Miaomiao wasn't scared, but Miaomiao was frightened enough...

Now lying under the bed, Xu Fan was even more troubled with a headache. What if he was found out? What could be done then?

In this world, what ghost could be as handsome as he?

"Oh, not right, this atmosphere isn't good."

It seemed that telling ghost stories with the lights on didn't set the right mood, Xiao Qian waved at Miaomiao and then shouted, "Miaomiao, quick, go turn off the lights, after that we can tell stories together."

"Hmm?"

Upon hearing this, Miaomiao raised an eyebrow. This presented an opportunity.

Once the lights were out, she could stall Xiao Qian while Xu Fan might be able to sneak away.

She walked to the door, turned off the room light carefully, and then tentatively opened the door.

"Cough cough, alright."

She coughed deliberately and then sat down next to Xiao Qian.

Xu Fan could tell that this was Miaomiao giving him a cue.

Vigilantly, he crawled out from under the bed and tiptoed out of Miaomiao's room.

"Phew..."

Once outside, Xu Fan couldn't help but heave a sigh of relief.

This feeling was almost like having an affair...

This was no place to linger, Xu Fan didn't dare delay and hastily took the elevator downstairs.

Exiting the elevator, before he could leave the hotel, he spotted a figure at the front desk.

"Why is she here at this late hour?"

Looking at the tall figure at the hotel's front desk, Xu Fan furrowed his brows.

It was already past one in the morning. Why would Xia Yanyu suddenly come to the hotel?

Curious, Xu Fan couldn't help but walk over.

"Xia Yanyu?"

Xia Yanyu was interacting with the front desk when she heard a familiar voice from behind. Turning around, she saw Xu Fan standing behind her and was visibly startled.

"Xu… Xu Fan, what are you doing here..."

Xia Yanyu's voice sounded nervous, and her eyes were shifting, seemingly unwilling to meet Xu Fan's gaze.

Xu Fan, seeing her guilty look, couldn't help but scoff coldly.

"It seems, I've come at a bad time."

After speaking, Xu Fan turned around without any attachment and walked directly towards the hotel entrance.

"This..."

The complexity in Xia Yanyu's eyes surged. The relationship between them had just started to improve recently. Now, he might misunderstand her.

"Miss, you..."

Ignoring the calls from the front desk, Xia Yanyu, with a nervous expression, chased after Xu Fan.

"Xu Fan, wait a moment…"

Wearing high heels, Xia Yanyu finally caught up with Xu Fan just outside the hotel entrance.

Panting, she looked at Xu Fan as he turned around and said, "Xu Fan, listen to my explanation."

Indeed, appearing in the hotel at this hour and looking panicked, anyone would have misunderstood.

But truly, it wasn't as he thought.

"What? Are you telling me that waiting upstairs now is your client?"

"Working on business at this hour, you are really diligent."

"I..."

Seeing the disappointment in Xu Fan's eyes, Xia Yanyu couldn't help but lower her head.

Only after chasing after him did she realize, she had no way to explain.

Ring, ring, ring.

At that moment, the cellphone in her pocket started ringing unexpectedly. Seeing the caller ID, Xia Yanyu panicked and immediately hung up the phone.

Watching her nervous demeanor, Xu Fan couldn't help but laugh.

"Xia Yanyu, is that really necessary?"

"Actually, I won't lie to you, my purpose for coming here today was the same as yours, we're in the same boat."

Over the past few days, Xu Fan had thought that he was too prejudiced against this woman, always wanting to try, to understand her.

But the situation laid before him was truly more than he could accept.

"In the future, I'd appreciate it if you could be more careful. It's one thing for someone like me to see, but you wouldn't want Xiaodie to find out."

"You should know, your place in her heart is not low."

"Watch yourself."

In Xu Fan's words, there were no longer any feelings for himself; as he turned to leave, tears streamed down Xia Yanyu's face like broken pearls.

"Why didn't I tell him the truth..."

Xia Yanyu could no longer distinguish whether her secrecy was for the sake of the Xia family or simply her own selfish motives.

Perhaps fate was too cruel to her. If only she wasn't a member of the Xia family, that would have been much better...

Ring ring ring...

Once Xu Fan drove off, the phone held in her hand began to ring again.

Xia Yanyu wiped away the tears on her face, sniffed, and answered the call.

"Hello, Xiaodie, sis is already downstairs, I'll be up in a moment..."

Though she tried hard to hide her emotions, the two being biological sisters, Xiaodie could immediately tell there was a cry in her sister's voice.

"Sis, why are you crying? Did I do something to upset you?"

"If you don't like it, I can go back to Shanghai now."

Hearing her sister's anxious voice on the phone, Xia Yanyu couldn't help but bitterly smile.

"Silly sis, you coming to see me makes me too happy to express."

"Sis just got something in her eye."

Wiping her teary, reddened eyes, Xia Yanyu forced a smile on her face and said, "Alright, wait for me in your room; I'm coming up now."

Without waiting for her sister to ask again, Xia Yanyu hung up the phone.

Back at the hotel, in the restroom on the first floor, she washed her tear-stained face and then took the elevator to her sister's floor.

Knock knock knock.

Following the corridor, she walked to her sister's door and knocked. Soon, the door swung open.

"Sis..."

Xiaodie stood at the door, seemingly guilty about her impulsive decision to come, hardly daring to look up.

"Silly girl, it's normal to miss home and want to come back. I missed you too."

"Let your sister in first."

Since the last time she was sent away, Xiaodie hadn't been back to Jinling, studying alone in Shanghai; inevitably, she missed home. This time, she secretly came back, hoping to surprise her sister.

Apparently, her decision made it difficult for her sister.

"Sis, really, I didn't mean to, I just missed you..."

Now, ushering Xia Yanyu into the room, Xiaodie, with a distressed face, admitted her mistake.

"Silly sis, didn't I tell you? I'm not blaming you."

Xia Yanyu shook her head, affectionately stroking her sister's head and smiling. "Since you're back, later you can come back home with me."

"The family won't blame you. You can leave after the New Year's Eve."

"Got it, sis."

Xiaodie bit her tender lip and nodded.

Seemingly reminded of something, she cautiously glanced over at Xia Yanyu.

"Sis, Xu... Xu Fan, is he okay..."

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