2009, midsummer.

That year, Tongcheng experienced extreme climate. After September, it actually ushered in record-breaking high temperatures for many consecutive days. Even in the middle of the night, it was still hot.

That night, Mr. Huo was checking his health in the hospital, and Cheng Manshu went to Europe for a trip. Before Huo Bonian returned home, only Mu Qian and a group of servants who were resting early were left in the huge Huo family's old house.

Late at night, Mu Qian shuttled back and forth between his room and kitchen.

After counting the number of times back and forth, she bumped into someone at the kitchen door.

Huo Jinxi just came back from the social event, drank a lot of wine, went into the kitchen to get a piece of ice water, and turned around and met Mu Qian.

She was wearing a sleeveless nightgown, revealing her smooth shoulders, her face full of red clouds, and even her hair roots were wet.

He and she always seem to meet late at night, and the kitchen is always inaccessible.

Huo Jinxi laughed as soon as he saw her, "Isn't you full tonight?"

Mu Qian bit her lip, answered only "No", looked at him again, suddenly turned around and ran away.

When she returned to her room, her heart was beating like thunder.

She hadn't forgotten the last time she met him late at night, when she accidentally fell into his palm.

Mu Qian stood leaning against his door, taking deep breaths, trying to calm down his heartbeat, but suddenly a knock on the door sounded behind him.

She couldn't help but be shocked and held her breath and focused.

At this time, no one else at home would come to knock on her door...

Mu Qian bit her lip, and after a moment of quietness, she decisively opened the door.

The person standing at the door was indeed Huo Jinxi, holding a croissant that he took out of the refrigerator in his hand, and the other hand was the ice water he had just held in his hand.

"Do you want this?" Huo Jinxi looked at her and asked with a smile.

Mu Qian looked at the bread in his hand and then looked at him, but there was no answer.

Soon Huo Jinxi realized something was wrong—

She was wearing cool clothes, but her hair was wet, her face was flushed, and she looked uncontrollably. He couldn't help but unbutton a shirt.

Then he stared slightly at the room behind her, "What's going on in your room? Why is it so hot?"

"The air conditioner is broken." Mu Qian replied softly.

Huo Jinxi looked at the croissant and ice water in his hand, and handed the latter to Mu Qian, "So, is this what you want?"

Mu Qian reached out to take it, responded softly, then put ice water on his neck, and looked at him carefully.

"Is it useful to cool down like this?" Huo Jinxi asked.

Mu Qian lowered her head slightly and said, "It's better than nothing."

The ice water touched the skin and quickly condensed into beads and slid down her smooth neck.

Huo Jinxi looked at her again, but for a moment he felt that the air in the room was particularly thin.

"You..." Mu Qian paused before speaking again, "You go to bed early..."

As she said that, she reached out and prepared to close the door.

But Huo Jinxi suddenly reached out to touch the door and said, "I'll show you the air conditioner."

Mu Qian looked up at him, and the familiar light flashed in his eyes again.

"Okay." A smile finally appeared on the corner of her mouth.

Huo Jinxi saw it and burst into laughter.

He was the eldest son and grandson of the Huo family, and the young master who was pampered and lived a life of luxury. At that time, Mr. Huo had already intentionally trained him to be the successor of the Huo family - but such a man was willing to help her repair the air conditioner.

Because it was him, she felt even more happy.

So when he was brave enough to repair the air conditioner for her in the room, she stayed by his side, even though he couldn't understand anything, he still focused on watching every move under his hands.

The weather was really hot. In a short while, Huo Jinxi was already sweating profusely and was wet with his shirt.

When Mu Qian noticed it, he hurried to the bed, picked up the small fan he placed on the bed, returned to him, and fanned him with the fan.

Huo Jinxi glanced at her, "Do you think it's useful?"

Mu Qian paused and said, "It's better than nothing."

He smiled, reconnected a line in the air conditioner, and when he pressed the switch, the air conditioner started to run.

The cool and refreshing wind blew over the face. Mu Qian, who had been hot all night, took a deep breath and picked up the collar slightly to welcome the cold air.

Huo Jinxi took a look, and for a moment, he felt dry mouth and hot.

He took the bottle of water that Mu Qian used to cool down, unscrew the lid and took a sip. The water stained her body temperature and had already begun to warm up.

Huo Jinxi frowned slightly.

Mu Qian noticed his reaction and hurriedly said, "I'll get you another bottle."
Chapter completed!