You Care For Me

After she was done, she gave Xia Dabai a call.

"Big baby, how was your test?" Xia Dabai's clear and loud voice drifted through the phone.

"Hmm, it's not bad." She did not want to make Dabai disappointed, thus she told a lie.

"That's good. I just knew our Big baby Xia could do it!" Xia Dabai was proud and had a look of honor.

Xia Xingchen was relieved upon hearing his voice. Although she was not able to take the test, listening to her child's voice made the sadness in her heart disappear.

"Dabai, you may have to live alone for the time being. Mummy can't accompany you at night."

"Why?"

"Erm… mummy has to go on a business trip for a few days so you have to be obedient and stay at home. Do you understand? If you have anything on, call me."

"How many days would that take?"

"I'm not too sure about that." She had to see his recovery situation.

"Then, will Big Baby miss me?" Xia Dabai asked in a coquettish tone yet he seemed a little unhappy. "I am already missing you now."

Xia Xingchen's heart had an indescribable warmth. Wasn't she missing that little brat, too?

…

She did not have a wink of sleep since she took care of him the whole night.

It was only until daybreak and after she had confirmed that his fever subsided was she able to relax and feel a strong feeling of sleepiness. She sprawled beside the bed and slowly fell asleep.

Bai Yeqing opened his eyes and tilted his head. Her sleepy face appeared in his sight.

Was she by his side all this while?

She was clearly tired as she was in a deep sleep. Her fair small face leaned on her arm and it looked a little distorted yet it was indescribably cute.

Dabai's features looked very similar to him but the cuteness definitely came from her.

His long fingers slowly raised up and gently brushed against her face. It was soft and tender to the touch that it made him fondle her face with admiration.

Subconsciously, his defined fingers slid past her beautiful forehead to her exquisite nose tip before proceeding down…

His fingers stopped at her soft, red lips, and he slowly stroked it.

The last time he kissed her small mouth was five years ago, and yet she was still as fresh, sweet, and tender as he remembered.

Bai Yeqing's gaze turned deeper.

At that moment, she seemed to have woken up. She shifted around and slowly opened her eyes.

He froze and immediately retracted his hand at the next instant, but his abrupt movement was painful, making his counter-reaction not as swift as he initially wanted it to be.

Hence…

When she woke up, his hand was still awkwardly placed on her lips.

Xia Xingchen was sleeping in a daze, but then she felt her lips were itchy and so she decided to pull herself from her slumber. She instinctively 'caught' the thing that had disturbed her sleep, but when she awoke, she realized that it was his finger.

Eh?

She met her gaze and saw the uneasiness on his face. She was startled and immediately let go of his hand.

"Is… there a problem with my face?" She pointed at her lips and looked at his hand.

"It's nothing." Bai Yeqing reverted back to his usual expression and said, "You got something on it."

"…Oh." So that was what happened.

Xia Xingchen totally believed him and did not pursue the matter further. She bent down and placed her hand on his forehead. When she felt a normal temperature, she heaved a long sigh of relief. "It's great that you are not having a fever now. Are you hungry? Thirsty? I cooked a bowl of porridge for you. I will bring it over to you."

Without waiting for his reply, she turned around and left.

Bai Yeqing stared at that busy figure for a long time. Even when the door was closed and she had totally disappeared from his sight, he still could not avert his gaze away. All these years, the people who had taken care of him were the maids and butlers, and since he was young, nobody had ever cooked from him other than his mother.

Among the women he knew, most were like Song Weiyi who led a pampered life.

Graceful girls of noble birth, but they were very uninteresting.

Just when he was thinking about it, Xia Xingchen carried the bowl of porridge in.

She carefully stacked the pillows higher and scooped the porridge with a spoon.

It was a little hot, so she carefully blew it with her mouth.

"What is this?" Bai Yeqing asked and glanced at the bowl of porridge in her hands.

"Chicken porridge. Although it can't be compared to the birds' nest soup you regularly drink, the taste of the porridge that I cook is fantastic." As she boasted about her cooking skills, her brows looked a little pleased.

"Is that so?"

"Hmm. Every time Dabai gets a cold or is unwell, I will cook him this. He gets energized whenever he drinks this."

Her words were too exaggerated as it was not any panacea either.

But as he looked at how proud she was, Bai Yeqing did not say anything to expose her.

He wanted to taste it. He initially wasn't hungry, but the moment he had a whiff of the aroma of the porridge, he suddenly got a little hungry.

"Wait a minute, let me check if it's still hot so you won't scald yourself," Xia Xingchen muttered to herself, and as she did, she subconsciously licked the porridge in the spoon with her tongue.

After she licked it, she froze momentarily.

What was she doing? She had fed Dabai like this and it became a habit!

She raised her eyes and looked at him. "I got used to doing that. Wait here, I will take another spoon for you from the kitchen."

With that said, she wanted to get up.

"Hey!" Bai Yeqing reached out and pulled her back by the hand. She turned back and curiously stared at him. He took the spoon she was holding and put it into his mouth.

He opened his mouth and drank the porridge until not a drop was left.

He did not mind at all.

After that, he critiqued it. "It does taste not bad."

"Aren't… you fussy about cleanliness?"

Bai Yeqing's expression was indifferent. "Do you think I will still care about such small matters with a woman that I have kissed before?"

Xia Xingchen became shy the next moment. This man could straightforwardly bring up incidents from the past and not have his face flushed red at all.

But, at the next instant, she thought of something and scoffed. "Didn't Mister President long forgotten such small matters? Why do you still mention it?"

"I think the bomb explosion had me awake."

It was a casual mention but when Xia Xingchen heard it, her heart squeezed in pain.

After she fed him the porridge, she still could not help but ask, "Is it painful?"

Her voice was soft and gentle as though it was the spring rain that could melt a person.

Bai Yeqing's heart skipped a beat and he raised his eyes to look at her. The pained feelings in her gaze did not disperse away, and instead, were laced in her gentle eyes as though it was a thin layer of cloth. It looked indescribably alluring.

Bai Yeqing fixed his deep gaze on her. "Are you concerned for me?"

His voice was soft as well.

Hoarse.

Very sexy.

His gaze had a warmth that made one's heartbeat quicken.

'Of course.' Xia Xingchen wanted to say it out but she suddenly realized something and the words were stuck in her throat.

He waited a while for her answer but it never came, and so, he raised his brows.

After that, he only heard her speak up.

…