The host mother heard some rustling in the room. She walked up to the door and knocked on it quizzically. "Xixi, are you there?"

Su Xi anxiously shifted her chair to the left and said, "Yes."

The moment the host mother opened the door, she saw Su Xi alone in the room. Su Xi was sitting obediently at her desk and doing her homework. The temperature of the air conditioner in the room was too low. Su Xi even covered her knees with a jacket, so she knew not to wear shorts in an air-conditioned room. If she wore shorts in an air-conditioned room in summer, she would definitely get cold feet when she got old.

The host mother felt very relieved and walked over to take a look at the paper Su Xi was doing.

Su Xi's heart skipped a beat. She secretly glanced under the table from the corner of her eye. She was so nervous that her palms were sweating.

Her desk was by the window and there were cabinets on both sides. She could not see the young man squatting under the table from the door or the side. However, she would definitely see him if she walked behind her.

If her mother discovered that there was a handsome boy in the room, she would definitely be accused of being in a relationship and bringing him home. She would not be able to clear her name even if she jumped into the Yellow River.

Fortunately, the host mother could not be bothered to walk further. She casually glanced at Su Xi's homework and asked, "I saw a boy's shoes at the entrance and thought Huo Yao was here. Why isn't he here?"

Su Xi scribbled on the draft paper and pretended to be calculating. She said, "Oh, he came to play in the afternoon. He already left."

"Left?

Why didn't he stay for dinner? "

The host mother turned to leave but immediately felt that something was amiss. "If he left, why are his shoes still in our house?"

Su Xi broke out in a cold sweat. She pretended to be nonchalant and said, "Maybe he forgot. He must have accidentally left in our slippers."

The host mother, "..."

"Kids these days play games all day and get distracted. How can Huo Yao be so careless..." The host mother did not think much of it. She closed the door for Su Xi and went to the kitchen to prepare dinner.

Only then did the room return to silence.

Su Xi's pounding heart felt like it had just gone through a roller coaster. She took off the coat on her knees and slid to the door in fear. She glanced outside the door and saw that her parents didn't suspect anything. She then let out a sigh of relief, locked the door, and returned to the table.

She squatted down and whispered, "Lu Huan, that's enough. My mom's gone."

Under the table, Lu Huan was hugging her knees. Her head was leaning against the drawer, and her dark eyelashes were closed. She had fallen asleep.

Su Xi squatted in front of him and couldn't help but stop calling him.

Although Lu Huan had only mentioned briefly about the flood in Chengzhou, Su Xi knew that in order to reach 200 points as soon as possible, he must have been exhausted from not sleeping for many days. After coming here, he was in a completely different environment. He might not have been able to fall asleep last night at the Huo Jingchuan residence, so he fell asleep in such a short time.

Su Xi wanted to let him sleep a little longer, so he quietly turned off the phone to silent mode.

She sat on the floor with her elbows on her knees and her chin on her hands as she looked at him.

The lamp on the table couldn't shine down, so there was only a bit of light around Lu Huan's chin.

His facial features were hidden in the shadows. His handsome eyebrows and tall nose bridge could be considered a cold and gorgeous face. However, when he closed his eyes, he was quiet. People couldn't help but breathe softly for fear of disturbing him.

His long eyelashes that were as thick as crow's feathers unconsciously fluttered, casting a shadow on his eyelids that made people's hearts itch.

At such a close distance, Su Xi looked at him seriously. She couldn't help but sigh in her heart. Zaizai was really good-looking …

He was different from the boys in school who mainly played basketball. The skin on his arms had some shallow scars. Because he was wearing short sleeves, they were all exposed. The scar on his right arm was deeper. It was an unremarkable arrow wound.

He hugged his knees and sat there like a pine tree covered in white snow. If the table wasn't a little short, even if he accidentally fell asleep, his back would still be straight.

Perhaps it was too quiet. Su Xi could only hear the sound of her breathing as she tried her best to breathe softly. Her heartbeat slowly quickened.

She couldn't help but lean forward and reach out her hand to touch the faint scar on his right arm.

When it was bandaged in the military camp, the wound was bloody and Su Xi was very distressed. Fortunately, the golden sore medicine from the mall was very effective. It recovered in two months.

However, there were still some traces left on the youth's overly white skin.

Su Xi's cold fingers touched his arm. Su Xi touched some slightly uneven scars.

Su Xi breathed in gently. She was a little worried about whether he had a scar constitution. When would these old scars completely disappear?

Su Xi felt the touch from her fingertips. She listened to Lu Huan's subtle breathing and looked at the few strands of hair on his forehead that were gently blown by the air conditioner. Once again, she deeply felt that he was a living person with flesh and blood in front of her.

He could hug her, hold her hand, and easily carry her horizontally.

… Do I like him?

Su Xi didn't dare to imagine falling in love with a paper person, or rather, a person she couldn't meet in another world. But now, he was sleeping in front of her. He had real breathing, real blood flowing, and real temperature …

So, how could she not like him?

After all, the youth sitting in front of her hugging his knees was so good-looking.

Su Xi could imagine how he would look when he opened his eyes and looked at her. His expression would be like melting snow.

In fact, Su Xi had been with him for so long that she could almost imagine what he looked like at any time …

His vigilant look when he was still a dumpling before opening the original arts. His slightly indifferent gaze when he looked at others. His emotional look when he looked up at her through the screen …

His blood-stained armor after opening the original arts, his cold and stern look when he handled military affairs … His irrepressible radiance when he saw her …

Zaizai was very gentle.

No matter how he treated others, whether he was indifferent and gloomy, or cold as ice … No matter how he felt, whether he was happy or angry, he was always gentle and soft towards her, as if she could wring water out of him.

So, how could she not like him?

Su Xi was originally unsure before he came to her side.

She didn't know what kind of feelings it was. Perhaps it was more like the feelings of two years of companionship?

But Gu Qin was right about one thing. Friendship was not possessive.

However, she still wanted to avoid it subconsciously. After all, traveling through time was an unimaginable thing for Su Xi.

When Lu Huan was working hard to learn modern civilization and wanted to integrate as soon as possible, she never thought that one day, he could really stand in front of her like this … But now, he was indeed in front of her. Her fingers were touching his skin. His hot blood was flowing under his skin … His eyelashes fluttered gently, falling on Su Xi's rapidly beating heart.

He had already completed 99.9% of the journey.

And she …

Su Xi looked at his handsome face. Her brain unknowingly turned into paste.

It was at this moment that Lu Huan seemed to feel the touch of icy cold fingertips on his shoulder. He rolled his eyes and suddenly opened them.

Su Xi even leaned forward and stared at him without blinking. His sitting posture made him look like an idiot.

The two of them were too close.

It was as if their breaths fell on each other's faces.

Su Xi was shocked. At the same time, her face and ears turned red.

She hurriedly tried to stand up.

In a panic, she completely forgot that there was a table above her head. Her head suddenly bumped into it. But fortunately, before her head was about to hit the table, Lu Huan quickly blocked it with his hand. Su Xi only made a muffled sound from his palm.

Su Xi sat on the ground and nervously held Lu Huan's hand. "Are you okay?

Does it hurt? "

"It's okay."

Lu Huan's eyes were faintly shining. He looked at her and was about to speak when he suddenly heard footsteps from outside.

Lu Huan's mouth was suddenly covered by Su Xi.

The two of them immediately shut their mouths and held their breaths.

Mother Su knocked twice on the door. "It's time to eat, Xixi."

Mother Su looked at the door handle strangely and said, "Why did you lock the door all of a sudden?"

Su Xi's heart suddenly jumped to her throat. She didn't know if it was because she was frightened by her mother outside the door or because of the young man's breath that was so close to her. It was a little warm and fell on her palm.

Perhaps the two of them were too close. She could only hear the sound of their hearts beating very fast, but she couldn't tell whose heart it was.

"I'll be right there!

Right away! "Su Xi quickly raised her voice.

Mother Su walked away. "Hurry up. The food will get cold soon."

After mother Su left, Su Xi breathed a sigh of relief. She sat on the ground and slowly removed her hand from Lu Huan's mouth. Her cheeks were a little hot.

Lu Huan's ears were a little red. She didn't know what he was thinking.

After a while, he stood up and helped Su Xi up from the ground. He lowered his voice and said, "Sorry, did I doze off just now?"

"Have a good rest after you go back."

Su Xi was afraid that her parents outside would hear her, so she said angrily, "I'll go out to eat first. Otherwise, my mother will call me again later."

"Okay." Lu Huan turned off the air conditioner for her and smiled. "Go ahead."

Originally, she wanted to let Lu Huan take a shower and change into the clothes he wore when he came up. However, now that Father Su and Mother Su had returned early, Lu Huan obviously couldn't leave the room to go to the bathroom.

Moreover, he hadn't eaten dinner yet.

On one hand, Su Xi was very nervous. She was afraid that her parents would find out and she would feel like a thief. On the other hand, she felt sorry for Lu Huan because he didn't eat or sleep well.

She walked to the door and turned back worriedly.

Lu Huan stood in the room and looked at her. His eyebrows were as clean as the first snow.

Su Xi heard her parents talking outside. She was frightened. She calmed down and opened the door.

However, before she went out, she stopped in her tracks again.

She turned back again.

Lu Huan was still standing there. He seemed to want to wait for her to go out of the room so that he could use his phone and leave.

However, he didn't expect her to turn back three times.

He couldn't help but raise his eyebrows and ask her, "What's wrong?"

Su Xi looked at him. She couldn't help but recall the scenes where she disappointed him.

That time in the barracks outside the capital.

That time in the courtyard of the Ministry of War.

That time in the Imperial Garden.

Every time, he would watch her leave. Just like now, he would wait for her to go offline first.

On the screen that was slowly fading out, he tried not to show his disappointment — just like now.

Su Xi suddenly closed the door gently and quickly walked back to Lu Huan's side.

Before Lu Huan could react, Su Xi grabbed the corner of his short-sleeved shirt and whispered, "Before you came, didn't the empress want to choose a concubine for you?

How did you solve it? "

Before this, Su Xi had never cared about this. She had never cared whether there were other women around him. Lu Huan even thought that if he really got married and had children one day, she would clap her hands in joy and be more excited than he was.

Therefore, when he heard Su Xi ask this at this time, Lu Huan subconsciously thought that she wanted to persuade him not to resist the imperial edict after he went back.

His hands and feet were cold. Endless disappointment surged in his heart. For a moment, his heart was throbbing with pain. However, he calmed down and tried to suppress it. He only said hoarsely, "Why ask this?

Even if you … "

Even if she said that day that she only saw him as a friend and a cub, in his eyes, there was no room for anyone other than her.

She already knew this, but she still wanted to persuade him to marry someone else?

Hearing such words from her mouth was no less than death by a thousand cuts to Lu Huan.

He wanted her to stop saying that.

But no matter how angry he was, he couldn't say harsh words to her.

However, before Lu Huan could speak, he heard Su Xi whisper, "You're not allowed to choose."

Lu Huan was stunned. He couldn't believe his ears for a moment.

He suspected that he had heard wrong.

He lowered his eyes and stared at her in a hurry. He was a little confused.

Su Xi raised her head slightly and looked at him. She nervously repeated, "You're not allowed to choose a concubine after you go back. You're not allowed."

Lu Huan looked like he had heard something earth-shattering. He stared at her in a daze.

When his brain started to work slowly and he understood what she meant, his stifled breathing started to quicken.