Chapter 6: One Heart 2
In an instant, the young man who had climbed all the stairs turned back suddenly, and a terrifying cold light flashed in his sharp eyes, which frightened Xi Shanshan so much that she staggered and almost fell down the stairs.
"Get out of my sight, I never want to see you again." Xi Chen's voice was low, filled with a sinister aura.
Xi Shanshan was so frightened that she was stunned until Xi Chen turned around and went back to the room. When she came to her senses, her legs were so weak that she couldn't stand steadily. She slid down the handrail and sat on the ground. Because of the shock, tears fell down in big drops.
He wasn't like this before... Why did he become like this? Why was he so mean to her... Why did he become so scary!
He used to... be so nice to her and even said that he only liked her.
Xi Shanshan raised her head from her arms, her eyes sparkling with tears. She still remembered her first meeting with him, deeply in her heart.
When Xi Shanshan first came to the Xi family with her mother, she was full of curiosity about this big house. She flew back and forth in the villa like a butterfly all day long.
Everyone liked her, except the little boy who always sat in the corner and didn't say anything.
"Hey, little guy!" Xi Shanshan pointed at the dull guy with her chubby little hand. Xi Zhengfeng turned around from the sofa in the living room and said with a smile, "Shanshan, call me brother. He is still a brother."
"Brother?" Xi Shanshan poked her chin with her finger and asked innocently with her head tilted, "Is there a brother shorter than me?"
"Silly Shanshan, brother will grow very tall in the future, taller than you." Xie Wanqiu came over and touched Shanshan's head. Shanshan looked at her unhappy brother and handed him the doll in her hand, "Here you can play with it."
At that time, the brother looked up at her.
In the days that followed, Xi Shanshan would always take the initiative to look for him, because Shanshan felt that he was too depressed and too unhappy.
The silent boy gradually became less silent because of Shanshan's company and enthusiasm, although he would only talk to her.
Shanshan always sits next to the boy innocently and asks, "Brother, is Shanshan the best person to you?"
The boy nodded silently.
"Then brother must also treat Shanshan the best, understand?" Xi Shanshan held the boy's face and stared into his eyes as if she wanted to stare a hole into them.
The boy's face felt hot, but little Shanshan didn't feel it. The boy nodded and said, "Yeah."
He will definitely treat Shanshan well, because Shanshan is the one he loves the most when he was little.
But now, why has the love I once had turned into a little bit of disgust?
Over the past decade, what happened to change their relationship in some mysterious way...
Xi Shanshan sat on the stairs, tired of crying, then wiped away her tears, looking towards her brother's room, staring blankly, with sadness, confusion, and unwillingness in her eyes. If possible, she really didn't want to be his sister. Even if there was no blood relationship, but she wanted to be with him, the world would not allow it.
Before, even if her brother was indifferent to her, she was not afraid because she had enough time to restore their past relationship.
But now, Tang Ai's appearance has disrupted everything.
In my brother's heart, there is no room for anyone else except Tang Ai.
But...but he clearly knew that he couldn't like Tang Ai...
However, many things in this world are beyond human control. Feelings are emotional and cannot withstand the test of reason.
That night, the moonlight was dim and the night sky was covered with thick clouds.
The team that came to visit Xi Chen did not give up. Under the cover of night, they hid under the bougainvillea, waiting for the opportunity to climb over the wall and enter the hospital.
Three figures flashed by in the dark yellow moonlight. Two of them stepped on the shoulders of another person, helping each other to climb up the fence, and then fell off the fence. They were hurt but dared not make a sound.
The shadow outside the fence looked inside for a few times, then nimbly climbed over the fence and helped the two people who had fallen up: "Are you okay?"
"It's okay! Let's go!" one of them urged.
The three of them crouched down and moved forward slowly in search of a secret place. When they walked under the street light, they could finally see the three of them clearly - Shen Ruoyun, Tang Ai, and Tong Lin.
"I'll take you to Xichen's room. He lives on the second floor. If we are accidentally discovered, I will lead them away. Tonglin, you take Tang Ai to see Xichen." Shen Ruoyun took the lead and did not forget to remind Tonglin.
Tonglin nodded, confident: "I know, leave it to me!"
Thus, several figures flashed by in the light and dark of the street lamps, but they did not notice the hidden camera at all, flashing a faint red light at them.
Shen Ruoyun easily led them to the window of Xichen's room, pointed at the tree by the window and asked Tang Ai: "Can we climb up? It's okay, right?"
Tang Ai looked at the sycamore tree. The trunk was crisscrossed and it seemed easier to climb, so she nodded and said, "I can do it." Then she stepped onto the tree and climbed up carefully.
"Be careful!" Tonglin shouted loudly with her breath.
Tang Ai has lived in Tianwu Mountain since she was a child, and the things she deals with most are flowers and trees, so even though she is a girl, climbing trees is not a difficult thing for her.
Tang Ai jumped from the tree trunk to a ten-centimeter-wide foothold on the wall, put her hands on the windowsill, and gently knocked on the glass window.
Lying on the bed in the room, Xi Chen, who was lost in thought, was stunned when he heard the knock on the window. He didn't get up until he heard another knock on the window and opened the curtains. When he opened the curtains and saw the person outside the window, Xi Chen took a breath. He reacted quickly and opened the window, dragged Tang Ai into the room, then closed the window and pulled the curtains, turning his head to look at her in surprise.
Tang Ai lowered her head, clasped her hands together, and said nothing.
"Why are you here?" Xi Chen asked, with no emotion in his voice.
"I'm worried about you." Tang Ai looked up honestly.
Xi Chen frowned, sighed, and said, "Shen Ruoyun brought you here, right? You guys are so brave."
"Xi Chen, Shen Ruoyun told me everything about you." Tang Ai stared at him.
Xi Chen's heart skipped a beat: "What did he say to you?" Then, he suddenly thought, she was still calling him Xi Chen, and the most important thing was that Shen Ruoyun must be keeping his mouth shut.
"It's... about your parents." Tang Ai lowered her head again, afraid of hurting Xi Chen.
But Xichen's reaction was very calm. He said, "Xiao Ai, you shouldn't come here. It will cause you a lot of trouble. You should go back first."
Tang Ai shook her head and said, "If I was afraid of getting into trouble, I wouldn't have decided to climb over the wall at night to see you."
"Xiao Ai, why are you doing this?" Xi Chen didn't understand why she was so stubborn. It shouldn't be like this. In that person's heart, Tang Ai was not such a girl.
"Xi Chen, was what you said that day true? You really never liked me at all?" Tang Ai suddenly raised her eyes, and her eyes were like stars falling into a clear blue pond, spreading out tiny ripples.
Xi Chen hurriedly avoided her gaze, turned his back to her, and said, "Xiao Ai... I..."
"Brother!" The bedroom door was suddenly opened. Xi Shanshan originally wanted to ask Xi Chen to go downstairs for dinner, but after opening the door, she saw that there was an extra person, Tang Ai, in Xi Chen's room!
How did she get up there?
For a moment, the air in the room became stagnant, and the three people stood facing each other, all stunned.
The first person to react was Xi Shanshan. Her face turned pale quickly, and she rushed over as if she was on fire. She grabbed Tang Ai's wrist and dragged her out of the bedroom, screaming as she dragged her: "Breaking into my house, huh? Come out with me! I'm calling the police!"
"Thank you Shanshan!" Xi Chen rushed forward, pulled Tang Ai behind him, and glared at Xi Shanshan.
Xi Shanshan turned her head and glared at Xi Chen with red eyes: "What did you call me just now?"
Xi Chen blocked Tang Ai behind him and said to Xi Shanshan with a cold face: "I called her here, it's not trespassing."
"You called him?" Xi Shanshan naturally didn't believe it, and said with a smile, "Okay, you called him, I'll go tell mom and dad right away!" After saying that, she turned around and ran downstairs. Tang Ai sighed silently behind Xi Chen and said, "I'm in trouble again."
Xi Chen turned around and said, "I told you that you shouldn't have come. It's hard for my family to handle it."
Tang Ai smiled indifferently: "It doesn't matter, I'll just face it."
Xi Chen opened his lips, wanting to say something but stopping himself.
A few minutes later, everyone in the Xi family came out.
In the spacious living room, Tang Ai stood in the middle, Xi Zhengfeng and Xie Wanqiu sat on the cowhide sofa, with two cups of hot tea on the coffee table in front of them. Xi Shanshan stood next to them, with an expression as if she wanted to eat someone.
On both sides of the living room, many servants stood in an orderly line. Xi Chen did not come down, and Xi Zhengfeng did not let him. Although Xi Zhengfeng was in his forties, he was in very good spirits and looked very scholarly. If his eyes were not filled with malicious inquiry, Tang Ai would have thought that Xi Zhengfeng was a very easy-going person.
"Your name is Tang Ai? The person who is very important to Xi Chen." Xi Zhengfeng's words were powerful without being angry. Tang Ai's eyes fell on his chest, and she didn't look guilty as if she was glancing away. She said, "My name is Tang Ai, but I don't know if I am important to Xi Chen."
"You like our Xi Chen very much." Xi Zhengfeng picked up the teacup in front of him, took a sip of tea, then put the cup down and looked at her with his sharp eyes.
Tang Ai hesitated for a moment.
"We already know who you are. You run an inn in the scenic area of Huacheng." Xie Wanqiu looked at Tang Ai with interest. Her face was exactly the same as Xi Shanshan's. "Girls from small places haven't seen the world, so it's normal for you to like our Xi Chen. But I see that you are not young anymore. You know some truths. Although we are all human beings, we are very different in many ways. How can two people be together when the distance is so great?"
"What you mean directly is that I am not worthy of your young master, right?" Tang Ai could hear the sarcasm in Xie Wanqiu's voice. Since Xie Wanqiu was not Xi Chen's biological mother, there was no need for Tang Ai to respect her when she was verbally insulted.
"You seem to be a smart person, but why would you do such a stupid thing as breaking into someone's house?" Xie Wanqiu raised her head lazily, her every move and gesture showing the contempt of an aristocratic woman.
Tang Ai smiled faintly: "Auntie is also a smart person, how could she not guess why I did this?"
After saying that, Tang Ai turned his gaze towards Xi Zhengfeng, his expression changed, and he asked sincerely: "Master Xi...Master Xi, I didn't mean to break into the Xi family. I wanted to come in openly, but was blocked. Master Xi, Xi Chen was persuaded to drop out of school. What are you going to do in the future?"
"Tang Ai! Stop making sarcastic remarks to me! Besides, my brother being persuaded to quit is our family's business. How we deal with it is also our family's business. What does it have to do with you?" Xi Shanshan was ignited with anger and spoke fiercely.
Her current appearance was in stark contrast to the innocence and liveliness she had shown when we first met.
Tang Ai ignored her and said calmly, "It really has nothing to do with me, and I have no qualifications. I came to see Xichen and wanted to help Xichen because of friendship. Because not only me, but also many of his friends care about him. But you are right, this is your family affair after all, I can't ask too much about what to do, Master Xi must have an idea in his mind, after all, Xichen is your only child."
When she said the last sentence, she looked up at Xi Zhengfeng, who was sitting on the sofa, slowly turning the ring on his thumb. This girl was very smart and thoughtful. She secretly reminded him that Xichen was his only child, and he should only give Xichen the most correct choice as a father.
Xi Zhengfeng couldn't help but curl his lips and said slowly: "Xi Chen has a good vision."
"Master." Xie Wanqiu turned her body sideways, frowned and looked at Xi Zhengfeng, and said, "This girl just wants to turn from a sparrow into a phoenix. What can she bring to our Xi Chen by being with him? Isn't it a sign of her prestige when you say this?"
"How can a girl who has never seen the world and needs to hold her clothes tightly to muster up the courage to talk to others be so powerful?" Xi Zhengfeng raised his eyebrows and smiled.
