Chapter 8: Concern

Soon, the door was opened.

Impatience flickered in the young man's eyes, and his body radiated a suppressed, icy aura.

Ying Sisi felt it, and her heart tightened involuntarily. Summoning her courage, she said, "What's wrong? You look very angry." She looked around; the courtyard was quiet. Was no one home?

After walking a few steps forward, her peripheral vision caught the mess inside the side room.

It was Qin Yanci's room.

He originally lived in the main house. Aside from the child currently being born in the hospital, the eldest brother of the Qin family already had three children.

Two boys and one girl.

The eldest was a seven-year-old girl, and the second and third were boys, aged five and three.

The children had taken over Qin Yanci's original room by using separate beds.

Was he angry about this and smashed the room?

His temper was truly fierce.

She deliberately covered her mouth and let out a gasp, "Ah! Did a thief break into your house?"

Qin Yanci's mouth opened slightly. "Mm."

Ying Sisi stepped into the room. The bed, table, chests, and clothes were all scattered haphazardly.

She reached out to straighten the table and chairs.

While steadying the bed, she said, "A-Ci, I can't move this. Could you help me?"

Qin Yanci still didn't speak, but fortunately, he came over to help.

The two worked together to steady the bed. Ying Sisi closed the door, but the room was still cold.

The radiator must have frozen.

Didn't he find it cold?

She reached out to take his hand, and a piercing chill rushed through her limbs, making her shiver. She endured the cold to warm him. "Your hands are so cold. Are you freezing? How can you not know how to take care of yourself? Have you eaten?"

The sudden contact and concern were like a beam of warm light, slowly melting the ice surrounding him. At this moment, his mental knot loosened, and a faint smile appeared at the corners of his mouth. "No."

"Try to see if you can fix the radiator first, and I'll cook something for you."

"Okay."

Only then did Ying Sisi feel at ease enough to enter the kitchen.

There was only half a bowl of rice and two eggs left.

The stove was also out.

Had the Qin parents moved into their work units?

Had they forgotten about Qin Yanci?

She had thought children with parents would be very blessed.

As it turned out, a child who isn't loved is no different from an orphan.

She used the fire tongs to pick up new coal briquettes and went to the neighbor's house to exchange them for charcoal.

The neighbor hesitated to speak.

Ying Sisi said directly, "Auntie, if you have something to say, just say it. I can listen."

The neighbor waved her hand, but said, "I only heard it from others. They say Yanci has some mental issues and likes to get physical with people. You should be careful."

"Mental issues? He looks perfectly fine. Does he just pick fights with people for no reason?"

"Well, yes. He's jealous and holds grudges, and his personality is twisted. Back when he was studying, if a classmate scored better than him, he'd beat them up. He gets agitated and violent over the smallest things, just like a lunatic. His family is truly sinful; knowing his emotions are unstable, they still sent him to work in such a remote place and even tried to arrange a marriage for him."

And he was such a beautiful, hardworking young lady. Her own son was quite handsome, but the partner he found wasn't even half as good-looking as this girl.

"Perhaps there's some misunderstanding. Auntie, thank you for the charcoal." Ying Sisi walked away with heavy thoughts.

Returning to the Qin house, she glanced into the side room.

The person the neighbor described as jealous, grudge-holding, and emotionally unstable was currently checking the radiator with great focus.

With his eyes lowered, he didn't look like a person with a twisted personality at all.

However, the hostility he occasionally revealed had indeed frightened her a little.

She would observe him for a while.

If all else failed, she would just run away from the marriage.

After all, no one had asked for her opinion when the engagement was made.

She returned to the kitchen, immediately replaced the charcoal, and then washed and steamed the rice.

Qin Yanci walked in. "Sisi, the radiator is fixed."

Ying Sisi beamed and gave him a thumbs up. "That's amazing." She took out a well-wrapped snack from her pocket and held it to his lips. "A reward for fixing the radiator. Say, ah~"

(End of Chapter)