After the betrothal gift negotiation collapsed, I turned around and married a wealthy man.

Qiao Xing quickly put away her phone, opened the bathroom door, and saw Qin Ce standing outside, looking her up and down.

"Are you okay?"

Qiao Xing was stunned, not understanding why he asked, "I'm fine, what's wrong?"

Qin Ce raised his hand and looked at his watch, "You've been in there for three and ten minutes. I thought you fell in."

"..."

Just kidding, don't be so serious.

"Oh, I'm calling my cousin. He just transferred 5 yuan to me. How do I want to return the extra money to him?"

Qin Ce was silent for a while, and then he solemnly said to her, "What are you going back for? If he transfers the card to you, it means he doesn't want you to go back. If you go back, he will think you are a stranger."

"Is that so..."

"You are always like this. You are too clear-cut and will push away people who really want to be good to you."

Qin Ce didn't say the second part of the sentence. The people she attracted like this were all those who wanted to take advantage.

Qiao Xing froze, probably because Qin Ce had stabbed her in the heart, making her face look ugly.

Qin Ce said: "You should wash up first and have a good sleep."

After saying that, he took the initiative to close the door for her.

Qiao Xing's mind was filled with what he just said, and he absentmindedly took a bath in the bathroom.

After washing, she remembered that she didn't bring any clothes in! !

She turned her head and looked at the clothes in the frame. Because she didn't push the door, they were all wet.

Qiao Xing patted her forehead. She was wandering in the bathroom worriedly. After much deliberation, she took the wet clothes and put them on.

She poked her head around and opened the bathroom door. Joey and Xueling were not there, but the old man and Qin Ce were still talking in the living room.

Qiao Xing simply went back and squatted in the bathroom waiting for the old man to go to bed.

The old man said: "I have also heard about the groomsmen. I have said hello to their parents. They should not cause trouble again."

Qin Ce nodded, "Actually, it's not necessary. You don't need to take action."

The old man said angrily, "I know, then I have to do something if I feel better, right? It can be done with just one sentence, so why bother with it?"

Qin Ce looked down at his watch again, a little absent-mindedly.

The old man glanced at him and said, "The young man named Lei is said to have saved his life, but he has become a vegetative state. It is not certain whether he will wake up or not."

"I know."

"You know then I won't say anything."

That person is not an important person. There are so many sons in the Lei family, and his family will not take him seriously if he is an uneducated and incompetent son.

"Xiao Ce, what are you thinking about? I'm not even paying attention when I talk to you!" The old man was a little angry.

Qin Ce raised his head and glanced at the old man, "Qiao Xing has been in the bathroom for an hour."

The old man was stunned for a moment, "Then go and take a look. Is there something wrong?"

Qin Ce twitched the corners of his mouth and stopped talking.

"What are you going to say?"

Qin Ce didn't say anything, he just said: "You'd better go to bed first."

The old man looked at his mysterious appearance, curled his lips, grabbed the crutches and got up and left.

Anyway, he had sworn an oath, and if he no longer cares about the young couple's affairs, he would be Qin Ce's grandson.

Never go back on your word.

After the old man returned to the room, Qin Ce went to the bathroom and knocked on the door.

After waiting for about ten seconds, the bathroom door slowly opened, and Qiao Xing poked half of his face into the living room.

"Is Grandpa asleep?" she asked softly.

"Well, your clothes are all wet." Qin Ce frowned when he saw her clothes.

She was wearing a bottoming shirt, which was still white, and she could vaguely see a large patch of skin color showing through on her shoulders.

The pants were also wet, and the jeans on both legs were very dark in color right down to the trouser legs.

Wearing wet clothes on such a cold day will cause you to catch a cold.

"Ah..." Qiao Xing covered her chest, her face feeling a little hot, "I'm going to change now, please let me go."

Qin Ce turned aside to let her out.

Qiao Xing quickly ran back to the bedroom, closed the door and changed her clothes.

Qin Ce didn't work overtime tonight. He went back to the bedroom and sat on his exclusive sofa.

Qiao Xing habitually sleeps with her head covered.

But my sleep was not peaceful and I kept having nightmares.

Sometimes it was Lily jumping down, and sometimes it was Lily talking to her. As she was talking, Lily jumped down in front of her.

Qiao Xing subconsciously tried to catch it, but still couldn't catch it in his dream.

The feeling of panic and disappointment during the day was infinitely magnified in the dream, and the emotions were a hundred times stronger than in reality.

Qiao Xing woke up suddenly, the dazzling lights came into view, and the emptiness and sadness in the dream still lingered in her heart.

She was panting heavily, and the scene during the day was still vivid in her mind.

"Have a nightmare?"

The man's deep voice sounded above her head. Qiao Xing turned around and found that he had sat beside her at some point.

Seeing Qin Ce, Qiao Xing's panicked heart became a little more stable.

She suddenly moved her body, leaned closer to him, and then hugged his waist.

Qin Ce was slightly startled and looked down at her.

After a while, he stretched out his slender fingers and landed on Qiao Xing's head.

Just now he noticed that the person under the quilt was trembling, so he sat over.

Qiao Xing pressed her face against his leg and whispered: "Whenever I close my eyes now, I will dream about Lily."

"I was able to catch her several times in my dream."

"If I had been closer to her during the day, I could have caught her."

"Why don't I get closer to her..."

Her voice was very low, but in the quiet bedroom, it was exceptionally clear.

She blamed herself.

Even if it's not Lily, even if it's just a passerby, if she jumps in front of her and tries to catch her but fails, she will feel such a sense of guilt.

What's more, it's someone he knows.

Qin Ce sat quietly next to her and stroked her hair, "That's her own choice. If you think about it better, might it be a relief for her?"

Qiao Xing said nothing, but tightened her grip on him.

"I can't sleep."

"It's only two o'clock. Don't think about it. Go to sleep. I'm here to stay with you."

Qiao Xing suddenly raised his head and looked at Qin Ce's face.

Under the light, his facial features were deep and three-dimensional, and his eyes looked down at her, as if they were bottomless, and as if they could see through her at a glance.

Compared with the usual indifference, there seems to be something more.

But if you look closely, you can't see anything.

"Then come up and sleep." Qiao Xing said in a strange way. After saying that, she lowered her head in confusion and almost bit her tongue.

Qin Ce stared at her for a long time with burning eyes, "Are you sure?"

Qiao Xing let him go, turned around, rolled up the quilt, and squirmed a long way, "Whatever you want."

As soon as she finished speaking, a pair of hands hugged her behind her, and the man's breath hit her neck.

"Don't regret it."

Qiao Xing's head was almost buried in the pillow. She bit her fingers and didn't think of how to reply for a while.