"Make him come out. I have something to say to him," Du Xinyu said to her in a commanding tone.

Qiao Xi sighed with some difficulty, then kindly reminded him with a sincere expression, "It's so late, he's already asleep, you'd better not wake him up."

Before Du Xinyu could speak, Qiao Xi continued, "If you don't wake him up, you can stay here safely overnight. But if you do wake him up... you'll probably have to spend the night outside."

"I know a nice park with lots of homeless people. Can I give you directions?"

He held back from saying the word "you have..." Remembering the suffering he had endured during the day, he decided not to stoop to her level.

But what she said didn't seem to be wrong. Qi Jincheng originally wanted to kick him out, and if he woke him up now and made him feel bad, then throwing him out in the middle of the night would just be asking for trouble.

But she is the one who caused all of this; she is the culprit!

If it weren't for her, would my cousin have kicked him out?

Qiao Xi was intrigued by what he hadn't finished saying and specifically asked him, "What is it?"

Du Xinyu said in a low voice, feeling guilty, "Don't try to sow discord here. My brother treated me like this because of you."

Qiao Xi nodded knowingly and said, "Okay, then I'll go wake him up."

"Wait a minute." Du Xinyu hurriedly stopped her, coughed lightly and said, "Never mind, let's talk about it tomorrow."

"Tomorrow?" Qiao Xi smacked her lips, then said after considering it, "Let's do it today."

As she spoke, she turned to open the door and go inside, but Du Xinyu stopped her again, "Don't go."

Seeing his obstruction, Qiao Xi said with a wronged expression, "I don't want to be a bad woman who sows discord."

Seeing that she was about to go back to her room, Du Xinyu gritted his teeth and shouted, "Sister-in-law!"

Qiao Xi was quite pleased with being called "sister-in-law" and immediately turned around with a smile, replying, "Little cousin, is there something you need?"

After struggling with his conscience, Du Xinyu finally abandoned his pride and forced a smile as he said to her, "Could you please put in a good word for me with my brother and let me stay here? I really have nowhere else to go for the time being."

"No." Qiao Xi refused quite decisively.

Du Xinyu instantly wiped the smile off his face, but the next second, that awkward smile reappeared on his face as he pleaded, "Sister-in-law, I'm begging you."

Qiao Xi could see his reluctance, but it was his own fault, so he had no one else to blame.

But now that he's swallowed his pride and begged her, she, as his sister-in-law, has to look after him. "Letting you stay here isn't out of the question."

"However..." Qiao Xi hesitated for a moment before turning her head away.

Du Xinyu hurriedly asked, "But what?"

Following the principle of speaking frankly, Qiao Xi told him the truth: "I'm planning to give the maids a couple of days off. You'll be in charge of cleaning all the houses, big and small."

Upon hearing this, Du Xinyu stood there stunned for a while, unable to react, and then looked at him with disbelief, "Are you kidding me?"

Qiao Xi shrugged knowingly and said, "What's there to joke about in this kind of thing?"

"All the servants are on holiday, and I'm the only one cleaning?" Du Xinyu raised his voice to vent his dissatisfaction.

Qiao Xi smiled and gave him an affirmative answer, "Yes."

Du Xinyu, his smile more like a grimace, accused her, "How could this possibly be cleaned up? Even if I didn't sleep..."

"Hmm." Qiao Xi smiled innocently and reminded him, "You can't go to sleep until you finish cleaning."

“You…” Du Xinyu almost cursed at her.

Qiao Xi didn't want to force her, "You decide for yourself whether you want to stay here or not."

"I..." Du Xinyu was so angry that he couldn't utter a single word for a long time. He could only watch helplessly as Qiao Xi returned to her room, and then with a bang, he was left all alone outside the door.

That despicable woman!!!

Du Xinyu couldn't say the words, but he didn't want to let her off the hook, so he could only vent his anger in his heart.

Back in the room, Qi Jincheng sat on the edge of the bed with a smile to greet her; he had heard their conversation clearly from inside.

He knew that his Xi'er wouldn't suffer a loss; the only one who would suffer would be Du Xinyu. But compared to what he had guessed, the loss wasn't that great.

Qiao Xi walked towards Qi Jincheng with a smile, skillfully snuggled into his arms, and said to him in a sweet voice, "Honey, I think my little cousin is quite pitiful, how about we take him in for a while?"

“I was just about to give Aunt Liu and the others a break, so that someone can clean the house.” Qiao Xi said, winking at him.

Qi Jincheng nodded slightly, seemingly letting her have her way, and said, "Let's do it the way Xi'er wishes."

"Have you taken a shower?" Qiao Xi asked abruptly.

Qi Jincheng nodded, put his arms around Qiao Xi's waist, and slowly tried to pounce on her.

Qiao Xi scrambled to the side, resisting the temptation, and said, "I'll be back soon."

Before Qiao Xi could climb off the bed, Qi Jincheng immediately grabbed her and pressed her back onto the bed, saying, "You can wash later."

"No, I... um..." Before she could even utter the words of refusal, she had already succumbed.

After a night of passion, dawn was breaking.

School has classes in the morning, so after taking a shower, I didn't have time to sleep.

Qi Jincheng immediately wanted to help her ask for leave, but she refused. Firstly, asking for leave right after changing majors would seem too unserious, and secondly, she liked her current major and didn't want to take leave.

With Qi Jincheng's constant care and instructions, she finally successfully embarked on her journey to school, even arriving ten minutes early.

As soon as Qiao Xi entered the classroom, she received a warm hug from Li Xiaoxiao, "Little Xi Xi!"

Qiao Xi didn't know where she got such good energy. She must have gotten home quite late last night, and she was so drunk, yet she didn't suffer any aftereffects.

After a warm hug, Li Xiaoxiao, still a little dazed, asked Qiao Xi to confirm, "What happened last night was all true, right?"

Still somewhat dazed, Qiao Xi asked, "Which one are you referring to?"

“Of course it was the bar…” She stopped abruptly, glancing at the stares of those around her, then lowered her voice and said, “It was what happened in the bar.”

Qiao Xi gave her an affirmative answer, "Yes."

Li Xiaoxiao was overjoyed and said with a look of surprise, "So I really wasn't dreaming."

"So last night you called our driver and asked him to pick me up?" Li Xiaoxiao asked Qiao Xi with wide eyes, seeking confirmation.

Qiao Xi asked listlessly, "Otherwise what?"