Tianye, feeling helpless about his father’s cruelty, had unexpectedly found a kindred spirit. So he sat down, mimicking Xiaoshuang’s posture, his head drooping on his arms across the railing…
Want to fool someone? Tianye thought for a moment, “Got it, we’ll fool each other, haha, we’ll pretend to agree, then make them lose their guard. We’ll just go through the motions, and they won’t be watching us so closely every day.” Tianye kept laughing at Si Xiaoshuang, feeling this was a completely new attempt.
No matter where you are, I will always think of you. No matter where you are, I will always be with you. Even if we are scattered across the world, my heart will forever be with you.
At this moment, Tianye would do anything to pass his father’s test and to see Meiyu as soon as possible.
In the Si family villa courtyard, Tianye and Si Xiaoshuang were playing badminton, engaging in an intense back-and-forth for half the afternoon. This was the spot Si Kun would always pass through when returning home.
“Uncle, Xiaoshuang is really nice. We… we’re doing quite well.” After jumping up to make a beautiful smash, Si Kun returned and stood at the courtyard gate. Tianye immediately ran over.
Si Kun smiled and patted Tianye’s head, “That’s right, child. Get along well with Xiaoshuang, take care of her. Have fun… Oh, by the way, Xiaoshuang is really good at badminton. Can you handle her?” Si Kun looked at the racket in Tianye’s hand and the sweat on his body.
Tianye understood what Si Kun meant. Just moments ago, Si Xiaoshuang couldn’t even hold a racket – how could she be good? He laughed, “Hehe, Uncle’s joking with me. Xiaoshuang’s hands are for calligraphy and playing piano.” At this moment, Tianye realized Si Kun was particularly cunning.
Si Kun’s face showed a slight embarrassment, but Tianye continued laughing, “Haha, I’m just teasing you. Anyway, child, it’s your first time in Singapore. Have a good time, okay? How about staying for a month?
“Si Kun’s words clearly added another chip, and if Tianye didn’t agree, it would seem his sincerity was insufficient and easily seen through.
Tianye paused, draping his arm over Si Kun’s shoulder, speaking very casually, “Sure, Xiaoshuang is so beautiful, Singapore is so prosperous, and Uncle is so kind to me. I definitely need to enjoy myself before going back.”
They exchanged a smile, and then Si Kun returned to his study to work.
Tian Ye lowered his head, winked at her, signaling to stay quiet, “How about we mess with them?”
Zheng Yi, who was feeling depressed, immediately perked up upon hearing Tian Ye’s words, clapping his hands, “Okay, okay.”
Tian Ye nodded, sat up, stretched out his hand and called out loudly, “Waiter, could you come here for a moment?”
Soon, a young gentleman waiter walked over from the cafe’s front desk, approached Tian Ye, and respectfully asked, “Sir, how can I help you?”
Tian Ye raised his hand, wiggling his fingers in front of the waiter, gesturing for him to come closer, “We’ve been targeted by thieves.”
The waiter immediately became nervous and alert.”
Tian Ye tugged at the waiter’s clothes, telling him not to look so obvious to avoid attracting attention. He then pulled the waiter close to his ear and whispered something. The waiter collected himself and left, his expression unchanged, as if nothing had happened.
After a while, Tian Ye and Si Xiaoshuang finished their coffee. They didn’t order anything else or ask for playing cards. Tian Ye leaned back in his seat and shouted, “Shall we take a stroll by the sea?”
Si Xiaoshuang, captivated by the romantic atmosphere, laughed, “Okay, okay.”
They went to the cafe’s front desk, signed the bill, and Tian Ye gave a knowing look to the waiter. He put his arm around Si Xiaoshuang, and they left.
As soon as they walked out, the two “plainclothes” guards stood up and followed. They discovered the young lady’s bag left on the table.
The two exchanged glances and picked up the bag, their intentions unclear but actions deliberate.
As they turned around, many people appeared behind them. The waiter Tian Ye had spoken to stood at the front, backed by the cafe’s security, surrounding the two guards.
The waiter loudly accused one of the bag-carrying guards, “How dare you try to steal Young Master Si’s belongings!”
The guards panicked, trying to explain, but they were merely low-level operatives in Si’s team, without proper identification.
Tian Ye and Si Xiaoshuang stood outside the cafe, watching the scene through the window, laughing heartily and thoroughly enjoying themselves.
Later, Si Xiaoshuang said, “Brother Tian Ye, let’s go to the seaside and get some fresh air.”
Tian Ye, seemingly uninterested, waved his hand, “Go to the seaside? I’m tired. I’m going back to rest.” And he headed towards the Si residence.
One day, Tian Ye proposed leaving to stay in Hong Kong for a while. Si Kun, seeing how happy his daughter was with him, reluctantly agreed.
A few days after Tian Ye returned to Hong Kong, Si Xiaoshuang visibly lost her previous spirit, seeming absent-minded and listless.
More often, she would still climb to the rooftop, gazing at the sky, but now with a different question seeking an answer. A girl’s emotions often quietly spread in the most unnoticed, ordinary moments, growing uncontrollably while she remains unaware. But when she finally realizes, it’s usually accompanied by heartbreaking pain.
She had fallen for Tian Ye, deeply. The moment he left, her feelings were already etched into her bones.
Si Xiaoshuang sat on the rooftop and made a phone call, “Hello, butler. Arrange a private jet to Hong Kong. Yes, today…”
Si Xiaoshuang, this princess, protected and sheltered since childhood, though beautiful and charming, had an empty soul. Especially as a young girl, she craved a hero, an idol, hoping to find spiritual support and protection, not her father’s armed guards.
Although Si Xiaoshuang was a noble princess, she had never had any sense of direction in her heart. What would she be like if her father wasn’t Si Kun, if she wasn’t a wealthy young lady? Was her timidity in love proof that she was only meant to be a gray princess?
If she lost all this, she wouldn’t have inexplicably fallen for Tian Ye, but instead become a blind, chasing groupie, because her heart needed a hero.
Long-confined flowers in a flower room can indeed bloom beautifully and release an enticing fragrance, but they exist within barriers. If they leave that protection, just like Si Xiaoshuang suddenly losing Tian Ye, these flowers would feel they’ve lost everything, suffocating without breath, because they have become dependent on protection, just as Si Xiaoshuang has come to rely on Tian Ye. If the flowers can’t find their greenhouse, and Si Xiaoshuang can’t find her Tian Ye, they would wither.
Si Xiaoshuang came to Hong Kong, seeking her lover.
During the month Tian Ye spent with Si Xiaoshuang, he could sense her talents, her refinement, and her charm as an attractive woman.
But for Tian Ye, this was both too much and too little.
Too much – there were many such girls around Tian Ye, clingy, impossible to shake off or avoid.
Too little – there was almost nothing about Si Xiaoshuang that could make Tian Ye like, be curious about, or admire her. From the first glance, he didn’t even want to look at her again. Although she was a princess and an extraordinary beauty, this wasn’t what Tian Ye wanted.
What he didn’t want, even the slightest bit, was excess.
Tian Ye returned home, with bodyguards lined up outside the villa, seemingly welcoming the young master home.
Young Master Tian Ye had been away for a month, and these men had no idea how much they had suffered. But when the young master needed help, they hadn’t stood up, and now, seeing him return, they probably felt ashamed, waiting for him to explode.
