Chapter Fourteen: Pupil, this palace is so afraid

  "What?!"

  Sleep together!?! Didn't she hear it wrong?!?!

  Han Xi Tong's heart was greatly shocked, her eyes wide with astonishment, and her face full of uncontainable surprise. On the contrary, in response to Han Xi Tong's excited expression, Xuan Xiao Ran had a bashful appearance, his originally snow-white cheeks even more flushed with a faint pink hue, making his face all the more charming and captivating.

  That shy and affectionate appearance, just like a new bride waiting for her husband's favor on their wedding night, made Han Hui's eyes widen in shock, his whole body stiffening.

  It seemed that Xuan Xiao had sensed something was off about Han Xi Tong, and slowly raised her head, giving him a glance. Suddenly, as if she had thought of something, her beautiful Danfeng eyes quickly welled up with tears, and her eyes sparkled with unshed tears, with two small teardrops hanging from the corners of her eyes. With a pitiful expression, she said to Han Xi Tong.

  "Tong'er, what's wrong with you? Could it be that Tong'er is tired of me?"

  "Uh..."

  Seeing Xuan's pitiful and delicate appearance, it seemed like she would cry just by nodding her head, Han Xi immediately felt embarrassed and wanted to scream at the sky.

  How did she end up with such a master!?!

  Although Xiang was fine in every way, she always had a pitiful and frail appearance that could soften even the coldest of hearts, let alone hers.

  At this, Han Xi's eyes tightened and she immediately shook her head in denial.

  "Don't even think about it! Xiaoran, stop your wild thoughts!"

  "Really?"

  When Han Xi Tong spoke, Xing Xiao Ran's eyes, which had been brimming with tears, immediately burst into laughter. That smile was like a pear blossom unfolding, so beautiful it moved people's hearts.

  "Two hundred percent is real!"

  Pa Xuan didn't believe it, and Han Xi's eyes were wide with incredulity, as if she was about to swear an oath.

  "Hehe, as long as Tong'er doesn't despise me, that's all that matters. Let's go to sleep quickly, didn't you say you were tired just now?"

  She spoke with a gentle and virtuous wife's tone, her voice as soft and weak as the spring breeze on one's face. However, Han Xi Tong felt an urge to die upon hearing his words.

  After all, she was not used to touching other men besides Cheng Wei, and the one in front of her was still an underage boy!

  Although the two of them had been through a lot last night, what happened last night was also inevitable. Although she promised to take responsibility for him, she always felt that he was too young, and her age was much older than his, so it made her very uncomfortable to sleep with a boy who was so much younger than her.

  And somehow, she had a feeling of an old cow eating tender grass, and she was that old cow...

  Xiao Yan didn't know what Han Xi Tong was thinking, but when he heard that Han Xi Tong wasn't disgusted with him, he decided to reach out and pull Han Xi Tong onto the big bed to rest together. However, Han Xi Tong's face turned awkward as he dodged away.

  Facing Xie Zhen's handsome face with a hint of embarrassment, Han Xi hastily said.

  "Hey, Xiaoran, I didn't mean to imply that I dislike you or anything. It's just that I'm not used to sleeping with others, otherwise I'll be wide awake all night and won't be able to sleep."

  Han Xi Tong said with a sincere and helpless expression on her face, showing that what she said was true.

  Listening to his words, Xing Xiao Ran simply stared at Han Xi Tong with those beautiful Danfeng eyes, her face slightly stiffening, unsure what he was thinking in his heart.

  It wasn't until a moment later that Xing Xiao Ran slightly lowered his small face, and softly said "oh". Although this time he didn't reveal a pitiful expression on his face again, but from his tone of voice, Han Xi Tong could still sense his obvious disappointment.

  In her heart, she had a thread of unbearable pain, but Han Xi's eyes still endured.

  After all, what happened last night was just a mistake, and she didn't want such mistakes to continue happening.

  "Well then, you go to sleep early, I'll sleep in the adjacent guest room."

  "Oh."

  Xiao Ran still responded softly, and that delicate little face was lowered even further.

  His eyes were lightly closed, and the long eyelashes covered all the colors at the bottom of his eyes, casting two clusters of beautiful dark shadows on his eyelids, making him even more gentle and lovely.

  Han Xi Tong knew that Xuan Xiao Ran was unhappy in her heart, but she didn't say anything else. She just pursed her lips tightly and turned around to walk out the door, planning to let You Er help her arrange a guest room to sleep in.

  Who knew, just as she had already reached the door and was about to step out of the room, a loud clap of thunder suddenly boomed outside, accompanied by a bright flash of lightning that illuminated the entire earth, making it seem like daylight. It was as if the sky itself was going to be split in two. The two people inside the house were startled.

  Han Xi Tong was fine, after all she had just been startled by the sudden loud thunder. But as the thunder rumbled on, a blood-curdling scream came from behind her, so loud that it made Han Xi Tong's heart shrink in fear.

  He immediately turned his head towards the source of the scream and looked back, when he saw the scene behind him, Han Xi's good-looking eyebrows were even more tightly furrowed into a "川" shape!

  Just a moment ago, Xiang was fine, but now she's curled up into a small ball at the edge of the bed, her hands tightly covering her ears, and her face is contorted in a painful and frightened expression.

  At this point, Han Xi's heart skipped a beat, and she quickly rushed over to Xun Xiao Ran, who had shrunk into a small ball.

  "What's wrong with you, Xiao Ran?"

  She crouched down, Han Xi's eyes were filled with puzzlement and worry as she stared at Xuan Xiao who was shrinking into the bed.

  After all, he was fine just now, how could he become like this after being struck by lightning once? Could it be...

  It was as if confirming Han Xi's thoughts, when she approached Xuan Xiao Ran, Xuan Xiao Ran pounced into her arms like a drowning person grasping for a lifeline. His hands tightly encircled her slender waist, and his small face, filled with fear, buried deeply into her chest. A faint, weak gasping sound echoed from within her embrace.

  "Waaah, Tian'er, there's thunder, I'm so scared..."

  "Uh..."

  Really afraid of thunder...

  Han Xi's eyes were speechless, but she still stretched out her hand to gently pat the back of Xing Xiao Ran, feeling that the person in her arms was trembling all over like a fallen leaf in the wind, obviously scared.

  In an instant, Han Xi's tone softened, and she cooed gently to the person in her arms, as if coaxing a child.

  "It's okay, it's just thunder, Xiaoran don't be afraid..."

  "Wuuu... but I'm still scared..."

  Someone cooed, and Xue Xiao Ran cried even harder. Moreover, his small face kept rubbing against Han Xi Tong's chest, causing her back to stiffen immediately. If it were someone else in her arms at this moment, she would have kicked him flying without hesitation.

  But looking at Xiang Yanran crying pitifully in her arms, Han Xi only sighed silently to herself. What could she do? It was her fault for getting involved with him after all!