"You're the first one."

Shi Xi placed her phone on the bed and rested her chin in her hands.

"Alright. By the way, don't let Di Shi come to school tomorrow. Let him come after his injury has healed. Although I don't know why you punished him, you've already punished him, so don't let him go on missions injured again. Have Di Wu take a good look at him, so he doesn't have any scars."

"good."

"Xiao Xiao, can I ask you a question?"

"Go ahead and ask."

"Your house is so big, won't you get lost?"

Di Chenxiao chuckled softly, "Of course not. Do you think everyone is like you, so directionally challenged?"

"Who's bad at directions? I drove all the way to your house by myself. If I were bad at directions, would I have been able to find my way?"

Although she took many detours and wrong turns, she still found his house.

"I have no sense of direction, I have no sense of direction. Fine! Xixi is the smartest!"

"Of course. I'm not talking to you anymore, I'm going to take a shower and then go to sleep. I'm so sleepy, ah—"

Shi Xi yawned.

"Go."

"Okay, bye-bye."

Shi Xi waved her little paws and hung up the video call.

Di Chenxiao watched quietly as the phone screen went dark before looking up at them.

"Di Shi, you will stay home to recover from your injuries tomorrow. You can start going to school to protect Xi Xi three days from now. During these three days, Xi Xi will be secretly protected by Di Lu."

"You may all leave."

"yes."

Diwen and the others left the study and headed towards their quarters.

They lived in the south of the West Garden.

Di Shi lowered his head, a hint of worry on his childlike face. His master's attitude towards Shi Xi was strange. In the study, he was quite surprised to hear Shi Xi showing concern for him. He didn't think he had much of a relationship with Shi Xi, yet she had shown him concern several times.

Di Wu put his arm around Di Shi and said, “We shouldn’t interfere in Miss Shi’s and Master’s affairs. However, since Miss Shi has a problem, you should stay at school more often. Master has suffered a lot these past few years. It’s good that a substitute has finally appeared, but the substitute cannot harm Master. Otherwise, I will deal with her myself.”

Di Xing reached out and pushed up his eye sockets. "Don't you guys find it strange? The master's attitude towards Shi Xi is one of boundless favoritism. I heard from you that the master even knelt before Shi Xi today. This doesn't seem like the way he treats a substitute."

Di Lu: "No matter what, as long as Shi Xi doesn't harm the master, it's fine. Being able to act as a substitute and gain the master's favor is her blessing."

Di Wen frowned, recalling what his master had just said. "Just now, my master asked me to investigate the events before Miss Shi came to the Shi family. He referred to Miss Shi as Shi Xi, and when he gave orders to protect Miss Shi, he used Xi Xi."

Di Xing's eyes flashed, and he quickly disappeared.

**

Shi Family

Shi Xi stood with her head down, her small hands nervously clutching the hem of her pajamas, looking guiltily at Shi Hao, who had a serious expression on his face.

She had just finished showering when she saw her older brother standing in her room.

"Where did you go today? Was it Di Chenxiao's people who brought you back?"

"I'm sorry, brother. I lied to you today. I went to Di Chenxiao's house."

"You like him?"

Shi Xi quickly waved her hand, "No, I, I'm still young, and I don't plan to date early. He and I are just friends."

"Di Chenxiao is a ruthless person, you'd better have less contact with him."

Looking at his younger sister's flushed face, Shi Hao realized she was probably already smitten. And it seemed Di Chenxiao also liked her.

He didn't object to his sister being with Di Chenxiao, but he didn't want the family's precious flower to be taken away, pot and all, so soon.

He walked up to Shi Xi, reached out and patted her head. "Little sister, I don't object to you having a boyfriend, but you're still young, and I'm afraid you'll be deceived."

"I know, my brother is doing this for my own good."

"My little sister is so good."

Seeing his younger sister's sleepy eyes, Shi Hao smiled and said, "You've been driving all day, taking detours all day, you must be quite tired. You should get some rest."

Shi Xi watched her older brother's departing figure until the door closed before she came to her senses. "So my older brother already knew I went to see Xiao Xiao."

"Ah—I'm so sleepy, time for bed."

After saying that, she lay down on the bed and went to get her beauty sleep.