The living room lights were left on all night, and since some of the servants' rooms were also on the first floor, Bai Qingzhi didn't hesitate to choose to spend the night on the sofa.
Clutching a small blanket, Bai Qingzhi sat on the sofa. After a while, drowsiness overcame her, and she slumped down in a daze.
Enzhe woke up thirsty in the middle of the night to get a drink of water, and this was the scene he saw when he went downstairs.
Bai Qingzhi looked incredibly petite sitting on the huge sofa, and her constant nodding, especially when she was sleepy, made her appear even more charming and innocent.
She had clearly just taken a shower before resting; her hair wasn't even dry.
The small blanket she had been holding had long since fallen to the ground. Perhaps feeling cold, Bai Qingzhi grabbed the sofa cover and barely managed to cover her stomach.
Enzhe cautiously approached, picked up the small blanket, and covered Bai Qingzhi with it.
It was indeed warmer, and Bai Qingzhi's slightly furrowed brows slowly relaxed.
Enzhe stood in front of the sofa, looking at Bai Qingzhi's face for a long while before going upstairs again.
When Bai Qingzhi woke up the next day, it was still not very bright. She stretched to relieve her sore arms and legs, and seeing the servants already working in an orderly manner, she felt the fear from the previous night dissipate.
"Sister, why are you up so early?" En Yan rubbed her eyes as she came downstairs, yawning as she spoke.
"It's alright." Bai Qingzhi also caught the yawn.
Both of them were feeling dizzy early in the morning. Enzhe, who was eating at the same table, guessed that Bai Qingzhi must not have slept well last night.
"Take the second young master to the hospital for a follow-up examination later," Enzhe instructed the servants.
"Young Master, it's not time for the Second Young Master's follow-up examination yet." The old butler kept the dates in mind.
“It won’t matter if I get checked a couple more times,” Enzhe replied without looking up.
En Yan, who had just been clamoring to go out and play with Bai Qingzhi, suddenly fell silent. Although he was usually very talkative at home, En Yan knew that he couldn't resist what this bad guy who called himself his older brother said.
Everyone here listens to him.
Reluctantly following the servants, En Yan told Bai Qingzhi to wait for him to come back so they could play games.
Bai Qingzhi nodded in agreement, secretly relieved. While Enyan went for a follow-up examination, she could go back and catch up on some sleep.
The old butler looked at Bai Qingzhi's increasingly sleepy eyes, and his gaze dimmed once again.
He glanced at the young master, who was noticeably slower today, and finally couldn't help but speak up.
"Young Master, you're going to be late for work."
Euncheol had actually finished eating a long time ago, but he didn't want to leave now.
Upon hearing the old butler's words, he slowly put down the tablecloth, turned his head, and looked at the old butler earnestly, asking:
What is this family's surname?
"Young Master, my surname is En."
"What's the company's last name?"
"kindness."
"So even if I don't go, is there a problem?"
Upon hearing his words, the old butler looked up sharply and saw a questioning look in Enzhe's eyes.
"Young master, I have overstepped my bounds," the old butler replied, bowing his head in understanding.
Bai Qingzhi could sense the tense atmosphere between the two, which frightened her so much that she stopped chewing.
"This is delicious, have a taste." Enzhe offered some food to Bai Qingzhi.
Bai Qingzhi's eyes widened in surprise, then she seemed even more frightened.
He swallowed the food in his mouth with a gulp, and his face turned red immediately; he had clearly choked.
Enzhe stood up from his chair, walked closer to her, held a water glass in his left hand and brought it to her lips, while gently tapping her back with his right hand.
It took Bai Qingzhi a long time to recover. The thought of choking on her food made her blush with embarrassment.
“Nobody’s going to take it from you,” Enzhe said jokingly with a smile.
Bai Qingzhi felt even more embarrassed. She quickly shoveled the rest of the food into her mouth and then ran upstairs in a flash.
It seemed that she really hadn't slept well on the sofa last night, because Bai Qingzhi drifted off to sleep soon after lying in bed.
"Naive, naive."
Someone whispered her name in her ear.
It was a man's voice, deep and magnetic, the kind of voice she liked.
She had a smile on her lips until she woke up. She rubbed her face vigorously, telling herself not to be infatuated.
It was just a sound I imagined.
However, she eventually couldn't resist and started searching for voice actors online.
After listening to more than a dozen different apps without finding the voice she was dreaming of, just as she was about to close the app, a name called Ai Zhi caught her eye.
"I will record my story with her in the future."
There was only this short sentence above, but Bai Qingzhi subconsciously felt that this voice was the one that appeared in her dream.
She immediately started paying attention to him, firstly because he was the voice from her dreams, and secondly because she really loved that voice.
At this time, Ai Zhi's voice message had just been uploaded and was very short, so few people paid attention to it.
Bai Qingzhi's profile picture was a large field of roses, with no information that could reveal her identity.
But Xiao Yuan on the other end still noticed it subconsciously.
Uploading his and Zhizhi's story via voice message was a spur-of-the-moment decision; he wanted everyone to know about his relationship with Zhizhi.
Reaching out to touch the ring on his ring finger, Xiao Yuan looked at the smiling photo of Bai Qingzhi on the wall and a slight smile appeared on his lips.
Suddenly, a beeping sound came from the account. Xiao Yuan looked over and saw that the avatar with a large number of roses was flashing.
"Waiting for your story with her."
Their paths crossed abruptly, and it wasn't until the evening of the third day, when Bai Qingzhi was exhausted from spending the whole day with En Yan and collapsed on the bed, that she received a notification from Ai Zhi.
This voice has been appearing in my dreams frequently these past few days, so Bai Qingzhi clicked on it immediately.
This time the voice message was much longer, with the man slowly recounting the circumstances of his first encounter with his wife.
A five-year-old girl meets a thirteen-year-old boy, and it is at that moment that the gears of fate begin to slowly turn.
Bai Qingzhi listened to the story of a small incident several times, and in the end, she only felt a little uncomfortable and dull in her heart.
I even felt like crying.
Unable to resist any longer, Bai Qingzhi sent him a message:
"May I ask, how is your wife now?"
Xiao Yuan stared at the message for a long time, perhaps because of the roses that Zhizhi liked, or perhaps because he missed Zhizhi so much in the dark of night. In the end, Xiao Yuan still replied.
"He has passed away."
It was also today that the two began to communicate.
Bai Qingzhi took the initiative to tell the other party about her story: being injured and suffering from amnesia, being an adopted daughter of a wealthy family, and the fear of not being able to find a sense of belonging.
It seems she has finally found an outlet for her pent-up emotions, even though Ai Zhi rarely responds.
Xiao Yuan sensed a familiarity in the girl's words; the timidity and inferiority complex that Xiao Zhi had initially displayed were vividly reflected in this girl.
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com