"I asked you to come up here, and you haven't left yet. It's only right that I treat you to takeout out of consideration for you."
Xiang Wan wanted to mention that she had saved him from Gan Xiaochen and her group, but then she remembered that Xiao Ming had only sent him a message, while someone else had gotten there first. She felt guilty no matter what. Besides, Xiao Ming had paid so readily, so it was better to keep her plan to use him to frame Gan Xiaochen to herself.
Intuitively, if she really told him, Xiao Ming would probably use it to make things difficult for her. The mission wasn't finished yet, so she shouldn't create more trouble for herself.
Of course, later on, when Xiao Ming accidentally heard about what happened that day, he frequently made excuses to torment the original owner of the body, which was no longer within Xiang Wan's consideration.
The two ate takeout. Seeing that Gao Qiming still showed no signs of waking up, and after checking that he was alright, they greeted the front desk and asked the waiter to check on him every few hours before going home.
Poor Gao Qiming, who had acted as matchmaker for them, woke up the next day with a splitting headache. Knowing he had been abandoned, he was furious. His expression never improved when he saw Xiang Wan and Xiao Ming afterward.
Back home, the baby seemed to know something, lying on the bed without saying a word, staring at the ceiling with his eyes open, and not speaking to Xiang Wan.
After a long day out, Xiang Wan was exhausted and fell asleep as soon as she lay down, much to her baby's dismay. Even after Xiang Wan told her that Xiao Ming was her biological father, the child still needed a lot of coaxing before she would show any improvement.
Xiang Wan was unaware that she had unintentionally made Xiao Ming's path to recognizing his daughter more difficult. Even if she had known, she would only have made things worse. After all, Xiao Ming was so clueless about how to handle things; it was already a miracle that she hadn't created more problems for him.
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