Shi Xinxin was immediately pulled back to reality by Sheng Chenjin's question, "It's nothing, nothing." She quickly explained away. She then hurriedly picked up a xiaolongbao, stuffing it into her mouth.
"Eat slowly, no one's going to snatch it from you," Sheng Chenjin said, pushing the food closer to her. Shi Xinxin nodded frantically. It was too embarrassing just now. If Sheng Chenjin found out she had peeked, he would surely laugh at her to death.
Fortunately, that matter was glossed over by the xiaolongbao. But that wasn't the case. As soon as Sheng Chenjin stopped what he was doing, he said, "Were you peeking at me just now?"
Shi Xinxin choked, luckily it didn't get stuck in her throat. Shi Xinxin quickly spat out the food in her mouth, took a sip of juice, and only after her airway was clear did she begin to reply.
"What are you talking about?"
"I'm not talking nonsense, I'm just asking if you were peeking at me in bed just now?" Shi Xinxin's face indeed turned red again, just as he had expected.
"No, I wasn't!"
"Really? I felt a scorching gaze on me while I was sleeping, was I mistaken?" Sheng Chenjin became more and more detailed, and Shi Xinxin's face turned red all the way to her ears.
"You, what are you saying? Right, I haven't asked you yet, why did you pull my blanket just now?" Since she couldn't explain, she decided to change the subject directly.
"You mean when you were pretending to sleep? Don't misunderstand, I was helping you." Sheng Chenjin said with a serious expression.
"Helping me with what?"
Sheng Chenjin said slowly, "Actually, I suspected you were pretending to sleep earlier today, but I didn't have concrete proof. And I figured you had your reasons for pretending to sleep. If I forced you awake, you might get angry with me again, so I planned to make you reveal yourself. As for how to do it, I finally followed the butler's method." Sheng Chenjin said, a proud smile appearing on his face.
Shi Xinxin recalled that the butler's words earlier did sound a bit strange. Normally, they wouldn't ask Sheng Chenjin's opinion before preparing food in the kitchen.
It was also the first time that after dinner, he had asked how to handle the remaining food. But before that, the butler had knocked on the door and come into the room to ask Sheng Chenjin if he wanted to discard the chicken soup.
So that's what it was, meant to lure her in, Shi Xinxin suddenly understood. Seeing that she seemed to have figured it out, Sheng Chenjin continued, "As expected, after the butler spoke, I heard your stomach growl. But perhaps because it was muffled by the blanket, the sound wasn't very clear, so I couldn't be sure. Because I saw your chest heaving, you must have been very nervous." xxs
Sheng Chenjin looked at Shi Xinxin provocatively, her face reddened and she remained silent, not daring to speak about that moment. She worried Sheng Chenjin would see something amiss, so her palms were sweaty with nervousness.
When she got nervous, her heart would pound uncontrollably, and she couldn't help that.
"Your heart was about to jump out of your chest, so I helped you open the blanket, and I saw your chest heaving, as if you were very nervous."
Shi Xinxin's face grew redder and redder. Even though she was wearing pajamas, knowing that Sheng Chenjin had been staring at her chest made her a little embarrassed. He then stopped teasing her.
After laughing heartily for a while, he said, "Alright, alright. I saw you had pulled your blanket up so high that sweat was beading on your forehead. I thought you were too hot, so I pulled the blanket down for you. What else did you think? You're as flat as an airfield."
Hearing his words, Shi Xinxin's face was still flushed, but it was from anger now, not shyness. What did Sheng Chenjin mean, saying she was like an airfield?
Seeing Shi Xinxin's flushed face, Sheng Chenjin quickly softened, "Okay, okay, I was just kidding. Eat this quickly, it'll be bad when it gets cold. I'll get you some chicken soup."
Saying this, he took her bowl without waiting for Shi Xinxin to stop him. For the sake of the chicken soup, she didn't say anything more.
Watching Sheng Chenjin scoop soup into the bowl spoonful by spoonful and stir it slowly with a small spoon to cool it down quickly, Shi Xinxin's emotions gradually calmed down.
When did this seemingly chauvinistic man start serving soup for others? She was about to make a sarcastic remark when she noticed something was amiss. She had already been troubled by the wine cellar incident. Sheng Chenjin was being so good to her, was there really no reason behind it?
This was unbelievable. The little person in her mind had been suppressed by her imposing demeanor and had stopped arguing, but Shi Xinxin knew that Sheng Chenjin had already shown her more than just employee-level concern back then.
He just didn't want to admit it. And now, Sheng Chenjin's gentle demeanor surprised her. He couldn't possibly be like this with every employee, right? Not only was he serving soup, but he was also blowing on it to cool it for her.
Thinking about why she was pretending to sleep earlier, wasn't it because she was afraid of being discovered by Sheng Chenjin and punished when she woke up? But what about now? The first thing Sheng Chenjin did when she woke up was prepare food for her.
And he prepared all her favorite dishes. Wasn't this caring attention? It felt as happy as being at home. Moreover, when she mentioned the mistake she made earlier, he was concerned about the unsafe aspects.
Climbing over the balcony, drinking herself drunk in the bar, and a mild concussion – these were all instances where Shi Xinxin hadn't protected herself, and Sheng Chenjin cared about them.
Whether intentionally or not, Sheng Chenjin didn't mention at all that she had disobeyed his orders and insisted on running out. It seemed as if the arrogant man from before was gone. Shi Xinxin was startled by this sudden realization.
The xiaolongbao she was chewing in her mouth became tasteless. "Could it be that this man truly likes me? Is he doing this to keep me by his side?"
Even more terrifying was that she had been attracted to his beauty just now. Was she already becoming addicted? Shi Xinxin doubted her "resurrected little deer" deeply.
She had been in the bustling city for so long and was almost becoming an older leftover woman. When she returned home, she had prepared herself to accept the title of "leftover warrior." She never expected to be moved by Sheng Chenjin now.
She must have just been mesmerized by his beauty. After all, she hadn't been in a relationship for so long, and her first time... No, no, she couldn't think about her first time anymore. That was just an accident.
She was drunk and remembered nothing. Shi Xinxin raised her head again, secretly glancing at Sheng Chenjin. He still hadn't noticed, still blowing on the soup for her, looking so attentive.