A Date With You at Night

She quietly listened and suddenly felt her nose turn sour. There was no reason for it.

"What's wrong?"

In the end, he was the one who spoke first. Being the careful person he was, he could vaguely hear that there was something wrong with her heavy breathing sounds.

"Nothing…" She just wanted to hear his voice and find out if everything was well for him.

"Nothing?" doubted Bai Yeqing.

"I just… wanted to ask if you are feeling well? Do you have any signs of having a fever? Or a headache?"

He finally understood her.

Standing at the highest level of the White Palace, he looked down at his country and listened to her gentle and caring voice. He felt as if everything seemed so beautiful and perfect at the moment. "Are you worried about me?"

"Yes, I am worried about you." He did not expect that she would reply so readily. She even solemnly added, "I am always worried about you."

He suddenly thought that even the autumn view outside his window looked so beautiful.

"…Don't worry. I am fine," he replied to her again and this time, his voice sounded gentler than usual. "Nothing should happen to you either, do you understand me?"

Xia Xingchen curled her lips upward and tears welled up in her eyes.

"Yes, both of us will be fine."

He was too busy. Leng Fei knocked onto his door and reminded him about his schedule later on.

Xia Xingchen also heard it and obediently said, "In that case… I will not disturb you anymore. You can continue with your work."

She wanted to sound as if she was cool with it, but the prolonging of every word she said betrayed the longing she had for him in her heart.

If she was really infected when would be the next time she would hear his voice? Or perhaps… If she was unlucky, she might not have the chance to hear his voice again…

"Okay. You can hang up first."

"…Okay." Her voice became faint.

She paused for a while and contemplated whether she should hang up the call.

"Wait!" She heard his voice again over the phone. Her breath hitched and she immediately put her phone back to her ear again. "What happened?"

"You said before that you will personally cook for me. Do you remember?"

"…" Of course, she remembered. But didn't he reject her?

"Cook for me tonight. I will try my best to come back earlier." Bai Yeqing did not even give her the chance to reject him and his tone was as overbearing as ever. "Xia Xingchen, don't you dare stand me up again!"

"But…"

She wanted to say something; however, he had already hung up the call with a 'Pa!'

She stared at her phone screen and thought. When did she ever stand him up? Previously, he did not even want her to cook for him!

Wait a minute!

This was not the main point.

The main point was she really could not go back tonight…

Xia Xingchen called him again and wanted to change the date, but he did not answer the call.

She was a little embarrassed and leaned against the wall with her phone in her hand.

She could already imagine his enraged expression.

…

"Xingchen."

Xu Yan walked over and was carrying a few bags of medicine.

She kept her phone in her bag.

"The doctor said that we can leave now." Xu Yan passed the bags of medicine. "Hold it."

She obediently took the medicine and was prepared to thank him, but he suddenly carried her again.

"Xu Yan!"

"You are already so weak so stop moving and save your energy. The doctor said that if you take your medicine, perhaps your fever would subside. If your fever subsided, it definitely is not the Wis coronavirus. Don't worry, you will be fine."

Xia Xingchen knew that he was trying to make her feel better. She also did not want him to get worried and gave him a forced smile. "Yes, I will be fine."

Perhaps she was really tired because she had already fallen asleep as Xu Yan carried her to the car.

She quietly laid in his arms and looked like a kid with her flushed face due to her fever.

Xu Yan stood there and bent down to stare at her as memories of when they were still together rushed through his mind. He had never dreamt that one day, she could still lean so close to him.

He suddenly wished that time would stop now forever… and she would forever lay in his arms…

Even if she was really sick, he was willing to take care of her forever…

…

When Xia Xingchen woke up, she found herself in an unfamiliar room. She was lying on an unfamiliar bed as well.

Where was she?

She groggily tried to support herself to sit up. She felt very hot and yet chilly at the same time.

She tried her best to recall what had happened. She then remembered that she went to the hospital for a check-up and met Xu Yan in the process. However, she could not recall anything other than that.

"You're awake?"

The room door opened and Xu Yan came in with a cup of hot water in his hands. He sat at the bedside. "Take your medicine before sleeping."

His voice was very gentle.

She finally felt more awake. "How did I end up here?"

"You fell asleep and I didn't know where I should bring you to so I could only temporarily let you stay here."

Upon hearing his words, she suddenly remembered that she really did not have a place to go.

Unless she had any confirmation that she did not have the virus, she could never return to the President's Manor. As for that room which she stayed in the past, she had stopped renting it long ago.

"I can book a hotel…" This was the only way she could think of. She removed the blanket and wanted to get down the bed.

However, once her feet touched the ground, her body weakly slid to the ground. How could she still have the strength to stand up again?

Xu Yan felt very sorry for her and carried her from the ground to place her on the bed again.

"Look at you, you can't even take care of yourself. Don't go anywhere for the time being and just stay here."

Xia Xingchen instinctively wanted to reject him.

Judging from her relationship with Xu Yan, it was best if they stayed away from each other.

"I don't want to burden you." Her forehead felt like it was burning and even her voice was hoarse.

"If you could really infect me, you would have infected me at the hospital. If you were to go out now and go to the hotel, you would only interact with more people. You don't want to harm other people too, don't you?"

Indeed.

Xu Yan gave her the medicine. "What you need to do now is to stay here and not go anywhere. If you really don't want to stay any longer, after you eat your medicine and get a little better, you can leave and I will not stop you."

Xia Xingchen looked at him before looking at the medicine in his palms. She did not say anything further and ate her medicine.

The medicine was very strong. She had just eaten it and she could already feel the effect of the medicine. She fell asleep again in a daze and this dream felt heavier than just now.

…

On the other side.

In the President's Office, after Bai Yeqing entered the car, Leng Fei asked, "Are you returning to the President's Manor now?"

He contemplated for a while and said, "…Go to the Ministry of Finance."

However, he was not scheduled to go to the Ministry of Finance yet. Leng Fei was very clear about his reason for going there and did not talk any further and instead, ordered the chauffeur to send them there.

"Let those cars at the back leave. They don't have to follow us anymore."