chapter 6
“No one. There’s just a small issue with the new plan, so Xiao Ding and the others came to me for advice.”
He put away his phone and walked toward me.
His tone was utterly natural.
As if he had used the same flimsy excuse countless times before.
I caught a lingering scent of tobacco on him and coughed twice. He immediately grew anxious and reached out to feel my forehead:
“You’re not running a fever, are you? It’s been raining outside, and the weather’s chilly. I’ll bring you an extra blanket later.”
As he spoke, his gaze swept calmly over my face, as if trying to see whether I had heard what he’d just said.
I pulled my pajamas tighter around me and replied softly, “Alright.”
My tone was as gentle and calm as ever.
Zhou Yan gradually relaxed.
“Go back to sleep.”