Chapter 36

Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

Hu Ke did not know why she did this. She was probably touched by Bian Fang’s words. She suddenly felt that her understanding of Bai Xiao was too one-sided and wanted to take this opportunity to have a good chat with him.

Bian Fang didn’t refuse Hu Ke. After handing the tray to her, she even instructed her not to be scalded. Bian Fang looked at Hu Ke’s figure and sighed. “You and Young Master are both good children. I know that these words shouldn’t be said by me, but you’re about the same age as my daughter. You shouldn’t be trapped in the room like a canary. Miss, if you have anything to say, you should have a good talk with Young Master. The misunderstanding still has to be resolved. It can’t continue like this.”

Hu Ke nodded and went upstairs with the bowl of noodles.

According to the servant, Bai Xiao should be in the master bedroom now. Hu Ke knocked on the door, but there was no response. Hu Ke waited patiently for a while, but there was still no movement from Bai Xiao.

Could it be that he had worked too much overtime and died from overwork?

Hu Ke thought of the social news he had seen in the past two days and suddenly became worried. Bai Xiao had insomnia to begin with, and he had been busy with the matters on the West Coast for the past two days. What if he suddenly died?

When Hu Ke thought of this result, she suddenly panicked. She did not knock again and turned the handle to walk in.

There was no sign of Bai Xiao on the desk opposite the door. Hu Ke turned around and met Bai Xiao’s gaze, who was standing at the bathroom door with only a towel around his waist.

“Who let you in!” Bai Xiao did not react when he saw Hu Ke.

His muscles were sore from reading, so he went to take a shower to relieve them. He left his pajamas outside and did not bring them in. Bai Xiao did not expect anyone to enter and leave without his permission. In the end, he met Hu Ke’s gaze.

Hu Ke was also scared out of her wits. Now that she was called by Bai Xiao, she realized the problem. Her face turned red all the way to her neck. She hurriedly placed the noodles on the table and was about to run out.

Bai Xiao wrapped the towel tightly around himself and looked at Hu Ke’s fleeing back. After he was gone, he let go of the towel and walked to the cloakroom to change into his pajamas.

Hu Ke ran back to her room in a panic and slammed the door shut to calm her breathing.

She patted her burning face and slowly slid down against the door.

Bai Xiao sat at the table in silence after putting on his clothes. He looked at the bowl of Yang Chun noodles and finally picked up his chopsticks to eat.

His stomach was indeed beginning to hurt. When he was in the company, Bai Xiao had barely eaten anything and had only drunk two cups of coffee in the afternoon. He was like a spinning top, busy running around every meeting room. Now that he smelled the fragrance of the noodles, his stomach started to growl.

After eating a bowl of steaming hot Yang Chun noodles, Bai Xiao’s expression improved a little. He cleaned up the dishes and sent them downstairs. When he passed by Hu Ke’s room, Bai Xiao stopped for a moment, but in the end, he did not knock on the door and returned to his bedroom.

Hu Ke did not know how to face Bai Xiao. Based on his personality, he would probably mock her again and say that she wanted to seduce him in this way. Hu Ke sat on the bed and stared at her phone in a daze. When the sleep notification on her phone popped up, Hu Ke woke up and ran to wash up in a panic.

When Hu Ke changed into her pajamas and was about to sleep, she suddenly remembered that she had not sent the incense over. Looking at the incense that she had already wrapped up, Hu Ke sighed and resigned to her fate. She put on her jacket, picked up the bag, and walked towards Bai Xiao’s bedroom.

She had already accepted the money. She couldn’t possibly make him lose sleep and stay up late, right?

Hu Ke did not intend to hand the calming incense to Bai Xiao in person. That would be too awkward. She put all the incense into a bag and sneakily ran to Bai Xiao’s room. She placed the bag on the ground and knocked on the door before running back to her room.

Bai Xiao sat at his desk and pinched the space between his eyebrows tiredly. He was too tired and had not slept for thirty-six hours. This might not have been a problem for Bai Xiao in the past, but ever since he used Hu Ke’s incense, Bai Xiao felt that insomnia and staying up late was a very painful thing.

It could be said that it was extremely difficult to return to the previous life.