CH 28.2

Xiao Nian: Don’t forget about the basement’s photo wall! Si Chu has been getting closer to you lately; you can take some pictures now!

By the time this message came through, Xiao Zhenyun had already turned off the lights and nestled under the covers. Si Di must have just bathed, and the scent on the pillow emitted a herbal fragrance, which evoked the stag nibbling leaves in the spiritual domain, eager to leap into action.

Unlike Tian Lu, who was feasting away, Xiao Zhenyun had spent the entire night in a nightmarish torrent in his eyes. In the first half of the night, he cried down the Great Wall, and in the latter half, the Golden Mountain Temple was submerged in water. When daybreak came, he was still battling the sea. Just as he was caught up in the frenzy, a commotion from outside the ward grew nearer. Xiao Zhenyun vaguely felt something furry brushing against his chin, like a cat’s ears perking up at the slightest sound. He instinctively frowned and tilted his head away. The next moment, the person resting on his shoulder sprang up like a spring, relieving his shoulder from the pressure, allowing blood to flow freely again, and abruptly awakening Xiao Zhenyun.

Opening his eyes, Si Di was busily tugging at his shoes and straightening his disheveled hair.

“Collar,” Xiao Zhenyun’s voice still carried the hoarseness of just waking up, “It’s turned inward.”

“No time for that,” Si Di hooked the heel of his shoe, pulled back the curtain, and opened the window to glance down. He realized that the bustling crowd below didn’t allow him to take the usual path. As he hesitated, the door to Xiao Zhenyun’s ward was knocked, and it sounded rather urgent.

Si Di suddenly calmed down, calmly adjusting his collar. Just at that moment, the door was pushed open, and Si Chu, with an anxious look on his face, barged in. “Little uncle, my brother isn’t… Brother, you’re here?!”

“Yeah, you—” Don’t tell anyone I’m here… Si Di had just started to speak, but Si Chu had already raised his wrist to call out to the terminal. “Feiran, I’ve found my brother; he’s in Uncle’s ward. Tell Mom and Dad not to worry.”

Si Di: “…”

Closing the communication, Si Chu approached Si Di, his eyes bright. “Brother, tell me.”

“…It’s nothing.” Si Di closed his weary eyes.

The little dog approached curiously, sniffing and wrinkling his nose. “Brother, there’s a strong guide smell on you. Where did it come from…?” He finally realized something, covering his mouth abruptly.

Si Di and Xiao Zhenyun: “…”

In less than ten minutes, the parents of the Si family and Si Di’s attending physician rushed over. They entered to see Xiao Nian preparing breakfast for Xiao Zhenyun, Si Di sitting beside him, eating half a bowl of porridge, and even Si Chu, who had eaten three meat buns in the hotel, shamelessly holding an oil stick.

The morning sunlight streamed through the bright windows, casting a warm glow on the white hospital bed. Xiao Zhenyun was wearing a gray cardigan, layered over a striped patient’s gown, casually stirring the hot porridge with a porcelain spoon. Seeing Si Qiaorong and his sister-in-law walk in, he smiled, the porcelain spoon tapping crisply against the edge of the bowl.

And it was precisely this faint, almost inaudible crisp sound that hammered in Si Qiaorong’s heart like a thousand-pound hammer.

Si Qiaorong’s heart thumped violently, ringing in his ears.

It’s over, he thought, it’s all over. His son had already been devoured by this guide.

What kind of aphrodisiac did his cheap cousin give Si Di, that he could accept even sexual violence?… Or did Si Di already have such preferences?

Si Qiaorong was almost scared to death by his own speculation, forcibly maintaining an appearance of nonchalance. “Si Di, why didn’t you listen to the doctor’s advice? The doctor has repeatedly said not to leave the ward. You’re acting recklessly.”

“I woke up early and was bored, so I went for a walk. I’ll go back now,” Si Di said casually, putting down his bowl and getting up. But at that moment, his attending physician said, “Wait.”

The guide doctor approached Si Di, had him sit down, and observed for a moment before asking, “What’s your compatibility with the patient on the bed?”

Si Di whispered a number in his ear, and the doctor immediately looked surprised, glancing again at the appearance of Xiao Zhenyun and Si Di, as if trying to memorize their faces.

Before long, he returned to the side of the couple, Mr. and Mrs. Si Qiaorong, and they walked to the door together. Their voices were hushed, and even Si Chu, who was discreetly eavesdropping by sticking to the wall, could only vaguely catch some key words: “It’s better for the patient to stay here for his recovery… It’s determined by the compatibility of the sentinel-guide… He’s better than ten boxes of medicine alone… C-rank, huh? C-rank might be a bit tricky…”

Xiao Zhenyun finished the porridge in his bowl just as Si Qiaorong said goodbye to the doctor and returned to the room. He truly lived up to being a businessperson who welcomed guests with a smile. Even though he strongly opposed any relationship beyond family ties between his cousin and his son, he kept a poker face and inquired about Xiao Zhenyun’s condition. He encouraged him to rest well and told him to ask for anything he needed. He also promised to express his gratitude properly when they returned to their home country for saving Si Di’s life.

Ye Feiran and Si Chu were both top students at school. As soon as Xiao Nian took out his homework, they insisted on helping their little brother with his assignments. The two of them began to correct the grammatical errors and punctuation mistakes in that piece titled ‘My Chairman Uncle.’

After Si Di’s spiritual domain collapsed, Tai Ji didn’t like staying in that shattered and dark space anymore. Except for sleeping, whenever he opened his eyes, he would start making trouble. Si Di followed suit, and at this moment, Tai Ji was pacing back and forth in the ward. The paws of the Canidae species were not as stealthy as those of the Felidae species, and they made a constant clattering sound.

While Si Qiaorong and the Xiao Zhenyun brothers were engaging in small talk, Tai Ji suddenly couldn’t stand the loneliness and put his front paws on the edge of the bed, wagging his tail on the floor.

Xiao Zhenyun pinched his paw, squeezed out some guide elements left over from his master’s meal, and then released Tian Lu.

Watching the hyperactive Tai Ji following the male deer towards the balcony, Si Qiaorong felt like he might have a heart attack if he stayed here any longer.

At this moment, a group of people suddenly knocked on the door and entered the ward. Leading the way was Xiao Jingfeng, who had been missing for a few days. He was surprised to see the lively atmosphere in the ward and made eye contact with Xiao Zhenyun before raising an eyebrow.

The person standing behind him was even more enthusiastic and introduced himself as the eldest son of the Haleite Special Operations Guild Chairman, and the other person was his fiancee.

They would be holding their wedding ceremony in three days, a grand lawn banquet. They had heard that Vice Chairman Xiao Zhenyun and the S-rank sentinel Si Di were temporarily recuperating in Haleite due to illness, and both of them were in stable condition and would be discharged soon. So, they came to invite Xiao Zhenyun, his son, and the Si family to attend.

Conveniently, they were all in the same ward, so there was no need to notify them separately.

Si Qiaorong found it hard to refuse. The eldest son of the Haleite Special Operations Guild Chairman was an ordinary person involved in business, and his local branch had many dealings with them. It would be impolite not to go. However, he really didn’t want to see Xiao Zhenyun and Si Di together for the time being, which was not good for his heart. So, he declined, saying that Si Di’s was currently in an unstable state and not suitable for crowded places.

Unexpectedly, the eldest son immediately smiled and said, “On the way here, Chairman Xiao has already informed us. The compatibility between young Master Xiao and Mr. Si is 90%. As long as young Master Xiao is willing to come, there won’t be any problems.”

His fiancee also happily took over the conversation. “I never expected that in my lifetime, I would witness a sentinel-guide pair with a compatibility rating exceeding 90%. Mr. Xiao and Mr. Si, if you are willing, I’d like to leave the bouquet to you.”

Si Qiaorong: “…”

The Xiao family members were really something else.

After the engaged couple left, Si Qiaorong lost interest in small talk and left with his two ‘unpromising’ sons after a while. 

Until the day of the wedding banquet, Xiao Zhenyun never saw Si Di and Si Chu again. It was not because Si’s father had imprisoned his son, but mainly because Xiao Zhenyun had obtained permission from the doctor to complete the discharge procedures on the same day.

Then he sat down at the hotel and ordered a beer, chugging down five pounds of crayfish in one go.

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