CHAPTER 97: CHAPTER 93: DATE DAY

First-class cabin

Yang Li, who was originally seated next to Xiang Qichen, got up and sheepishly asked Zhou Huaiyi, who was seated behind them, to switch seats under Xiang Qichen’s intense gaze.

"You, sit in front." Yang Li stood in front of Zhou Huaiyi’s seat, poked her shoulder with a finger, and said with a forced smile.

Zhou Huaiyi, who had just fastened her seatbelt, was dazed for a few seconds. She glanced sideways at Xiang Qichen sitting in the front left, unfastened her seatbelt, and smiled slightly at Yang Li as she got up. "Thanks..."

Yang Li’s smile was insincere. "No need to thank me, it’s what should be done."

Zhou Huaiyi: "..."

After sitting back beside Xiang Qichen, Zhou Huaiyi suddenly felt shy and turned her head to look out at the scenery of the tarmac outside the window, not daring to turn around.

Noticing that she was just showing him the back of her head, Xiang Qichen frowned slightly, dissatisfied, and spoke in a low voice, "What are you looking at?"

Zhou Huaiyi was startled and turned her neck stiffly, smiling awkwardly, "Nothing... just looking around..."

His gaze burned into her for a long time before he suddenly said, "The day after tomorrow is the wrap-up party for ’Xuanwu’. The director wants you to go too."

"Huh?" Zhou Huaiyi was in a bit of a daze. Two seconds later, she realized what he said and corrected herself, "Oh, but the director didn’t send me a message..."

Xiang Qichen: "He asked me to pass it on."

"Why did he ask you to pass it on?" Zhou Huaiyi tensed up for a moment, could the director already know about me and you...

"Aren’t you my assistant now?" he replied leisurely.

Zhou Huaiyi: "......oh"

Too sensitive, too sensitive...

The flight was two hours, and it was already three in the afternoon when they arrived in Yi City.

The endorsement event started at seven in the evening, so as soon as they got off the plane, Xiang Qichen hurried to the hotel to get ready for makeup.

During this time, Zhou Huaiyi sat quietly in a corner observing.

Ever since confirming her relationship with Xiang Qichen, she always felt unreal, as if she were dreaming. Coupled with her overly sensitive nature and tendency to overthink, she didn’t dare to stay too close to Xiang Qichen in public, fearing the paparazzi would catch and make a story out of it.

So much so that she hadn’t even told Kang Xuan about being with Xiang Qichen.

Her eyes were blankly unfocused when suddenly, her phone buzzed, interrupting her thoughts.

She looked down at the WeChat message notification on the screen, her expression remained calm as she unlocked the phone to check—

[Boyfriend: Why are you sitting there daydreaming?]

After reading the message, Zhou Huaiyi instinctively looked up at Xiang Qichen, who was having his makeup done. His gaze met hers through the mirror.

She quickly lowered her head to reply to the WeChat message: [No, I just feel like I’m not much help... ]

[Boyfriend: You can stand behind me]

[Zhou Luobu: Isn’t that a bit of a distraction...]

[Boyfriend: Come over]

After much internal struggle, Zhou Huaiyi got up and went over. When she stood behind Xiang Qichen, the makeup artist looked up at her with a neutral expression.

Zhou Huaiyi squinted and smiled at her, "I’m just bored... just watching."

The makeup artist gave a polite smile and continued with her work.

At six, Zhou Huaiyi went with Xiang Qichen and the team to the endorsement event venue.

After the event ended, the group promptly headed to the airport to catch a midnight flight to Yanchuan.

By the time Yang Li dropped them off at the underground parking of Xiang Qichen’s apartment, Zhou Huaiyi was already asleep.

After unfastening the seatbelt, Yang Li turned around, intending to wake her, but Xiang Qichen stopped him with a hand gesture for silence. He got out of the car, went around to Zhou Huaiyi’s side, opened the door, and bent down to carry her out from the back seat.

She felt light as a feather, almost unreal.

Gesturing at Yang Li, Xiang Qichen carried Zhou Huaiyi towards the elevator.

Yang Li leaned against the car, lazily watching Xiang Qichen’s silhouette fade into the distance, he sighed with envy, "How nice, I want to fall in love too."

...

Once the door was unlocked, Xiang Qichen laid Zhou Huaiyi on the bed, and she immediately woke up.

The timing was so perfect that Xiang Qichen wondered if she had been pretending to sleep.

"Are we there?" was the first thing Zhou Huaiyi said when she saw Xiang Qichen after opening her eyes.

He leaned closer with a slight smile, "Mm, we’re home."

Zhou Huaiyi blinked twice, grabbed the quilt to cover her mouth shyly, "You’ve worked hard."

"It wasn’t hard." He reached out to brush her bangs aside, his voice as gentle as water, "Go to sleep."

With that, Zhou Huaiyi was so flustered she hid under the quilt.

Though she hadn’t done much the whole day, she still found herself sleeping soundly and comfortably.

Zhou Huaiyi, oh Zhou Huaiyi, look at what you, as both girlfriend and assistant, are doing!