Chapter 420: Alone Time
Pei Xu called Shen Xi several times without getting through, but he knew she had left with Toffeecito’s Dad. Otherwise, Pei Xu would have thought something had happened to her and would have gone looking for her everywhere.
“Okay,” Shen Xi answered. “Is the situation there stable?”
“The doctor just came over to check on him. He is stable,” Pei Xu replied.
Shen Xi asked a few more questions about Ning Sinian’s condition before hanging up. She looked next door and suddenly felt like she was sneaking around like a thief.
Yun Jinping and Shen Zhangqing finally came home. Shen Xi wanted to split herself into two so she could stay with Li Yuan and go home to her parents.
Li Yuan already made dinner, but Shen Xi missed her parents so much and decided to not eat with him. She wanted to go home for dinner.
However, Shen Xi insisted on giving him acupuncture before leaving with Toffeecito. When she got to her door, she lowered his voice and said, “Brother, go back to eat!”
Li Yuan nodded and watched as the girl tiptoed back home like a thief. He could not help but smile.
He rolled his wheelchair and followed the sound of the girl’s footsteps back home. He looked at the two houses separated by a wall.
This wall was such an eyesore, and all he wanted was to break this wall down.
The Shens’ house was brightly lit.
“Xixi’s back?” Shen Tang asked and looked in the direction of the footsteps from a glance, full of surprise.
Shen Xi was caught by surprise too. “Sister, you’re finally here!”
Two months were not too long or short of a time. During this period, Qi Xiu had made it big, but this diva, Shen Tang, arrived fas.h.i.+onably late.
“What took you so long?” Yun Jinping came over, saw her daughter, and said with a smile, “Everyone’s waiting for you. Go wash your hands quickly! It’s time for dinner!”
Shen Xi answered loudly and excitedly, before putting Toffeecito down and running over to her mother. She hugged her and said, “Mom, I missed you so much!”
“I know, I know… How old are you? You still act like a child.” Yun Jinping smiled dotingly and hugged her back. “Xuan said your phone isn’t working and he’s quite worried about you. Call him back later!”
Shen Xi did not know what to tell her parents about the Fu family, so she gave a vague “mm”, but she would not call him back.
She had blocked everyone in the Fu family because she did not want them to look for her. They should all just look for Fu Qingli instead.
“Toffeecito! Do you miss Grandpa?” Shen Zhangqing smiled and held Toffeecito.
Shen Zhanglin and Du Juan looked at the scene in front of them and looked at each other as they laughed. They did not expect Shen Zhangqing to be a cat person.
During the meal, the house was lively like it was a festive season.
Shen Xi learned that her parents finished work several days in advance, then returned to their hometown for Tomb Sweeping Day to pay respects to their ancestors. While they were there, they helped Shen Zhanglin’s family to wrap up their business and make the move to the Capital by car.
After dinner, the two Shen brothers went to wash the dishes.
Du Juan was interested in Yun Jinping’s current work and went with her to check out the home studio.
Shen Xi’s family arrived home at 7:00 pm, a little earlier before Shen Xi got home.
This time, they brought back a lot of local specialties from their hometown, so Du Juan insisted on cooking dinner at home instead of eating out.
Thus, they did not have time to clean and tidy the guest rooms yet. Shen Zhanglin and Du Juan would stay in the vacant guest room on the first floor.
The guest room on the second floor was occupied as a storage room for Yun Jinping’s materials but they did not have time to clear it, so Shen Tang would share a room with Shen Xi for the time being.
Shen Xi pulled Shen Tang around to familiarize her with the layout of the second floor. Shen Xi showed her the bathroom, stairs, and their bedroom, leading her around several times.
Shen Tang was smart. After walking around twice, she had familiarized herself with the new environment and remembered it all. She held Shen Xi’s hand and asked, “When is Qiubai coming to pick up his ring?”
This ring had been on her mind and Shen Tang wanted to give it back to Yu Qiubai as soon as possible.
“Oh, I’ll pa.s.s it to him at school tomorrow. Give it to me.” Shen Xi forgot about Yu Qiubai’s ring and thought, ‘I should return it to that fox ASAP…’
Shen Tang was afraid to lose the ring, so she purposely placed it in a ring box and handed it to Shen Xi.
Shen Xi helped Shen Tang to unpack her suitcase. She vacated a part of her closet for Shen Tang and informed her where the clothes were located.
When Shen Xi was in Country M, she asked Fu Qingxuan about Shen Tang’s eyes, but there was no progress, so she decided not to rely on him and would do it herself.
Fu Qingli had already given her an ultimatum, and Shen Xi did not want to be so thick-skinned to bother the Fu family again. Instead of getting repeated warnings by Fu Qingli, Shen Xi would rather wait for the Situ family’s laboratory to be upgraded and make the cure herself.
Initially, Shen Xi only agreed to let Fu Qingxuan treat Shen Tang’s eyes because he was capable and the Fu Qingxi Medical Laboratory had advanced equipment.
Secondly, Shen Xi wanted to treat Shen Tang’s eyes as soon as possible. She did not know how long the laboratory upgrade would take and was afraid that it would delay her treatment.
It was a dreamless night.
Shen Xi slept soundly and got a full night’s sleep. She was energetic when she woke up. She had taken four days off, so when she arrived at school, the International Cla.s.s students bombarded her with questions.
In her past life, Shen Xi was an art student. She wanted to go into film school and join the entertainment industry, so she would often miss cla.s.ses.
Since she was reborn, this was the first time she had missed cla.s.s for four days straight, so the International Cla.s.s was worried sick.
Song Wenye had to explain to the rest of the cla.s.s on each day that Shen Xi was not sick and that she was alive and kicking.
However, Song Wenye would get fierce and act oddly defensive when they asked her what Shen Xi was doing.
This caused the International Cla.s.s students to think Shen Xi was in trouble or had some serious illness. They even thought Shen Xi was terminally ill and started to secretly raise money for her.
“Look, she’s fine, right?!” Song Wenye looked at the group of people in front of her with contempt. She pointed at them and grunted. “I told y’all she’s okay, but you’re all just running wild with your imagination!”
Shen Xi laughed. “I’m fine… Everyone should go back and study!”
No one but Pei Xu and Li Yuan knew that Shen Xi was treating Ning Sinian, not even Song Wenye or Shen Xi’s parents.
Her ident.i.ty as a doctor could not be exposed because if she had too many roles, countless people would start looking for her and she would be swarmed. Thus, it was better to be mysterious.
The International Cla.s.s students finally settled their hearts and went back to their seats cheerfully. They were glad as long as Shen Xi was fine.
Song Wenye leaned in close to Shen Xi and asked curiously, “Auntie and Uncle Shen went on a business trip but you and Toffeecito’s Dad had some alone time… Where did you travel to?”