Xia Xingchen did not have any other choice. If she wanted to stay close to her kid, she had to stay here.

But…

From that day onwards, Bai Yeqing seemed as though he had totally disappeared and did not step into the bungalow one bit for over a month. Occasionally, Xia Xingchen would think that Bai Yeqing was just a man she imagined but he was not.

There would always be news about him on the television.

She and Xia Dabai did not usually watch political news but now, whenever it was seven in the evening, they would stand in front of the television and would not go anywhere just to watch the man who occasionally appeared on television.

When the news broadcast was over, he would shyly go back to write his assignment.

Xia Xingchen knew that he missed his daddy.

But she did not expect to see him in the bungalow the next day.

In the dead of night, Xia Xingchen could not sleep at all. A few days from now, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs was going to receive an important guest and she had to prepare some useful documents.

When she entered the study room, all of the maids were already asleep and the whole bungalow was so quiet that one could hear a pin drop. After living there for a month, she was already very familiar with the study room’s design.

However, the book she wanted was on a shelf that was a few meters tall and she was afraid of heights!

She felt vexed but what else could she do? She could only grit her teeth and climb a ladder.

Bai Yeqing had been busy for a whole month and had just returned to the bungalow when he heard some noises in the study room. He, who was always very cautious, immediately went over.

When he opened the door to the study room, he raised his head and saw her at one glance.

Clearly, she had just taken a bath and was wearing a white silk nightdress. Her wavy hair was lazily spread out and it reached her waist. This made her look especially slender and slim.

She seemed a little afraid of heights, and with how she hugged the bookshelf ladder, she resembled a koala hugging a tree branch. Her long legs that could be seen below her nightdress seemed to tremble and her pure as jade toes turned red out of tension and even looked a little… cute.

What was this woman trying to do in the middle of the night? Didn’t she know that in front of a man, her looks right now seemed like a scrumptious dessert waiting to be tasted?

Bai Yeqing could not help but recall those nights from five years ago and his eyes darkened. He walked towards her with heavy steps. “What are you doing?”

His tone of voice was as cold as usual.

To begin with, she was already pretty nervous that she couldn’t even stand properly climbing up the ladder. Now that she had already taken a few heavy books that she wanted and felt that she deserved an applaud, his sudden voice popped out of nowhere and gave her a fright.

Bai Yeqing furrowed his eyebrows and instinctively reached his hand. When he came back to his senses, he caught a whiff of a fresh scent and engulfed a woman’s gentle and soft body into his tight embrace.

Both of them fell onto the mat.

Xia Xingchen did not expect that he would appear here and even save her. She gave him a dumbfounded look. In such a quiet environment, Xia Xingchen could clearly hear his strong and powerful heartbeat and smell his unique scent…

Both of their noses could almost touch each other. Upon close proximity, his features were so handsome that Xia Xingchen forgot to look away, even his ocean-deep eyes were dazzling up close. He looked so much better in real life than on television.

At that moment, Xia Xingchen suddenly forgot to say her thanks, much less leave the man’s embrace.

“Are you done looking?” The man opened his thin lips and his voice sounded very refreshing and clear.

Xia Xingchen snapped out of her daze and realized that she was staring at him this whole while, causing her cheeks to be flushed red.

‘Xia Xingchen, you are really embarrassing!’

“So… sorry, I… will stand up now.” Perhaps it was because she was feeling nervous or vexed at the moment that she actually became tongue-tied.

‘How embarrassing!’

She did not dare to look him in the eye and pretended to be calm when she stood up. However, the moment she raised her head, a wave of pain overwhelmed her head.

“Ah…” She moaned in pain and something pulled her hair down.

In the next moment, she directly fell onto him…

Oh my god! She suddenly had an urge to bury herself!

“Xia Xingchen, what are you doing?!” She could hear Bai Yequing’s ragged breathing. The man, on the other hand, his eyes turned colder and his facial expression was very sour.

“Sorry, sorry…” Xia Xingchen’s cheeks were so red that it could even bleed. She awkwardly looked away and stuttered, “My hair… is stuck on your zipper… do not move.”

Xia Xingchen bent down and adjusted her hair.

This was crazy! Her hair was stuck nowhere but the zipper on his pants! It was so awkward to be stuck there! If she was not careful, her fingers might touch a place where she should not be touching.

She tried to untangle her hair however because she was too anxious, it got tangled even more. Xia Xingchen was so anxious that sweat started to form on her nose while her eyes dared not to look down at the zipper.

Although she already had that kind of experience during those few nights five years ago, she could feel the man’s body stiffen

Xia Xingchen’s mouth suddenly turned dry and she did not dare to look down. She could only look towards the man for help. “What should we do?”

Bai Yeqing gritted his teeth. “You are the one who created this mess, solve it yourself!”

“…” ‘Mr. President is too irresponsible! How could he watch the fire burning from across the river when it comes to such situations?!’

Xia Xingchen bit her lip and carefully said, “Perhaps I need to pull down the zipper…”

Bai Yeqing gave her a dangerous look and in a deep tone, he warned, “You will get it from me if you do it!”

“If not, what should we do?” Xia Xingchen was vexed to the maximum. “We can’t possibly maintain this position forever. How about… I promise I won’t see anything.”

Bai Yeqing really wanted to take a pair of scissors and cut her hair away. However, Xia Xingchen really was not afraid of him, so she closed her eyes tightly before touching his zipper with her slender fingers.

In the end…

The man scoffed and gritted his teeth. “Xia Xingchen, where is your hand touching?!”

“Sorry, sorry, I can’t see…” Upon touching something sensitive, Xia Xingchen was so frightened that she retracted her hand back, she mumbled again, “I told you to do it yourself!”

“You still dare to complain?”

“I don’t dare…” mumbled Xia Xingchen with determination before reaching her hand forward. However, she touched a man’s hand instead.

She opened her eyes and Bai Yeqing gave her a glare. He was clearly very unwilling but he still pulled down the zipper himself. If he let the woman do it, it would be playing with fire!

The zipper was pulled down and Xia Xingchen untangled her hair out. She accidentally looked towards the zipper and her face immediately flushed red.

She only took one look and her heart was already pounding. Xia Xingchen remembered the incident that happened five years ago and her breathing suddenly turned ragged and sweat started to fill her hands.

“Are you done looking?” said the man in his cold voice. He was glaring at her as though his eyes were shooting lasers.

Oh gosh!

Xia Xingchen quickly looked away and gave a dry cough. “I did not see anything…”

He exposed her lie using a hostile tone. “Yes, did you really not see anything or were you staring at it?”

“…” Xia Xingchen could not wait to find a hole and hide in it. Luckily, her hair was already untangled from the zipper. She stood up pathetically and did not even greet him before escaping.

She did not even have the chance to pick up the books on the floor.

Bai Yeqing looked at her departing figure and sat up straight. His breathing was still a little ragged then.

Damn it!

She really did not do it on purpose?

…

After she returned back to the room, Xia Xingchen took a big gulp of water yet she still felt that her mouth was very dry.

She splashed the cold water onto her face however her face was still as red as a tomato.

That was… crazy!

How could she stare at that man’s crotch? Hmm, even if… that man was a rare species and was very sexy, that was too… perverted!

She did not even know how he would think of her from now on!

“Big baby Xia, what’s wrong? Why are you hitting yourself in the middle of the night?” Xia Dabai was awakened by the noise and sat up on his bed. He was still in a daze as he stared at her.

“Nothing, nothing. I… am doing my facial routine!” Xia Xingchen hit her face a few more times as an act. “This way, your blood will flow better and your metabolism would also be faster.”

“Oh. But your face is as red as a pork liver. You look like… you are being shy.”

‘Cries.’

‘This son is too sharp!’

“What’s there to be shy about? Don’t spout nonsense. Quickly lie down and sleep.” Xia Xingchen climbed up the bed and pulled the kid into her embrace.

Xia Dabai did not probe further and hooked his arms around her neck while falling asleep obediently.

After a while, he asked groggily, “Big baby, does daddy not want me anymore?”