A Confession Part 2

This was completely unlike Xie Yanli's style.

Although Qin Fan thought this, her slender white fingertips uncontrollably tapped on that line of text, her eyes staring at it for a long time before looking away.

Finally, her gaze fell on the dimly lit photo.

The black prayer beads formed a stark contrast with their two pale hands.

Looking at the photo, an image seemed to surface in Qin Fan's mind of how Xie Yanli had wrapped the string of prayer beads around her wrist, loop by loop, while she was asleep last night.

Her gaze gradually shifted from the screen to the black prayer beads she had thrown to the foot of the bed.

Qin Fan had, of course, also seen the Xie Group's official Weibo repost, so it wasn't some matching couple's item, but a protective amulet of prayer beads given to him by an elder?

Thinking about how she had willfully demanded he throw the prayer beads away yesterday, and had almost tossed them in the trash today, Qin Fan's dark eyes trembled.

Jiang Rong's voice interrupted her thoughts: “So, did you see it? Isn't your husband totally alpha? Did you give him kisses, hugs, and lift him high?”

Qin Fan: “...”

Just then, Qin Fan suddenly saw the door to the opposite bathroom open.

A tall and slender man walked out wearing a black shirt and dress pants. He wore no tie, and the top two buttons of his shirt were undone, revealing a section of his long, fair neck and a faint glimpse of his exquisite collarbones.

His short black hair was damp and messy, likely because he had just taken a shower. Compared to his usual meticulous appearance, he now had a touch of unruliness and youthfulness.

Qin Fan stared at him blankly.

Jiang Rong's voice continued: “For the next three days, Xiao Tu and I won't disturb you and your husband. Although your knee is injured, it doesn't affect married life. At most, you'll just have to let President Xie take on a little more responsibility.”

“From the looks of it, President Xie's waist strength should be more than enough to support positions where you don't need to move your legs.”

Qin Fan snapped back to her senses just in time to hear the married woman's ‘car’ driving further and further away. Her originally pale little face turned bright red!

“Sister Jiang! What are you talking about!”

“I'm hanging up!”

Ahhh, it was one thing for them to make those jokes normally, but now she was making them right under Xie Yanli's nose! Did she have any face left to lose!

Xie Yanli watched as Mrs. Xie's small face turned from white to red, and then from red to a deep crimson. Her lively peach-blossom eyes were filled with shock and shame.

The man's pale, thin lips curled up slightly.

His voice was unhurried: “Mm, I will take on more responsibility.”

What are you smiling about? Who wants you to take on more responsibility!

Qin Fan was overwhelmed with shame. It made it seem as if she were so desperate that she was thinking about ‘that’ even with an injured leg!

Seeing the man's figure drawing closer, Qin Fan covered her face and explained, “Sister Jiang was talking nonsense, I wasn't thinking that at all!”

Time seemed to stand still.

Covering her eyes, Qin Fan heard the man's footsteps get closer and closer, finally stopping beside her bed.

A few seconds passed, but Qin Fan heard no movement.

She slowly lowered her hands, her eyes dazed as she watched the man pick up the prayer beads she had thrown to the foot of the bed. Her red lips parted: “I...”

But she didn't know what to say.

Qin Fan's eyelashes were lowered as she looked at her clean, slender, but empty wrist. For a moment, a wave of regret washed over her.

Regret for throwing the prayer beads away without even asking.

The next moment.

The man's long, well-proportioned fingers, holding the prayer beads, entered her line of sight.

After putting the prayer beads back onto Qin Fan's wrist, loop by loop, the man's clear, magnetic voice sounded: “Scared?”

He had probably seen her unease.

Qin Fan touched the prayer beads that were back on her wrist, and the heart that had been hanging in suspense finally settled.

The corners of her lips wanted to curl up uncontrollably, but Qin Fan suppressed it.

Lifting her eyes to the man standing before her and looking down at her, she said in a proud tone: “I'm not scared!”

In the cold and silent hospital room, a faint light flowed through the air.

The two looked at each other quietly in this incredibly tender atmosphere.

Having shed the indifference and heartlessness of his usual suit and leather shoes, Xie Yanli, dressed in a black shirt with lazy eyes, had a more worldly charm.

He didn't seem so high and unattainable; it was as if she could reach him just by stretching out her hand.

Being watched by Mrs. Xie with those bright, shimmering peach-blossom eyes, a rare, obscure darkness surfaced in the depths of Xie Yanli's calm eyes.

Xie Yanli looked at the corners of her eyes, which were still a little red, and his fingertips brushed them lightly and discreetly. “The fearless Mrs. Xie, don't hide under the covers to cry in the future.”

Qin Fan: “...”

The atmosphere is so nice, can't this dog man stop exposing the fairy's secrets?

She took a deep breath: “Can you leave your fairy wife some face?”

The usually serious President Xie was unexpectedly amused by her words.

His handsome and indifferent features became exceptionally beautiful in that instant.

Qin Fan's eyelashes trembled slightly, and she suddenly beckoned to him: “Lower your head a bit.”

Xie Yanli didn't know what Mrs. Xie wanted to do now, but looking at her immobile knee, he obediently bent down.

From yesterday until now, his patience with Mrs. Xie seemed to have become increasingly bottomless.

Since he had already given her the prayer beads, taking another step back seemed like nothing.

The next second.

Xie Yanli felt a soft pair of lips kiss his cheek, and Qin Fan's triumphant laugh sounded by his ear: “A reward for Mr. Xie for observing male virtue.”

A kiss on the cheek, this kind of pure, desireless kiss, had never happened between them before.

Qin Fan grabbed the collar of the man's shirt, her face serious: “But I think you...”

Before she could finish, the hospital room door was suddenly pushed open: “Surprise!”