The blind boss's nanny

On one occasion, Qin Xiu had just helped her clear a traffic ticket.

Lu Tingxi leaned against the sports car door, looking at his expressionless profile in the sunset. Suddenly, on a whim, she tilted her head and asked him with a smile:

"Hey, Qin Xiu, you wouldn't happen to... like me, would you?"

Qin Xiu's back stiffened for a moment.

A resounding yes was about to burst out almost immediately.

But in the end, he simply suppressed those words deep in his heart.

Seeing his silent demeanor, Lu Tingxi suddenly felt bored.

She pouted, then suddenly leaned in and quickly planted a kiss on the corner of his lips.

"Tsk, boring."

She left those words behind, turned around, opened the car door, and the engine roared away, leaving everyone in the dust.

Qin Xiu was left standing there alone.

The kiss was so light, yet it stirred up a tidal wave in his heart.

He felt his blood boiling, surging against his reason.

This can't go on.

Qin Xiu broke his vow and returned to Sui County alone.

He used some methods to obtain Qin Jianguo's biological samples.

He personally sent that sample, along with his own, to an authoritative testing institution.

Every day while waiting for the results was agonizing for Qin Xiu.

Hope and fear intertwined, relentlessly torturing him.

On the day he received the report, Qin Xiu sat in his room for two whole hours. His fingertips were ice-cold, and for a moment he didn't have the courage to open it.

Finally, he took a deep breath and cut open the seal.

His gaze swept quickly over the complex terms and data, finally settling on the conclusion.

...consistent with biological parent-child relationships.

That one short line of text finally relieved his fear.

He is not.

He is not Lu Xing's son.

There is no blood relation between him and Lu Tingxi.

Qin Xiu gripped the paper tightly, a relieved smile spreading across his face.

Immediately afterwards, he dialed Lu Tingxi's number.

The phone rang for a long time before being answered, and Lu Tingxi's sleepy voice came from the other end:

"Who is it? In the middle of the night..."

"It's me, Qin Xiu."

His voice was somewhat low and hoarse.

"The question you asked me last time... I can answer it now."

Lu Tingxi's tone became even worse:

"What's wrong? What are you talking about in your sleep?"

Qin Xiu held his breath, and with all his might, he clearly conveyed the words that had lingered in his heart for so long to her ears:

"Lu Tingxi, I like you."

There was a few seconds of silence on the other end of the phone.

Lu Tingxi's voice showed no surprise whatsoever:

"Qin Xiu, are you out of your mind? Calling in the middle of the night just to talk about this? It's so noisy!"

Before he could react, the call was abruptly ended, leaving only a busy tone.

Qin Xiu held up his phone, listening to the busy tone, but slowly a smile crept onto his lips.

The smile grew wider and wider, eventually turning into a soft chuckle.

After a long and humble wait, the dawn finally broke on the horizon.

The period when Lu Tingzhao went blind was the darkest time for everyone in the Lu family, especially for Lu Tingxi.

She watched helplessly as her once all-powerful elder brother suddenly fell into a dark abyss.

She was forced to take on the mission in a time of crisis, and although she tried her best to keep it going, she was still overwhelmed.

The sense of panic that the building was about to collapse, and the feeling of helplessness and frustration, gnawed at her heart day and night.

At night, she began frequenting nightclubs and entertainment venues, numbing herself with alcohol and deafening music.

She was surrounded by male models. They were young and charming, and could help her temporarily forget the weight of reality.

That day, when Qin Xiu found Lu Tingxi, she was embracing a male model with dyed silver hair, laughing loudly under the dim lights of the VIP booth.

"Lu Tingxi".

Qin Xiu's voice cut through the noisy music and ambiguous atmosphere.

Lu Tingxi turned around, his eyes still blurry with drunkenness, and when he saw it was him, a sarcastic smile curled at the corner of his lips:

"Oh, Assistant Qin... here to lecture me on behalf of my older brother again? No need, I have someone to keep me company."

As she spoke, she deliberately leaned closer to the male model.

Qin Xiu's eyes were calm and unwavering as he spoke to the male model in a detached tone:

"Excuse me, could you please leave for a moment?"

Lu Tingxi immediately flew into a rage, grabbed the wine glass beside him, and was about to smash it at Qin Xiu:

"Who do you think you are to tell me what to do?! Who do you think you are?!"

Qin Xiu easily caught her wrist. He looked down at her.

"I'm worried about you doing this."

"The chairman wouldn't feel at ease either."

A few simple words shattered Lu Tingxi's carefully constructed defenses.

She burst into tears and stopped struggling, letting Qin Xiu take her away from that place.

He took her back to his own apartment.

The place was simple and quiet, without any unnecessary decorations, just like him.

Lu Tingxi cried until she was exhausted and had made a scene. She curled up on the large sofa in the living room, like a cat that had been soaked by the rain.

Qin Xiu silently poured her warm water and wrung out a hot towel.

Just as he turned around to get her a blanket, Lu Tingxi suddenly hugged him from behind.

Her slender arms were wrapped tightly around his waist, and her cheek was pressed against his back.

"Qin Xiu..."

Her voice was muffled.

"My older brother... will he never get better...?"

"You're not allowed to leave...you're not allowed to leave me alone..."

Qin Xiu slowly turned around.

In the dim light, she looked up at him, her eyes red and swollen, tears still clinging to her eyelashes, all her pride gone, leaving only longing.

He lowered his head and kissed her.

. . . .

Everything happened in a way that was both logical and chaotic.

Their clothes were scattered on the ground, and they were panting heavily.

Like two animals tearing at each other in the cold night, desperately trying to draw warmth from each other.

When everything calmed down, only their intertwined breaths remained in the room.

Lu Tingxi was exhausted. She curled up in his arms and quickly fell into a deep sleep.

Qin Xiu, however, did not sleep all night.

By the dim light filtering in from the window, he gazed at her sleeping face, tracing her outline with his fingertips.

He knew that from this moment on, their relationship could never go back to what it was before.

No one knows what the future holds.

But Qin Xiu was certain of one thing:

His whole being, his whole heart, will belong to her forever.

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