice but to marry Xu Shiran.

“Xu Si’an, I am your mother.”

Xu Si'an smiled sarcastically: "There is no mother in this world who would force her son to die."

"From the moment you threatened me with Qiao Xu, you should have known that our relationship could only be superficial, like that of a mother and son."

"Tell Shen Zhiwei that the matter between Cherry and Qiao Xu is not over."

After hanging up the phone, Xu Si'an tilted his head back and drank almost half a bottle of wine.

His hands were on the bar counter, and "plop," tears dripped from his bloodshot eyes onto his hands.

"Qiaoqiao, how could you bear to let me lose?"

He knew that Xu's mother and Shen Zhiwei had contacted Qiao Xu.

He was very happy that Qiao Xu didn't break up with him after they met.

Four years have passed, and he still can't figure out why she still broke up with him, why she still dumped him.

——

It was originally just a low-grade fever, but because Qiao Xu slept on the sofa all night, she had a high fever that wouldn't go down when she woke up the next day.

She took the medicine and slept at home for a day, but she still didn't get better.

I simply submitted a sick leave application when I went to work on Monday.

She used the company's internal leave application system, and when she submitted her sick leave application, she also sent it to Xu Si'an.

Xu Si'an received a message notification as soon as he arrived at the office.

After informing everyone that the morning meeting was canceled, he turned and left the company.

In the apartment, Qiao Xu had just taken a shower and was preparing to go to the hospital for an IV drip.

While I was drying my hair, I heard a knock on the outer door.

"Qiao Xu, open the door."

She reached the door and heard the combination lock announce, "Incorrect password."

[Incorrect password.]

[Incorrect password.]

Qiao Xu opened the door from inside the house: "Xu Si'an, are you sick?"

He was so bored that he canceled the meeting to crack her door lock code.

That's incredibly stupid; I guessed wrong three times.

Xu Si'an looked at her still dripping hair, picked her up after entering the room, and carried her to the bedroom.

He sat Qiao Xu on the edge of the bed and found a hairdryer in the bathroom cabinet to dry her hair.

Her habits haven't changed.

Neither of them spoke. After their hair dried, Xu Si'an took off his suit jacket, wrapped it around her, and carried her outside.

"Shoes, I'm not wearing shoes yet."

Xu Si'an supported her buttocks with one hand, bent down, opened the shoe cabinet, and took out a pair of flat shoes.

"Xu Si'an, put me down~~ Ugh..."

The sudden kiss made Qiao Xu feel a tightness in her chest, and she couldn't help but cough.

He closed the door and pressed the elevator button.

When the elevator reached the underground parking garage, he opened the passenger door, placed her on the chair, knelt down to put her shoes on, and fastened her seatbelt.

Qiao Xu was a little intimidated by Xu Si'an's silence.

Where are you taking me?

Xu Si'an got into the car and started the engine.

He only spoke while driving: "Is this how your boyfriend takes care of you?"

"Doesn't he know that it takes you several days to get better when you have a fever?"

Qiao Xu pursed her lips and remained silent.

The corner of my lip that he bit a couple of days ago is still a little red.

"Didn't your boyfriend ask about the corner of your mouth?"

Qiao Xu turned her face away, ignoring him and not answering his question.

She knew the way and knew he was taking her to the hospital.

When they arrived at the hospital, Qiao Xu didn't want him to hold her, and Xu Si'an didn't force her to.

The only requirement was that she not take off her suit jacket.

After seeing the doctor, I was prescribed medication and given an IV drip.

When Xu Si'an was giving her acupuncture, he noticed scratches on Qiao Xu's fair hands.

"What happened?"

Qiao Xu didn't speak, so Xu Si'an pinched her cheek and said, "Speak up, or do you want me to kiss you?"

She slapped his hand away: "Xu Si'an, stop being so shameless, I have a boyfriend."

"Would I care?"

His fingertips gently stroked the back of her hand, and he reached out to wrap his arms around her neck, just like when they were dating, pulling her into his embrace.

Xu Si'an lowered his head and kissed her ear.

"You slept with him?"

Qiao Xu didn't react for a moment: "What did you say?"

"Hiss~"

He gently bit her ear: "I'm asking you, did you two do A?"

"How many times has this happened?"

Qiao Xu pushed him away with her other hand: "What's it to you? We've already broken up."

"Mr. Xu, please have some self-respect."

Xu Si'an tightened his grip on her neck: "Did he kiss the little crescent moon on your waist like I did?"

"Qiao Xu, answer me."

"You know, when someone goes crazy, they're capable of anything."

Of course she knew; during her college romance, she'd seen other male classmates give her love letters and drag her to their apartment balconies…

Another time, during a class reunion, when everyone had booked a detached villa for a BBQ and karaoke, she sang a duet with someone, and he dragged her upstairs to his room, where she cried and sang all night.

Qiao Xu gritted her teeth and glared at him: "No."

"there is nothing?"

"I didn't kiss you, and I didn't do it."

Qiao Xu pulled his arm away from her throat: "There was no kiss."

Xu Si'an released her neck, lifted her onto his lap, and covered her with his suit jacket.

He reached down to her back and touched the metal clasp.

He chuckled softly and said gently, "I'll give you one more chance."

Qiao Xu coughed violently in anger, and her hot palms were gently patted against her skin.

His oversized suit covered her completely, her back pressed against his chest.

All that's visible to others is the girlfriend sitting in her boyfriend's lap; nothing else is visible.

He had already grabbed the button, and Qiao Xu said angrily, "There isn't one, okay?"

"Honey?"

Qiao Xu was so angry she almost choked: "I've been kissed by a dog."

"release."

The man let out a soft chuckle and said "Oh," and the next second Qiao Xu felt a sense of relief in her chest.