Chapter 28 Show Him More Love
Around 10 a.m., Xia Zhen was still sound asleep in bed when a phone call woke her up.
The person on the other end of the phone was Xia Yu. His serious voice betrayed his struggle to suppress his anger. "What do they mean by saying you're not home?"
Xia Yu went on a business trip early this morning. Xia Zhen always sleeps in late on weekends and doesn't get up until 10 a.m., so Xia Yu doesn't bother to wake her up before he leaves for work. He only received a call from someone at the villa not long ago.
It is said that the young lady left a note saying that she couldn't sleep in a bed she couldn't sleep in, so she went to that small house near the school.
Upon receiving the news, Xia Yu immediately called Xia Zhen.
Xia Zhen rubbed her sleepy eyes and said lazily, "It just means I'm not home."
"You'd better go home right now, I'll have Uncle Zhao pick you up."
"don't want."
Xia Yu seemed to be running out of patience, calling her by her full name, "Xia Zhen, you go back now."
"I don't want to go back!" Xia Zhen sniffed and said pitifully, "When I open my eyes, I'm faced with such a big house, but it's so empty, and there's no sign of my father. It just makes me feel even more lonely!"
"……What did you say?"
Xia Zhen started sobbing, "A small house actually makes me feel safer. Even though I live in such a big villa, I don't have any family members by my side... Dad would never understand that feeling of loneliness!"
The people over there remained silent for a long time.
Xia Zhen whimpered a few more times.
Finally, Xia Yu said, "I'll have Aunt Fang go there to take care of you."
Inside a high-rise building in another city, a conference room was completely silent.
The group saw the serious-looking man sitting in front put down his phone. Before making the call, he seemed like a volcano about to erupt, but after finishing the call, he became as gentle as a spring breeze and as calm as the sun after a storm.
Xia Yu looked at the man next to her and said, "Mr. Zhang, you seem to have a daughter in high school as well."
Mr. Zhang nodded. "Yes, he just entered the first year of high school."
Xia Yu said calmly, "Will your daughter say she's lonely because you're away on a business trip?"
Mr. Zhang sighed and said, "How could that be? When she was little, she would ask me to hug her, but now that she's grown up, she's too lazy to pay attention to me. As long as I give her enough pocket money, even if I'm away on a business trip for half a year, she probably won't feel anything."
The person on the other side couldn't help but say, "I thought it was just my daughter who was like this!"
"That's right! These days, once kids reach puberty, they complain about their dad's strong cigarette smell, their dad's smelly shoes, and even if their toothbrush touches their own, they'll yell at me!"
"They're so dedicated to following celebrities online, but they don't care about their old father at all."
...
The serious atmosphere in the conference room changed completely. These successful people in society looked like balding middle-aged men, complaining that their daughters didn't like them as fathers.
Xia Yu picked up the cup, took a sip of tea, and put the cup back on the table with a soft, moderate sound.
The people in the conference room immediately fell silent. They had inadvertently gone too far in their conversation and looked at Xia Yu with slight nervousness, hoping not to anger him.
Xia Yu said unhurriedly, "My daughter is also ignorant."
The others remained silent, knowing that Xia Yu definitely had more to say.
Sure enough, Xia Yu said quietly, "I'm just going on a business trip, and she cries because she feels lonely."
Everyone: "..."
Xia Yu said unhappily, "What a troublesome child."
Mr. Zhang was the first to react, and laughed, "Mr. Xia is joking. Miss Xia is just reluctant to see you go on a long trip because she likes you."
"Yes, that shows that President Xia has a very good relationship with his daughter!"
"If it were my daughter, she would cry and whine if her idol got even a little injured, but she might not even cry if I ended up in the hospital one day!"
...That's not necessarily true.
Xia Yu didn't say a word, but silently picked up her phone and transferred another sum of money.
Just as Xia Zhen received the transfer notification text message, Aunt Fang arrived.
Aunt Fang has taken care of Xia Zhen for so many years, but she really can't understand Xia Zhen's actions. Why did Xia Zhen move here from the villa?
Xia Zhen was having lunch when she suddenly heard the sound of a door opening and closing across the street. She glanced at Aunt Fang, who was still busy in the kitchen, and quietly ran to the door. Through the peephole, she saw the Lu family couple and Lu Ci.
They were chatting and laughing, and Lu Ci was holding three movie tickets in his hand. They were truly a happy family of three.
"Miss?"
Xia Zhen, who was holding a rice bowl and standing guard at the door, looked a bit sleazy. When she heard Aunt Fang's voice, she turned around and smiled awkwardly, "Eating standing up makes it easier to digest."
Aunt Fang's face was full of doubt.
After lunch, Xia Zhen persuaded Aunt Fang to take a nap. She didn't need Aunt Fang's help. Aunt Fang was old and couldn't sit on the sofa all day. She told Xia Zhen to call her if she needed anything before going to her room to rest.
Xia Zhen waited for a while, guessing that Aunt Fang was really asleep, before she quietly slipped out of the door and, like a thief, knocked on her neighbor's door.
There was no movement behind the door. Was he resting too?
Xia Zhen knocked on the door a few more times. This time, she heard a kitten meowing from inside. She immediately felt nervous. Could something have happened to him?
Just as she was wondering whether to call the property management to help open the door, the door opened from the inside.
He called her, "Zhenzhen".
Even though he pretended to be calm, Xia Zhen knew something was wrong as soon as she saw his face, which was even paler than usual. She hurriedly went in and cupped his face in her hands, asking, "What's wrong?"
He shook his head gently. "I'm fine."
"Are you feeling unwell?" Xia Zhen's eyes were brimming with anxiety. His fragile appearance made her feel as if she were seeing that little boy in the snow again. She was both anxious and angry. "Don't hold it in, tell me quickly, is it hurting somewhere?"
He was covered in cold sweat; he didn't look alright at all!
The coldness in Lu Jin's voice was dispelled by her worry. He grasped one of her hands and whispered, "I'm really fine."
She said sternly, "Do you want to see me cry?"
Lu Jin was speechless.
Seeing that her eyes were indeed red, he hurriedly said, "I just have a stomachache, it's nothing serious."
Xia Zhen had never had a stomachache before, but she could guess that this kind of pain must be very uncomfortable. "Wait for me!"
Before she could finish speaking, she ran back to her room, grabbed a cup, filled it with warm water, and ran back over.
She handed the water glass to the boy and urged him, "Drink it quickly."
He didn't say much, but instead drank most of the warm water in the cup the girl handed him.
Xia Zhen then said, "I'll go downstairs and buy you some medicine."
Her arm was grabbed forcefully, and Xia Zhen fell onto the boy's lap. She was afraid of hurting his leg and aggravating his stomach pain, so she angrily raised her head and said, "What are you doing?"
The little water left in her cup spilled out, wetting her skirt.
He lowered his head and pressed his forehead against hers, whispering, "I don't need to take medicine. Just stay with me."
Lu Jin's light-colored eyes seemed to be smiling. His body was in great pain, but his heart was full of joy.
Xia Zhen wondered if he was delirious from the pain?
He took her hand and placed it on the aching spot on his body. "Zhenzhen, rub it for me."
The boy's cool demeanor completely dissipated, leaving only an unconscious tenderness. His lowered voice sounded like he was pleading with her to cherish him more.
Xia Zhen's ears were itchy, which made her scalp tingle.
She never knew before that this boy was so bewitching.
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