“So, what’s it about?” Yan curiously blinked her eyes at her. “There have been so many things happening lately that I can barely digest all of them. What’s going on between you and Mr. Han?”
“Yan, will you please mind your own business?” Shen Qi helplessly looked at her while putting the chopsticks down. “The two of us are not like what you think, and I haven’t figured out what kind of relationship it is between us.”
She hadn’t made up her mind whether she should embrace this newfound familial love.
Yan complained, “How petty you are! Not even willing to share one bit about your story. Hmph!”
Suddenly, the doorbell rang halfway through their conversation.
Yan seized the opportunity and volunteered. “I’ll answer the door!”
Remembering what Madam Lian said, Yan knew the visitor who rang the doorbell must be Han Qing!
She was burning with curiosity deep down that she couldn’t wait to behold what would soon unfold. Then, she opened the door and found Han Qing standing outside as she expected.
Han Qing was seen in a dark suit with a pair of cold eyes, radiating an aura of charm.
Tsk! It was this aura of charm that made Yan think Shen Qi was blessed with a stroke of luck. Although she had divorced Ye Moxuan, she still had tenacious admirers such as Ye Linhan who wouldn’t stop pursuing her and the handsome Han Qing. Either one of them seemed to be a good pick to her.
Upon seeing Yan, Han Qing stared at her without blinking. Soon after, he shifted his gaze away from Yan to peek inside the room.
Yan smilingly asked, “Are you, Mr. Han?”
Han Qing nodded while pursing his lips.
Yan moved aside and said, “Qi is inside.”
Frowning slightly, Han Qing proceeded to make his way into the room while sizing Yan up from the corner of his eye. He noticed a cheeky grin on the girl’s face, with her eyes looking at him as if she was up to no good.
Could this girl have misunderstood something?
At the thought of that, Han Qing knitted his eyebrow even more.
In fact, Shen Qi had started to have butterflies in her stomach since Yan went to open the door. In her current condition, she was rather reluctant to see Han Qing, for she needed more time to clear her mind.
Therefore, when Han Qing walked behind her, Shen Qi subconsciously stood up.
“You…”
“How do you feel?”
Han Qing naturally put his briefcase aside and shifted his gaze to Shen Qi. He then greeted her in a caring tone like an elder who was concerned for his young. Upon greeting her, he saw the table, where he noticed nothing left of breakfast.
After pausing for a while, Han Qing couldn’t help but smile faintly.
“It seems like you had a good appetite. So, you should be as fit as a fiddle.”
Her mood had probably been lifted as well.
To his surprise, his little sister bore a resemblance to his mother in their personalities.
Shen Qi was about to respond, but upon hearing Han Qing, she swallowed her words from the tip of her tongue.
At the sight of the messy table, she couldn’t help but turn to look at Yan who was approaching.
Oh my goodness… where were all the table manners?
“Mr. Han, please rest assured. Qi had a really good appetite. Plus, I’ll make sure she forces something down even if she doesn’t feel like eating.”
Upon hearing Yan’s words, Han Qing surprisingly gave her a pleasant smile. “Please, be my guest.”
“It’s no big deal.” Yan waved. “We are good friends, so, I ought to take good care of her…” Yan extended the note of her last word as she said that, where she was in fact trying to sound Han Qing out. However, it seemed like Han Qing didn’t manage to read between the lines but merely raised his wrist to check the time with a calm look on his face.
“Alright then. I have a meeting in half an hour. So, I’ll stick around for ten more minutes before I get going.”
Han Qing proceeded to sit down after telling the ladies about his schedule. There were too many things lying on the table. Therefore, Shen Qi secretly nudged Yan’s arms to gesture for her help in cleaning up the mess.
The two of them quickly tidied up the table. Following which, Shen Qi cast a glance in Han Qing’s direction.
“Han… have you taken your breakfast? Would you like to…”
Han Qing gently looked at her and replied, “It’s alright. I’m fine.”
He did indeed intend to join her for breakfast, but his main intention was to make sure she ate her breakfast. However, since she had already finished breakfast, Han Qing thought it was no longer important whether he would be having breakfast.
Watching aside in confusion, Yan awkwardly apologized. “Ah, I’m sorry. I didn’t know you would come, Mr. Han. If I had known that you were coming, I would have waited for you.”
In fact, she was aware of Han Qing’s visit. She just… didn’t believe that the boss of the Han Group would swing by the hotel to join them for breakfast, for it simply seemed like something that would only happen in a fantasy.
Therefore, she didn’t take his arrival into account, which resulted in the unsightly mess on the dining table. Besides, she forced the food down because she didn’t want them to go to waste, only to suffer uncomfortably from a bloated stomach moments later.
“No worries. I’ll leave in a short while anyway.”
“I’ll get you a glass of water.” Yan must have probably realized she ate a little too much than she should, so she quickly slipped away to get Han Qing some water.
Soon after, she realized that a glass of water was too far less decent to be served, so she doubled back and smilingly said, “I saw a café nearby this morning when I was on my way here. President Han, if you don’t mind, I could perhaps head downstairs and get you a cup of coffee with some sandwich. What do you say?”
Upon pausing for a while, Han Qing shifted his gaze to Shen Qi and nodded. “Sure.”
“Alright, I’ll get them now. I promise I’ll be back in a jiffy!”
Getting ahead of herself, Yan left in a heartbeat.
After Yan was gone, the room was left with only Shen Qi and Han Qing in it.
Although they might be related, Shen Qi still found herself in an awkward position, for she was reluctant to be alone with Han Qing in the room.
A silence ensued and was only broken when Han Qing suddenly said, “I’ll deal with Xueyou.”
Upon hearing what he said, Shen Qi looked up and curiously asked, “How are you going to deal with her? Have you all really confirmed my identity? No more doubts? After all, Xueyou’s example was a lesson from history. Therefore, I think… it’d be wiser for you to be more cautious as to avoid mistakes should there be any future misunderstanding regarding my identity. By then…”
“No.” Han Qing interrupted her words calmly with an indifferent look. “This time, it won’t be wrong.”
Biting her lips, Shen Qi looked down and stared at her own fingertips.
“Are you scared?”
She remained silent, lowering her head even more.
How could she not be scared? She was suddenly told that her parents who had been with her for years were not related to her, and because of that, she became a forsaken orphan overnight. On the other hand, although the Han family had come forth and claimed her to be related to them, she couldn’t be more wary, what’s with Han Xueyou’s attitude toward her earlier. She was afraid that the Han Family would one day prove her identity false when she had already embraced and gotten attached with the family.
In the end, who was she? Who could she be?
After staring at the back of her head for a while, Han Qing finally let out a sigh.
“There is a question that I wasn’t going to ask, but since you’re so worried, I guess I’ll just have to bring it up.”
Upon hearing what he said, Shen Qi looked up and stared blankly at him. “What is it?”
Han Qing avoided her gaze; it was apparent that he was indeed reluctant to ask the question.
After all, his sister had now grown up to be an adult.
