Translator: Dj22031
Editor: Dj22031
Advance chapters available for patrons on Patreon. And a chapter can be sponsored by buying me a ko-fi
At this moment, Zu Qi’s head went into panic.
He remained sitting on the bed blankly, staring blankly at Xue Jue standing in front of him for a long time, opened his mouth, and said hoarsely: “When… did you come in?”
If Zu Qi remembered correctly, he had locked the door after entering the bedroom, so how did Xue Jue get in?
And shouldn’t Xue Jue be working overtime in the company at this time?
Countless thoughts flashed through Zu Qi’s mind, and the more he thought about it, the more desperate he became. He clenched the sheets tightly with both hands, breathing hard as if someone had punched him hard in the face, and the fine pain spread along the nerves to all his limbs.
He didn’t know how Xue Jue would react after learning about his space, and he couldn’t imagine the fate he was about to face…
In just one minute, Zu Qi was so shocked that he broke into a cold sweat.
“I…” Zu Qi said.
However, as soon as he uttered a word, he saw Xue Jue freeing up a hand and gently pressing the warm back of his hand against his cold forehead. After pausing and feeling for a moment, Xue Jue asked, “Are you feeling uncomfortable somewhere?”
Zu Qi did not expect that Xue Jue’s reaction would be much calmer than he expected. He couldn’t help but be stunned for a moment, and then shook his head.
“I’m fine.”
“But you look bad.” Xue Jue pursed his lips and looked closely at Zu Qi’s face, with a hint of worry between his brows, “I’ll take you to the hospital for treatment. Just wait a moment.”
Because the two of them were so close, Xue Jue’s hot breath sprayed on Zu Qi’s cheeks.
Zu Qi, who had a guilty conscience, did not dare to look directly at Xue Jue, but in his peripheral vision, he could see Xue Jue’s beautiful face very close at hand, as if he was about to kiss him in the next second.
Zu Qi suddenly thought of some messy pictures, and his cheeks gradually turned red.
He subconsciously leaned back a little, until fresh air came in between him and Xue Jue, and he finally breathed like a fish returning to the water.
“No need.” Zu Qi narrowed his eyes and refused.
Xue Jue seemed to feel Zu Qi’s rejection and his eyes flashed slightly, but then Xue Wanwan slowly stood up straight in his arms, and he explained: “I knocked on the door for a long time, but you didn’t respond, so I asked Butler Zhang to bring the spare key.”
He paused and added softly, “I was very worried about you.”
Zu Qi looked at Xue Jue and found that the other party was also looking at him intently, and his ears suddenly became hot.
“I’m really fine. Maybe I was a little tired because I went to the company during the day.” Zu Qi twitched the corner of his mouth and smiled pretending to be nonchalant.
Xue Jue obviously didn’t believe Zu Qi’s words, but he couldn’t persuade Zu Qi to go to the hospital for a check-up, so they stared at each other in a stalemate for a long time.
Just when Xue Jue was about to speak, Xue Wanwan suddenly opened his mouth and started crying in his arms.
Seeing this, Zu Qi breathed a sigh of relief. For the first time, he felt that his biological son was very cute, even crying so appropriately.
“He seems hungry. Go and feed him something to eat.” Zu Qi couldn’t wait to start chasing people away.
Although Xue Jue had been coaxing Xue Wanwan softly, he still saw all the changes in Zu Qi’s expression from his peripheral vision. He suddenly felt angry and helpless, but he had to swallow the rest of his words and leave the bedroom with Xue Wanwan in his arms.
Zu Qi watched Xue Jue’s figure disappear behind the door, and for a moment he felt like he was alive again.
Now Xue Jue was able to take care of Xue Wanwan very skillfully. He quickly came to the baby room, holding Xue Wanwan with one hand, and mixing the milk powder as quickly as possible with the other hand.
Xiaoya outside heard the noise and quickly came over to help.
Xue Wanwan was indeed hungry. He cried so hard that his whole little face was red, and he was struggling in Xue Jue’s arms.
It wasn’t until Xiaoya put the bottle that had been slightly warmed into his arms that the little guy reflexively held the bottle and started sucking on it. His eyelashes, as thick as a small fan, were wet from crying, and his cheeks were still flushed red with a blush.
Xiaoya looked at the young master and couldn’t help but sigh in her heart.
Both Mr. and Madam are so good-looking. Even if the young master looked like a wrinkled little monkey when he was born, he would not be so ugly now that he had grown up.
Sure enough, genes determined the level of appearance…
After Xue Wanwan calmed down completely, Xue Jue carried the little guy out of the baby room, leaving Xiaoya to clean up the mess. Everything was then placed neatly in its place.
When leaving, Xiaoya saw Xue Jue standing quietly outside the door, seemingly waiting for her.
Xiaoya was stunned: “Sir, are you looking for me?”
Xue Jue nodded. He just went downstairs and handed Xue Wanwan, who was drinking milk, to Weng Yuxiang. After thinking about it, he still couldn’t feel relieved and came back to find Xiaoya.
“I just want to ask, has Zu Qi been feeling unwell lately?” Xue Jue said hesitantly. In fact, it was a bit embarrassing for him to ask Xiaoya these words.
Xue Jue was a person who paid great attention to privacy. Even the unspeakable past between him and Zu Qi was rarely told to people. Weng Yuxiang and Xue Yanjing even thought that Xue Jue fell in love with Zu Qi at first sight and pursued him until he got him.
Therefore, asking an outsider about his husband’s current situation made Xue Jue feel a little embarrassed.
Even if Xue Jue and Zu Qi continued to quarrel during their marriage, he would not let others know such a private matter.
It was a pity that he had been very busy with official duties recently. And he could count the number of times he had come back on one hand, and he really couldn’t spare the time to pay attention to Zu Qi.
Xiaoya didn’t know what Xue Jue was thinking, but seeing his hesitant and tense expression, she didn’t dare to give a perfunctory answer. She thought about it for a long time before saying: “I rarely see Madam when you are not at home. When the Madam comes out, he will either play with the young master in the living room or the small garden or stay in the bedroom. There seems to be nothing wrong.”
After hearing this, Xue Jue said okay and then fell into silence.
Xiaoya was quiet for two seconds, observing Xue Jue’s expression, and then cautiously said, “Sir, what’s wrong with madam?”
“It’s okay. Pay more attention to him and call me directly if anything happens.”
Xiaoya nodded blankly.
“Don’t let him know that I asked you these questions.” Xue Jue said again.
Xiaoya quickly responded: “Okay, I will keep it secret.”
After saying this, Xue Jue was about to go downstairs to see Xue Wanwan. When he turned around, he suddenly remembered something and said again, “By the way, tell everyone, they don’t need to call him Madam from now on, just call him by his name.”
When he brought Zu Qi back, Xue Jue did not deliberately tell Butler Zhang and Xiaoya how to call Zu Qi. Later, he heard them spontaneously call Zu Qi Madam, and although he found it a bit funny, but he did not correct them.
Anyway, he and Zu Qi spent very little time together, and the title “Madam” would only disgust Zu Qi but would not have any impact on him.
However, now that the two of them lived under the same roof and even slept in the same bed, Xue Jue still felt uncomfortable after hearing the call “Madam” too many times.
It was not that he felt disgusted, but calling Zu Qi, a tall man with long legs, “madam”… it really hurt his self-esteem.
Even Xue Jue himself didn’t realize that he had unknowingly started to care about Zu Qi’s feelings. This was something that was absolutely impossible to happen before.
Strange.
Zu Qi sat by the bed for a long time, repeatedly rubbing the crystal clear jade in his palm. When his violently beating heart gradually calmed down, he finally felt a chill.
Snow was falling outside the floor-to-ceiling windows again, and the temperature inside was very low.
Zu Qi suddenly remembered that he felt a little hot while packing his luggage, so he turned off the heater in the bedroom.
So Zu Qi picked up the remote control and turned on the heater. He felt waves of warm current rushing towards his face, covering his whole body. His shoulders slowly relaxed and he exhaled a long breath.
There were various clothes and three suitcases scattered on the floor in front of the closet, but Zu Qi couldn’t bring himself to continue packing.
After sitting there for a long time, Zu Qi simply kicked off his slippers, crawled into bed, lay down and played with his mobile phone.
It was easy for people to become inert in a comfortable environment. It didn’t take long for Zu Qi to forget about the tension and anxiety just now and fall asleep under the warm quilt.
He slept deeply at first, but after an unknown amount of time, his body gradually became heavier, as if he had entered a hot steamer.
Zu Qi kicked off the quilt unconsciously, his cheeks felt hot, and his mind finally cleared up.
After lying like this for a while, Zu Qi felt that his throat was extremely dry. He wanted to get out of bed and get a glass of water, but his heavy body couldn’t exert any energy.
Zu Qi struggled for a long time but still lay still.
Half asleep and half awake, he seemed to hear the sound of the door opening, followed by a series of footsteps. Zu Qi opened his eyes in a daze and saw a vague figure shaking beside the bed.
“Zu Qi.”
Someone called him.
Then, a hand gently touched his forehead.
The temperature of that hand was a little low. When it was pressed against Zu Qi’s hot skin, strands of cool air seemed to have vitality, drilling straight into Zu Qi’s nerves.
“Xue Jue…” Zu Qi’s eyes were half-closed, his lips were slightly open, and he exhaled a breath of hot breath from his nose, “I feel so uncomfortable…”
“You have a cold.” Xue Jue seemed to have figured it out. Zu Qi was fine just now. As a result, he turned around and became so ill. He sighed helplessly, “I’ll get you medicine.”
Zu Qi was still feverish, dizzy, and his mind seemed to be frozen. He didn’t hear clearly what Xue Jue said, but he noticed when Xue Jue wanted to take his hand away, so he raised his hand in panic and held it down.
“Don’t leave…”
The slightly cold back of his hand continued to press against his face. Zu Qi then curled up the corners of his mouth, like a satisfied cat. After rubbing against it twice happily, he let out a contented sigh.
“It’s so comfortable.”
Xue Jue had no choice but to stand there. When Zu Qi became more conscious, he slowly pulled out his hand.
Not long after Zu Qi fell asleep, he heard Xue Jue calling his name again. He was held up by Xue Jue and sat up, taking medicine and drinking water.
Xue Jue hurriedly helped Zu Qi lie back on the bed and brought a hot and wet towel to wipe the sweat on his face and body.
Originally, Xue Jue was still sulking because Zu Qi was hiding something from him, but now when he saw Zu Qi looking so fragile and pitiful, he couldn’t get angry at all.
What a fool.
You can get sick even if you stay at home. When you go to the set, I’m afraid you won’t cherish your body even more.
Guys, ads are my only source of revenue, so please do not turn on the AdBlock when you are accessing this website…. Thank you, this would be a great help…
You can buy me a ko-fi and sponsor a chapter on: https://ko-fi.com/midnightrambles
Or become a Patron on: https://www.patreon.com/bePatron?u=45665005
If you support me, I would be able to provide more chapters….
Previous • Table of Contents • Next