Chapter 23 Go with the flow

Leng Siche looked helplessly at the unconscious little girl, ultimately having no choice but to take her back to the place where he lived.

Upon his return to the country, his family had arranged for him a secluded villa. Leng Sichen had moved out of the main house several years prior.

Back at home, Leng Siche carefully helped the girl onto the bed, then pulled up a chair to sit by the bedside, greedily admiring her sleeping face as if he couldn't get enough.

The girl seemed totally at ease, soundly asleep and sweet.

He had expected her sleeping posture to be as bold as her personality, but to his surprise, she curled up snugly like a sleepy kitten, her cheeks a rosy flush from the alcohol, exceptionally adorable.

Leng Siche took off her glasses, and that slight movement made her frown discontentedly, seeming rather uneasy.

He examined the ordinary glasses closely, finding nothing particularly special about them, yet she appeared to be quite dependent on them.

Truly a strange quirk.

She had always been such an odd, spirited child.

"Damn, it's so hot..." Xia Yuxun's slightly disheveled hair damply clung to her cheeks, and she restlessly rolled over twice, irritably tugging at her collar.

She had messed up her sports jacket, zipping it down to the middle, the neckline pulled to her shoulders.

Leng Siche's face inevitably turned red.

"Xiaoxun..." Leng Siche nudged her shoulder, trying to wake her up.

The person in question was blissfully asleep, showing no sign of waking up.

"Xiaoxun..."

Xia Yuxun covered her head with a pillow.

Leng Siche looked on helplessly, propping her up, "Xiaoxun, wake up, don't sleep like this, it's uncomfortable. How about taking a bath first?"

"I don't want to..." Xia Yuxun mumbled incoherently, refusing to cooperate.

After much hassle, Leng Siche had no choice but to half-carry, half-lead her into the bathroom, first wiping her face with a cold towel to help her regain some alertness. Then he instructed, "I've prepared the hot water for you! After you're done, temporarily put on my shirt; it's on the coat rack."

"Hmm..." Xia Yuxun sat on the toilet lid, rubbing her eyes groggily.

"Wake up! Are you awake yet?" Leng Siche, still concerned, gently patted her cheek.

"Mhm mhm!" Xia Yuxun nodded her head vigorously like a bobblehead.

"Really?" Leng Siche still seemed a bit uneasy.

Xia Yuxun finally got a bit annoyed by his questioning, opened her blurry eyes to look at him, picked up his hand, and put it to her lips.

Then...

She bit down on it.

Leng Siche immediately let out a low cry of pain, "You..."

Xia Yuxun gave a silly smile, patting his head, "It hurts! It's real, you're not dreaming. Do you believe it now?"

Her penchant for biting people after drinking was once again fully demonstrated.

Leng Siche felt utterly defeated by her, looked at her with a laugh and a cry, and then, unable to help himself, pinched her cheek.

"Ouch ouch ouch..." Xia Yuxun frowned, shrinking back, looking at him with watery, tearful eyes.

Seeing her misty eyes, Leng Siche involuntarily leaned closer and closer until there were only a few centimeters between them. Then he suddenly stood up, his expression a bit awkward, "Alright, you're awake, that's good, go ahead and shower! It's getting late, sleep right after, you have to get up early for work tomorrow."