In this lifetime, they really should not have met. He felt so much heartache for her, for because of him, how much had she lost...
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Qu Shengxia drove Meng Xi'er to her single apartment.
As soon as they entered, she handed her a hand warmer and said, "I'll go make some ginger soup to warm you up."
"Mhm." Meng Xi'er smiled faintly and nodded, sitting on the sofa.
By the time Qu Shengxia came back out, Meng Xi'er had already fallen asleep on the sofa.
Qu Shengxia set the freshly made ginger soup aside and somewhat clumsily draped a blanket over her slender body. Being unaccustomed to taking care of someone, she almost knocked over the ginger soup as she covered Meng Xi'er properly with a blanket.
"Phew." Qu Shengxia wiped the sweat from her forehead and then checked Meng Xi'er's temperature, finding her to have warmed up. She finally breathed a sigh of relief.