Qin Xiaoyu also put the cake inside the door, and A Lei made an entrance in the door to make it easier for the cake to come and go.

Recently, the cake has gained a lot of weight, making the door a bit crowded. Twice it even got stuck in the doorway and had to be rescued. So it would rather wait for someone at the door than take the risk.

The two, a person and a cat, ran and jumped up to the second floor. Qin Xiaoyu habitually followed the cake towards A Lei's room.

Upon hearing her voice, Laifu stood up, wagging its tail as it came to greet her. Cake walked over, sniffed its nose, and without making a move, leisurely jumped onto the sofa and pressed its cold nose against Alei's face.

"Why are you being so nice to me today?" A Lei hugged the cake to his arms without even looking up.

"What's wrong? You haven't been in a good mood these past few days." Qin Xiaoyu walked up to him, sat on the carpet, and looked at him.

“Something’s not right with you either, you’re unusually gentle.” A Lei’s voice was tinged with a sigh.

"Let's set a wedding date," Qin Xiaoyu finally said, emboldened by the alcohol.

"I remember someone saying that when you want to get married, it's because you feel like the relationship is about to slip away. Are you feeling insecure? Even though I'm right here beside you." A Lei seemed to have heard something unrelated to him, but remained expressionless.

"Maybe. I just feel like it's hard for us to take another step forward. Why? Don't you love me anymore?" Qin Xiaoyu was also confused.

"I love you, I always have, but I always feel like something's missing. Why can't we reach that 'ignition' point? What are you afraid of? Did you feel the same way when you were with Zhou Xing?"

"Don't mention him." Qin Xiaoyu shrank back instinctively. She sighed and remained silent for a while before saying, "He never put pressure on me. Maybe it's because we haven't reached that point yet. Anyway, everything happened so fast that we were caught in the whirlpool."

"Now that you mention it, I understand a bit. So how do you plan to continue our relationship? I dare say, if we got married now, we'd go straight into the mode of an old married couple, like we've lived together for decades, without passion, without arguments, just a lukewarm relationship..."

"Isn't this good? I like a stable life, without any ups and downs, a peaceful and quiet life!"

"No! I don't like it. I've never wanted a stable life. I'll leave with someone else if I do! I can't control my heart!" A Lei sat up, looked at her, and asked sadly, "Don't you want to keep me?"

"Yes." Qin Xiaoyu's tears slid down her cheeks.

"Then why don't you try a little harder?" A Lei slid off the sofa, knelt in front of her, and cupped her face in his hands.

"I tried so hard. But I really don't know how to love! When I fell from the 26th floor, I no longer had the ability to love..." Qin Xiaoyu closed her eyes, and the sound of the wind whistling past her ears again. She heard the sound of her heart breaking.

"Then what should I do? I don't know either. No one has taught me, no one has shown me what true happiness is."

A Lei held Qin Xiaoyu in his arms. The two of them clung to each other like helpless children, but neither could find warmth in the other.

When Qin Xiaoyu came out of A Lei's room, she felt completely exhausted. She staggered down the stairs, hesitating with every step, hoping to hear A Lei's voice urging her to stay.

But he didn't.

Qin Xiaoyu had become somewhat unfamiliar with her room. She lay on the bed, crying for a while, then sleeping for a while, until she finally fell into a deep sleep at the crack of dawn.

She woke up to Qi Si's shouts and curses. She ran to the window and lifted the curtains. Qi Si was chasing and beating Wang Jian.

Behind them, Wang Lei was carrying Wang Meimei as they walked toward Building No. 1.

Qin Xiaoyu pulled on her bathrobe and ran downstairs while putting it on. When she got to the first floor, she opened the door to let Wang Jian in.

"Stop fighting! Stop fighting!" Qin Xiaoyu cried out and rushed out the door, standing between Qi Si and Wang Jian.

In the short time that Qi Si had slapped him several times, he was heavy-handed, and Wang Jian's face was swollen and blood was flowing from his nose and mouth.

This child is stubborn. He won't run away; he just stands still, eyes downcast, avoiding eye contact.

"Get out of my way! You bastard! You kicked his sister out and made her sleep outside all night. She almost froze to death! You little wolf cub!" Qi Si was so angry that his hands were trembling, and he raised his hand to hit her again.

Qin Xiaoyu shielded Wang Jian and pushed him backward, shouting, "Run! Run!"

With tears welling up in Wang Jian's eyes, he gritted his teeth, turned around, and ran out of the courtyard.

Qi Si wanted to give chase, but Qin Xiaoyu held him back tightly.

"Quick, check if she's frozen! I'll go get my brother-in-law!" Wang Lei put Wang Meimei on the sofa, turned around and went to Building 4, calling out to them.

Qi Si had no choice but to follow Qin Xiaoyu into Building No. 1.

"That bastard! I must have been blind!" Qi Si was so angry he gritted his teeth.

Qin Xiaoyu quickly examined Wang Meimei and estimated that she had been outside in the cold all night, her body was freezing, her mouth was numb, and she was trembling and unable to speak.

It doesn't look like there's any external injury; it's just from being chilled, or at the very least, a cold.

"No, no, no, don't scold me, my brother." She finally managed to utter a sentence.

"You're still defending him! Wasn't it him who kicked you out last night?" Qi Si's anger flared up again.

“He, he, he didn’t. It was me who wanted to leave.” Wang Meimei was clearly not telling the truth.

Deng Jianyan hurried in, took out his stethoscope, examined her for a while, and said to Qin Xiaoyu, "Give her something warm to warm her up first. She's bound to catch a cold, but she seems to be doing alright; she hasn't suffered any external injuries from the cold."

Qin Xiaoyu wanted to help Wang Meimei to Building 4, but her dirty clothes made her smell sweaty and pungent in the hot room.

"Come upstairs with me first. Brother-in-law, have Xiao Jin bring over some soup," Qin Xiaoyu instructed Deng Jianyan.

Qin Xiaoyu led Wang Meimei into the guest room, adjusted the water temperature for her (too hot would upset her), and then gave her shampoo and shower gel, showing her how to use them.

She was worried that Wang Meimei might faint again after taking a bath because she was hungry, so she ran to A Lei's room and asked for a piece of chocolate.

When she entered, Wang Meimei was already taking a shower. She knocked on the bathroom door and handed the chocolate in.

This kid has great physique; if he grows taller, he could be a model.

There was a noise at the door. Qin Xiaoyu went over to take a look and saw that it was Xiao Jin, but she didn't have any soup in her hand.

"Where's the soup?" Qin Xiaoyu asked, puzzled.

"Where is she? She dared to frame her brother, is she even human!" Xiao Jin was furious, and she was coming for Wang Meimei. If Qin Xiaoyu hadn't been quick-witted, Xiao Jin would have dragged the naked Wang Meimei out.

"Xiao Jin, what are you doing! Let's talk this out!" Qin Xiaoyu pushed Xiao Jin away forcefully.

"She's not a good person, she's been lying all along! Now she's ruined her brother! Fourth Uncle said he doesn't want Wang Jian as his son anymore, what will he do!" Xiao Jin burst into tears.