Spoiled Sparrow

"so what?"

Fu Chen's casual remark left Dong Chenye stunned for two seconds before he gave a wry smile.

"Dare you say that the day I asked you to call my girlfriend away wasn't giving you a chance to take Ruan Qing away?"

Fu Chen had his hands in his pockets, seemingly unaware that he had done anything wrong.

"Yes." He paused. "Did I force you to do it?"

Dong Chenye's curse words stuck in his throat, and for a moment he didn't know how to talk to this person.

He sighed and shook his head: "Fine, you're amazing."

Dong Chenye suddenly remembered something and changed the subject: "How long do you plan to keep him locked up? Do you know that what you're doing is illegal imprisonment?"

Fu Chen: "She's my girlfriend. She just lives here with me, which is perfectly legal."

He spoke with such righteous indignation that if it weren't for the lock on the window and the door that had been converted into a prison, he would have truly believed him.

"I'm embarrassed for you to say that."

Fu Chen narrowed his eyes slightly, his expression meaningful: "Chen Ye, you've changed a lot lately."

"Really...?" Dong Chenye felt uneasy.

"You're not a talkative person."

Dong Chenye's eyes darted around as he pointed at Ruan Qing and said, "Well, could you arrange a room for me? Her condition is still unstable. I'll sleep here and take care of her so you can rest assured."

Fu Chen's eyes darkened, and after hesitating for two seconds, he finally agreed: "Fine, do as you please."

The two walked together in the dimly lit, classical corridor. Dong Chenye kept looking around, and his hands, which were carrying the medical kit, were unconsciously covered in cold sweat.

He and Fu Chen had known each other since childhood, but had never been to this place before.

After navigating several corridors and corners, he finally arrived at the room assigned to him.

This is the end of the corridor, and with its antique walls, it looks remarkably like an escape room at first glance.

He couldn't help but shudder: it really felt a bit like the underworld.

"You can stay here. I'll let you know if anything happens."

As the footsteps faded into the distance, Dong Chenye finally dropped his disguise and took out a spare phone from a hidden compartment in the medicine box.

The call duration displayed above is 40 minutes and 39 seconds.

"Baby, now you believe me, Fu Chen and I aren't in cahoots, right?"

Lin Yunen, who is 1.73 meters tall, felt numb in her hands and feet when she huddled in the trunk.

She held the phone to her mouth and whispered, "I believe you, I believe you. Please come and save me, I'm suffocating in here."

"Okay, I'll be right there."

Lin Yun'en couldn't sleep all night after not receiving a call from Ruan Qing to let her know she was safe.

Just then, Dong Chenye, who had been blocked, called her from his home phone.

"Baby, Fu Chen just told me to go to some castle right away. The only person who could make him so anxious in the middle of the night is Ruan Qing. I suspect she's there. Do you want to come with me?"

"At least you're still somewhat useful. Come pick me up right now."

Dong Chenye followed the navigation given to him by Fu Chen, heading up the mountain.

"This cunning man is practically a lawless scoundrel!"

Lin Yun'en grew angrier the more she thought about it, and began to doubt whether the person who sent her messages using Ruan Qing's account was actually Ruan Qing herself.

She cursed for as long as the journey took.

I wanted to sneak in with Dong Chenye, but I didn't expect Fu Chen to have sent bodyguards to guard the gate.

She had no choice but to hide in the trunk and let the bodyguard drive into the parking lot.

Fortunately, the castle's underground parking garage has a temperature control system, so she didn't suffocate there.

Dong Chenye stealthily opened the car door, turning back every three steps.

Fortunately, there weren't many people in the castle, so the journey was smooth.

He quickly found the car by following the direction the bodyguard was driving.

"Baby, are you alright?"

Lin Yun'en, sitting in the car, said, "Stop talking nonsense and hurry up."

The two handsome young man and beautiful woman had never done anything so "sneaky" in their lives, and their gazes towards each other subtly changed.

Even though they have been "frank and honest" with each other, there has always been a sense of dignified distance between them.

That's it, completely gone.

Lin Yun'en took a few deep breaths as soon as she got out of the car, and smoothed her hair in front of the reflective rear of the car.

The familiar scent of her hair brushed against Dong Chenye's nose, and he smiled slightly as he looked down.

Lin Yun'en picked up her bag: "Come on, take me to see her quickly."

"Wait." Dong Chenye stopped her. "Not now. Fu Chen has modified the whole room. You can't get in without a key."

"That's so perverted?!"

Lin Yun'en was practically furious: "How is she now? Where am I supposed to go?"

Dong Chenye patted her back to comfort her and took her hand, saying, "It's okay, go to my room and hide for a while, then go in when the time is right."

"Alright, that's the only way."

The two moved slowly along the wall like thieves.

Lin Yun'en wrapped her black coat tighter, lowered her head, and pressed herself against Dong Chenye's shoulder.

At this moment, I wish I were only 1.5 meters tall. I finally realized the disadvantage of being so tall: I'm too conspicuous.

She lowered her voice: "What kind of place is this? It's so lifeless, it doesn't look like a place where people live!"

As soon as she finished speaking, she slipped and stumbled into Dong Chenye's arms.

He reacted quickly, catching her steadily and covering her mouth with his hand: "Shh—it's okay, I'm here."

His voice was remarkably calm amidst the chaotic night. Lin Yun'en looked up at him, silently cheering herself on.

The two of them, one in front of the other, hunched over and carefully made their way through the corridor, finally opening the room door before their backs went numb.

"My God." After entering, Lin Yun'en took off her coat and let out a long sigh of relief: "If this place were converted into an escape room, it would definitely make a fortune."

Dong Chenye casually took the clothes and flicked off the snow stains.

"Sit for a while, I'll go check on things."

Lin Yun'en: "Okay, keep the call going."

*

After taking the fever reducer, the fever finally subsided.

I woke up groggily, feeling weak all over, my head was spinning, and my vision was blurry for a while before it slowly focused.

She propped herself up and saw a computer and a stack of documents on the red sandalwood desk opposite the bed. Fu Chen was sitting there intently, seemingly working.

Perhaps sensing the subtle movement on the bed, Fu Chen raised his eyes and put on his gold-rimmed glasses.

He put down his pen, got up and walked to the bedside, placing his palm on her forehead.

"Are you feeling unwell?"

Ruan Qing blinked: "It's alright."

He lowered his voice to a whisper: "Get up and drink your medicine."

Ruan Qing looked down at the clothes she was already dressed in, grabbed the blanket, and raised her chin to ask him, "You dressed me like this?"

"Otherwise what?" He adjusted his glasses. "Were you supposed to see the doctor naked?"

She keenly caught the key word and muttered under her breath, "Doctor?"

Could it be Dong Chenye...?

She blinked, a thought forming in her mind.

Fu Chen sat down with the medicine in his hand. Just as he brought the medicine to her lips, she closed her eyes, propped her head up with one hand, and pressed her temple with the other: "Ah~ I feel so awful, my head hurts so much I feel like vomiting, I can't drink anything..."

Seeing that Fu Chen did not reply, she secretly peeked through a crack in her eye.

"Brother, am I going to die? Quickly call a doctor to take a look at me..."