Please Confess to Me

17

Chapter 17

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When Shen Xi entered the house, she immediately noticed Su Hang crouched over and playing with Chu Wu in the living room. Although one was a man and the other a dog, the expressions in their eyes were surprisingly similar.

"There was a bit of traffic, so I ended up being a little late." Shen Xi had said that she would be home in 30 minutes, but because it was rush hour, she ended up getting home 20 minutes later than expected.

"Oh." Su Hang's reply sounded casual, but his hands were firmly gripping on the collar of the excitable Chu Wu who had wanted to pounce on Shen Xi.

Shen Xi was completely clueless about the secret rivalry between man and dog. She simply walked towards the pair, patted the cute Chu Wu. In a good mood, Shen Xi said: "I'm going to go change clothes; you can tell Mrs. Zhang to set the food out now."

"Un." Su Hang nodded.

After Shen Xi went upstairs. Su Hang furrowed his brows and glowered at Chu Wu. "Why is it that the first thing she touches after coming home is you?"

"Bark!" Chu Wu barked as if to say: You think it'd still be possible for you to get petted if she hadn't pet the incredibly cute me?

"Don't go pouncing on her in the future." Su Hang ordered.

"Bark!" Chu Wu looked wronged. Just because you don't dare pounce on her, I can't either?

In the end, Su Hang 'scolded' Chu Wu again, then put him in his kennel. （Chu Wu：(￣△￣；)）

Shen Xi changed into her home clothes, then went straight downstairs. When Shen Xi arrived, she saw Su Hang putting rice in her bowl. She couldn't help but ask: "Where's Mrs. Zhang?"

"Her family has something going on so I let her go home." Su Hang placed her bowl in front of her.

Back in a certain house, Mrs. Zhang sneezed for no reason. She couldn't help but wonder why she sneezed every time Sir asked her to go home early.

"Thank you." Shen Xi then looked around and noticed that Chu Wu was gone. She asked: "Where did Chu Wu go?"

Su Hang's hands turned stiff, but he calmly replied: "It seems that he got sleepy. I put him back in his kennel."

"Sleepy?" Shen Xi has never had a dog before, so she didn't know if dogs could even get sleepy.

"Yes." Su Hang said.

"Oh." Shen Xi didn't think about it any further. She just picked up her chopsticks and concentrated on her food.

Su Hang was relieved and tried to change the subject. "How is Mrs. Shen....cough....Mom? She's been in hospital for a while."

"She's good. She'll be getting discharged tomorrow. Can you come visit her with me?" Shen Xi asked with a smile.

"Ah, tomorrow morning or afternoon? I'll have to see if I have time..." Su Hang replied.

"You don't have to force yourself if you can't. I can go alone." Shen Xi interrupted Su Hang.

"Oh." In all honesty, Su Hang had asked Fang Yu to call the hospital every day and inquire about Mrs. Shen's health. So Su Hang actually knew that Mrs. Shen will be getting discharged, and even knew what time it would be. He had already asked Fang Yu to clear his schedule.

"My dad doesn't have time either." Shen Xi was afraid that Su Hang was feeling bad, so she hurriedly added. "He's been pretty busy recently."

"The Shen Group just resumed operations so he probably has a lot of things to do." Su Hang nodded.