Chapter 1010. Misery (4)
She watched as the light on her phone screen dimmed, and sadness could not help but glimmer in Xi Xiaye’s eyes. Inhaling deeply, she then silently left the room to go downstairs.
“Missus, Master Qi is here!”
Xi Xiaye had just gone downstairs when she saw Qi Lei walk in with Sis Wang. She was surprised to see Qi Lei suddenly appear. She nodded. “I got it. Thanks, Sis Wang.”
“Are you okay? How’s your hand?” Qi Lei put a huge pile of things onto the table as his eyes quickly fell on Xi Xiaye’s pair of hands.
She looked down at her hands too and gently shook her head. Pointing to the sofa on the side, she said calmly, “I’m fine. Have a seat. He just fell asleep, and I wanted to talk to you too.”
Qi Lei could sense that something was off with Xi Xiaye, so he reasoned with himself, then took a seat. “What’s wrong? We’ve got two pieces of great news from today. Shouldn’t you be happy? Why the long face? Does it have something to do with Mu Yuchen?” he asked softly as his devilish eyes keenly caught the worry in hers.
Xi Xiaye took a look at him and did not answer. She only silently lowered her gaze.
“Looks like it must be.” Qi Lei smiled calmly. “I was just going to come over to chat with him.”
“He went to meet Qi Feng this morning, and he’s been in a bad state since he returned. I’m really worried,” Xi Xiaye softly responded. Then, she looked at Qi Lei. “I think Qi Feng must’ve said something to him. Do you know that all these years, the only thing that he couldn’t let go of was Lingtian’s incident?”