Chapter 351: Sleepless Night
“Send someone to keep an eye on them,” Li Yuan said in a deep voice as he shook his head.
His girl had yet to have enough fun. As for what would happen to the Su family in the future, it was up to her to decide.
Shen Xi returned home with Toffeecito in her arms.
“Why did this little thing go next door?” Shen Zhangqing asked as he emerged from the kitchen with the dishes.
Shen Xi smiled and tapped the little one’s head. “Ask him!”
Toffeecito must have gone to the neighbor’s house when Shen Xi left with her mom because no one was home to play with it.
“The next time you leave the house, make sure you close the door so he won’t run away,” Shen Zhangqing said as he felt a little strange.
This kitten was only two months old, so how could it climb over the wall with its small body? However, there was a ladder on the wall and cats were smart and agile, so it was possible too.
Toffeecito was much bigger than when it first came home. Its injury had long since healed and it could now run around, up and down the stairs.
Before the New Year, it had been sleeping in its cat bed.
However, for the past two days, Toffeecito refused to sleep in the cat bed and insisted on Shen Xi’s bed. When Shen Xi put it on the cat bed, it would ask to go on her bed.
“Are you going back to your own bed?” Shen Xi stared at the kitten while lying on the bed.
Toffeecito flipped over to lay on its back, showing its little belly as it meowed and purred softly.
It was so adorable that Shen Xi snuggled her head on the kitten’s soft little tummy. “You win.”
Toffeecito’s paws were up in the air as it squinted its eyes and purred in joy.
Shen Xi played with Toffeecito and sent a message to Li Yuan. Toffeecito’s little head was resting on and chewing on her ankle like it was a teething stick.
[Brother, did Toffeecito sleep with you?]
When Li Yuan’s phone pinged, he picked up the phone and smiled. His eyes were gentle as he typed with his long fingers. [Yeah.]
Shen Xi: [Did Toffeecito cling to you in bed and wouldn’t leave?]
Li Yuan: [Maybe sending him away for two days traumatized him. When I picked him up, he clung to me everywhere I went. At night, he’ll insist on sleeping on my bed too.]
Shen Xi: [Hasn’t it only been two days? You spoil him too much.]
Li Yuan: [Animals are pretty smart. Toffeecito probably thought we didn’t want him anymore after sending him away for two days, so when he came back, he didn’t feel secure.]
Shen Xi looked at the little kitten. She wiggled her feet, held her phone, and laughed like a fool as she rolled on the bed.
‘Ahh! Toffeecito slept with Brother, and then with me! I guess this counts as me sleeping with Brother!’
Li Yuan: [Sleeping?]
Shen Xi held her phone happily. [Can’t sleep.]
She just wanted to kiss and hug Toffeecito
Not long after, Li Yuan sent a voice message. The man’s voice was magnetic, sexy, and extremely alluring. “Do you wanna listen to bedtime stories or lullabies?”
Shen Xi’s heart was beating wildly and replied with a voice note. “Any.”
Li Yuan said, “I’m not great at telling stories, so lullaby it is.”
Shen Xi listened to the man’s voice note and was overjoyed that she squealed before she answered seriously, “I won’t be able to sleep if the singing is not good.”
Li Yuan smiled. “It should be okay.”
He called while Shen Xi laid down and listened to the man’s magnetic and gentle baritone voice. His slow rhythmic lullaby had a magical power that calmed her thumping heart.
‘OMG! Brother’s voice is captivating. How can it sound so good?! He can flirt with me with this voice anytime…’
Shen Xi screamed with excitement and covered her face. She could hardly think because this was unbearably exhilarating.
Toffeecito looked at her strangely as she rolled around on the bed covering her mouth and giggling. It tilted its little head as if it was in deep thought.
After a while, Li Yuan could hear the girl’s light and steady breathing from the phone. He gently said, “Xixi, are you asleep?”
There were no other sounds on the other side of the call, so the girl had obviously fallen asleep.
When Shen Xi woke up in the middle of the night, she was startled by the sound of a painful cry. She was shocked and turned her head to find the source of the sound.
Next to her, her phone was still lit and she was still on a call. The sound was coming from her phone.
Shen Xi covered her mouth and dared not say anything for fear of being heard by him. She could only hear the man wincing. It was heavy, repressed, and painful. It felt like a boulder was crushing her heart.
She had no idea what kind of pain he was in at the time that was causing him to scream in agony. Is it a case of leg spasms? Or was it something else entirely?
Kun Lun’s voice could be heard soon after. It was as if he was used to it, like it was a daily occurrence.
The call was abruptly disconnected the next second.
Li Yuan’s hands trembled as he reached for the phone, his head breaking out in cold sweat. His knuckles were white, and he was distraught.
‘Did the girl hear me? Did she hear it? She was probably sleeping at the time, so she couldn’t have heard it! How could I have forgotten to put the phone down? Did I fall asleep listening to her breathing?’
“Boss.” Kun Lun brought a bucket of hot water and a towel, which he wrung and handed it over to him.
“Wipe it off first, then shower later.”
Li Yuan was now drenched in a cold sweat. He could only shower after his sweat had evaporated. Otherwise, it would be easy to catch a cold.
Ever since Li Yuan broke his legs, he had been experiencing reflex nerve spasms almost every night. He had trouble sleeping and would wake up several times a night in pain.
Li Yuan looked up suddenly and asked Kun Lun with a deep sigh. “She didn’t hear it, right?”
Kun Lun was aware that his boss was talking to Ms. Shen before falling asleep. Upon seeing Li Yuan’s self-deprecating look, he comforted him, “Most of the people will be in deep sleep at this hour that even a passing training won’t wake them up. After a long day studying hard, Ms. Shen must have been tired and slept soundly.”
Shen Xi, who was supposed to be in a slumber, hugged her quilt and laid on her pillow as her body trembled. Tears streamed down her face as she suppressed a soft sob.
Toffeecito was jolted awake and was puzzled. It used its own way to comfort her by rubbing its head against her cheeks and licked away her tears.
Shen Xi’s heart clenched ferociously, and for a moment, she considered running over to Li Yuan.
She wanted to find out what happened to his leg and if it was treatable, or if he was resisting treatment.
Shen Xi could not sleep the entire night.
In his wheelchair, Li Yuan sat. He sat quietly till morning, staring at the wall through the window with a complicated expression.
Shen Xi’s eyes were puffy, so she did not dare to meet Li Yuan. After sending him a message saying that Old Shen was going to send her to school, she left.