What else can he say?

So, in the dead of night, Gu Huaiye, who had always kept strangers away, was "imprisoned" on the tatami beside the bed.

One of his arms was tightly clasped in the arms of the sick girl as if she were her personal "human comfort doll", while the other hand was steadily holding the tablet, reviewing complex business documents.

The cold light of the screen reflected his calm profile.

Anxing let out an almost inaudible, comforting snoring sound from her throat, then found a comfortable position at Gu Huaiye's feet, curled herself up into a ball, rested her chin on her paws, and fell asleep peacefully.

On the bedside table not far away, Xuetuan had already laid with all four paws facing the sky, his furry little belly rising and falling with his breathing, and he was sleeping soundly.

A small trickle of crystal saliva slid from the corner of his mouth and dripped onto the wooden counter.

Its little nose and whiskers twitched from time to time. It must be enjoying its favorite crispy chicken nuggets in a sweet dream.

For a moment, the room fell into an inexplicably warm and harmonious silence. As time passed, Gu Huaiye's eyelids gradually grew heavy...

The next morning, the dim morning light filtered through the window and gently filled the room.

Gu Huaiye fell asleep on the edge of the bed, his chin resting lightly on his folded arms, which were still held in Xia Zhining's arms.

In the quiet air, a sudden cell phone ring sounded.

Gu Huaiye's thick eyelashes trembled, and his sleepy peach blossom eyes reluctantly opened.

Secretary Jiang usually calls at this time.

He almost reflexively fumbled for a cell phone and answered the call without even looking at it.

His voice was hoarse and lazy, like when he just woke up: "...Speak."

On the other end of the phone, Ji Shuyun's clear voice came with his usual calmness: "Ningning, how are you..."

As soon as he finished speaking, Ji Shuyun heard Gu Huaiye's voice and stopped talking abruptly!

A brief silence filled the receiver.

When he spoke again, Ji Shuyun's voice on the other end of the phone suddenly rose, and he instantly put up a cold defense: "Gu Huaiye...!"

Gu Huaiye subconsciously held the phone further away, his eyes sweeping across the cartoon kitten sticker on the back of the phone, and then he realized belatedly that -

What he took was Xia Zhining's cell phone.

Ji Shuyun's voice was almost squeezed out from between his teeth, with the sharpness of interrogating a criminal: "You stayed in my sister's room all night?"

The chill in that tone seemed to penetrate through the phone and pierce through Gu Huaiye on the other end of the line.

Gu Huaiye raised his eyes and looked at Xia Zhining, who was still sleeping soundly on the bed. The arm she was holding did not move. He lowered his voice a few degrees and stated the facts calmly: "She had a high fever last night, and Xuetuan came to see me."

He spoke succinctly, his tone clear and unperturbed: "The fever has subsided a lot, and the patient is still sleeping."

In this tense silence, Xia Zhining on the bed suddenly moved restlessly. She reached out her hand dazedly and groped Gu Huaiye's strong forearm, mumbling vaguely:

"Xuetuan...how come your skin has become so slippery..."

Her fingertips traced across his taut muscles, and she murmured in confusion, "How come he's growing muscles... so nice to touch... so firm..."

Gu Huaiye's whole body froze, and he subconsciously wanted to reach out to cover her mouth to stop the vicious words from coming out of her mouth.

But he found that he was already "unable to protect himself".

One of her hands was locked tightly in her arms as if it were a pillow, while the other hand was forced to hold the phone, enduring the dead silence on the other end of the phone that instantly dropped to freezing point.

Ji Shuyun, who was on the other end of the phone, only vaguely caught what Xia Zhining said: "The skin is smooth" and "The muscles feel good to touch."

The next second, his icy voice, like a quenched blade, came out word by word: "I'll be there in twenty minutes."