As soon as he finished speaking, he turned to Xi Yan, his voice rising involuntarily. "You told them?"
Before Xi Yan could answer, Bai Yin cautiously raised her hand. "Um... actually, I figured it out."
After listening to Bai Yin carefully explain how she had figured it out, Bai Le looked at her expectant face, waiting to be praised, and thought blankly, You're practically Sherlock Holmes reincarnated. Why don't you just become a detective?
"Um, Lele..." Bai Huizhang said awkwardly, "Since it's already happened... what do you think?"
What do I think?
Bai Le's expression was complicated. He didn't know what to do either. He looked at Bai Yin, guilt showing on his face.
Xi Yan had been watching him the whole time. When he noticed his expression, his eyes darkened. Then he said to Bai Huizhang and the others in a low voice, "Please step outside for a moment. I need to talk to him."
Bai Huizhang and the others were all taken aback, but they tactfully asked no questions. They turned and went out the door.
Once again, only Bai Le and Xi Yan were left in the room. Bai Le looked at him, and the next second, his eyes suddenly widened in disbelief.
Xi Yan stood up, walked to the door, and locked it behind him. Then he walked toward Bai Le, one step at a time.
"What's wrong?" Bai Le felt a little panicked.
Xi Yan said calmly, "If this is because of your sister, there's no need."
Bai Le froze for a moment, realizing he was talking about his escape. His instincts really were sharp; he had picked out the main reason right away.
Xi Yan pulled up a stool and sat down. Looking at him with a slight frown, he explained, "I talked to your sister about it. She didn't have any particular reaction."
More precisely, her reaction had been one of delight, though after that she had grown a little worried and cautiously asked him:
"My brother, does he..."
He knew what she meant. She wanted to ask whether Bai Le liked him.
At the thought, Xi Yan's eyes turned pitch-black. For the first time, he felt uncertain. He didn't know whether Bai Le would agree.
Still thinking about what he had said, Bai Le asked curiously, "What did you talk about?" Why had he said his sister hadn't had any particular reaction?
Xi Yan gazed at Bai Le in silence for quite a while, then leaned forward. As the distance between them narrowed, Xi Yan's face was reflected in Bai Le's eyes. He looked dazed, as though he hadn't realized what was happening.
Seeing that he didn't have any particular reaction, Xi Yan frowned even more deeply, then drew back.
Bai Le stared at him blankly. Though he didn't know what Xi Yan meant by that, he could feel the atmosphere around him turn chilly all of a sudden.
"What is it, exactly?"
When he didn't answer, Bai Le's heart felt as if it were being scratched by a cat's claws, and his curiosity only grew.
Xi Yan's gaze fell on him, then slowly traveled up to his face. He reached out and stroked his head. The gesture wasn't like soothing a child; it seemed to carry a solemn promise.
"How about marrying me?"
Author's note: Marriage, hehe! Now it's Fourth Master's turn to flirt with our silly Lele.
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Chapter 24
Bai Le was so startled that his heart trembled and his mind went blank. He had been wondering why Xi Yan had suddenly become so agreeable and much gentler with him than before. So this was what he had been waiting for.
He stammered, "Th-that's too sudden. Let me think."
He didn't dare refuse him to his face. But on second thought, since his sister didn't like Xi Yan, and he no longer had that concern, what reason did he have to refuse?
Bai Le furrowed his brow and thought seriously for a while. He really couldn't seem to find a reason.
He didn't dislike Xi Yan, and through a twist of fate, he had become pregnant with his child. It seemed he could just go along with the mistake, but another thought quickly rose in his mind to counter it.
In that case, he might have to spend the rest of his life living with a man.
Bai Le studied Xi Yan's face carefully, then looked away. The man really was very handsome, though.
But in this world, it was his own thinking that seemed out of place. Even if he called it abnormal, other people would think he was the abnormal one.
And as for this child, Bai Le thought a little sentimentally, it seemed to need a complete family.
Xi Yan casually picked up an apple from the bedside table, lowered his eyes, and began peeling it. His hands were beautiful, though a little pale. The peel came off in spirals, curling like a flower, before he tossed it into the trash.