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Wenruo paused, a glint of light in her eyes. "Sister Lu, are you... concerned about me?"

She didn't quite understand the child's thought process, and replied softly, "Of course."

"Okay, I'll definitely pay attention next time!" Wenruo nodded vigorously.

Before Lu Zhao could even smile, he seemed to hear a soft hum coming from the air.

She looked up and glanced around, then subconsciously touched the back of her neck.

Chapter Thirteen: Never let a problem linger overnight; that's a good habit.

Having just dropped the female lead off at home, and before Lu Zhao even got into his car, he received a text message from the young lady:

If you don't go home soon, I won't leave the door open for you (╯>д<)╯(˙3˙)

There's even an emoticon.

Just by looking at that expression, Lu Zhao could imagine what Xia Zhifei's expression must be like at home right now.

Hmm, she's quite cute.

She stared at her phone for a while, trying not to laugh, before finally getting into the car and driving home.

Although the commotion earlier caused her to lose all the food she had bought for the young lady, thankfully, Xia Zhifei had proactively messaged her, which meant that she had basically gotten through this ordeal.

All that's needed now is to reassure them properly, and everything will be fine.

With this thought in mind, she drove home happily. She had just taken out her keys and hadn't even opened the door when it suddenly opened from the inside, and then a figure rushed towards her.

I was embraced tightly.

Lu Zhao quickly caught the warm body in his arms. As soon as his hand touched Xia Zhifei's back, he realized something was wrong. Upon closer inspection, he discovered that the person had run out wearing only a summer nightgown.

She hurriedly entered the room, and only when she felt a wave of warmth wash over her did she feel a little relieved enough to free one hand to close the door.

"Why are you out here dressed so lightly? Aren't you afraid of getting cold?" she scolded softly, her voice tinged with a hint of anger.

Xia Zhifei looked up sheepishly and smiled at her, "Oh dear, I forgot."

Lu Zhao was speechless and had no choice but to put the person down. "Alright, alright, have you had dinner?"

"Not yet." The young lady clutched her stomach, looking at her expectantly.

Well, I knew this person wouldn't eat properly.

"I bought you some oden at the entrance of the community. Eat some if you're hungry." She handed the bag she was carrying to the young lady with a sigh.

Xia Zhifei cheered and ran into the dining room with the oden: "Great! I knew Ah Zhao was the best!"

Ha, weren't I still angry with her when I got off work?

Lu Zhao shook his head, then took off his shoes and slowly followed her inside. Seeing that the young lady had already started eating in small bites, he pulled out a chair with great interest and sat down opposite her.

"You're not angry anymore?"

Captain Lu always gets straight to the point!

Xia Zhifei paused in her chopsticks. Although she didn't say anything, it was obvious that she was feeling down.

Well, after all, she was the original owner's childhood sweetheart, and over the years she had been pampered and cherished by the original owner.

She sighed inwardly and was about to explain when she heard Xia Zhifei suddenly speak, "Ah Zhao, let's not go out for Christmas. Staying at home is fine too."

Eh?

Lu Zhao was stunned for a moment, and then leaned closer to look at her a few more times with some surprise.

"What are you doing?" Xia Zhifei frowned and leaned back uncomfortably.

"I just wonder why our young lady's attitude has suddenly become so good. Could it be that she was switched with someone else?" Lu Zhao said half-jokingly.

Then he received a beating from the young lady.

"What are you saying! Do you think I'm such an unreasonable person?!" Xia Zhifei stood up and punched her in the chest, making Lu Zhao cough several times.

She quickly raised her hands in surrender: "Yes, yes, I was wrong! My Xiaofei is the most understanding, reasonable, and sensible person. Please stop hitting me!"

"Hmph!" Xia Zhifei then sat down angrily.

Lu Zhao rubbed the spot where he had been punched and said with a smile, "Alright, I'm very happy that you're willing to give in for me, really!"

Xia Zhifei remained silent, seemingly focused solely on his food.

"You've broken that fish ball into several pieces," she whispered, glancing at the mess in the oden.

"I'm willing to watch it, you don't have to!"

Okay, she's made me furious again.

Lu Zhao couldn't help but chuckle before saying, "Don't be angry. There's a reason why I haven't wanted to go out lately."

She paused for a moment, then took out the medicine she had gotten again from Liu Qingluo. "My health hasn't been great lately, and I've forgotten a lot of things, so I want to stay here and wait until I regain my memory before considering anything else."

Of course, these were still lies, but they were the best explanation Lu Zhao could think of that would be acceptable to Xia Zhifei.

Sure enough, Xia Zhifei immediately straightened up, picked up the bottle of medicine and looked at it for a long time. "Medication for treating mental illness? A-Zhao, how could it have gotten this serious?"

Lu Zhao shrugged. "After I hit my head last time, the symptoms gradually worsened, but I still have no problem with daily life."

"Can it be cured?" Xia Zhifei asked her worriedly.

She took a deep breath and gave a relaxed smile. "Of course, I'm doing pretty well lately. If I take my medicine on time, I'll definitely recover."

Xia Zhifei silently lowered his head, his thin body trembling, his fingers gripping the medicine bottle tightly and refusing to let go. His already pale fingers were now even more bluish-white from being clenched.

"Xiao Fei?" Lu Zhao reached out and gently took her hand. "It's okay, I feel pretty good right now, really."

Xia Zhifei shook her head, her originally gentle voice tinged with a hint of tears, "I'm sorry, A-Zhao... I didn't notice your condition, and I was even angry with you..."

"It's really nothing..." Lu Zhao smiled helplessly, walked over and gently hugged her, "Be good, don't cry, or you won't look pretty anymore. If your eyes are swollen again when you wake up tomorrow, Miss will not be able to show her face to anyone."

"I'm not a child!" Xia Zhifei said, wrapping his arms around her waist, laughing and crying at the same time.

But in the original owner's eyes, you are a little princess who always needs to be pampered and doted on, much more precious than a child.

She sighed and reached out to rub Xia Zhifei's head.

As the crying in her arms subsided, Lu Zhao breathed a sigh of relief and wanted to persuade Xia Zhifei to go wash up and go to bed, but the young lady crawled out of her arms first, her eyes as red as a rabbit's, and her tone was still fierce.

"You! Go take your medicine right now, and go to sleep afterward. No staying up late!"

Ah this...

Are you learning Sichuan Opera face-changing?

Lu Zhao was stunned. He was pushed upstairs by the young lady, who didn't forget to take her medicine with her.

"But I haven't showered yet..."

"It's in the bedroom! Go back and rest now, your body can't take any more late nights!"

"And another thing! You're not allowed to participate in next month's departmental competition either. You'd better stay in the audience and be a good spectator!"

Eh?

Lu Zhao was completely dumbfounded. They didn't even need to participate in the grand competition. Was this what it felt like to be cared for by the young lady?

If she had known this would happen, why would she have bothered? She should have just said so earlier, and there would have been no need for her to go to the martial arts gym for extra training!

It feels like I missed out on a fortune.

Chapter Fourteen: First, eliminate one correct answer.

Under the young lady's close watchful gaze, Lu Zhao lay down on the bed. He closed his eyes for a while, but when he felt that intense gaze still on his face, he opened them again helplessly. "I can't sleep with you looking at me like that."

Xia Zhifei squatted at the head of her bed, frowning in displeasure. "Then I'll sleep with you tonight?"

Lu Zhao's lips twitched. "Are you afraid my illness won't get worse?"

She had already witnessed the young lady's sleeping posture last time, and for the sake of her own health, it was best not to sleep together again.

"...Okay, okay," Xia Zhifei hesitated for a while before finally giving in, standing up, "Then I'm leaving, you go to sleep!"

"Know it."

Finally hearing her footsteps disappear at the door, Lu Zhao finally relaxed and turned over, only to see Xia Zhifei suddenly open the door, "Were you asleep?!"

It would be a miracle if you could even sleep like that!

Lu Zhao looked at her hesitantly, then turned over again, his back to her, not wanting to speak.

After a while, the bedroom door closed again.

Will it suddenly open again this time?

She turned her head to look around hesitantly, and after waiting for a while, she finally breathed a sigh of relief when she saw that there was no more movement at the door.

She was truly unworthy of the young lady's favor.

It was only nine o'clock, and she wasn't sleepy at all. She lay in bed for a while, then sat up again, feeling very irritable, and opened her phone to browse aimlessly for a while.

Without realizing it, I clicked on a search engine and entered keywords like "beautiful eyes." After the page loaded, various pictures of eyes popped up.

This is not...

That's not it either...

Lu Zhao flipped through several pages at random, but still couldn't find the pair of eyes he was looking for.

"Si Ling..." she murmured softly for a while, then suddenly had a flash of inspiration, opened the drawer and took out the jade pendant that the original owner had commissioned.

The jade pendant felt warm to the touch no matter how cold it was. She repeatedly stroked the two letters "SL" engraved on it, constantly murmuring Si Ling's name.

SL, Si Ling.

Could it be...?

No! She asked the other person when she ran into them today, and Si Ling said they had never met before!

Since she had never seen it, this jade pendant couldn't have been made for her.

Lu Zhao kept trying to convince herself, her fingertips rubbing against the jade pendant and feeling a slight warmth, but she didn't notice it at all.

"Ah Zhao, are you asleep?" Xia Zhifei's voice came from the doorway again.