Chapter 137 Guarding Here
Zhou Heran looked around before turning his gaze away and replied, "Actually, it's nothing. She left something in my car earlier, and I wanted to return it to her."
"Since Qi Xi is already asleep, I won't disturb her. But it's quite late now, and it's not convenient for me to travel back and forth. Is it alright if I stay here for the night?"
When Qi Chenyan was still living in the old house, Zhou Heran would come to visit him and often stay overnight if it got late.
Since Zhou Heran had brought it up, Qi Siyue naturally couldn't kick him out. After all, he was his uncle's friend, and it would be troublesome if he called his uncle in a fit of anger.
"Of course, no problem. Is Brother He Ran still staying in the same guest room?"
Zhou Heran shrugged indifferently, "I don't care, just give me a room to sleep in."
Qi Siyue called a servant and asked the servant to take Zhou Heran to the guest room.
After Zhou Heran had walked away, Qi Siyue asked the housekeeper, "Will Xiao Xi stop making noise?"
Butler: "Young Master, rest assured. Miss Fourth was making a fuss just now, so we had her private doctor administer a sedative. The dosage is just enough for her to sleep through the night. It will not disturb Young Master Zhou."
Qi Siyue hummed in agreement: "Won't it cause any harm to Xiao Xi's body?"
Although Qi Siyue and Qi Xi were not close, she was still his younger sister. If it weren't for Qi Xi being so disobedient, and Zhou Heran suddenly coming to visit looking for Qi Xi, he would have been able to win her over.
Qi Siyue wouldn't have gone so far as to have his private doctor forcibly administer a sedative to Qi Xi, putting her into a deep sleep, which is why Zhou Heran didn't notice anything unusual when he came to check on her.
"Don't worry, young master, it's a dose that's enough to make you sleepy, and it won't have any effect on the fourth young lady."
Qi Siyue added, still not entirely at ease, "Send two servants to take turns guarding the door. If Zhou Heran comes again, report to me immediately. Don't allow anyone to enter, understand?"
"Yes, young master."
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After arriving at the guest room, Zhou Heran said he wanted to rest. After the servants left, he quickly closed and locked the door.
After looking around, I opened the glass sliding door to the balcony, estimated the difficulty of climbing up from here, and felt that I should be able to do it.
After all, when he was a teenager, he was naughty and climbed onto the balcony of the Qi family's old house in the middle of the night just to sneak into Qi Chenyan's room and scare him.
He succeeded, but his attempt to scare the enemy failed. Instead, he was beaten up by Qi Chenyan and punished by being kept awake all night. From then on, he behaved himself.
Although I was a bit rusty with climbing balconies, thankfully the journey was uneventful.
Zhou Heran's guest room is on the second floor, while Qi Xi's bedroom is on the third floor. Although it's only one floor, the two rooms are several rooms apart.
He had to climb to the third floor first, and then move to the right from the third floor.
After finally reaching the balcony of Qi Xi's bedroom, Zhou Heran wiped away his sweat and felt like he could become Spider-Man.
Fortunately, the balcony door was not locked. Zhou Heran carefully moved the sliding door open and walked to the bedside in the dark.
"Qi Xi?"
I called out several times, but the person on the bed didn't move.
Zhou Heran turned on the other bedside lamp and then saw clearly that the person lying on the bed was Qi Xi.
But Qi Xi really was sleeping with her eyes closed. Could it be that Qi Siyue really wasn't lying to him? Qi Xi was too tired from trying on the dress, so she fell asleep early in the morning?
Even if they were asleep, they should still be able to reach you by phone, right?
But soon, Zhou Heran realized something was wrong.
Even if a normal person is asleep, they will definitely wake up if someone calls them from the side.
Zhou Heran called her name several times, and even poked Qi Xi's face, but she remained unresponsive, as if she were fast asleep.
Could it be... that something really happened?
Zhou Heran had a bad feeling. He slowly reached out and touched Qi Xi's nose. He felt a warm breath and his breathing was normal. Only then did he breathe a sigh of relief.
"How can this little girl sleep so soundly? I can't wake her up no matter what I do?"
Unable to wake her, Zhou Heran had no other choice, but he still called Yu Li to let her know he was safe.
"Don't worry, sister-in-law. I saw Qi Xi. She's at the Qi family's old house and is indeed asleep. But does she always sleep this soundly? I called her several times, but she didn't wake up."
Hearing that Qi Xi was alright, Yu Li breathed a sigh of relief, but she was also puzzled by Zhou Heran's words.
"Xiao Xi is a light sleeper, and because of some bad experiences in her childhood, she has to hug a teddy bear to sleep, otherwise she will have insomnia all night..."
At this point, Yu Li realized something was wrong: "But the teddy bear is still at my house. Xiao Xi didn't take it with her, but you said she was sleeping in the Qi family's old house, and she was sleeping very soundly and we couldn't wake her up no matter what we did. How is that possible?"
"Something's wrong, Xiao Xi is definitely not right. Mr. Zhou, please take another look and make sure to wake Xiao Xi up!"
Upon hearing this, Zhou Heran didn't dare to delay and disregarded the rules between men and women, grabbing Qi Xi's shoulders and shaking her.
"Qi Xi, wake up! Wake up!"
With such shaking, even a pig would be woken up, let alone Qi Xi, who is a light sleeper.
"Sister-in-law, she still hasn't woken up. I think the Qi family must have done something to her, otherwise it's impossible for a person to sleep so soundly."
Yu Li panicked: "I'll call the police right away and have them take Xiao Xi out..."
Just then, Qi Xi woke up.
But she wasn't fully awake; she only woke up because she heard Yu Li's anxious voice.
Her consciousness was hazy; she only instinctively grabbed the person in front of her, "Don't...don't make Lili worry..."
Zhou Heran quickly helped her up, knowing that Qi Xi was worried that Yu Li, who was already recuperating, might get into trouble because of her anxiety.
While supporting her, he said to Yu Li on the other end of the phone, "Sister-in-law, don't worry, Qi Xi has woken up. She was just sleeping too soundly. She's fine. Don't worry, I'll stay with her tonight. Nothing will happen."
Yu Li was still a little uneasy: "Really? Then let me hear Xi Xi's voice."
Zhou Heran put the phone to Qi Xi's lips.
"Pear."
Qi Xi's eyelids were very heavy, but she still forced herself to say, "I'm fine, don't worry, I'm just tired today."
Yu Li was relieved to hear Qi Xi's voice.
He also instructed Zhou Heran to take good care of Qi Xi tonight and to take her away from the Qi family tomorrow.
Zhou Heran agreed to everything, and after hanging up the phone, he found that Qi Xi had fallen into a deep sleep again.
Although we don't know what the Qi family did to Qi Xi, Qi Xi's current excessive sleepiness is definitely not normal.
Qi Xi was forcing herself to wake up, just so Yu Li wouldn't worry. This sisterly bond is truly rare.
Zhou Heran first touched Qi Xi's forehead to make sure it wasn't hot and that her breathing was normal before putting her back on the bed.
Fine, he'll stay here and keep watch tonight.
If anything really happens to Qi Xi, he will call Qi Chenyan.
Even if Qi Xi is not close to the Qi family, they are still blood relatives. Surely the Qi family wouldn't be so heartless as to do something to harm Qi Xi?
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