On this day, Ye Jinfan was originally scheduled to stay in the southern suburbs until the evening, but unexpectedly he received a call at one o'clock in the afternoon, and immediately hurried back to the city and came to the nursing home.
When his car drove into the nursing home, the nursing home was still in chaos—family members coming and going, police officers coming to investigate, and fire trucks parked not far away. It was completely different from the peace and tranquility of the past.
At noon today, a small fire happened to burn in the small house next to Ye Xi's residence, which led to the current situation.
Ye Jinfan quickly walked into the small single-family house where Ye Xi lived, went straight upstairs, and saw Ye Xi sitting quietly in the living room on the second floor reading a book.
The movement he made when he came in and went upstairs was not small, but Ye Xi seemed not to hear it and didn't even look at him.
Ye Jinfan walked up to her and saw that she was safe and sound. When he was about to reach out and touch her face, Ye Xi suddenly covered herself with a book and avoided his hand.
Ye Jinfan's hands were frozen in mid-air, and he only looked at her quietly, but she never took the book off her face.
Ye Jinfan stood quietly for a moment, turned around and went downstairs.
Downstairs, the two caregivers were waiting at the top of the stairs. When they saw him coming down, they couldn't help but feel a little nervous.
Ye Jinfan went straight to the sofa downstairs and sat down, lit a cigarette, and then said, "What's going on?"
"Today at noon, the building next door suddenly caught fire. Because no one lived in that building for the time being, no one noticed the fire. I went to get lunch for Miss Ye, and Xiaofang went to get the inspection report for Miss Ye. We both happened to be there.
Go away, the fire will get bigger over there..."
Ye Jinfan suddenly raised his eyes and looked at them with a cold and gloomy look.
"...Ms. Ye was probably the first one to notice the fire... She was sitting on the balcony, and the fire was burning over there, and she could see it at a glance..." the nurse continued, "But she didn't seem to be afraid, she
We didn’t call anyone, we just sat there and watched the fire burn until the bodyguards outside noticed something was wrong... We both came back just in time, and when we looked up we saw Miss Ye sitting there, looking motionless at the place where the fire was..."
Ye Jinfan suddenly swung down the cups and plates on the low table in front of him, stood up, and looked at the two people in front of him with heavy eyes, "I came to you to ask you to take good care of her and take care of her. This is what you do!"
"Mr. Ye, it was an accident, it was really an accident... We just walked away for two or three minutes, and there were bodyguards here, so we didn't expect that there would be a sudden fire next door..."
The two caregivers were busy explaining, but Ye Jinfan couldn't hear a word.
All he could think about was Ye Xi sitting on the balcony, motionless looking at the fire——
What was she thinking at that time? Why could she watch a fire spread silently right in front of her, yet she remained unmoved? Or perhaps, she was simply looking forward to the fire coming over...
…
When Ye Jinfan thought about that scene, he almost suffocated. When the explanations of the two caregivers came to his ears again, he finally couldn't control himself and yelled: "Get up here and watch her carefully!"
The two caregivers hurriedly went upstairs, while Ye Jinfan turned around and walked out.
Outside the door, the bodyguards were dutifully guarding the door while paying attention to the progress of the fire next door.
Ye Jinfan walked straight over and asked, "Has the cause of the fire been investigated?"
"It seems that there was a fire in the wiring." A bodyguard replied, "But the specific cause needs to be investigated carefully."
"No one lives next door?" Ye Jinfan asked again.
"Yes." The bodyguard replied, "Since Miss Ye moved in, the room next door has been vacant."
"No one has been in or out?"
"not found."
Ye Jinfan narrowed his eyes slightly and stared at the room for a long time before turning around and entering the room again.
The room was originally very quiet, but at this moment, a soft laughter suddenly came from upstairs, and Ye Jinfan stopped suddenly.
This voice was too familiar to him, but he had been away from it for too long.
He quickly went upstairs, and before he reached the second floor, he already saw Ye Xizheng leaning against one of the caregivers, watching a video on the other person's phone, and laughing uncontrollably.
It's really her who's laughing.
He couldn't remember how long it had been since he saw her smile like this.
It seems that since that "car accident", she has never smiled like this again.
It feels like a lifetime has passed.
Ye Jinfan stood frozen at the entrance of the stairs, looking at her with lowered eyes and a soft smile. After a moment, he finally walked forward uncontrollably, "What are you looking at?"
The caregiver looked at him, still holding the phone without moving, but Ye Xi had already suppressed her smile, withdrew her gaze, and leaned against the sofa again to continue reading her book.
Seeing this, the caregiver quickly handed her mobile phone to Ye Jinfan and said, "I was watching a funny video of small animals that my colleague sent me. It's very interesting. Ms. Ye likes it very much."
"Really?" Ye Jinfan took the phone and sat on the sofa, "I'll take a look too."
When the caregiver saw this, he quickly took the initiative to avoid it.
Ye Jinfan sat there holding his phone, watching the animal video which was very boring to him, but he still laughed out loud, "This puppy is quite cute, let's get one too, okay?"
Ye Xi did not answer.
"The garden at home is so big, you can actually raise two or three." Ye Jinfan said, "But then you will have to feed them every day, play with them, and take them out for walks... In this way, two or three seem too much.
Thank you for your hard work, let’s raise one first. Which breed do you like? I’ll ask Sun Bin to bring one back.”
Ye Xi suddenly stood up with the book in hand, as if ready to go back to the room.
Ever since she moved in here, Ye Jinfan had always been obedient to her, but at this moment, he finally couldn't help but stretched out his hand to hold her.
"Xixi, let's go home." Ye Jinfan said.
Ye Xi was pulled by him and did not struggle. She only stood silently for a moment and finally said something: "I live very well here."
"It's not safe here now!" Seeing that she finally responded, Ye Jinfan suppressed the excitement in his heart and whispered, "I can't tell whether the fire next door was an accident or man-made, I can't let you live here anymore!
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Hearing this, Ye Xi finally slowly turned around and looked at him, her eyes filled with silence.
"Be obedient." Ye Jinfan said, "Come back with me, and I will stay with you."
Ye Xi stared at him quietly for a moment, then slowly shook her head, "There is no way I will go back with you. Absolutely not."