The Whole World Is Waiting for Them to Divorce [Transmigration Into a Book] - Chapter 21

Si Yu seemed to understand Chen Yan’s words, but she found them unbelievable.

The people outside the dance room just now really had been Lu Xi and Chen Yan. Lu Xi had gone to see them, saw her getting along warmly with a group of fresh-faced young hunks, then got jealous and left in a sulk??? !!!

Could it be that her “seduction” that morning had actually sparked something???

Si Yu was so excited she almost jumped up. She held Chen Yan’s hand and said solemnly, “You have great insight. I really want to give you a raise. Unfortunately, I’m not your boss. I’ll definitely treat you to a meal another day.”

Under Chen Yan’s bewildered expression, Si Yu curled her fingers delicately and knocked on the door three times. The knocks were quick and light, each one like a bouncing musical note, representing her current mood.

She could not wait to see what Lu Xi looked like when jealous!

“Come in.” But the voice that came from inside was icy cold, without the slightest trace of human warmth.

Chen Yan did not forget to remind her again, “Be careful.”

It was just jealousy. Was it really that scary?

Si Yu gave Chen Yan a grateful smile, pushed open the heavy frosted glass door, and walked in with her slender waist swaying.

The door opened and closed. In that brief second, she had already imagined all kinds of opening lines for Lu Xi.

—“What are you doing up here instead of staying with your pretty young boys?”

—“You looked like you were having a great time with those boys. What, now that you’re so old, you want to rob the cradle?”

—“You and I haven’t divorced yet, but you actually dare hug and cling to so many young men behind my back? Woman, I’m warning you. You’re playing with fire!”

—“You’re mine. You’re not allowed to look at other men!”

Thinking of the last one, Si Yu got goosebumps all over. She shook her shoulders, lifted her head and chest, and strode inside.

Come on. Let the jealousy come even more fiercely!

Her feet stepped soundlessly on the soft wool carpet, not disturbing the person busy in front of the computer in the slightest.

Si Yu lifted her eyes and saw the enormous floor-to-ceiling window. The sunlight was filtered through the thick glass, stripped of its excess heat and glare, leaving the room bright and clear. Outside the window stood towering city buildings.

Her gaze followed the path of the sunlight and landed on a certain person working seriously.

Lu Xi sat indifferently in her executive chair, her pair of slender, beautiful hands that would make every woman envious tapping on the keyboard. Her heaven-defying long lashes slowly fluttered like feather fans. She focused on the computer like an emotionless work machine.

None of the shocking opening lines she had imagined appeared. Forget questioning her, Lu Xi did not even look at her!

Could she be enduring it silently?

With Lu Xi’s personality, she really did not seem like someone who would say those kinds of lines. She should belong to the quietly sultry type.

Si Yu quietly walked closer and stared openly at her face.

That cold, pale face was expressionless, as high and aloof as ever. Where was it strange? Where was it gloomy???

Si Yu had never been in a relationship, but even she knew someone who was jealous could not possibly look this calm and composed.

She felt like she had been tricked.

“Cough—” Si Yu, who had been completely ignored, cleared her throat, reminding a certain someone to look at her.

Lu Xi’s lashes moved slightly. She lazily lifted her eyelids and glanced at her, her voice unreadable as she said, “What is it?”

What is it? Shouldn’t you be asking about me and the pretty young boys first???

Since Lu Xi did not take the initiative to bring it up, Si Yu brought it up herself. “You went to the dance room just now?”

“Mm.”

“You saw me?”

“Mm.”

“You saw the pretty young boys?”

“Mm.” Lu Xi still looked very composed, showing no displeasure or impatience at all.

Si Yu refused to believe it. Her thoughts shifted, and she covered her face like a lovestruck fool. “They’re so handsome. The youngest is only seventeen! Young, energetic, and full of vitality. Every time they called me pretty sister, my legs went weak. Oh my god, why are they so cute! This is the legendary little wolfdog, isn’t it? Dating them must be so nice!”

“Are you done?” Lu Xi lightly spat out three words.

Si Yu choked. All the even more affected lines she had prepared were blocked in her throat.

She had said so much, yet Lu Xi remained completely unmoved. There was not the slightest flaw on her face!

She was not jealous at all, okay?!

Si Yu instantly felt bored to death. Her expression dropped, and she said dryly, “I’m done.”

Lu Xi tugged at the corner of her mouth and said lukewarmly, “If you’ve taken a liking to any of those pretty young boys, you can say it directly. I’ll help you fulfill your wish.”

Si Yu could not quite keep up with her train of thought. “How will you fulfill it?”

Lu Xi tapped a few times on the keyboard, clicked the mouse, sent the email, then closed the computer. Looking at Si Yu with a serious expression, she said, “Tomorrow, you and I will go to the Civil Affairs Bureau and get the divorce certificate. Then you can have as many pretty young boys as you want.”

Si Yu’s nerves jumped. Forget whether Lu Xi was jealous or not—she said righteously, “Pretty young boys only look young. They’re nice to look at but useless. I still prefer mature, steady, successful career women. For example, you.”

Sorry, pretty young boys. Sister also had no choice but to throw away her integrity to survive.

Lu Xi gave a soft sneer.

Si Yu eagerly ran behind her and smiled ingratiatingly. “You must be tired after working all day. Want me to massage your shoulders?”

She did not care whether Lu Xi agreed or not. She rolled up her sleeves and got to work.

Lu Xi’s shoulders were thin and narrow, her frame straight and easy to grasp. Si Yu placed her hands on them.

“Hiss—” Lu Xi felt as if her bones were about to be crushed. She turned her head and silently glared at her.

“I didn’t even use any strength.” Si Yu looked innocent. “I learned this technique from the caregiver who comes to massage Grandma every day. It’s very professional, okay? He said if it hurts, that means the strain is serious. President Lu, I know you’re busy with work, but you still have to balance work and rest. Don’t sit all the time. You can get up occasionally, stretch, dance in the square or something.”

As she spoke, Si Yu pressed a few more times around her shoulders and neck. The strength was about the same as before, but the pain was even more obvious. Lu Xi almost could not hold back from crying out and glared at her again.

Si Yu blinked, her tone sincere. “It’ll feel better in a bit. Bear with it.”

Lu Xi: “…”

She did not know whether it was psychological, but after the pain passed, the two muscles around her shoulders and neck that Si Yu had pressed did seem less tense than before.

Lu Xi’s body slowly relaxed. Staring at Si Yu’s outline reflected on the computer screen, she said, “What did you come to see me for?”

Only then did Si Yu remember the purpose of this trip. “Grandma told us to go back for dinner.”

Lu Xi glanced at the time displayed in the lower right corner of the computer and gave an “Mm.”

“Ding-dong—”

The phone on the desk rang. Lu Xi picked it up and unlocked it.

Si Yu instinctively turned her head away, but accidentally saw Lu Xi open WeChat. Her finger tapped lightly, seeming to reply to that person’s message. As if possessed, Si Yu said, “Actually, I didn’t want to come up, but you blocked all my contact methods. I didn’t know how else to tell you.”

Lu Xi’s typing stopped.

If not for Si Yu reminding her, Lu Xi would not have remembered that she had once blocked her.

As for why she blocked her, wasn’t it all because Si Yu had been too dramatic?

That time, Si Yu had lightly cut her wrist with a blade, poured tomato sauce over it, taken a photo, and sent it to her. Lu Xi had been eating with several investors at the time. When she saw the photo, she really thought Si Yu was committing suicide, left the dinner immediately, and rushed back without stopping. In the end, she found out she had been tricked. In a fit of anger, she blocked both Si Yu’s WeChat and phone number, then did not return to that house for an entire week.

That had already been over a month ago.

A month ago, the moment Lu Xi saw Si Yu’s face, she felt physical revulsion and wanted to divorce this drama queen every minute.

Yet now, Si Yu was massaging her, her palms pressed against Lu Xi’s skin, and Lu Xi unexpectedly did not feel repulsed.

Lu Xi could not understand why things had become like this. Just like she could not understand why, just now, seeing Si Yu touching and being touched by those fresh-faced young men without any restraint had made her feel inexplicably irritated.

So she had left without going in to greet them.

Busy work quickly calmed her down.

Si Yu did not know what Lu Xi was thinking at that moment. Seeing her silent, she thought she had said something wrong and reminded Lu Xi of the awful things the female supporting character had done before, making her unhappy. She hurriedly changed the topic. “Is it almost time to get off work? I’m actually pretty curious. Do you need to clock in and out when you go to and from work?”

Lu Xi’s drifting thoughts were pulled back by this sentence. She looked at Si Yu as if looking at an idiot and said, “What company boss have you seen who needs to clock in and out?”

Si Yu laughed dryly twice, finally covering over the topic.

It was also her own fault for having a brain spasm and bringing up something she should not have.

Si Yu shook out her slightly sore hands and deliberately smiled lightly. “All right, I won’t disturb you anymore. Keep working.”

Lu Xi’s shirt collar had risen up, so Si Yu helped straighten it.

She noticed that the black bra strap underneath seemed a little crooked. She did not know if she had messed it up while massaging just now. Her obsessive-compulsive side felt a little uncomfortable looking at it, so without thinking, Si Yu pinched the strap through the layer of fabric, gently pulled it, adjusted it properly, and smiled in satisfaction.

Unexpectedly, when she let go, there was a soft “snap.”

Si Yu froze.

Lu Xi’s back stiffened. She slowly turned her head and looked at Si Yu with an expression like she had seen a ghost.

Si Yu immediately felt extremely awkward. Not wanting Lu Xi to misunderstand and think she was flirting with her, she spread her hands and smiled harmlessly. “This is actually a little game.”

Lu Xi pressed her lips tightly together. Although she did not speak, her eyes seemed to say: I’d like to see how you explain this.

Si Yu braced herself and said, “It’s just snap, snap, snap. Back in high school, my desk mate and I often snapped each other’s straps. Didn’t you and your desk mate ever play like that?”

Lu Xi looked at her inscrutably for several seconds, as if judging whether her words were true or false. After a long while, her thin lips parted slightly, and she said mockingly, “I never had such a perverted desk mate.”

Si Yu: “…”

As the boss, Lu Xi not only did not need to clock in and out, she could also skip work whenever she wanted.

So as not to make Old Madam Lu wait too long, Lu Xi called Chen Yan in at five thirty, gave her some instructions, then said to Si Yu, who was sitting off to the side playing on her phone out of boredom, “Let’s go. We’re going home.”

Going home?

Hearing this phrase that invited imagination, Chen Yan, who was organizing the documents on Lu Xi’s desk, suddenly lifted her head and looked meaningfully at Si Yu.

Si Yu felt the other woman’s probing gaze but did not react.

When they reached the underground parking lot, Si Yu looked around and saw there was no one nearby. She said, “That special assistant of yours looks pretty sharp.”

Lu Xi walked with full focus, her high heels tapping rhythmically against the floor. She said lightly, “She graduated from a prestigious university in M Country.”

To become the special assistant of the CEO of the largest entertainment company in the country, one could tell with their toes that her ability was not ordinary. Si Yu was not curious about Chen Yan’s education. She simply felt that Chen Yan was close to guessing the relationship between her and Lu Xi.

Si Yu had driven here herself. As she opened the car door, she suddenly heard Lu Xi ask, “Has the matter been resolved?”

“Mm?” Si Yu was confused.

Lu Xi’s gaze flickered. “Didn’t you say someone online was slandering you?”

Only then did Si Yu realize she was asking about that. “More or less.”

“More or less?”

“The misunderstanding about stealing the role has been clarified. But there are still people questioning whether I’m a vase with no acting skills. It doesn’t matter. Let them say whatever they want.”

Lu Xi looked at her steadily. Seeing no loss or sadness on her face, she figured Si Yu truly did not care and did not ask further.

Si Yu blocked her path forward. Her large eyes looked at her directly. “Are you concerned about me?”

The sky had not yet darkened. The parking lot lights were on, and their light shone into Si Yu’s eyes. Her gaze carried a smile, astonishingly bright.

Lu Xi shifted her eyes away, her tone returning to indifference. “Grandma instructed me not to let anyone bully you. I’m afraid she’ll worry if she finds out.”

After saying that, she walked without looking sideways toward the CEO’s exclusive parking space.

Old Madam Lu did not use Weibo and had no idea about all the people online slandering Si Yu. As soon as they met, she touched Si Yu’s face and said, “You’ve lost weight again. Are you not eating properly because you’re trying to lose weight?”

Si Yu said with a grin, “Grandma, I’m about to join the crew for filming. If I get fat, I won’t look good on camera.”

Old Madam Lu disagreed. “Our Qiao Qiao looks good no matter what.”

Lu Wei, who was gaming off to the side, gave a cold laugh and said sarcastically, “What’s the use of only looking good? With no acting skills, won’t people laugh at her when the time comes?”

Her voice was very quiet and hidden beneath the noisy game sound effects. Old Madam Lu was hard of hearing and did not catch it, but Si Yu heard it clearly.

Si Yu turned to face her and said, “You must have had a hard time all these years since your debut.”

Lu Wei raised her head amid her busy gaming. “What do you mean?”

Si Yu curved her lips in a smile. “After all, you have no acting skills and you don’t look good either. There must be a lot of people laughing at you.”

Only belatedly did Lu Wei realize that Si Yu had insulted her in a roundabout way again. She opened her mouth to retort, but Si Yu blocked her with one sentence.

“You’re about to die.” Si Yu stared at the game screen on her phone.

Lu Wei lowered her head and saw the health bar above her head dropping wildly. How could she still be in the mood to argue? Both hands hurriedly tapped across the screen.

Si Yu and Lu Wei had always been at odds, and every time they met, they argued. But most of the time, it was Lu Wei making noise alone. As long as she did not go too far, Si Yu could not be bothered with her.

Lu Wei targeted her so much mostly because of Liang Yufei. Si Yu could completely understand that. After all, those two were close best friends.

Strictly speaking, Si Yu did not actually hate Lu Wei. She just felt that the two of them had different standpoints, which led to conflict.

But Lu Wei hating her was obvious.

After dinner, Si Yu and Lu Xi pushed Old Madam Lu into the courtyard for a walk.

As the weather grew hotter, there were more mosquitoes too. Si Yu ran back to get floral water and unfortunately heard Lu Wei sending voice messages to Liang Yufei.

Only Lu Wei was in the living room. Perhaps tired from gaming, she sprawled crookedly on the sofa and played the voice message Liang Yufei had sent: “Is your sister still unwilling to divorce her?”

Although Lu Wei quickly switched to receiver mode, that sentence still entered Si Yu’s ears word for word.

Si Yu withdrew the leg she had already stepped forward with and heard Lu Wei say thief-like to the person on the other end, “My sister seems like she’s been possessed. Just now, I asked when she would finally be willing to divorce Si Yu. Do you know what she said? She actually said Si Yu isn’t really that bad, and told me not to always oppose her in the future!”

Si Yu, who was eavesdropping outside the door, froze.

Lu Xi really said that?

Before she had time to feel happy, she heard Lu Wei continue, “I know you like my sister, and I really want to help you too. I want you to be my sister-in-law. But the problem now is that my sister doesn’t want to divorce at all! Who knows what kind of bewitching soup that evil woman Si Yu fed her? I’m really so angry!”

Sister-in-law your ass.

Si Yu rolled her eyes and strolled inside.

Lu Wei did not notice her come in until her shoulder was patted. Discovering it was Si Yu, she was so frightened her phone fell. She stammered, “You, you, you eavesdropped on my chat with someone else! What kind of manners do you have!”

Si Yu did not feel immoral at all. She crossed her arms and looked at her leisurely. “The living room is a public place. If you don’t want people to hear, go back to your own room.”

“This is my house. I can go wherever I want. I don’t need an outsider like you pointing fingers here!” Although she said this, Lu Wei still picked up her phone and prepared to return to her room.

Si Yu reached out and blocked her.

“What are you doing?” Lu Wei looked at her through her nostrils. “Want to fight?”

Did the Lu family’s Second Miss have a hole in her brain?

In the novel, although Lu Wei was the heroine’s best friend, she was a supporting character with even less presence than the vicious female supporting character. The author had not described Lu Wei much. When Si Yu had read it, she only knew Lu Wei had a very good relationship with the heroine and was very loyal. Her impression of Lu Wei’s character setting had been pretty good. She had not expected that after actually interacting with her, she would discover this was a second-generation rich kid missing a few brain cells!

Forget it. There was no point arguing with someone who had no brain.

“I heard everything you said just now.”

“So what if you heard?” Lu Wei stuck out her neck and said without hiding anything, “I just hate you. Every day, I look forward to my sister divorcing you! Once you two divorce, I’m going to buy a hundred thousand firecrackers and set them off on Guangying’s rooftop!”

Si Yu was angered into laughter. “You’re hoping your sister divorces me, then helping set up Liang Yufei and your sister?”

“That’s right!” Lu Wei said. “Although Yufei doesn’t have any family background, she’s pure, kind, and hardworking. Someone like her is the one worthy of my sister. You’re not worthy!”

Si Yu suddenly felt that Lu Wei’s true love was Liang Yufei. Why hadn’t the author considered making these two a CP back then?

She was neither angry nor annoyed and said unhurriedly, “If Liang Yufei really were as pure and kind as you say, then I would agree with you. She and your sister would indeed be a good match.”

Lu Wei sneered. “Since you know that, then hurry up and divorce my sister!”

“I said if.”

“What do you mean?”

Si Yu did not tell her that Liang Yufei was already not the same Liang Yufei as before. Explaining something too complicated to this idiot would not make her understand anyway. Si Yu patted her shoulder and said earnestly, “Silly girl, don’t trust that good best friend of yours too much. She’s not as pure as you imagine. Don’t end up getting sold by someone and still not know it.”

Lu Wei avoided her touch in disgust and said fiercely, “Don’t even think about driving a wedge between me and Yufei!”

Si Yu had said all she could. She shrugged and left.

That night, they stayed at the Lu family villa.

Lu Xi went to work early in the morning.

After lunch, Si Yu waited until Old Madam Lu fell asleep before leisurely driving to the company, continuing to practice dance with that group of trainees.

Chen Yan felt President Lu was in a better mood today. Although she still did not smile much, she was not as gloomy as she had been yesterday after returning from the dance room. When Chen Yan brought her contracts to sign, she signed them readily, unlike yesterday afternoon when she did not even look and coldly said, “Leave them there first.”

Chen Yan placed the steaming coffee where Lu Xi could reach it.

Lu Xi picked it up, took a light sip, and said, “The coffee is good today.”

Chen Yan’s lips moved. “This is the kind you usually drink.” I’ve never heard you praise it before.

Lu Xi stared at the fragrant coffee in the cup and could not see any difference. She murmured, “Is that so?”

Chen Yan sorted the documents for her and said, “President Lu, are you going to see the trainees again today?”

Being a trainee was very difficult. Competition was fierce, and the pressure was great. Yesterday, Lu Xi had originally wanted to encourage the trainees, but she had not expected Si Yu to also be there, so she had not gone in.

Today…

Lu Xi looked at the contracts and documents piled like a mountain beside her. “Go in my place.”

“Understood.”

As the CEO’s special assistant, Chen Yan also had many things to handle. She returned in less than ten minutes and briefly reported the situation to Lu Xi.

The artist management side did not need Lu Xi to worry. After listening to Chen Yan, she waved a hand. “Go work.”

Chen Yan looked as if she wanted to say something but hesitated.

“What else?”

“President Lu, when I went down just now, I didn’t see Si Yu. They said she injured herself while practicing dance and was sent to the hospital.”

Lu Xi’s finger struck the keyboard heavily, making a loud “tap.”

After two seconds of silence, she asked, “Is it serious?”

“I don’t know.”

Lu Xi picked up her phone and opened her contacts. Not finding Si Yu’s name, she remembered she had blocked her before. She found the only number in her blacklist, which should be Si Yu’s, and called directly.

“Sorry, the number you have dialed is powered off. Please try again later…”

The call did not go through.

Had she been blocked too??? Lu Xi frowned.

Seeing this, Chen Yan hurriedly said, “I heard Zhu Qi sent her to the hospital. I’ll call Zhu Qi.”

When Zhu Qi saw the caller ID was Chen Yan’s name, she paused.

This special assistant to the CEO was a very busy person. Although her title was only assistant, her status in the company was about the same as a vice president. As an artist agent, Zhu Qi should not have had much interaction with the CEO’s special assistant. So when she saw this name, she thought it might have something to do with Si Yu and answered.

“Special Assistant Chen?”

Chen Yan went straight to the point. “I heard Si Yu injured herself while dancing. How is she?”

Sure enough, she was asking about Si Yu.

Zhu Qi turned her head and looked at Si Yu lying in the back seat, clearly in great pain but biting her teeth hard without making a sound. She sighed. “She strained her waist while dancing. We’ve already been to the hospital for an examination. The doctor said she didn’t injure any muscles or bones, but she needs to rest properly for a few days.”

“It’s good that she’s all right.”

Because the phone was on speaker, Lu Xi heard what Zhu Qi said. Chen Yan ended the call, and when she lifted her head, she seemed to see Lu Xi let out a breath.

Zhu Qi followed the navigation and drove Si Yu home. When the car stopped in front of a villa, she said with some uncertainty, “You live here?”

Si Yu propped up her upper body and looked outside. Her voice was weak as she said, “This is it.”

Zhu Qi sucked in a cold breath. “You drive a luxury car and live in a villa. Your family is this rich?”

Si Yu had no time to explain right now. Her brows were tightly furrowed, and she said with difficulty, “I need to use the bathroom.”

Zhu Qi hurriedly opened the car door, circled around, and helped her out.

…

There were quite a few things to handle today, and Lu Xi did not finish until seven. By the time she got home, it was already eight.

The living room lights were on, but no one could be seen. A faint glow leaked from one room on the second floor.

Lu Xi went straight upstairs and stopped in front of Si Yu’s room. Hearing people talking inside, she paused, then knocked.

“It should be Miss Lu Xi.” Auntie Zhao ran over to open the door and, unsurprisingly, saw that the one knocking was Lu Xi. “You’re back. Have you eaten?”

Lu Xi had not had dinner, but she was not hungry either, so she shook her head. Noticing that Auntie Zhao was holding a brown bottle in her hand filled with some unknown liquid, giving off a sharp smell, she asked, “What is that?”

“Medicine.” Auntie Zhao said, “Miss Si strained her waist while dancing today and asked me to help apply medicine. Since you’re back, you help her apply it. I’ll go downstairs and heat up some dishes for you.”

Without giving Lu Xi a chance to refuse, Auntie Zhao stuffed the medicine bottle into her hand, tossed out, “The cotton swabs are on the bed,” and left.

Lu Xi: “…”

Lu Xi stared blankly at the thing in her hand.

“Auntie?” Si Yu’s voice floated from inside.

Lu Xi composed herself and walked in with the medicine.

She saw Si Yu lying limply on the bed, her pajama top lifted, almost exposing her entire back.

So white it was dazzling.

Lu Xi hesitated and did not move forward.

The air conditioner was on in the room, and Si Yu’s back felt a little cold. When she called and no one responded, she did not dare move recklessly. Turning her head, she saw Lu Xi standing ramrod straight at the foot of the bed, and her heart gave a jolt.

Lu Xi’s gaze darkened slightly. Calmly, she said, “Auntie went downstairs.”

“…Oh.”

Lu Xi slowly walked over, picked up the cotton swabs on the bed, took one out and dipped it in the medicine. Looking at Si Yu’s fair, delicate bare back, she did not know where to start.

“Where do I apply it?”

Si Yu had not expected Lu Xi to actually be willing to help apply medicine. Aside from surprise, she felt a little embarrassed. After all, right now, she was basically not wearing a top…

But it hurt too much, and she could not care about anything else. She pointed at a burning-hot spot on her waist.

The medicine suddenly touched her skin, and she cried out, “Ah,” biting the blanket as she whimpered, “Be gentler!”

Lu Xi’s movements paused. “I didn’t use any strength at all.”

After saying it, she suddenly realized these words sounded familiar. It seemed that day, when Si Yu helped massage her shoulders, Si Yu had said the same thing.

Lu Xi became briefly dazed. She used the cotton swab dipped in medicine to gently wipe over that patch of delicate skin, unconsciously making her movements lighter.

Si Yu let out another “Ah.”

Lu Xi’s hand shook.

Si Yu turned her head to look at her, her misty eyes looking as if she had cried. Pitifully, she said, “It hurts…”

Lu Xi raised a brow. “Are we applying it or not?”

Si Yu pouted, then nodded heavily like she was generously walking toward sacrifice.

“…Turn back around.”

Twisting her neck like this was tiring too, so Si Yu turned her head back properly. Then she heard Lu Xi say, “You’re not allowed to make that sound again.”

Si Yu said unconvinced, “It really hurts!”

“…Even then, you can’t make sounds like that.”

Si Yu was utterly puzzled and turned her head to look at her again. “Why?”

A faint, difficult-to-read expression flashed across Lu Xi’s eternally frozen face and vanished in an instant. Looking at Si Yu’s damp eyes, she said, “It sounds like bedroom moaning.”

“…”

“Keep your voice down. Auntie will misunderstand.”