After Bankruptcy, the Billionaire Asked Me to Marry Him!
Chapter 17 Keep Pretending!

Chapter 17: Chapter 17 Keep Pretending!

Black and white sketch.

With just a few strokes, it was full of charm.

On the left side of the paper, he was flipping through a manual, and Xiao Bao was kneeling on the ground assembling Legos.

Even the nearly completed Hogwarts was depicted vividly.

On the right side of the paper, she had drawn herself.

Her eyes—large and watery—almost took up half of her face, and her cartoon version, Ye Lixiao, waved with a bright smile, "Hi, hello! I’m the super cute Sister Lizi from the universe!"

The sense of space between the two drawings was excellent; at a glance, it seemed as though Ye Li was greeting the two people in the other drawing.

Yanci’s gaze paused slightly, and he looked down at the girl sleeping obliviously in his arms.

He thought she had stopped drawing long ago.

Turns out, she hadn’t given it up!

Glancing at Xiao Bao, who was obediently lying in bed watching him, Yanci moved his lips, "Sleep well, good night!"

Xiao Bao nodded.

Yanci carried Ye Li out the door and headed straight for the small courtyard where they lived.

A chilly wind blew by, mixing with the snowflakes falling from the trees.

Yanci held Ye Li tighter.

Ye Li snuggled more closely into that warm embrace.

Back in the bedroom, Yanci gently placed Ye Li back on the bed and removed her boots.

The instant he pulled the blanket over her, Yanci’s eyes narrowed slightly.

Ye Li didn’t dare to move.

She had woken up a long time ago.

If she hadn’t realized it when Yanci picked her up, only vaguely aware that she had been sleeping,

then the cold wind when they stepped outside had fully awakened her.

But she didn’t want to wake up.

Walking in frozen, snowy conditions was natural.

But surely, the two couldn’t just walk in silence without saying a word?

Talking about the weather clearly wasn’t suitable.

And she wasn’t good at chatting about other things.

Besides, with her excessively curious nature, she would surely ask why Xiao Bao’s mom didn’t want him, and why Yanci hadn’t married Xiao Bao’s mom—those kinds of gossipy questions.

At that moment, if Yanci responded, how awkward it would be!

If he didn’t respond, he must be figuring out how to strangle her.

It was a dilemma either way.

Since there was no solution, the best solution was to play the ostrich, hide, and not face it.

She was "asleep," after all!

Indeed, Yanci, completely unaware, without changing his expression or disrupting his heartbeat, carried her back to the room all while keeping his breathing steady.

She just had to pretend to slowly wake up, then take a shower and sleep.

Close her eyes, open them, and one night would have passed.

The next day, she would have morning tea with her grandmother and kill time for a day, and by the afternoon, she’d be packing to return to her college dormitory.

Then she wouldn’t have to be alone with Yanci anymore, and there wouldn’t be so many awkward moments.

Simply... perfect!

Reality proved that imagination is beautiful, but reality is terrifying!

Ye Li had never dreamed that a cold man like Yanci would be so considerate as to worry that she wouldn’t sleep well in her clothes and that he would help her undress!!!

The man was gentle, gently lifting her upper body to lean on his chest, carefully removing her down jacket.

Her face pressed against his chest, so close that Ye Li could clearly smell the strong scent of sandalwood on him, hearing his steady heartbeat.

As if hesitating how to help her take off her cashmere sweater without waking her, the man hesitated for a moment.

Then, his fingers touched the hem of her sweater.

His warm fingertips gently slid over the soft flesh of her waist, and Ye Li could feel goosebumps erupting where his fingertips passed.

A tingling sensation spread up her spine to her neck.

Ye Li’s cheeks and ears burned as if boiling water had scalded them, leaving her brain blank for a moment.

In a swift, trembling motion, Ye Li sat up from Yanci’s embrace.