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Shen Linchuan responded honestly, his chest trembling slightly.

Shen Zhi, nestled in his arms, could easily feel Shen Linchuan's heartbeat, and she suddenly paused.

She then straightened up from Shen Linchuan's embrace and noticed that Shen Linchuan's eyes were somewhat red and swollen.

My fingertips touched his eyelids, and I could still feel the redness and heat from crying.

"Why are you crying? Your face is all swollen from crying..."

Their eyes met, and Shen Zhi clearly saw the complexity in Shen Linchuan's eyes, which made her heart ache.

Shen Zhi cupped Shen Linchuan's face in her hands, nuzzled his nose against his, and lightly pecked his lips with a kiss.

A light, moist kiss, fleeting and brief, travels up the cheek, past the bridge of the nose, and finally lands softly on the eyelid.

"Don't cry, don't cry. Tears are pearls. I'm perfectly fine, nothing's wrong with me, is it?"

"Besides, I definitely need to wake up; we haven't even gone public yet."

Shen Zhi deliberately made witty remarks to tease Shen Linchuan in order to cover up her inner panic and helplessness.

In her memory, Shen Linchuan was very calm and composed; this seemed to be the first time he had shed tears in front of her.

She wasn't afraid of tears, but she was afraid of Shen Linchuan's tears.

Shen Zhi got out of bed and stood on the ground, wanting to jump around a couple of times to prove that she was fine. But as soon as her feet touched the ground, she felt a force coming from the back of her knees, and Shen Linchuan lifted her up into the air.

He held her in his arms and gently placed her on his lap, maintaining an intimate posture.

Shen Zhi's cheeks flushed red.

Subconsciously, I turned my head to look at the glass window next to me, and shyly whispered a reminder:

"What are you doing... what if someone sees us when they come...?"

As soon as Shen Zhi moved, the arm across her waist tightened its grip, pinning the girl down and preventing her from moving.

"I saw it, so I saw it, Zhizhi. I don't want to hide anymore."

Shen Linchuan pressed himself against Shen Zhi from behind, burying his head against her neck like a big dog, his voice innocent, aggrieved, and a little scared:

"I don't want to leave you, I don't want to be separated from you."

Shen Linchuan had thought it through. Going public would give him a more legitimate reason to cling to Shen Zhi, and he couldn't wait any longer.

Her neck was being sprayed with hot breath, and the girl had to shrink her neck and back to hide, but as she did so, her back inevitably pressed against the man's hard chest.

Shen Zhi thought that Shen Linchuan had been traumatized and was terrified by her illness, which was why he felt so insecure.

Just as he was about to continue persuading her, he caught a glimpse of several familiar and imposing figures out of the corner of his eye.

Shen Zhi's first instinct was to jump off Shen Linchuan's arms, but the man was holding her too tightly. She buried her head in Shen Linchuan's chest, clutching his shirt tightly with both hands, her voice frantic and muffled:

"Quickly block my view, don't look up, don't look up! My brothers are coming... Please put me down quickly..."

Upon hearing this, Shen Linchuan slowly raised his eyes and met Li Xin and the others' gazes through the glass window. Instantly, a tense atmosphere filled the air.

Shen Linchuan gently patted the girl's slender back and whispered in her ear:

"Baby, don't hide. I called my older brother and the others to come over."

Shen Zhi: ミﾟДﾟ彡? ! ? !

Shen Zhi sat on the hospital bed, her feet hanging down naturally, her toes, clad in cashmere socks, curling up helplessly several times.

Her big, bright eyes darted between her brothers and Shen Linchuan.

She thought that her brothers might have accidentally caught her in a relationship, thus exposing her dating situation.

It's also possible that the brothers were only informed after the Shen family exposed them.

But she never expected that Shen Linchuan would be the one to tell her brothers that the two of them were dating...

Although she was usually unruly and always acted arrogantly in front of her brothers.

But this incident suddenly made Shen Zhi feel like a delinquent girl who got caught having a puppy love and was taken to the dean's office for a lecture by the bald dean.

Bald-headed headmaster… Shen Zhi secretly glanced at her older brother when she thought of this.

Unexpectedly, she met the man's sharp, probing eyes.

Oops!

We've been caught!

Shen Zhi gasped, then gave an awkward, dry laugh as if trying to please Li Xin.

"Big brother~ would you like some of this tea? The tea here from second brother is quite good, I'll go pour you some."

"Sit still, don't even think about running away."

Li Xin gave her a look, and Shen Zhi obediently continued to stand on the hospital bed.

He lowered his head, holding his small teacup in both hands, and drank it sip by sip.

Shen Linchuan reached out and took away her already empty cup, his tone indulgent:

"I'll stop drinking once I've finished it."

Shen Zhi: ……

Now, the only prop I had to use to ease the awkwardness and shut her up is gone.

Li Xin looked at his younger sister's desperate, quail-like expression and looked away in annoyance.

Both timid and bold, that perfectly describes Shen Zhi.

They act like feudal patriarchs or villains from novels, who would definitely prevent the young couple from being together.

Li Xin rubbed his temples helplessly. They were very busy, okay? They didn't have time to care about her love affairs.

Why didn't you tell your brothers you were dating?

"It's because you guys are too controlling. If I said something, you probably wouldn't agree, and besides..."

"We agree."

"Look, look! What did I tell you?" Shen Zhi put her hands on her hips, ready to get down to business, but suddenly stopped talking, blinked her eyes, and said "Eh" with an innocent look on her face.

"Big brother, what did you just say? Say it again!"

Shen Linchuan also looked up in surprise, staring at Li Xin in disbelief.

If he heard correctly, did Li Xin agree to him being with Shen Zhi?

"Why should I disagree? Rather than letting you be led astray by those scheming, unknown young punks, it's better to let Shen Linchuan keep a close eye on you."

At the very least, Shen Linchuan is excellent enough and knows his background well enough.

If the two hadn't been foster siblings for a period of time, Li Xin felt there wouldn't be any problem with them being together.

Shen Zhi stared wide-eyed, as if she were meeting her older brother for the first time.

She then looked at her four other brothers, who all seemed indifferent.

Could it be that she was overthinking things before?

But back when she was in school, they looked at her like she was the center of their attention, and she wasn't even allowed to talk to other boys.

Not to mention dating.

Shen Zhi always felt that her five older brothers had a bigger conspiracy waiting for her.

"This is your relationship, and I won't interfere too much, but there are some things I need to say to Mr. Shen alone." After Li Xin finished speaking, the rest of the Li family took Shen Zhi and left the ward first.

There was absolutely no chance for the little girl to resist.

Once only Shen Linchuan and Li Xin remained in the room, the amicable expressions they had just maintained instantly crumbled.

Li Xin kept a cold face and wouldn't even glance at Shen Linchuan.

"Zhizhi is still young. I hope you can protect her. If I find out that you have hurt or bullied her, it will only be a matter of time before the Shen family's years of hard work are destroyed."

Shen Linchuan was equally impressive, undisturbed by pressure yet neither humble nor arrogant:

"The Li family has been dormant for many years. If they want to regain their footing in China, they will need the support of the Shen family. I do not deny the Li family's strength in S country, but China is no longer the China you left it to be."

Now, the Shen family is the only family in this land whose mere stomp of their foot can instill fear in everyone.