Zhang Xiaofen hung up the phone. Shengxia listened to the busy tone and thought about all the things she and Qin Ge had been up to lately. She had no scruples, doing whatever she wanted. It wasn't that she couldn't see that Qin Ge was exhausted, she just felt, just felt...

Shengxia couldn't explain it, she was just used to asking for things.

She clutched the phone and squatted helplessly in the dark living room. She hugged herself tightly with both hands, hugging closer and closer until it hurt. She lowered her head, unable to force back the tears that were streaming down her face.

After a while, she saw the flashing car lights outside. Shengxia hurriedly wiped away her tears, grabbed the quilt and hid behind the sofa. Her eyes were red and her face was red. She didn't want Qin Ge to see it.

Qin Ge walked in. Shengxia quietly stuck her head out and saw Qin Ge carrying a bag of vegetables bought from the market and entering the kitchen. Then, the kitchen light turned on and Qin Ge turned his back to her. Shengxia heard the sound of running water. Qin Ge washed the rice in the bowl, soaked it in the bowl, dried his hands and went out.

Shengxia dodged and hid back. For a moment, it seemed as if they were back in school. At that time, they had no money even for a date. They often stayed in Qin Ge's building. The simple house was small and cramped. When it was time to eat, Qin Ge would go outside to cook a dish and they would share it.

Shengxia opened her red eyes wide. It seemed as if all her persistence and anger were pushed aside at this moment and became unimportant. The air she was breathing seemed to make her throat swell up and choke. Between her and Qin Ge, there was no need to distinguish who would listen to whom. She would listen to Qin Ge all her life. All the unbearable things, she could endure because it was Qin Ge.

Shengxia had many messy dreams that night. She cried and laughed in her dreams. After waking up, the morning light shone warmly on her eyelids. The first thing she looked at was her side. She saw Qin Ge was still sleeping soundly, and Shengxia breathed a sigh of relief.

She gently turned to the side, and Qin Ge hugged her tighter. She hadn't woken up yet. Shengxia remembered that Qin Ge took medicine and fell asleep alone last night, and she felt uncomfortable. After a while, Qin Ge woke up too.

"Did you have a stomachache last night?"

Shengxia rubbed her head twice and asked with some resentment: "Why didn't you tell me when you felt uncomfortable?"

"I came back too late last night..." Qin Ge said. He closed his eyes, held Sheng Xia's hand, and placed it on his chest: "Sleep with me for a while, okay?"

Shengxia nodded. Actually, she was not sleepy anymore. After all, she had something to say to Qin Ge today. But she still obediently found a comfortable position in Qin Ge's arms, and the two of them hugged each other and dozed off for a while.

At around eight or nine o'clock, Qin Ge got up, got out of bed, and washed up. Shengxia was the one who dozed off to accompany Qin Ge, but she fell asleep herself. When she woke up, the minute hand had almost completed a circle, and Qin Ge brought her the porridge.

Shengxia sat up in the quilt with a messy hair and a confused look in his eyes.

Qin Ge served her the food and fed it to her mouth.

Shengxia took a sip in a daze: "I don't think I have brushed my teeth yet..."

Qin Ge looked at her with some confusion, probably because she didn't know what he had just done.

"Then why don't you go quickly."

"Oh, I'll be right there!" Shengxia was distracted. She quickly put on her slippers and brushed her teeth, wondering why she had fallen asleep. If Qin Ge had to go out for something, she wouldn't have had time to talk.

She quickly washed her face, ate the porridge and eggs on the table in a few mouthfuls, and then had to eat another bun under Qin Ge's gaze. She was distracted and choked, her neck turned red and she couldn't cough.

“Ahem!!”

"Why are you eating so fast?" Qin Ge didn't bother to say anything to her. He patted her back and brought the soup to her mouth. Shengxia took several mouthfuls before she could barely swallow it. Her throat still hurt.

Qin Ge didn't argue with her. She had already finished eating and took out a tie from the closet and started tying it.

Shengxia took a look and asked: "Do you have another important event today?"

Qin Ge said: "Well, today is the meeting at Tianyu, the last one."

"Oh." Shengxia wiped her mouth, feeling increasingly nervous and conflicted. She thought about how Qin Ge had been busy with her decision not to study abroad these days. If she told Qin Ge now that she had changed her mind, would it be a good thing?

"So what time are your meetings? I want to tell you something." Seeing that Qin Ge had put on his coat and was ready to go out, Shengxia didn't care about anything else.

"Ten thirty, no rush, what's wrong?"

Shengxia wanted to say something but stopped herself. She scratched her head with her hand and looked around, but she didn't dare to look him in the eye.

Qin Gemei's heart skipped a beat: "What's the matter?"

Shengxia stammered, "Well, I want to say, I've thought it through. I promise you, I'll go study in Germany..."

No movement.

Shengxia lowered her head even lower: "I know, if I tell you this now, you might want to kill me, but I know I was wrong, and I'm ready to listen to you, go..."

The more Shengxia spoke, the lower her voice became. No one spoke in the room. It was so quiet that you could hear a pin drop.

Shengxia steeled herself, feeling as if Qin Ge's gaze could see right through her. Her heart trembled. She quietly raised her head and saw Qin Ge standing a few steps away, looking at her. His dark eyes were unusually calm, yet they gave her a clear sense of a terrifying storm brewing behind them. Shengxia's hair stood on end!

"No! I've really reflected on it! Seriously reflected on it! Is it okay for me to go?"

Shengxia's heart was trembling inexplicably. She swallowed and took several steps back.

"What's wrong with you? Don't be like this..."

Qin Ge took a step closer and asked her word by word: "What do you want to do?"

"What do you want to do?"

Shengxia was a little confused. She felt that Qin Ge at this moment was even more terrifying than the Qin Ge she had been the day she jumped from the building. How should she describe it? If Qin Ge on that day was the one who would beat her butt, then the one in front of her, Shengxia felt that if she didn't answer this question correctly, Qin Ge would transform into a beast and tear her apart at any time.

"I...I don't want to do anything! I'm really reflecting on myself! Qin Ge, I know you're doing this for my own good. I was too willful before, and you just thought I was ungrateful. You look at me like that, and I'm scared..."

Shengxia took a few steps back and bumped into the end of the bed, only to find that she had no way to retreat.

Qin Ge threw the car keys away, and they slammed onto the coffee table with a clang. Sheng Xia was so frightened that she jumped directly onto the bed: "Qin Ge! What are you doing!"

Qin Ge strode over and grabbed Shengxia directly. He held Shengxia's waist with a dark look in his eyes, which was scary. Qin Ge seemed to squeeze out words from between his teeth, and there was even some grit in his tone.

"Shengxia, tell me, what do you want to do?"