That expression was like that of a big loyal dog, and for a moment, she didn't know what to say.

So, she could only go to the bathroom first, wash up, put on her pajamas, and then walk to the bed.

"Aren't you going to lie down?" he asked, looking at her.

Well, actually there is nothing to be embarrassed about! He Zixin said to herself in her heart, when he was accompanying her in the hospital, wasn't he also staying by her bedside?

Besides, she didn't know how many times she had slept with him since she was a child! Now he just sits by the bed and sleeps with her.

He Zixin then lifted off the quilt and lay down on the bed.

He sat on the edge of the bed and stared at her, "Sister, they say that when people are in the most danger, they think of the people they care about the most. What about you? Who do you think of when you are in danger?"

"Ah?" He Zixin was stunned and almost choked on his saliva.

When she was in the most dangerous situation, what she was thinking about was...she looked at the beautiful face in front of her, and the words she could have said openly and honestly now, for some reason, felt a little hard to say!

What's wrong with her? Even if she says it's him she thinks of, it implies that the person she cares about the most is him, so what?

But for some reason, when she faced his gaze, her heartbeat became extremely intense, as if something she didn't want to change was slowly changing.

"I...I thought of my mother!" He Zixin said with dry lips.

"Your mother?" Yi Qianci was stunned.

"Well, I, I think of my mother, because when I was in danger when I was a child,... my mother protected me." She said, but only she understood that she lied!

As for why she told this lie, at this moment, even she herself didn't understand.

A flash of disappointment flashed in his eyes, but he didn't say anything.

He Zixin quickly closed her eyes to prevent herself from looking at Yi Qianci's face again.

Yi Qianci looked at the person lying on the bed. After a long time, he raised his hand and gently stroked the bangs on her forehead, "Sister, why didn't you think of me at that time?"

The person on the bed still had his eyes closed, as if he was asleep, without any movement.

After a while, he put away his hands and sat quietly by her bed, letting time pass by...

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When He Zixin woke up the next day, she couldn't help but breathed a sigh of relief when she saw that Yi Qianci was no longer in the room.

Last night, after she closed her eyes, she didn't actually fall asleep. She also heard what he said, but she didn't know how to respond, so she continued to pretend to be asleep.

Xiao Ci treats her...could it be that she still...

When she thought of that possibility, she subconsciously resisted.

To her, he has always been her brother and a family member. Even though there is no blood relationship between the two, this concept is already deeply ingrained in her mind.

So she couldn't imagine what would happen if she changed her relationship with him!

What's more, in her opinion, his feelings for her are just a child-like obsession, just because she is the person he has spent the longest time with since childhood.

In the future, when he comes into contact with more people and truly grows up, there will probably be changes emotionally.

Just like a child, he will be extremely attached to his favorite toy and refuse to lend it to other children to play with. But when he grows up, he will realize that it is just a toy.
Chapter completed!