Quadruplets’ Charm: The Tycoon’s Hidden Heirs
Chapter 474 - 473: Fortunately, You Are By My Side

Chapter 474: Chapter 473: Fortunately, You Are By My Side

Xing Ling was startled, "Did I just... touch your wound?" She couldn’t even remember doing so.

But Ye Sihan’s painful expression didn’t seem fake; the veins on his forehead were bulging.

"Are you alright?" she asked anxiously.

"I’m fine, I just need to catch my breath," Ye Sihan’s voice was hoarse.

"Let me see the wound," Xing Ling tried to pull her hand back, which he was holding tight.

However, Ye Sihan’s grip was so strong she couldn’t free herself.

"How could it bleed so easily?" Ye Sihan lifted his dark eyes to gaze deeply at her. "This pain is nothing."

"...Then, can you let go of my hand?" Xing Ling’s gaze shifted to the side, her heartbeat pounding.

"Alright," Ye Sihan actually released her hand.

As she drew her hand back, it seemed to still retain the sense of pressure and warmth.

Xing Ling looked at the medicine on the coffee table, and while tidying up, she asked, "Where should I put these?"

"In the drawer of the bedside table."

Xing Ling got up and walked toward the bedside.

She opened the drawer and placed the medicine inside.

While putting them away, she noticed another bottle of medicine, which she first thought was just another anti-inflammatory, but then she recognized the name of the drug at a glance.

It was sedatives.

So, Ye Sihan took these every night...

By the time Ye Sihan sensed something was off, Xing Ling stood up as if nothing had happened, "Is there anything else you need?"

"Goodnight," Ye Sihan’s dark eyes held a smile.

Xing Ling turned around and successfully left the room.

It left her with food for thought.

Lying in bed that night, Xing Ling took a long time to fall asleep.

She thought about Ye Sihan’s suggestion of going to the Maldives, and then returning to Kyoto for the divorce.

And the sedatives in the drawer.

Should she go on a trip for the sake of the child?

Ye Sihan seemed as if he had lost his possessiveness over her.

No, she wouldn’t go.

Just the thought of that family of six made her skin crawl.

She had barely crawled out of hell, and now she was approaching the gates of hell again; was she seeking her own destruction?

Once having such a life experience was enough, why go for a second time?

Xing Ling fell asleep amidst her chaotic thoughts.

She woke up a bit late.

After washing up and going downstairs, she saw Ye Sihan sitting alone on the living room sofa.

"The kids have gone to school, haven’t they?" Xing Ling asked.

"Mhm. Hungry? Let’s have breakfast," Ye Sihan stood up.

Xing Ling thought to herself, hasn’t he eaten? She assumed he had breakfast with the kids.

Could he have been waiting for her?

Xing Ling didn’t want to consider that possibility, but her thoughts involuntarily drifted there.

During breakfast, Xing Ling didn’t speak.

Ye Sihan didn’t speak either, and the atmosphere was rather silent.

To be exact, it was somewhat oppressive.

"Did you have trouble sleeping last night?" Ye Sihan asked.

"No," Xing Ling replied as if she’d been seen through, not daring to lift her face, and she munched on her sandwich in silence.

"If you can’t sleep, you can come and talk to me," Ye Sihan said.

Xing Ling was silent.

She thought to herself, you’re overthinking.

Even if I hadn’t slept all night, I wouldn’t come to talk to you.

I’d be avoiding you at all costs.

Having nothing to do in the morning, Xing Ling avoided Ye Sihan and took a walk in the mansion’s backyard garden by herself.

There were exotic flowers and plants, as well as large trees providing shade; it was very comfortable to sit there with the gentle breeze.

She wanted to stay in her room, to avoid seeing Ye Sihan.

But having lived here for so long, was she supposed to stay in her room every day?

It seemed like Ye Sihan was planning to stay here for a month.

Other than her, everyone else seemed to agree on Ye Sihan staying for a month.

Could she alone resist the will of the whole family?

Xing Ling could only sigh helplessly in her heart.

A laptop lay on the table; she was watching a movie.

She just hoped Ye Sihan wouldn’t show up.

Ye Sihan didn’t appear, but her cell phone beside her rang.

Seeing the caller ID, Xing Ling answered, "Yuli, is something the matter?"

"What are you doing?"

"Taking a break at home," Xing Ling said, keeping her eyes on the computer screen.

"Want to go out for a walk?"

"No thanks, I’m going to make some snacks for the kids later."

"I know a place that sells snacks, they taste pretty good and are nutritious too, want to go?"

"Go out..." Xing Ling glanced at the sky.

As she was pondering, a deep gentle voice came from beside her, "Drink some juice."

A cup of freshly squeezed orange juice appeared on the table.

Caught off guard, Ye Yuli on the other end of the phone was also stunned upon hearing the voice.

That voice... it was Ye Sihan.

He was certain.

Why would Ye Sihan be at the Xing family’s place?

Was he there to see the kids? But he had heard that Ye Sihan hadn’t left Kyoto in three years.

Why had he come now?

His purpose couldn’t be Xing Ling, could it...

"We’ll talk later," Xing Ling hung up the phone. Looking at Ye Sihan who had taken a seat on the chair beside her, she said, "I’ll be heading out later."

"Meeting a friend?"

"Yeah."

"What friend?"

Xing Ling frowned, "I don’t need to report that to you, do I?"

Ye Sihan’s expression became slightly reserved, "I’m just worried about your chest discomfort, in case something happens."

Xing Ling, remembering what Ye Sihan said the day before about his chest discomfort, hesitated.

"Since it’s not an important friend, why not wait until I’m more stable to go?" Ye Sihan asked.

Xing Ling touched her nose, "It’s not that important really, besides, I didn’t really want to go."

Ye Sihan held out the juice to her, "I made it, tell me how it tastes?"

Xing Ling kept her focus on the computer screen, "I don’t want it."

Ye Sihan didn’t insist, holding the cup himself, a straw between his lips, he drank slowly.

While drinking, he watched the movie with her.

Xing Ling had been hoping Ye Sihan would leave soon, but not only did he stay, he watched the movie with great interest.

After waiting for more than half an hour, Xing Ling was becoming impatient.

Turning to speak, her words got stuck in her throat.

Ye Sihan leaned back in the chair, one hand holding the half-finished juice, the other propping his jaw, his eyes closed, he had fallen asleep.

It was still morning, and he was sleepy?

Did he have a bad night’s sleep?

Didn’t he take sleeping pills?

Xing Ling stayed silent, continuing to watch her movie, trying to ignore him.

But she noticed the cup in Ye Sihan’s hand, hoping it wouldn’t fall.

Looking at his slender and strong fingers gripping the cup, it probably wouldn’t fall...

Couldn’t this man go to bed to sleep?

Didn’t he know this would bother her?

Xing Ling thought the movie would end soon, and she planned to leave the garden as soon as it did.

Right as the movie was nearing its end, Ye Sihan abruptly woke up with a start, the cup in his hand dropping to the ground with a clatter.

It shattered upon impact.

Xing Ling watched, startled, as Ye Sihan’s face turned to one of lost panic, his breathing heavy, and a thin sweat on his forehead.

"You... what’s wrong? Are you feeling unwell?"

Ye Sihan’s dark eyes lifted, focusing intently on Xing Ling’s face, his desire so strong.

He pulled Xing Ling’s hand and yanked her into his embrace, holding her tight, "It’s okay, you’re by my side."

Xing Ling’s backside was on Ye Sihan’s lap, her body stiff.

She could hear the strong heartbeat coming from the chest she was pressed against.