Chapter 176: Additional Cost

Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations

After Lin Xi expressed this clearly with hand gestures, she lowered her hand and gripped the blanket in front of her chest tightly. As if she was expecting an explanation, her eyes were filled with hostility.

Shi Xiao didn’t say anything. Instead, Yuan Shu looked at her in confusion and said awkwardly, “I’m sorry, 1 can’t read sign language, so 1 can’t communicate with you.”

Lin Xi’s hands that were pinching the blanket turned white, as if she had suffered a grievance.

She deliberately said this because she wanted to see Yuan Shu get jealous and make Shi Xiao impatient with her. She wanted to pretend that she had only asked this question subconsciously and had not deliberately tried to sow discord. However, she didn’t expect Yuan Shu to expose her intentions. For a moment, the atmosphere was extremely awkward.

Perhaps because Zhao Cheng didn’t want to see Lin Xi in a difficult position, he tried to smooth things over and translate this sign language message to Yuan Shu.

“She…” As soon as he said the first word, Zhao Cheng realized that it didn’t seem appropriate to say this in front of Yuan Shu, so he immediately shut his mouth and swallowed his words.

It didn’t matter even if this matter wasn’t resolved!

In the end, Yuan Shu couldn’t stand it anymore. Yuan Shu had seen many women who pretended to be weak and innocuous in the palace. She used to be a frequent guest in the palace and chatted with the empress in the palace quite often. There were many people who were way better at pretending than Lin Xi, so it was really boring to see her asking for trouble here.

Hence, Yuan Shu said, “I’m a little thirsty, so I’m going downstairs to buy a bottle of water. I’ll wait for you in the car.”

With that, Yuan Shu immediately broke free from Shi Xiao’s grasp on her waist and turned to leave the ward.

Lin Xi felt that she had been insulted. Yuan Shu clearly didn’t take her seriously, since she actually dressed up so casually when meeting her love rival. This meant that she didn’t think that Lin Xi would pose any threat to her at all.

Lin Xi gritted her teeth and tears instantly filled her eyes. Then, she started to act pitiful and gestured at Shi Xiao in sign language. “I’m sorry, I didn’t do it on purpose. I overstepped my boundaries just now.”

Shi Xiao looked at her calmly and was even wondering if Lin Xi’s actions made Yuan Shu a little jealous.

Seeing that Shi Xiao was in a daze, Lin Xi nudged his arm gently. After Shi Xiao came back to his senses, he took half a step back and said, “It’s fine. Rest well. 1’11 visit you when I’m free. 1’11 be leaving now.”

After Shi Xiao finished speaking, he turned around and left the ward without waiting for Lin Xi to persuade him to stay.

When Zhao Cheng saw this scene, he didn’t know how to react. Why did he feel that everyone’s attitude had changed drastically after they returned?

Didn’t Young Master hate Young Madam before? Why did he bring Young Madam here now?

When Lin Xi was in Africa, she was so gentle. Why did she seem so pretentious now?

And Young Madam, was she avoiding Young Master’s grasp just now?

Zhao Cheng even suspected that his eyes were playing tricks on him. Before they went to Africa two months ago, she call the eldest young master every day. Could it be that she was playing hard to get?!

Yuan Shu had already bought mineral water and sat in the back seat again. She thought that she would have to wait for a long time, but she didn’t expect Shi Xiao to follow her out as soon as she got into the car.

The chauffeur asked, “Young Master, Young Madam, where are you guys going now?”

Shi Xiao said, “Back to the villa.”

After the car started, Shi Xiao asked Yuan Shu, “In the situation just now, how could you labandon me and leave first?”

After Yuan Shu unscrewed the cap of the mineral water bottle and took a sip to moisten her throat, she replied, “You only said that you wanted me to come with you, but you didn’t say that I needed to accompany you to take care of her. That’ll be an additional cost.”

Shi Xiao didn’t expect the usually aloof Yuan Shu to joke, so he couldn’t help but chuckle softly.

“It seems that you’ve been with Shi Lu for too long. Even the way you speak has become very similar.”

As Yuan Shu tapped her chin with her fingers, Zhang Zhang’s cute smiling face suddenly appeared in her mind. “Yes, but not entirely.”

Compared to the mischevious Shi Lu, Zhang Zhang’s quirkiness was what motivated Yuan Shu the most. After spending a long time with Zhang Zhang, she couldn’t help but become lively and outgoing. This feeling wasn’t bad..