Huh? He didn’t know her?
Ye Xixi furrowed her delicate brows. Hadn’t many people seen their photos on the street last year?
At that time, Miss Liu had even cried!
And Lu Peishen had been comforting her nonstop by her side.
Was Uncle Lu just too drunk, or did he not want to tell her?
As Ye Xixi was pondering what to say—perhaps to continue comforting him?—even if Uncle Lu didn’t tell her, she still had to repay his kindness.
“Lu—” Ye Xixi had just opened her mouth to call out when the man, who had been lazily leaning on the sofa, suddenly leaned toward her. In just a second, the world seemed to spin, and Ye Xixi found herself pinned beneath Lu Peishen on the sofa.
He was on top, she below.
The position was alarmingly intimate.
“Uncle Lu!!!” Ye Xixi was so frightened that she curled up like a little hamster, her beautiful eyes wide with shock as she stared at Lu Peishen.
“Can I keep kissing you?” Lu Peishen lowered his head, his voice soft and languid, carrying the faint, fragrant scent of alcohol as his warm breath brushed against Ye Xixi’s face.
It nearly burned a hole right through her heart!
“Uncle Lu, are you okay?” Ye Xixi shrank back, her neck tensing up. Was this how all drunk men acted? Always wanting to kiss?
More importantly, did Uncle Lu even recognize who she was? Please don’t let him mistake her for Miss Liu.
“Uncle Lu, I’m Xixi, not Miss Liu.”
Miss Liu?
Lu Peishen lowered his beautiful eyes slightly but still couldn’t recall his good friend Liu Congwen, who had already crossed the ocean to find her first love.
“I know you’re Xixi,” Lu Peishen murmured softly. “Who are you talking about?”
“I…” Ye Xixi blinked, equally confused about why Uncle Lu couldn’t remember. Liu Congwen!
“It’s that…” Ye Xixi started to explain, but before she could finish, the phone rang from the old residence.
It was Sister Chen, who took care of Grandma, calling. She said Grandma’s leg had suddenly started stinging painfully, with a throbbing ache like varicose veins. Grandma was in a lot of pain, and Sister Chen didn’t know what to do. She hoped the young mistress could come over and see what was wrong.
Upon receiving the call, the male lead sobered up instantly from his tipsy state. He hurriedly got up and gently helped the girl, whose face was flushed red, from the sofa. While answering the phone, he straightened his crooked shirt. “Sister Chen, I’ll bring Xixi over right now.”
After hanging up, Lu Peishen rubbed his temples, his voice hoarse. “Sorry about earlier. I was a bit drunk.”
He wasn’t completely drunk, but the faint floral scent from Ye Xixi had muddled his thoughts.
Ye Xixi touched her burning cheeks and coughed lightly. “It’s fine. Should we go check on Grandma now?”
Lu Peishen stood up. “Okay. Grandma said her leg is stinging badly. Is it because of the medication?”
Ye Xixi nodded. “Yes, that’s part of the process. Grandma is older, so she might not be able to tolerate the pain well. I’ll help her.”
Lu Peishen trusted her and didn’t press further or add any pressure. He asked Shao Bai to prepare the car to take them to the old residence.
The ride was quiet, with little conversation between them in the car.
It wasn’t that they had nothing to say. Rather, both were aware of the kiss they had shared earlier. Lu Peishen was worried the young girl might resent him for it.
During the kiss, she had looked so surprised and kept asking if he had ever been heartbroken.
He had never experienced heartbreak.
And Miss Liu???
Lu Peishen furrowed his brows, carefully pondering every word Ye Xixi had just said to him. As they approached the old mansion, he finally remembered his friend Liu Congwen.
He also recalled that last year, when Liu Congwen went through a breakup, he was forced to escort her home and was photographed by paparazzi.
Although he had quickly arranged for those trending news articles to be taken down.
Many people had still seen them.
So had Xixi seen them too?
Thinking of this, Lu Peishen suddenly had a moment of clarity. No wonder Ye Xixi always kept a certain distance from him, as if afraid to get too close?
Was she misunderstanding him?
In that case, after visiting Grandma, he would explain everything clearly to her. He didn’t like keeping things hidden.
At that moment, the living room of the old mansion was brightly lit.
The old lady was clutching her legs, groaning in pain. The discomfort was truly severe.
When her legs had been numb before, she had given up and didn’t want to deal with it. Now that her legs had regained sensation, who would have thought the pain would be this intense?
Even though they were from the Wolf Clan and had a high tolerance for pain.
This level of pain was almost unbearable.
Especially since she was getting older.
Her pain tolerance was gradually fading.
This kind of pain could very well take her old life.
“Sister Chen, have Xixi and Ashen arrived? Ah… my legs are killing me.” After groaning for a while, the old lady began urging Sister Chen: “Go and hurry them up.”
“Oh dear, it really hurts so much.”
Sister Chen bent down, massaging the old lady’s legs while comforting her: “Don’t worry, Madam. I just called the young master and young mistress.”
“They’ll be here soon.”
“But my legs… they’re unbearably painful.” The old lady was on the verge of tears from the pain.
This pain was even worse than when she gave birth to Lu Peishen’s father!
Just as the old lady was about to reach her limit from the pain, the sound of a car came from the entrance.
Lu Peishen had finally arrived with Ye Xixi.
As soon as they got out of the car, Sister Chen stood up and said, “Madam, see? They’re here now.”
“Oh, oh, they’re finally here.” The old lady looked toward the living room entrance.
She was nearly moved to tears.
If Xixi hadn’t arrived soon, her old life would have been lost to the pain.
“Grandma, is it very painful?” After Ye Xixi and Lu Peishen entered, they didn’t waste any time and immediately went to the old lady. Ye Xixi reached out to check her pulse.
Then she bent down to examine her legs.
“Grandma, let me apply some ice.” As she spoke, Ye Xixi turned to Sister Chen and said, “Sister Chen, could you please bring an ice pack?”
Sister Chen nodded and hurried to the refrigerator to get the ice packs.
Lu Peishen walked over and gently placed his hand on the old lady’s shoulder: “Grandma, don’t worry. Xixi said this is part of the recovery process. It’ll feel better after some ice.”
The old lady, still in severe pain, gasped and said, “But it hurts so much.”
Ye Xixi continued massaging the old lady’s legs and said, “Grandma, you have to endure it. If you don’t persevere, all our previous efforts will be wasted.” Pain is an inevitable part of leg recovery.
There’s no way around it.
“Madam, please hang on a little longer. The ice is here.” Sister Chen rushed from the kitchen, carrying two large ice packs.
Ye Xixi turned around, ready to take the ice and apply it to the old lady.
But Lu Peishen reached out and grabbed her hand, saying gently, “Xixi, you’re pregnant. Don’t touch the ice.”
“I’ll do it.”
As he spoke, he pulled her up.
Then he took the ice packs from Sister Chen, knelt down, and applied them to the old lady’s legs.
“Grandma, how does this feel?” Lu Peishen asked.
The old lady held her forehead and took a moment to catch her breath before saying, “It seems… it doesn’t hurt as much now…”
“Does it really have some effect?”
“Xixi’s presence is truly helpful.” Having eased through the pain, the old lady quickly praised Ye Xixi.
Feeling a bit embarrassed by the compliment, Ye Xixi promptly said with some self-reproach, “Grandma, it’s also my fault. I forgot to tell you before prescribing the medicinal recipe that it might cause leg pain.”
“It’s fine, it’s fine.” The old lady didn’t blame her; she was already very grateful that Ye Xixi could help treat her.
Moreover, the medicinal recipe Ye Xixi prescribed was genuinely effective.
Before, even if she had used a knife to cut the flesh on her leg, she would have felt almost nothing.
Now, she could perceive such intense pain.
That meant it was working.
“Grandma, if your leg hurts, remember to ask Sister Chen to apply an ice pack for you,” Ye Xixi said.
The old lady nodded, then paused and looked over at Lu Peishen, who was applying an ice pack. Suddenly, she noticed that her dear Ah Shen’s lips seemed to have a touch of rouge red???
As if he had eaten something red and gotten stained?