Shen Qinghan reacted a bit defensively, "You don't know them."
Si Yiheng stared at Shen Qinghan, his tone betraying no emotion. "What friend of yours do I not know?"
Shen Qinghan: "..."
Shen Qinghan: "Of course I have friends you don't know. By the way, Brother Heng, what are you doing here?"
Si Yiheng: "Ye Ning's friend is sick. I'm bringing Ye Ning some food."
"Ye Ning is in City A?" Shen Qinghan was a little surprised.
The Shen, Si, and Ye families all belonged to the same social tier. They had known each other since childhood. Ye Ning was Si Yiheng's cousin and also his friend.
"I'll treat Ye Ning to a meal some other day," Shen Qinghan said.
Si Yiheng: "Mhm."
Si Yiheng glanced at the elevator buttons and reminded him, "You haven't pressed a floor yet."
In front of Si Yiheng, Shen Qinghan couldn't exactly go looking for Shuyu, so he randomly pressed a floor.
Shen Qinghan glanced at Si Yiheng. Seeing that Si Yiheng had no expression, Shen Qinghan felt he was overthinking things.
A desire to probe arose in Shen Qinghan. "Brother Heng, how are things between you and Shuyu? Have you met up yet?"
Si Yiheng paused slightly. "Things are fine. We haven't met yet."
Shuyu wasn't the type of person to meet people easily. She had mustered up the courage to meet Ye Ning, and only if they got along well would Shuyu have the courage to meet others and establish intimate relationships.
He wasn't in a hurry. He could wait until Shuyu was willing to meet him before appearing in front of her.
Shen Qinghan: "If Shuyu turns out to be very beautiful, would you break up with her?"
Shen Qinghan raised his eyebrows and smiled, "Why do I feel like you wouldn't be able to bear breaking up, Brother Heng?"
Si Yiheng frowned and didn't say anything.
Sensing Si Yiheng's hesitation, Shen Qinghan pressed further, "What if Shuyu wants to break up with you?"
Si Yiheng gave Shen Qinghan an obscure look. "I will respect her wishes."
The corners of Shen Qinghan's lips curled up into a slight smile. "You've never really spent much thought on romantic feelings, much less pestered someone relentlessly."
Si Yiheng said coldly, "You talk too much today."
Shen Qinghan smiled, his eyebrows raised and eyes sparkling in a very flashy manner. "Haven't I always talked a lot?"
"But I'll learn to be a bit more mature in the future."
The elevator dinged. Si Yiheng: "I'm here."
Shen Qinghan glanced at the floor—the 11th floor. He felt a bit suspicious again; wasn't this the floor Shuyu had sent him?
Shen Qinghan got off the elevator on the 12th floor, then turned to the stairs on the other side to go down to Shuyu's hospital room.
Si Yiheng called Ye Ning. "Come to the elevator to get the things."
Ye Ning told Shuyu, "My cousin asked me to pick something up. I'll be right back."
Shuyu nodded.
There was a knock on the ward door, and Shuyu thought Ye Ning was back. "Come in."
Unexpectedly, she saw Shen Qinghan's face. Shen Qinghan raised his eyebrows. "I brought you food."
Shuyu: "..."
Who asked Shen Qinghan to bring food?
Shen Qinghan casually sat down on a chair as if he owned the place. "Little Yu, am I good to you? Si Yiheng doesn't even care about you, but I do. I brought you food."
Shuyu: "..."
Was he hinting for her to break up quickly again? She would break up, she really would; there was no need to rush her.
Shuyu: "Should I thank you, then?"
Shen Qinghan: "..."
Shuyu: "But my friend is coming back soon. You should leave quickly, otherwise it won't be good if she sees you."
Shen Qinghan leaned back in the chair. "I'm your friend too. Am I that unpresentable?"
Shuyu just gave up trying to be polite. "Yes, you are unpresentable. Just go back."
Don't you know yourself whether you're presentable or not?
Why ask such a question?
Shuyu truly felt there was something wrong with Shen Qinghan's brain.
Shen Qinghan narrowed his eyes. "Is that friend of yours decent? You haven't been scammed, have you?"
Shen Qinghan didn't even know when his impression of Shuyu had shifted from thinking she was a scammer to worrying about how such an innocent girl might get scammed by others.
Shuyu's expression instantly turned a bit guilty. It seemed neither she nor Ye Ning were very decent people.
Shuyu: "Of course she is. My friend and I are involved in high-end artistic creation."
"Oh?" Shen Qinghan dragged out the end of his word. "What kind of high-end artistic creation do you and your friend do?"
Shuyu kept her snow-white face cool and made up nonsense with a straight face, "Literature creation and scene recreation regarding the rearrangement and combination of human genes."
Shen Qinghan: "So you write erotica and draw dirty pictures?"
Shuyu: ... ]((o__)'彡☆
Shen Qinghan: "You two better be careful not to get arrested."
Shuyu's expression froze on her face, her long eyelashes trembling slightly. It was the obvious shock of someone who had been figured out.
She looked like a stunned little cat.
The corners of Shen Qinghan's lips curled up slightly. How could she be so cute?
He even wanted to send a message to Si Yiheng to tell him: your girlfriend is really cute.
Shuyu was stunned for a moment, then asked Iron Egg in her head, "Egg, will I get arrested?"
It would be terrible if she didn't end up crying behind bars for scamming Si Yiheng, but instead got arrested for reading erotica and drawing dirty pictures.
Iron Egg: [That won't happen.]
Shuyu swallowed hard. "Don't lie to me, I won't get arrested."
Shen Qinghan's lips curled up slightly. "Oh, alright. You won't get arrested."
Shuyu checked the time. "Go back, I'm begging you. Don't let my friend see you."
Shen Qinghan: "...Fine, I'll go back. Remember to taste the food I made."
Right after Shen Qinghan left, Ye Ning came back carrying the food.
After laying the food out in front of Shuyu one by one, Ye Ning sharply noticed the lunchbox on the side.
Ye Ning: "Someone came to bring you food?"
Shuyu had already been exhausted by Shen Qinghan today. She nodded listlessly, like a wilted little cat.
"Mhm."
Ye Ning pushed the food Shen Qinghan made aside. "Eat the food my cousin made first."
Shuyu: "Okay!"
Shuyu carefully pushed the food Shen Qinghan brought further to the side.
Ye Ning and Shuyu ended up eating until they were stuffed again.
Only after eating did Shuyu notice the kitten plushie. Shuyu: "Ning Ning, did your cousin bring you this kitten plushie? This plushie looks so much like Little Orange."
Ye Ning: "I thought it looked alike too. If you like it, I'll give it to you."
Si Yiheng hadn't specified who the kitten plushie was for, but since it was in her hands, there was no reason to return it to him.
Ye Ning decisively gave it to Shuyu.
When evening came, Ye Ning still wasn't planning to leave.
Ye Ning leaned close to Shuyu. "Do you want to see Little Orange? I can video call my cousin."
Shuyu: "Sure, let's video call, but can we turn off the camera on our end?"
Ye Ning: "Okay."
After spending a few days with Shuyu, Ye Ning had come to understand her a bit. Shuyu didn't like talking to strangers.
Si Yiheng was just getting ready for bed when Little Orange came over to him and meowed.
Si Yiheng: "Missing Little Yu again?"
Little Orange meowed again, as if saying she was.
Si Yiheng rubbed Little Orange's head with his large hand. "Shuyu doesn't miss you."
Little Orange: "Meow!"
Little Orange seemed to be protesting Si Yiheng's words.
Si Yiheng chuckled lightly. "If she missed you, why wouldn't she video call you?"
Little Orange meowed very softly this time, looking pitiful as if it had been abandoned. It walked over to the edge of the bed and curled up into a ball, leaving Si Yiheng with nothing but the sad sight of a kitty's back.
Suddenly, a message from Ye Ning popped up.
Ye Ning: Bro, start a video call. My friend wants to see Little Orange.
