Ten seconds…

Half a minute...

One minute……

The room was so silent you could hear a pin drop. No one dared to show themselves under her gaze. Xie Chuyi's tense body was just about to relax when suddenly there were several loud bangs on the door.

"Who?"

She hurriedly put the photo away, grabbed the iron bar behind the door for protection, and stared at the door with a wary expression.

"Little Xie."

Xie Chuyi heard it was her neighbor's voice and quickly put down the iron rod to open the door. The other person was a middle-aged woman, speaking in heavily accented Mandarin: "Xiao Xie, we've been robbed here, you better check if anything is missing from your house?"

"Huh?"

"What's going on? Several houses here have been robbed. Check it out quickly, so we can tell the police later."

Xie Chuyi's house didn't have any valuable items. The only thing she worried about was that the person who came wasn't a thief, but...

The police arrived quickly, and since nothing was missing, they finished taking statements and left.

……

The next day.

When Shen Wanci woke up, she was alone in the room again. Before going abroad, Bo Jingzhou had piled up a lot of work. Since returning, he has been in a state of being busy from morning till night.

She touched the bed sheet that had already turned cold against her side, burying her face in the pillow and dozing off for a while. It wasn't until her hunger became unbearable that she finally got up to wash her face in the bathroom.

As soon as I reached the door, I heard a heavy thud coming from inside.

Shen Wanci: “Jingzhou?”

In her anxious state, she didn't care about privacy anymore and pushed the door open directly. Seeing the scene in the bathroom, Shen Wanci was stunned and quickly ran over: "How did you fall?"

She reached out her hand, but didn't dare to touch him, fearing she might cause him further harm.

Given Bo Jingzhou's personality, if he wasn't going to get up, he would have already stood up when she spoke.

But until Shen Wanci ran to his side and squatted down, he remained sitting on the ground, motionless. His brows were furrowed into a tight knot: "Just now, I sent Chen Xu a message and didn't pay attention to my feet. I accidentally slipped."

"Shen Wanci supported his arm, but still didn't dare to use force: "Can you get up? Or should we go a little slower?"

"...." Bo Jingzhou had just made a gesture of "okay", but when he turned his head, he met Shen Wanci's concerned face. After a moment's hesitation, he immediately changed his words: "It hurts."

Shen Wanci carefully kneaded Thin Jingzhou's leg, making sure the bones were okay. He couldn't get up, he should just have a sprained ligament. She bent her body halfway: "Then I'll help you, bear with it."

Bo Jingzhou: "Hmm."

Shen Wanci used all her strength to pull the person up from the ground. She wasn't short, but under Bo Jingzhou's imposing height of nearly 1.9 meters, she still seemed particularly petite.

She strained to pull the person up from the ground. This kind of scene frequently appeared in idol dramas, but in reality, there was no beauty to be found. Even without looking in a mirror, Shen Wanci knew that her expression must have been ferocious and her teeth gritted.

But she was worried that if Bo Jingzhou used too much force, he would hurt his injured leg: "Lean against me, and don't use any force if it hurts."

"Good."

Bo Jingzhou had indeed run out of strength, leaning limply against her. Then—Shen Wanci almost got pinned down by his sudden weight.

“...”

The man swiftly scooped the person into his arms and took advantage of the moment to kiss her on the face.

"Under the pressure of reality, Shen Wanci had to change her words: “You think what I just said was bullshit?”

Bo Jingzhou chuckled softly, steadying himself.

After helping him to sit on the edge of the bed, Shen Wanci finally panted and glared at him: “Next time you go into the bathroom, don't bring your phone with you.”

"Good," Bo Jingzhou took the opportunity to ask for benefits, "Is there a reward?"

His gaze fell on Shen Wanci's collarbone, then down to the white, soft skin. She was wearing a nightshirt, and after what had just happened, it had opened up quite a bit.

Today is the weekend, but Bo Jingzhou has some urgent business to attend to at the company. Shen Wanci is bored and sits idly on the sofa scrolling through her phone.

She accidentally clicked on the text message, and then she saw the photo that mysterious number had sent her before.

She stared at the photos for a long time, then dialed Xie Chuyi's phone: "Miss Xie, are you busy?"

Xie Chuyi's voice was weak: "No, is something the matter?"

"It's the weekend today, and I'm bored staying at home alone. I was thinking of asking you out for coffee."

"...Good."

They made a date and hung up the phone.

Shen Wanci glanced at the dazzling sun outside and chose a dress with a national style to change into. This dress was bought when she went shopping with Qin Yuezhi on Commercial Street before, and the bag and shoes were matching.

It's not some luxurious brand, even if Xie Chuyi is someone with a strong sense of jealousy, it wouldn't put pressure on her.

When Shen Wanci arrived, Xie Chiyi was already seated in her spot, cradling a glass of the cheapest lemon honey water the shop offered and staring expectantly at the door.

Upon seeing Shen Wanci enter, she hastily stood up from her seat and called out in a flustered tone, "Miss Shen."

Shen Wanci nodded at her, smiling and walking over to sit across from her: "I apologize for calling you out so suddenly, Miss Xie. I hope it's not inconvenient?"

Xie Chuyi smiled shyly: "No, just call me by my name. Didn't you say last night that I should call you by your name too?"

Shen Wanci: "Good."

She ordered coffee and a few of the shop's signature desserts. “Chuyi, to be honest with you, I invited you out today because there's something I want to ask you.”

"What's up?"

"I heard you're at the hospital, assisting a renowned neurologist. I wanted to ask, is there anything wrong with Jingzhou's health?"

She went to the hospital for a check-up, but there was no record of Bo Jingzhou's visit. In this case, either he wasn't seriously ill and didn't go to the hospital, or he was very sick and didn't want her to know, erasing the records. That's why Shen Wanci came to ask Xie Chuyi.

The woman's eyes flashed slightly. She used the act of drinking water to conceal the expression in her eyes: "Didn't Mr. Bo tell you?"

"I mentioned it before, but he probably didn't want me to worry, so he didn't go into detail."

"Wan Ci," Xie Chu Yi looked embarrassed, "You should ask President Bo about this. I'm not really comfortable talking about it, after all, it's his private matter."

Shen Wanci raised an eyebrow. "This sounds a bit like you're trying to sow discord."

As his fiancée, she was the only one who truly knew about Bo Jingzhou's private affairs.

But looking at Xie Chuyi's face, she didn't seem to know that her words were inappropriate. Her big, watery eyes were filled with the wisdom of a college student.

Shen Wanci said with a faux-innocent air, "Jingzhou's been in a bad state lately. He's a workaholic and always perseveres. I'm worried that if he keeps it bottled up, it might eventually become a bigger problem. So I came to ask you. In the news that came out last time, I saw his face was pale. Were you giving him a massage?"