Even he, slow to realize, sensed something was wrong between them, but he couldn't think of any other reason besides Wang Zhineng.

Shen Tangning paused, her lips moved, and she heard Chi Yan's low voice, tinged with a hint of drowsiness and confusion: "A-Ning, if I really made you angry, you can hit me or scold me, just don't ignore me, okay? Let's not stop talking..."

Her eyelashes trembled, and in that instant, she felt an urge to speak frankly. She wanted to ask Chi Yan why he did that.

Catching something out of the corner of her eye, she suddenly paused, and asked casually, "What's that?"

Chi Yan was completely bewildered. He followed her gaze and his heart skipped a beat. It was the medicine he had brought back a few days ago!

He placed it on the bookshelf, originally hidden by books, but I don't know if Ba Liang forgot to put the books back when he was tidying up.

Shen Tangning rarely enters the study, nor does she touch his things without permission. Cleaning the study has always been Ba Liang's responsibility. Chi Yan's eyes showed a hint of guilt, but he answered calmly:

"Ah, I've had a cough lately, so I asked Balang to get some medicine."

He thought the excuse was absolutely perfect!

After a few moments of silence, Shen Tangning slowly smiled.

...

Ba Liang and Xue Qing were huddled together under the eaves, secretly "discussing important matters":

"Trust me, they'll definitely make up this time!"

As soon as they finished speaking, a gasp came from inside. The two looked up in surprise and saw Shen Tangning push the door open and come out with a cold face.

Inside the house, Chi Yan was clutching his foot, grimacing, his brow furrowed, looking utterly bewildered.

Xueqing bit her lip, glared fiercely at Ba Liang, and mouthed:

Is this what you mean by "definitely able to reconcile"?

She ignored him and quickly caught up with Shen Tangning, saying, "Miss, wait for me!"

Ba Liang scratched the back of his head, standing there dumbfounded: This isn't right!

According to the storybook, shouldn't the two of them, halfway through applying the medicine, have their passion burn even brighter?

He glanced at the young mistress's retreating figure; he was indeed furious, but it was just anger...

He rushed into the house, his voice tense: "Young Master, such a good opportunity, how could you have angered the young mistress and driven her away?"

Chi Yan was speechless for a moment, then glared at him irritably: "Me, make her angry? Don't you want to live?"

He was puzzled. They were having a nice chat when Shen Tangning suddenly kicked him!

He suddenly frowned, recalling the conversation just now, and belatedly realized that something was wrong: "Has the young mistress been to the study recently?"

Even if she found out, she still couldn't guess what the medicine was for.

Ba Liang thought about it carefully for a moment, then shook his head: "No."

Chi Yan still felt something was wrong. He frowned, got up, and limped towards the bedroom.

No, he has to find her and get to the bottom of this!