âShe might be tired and hungry.â A servant walked out of the kitchen. âThereâs supper in the kitchen. Why donât you wake her up to have some?â
âNo need. You eat first, Sister, and leave some in the kitchen fridge. She might wake up in the middle of the night because sheâs hungry. Iâll warm it up for her then.â Lu Xingzhi carried her upstairs. âWeâll rest for now. You and Auntie should rest early after supper.â
âI know, I know. Iâm your sister. Thereâs no need for you to nag me,â Lu Yuqing replied with a smile. Then, she watched Lu Xingzhi carry Jiang Yao upstairs.
Jiang Yao woke up when Lu Xingzhi placed her on the bed. When she let go of the box and turned around, Lu Xingzhi asked, âDo you want to take a shower before sleeping?â
Jiang Yao shook her head. âI donât want to.â
She immediately fell asleep the second after she answered him.
She was sleeping soundly, and Lu Xingzhiâs heart ached even more. She must have worked hard on that surgery. She was so tired that she did not even want to shower.
He would have let Du Chen be if he had known earlier.
Lu Xingzhi thought that Jiang Yao would wake up hungry in the middle of the night, but he was afraid that she would not be willing to wake him up for food, so he did not fall into a deep sleep. However, Jiang Yao slept like a pig the whole night. She slept until daybreak, and when she opened her eyes, it was also 8:00 a.m. Lu Xingzhi did not do anything the entire night.
When she got up, Jiang Yao said, âIâm so hungry.â
Then, she went to the bathroom to wash her hair and take a shower. After that, she was so hungry that she could not stand it anymore and immediately went downstairs with her wet hair.
âIâm not used to being at home and not going to the office at this hour.â
When Jiang Yao went downstairs, she saw Lu Yuqing sitting in the living room talking to Lu Xingzhi. She was surprised. Lu Yuqing had always been a punctual person who left home at 8:00 a.m. every day and arrived at the office at 8:30 a.m.
âIn an hour, I will attend the Nanjiang City Young Entrepreneur Exchange meeting with Huang Chengjing. Iâm too lazy to take a detour from the office, so Iâm not going to the office this morning,â Lu Yuqing explained.
Lu Xingzhi was heating milk for Jiang Yao. When he saw her with her hair still wet, he was displeased.
âCome and have a glass of milk,â Lu Xingzhi called out to Jiang Yao. He pushed the glass of milk toward Jiang Yao and called for the servant to quickly bring her some breakfast. Then, he went upstairs to take a dry towel for her.
Jiang Yao knew why he brought the towel, so she made a face at Lu Xingzhi and continued to eat her food.
With Lu Xingzhi around, she did not need to exert too much effort to take care of herself. She could enjoy Lu Xingzhiâs meticulous care of her, and she could also act coquettishly with him without any scruples because she knew that he would take good care of her, spoiling her uncontrollably.
Lu Yuqing looked at her younger brother, who was carefully drying Jiang Yaoâs hair, and she felt touched.
Even when she was at her best with Zhao Zhuangzong, Lu Yuqing had never seen such a gentle expression in Zhao Zhuangzongâs eyes when he took care of her.
Therefore, Lu Yuqing finally understood Jiang Yaoâs words. No matter who made the compromise, someone would always suffer a loss. However, for someone who loved the other person deeply, no matter what they did for the other party, they would not feel any loss.