The night rain seemed to have stopped, but the wind was still howling, making Mu Yiran's hair stick to her face and her nose run. She sniffled and wiped her nose, and now she could see Shi Youxi running quickly from the complicated steps more clearly.

His face was as sour as a storm cloud, looking like a tempest was brewing.

Mu Yiran recalled that she had deliberately hung up the phone, and guessed that Shi Youxi was angry and had come to confront her.

She ran a hand through her hair, drying almost all the remaining tears from the corners of her eyes, before getting up from the ground. Just then, the man strode up to her, and Mu Yiran spoke with a cold face:

"How did you know I was here? And why did you have me followed?!"

"call!"

The words she was about to say were cut short by Shi Youxi's heavy, impactful embrace. Mu Yiran stood there, stunned, hearing the man's heavy breathing and feeling the dampness on his body even through his thin coat.

It rained a little, though, so how did he get so soaked...?

Shi Youxi buried his face tightly in Mu Yiran's neck and shoulders, greedily and rapidly inhaling her scent, his nose rubbing against the soft flesh of her cheek, his tone one of relief and joy after a period of shock.

"fine.."

"Thank goodness we found it..."

"......"

"I thought you'd abandoned me again and run away..."

"......."

Mu Yiran's breath hitched, and a spot in her heart felt numb and sore, as if a needle had pierced it.

As Shi Youxi spoke, she became a little annoyed and bit her fair earlobe hard.

Don't even think about it!

"Finding you is easier for me than finding a convenience store!"

“…”

Mu Yiran smelled the cool air and slight sweat emanating from him and suddenly realized that the GPS watch Ai Ni had given her had been knocked loose and had been taken off long ago.

So Shi Youxi searched for her for a long time before finally finding her.

...Did Shi Youxi think that she didn't want him anymore?

Why didn't he call her all afternoon, or even send her a text message? Even when they had minor arguments before, he would act as if nothing had happened and use any means to bother her and make her pay attention to him.

But today... precisely when she most suddenly wanted to argue with him, he didn't make a sound at all.

The fragile warmth that had just begun to rise vanished completely. Mu Yiran pulled away from his arms, feeling a frustration she couldn't quite explain, and inexplicably wanted to lash out at him. She sneered, "Where else could I go? What do you want from me?!"

Shi Youxi lifted her chin, pressing his thumb against the woman's left cheek. The swirling light of the glass flashed in Shi Youxi's eyes, enough for him to see the red and swollen skin hidden under her hair, and the face that was obviously from crying. It was also enough for Mu Yiran to see the sudden surge of ferocity in his dark eyes.

"Who hit him?" he asked coldly.

Mu Yiran twisted her shoulders but couldn't move them, stubbornly saying, "...I just bumped into it by accident."

Shi Youxi chuckled and pressed down hard. Seeing Mu Yiran gasp in pain, he gestured with his hand, "You've hit a five-finger mountain, haven't you?"

"......"

She was the one who got hit, so why did he take his anger out on her first?

Mu Yiran angrily slapped his hand away, "I can crash wherever I want, even if I crash into Mount Siguniang, it's none of your business!"

Shi Youxi had no patience to argue with her, so he pulled her into his arms and was about to carry her away, saying, "Even if you don't tell me, I can still find out!"

The man suddenly appeared in front of her and threw a tantrum. Then she saw her parents' smiling photo and her lips curled into a sneer. She pushed the man away in rejection.

"What's the use of knowing now! Why didn't you know sooner..."

"…you"

Shi Youxi paused, his eyes widening in surprise. The next second, he pressed down on Mu Yiran's calves and lifted her up by her buttocks like he was carrying a child.

"Ah!" Mu Yiran swayed, clinging tightly to Shi Youxi's collar and bracing herself on his shoulders as she cried out, "What are you doing! Put me down! Do you know where you are! Have you no shame!"

Shi Youxi looked up at her, ignoring her accusations of being immoral, and asked, "Sister... are you upset that I didn't text or call you this afternoon?"

"...I..." Mu Yiran choked, not knowing why she panicked, and pursed her lips: "What nonsense are you talking about! Put me down! I counted to three!"

"three!"

Shi Youxi continued to probe: "Is your sister angry that I didn't contact you all afternoon?"

Mu Yiran grabbed his hair from the top of his head: "Two!"

Shi Youxi understood: "So your sister has been waiting all afternoon for me to call and text you?"

"...One!" Mu Yiran could no longer bear it and raised her hand, ready to punch him in the face.

Before the fist landed, his mouth was gagged.

“…”

Mu Yiran stared at the man in front of her, who had started arguing without warning. She spat and shoved Shi Youxi away forcefully. "You, you're crazy! Can't you see where we are?!"

"Get the hell away from me if you're going to go crazy!"

Shi Youxi remained motionless, ignoring her hitting and scolding, her face contorted with laughter even as she was being scratched. "So, sister, you've been thinking about me all afternoon?"

"So that's what you thought of me, sister... Do you like it when I cling to you?"

He nervously asked and answered himself, "Yeah, my sister just likes it when I cling to you!"

"My sister likes me!"

Mu Yiran grabbed his face, squeezing the man's handsome features together, and the perverted upturned corners of his mouth were still faintly visible.

"I don't like you! No way I'd like you! What are you doing here in the middle of the night, acting crazy?!"

Not content with just using her hands, she also tried to use her feet when Shi Youxi wouldn't let go. She raised her knee, and Shi Youxi immediately pinched the soft flesh on her side.

"Ugh!" Mu Yiran cried out softly, as she was extremely ticklish.

Shi Youxi pressed his face against hers, his hands moving non-stop. "Hiss, you can't kick it here. It's very fragile right now. If you break it, you won't be able to play with it anymore."

"What...you?!" Mu Yiran was stunned by his outrageous words. Her hand was pulled up, and Mu Yiran's face instantly turned red. She cried out in surprise, disregarding the occasion:

"Damn it!"

"Shi Youxi!"

Shi Youxi held her hand. "Okay, Gan, we'll talk about Gan later, but not today."

Do you know why?

Mu Yiran thought Shi Youxi had completely gone mad, and was just thinking about whether to just kill him with one blow when...

She touched something rough, like gauze.

She was taken aback.

She even tied a fancy bow!

Shi Youxi kept buzzing like a bee collecting honey: "Do you know why I was quiet all afternoon?"

He looked at Mu Yiran, whose face was full of absurdity, and said without any hesitation, "We had a fight this afternoon, and you ignored me and left."

Mu Yiran was already used to him changing topics with each sentence, so she naturally switched her train of thought: "...It's clearly you who's the one who wants to argue."

Shi Youxi said to herself, "I hate arguing with my sister, especially because of that damn medicine."

Mu Yiran: "I already said I've only eaten it once."

Shi Youxi flattened her lips: "But you still ate it, didn't you? In the end, your sister still doesn't believe me. Do you think I would force you to get pregnant like before?"

Mu Yiran pursed her lips, somewhat puzzled. Was Shi Youxi going through all that trouble just to bring up the old grievances from that afternoon in front of her parents at the cemetery?

She didn't want to listen anymore, especially in front of her parents. Now she didn't even know how to introduce him to them. She tried to pull her hand away and leave, but Shi Youxi held her hand and rubbed it against the gauze with the bow.

Shi Youxi guided her through the process, his voice low, "But it's alright, I've solved the problem at its source."

"..."

Mu Yiran was stunned for two seconds, then her eyes widened suddenly as she came to her senses.

You wouldn't...

"Mmm." Shi Youxi leaned in and touched nose with hers. "I've solved the problem. We won't argue about this anymore."

As if extremely satisfied with his solution, the man excitedly rubbed his face against her chest.

Mu Yiran could hardly believe it. "So... you spent the whole afternoon doing this? Just for..."

So they went to the extreme of having surgery just to stop her from taking medication?

That's why Guan Shiyan called and messaged her so many times, it's simply...

"Are you really like this, Shi Youxi, who doesn't consider the consequences of his actions?"

Shi Youxi chuckled: "I've thought about it. The consequence I want is for you to trust me without any reservations."

"..." Mu Yiran was completely speechless.

"Ah~ I didn't consider everything." A hint of dissatisfaction flashed across Shi Youxi's face. "I didn't expect it would be more than half a month of abstinence. What am I going to do if my sister feels so uncomfortable?"

"Could you rub it for me?"

Mu Yiran reacted as if she'd been electrocuted: "What do you mean, 'what to do'?! You deserve it!"

She was truly impressed!

This person's perversion knows no bounds; he's utterly despicable!

Shi Youxi laughed heartlessly even after being scolded, resting his chin on her chest and holding her in a hugging position for so long without wanting to let go. "Well, I deserved it. I apologize. So, sister, could you forgive me for not calling you this afternoon, considering that Shi Youxi was injured?"

“…”

He stared at the woman's still-red eyes and her increasingly swollen profile, his eyes darkening. "Without a guard dog, those guys dare to bully you, right?"

Shi Youxi didn't need to think much to know who had slapped him. He knew Mu Yiran's temperament; he knew she was easily swayed and could be quite tough on strangers, but she was very lenient with those she had some connection with.

Mu Yiran turned her face away. "...I already said it has nothing to do with you. If you don't have anything else, you can leave now. I—"

"What do you mean there's nothing else?" Shi Youxi loosened his grip, put her down on the ground, and held her left hand with his right.

Mu Yiran was led by him to straighten her clothes. The man was clearly much more disheveled than her, but because of his face, the disheveled feeling strangely turned into a relaxed feeling.

He led her to the tombstone, and when she faced the two people in the photo, Mu Yiran was stunned.

"Have you finished talking with your parents?" Shi Youxi asked.

Mu Yiran's mouth reacted before her brain: "Are you done talking... wait, who are you calling?"

Shi Youxi didn't answer her. He squeezed her hand, then knelt down.

Mu Yiran was startled. "What are you doing?!"

"Mom and Dad, nice to meet you. My name is Shi Youxi, and I am..." He glanced at the woman beside him, straightened his expression, and continued solemnly, "Ranran's new husband."

"..."

Mu Yiran listened to his deliberately mature tone and expression, wanting to laugh but unable to.

She neither refuted nor interrupted Shi Youxi.

The cemetery, which had remained silent for years, finally showed a change—this time, she was accompanied by someone else.

The person who accompanies her as she talks to her parents.

"I'm sorry I can only talk to Mom and Dad for such a short time this time, but please forgive me for being a little anxious." Shi Youxi smiled gently and shook Mu Yiran's hand. "Mom and Dad must be very worried when they saw the injury on her face, but it's okay. I will support you from now on and take care of everything for Mu Yiran."

Mu Yiran's eyelashes fluttered, and she turned her head away.

The man at her feet said a few more words before standing up and pulling her close to his chest. "Is there anything else you want to say?"

Mu Yiran was completely disoriented, and she shook her head.

"Then we'll be going now, Mom and Dad. We'll come see you again next time with Ranran."

"..."

Mu Yiran watched as he bent down and tidied up all the photos she had taken out. His gaze didn't linger on the photos for long. He then wiped away the water droplets from the Diamond Castle with his hand, tidying it up like an old woman before leading her downstairs.

The cemetery was very large. Shi Youxi led her up the steps familiarly toward the side gate. Mu Yiran looked back and could only see faint patches of colorful light peeking through the night. She couldn't help but ask the person beside her, "Why did you just call... Dad and Mom?"

Mu Yiran had never heard Shi Youxi address any elder so obediently.

She was certain that Shi Youxi had never called Shi Yan and Bai Shengsheng that.

Shi Youxi stared at the pool at her feet, unconcerned: "Of course I'll call her the same way my wife calls me, I'll call her whatever my sister calls me."

She didn't know that she had called out to him many times while she was asleep at night.

"..."

So, she was crying so loudly that Shi Youxi heard her?

Mu Yiran's face flushed, and she tried to break free but couldn't. She followed Shi Youxi to the car parked by the side door. "...Where are we going now?"

Before Shi Youxi could answer, a man got out of the driver's seat.

"Madam, sir."

Mu Yiran greeted him, "Good evening."

Good evening, Madam!

Shi Dian nodded, about to reply, when he was startled by a cold, icy gaze.

When he looked over, Shi Youxi had already lifted the woman by the waist and carried her into the car. With a slam of the car door, the strong wind slapped him across the face.

season:"....."

Forget it, money's hard to earn!

He obediently got into the car to be the driver, not daring to look around, and asked the people in the back seat, "Sir and Madam, where are we going?"

Shi Youxi hugged the petite person with the shawl, but still not satisfied, he directly pulled the person over and placed them on his lap.

What are you doing?!

"Sister Leng, there's only one blanket in the car. Hug me to keep warm."

“…”

Shi Youxi took ice cubes from the small refrigerator, wrapped them in a wet wipe, and carefully pressed them to Mu Yiran's face before answering Shi Jie, "Take her to the Wen residence."

Mu Yiran's face froze from the cold. "What are you going to the Wen residence for?"

Shi Youxi nestled contentedly on her shoulder like he was holding a doll. His low, husky voice made Mu Yiran shrink back, her neck turning red. Looking at her fair skin, he couldn't resist taking a bite.

"What else can I do? My master was bitten by a rabid dog, so I have to go and bite back to protect him."