Su Ping coughed and found her throat terribly dry.
I reached out to grab the water over there, but found it was out of reach and I couldn't muster much strength.
Seeing this, Xu Yichen very considerately took the water cup from her.
"What do you want from me?"
These words reminded him, and Xu Yichen, thinking of his own situation, couldn't hide the excitement on his face.
"Xiaoping, hasn't my mom always been against me being with Yifei?"
"Then she just told me that I could try to accept Yifei, and that she agreed to let me be with Yifei!"
Upon hearing this, Su Ping subconsciously frowned, took a sip of water, looked at him, and asked, "Are you sure it's not just a hallucination caused by your own thoughts about it during the day?"
Su Ping didn't think that someone as controlling as Zhen Xiang would agree to her son being with Song Yifei.
I could tell from our last meeting that part of the reason Zhen Xiang liked me was because she had watched me grow up, but more so because of my identity.
Therefore, she hoped for a marriage alliance between the two families.
Xu Yichen nodded and said affirmatively, "I didn't mishear. It was just what they told me. They also said it's her birthday this weekend and asked me to bring Yifei along."
Su Ping felt increasingly uneasy as she listened: "Why did you bring her here?"
As Xu Yichen recalled what his mother had just told him, his smile grew wider and wider.
"I'll introduce Yifei to everyone later as my girlfriend, which is like introducing her to my parents in advance."
Su Ping paused for a moment while drinking water, then looked speechlessly at Xu Yichen, who was grinning to himself.
Was her judgment really that bad before? She increasingly couldn't understand why she had attempted suicide because Xu Yichen didn't love her.
Su Ping chuckled, then suddenly remembered that Aunt Mei had mentioned that her father would be coming back this weekend to take her to the Xu family's banquet.
At first, she didn't know why she had to go, but now that Xu Yichen had said that, she vaguely guessed what Zhen Xiang wanted to do.
She probably knows that her son hasn't given up, so she wants to completely sever his relationship with Song Yifei.
When Song Yifei hears Zhen Xiang announce her marriage to Xu Yichen in front of everyone, the misunderstanding between them will likely deepen.
Thinking of this, Su Ping quickly asked, "So you told Sister Yifei?"
Xu Yichen shook his head, looking troubled: "Not yet. Yifei hasn't forgiven me yet. Although she removed me from the blacklist, I don't know how to tell her about it."
Hearing that he hadn't told Song Yifei about this yet, Su Ping breathed a sigh of relief.
"Don't tell her yet."
Upon hearing Su Ping's words, Xu Yichen's smile gradually faded, and he frowned as he asked, "Why?"
That dead straight man.
"You don't really think your mother has changed her attitude towards Yifei so quickly, do you? You even want to introduce Yifei to your relatives and friends at the birthday party."
Xu Yichen nodded upon hearing this, wondering why Su Ping would ask such a question.
Finally, Su Ping sighed, propping her head up with her hand, and said helplessly, "You're too naive, child. In palace dramas, someone like you wouldn't survive more than three episodes."
Xu Yichen couldn't quite understand what she was saying.
Weren't they discussing how to invite Yifei to his mother's birthday party? How did they get onto the topic of palace dramas?
Seeing that he was so clueless, Su Ping waved to him.
Seeing this, Xu Yichen bent down and went closer.
"If you really want to be with Sister Yifei, then pretend you don't know anything about this and don't tell her. If your aunt asks you later, just say you forgot."
"Why?"
Xu Yichen didn't understand why his mother would do this now that she no longer objected to him being with Yifei.
"Don't ask so many questions, just do as I say."
Su Ping waved her hand. She already had a fever, and every word she spoke felt like she was exhaling hot air.
Xu Yichen thought she was going to say something more, but after a few seconds he realized she didn't speak.
"Alright, alright, kneel down and leave. I'm a patient, I need to rest."
Upon hearing this, Xu Yichen nodded and prepared to leave.
"etc."
Just as he reached the door, Su Ping called out to him.
"You absolutely must not tell Sister Yifei about this, or you'll regret it later."
Downstairs, Aunt Mei was somewhat surprised to see Xu Yichen come out shortly after going in.
You should know that every time Miss Xu pretended to be sick to get Xu Yichen to come see her, she would make him read her a bedtime story and wait until she fell asleep before letting him leave.
Why did you let him leave so early this time?
Seeing Aunt Mei staring at him, Xu Yichen nodded politely to her: "Aunt Mei, Xiaoping has already gone to sleep, so I'll head back now."
Inside the room, Su Ping felt sore all over, so she went back to bed, covered herself with the blanket, and closed her eyes.
My phone was on the bedside table and kept switched off, so I didn't receive any messages.
At 11 p.m., Song Yifei came out after taking a shower and was slightly surprised to find that the light in Song Qi's room was still on.
Normally, when Xiao Qi has a part-time job the next day, she wouldn't stay up this late. What happened today?
He seemed out of sorts all day, even while eating, he kept getting distracted, picking up his phone every now and then, as if he was struggling with something.
Song Qi didn't know why he felt inexplicably irritable, especially when there was no response to the message he sent.
He sent the message at 8:30, and it's 11:00 now and there's still no response.
What is she doing? Why isn't she replying to her own messages?
"Knock knock knock..."
The sudden knocking brought him back to his senses; his sister's voice came from outside the door.
"Xiao Qi, are you asleep?"
Song Qi put away his phone, got up, and went to open the door.
"Not yet, sister, why aren't you asleep yet?"
As soon as Song Qi finished speaking, Song Yifei shoved a cup of hot milk into his hand.
"I couldn't sleep, so I heated up a cup for you too. Drink it and go to bed early, you have a part-time job tomorrow, right?"
The warmth from his palms gradually spread to his heart, and Song Qi smiled.
Yes, my sister is the most important. What has he been struggling with these past two days?
"Okay, I'll go to sleep after I finish drinking. You should go to sleep early too, sister."
Song Yifei sensed that her younger brother was preoccupied, so she nodded and said with some concern, "Xiao Qi, if there's anything you need to talk to your sister about, you can."
Is it something?
Song Qi was stunned for a moment, and the events of that morning resurfaced in his mind.
It's really not good to let my sister know about that kind of thing, otherwise she'll definitely scold him.
And he didn't want his sister to know either.
Song Qi shook her head, her smile unchanged: "I'm fine. I've just been a little busy with part-time work these past few days. Don't worry, sister, I'm confident in my abilities."
Seeing that he still refused to be honest with her, Song Yifei sighed and subconsciously reached out to pat his head.
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