Zhou Shuyan and Qi Sishen had not seen each other for a long time, especially since Zhou Shuyan had escaped death, and Qi Sishen rarely came. In order to avoid suspicion, he could not come often.

Zhou Shuyan doesn’t have a mobile phone now, so after Qi Sishen returns to the imperial capital, he can only passively wait for Zhou Shuyan to contact him.

So we talked for a longer time during this meeting.

Before we knew it, we were chatting until very late.

Qi Sishen glanced at the time, 22:37, "Okay, I have to go. I have to go now."

Zhou Shuyan nodded.

Qi Sishen left and returned to the imperial capital.

At this time, there are no buses back to Hexing Village.

Zhou Shuyan walked back.

Although he is the head of the Zhou family and has been rich since birth, Zhou Shuyan has adapted well to life in Hexing Village over the past few days.

Even walking back to the village from the town seemed like a common occurrence.

If it weren't for his temperament, which could not be concealed even by wearing rough clothes, he would have been able to perfectly integrate into rural life.

By the time Zhou Shuyan returned to Grandma Xu's house, it was almost midnight.

There are no street lights in Hexing Village, and at night the village is completely illuminated by the light from the villagers' homes.

In order to save electricity, most villagers turn off the lights early in the evening.

So there was almost no light outside except the moonlight.

Not to mention that it was the middle of the night and Zhou Shuyan was walking on the road in the village, with darkness all around him.

The lights in the village houses on both sides were all turned off, and the shadows were looming in the moonlight, making it look a bit eerie.

The wind rustled the leaves, accompanied by the chirping of cicadas. It was obviously very noisy, but it somehow made the environment seem even quieter.

The road was so dark that I couldn't even see the stones under my feet.

But Zhou Shuyan was already very familiar with the roads here and walked steadily.

When we arrived at Grandma Xu's house, a ginkgo tree outside the wall made a rustling sound in the wind, and the shadow of the tree was cast on the ground by the moonlight, which felt indescribably strange.

Zhou Shuyan suddenly stopped and cast a sharp gaze over, which seemed to carry a cold light under the moonlight.

"Come out!" Zhou Shuyan said sternly.

Lu Youxi felt weird just now.

I always feel that Zhou Shuyan's aura when walking alone in the night seems completely different from that in the daytime.

It was as if he was deliberately restraining his aura on a daily basis.

He is usually taciturn, but his work becomes efficient and effective, giving people the impression of a safe and reliable young man.

It was totally different from now. The aura he exuded was so suffocating that it made people breathless.

Even if Lu Youxi showed the attitude of the president of Lin Group in his previous life and had been through a lot in the business world, he was still no match for Zhou Shuyan at this moment.

Lu Youxi pursed her lips and came out. Zhou Shuyan was stunned for a moment when he saw her, then raised his eyebrows and walked closer, "What are you doing here?"

"Waiting for you." Lu Youxi said, "I've been waiting for you here all night. I wanted to see when you would come back."

"Wait for me?" Zhou Shuyan lowered his eyes to look at Lu Youxi, and suddenly sneered, "You are a little girl, waiting for me here in the middle of the night? What are you doing?"

When Zhou Shuyan lowered his eyes, his eyelashes cast a thin shadow under his eyes, which looked as cold as the moonlight above his head.

Even his eyes were filled with a hint of mockery.

But he was a little too close to her.

Zhou Shuyan approached her step by step, and Lu Youxi subconsciously stepped back.

He took only two steps back before being blocked by a tree trunk.

Lu Youxi trembled nervously.

Lu Youxi pursed her lips, secretly adjusted her breathing, and forced herself to look up and look directly at Zhou Shuyan without being affected by his aura. "You've been leaving early and coming back late recently. I don't care what you do or what your purpose is, but don't involve Grandma Xu and don't hurt Grandma Xu."

"Anyway, it was Grandma Xu who took you in when you needed help the most."

Zhou Shuyan was slightly surprised and suddenly said, "Have you ever thought that it's dangerous for a girl like you to wait for me here in the middle of the night? What if I do something to you?"

Lu Youxi remained calm and said, "I dare to do this, so I am sure of it."

As soon as she finished speaking, Zhou Shuyan suddenly lowered his head and approached her.

Lu Youxi was caught off guard and subconsciously dodged backwards, but the back of his head hit the tree trunk directly.

However, I didn't expect that the touch from the back of my head was not the hard and rough feeling of a tree trunk, but instead a warm and soft feeling.

It was Zhou Shuyan who was quick-witted and quick-handed. He even stretched out his hand to protect the back of her head, preventing her from hitting the tree trunk directly.

However, the two of them were a little too close.

Lu Youxi's heart suddenly skipped a beat.

Zhou Shuyan's face under the moonlight was too bleak for the country and the people.

His breath even touched the tip of her nose, making her feel very irritated.

Lu Youxi pursed his lips tightly and even held his breath for a few seconds.

Then, she spoke, "I know you are not an ordinary person."

Zhou Shuyan was a little surprised that she would say that. He withdrew his hand that was protecting the back of her head, but did not move away.

For some reason, he didn't move at this moment and didn't want to retreat.

He lowered his eyes and observed Lu Youxi's face carefully.

"Can you please move away a little?" Lu Youxi really couldn't stand it anymore.

Maintaining such an excessively close distance with Zhou Shuyan and being able to hold on until now is already her limit.

Under the moonlight, Lu Youxi's fair face was faintly red.

Somehow, Zhou Shuyan wanted to watch it a little longer.

It seems that this girl is not as calm as she appears.

He thought that there was an old man in his seventies or eighties living in her young body, whose heart was dead and had no desires or requests.

"Didn't I tell you that it's very dangerous for a little girl like you to wait for a man here in the middle of the night?" Zhou Shuyan didn't know why he didn't want to step away.

Lu Youxi clearly said that she came only because she was sure.

But there was a very evil part in his heart that wanted to see her change her expression, and even wanted to make her cry.

He wanted to crush her calmness at this moment.

"You should be glad that you didn't follow me." Zhou Shuyan lowered his head even lower, almost whispering into Lu Youxi's earlobe.

When he lowered his eyes, his gaze fell on her earlobe, which was as white and clear as moonlight.

In the moonlight, the earlobes even seemed to be shrouded in a hazy light.

Zhou Shuyan was a little dazed, watching Lu Youxi's ears turn red at a speed visible to the naked eye, and the red spread to the collar of her T-shirt.

Her hot body temperature also brought out the fragrance from her body.

Zhou Shuyan's heart skipped a beat and he took a step back.

Lu Youxi's panicked heart was startled by his sudden retreat, but it replaced his previous panic.

Lu Youxi took a few deep breaths before saying, "I won't follow you, not today, and not in the future, so don't worry."

"I'm not that stupid. I don't know anything. That's why I'm the safest." Lu Youxi said.

(End of this chapter)