Translator: Dj22031
Editor: Dj22031
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Before that crucial moment was revealed, most people, seeing the two interacting, would assume it was just a good brotherly relationship, nothing more, unless they were particularly sensitive.
Pei Ziwen was the latter, especially knowing Qin Fan’s character, she found his excessive attentiveness to someone extremely strange.
Don’t say she used the wrong word, because in Pei Ziwen’s view, Qin Fan’s actions were undeniably attentive, the kind he seemed to enjoy doing.
“Don’t just keep putting food on others’ plates, you need to eat too,” Pei Ziwen said with a slight smile, placing a piece of meat in his bowl with her chopsticks.
“Haha, is Xiao Zizi jealous?” Grandma Yu chuckled.
Pei Ziwen shook her head, “No.”
“You say no? But my Xiao Huang is just so lovable, you can’t be jealous of him,” Grandma Yu said, her eyes sparkling with mischief.
“Oh, Grandma Yu, if you keep doing this, I’m really going to get jealous.” Pei Ziwen stared at her with an accusing look that said, ‘How could you be so biased?’
This amused Grandma Yu even more.
Si Huang, whom they were using as a topic of conversation, remained calm and showed no change in expression.
Qin Fan picked up a piece of meat from his bowl, about to put it in his mouth, when he suddenly felt a foot stepping on him under the table.
“Hmm?” It wasn’t pain, but it came too suddenly, causing Qin Fan to groan softly.
“What’s wrong?” Grandma Xiang Zhen looked over.
Qin Fan shook his head at her, then threw the meat he was holding onto the plate, clearly indicating that he didn’t intend to eat it.
“Is it not to your liking?” This action puzzled Grandma Xiang Zhen again; she had never seen A Fan pick at his food before.
Qin Fan’s expression was calm. “Hmm.” There was no further explanation. Grandma Xiang Zhen felt strange but didn’t ask any more questions.
However, her eyes kept falling on Qin Fan’s face. Why did she feel that A Fan was in a good mood? She could even see a smile in the corner of his eye.
Under the table, Qin Fan’s long legs pressed close to Si Huang again, also gently rubbing against her, as if soothing her or mocking her secret jealousy.
Si Huang avoided the opportunity but found the man intensifying his actions. She ate with her head down, and no one saw the strange glint in her lowered eyes.
“You want to play, huh? I’ll play along.”
She stopped avoiding Qin Fan’s approaching legs and instead bent her knee, placing it on his leg and pressing down on his thigh.
Qin Fan’s breath hitched, and he turned to look at Si Huang, his eyes flashing a warning.
Si Huang smiled at him, picked up some boiled vegetables, and put them in his bowl. “You’ve been feeling a bit hot lately. If you don’t want meat, eat some vegetables to cool down.”
“Does Xiao Huang know about Xiao Qilin’s health condition?” Grandma Yu couldn’t stop excitedly joining in the fun.
“Well, we’ve been together these past few days,” Si Huang replied. Contrary to her composed expression, under the table, her knee, pressing down on the man’s thigh, tightened its grip maliciously. “His temper changes in an instant; I have no idea what he’s thinking.”
“Haha, don’t try to guess what Xiao Qilin is thinking! He always has that stone-like expression; it’s so boring.”
“It would be much more interesting if the stone blossomed!”
Grandma Yu clapped her hands in approval. “Xiao Huang is right!”
Grandma Xiang Zhen and Grandpa Qin exchanged glances, thinking that Si Huang’s fearlessness towards Qin Fan and her willingness to joke about him in front of him was a good sign, indicating a genuinely good relationship between them.
Only Old Tie could only suffer in silence, unable to speak. Words that had seemed perfectly normal before now sounded completely off, each one carrying a hidden meaning, making his head throb with pain.
Si Huang felt she had played enough, especially with several elders present. Just as she was about to withdraw her leg, a large, burning hand pressed down on her.
She looked at Qin Fan in surprise. Hadn’t he just warned her?
She met his deep eyes and heard him calmly ask, “What kind of flower do you want me to bloom?”
Si Huang tried to move her leg again, but the man held it tightly, pinching her thigh twice.
She was both amused and exasperated and stopped struggling. On the surface, she casually joked, “Let’s start with a sunflower blooming on my face.”
Hearing this, the man’s usually pursed, thin, diamond-shaped lips relaxed, a smile playing on his lips.
“Clatter—”
“Crack—”
Pei Ziwen’s chopsticks accidentally fell to the ground.
Grandpa Qin’s teacup shattered on the ground.
An eerie silence fell over the table.
“Not blooming brightly enough.” Only Si Huang could remain calm and offer such a comment.
A flicker of anger flashed in Qin Fan’s eyes. He released her leg, his smile fading. “Don’t push your luck.”
“Hey, A-Fan…” Grandma Xiang Zhen frowned, thinking his grandson’s temper was flaring up again. But a sidelong glance revealed Si Huang’s light laugh. Her smiling eyes and upturned lips were so captivating that even Grandma Xiang Zhen, who had seen countless remarkable people, couldn’t help but admire her beauty, instantly evoking a sense of goodwill.
Most importantly, Si Huang’s expression clearly showed no sign of anger or resentment towards Qin Fan.
“While not particularly dazzling, it’s quite interesting.”
The others present looked surprised, not expecting Si Huang to dare tease Qin Fan like that, and even more surprising was that Qin Fan hadn’t lost his temper or shown any displeasure.
Pei Ziwen snapped out of her daze and bent down to pick up the chopsticks that had fallen to the ground.
Just as she picked them up, a scene she caught out of the corner of her eye made her freeze in place.
“Xiao Zizi?” Grandma Yu, sitting next to her, called out.
“Huh?” Pei Ziwen sat back down, her gaze sharply fixed on Qin Fan and Si Huang, unsure if what she had just seen was what she thought— their legs were spread apart, weren’t they? In other words, their legs had been very close just now? A-Fan’s hand was clearly removed from Si-Huang’s leg— clearly, it was the motion of taking it off Si-Huang’s leg!
Unable to discern anything from Qin Fan’s expressionless face, Pei Ziwen stared directly at Si-Huang.
She had initially thought that Si-Huang was too young, and if she had done something inappropriate, she would surely have given herself away. However, facing Pei Ziwen’s gaze, Si-Huang remained calm and even smiled at her.
“…” Pei Ziwen, frustrated, couldn’t help but wonder again if she was overthinking things.
At this moment, Qin Fan suddenly stood up, “I’m going to the restroom.” He grabbed Si-Huang’s arm, “Let’s go together.”
Before Si-Huang could say anything, Grandma Xiang Zhen said, “You can go by yourself.”
“Haha, it’s alright, it’s alright, the two brothers have a good relationship!” Grandma Yu, however, was happy to watch the show, finding this Xiao Qilin particularly amusing, that he would actually do such childish things.
Looking at her oblivious and happy expression, Old Tie didn’t know what to say. He could only glare at the two unruly brats.
“I also want to go.” Si Huang felt the strength of the large hand gripping her arm, smiled, and stood up.
….
The restroom was at a corner of a corridor in the main hall. Qin Fan pulled Si Huang a short distance but didn’t actually take her to the restroom. Instead, they went out into the courtyard and down a flight of stairs.
The stairs were dimly lit between two walls.
Si Huang felt the force pressing down on her. She was prepared and not surprised, grabbing the man’s hand in return.
Hot lips pressed against hers, igniting a passionate fire without any preamble. The two seemed to be a perfect match, their contact igniting the air.
“Mmm…”
Si Huang grabbed the man’s collar. The smooth fabric of the Tang suit felt comfortable to the touch. She pulled the insatiable beast-like man away, panting and scolding, “Did you take drugs?” What was with this sudden agitation!
The man’s breath came in deep, heavy gasps, his dark eyes gleaming with a hidden fire, a gentle ripple flickering within them. He reached out to embrace her, but Si Huang held onto his collar, preventing him from doing so. Instead of a hug, he stroked the back of her neck with one hand. “Seeing you sitting in my house, getting along so well with Grandpa and Grandma, really excited me.”
He was indeed very excited; Si Huang felt his hot breath and noticed the change in his body. Luckily, he was wearing loose Tang-style trousers.
“Be mindful of the occasion.”
“Mm.”
“…Then let’s go back.”
The man’s arm encircled her neck, his chest pressed tightly against her back, his breathing even heavier than before, and Si Huang could clearly feel the change in his body.
“No.” The man’s low, husky voice sounded in her ear. “I can’t stand it.”
Si Huang stood still, not turning around, lost in thought about how restrained and self-controlled the man used to be. She wondered when he had become so shameless and unrestrained.
Qin Fan couldn’t see Si Huang’s expression, but his eyes could just see her fair ears, which looked even more appetizing against the backdrop of a few strands of black hair.
He took a bite, but before he could even savor it, he felt a force on his lips. He knew Si Huang was tripping him up, so he didn’t react. Si Huang pushed him down onto the stairs.
“You call yourself a soldier?” Si Huang knelt on one knee in front of Qin Fan.
The man grinned at her, “Soldiers are also men.”
This smile was much brighter than at the dinner table, and most importantly, it exuded aggression and wildness. If Grandma Xiang Zhen and the others saw this, they probably wouldn’t believe it was their only grandson with his usual coffin-faced expression.
Si Huang: “You rascal.” She lowered her head and kissed his lips.
A dozen minutes later.
Si Huang returned to the main hall and saw that everyone else had finished eating. Grandma Xiang Zhen and Grandma Yu were sitting together talking.
“Why did you take so long?” Grandma Yu stood up as soon as she saw her, then peeked behind her. “Where’s Xiao Qilin?”
“I joked with him a bit, and then I was dragged off to practice my skills.” Si Huang’s lies were no less blatant than Qin Fan’s. “He went to take a bath.”
“Why would he take a bath in broad daylight?”
Si Huang winked innocently at Grandma Yu. “Because I used a little trick to make him fall flat on his face.”
“Hahahaha!” Grandma Yu probably couldn’t help but laugh heartily at the thought.
Grandma Xiang Zhen and Grandpa Qin also looked at Si Huang in surprise, somewhat unable to believe that Qin Fan had fallen for her trick.
After a burst of laughter, Grandma Yu called Si Huang over and brought up the matter of medicinal cuisine.
Grandma Xiang Zhen was a medical student, and after drinking the medicinal soup that Si Huang had specially prepared for Grandma Yu, she wanted to learn from her.
Si Huang had already planned to do this, and for Grandma Yu’s health, she told her everything she knew, except for concealing the source of her knowledge about medicinal cuisine.
When Qin Fan returned, he saw Si Huang chatting happily with Grandma Xiang Zhen in the main hall. After changing his clothes and with his hair still damp, his features seemed to have softened a lot, and he no longer looked as unapproachable as usual.
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