Hunt her

Shen Yi drove at top speed all the way back to Yunzhao County.

It was already six in the morning when he returned to his rented room.

As dawn broke, Yan Xu was still sleeping in his room. Shen Yi quietly washed up and then lay down on the sofa to catch up on sleep.

Strangely, staying at home didn't make him as comfortable as staying here.

Shen Yi fell asleep quickly after lying on the sofa where he couldn't even stretch his legs out.

......

Yan Xu was woken up by the alarm clock.

He opened his eyes, his mind hazy, feeling utterly listless.

She went to bed very late last night, her mind kept flashing back to her and Shen Yi. Every time she closed her eyes, all she could see was him, and she couldn't get rid of him no matter how hard she tried.

She went out of the bedroom to wash up and heard noises coming from the living room.

She peeked into the living room and saw that Shen Yi had returned.

The blanket on him slipped to the ground, making a scraping sound.

Yan Xu went over and covered him up again. He looked very tired and was still fast asleep at this hour. He must have done something very tiring last night.

Thinking of this, Yan Xu suddenly didn't want to cover him with a blanket.

With a cold face, she shoved the lid back into place and turned to go back to the bathroom to wash up.

Since you're so exhausted, why did you come back?

Shen Yi was sleeping so soundly that he didn't notice her movements at all.

This was the first time Yan Xu went out while Shen Yi was still sleeping.

Seeing him like this, Yan Xu felt inexplicably angry. He wanted to make a noise when he closed the door, but then he thought better of it.

Let him get some sleep.

During the off-season, Zhenyunxuan was deserted, and there were very few tourists in the ancient town.

Xiao Tong walked over, looking unhappy: "Sister Yan Xu, I have to go back to school to register."

Yan Zheng, who was standing next to him, also wanted to say something: "Boss, I'm going back to school too."

Two employees of Zhenyunxuan resigned at once, but fortunately the workload has been light recently, so she and Aunt Chen can manage.

Yan Xu: "Okay, I'll settle your wages. You didn't work the full month, so I'll calculate it based on the number of days you worked."

Xiaotong said listlessly, "I don't want to leave... School isn't as fun as this place."

Yan Zheng put his arm around her shoulder: "Come back after you graduate."

Xiao Tong and Yan Zheng are both third-year students, and they will graduate in another year.

Moreover, Yan Xu discovered that she and Yan Yan were in the same school, and she just hoped that they didn't know each other.

When Shen Yi woke up, it was already afternoon.

Shen Yi opened the door of the hardware store, which had been closed for many days and was finally open for business.

He texted Yan Xu from the cashier's counter: "[I'd like to treat you to dinner tonight to celebrate the reopening of the hardware store.]"

After sending it, I stretched and waited for a reply.

Our relationship has been good these past few days, so she probably won't refuse again.

After all, she even agreed to go on a date.

Yan Xu glanced at the message, then looked across at the other end, a hint of annoyance in his eyes: [You go and ask Yan Zheng and Xiao Tong out; I'm not going.]

Shen Yi waited eagerly for her reply, but his face froze instantly when he saw the content.

"What did I do to offend this ancestor again?" Shen Yi could sense that she was in a bad mood, but he couldn't figure out why.

Thinking too much only leads to anxiety, so he went directly to their door to ask.

Shen Yi walked into Zhenyunxuan, where she was sitting at the bar, engrossed in her phone.

He walked up behind her and asked softly, "Why don't you want to have dinner with me?"

"Ah!" Yan Xu was startled. When she saw it was him, her face fell. "No time."

Shen Yi leaned down and looked into her eyes: "No, something's wrong. Tell me, what did I do wrong? I'll change."

He had a pretty good grasp of Yan Xu's temperament.

She wears her bad mood on her sleeve without any attempt to hide it, so her current expression of rejection tells him that he must have done something to upset her.

Yan Xu: "No, I'm fine."

If she wouldn't say, then ask someone else. Shen Yi asked Xiao Tong, "What's wrong with her?"

Xiaotong hesitated whether to speak, but finally said, "Something happened at Zhenyunxuan yesterday, and you ran away, brother-in-law. How could you run away at such a crucial moment?"

It's like everyone flees when disaster strikes; how can Sister Yanxu still trust him?

It turns out that his sudden departure yesterday led her to mistakenly believe that he would be implicated.

Shen Yi showed Yan Xu the message he received yesterday, but Yan Xu dodged it, saying, "I don't care whether you stay or leave."

Stubborn.

Shen Yi insisted that she watch, and after a few minutes of stalemate, Yan Xu finally succumbed to him.

Yan Xu glanced down at the contents of the document; something had happened to his family.

Yan Xu: "Then why are you back again? Shouldn't you be at home?"

"What do you think?" He realized Yan Xu was quite good at playing dumb. "Do you think I would drive until six in the morning for someone else?"

For her...

Having said all that, it would be difficult for her to pretend not to understand.

Yan Xu twitched the corner of his mouth: "How is your mother?"

She always appears calm and composed in front of others, but when facing Shen Yi, her temper flares up and subsides just as quickly.

She's a bit willful, but also kind of cute.

"Are you worried about your mother-in-law?" Shen Yi teased her. "How about I take you home?"

Yan Xu was embarrassed and pushed him away, saying, "Don't flatter yourself. Go back to your hardware store."

Shen Yi was in an exceptionally good mood despite being kicked out of Zhenyun Pavilion by her.

She's actually starting to care about where he is now. Before, she wouldn't have cared where he went, let alone if he left Yunzhao County forever.

Does this mean that Yan Xu has also started to like him...?

At least... at least I have feelings for him.

In the evening, Shen Yi still invited Xiao Tong and Yan Zheng to dinner, but Aunt Chen didn't come because she had to go home to cook.

The three of them enjoyed eating skewers and drinking ice-cold beer, having a wonderful time.

After they had almost finished eating, Xiaotong had an idea.

Xiao Tong: "Brother-in-law, do you want Sister Yan Xu to feel sorry for you?"

Shen Yi listened attentively: "What's your plan?"

More than ten minutes later...

Yan Xu was blow-drying her hair when she received a call from Xiao Tong saying that Shen Yi was drunk and asked her to come pick him up and take him home.

Yan Xu rushed over because he was afraid something might happen to Shen Yi.

Upon arrival, I saw a table full of skewers and Shen Yi, who was drunk and slumped over the table.

Yan Zheng: "Sister Yan Xu, I'm leaving my brother-in-law in your care. I'll take Xiao Tong home."

Yan Xu: "Okay, be careful on the road."

Yan Zheng: "Okay."

After the two of them left, Yan Xu gave Shen Yi a light kick and whispered angrily, "Stop pretending."

Shen Yi remained unmoved, still lying on the table, motionless.

Yan Xu didn't believe that two bottles of beer on the table could get him drunk: "Hey! Get up."

Shen Yi remained motionless.

At this moment, Yan Xu sensed something was wrong, bent down and shook his shoulder, and out of the corner of his eye, he saw a bottle of Erguotou (a type of Chinese liquor) behind him.

"..."

Yan Xu lifted his hand and placed it on his shoulder, letting him lean against him: "If you get drunk again next time, I won't take care of you."

"Hmm... I'm dizzy, I need a hug," Shen Yi mumbled sleepily.

"..." Yan Xu slapped his hand.

What should have been a ten-minute journey took Yan Xu a full half hour to carry him.

When I got home, I felt like my whole body was falling apart.

As soon as Shen Yi sat down on the sofa, he felt nauseous and rushed into the bathroom, from where he vomited.

Yan Xuhao said angrily, "Serves you right, who told you to drink so much?"

She disliked people who drank excessively, because Yan Shan used to always come home drunk and beat and scold her mother.

In Yan Xu's eyes, drunkenness and domestic violence are synonymous.

Shen Yi vomited up everything he ate that night while holding the toilet, and his consciousness cleared up considerably.

I flushed the toilet and turned on the tap to wash my face.

Yan Xu knocked on the door from the outside: "Are you alright?"

Shen Yi pretended to fall and let out a scream.

Sure enough, Yan Xu rushed in: "Are you alright? I'll call 120."

Shen Yi stopped her, saying weakly, "I'm fine, just dizzy and a little unable to walk."

Yan Xu's heart was pounding with worry, and she slapped his arm hard: "I promise I won't care about you next time."