Chapter 272: She fulfilled her promise Chapter 272: She fulfilled her promise Meng Fan was curious about Wen Zhi’s backpack the entire trip, even suspecting Wen Zhi had stuffed a couple of bricks inside.

It wasn’t until after security check that she heard Wen Zhi tell the truth, it turned out there was a lot of cash in the bag.

Meng Fan remarked, “This Mr. Nian is quite generous.”

Wen Zhi said, “Right? I didn’t expect it either.”

Meng Fan said, “Mr. Nian might be worried that you’ll have trouble getting around while you’re away, after all, money is pretty much omnipotent.”

Wen Zhi nodded, “Makes sense.”

Around four in the morning, the flight arrived at Licheng Airport, Meng Fan had booked a car in advance to pick them up, and she took Wen Zhi straight to the hotel to settle in.

Check-in, unlocking the door, Meng Fan was so tired she fell onto the bed and slept: “Good, I can still get an hour of sleep.”

Wen Zhi, on the other hand, didn’t feel sleepy at all from the journey. She shook Meng Fan’s arm, “It’s going to be light in just an hour, so how about you don’t sleep, okay? Once you get up, we can talk about the itinerary for tomorrow… no, for today.”

Meng Fan didn’t respond.

Wen Zhi leaned over, stretched out her hand to brush away the hair covering Meng Fan’s face: “Meng Fan, don’t sleep, get up first.”

“Meng Fan~”

Wen Zhi called out several times until she heard the even snoring, confirming that Meng Fan truly had fallen asleep.

Wen Zhi had to give up waking Meng Fan and got out of bed to wash up briefly. A few minutes later, she came out, holding a damp washcloth to carefully wipe Meng Fan’s face. Finally, she took off Meng Fan’s jacket and shoes, moved her legs back onto the bed, and that was that.

By the time she had finished, Wen Zhi was exhausted.

Before going to sleep, she didn’t forget to send a message to Nian Xun, telling him that she’d arrived in Licheng.

[Read]

After the message was sent, just three to five seconds passed, and Wen Zhi saw that her message had been marked as read.

Wen Zhi grinned and sent another message: [Nian Xun, aren’t you asleep yet?]

[Read]

Just like before, marked as read.

But no reply to her message.

Wen Zhi continued to write: [Are you staying up all night worrying about me going on a long trip? Don’t worry, I may be sick but I’m still an adult, and you’ve given me so much money, I’ll take good care of myself.]

Meanwhile, Nian Xun in Haishi had yet to sleep. He had the habit of staying up late, and it wasn’t always because of work.

At the moment, he was sitting at his desk, with the red and green lights of the stock market on the computer screen reflecting off his blue-light blocking glasses.

His phone kept pinging with notifications. He removed his glasses, rubbed his brow, but showed no intention of replying.

‘Buzz’

The notification sounded once again.

Wen Zhi had sent a message: [Mr. Nian, you should take good care of yourself too.]

Nian Xun dropped his hand from massaging his brow, a faint smile curving his lips, then picked up his phone to start typing a reply.

Wen Zhi was extremely careful with her editing, her goal was also to reassure Nian Xun.

But this time it took a long while before it showed as read.

She guessed she must have disturbed him, perhaps the workaholic was still slaving away.

Just as Wen Zhi was about to put down her phone, the notification finally came through—it was Nian Xun replying to her message.

Nian Xun: [With that brain of yours, just make sure you don’t get swindled out of all your money.]

Wen Zhi: “…”

Seriously, such a low regard for her, she definitely wouldn’t get scammed!

Wen Zhi tossed her phone aside and fell asleep.

She didn’t wake up until the sun was high in the sky.

Meng Fan got a bit more sleep than Wen Zhi on the plane and woke up earlier, but she was woken up by discomfort. Something hard and lumpy was pressing against her back.

She shifted and suddenly heard a snap, like the sound of a peanut shell being crushed.

Meng Fan wondered why there would be peanut shells in the bed—surely the hotel cleaning staff had been slacking off!

She got up to check.

What she saw made her eyes pop.

It was actually Wen Zhi’s hand, but the wrist was adorned with a string of Buddha Beads and a watch. It was unclear how long the beads had been pressed against her back, as they left a very red, deep mark on Wen Zhi’s wrist.

However, the mark could be ignored for the moment, because the real issue was the watch screen—it was shattered!

Apparently, it had been crushed by the beads.

“Great, I’ve caused a disaster first thing in the morning…”

…

Wen Zhi woke up to Meng Fan’s voice; she wanted to lift her hand to rub her eyes, but couldn’t: “Great, my hand is numb.”

Unable to lift it immediately, she tried to slowly lift it and then move it to stimulate the blood flow and recover.

As she moved her hand, Wen Zhi didn’t forget to ask Meng Fan, “What did you say just now?”

Seeing that Wen Zhi hadn’t noticed the shattered watch screen yet, Meng Fan swallowed nervously and said, “First thing in the morning, I’ve accidentally caused a bit of trouble.”