Back to my parents when I was seventeen

Chapter 120 Can You Hear Me?

He asked this question, and Xu Chu Ning was speechless for a moment. She opened her mouth and finally said, "Forget it, I won't tell you."

Shen Yubai: "..."

He raised his eyes slightly, "Xu Chuning."

Xu Chu Ning's eyelashes trembled slightly, "What?"

Shen Yubai lowered his eyes and stared at her with burning eyes, "You are unreasonable."

"..." Xu Chu Ning met his gaze, her heart skipped a beat, she pursed her lips, her eyes flickered as she asked, "Where am I being unreasonable?"

Shen Yubai: "You know it yourself."

Xu Chuning choked and opened her mouth to refute him and say that she didn't know. But when the words came to her lips, she held them back.

Forget it, don't argue with him.

Shen Yubai looked at her changing expression and raised his eyebrows nonchalantly, "Are you cursing me in your heart?"

Xu Chuning: "I don't have any."

She wouldn't admit it.

Shen Yubai snorted lightly, very arrogantly, "Even if you have it, I won't bother with you."

He made himself sound very magnanimous.

Xu Chu Ning was slightly speechless and didn't want to dwell on this topic with him any further.

"I'm going home." She changed the subject abruptly. "I have to get up early tomorrow."

Shen Yubai paused for a moment, narrowed his eyes and asked, "Can you really sleep at this time?"

Xu Chu Ning was silent for a moment, then looked at him and said, "Let's give it a try."

The two returned to the hotel, said hello to Brother Wang, and went back to their respective rooms.

Although it was night, after walking around, Xu Chuning still broke out in a thin layer of sweat. She went to the bathroom to take a shower first. After coming out feeling refreshed, she called You Shuzhen and chatted with her and her grandmother for a while before she hung up the phone reluctantly.

After hanging up the phone, Xu Chu Ning didn't feel sleepy at all.

She thought about it and finally decided to read the book she brought to Linqiu.

As she was watching, there was a small sound from the other side of the wall. Xu Chuning paused holding the book and leaned against the wall to listen. As expected, she heard a knocking sound from the other side of the wall. She was stunned. Before she could respond to Shen Yubai, the screen of her mobile phone on the side lit up. Xu Chuning lowered her head and saw a message from Shen Yubai: [Can you hear me? ]

Xu Chuning: […Are you so bored? ]

Shen Yubai: [It seems that he can hear it. ]

Xu Chuning: [.]

Shen Yubai: [Can’t sleep? ]

He didn't say why he knocked on the wall.

Xu Chu Ning didn't quite understand what this young master wanted to do. She was speechless for a few seconds and replied: [I'm getting ready to sleep. Are you still not going to sleep? ]

Shen Yubai: [It’s still early.]

Xu Chuning: [...Oh, then I'm going to sleep.]

Mainly, she didn't know what to talk about with Shen Yubai. Xu Chu Ning was not a very good chatterbox, she was rather dull and had a rather boring personality.

Of course, this is what she felt.

Shen Yubai, who was standing on the other side of the wall, saw Xu Chu Ning's message and chuckled with an ambiguous tone. He typed with his long finger: [Go to sleep. If you have something to do and don't have time to pick up your phone, just knock on the wall. I just tried it and it can be heard.]

Xu Chuning: [...I understand.]

Putting down his phone, Xu Chu Ning finished reading the last few pages, then turned off the lights and went to sleep.

But after closing her eyes, she tossed and turned for a long time, but still couldn't fall asleep. It might be because of the change of location, or maybe it was because she was too excited about what she was going to do the next day, and her expectations were high, so she was too excited that she didn't feel sleepy at all.

After struggling to no avail, Xu Chuning decided to let himself go.

She opened her phone again and decided to ask Deng Xitong to recommend some online novels to help her sleep. Others read novels to stay awake, but Xu Chuning could fall asleep as soon as she read a novel.

Deng Xitong quickly told her the names of several novels that she liked recently and asked Xu Chuning to read them.

Xu Chuning agreed with a smile.

The two chatted briefly and then Xu Chu Ning went to find a novel to read.

On the other side, Shen Yubai took a shower only after Xu Chuning told him to go to bed.

As soon as he came out of the shower, he saw that Ban Shu and Shen Sinian had sent him messages. Shen Yubai replied to Shen Sinian's message first, and then replied to Ban Shu with two cold words: [No time.]

Ban Shu: [? ? ? ]

Ban Shu: [Why are you not free during the summer vacation? You are not at home? ]

He asked Shen Yubai to play games with him, but he refused.

Shen Yubai: [Yes.]

Ban Shu: [What do you mean? You're really not at home? ]

Shen Yubai: [Not here.]

Ban Shu was surprised: [Where did you go? Why didn't you even tell your brother? ]

Shen Yubai: [Linqiu.]

Ban Shu: [Where is Linqiu? ]

This was the first time he had heard of this place name. Could it be some new special tourist attraction?

Shen Yubai: [It's a small place, it's normal that you don't know. 】

Ban Shu frowned: [Who did you go with? You don't have other brothers outside, do you? ]

Seeing this, Shen Yubai pursed his lips, really not wanting to pay attention to him: [Can you be a little more normal? ]

Ban Shu: […You are already disliking me for being abnormal.]

Shen Yubai: [Do something.]

Ban Shu: [Okay, then when will you return to Jiangcheng? ]

Shen Yubai: [I don’t know yet.]

Ban Shu: [………………]

Shen Yubai: [I won’t talk to you anymore. I’m going to sleep.]

Ban Shu looked at the time, it was half past ten.

He was speechless for a long while, and replied to Shen Yubai: [You have really changed. ]

Shen Yubai ignored the message. He exited the chat box with Ban Shu, rubbed his temples, and called Shen Xingyan to let him know he was safe.

The father and son chatted for a while before Shen Yubai forced himself to sleep.

You have to get up early the next day, otherwise you can't sleep well.

*

The next morning at around six o'clock, Xu Chuning and the other two got up.

After a simple meal, the three of them set out for the orphanage. The orphanage was a little far from Linqiu Town, and it took more than an hour to drive there. The road to the orphanage was not so flat and not easy to walk on, so Brother Wang drove a little slower.

After getting in the car, Shen Yubai turned his head several times to look at the person next to him.

At first, Xu Chu Ning was ready to ignore it, but Shen Yubai turned to her too many times, and she couldn't really ignore it.

After a long while, she couldn't help but speak, "Do you have something to tell me?"

Shen Yubai lowered his eyelashes, looked at the dark circles under her eyes, squinted his eyes and asked: "Didn't you sleep well last night?"

"..." Xu Chu Ning was startled, subconsciously raised his hand to touch his cheek, and hummed uncomfortably.

Shen Yubai raised his eyes: "Didn't you go to bed early?"

Xu Chu Ning glanced at him and whispered, "I'm a bit picky about my bed."

Shen Yubai: "..."

He didn't expect this to be the reason.

After a few seconds of silence, Shen Yubai glanced out the window and said, "There's still an hour before we arrive. You can take a nap."

Xu Chu Ning shook his head: "I can't sleep."

Shen Yubai was stunned, and probably knew why she couldn't sleep. He was silent for a moment, and said slowly: "Nervous?"

"I'm not nervous." Xu Chu Ning found it hard to describe her feelings at the moment. She thought for a moment and said frankly, "I don't know how to put it."

Shen Yubai: "..."

He laughed dumbly, raised his hand and pinched the bridge of his nose, looking at her softly, "If you don't know how to say it, then don't say it. I'll be there soon."

Xu Chu Ning blinked and responded softly, "Okay."