10 Chapter 10: Going to the Night Market

Lying in bed, An Zhiyan tossed and turned, unable to sleep. In her mind, a person's face surfaced repeatedly.

As she couldn't sleep, An Zhiyan wanted to go downstairs for some fresh air. She didn't expect to run into Xia Minghao just as she was about to go out.

"What are you doing?" An Zhiyan felt very surprised to meet this guy here. As one knew, a normal person would have already gone to sleep at this hour.

"Huh?" Xia Minghao looked like a child who had been caught cheating by his teacher. He didn't dare to look at An Zhiyan. His eyes shifted around, his hand scratching his head and pretending to look indifferent.

"I was feeling too hot. You have no idea how hot I was staying in the room, so I just wanted to come out for some fresh air." As Xia Minghao spoke, he lifted his pajamas repeatedly to fan himself, pretending to appear hot. In An Zhiyan's eyes, he looked both funny and comical.

"Firstly, it's only April now. I don't think the weather is so hot. And anyway, even if you want to lie, you have to plan it out first. Your Xia Group is such a powerful leading enterprise. Don't tell me you dad will stinge on an air conditioner for you." They were good friends who grew up together, so An Zhiyan did not care for his lies.

When Xia Minghao was exposed by An Zhiyan, he did not get mad but continued to insist on what he said.

"If I told you my room really does not have air-conditioning, would you believe me?"

An Zhiyan rolled her eyes at him in response, as if telling him, "What do you think?"

Those who did not know Xia Minghao would think that he was a playboy, one who was heartless and callous who depended on his parents for everything even after he was all grown up. However, An Zhiyan was different from the rest. She understood this childhood friend who grew up together with her. He was very devoted. One he set his mind on something, he would hang on to it tightly and never let it go. Although he frequented the night clubs, pubs and KTV lounges, he never engaged in any hanky panky and led a clean life.

However, very few people knew this about him.

"Well, Zhiyan, why are you still up at this hour yourself?" Seeing that An Zhiyan did not want to bother answering him, Xia Minghao asked her in return.

An Zhiyan came to her senses and said, "I'm fine. I couldn't sleep, so was thinking of taking a walk."

"That's great!" Xia Minghao suddenly clapped his hands very energetically. "You have no idea how hot I feel. How about this, let's go together!"

With that, Xia Minghao dragged An Zhiyan out of the villa. 

Inside the Rolls-Royce Phantom, Xia Minghao drove while An Zhiyan sat beside him, holding her head with her eyes closed. This guy told her he wanted to take her somewhere. In the beginning, An Zhiyan was still quite excited, but as he drove further and further away, she gradually became sleepy.

She did not know how long she slept, but when she woke up, a big face was thrust in front of her.

It was Xia Minghao.

"Ah!" An Zhiyan screamed up, then, pushed that guy before her away. "Don't! What are you doing?"

Xia Minghao, despite being pushed away, was beaming widely.

"I was waiting for you to wake up!"

Then, An Zhiyan raised her head. Following that, Xia Minghao opened up the canopy roof of the Rolls-Royce.

Instantly, a strong aroma of marketplace, intermingled with the fragrance of spicy hotpot, beef stew, fried skewers wafted to An Zhiyan's nose. It was a very familiar smell indeed.

Inside the Passion Spicy Hotpot shop.

"Boss, give me two bowls of old-fashioned spicy hotpot!" Xia Minghao cheerfully placed his order with the owner of the spicy hotpot shop. This evening, since he was able to come out with Yanyan for a late night snack, he was still very satisfied.

"Okay! 12 yuan!" The shop owner handled the food with the ladle expertly.

Following that, Xia Minghao whipped out his cell phone and transferred 100 yuan by electronic payment to him.

"Boss, I paid 100. Give me another 2 bottles of AD Calcium later!" If Xia Minghao remembered correctly, AD Calcium was An Zhiyan's favorite drink.

"Ah…" As Xia Minghao prepared to walk off, the shop owner hurriedly stopped him.

"Brother, that's too much! Even with the 2 bottles of milk, the total is only 20!"

"It's fine!" Xia Minghao waved his hand dismissively, but his eyes were fixed firmly on An Zhiyan, who was loitering at the arch bridge not far from the shop.

After saying that, Xia Minghao ran in the direction of An Zhiyan.

"But… what does that mean? Thanking me?" The shop owner couldn't figure out what was going on.

At night, a light breeze was blowing. It was already 2am in the morning, yet the night market was still very lively. At the moment, An Zhiyan was standing on the arch bridge, watching the passers-by come and go in a hurry.

"What's on your mind?" Xia Minghao took off his jacket and draped it over An Zhiyan's shoulders.

An Zhiyan turned and saw Xia Minghao.

"Nothing," she replied with a shake of her head.

"Okay, don't lie to me now. Silly girl, you have changed. In the past, you used to tell your Brother Xia here everything. Now that you have grown up, you keep everything hidden in your heart."

Just because Xia Minghao was older that her by a few months, he thought of himself as the older brother.

"What? You are bullying me again?" With that, the two began shoving and fooling around each other like they used to do when they were little. Suddenly, with a twist, An Zhiyan accidentally bumped into a guy clad in a black windbreaker. 

Then, An Zhiyan and this stranger stared at each other.