Pampered by Short-Lived Bigshot-Chapter 943 - 563: A Grown Man Locks the Door to Sleep? Honor Student vs. Underachiever (Part 2)

Chapter 943: Chapter 563: A Grown Man Locks the Door to Sleep? Honor Student vs. Underachiever (Part 2)

"I know..." Ruan Mengxi opened the bag and handed him a plastic bag, "Mainly to get your medication."

Medication?

Qi Zeyan never considered himself as a patient, so he naturally didn’t care about taking or applying medication.

"Right, I also brought back your phone charger, tablet, computer, and all that." As an assistant, Ruan Mengxi knew exactly what he needed.

As she handed the items to Qi Zeyan, he paused for two seconds, seemingly remembering that his tone earlier wasn’t very good, "You were out for too long..."

"I originally just wanted to go to the supermarket outside the complex to buy some things, but then I found your medication was still at the hospital. Later, I wanted to call you but found your phone was off." Ruan Mengxi explained to him while she lowered her head to help organize his things.

Knowing every little habit of his, being thorough, considerate, and attentive, ironically made Qi Zeyan a bit uneasy.

"Girls shouldn’t go out alone this late."

"I know, just put on the medication first."

...

Qi Zeyan applied the medication while Ruan Mengxi sat beside him watching.

Before, when he said he would come home with her, she even thought about whether she could just throw him down or something. But later when he really moved in, she worried if he’d be uncomfortable or not used to living there, being utterly concerned.

He had just taken a shower, his hair was messy, and it was impossible to have a shower and a blow-dry before bed, let alone style it with some pomade.

His hair was slightly long, covering part of his brows and eyes, softening the usual elite demeanor during work, even his features were much gentler, especially wearing the middle-aged style pajamas, he completely lost his usual posture of a young master.

"What are you staring at?" Qi Zeyan, after applying the medication, found her staring blankly at him.

"Huh?" Ruan Mengxi snapped back to reality, "I... I just think that you..."

"Hmm?"

"You have a lot of hair." Ruan Mengxi smiled sheepishly, not daring to show her true intentions.

Qi Zeyan wiped off the ointment from his hands and casually ran his fingers through his hair, seemingly quite pleased with his own hair volume too.

After applying the medication, Qi Zeyan naturally went back to his room to sleep, as it was a single-person apartment of a young girl, hanging around the living room as a grown man wasn’t appropriate.

Meanwhile, Ruan Mengxi quickly took a shower and specially changed into what she thought was quite a sexy nightgown.

She prepared to seize the chance to say goodnight and make her presence felt.

However, after calling out a few times at the door, there was no response from inside.

Could he have fallen asleep already?

With meat delivered right to the door, even if she wasn’t going to eat it tonight, just having a look would be satisfying, right? Convinced that there was no movement inside, she took a deep breath, ready to open the door, only to be dumbfounded...

He had locked the door from inside!

He was a grown man, locking the door to sleep? What was he guarding against?

Ruan Mengxi stood at the doorway, utterly stunned.

After returning to her room, she lay on the bed tossing and turning, unable to sleep. She didn’t even lock her door, so why did he lock his? The more she thought about it, the angrier she became. But after a whole night of turmoil, she eventually dozed off.

The next morning, she had to rush to the hospital to put on a show in front of the old man Qi.

"...What did you say, he ran off?" The old man, hearing that someone with a lame leg could still run, grew more and more furious, "How did he run off?"

"I don’t know either." Ruan Mengxi feigned innocence, "Do you need me to look for him?"

"No need, leave him be. I refuse to believe he can survive long out there without his ID."

The old man grew increasingly annoyed, comparing Jiang Family’s grandson with his own...

Too lazy to look for him.

He believed that it was impossible for him to hide at the Jiang Family with his brothers or at the Huo Family, he’d surely come back eventually. He never imagined that he was hiding out at Ruan Mengxi’s place.

"If you’re not looking for him, then I..." Ruan Mengxi pursed her lips.

"You’ve had a hard time lately. Since your boss took off, might as well give you a few days off."

Ruan Mengxi originally thought that she’d have to go to work at the company, but upon hearing she could actually have a break, she realized that meant she could stay at home 24/7 and be alone with him?

Could happiness arrive too abruptly?

**

Leaving the hospital, Ruan Mengxi remembered to call Tang Wan, but Tang Wan was in the middle of a class and decisively rejected the call.

Tang Wan was on the verge of laughing.

Today’s childcare class was teaching how to soothe a child, and Huo Qinqi was there auditing, being a "listener, transfer student," without a wife to take care of, directly got called up to demonstrate by the teacher.

For instance, how to change a baby’s diaper, and how to hold a baby correctly, Huo Qinqi was completely perplexed, and could only sneak glances at the teacher, watching how she did it.

Many people were in front watching him, sneaking glances, yet he couldn’t make it too obvious.

The key issue was that he had barely held a child. Although he watched Jiangjiang grow up, he spent most of his time outside, knowing he was clumsy, and never really held him when he was little.

Even though they practiced with realistic dolls in class, he still didn’t know where to start.

He finally understood what Qi Zeyan used to say: "You think copying homework in class is easy? You have to be skillful to copy homework without the teacher noticing."

Indeed...

It didn’t just require technique but a thick face as well!

It might be a personality trait, where Jiang Jinsang, when faced with something he didn’t understand, would ask directly, but Huo Qinqi wouldn’t. He always believed he could handle it himself.

But taking care of a child isn’t about strength or brute force.

Tang Wan had never seen Huo Qinqi so flustered before.

These were also Jiang Jinsang’s first lessons. By the end of the course, Jiang Jinsang did quite a good job, receiving praise from the teacher, who glanced at Huo Qinqi, "If you were my official student, otherwise..."

"You would definitely be kept in for detention today."

"Since you’re friends with Fifth Lord, you should ask him for more advice. What he does is textbook-worthy, whereas you..."

"Just keep working harder." The teacher was somewhat at a loss for words regarding Huo Qinqi’s performance today and stopped from saying too much, offering a consoling remark, "It’s your first time, and actually, you’re doing pretty well."

This kind of polite remark, Huo Qinqi often said to his subordinates, never expecting karma to circle back, with someone using it on him.

Later, the teacher divided everyone into two groups based on completion, Jiang Jinsang naturally being in the top group, and for the first time in his life, Huo Qinqi...

Was placed in the bottom group!

Be it during studies or work or while on missions, Huo Qinqi had never been treated this way.

For the first time in his life, he doubted his usually reliable hands-on abilities, feeling as though he couldn’t complete anything properly.

His first major setback was due to Shen Shuci.

And at this moment, he had a hunch that his second major setback might be due to this small mishap.

Somehow, this was relayed back to Qi Zeyan, who teased him: "Old Huo, how does it feel staying in the bottom group?"

Huo Qinqi raised an eyebrow, keeping a straight face when responding:

"Staying in the bottom group might not be strange to you, but..."

"It’s my first time, and it’s a bit novel."

Qi Zeyan frowned: Is this snarky guy implying something? What does he mean by not strange to me?