Cao An frowned, somewhat disgusted by her gaze. He really couldn't remember where he had met her before, and why did she seem to recognize him in her eyes?

"Do you know me?"

Chen Caiyun was frightened by his fierce eyes and took a step back unconsciously. She shook her head and said, "I don't know him."

"So you know me?"

Another low voice sounded, and she turned around to see the handsome man walking towards her from the other side. The same inquiry and scrutiny made her feel a little at a loss, and she could only shake her head.

She answered a little dryly, took a step back, stumbled, and didn't pay attention to the curb. So, under the scrutiny of the two tall men, she fell to the ground in embarrassment.

Cao An looked down at her fall and did not help her. "Why are you here?"

This woman was so weird, and his materials were stolen. He couldn't help but wonder if this woman was behind it.

Chen Caiyun was about to cry out of grievance. With red eyes, she looked up at the two of them and said, "I just went to school to get a book. I was just standing here for a while. How did I offend you?"

Cao An and Qi Siling looked at each other, and seeing the suspicion in each other's eyes, neither of them had any intention of lending a hand to help.

"Every time you see us, you look at us with a strange look. Can I ask why?" Qi Siling squatted down. Even in this way, he was also condescending, making the woman sitting on the ground always feel an invisible sense of oppression.

Chen Caiyun was flustered. She hadn't expected both of them to be so perceptive. She hadn't said or done anything, yet something had already been revealed. She lowered her head, pondering a plan, and only looked up after a moment to face Qi Siling.

"I just thought you were pretty and he looked fierce, so I took a second look out of curiosity. I'm sorry for causing you any trouble. But I really don't know you!"

Qi Siling frowned and stood up, not believing what she said at all. It was not like he hadn't noticed a woman's eyes of surprise and admiration before, but this woman was definitely not one of them!

"Did you steal the things?" Qi Siling asked directly, impatient with her arguments.

Chen Caiyun was stunned, then looked up again as he stood up. "What did you steal?"

Cao An, leaning against a tree trunk, huddled against the wall, raised an eyebrow at her words. He realized her expression wasn't fake, and she likely hadn't hired anyone to steal the items. "If you have nothing else to do, go home early. Don't hang around outside." Many educated youth returned to the city without jobs or university places, and the streets were now filled with idlers. If they ran into someone with bad intentions, they'd be in big trouble.

Throwing these words out, the two walked side by side towards home, leaving the woman standing there in shock and stunned, her hair disheveled in the wind.

Chen Caiyun closed her eyes and calmed down her anger for a long time. She complained harshly that the two men had no gentlemanly spirit at all and didn't even help her.

She rubbed her sore butt and stumbled to her feet. Because they were two grown men, she didn't dare to rub her butt in an indecent way. The fall was quite severe.

Seeing the two of them walking side by side, with no intention of looking back, she felt like crying. Although she wasn't a stunning beauty, she was at least pretty, fair-skinned and tall. How could they be so ignorant of treating a woman like this with such care?

She stamped her feet, grimacing at the two men's backs for a moment before heading back to the bus stop. What a bad day! It seemed she couldn't look at them that way anymore. Right? She didn't even know them in this life, so she couldn't look at them with the same eyes she had in her past life. Whoever else was reborn, as long as it didn't affect her, she'd let them be. She just had to live her life well now, and the rest... she'd deal with it as it came!

The two walked around the area and didn't find anything wrong. So they didn't rush and just waited until night to see if they could catch the person.

After lunch, he brought Xia Youyou's food upstairs and watched her finish it. Qi Siling spent the entire afternoon napping on the bed with Xia Youyou in his arms. He dozed off for a while, then got up and started reading. Xia Youyou slept soundly, and when she woke up, it was already dark outside. She thought it was morning.

Qi Siling held the book in his right hand and held her firmly with his left hand. When he noticed that she had woken up, he put down the book to help smooth her hair, then bent down and kissed her eyes.

Xia Youyou yawned with her eyes closed, and pushed away his lips that were about to make trouble with her little hand, "What time is it?"

The man held her little hand tenderly and kissed it, his breath spraying on her palm, making her feel itchy, so she quickly clenched her fist.

"It's 5 o'clock. Are you hungry?"

"I'm not hungry." She had been lying in bed all day and had not consumed any energy, so how could she be hungry!

"Do you want to get up? Or should I bring you food later?"

Xia Youyou scolded him, "I'm not disabled. I've been lying down all day, so I can get up and move around. I'm afraid I won't be able to sleep tonight!"

"Nonsense!" He was dissatisfied with what she said about him and helped her stand up. "We are going to ambush over there tonight, you stay home."

She nodded, not trying to be brave. Her body wouldn't allow it; if she stood up, she'd have a massive hemorrhage. She pushed him away, stood up, put on her shoes, and headed to the bathroom.

Qi Siling was quick to stand up and pick her up by the waist. "Why are you in such a hurry? I'll carry you!"

"I can handle it myself. You're really going to ruin me like this!"

The man looked a little smug as he glanced down at her, "It's better if you become useless. This way I can stay by your side and take care of you every day."

Xia Youyou was so angry that she punched him with her little fists.

In the bathroom, she pushed the man out, ignoring his protests as she changed into her pajama pants. She'd asked him to help clean up that morning because she was in so much pain she couldn't be shy. Now, she felt a little embarrassed to have him watch her change. This wasn't pretentious; she just didn't want him to see the blood.

After I finished packing, I opened the door and saw him leaning against the door frame waiting.

Qi Siling had no choice but to squat with his back to her, "Come up."

Xia Youyou pulled his arm and asked him to stand up. "I've slept all day and want to take a walk."

She refused his support and just put her little hand in his palm, and the two of them went downstairs hand in hand.

When the two arrived at the front hall, Na Ru just came out of the school gate. Cao An went to meet her and they walked side by side sweetly.

Although there had been no substantial progress during this period, their relationship had begun to feel a bit like a couple, not quite lovers. In Xia Youyou's words, it was a period of ambiguity. Cao An's purpose was clear, while Na Ru was a bit hesitant, and it was unclear what he was worried about.

"Then Sister Ru." Xia Youyou wanted to go forward, but Qi Siling held her hand and refused to let go.

"They're coming over. You don't have to go up."

Naru walked in quickly, and the two of them walked hand in hand to the backyard. There was no place for two men, so they could only follow closely behind. Xiao Hai said with a teasing look, "As long as they are together, you two can get out of the way. Hahaha..."