The CEO Stayed by My Bed All Night?

Ning Shixue still wasn’t feeling well that night.

His stomach ached.
His complexion was extremely pale.
His eyelashes drooped, making his lower eyelids look even deeper.
His shoulder-length black hair was soaked with cold sweat, sticking to his pale skin.
Only his lips were burning red, his breath hot.

He had a deep dream.
He dreamed that his stabbed right eye was still bleeding, his vision clouded red.

The cinema was pitch black everywhere, like he was the only one there.
He was trapped in his seat, his wrists and ankles bound by a cold,阴冷 presence.
The big screen flickered nonstop.

It should have shown scary images.

But in the end, it was forcibly frozen on an old cartoon.

“The moon is bright, the wind is calm, the leaves shade the window lattice…”

The singing was so gentle.

His bleeding eye didn’t seem to hurt so much anymore.

His eyelashes fluttered with difficulty.

In the middle of the night, Ning Shixue fell into a deep stupor.

But he still sensed someone approaching.

A pair of slightly cool hands leaned down and touched his forehead and cheek.

Ning Shixue was usually very good at enduring pain.

But this time, he couldn’t help burying his cheek in that person’s palm.

The next day, when he opened his eyes, the chubby kid was still in his arms.

Ning Shixue thought he had been dreaming in the latter half of the night.

But when he rubbed his face, wanting to wash up, his eyes suddenly widened in surprise.

The side of the bed was slightly depressed.

There was still residual warmth.

Someone had clearly stayed by his side for half the night and only just left.

Xie Yaoyao rubbed his eyes.

He also stuck out his little bottom and climbed up.

His face was flushed.

He had been held in Ning Shixue’s arms, which had been very hot last night, and had sweated too.

“Did your Big Daddy come?”

Ning Shixue asked him.

Xie Yaoyao nodded firmly.
“Came oh.”

He had even talked to Big Daddy.
Big Daddy told him not to disturb the baby while he slept.
He said okay.
Then Big Daddy bought him crispy little chicken drumsticks.

Xie Yaoyao patted his little belly.
His soft, chubby face was full of confusion.
Why did he feel like there were no little drumsticks in his tummy?

Ning Shixue: “…”

Ning Shixue was dubious.
He thought Xie Zhaozhou had probably been there.
But how could Xie Zhaozhou have promised the chubby kid chicken drumsticks in the middle of the night?
He must have been dreaming again.

The director finally acted like a decent person for once.
Since Ning Shixue wasn’t better, he didn’t force him to film.
He told him to continue resting.

But the guests would be leaving the island that night.
Ning Shixue still had to go over in the evening.

Ning Shixue didn’t mind.
He took his medicine and went back to sleep.
Xie Yaoyao left with He Lin and He Miao.

Xie Yaoyao the Great Demon King hadn’t given up on losing weight.
But he had already eaten one less fried meatball and still hadn’t lost weight.
This losing weight thing was too hard.
He decided to find some help.

A few little kids huddled together, crouching in a group.

Tang Haohao scratched his head.
He asked suspiciously,
“If you lose weight, you can act in a movie?”

He had lost weight too, over ten pounds.
But no director had asked him to act in a movie.

“Yes!”
Xie Yaoyao said excitedly, propping his chubby face in his hands.
“Act in movie with baby!”

He Miao was very supportive.
She would be on set for a month or two.
It would be great if she could stay with Little Ning Gege and Yaoyao didi the whole time.

But not eating fried meatballs didn’t lead to weight loss.
This was serious.
She thought they should make a detailed plan.

“You need to get beauty sleep,”
He Miao said, pinching the flesh on his arm.
“And eating one less fried meatball isn’t enough. You should eat two less each meal.”

Shen Yi was a jewelry designer, but she also modeled herself.
So she was very strict about body management.

He Miao heard her mom say that eating less and getting more beauty sleep would make you thin.
Yaoyao didi’s flesh was so soft.
He would probably need to sleep like that for several days to get thin.

Xie Yaoyao’s dark eyes widened instantly.
This was way too scary.
He had to eat two less fried meatballs.

Tang Haohao retorted,
“No! He should go running!”

He had been forced by his little dad to run on the treadmill for many days.

The bullet comments didn’t know why Xie Yaoyao had suddenly decided to lose weight.
But listening to them mutter, they were dying of laughter.

[Help!!! Auntie can’t lose your soft, chubby cheeks!!!]

[Who doesn’t want to wake up ten pounds thinner?]

Tang Haohao and He Miao couldn’t agree.
They decided Xie Yaoyao should try them one by one.
Start with beauty sleep.

Xie Yaoyao blinked his big eyes blankly.
He scratched his cheek.
“But, I not sleepy now.”

He didn’t want to sleep yet.

“I can coax you to sleep, then you can sleep,”
He Miao said, running over in her little puffy dress to hug Xie Yaoyao.
She patted his back like her mom did.

“Little baby, sleep tight.”

She sang very well.
Her voice was soft and clear.

Xie Yaoyao the Great Demon King actually started to feel sleepy.

He Miao successfully lulled Xie Yaoyao, Tang Haohao, and herself to sleep.

They collapsed on the little bed in the playroom and slept for over an hour before finally waking up.

Tang Haohao wouldn’t give up.
He grabbed Xie Yaoyao and ran to find a yoga ball.
“Run with this!”

Xie Yaoyao was stunned.
The soft hair on his head stood up.
So acting in a movie was this hard work?
Much harder than Big Daddy standing in that building working every day.

They went to find the director first.
The director was amused.
But he still took them outside to play.

Tang Haohao pointed at the yoga ball and said, hands on his hips,
“You push this ball, from here to there, and then run back.”

Xie Yaoyao was only three and a half.
He was about as tall as the yoga ball.
His soft, white cheeks puffed up like a little bun.
He used all his strength to push the ball.

But the ball wasn’t as heavy as he imagined.
He also stepped on the tail of his little dinosaur pajamas and fell with a plop.

The director was startled.
He thought Xie Yaoyao would cry.
Unexpectedly, Xie Yaoyao huffed and climbed back up by himself.
His eyes were red-rimmed, but he didn’t cry.

He still had to make a movie with the baby.

Tang Haohao directed him back and forth.
In less than half an hour, Xie Yaoyao’s face was red from exhaustion.
His dark hair was stuck to his face.
His whole little being went limp.
He slowly lay down flat, tears streaming as he waved his hand.
“I can’t run anymore.”

They also sought help.
How could they get thin?
By resisting the temptation of fried meatballs.

He Miao asked Ji Xiao’s aunt to make a big bowl of fried meatballs.
Jiang Yu’s grandma also stewed fish and made crispy fried little ribs.
At the same time, she opened a video call, raised her little hand, and said in her milky voice,
“Ready, set, eat!”

Poor Xie Yaoyao the Great Demon King had no fried meatballs and no little ribs.
He could only stick out his little bottom and lie on the floor, watching Little Mantou and the Sea God little brother eat.

He was almost drooling.
Tears uncontrollably streamed down his soft, white cheeks, splashing onto them.

Wuwuwu, who would save him?

[Help, he’s crying because he’s tempted.]

[Oh, my poor little one. This is too cruel. Who could resist?]

Naonao still didn’t want to play with them.
But that evening, he and Xie Yaoyao both wanted the same Ultraman at the same time.
The two little kids were about to fight.
The director quickly separated them.

Xie Yaoyao puffed out his cheeks, breathing heavily.
Unintentionally, he was losing weight.

Ning Shixue was finally completely better that night.
He was just weak from sleeping so long.
He reached for his coat.
He hesitated, then took Xie Zhaozhou’s suit jacket that he hadn’t taken with him.

Then he draped it over his shoulders and went downstairs.

He finally noticed a very serious problem.
Xie Yaoyao had eaten two fewer fried meatballs tonight.

Even though Xie Yaoyao didn’t seem uncomfortable, he was still a bit afraid he might get sick.
He had never taken care of a sick child before.
When he himself was sick, he just muddled through.
If he died, he died.
If he was lucky, he survived.

Ning Shixue messaged the old butler.
He didn’t ask Xie Zhaozhou.
After all, the old butler usually took care of Xie Yaoyao.

And Xie Zhaozhou was probably very busy.
Otherwise, he would have come to accompany him on the show.
He tried not to bother him.

As Ning Shixue thought this, his eyes suddenly widened in surprise.
He didn’t know when he had started to assume this.
It was like he was important to Xie Zhaozhou.

But it was just dating.
You could date someone you just had a little crush on.
Even marriage could end in divorce.

It was different from love.

He wasn’t going to ask Xie Zhaozhou whether he loved him or not.
That would be both annoying and unreasonable.
Besides, even he didn’t know what love really was.

He didn’t think about it anymore.
Otherwise, it would be like he not only wanted Xie Zhaozhou to like him, but also wanted him to love him.

Wasn’t that crazy?

The old butler replied to him.

The old butler also thought it was strange.
He hadn’t watched today’s live stream and didn’t know what had happened.
Ning Shixue had no idea that Xie Yaoyao was trying to lose weight.

The director and the others thought he knew.
So they went through all this, and in the end, no one told him.

After dinner, he took Xie Yaoyao to a clinic near the hotel.

It was getting dark.
The sunset gilded the sea with a layer of shimmering gold.
The hotel was very close to the sea.
You could even smell the salty sea breeze.

Ning Shixue held Xie Yaoyao under his armpits, lifting him like a little dog for the doctor to see.

The doctor felt Xie Yaoyao’s forehead, listened to his chest, and checked his mouth.
There was nothing wrong at all.
A child this healthy was actually quite rare.

Ning Shixue, on the other hand, looked very pale.

“He’s fine,”
the doctor said, also puzzled.
“He probably just doesn’t want to eat. Don’t worry too much.”

Xie Yaoyao was still pouting.
He couldn’t help kicking his short little legs.
Why was this uncle shining a light in his mouth?

[Human cub passed quality inspection.]

[But it looks like losing weight failed again. It’s okay, baby. Auntie won’t laugh too loud.]

The doctor weighed Xie Yaoyao.
Not only had he not lost weight, he had gained a few ounces.
Because that night, Tang Haohao insisted that you need strength to lose weight, so he ate a few more pieces of rice cake.

When they left the clinic, it was completely dark.
The lighthouse beam shone on the sea.
Ning Shixue pulled Xie Yaoyao’s little hand and walked towards the hotel.

He squeezed the soft flesh on his little hand and asked Xie Yaoyao again,
“Why you not eat fried meatballs?”

Xie Yaoyao told him everything anyway.
Holding back until now was his limit.
He grabbed a few of Ning Shixue’s fingers with his soft little hand and whispered,
“I losing weight oh.”

“Huh?”
Ning Shixue was stunned.

“Chubby, can’t make movie with baby,”
Xie Yaoyao suddenly said, full of grievance.
His eyes reddened.
He hugged Ning Shixue’s leg and plopped down on the ground, starting to sob.
“Baby will, take other kids home.”

Wuwuwu, they had agreed to be best friends.
But because he had lots of fat, the baby wouldn’t be friends with him anymore.
He would go be friends with other kids.

He didn’t want this fat anymore.
Could they be together forever?

He Lin had also brought He Miao over.
Since Ning Shixue had agreed to do the movie, he had to quickly prepare to start filming.
He was busy as hell.
Only that night did he find out what He Miao and the others had been doing.

He was both amused and exasperated as he told He Miao,
“Kids can’t just lose weight randomly. If you don’t eat, you won’t grow tall.”

He Miao propped her chin in her hands and thought.
If Yaoyao didi was always this short, it would be just too pitiful.
Just thinking about it made her feel wronged, and she couldn’t help crying.

Ning Shixue had become much paler and thinner.
Xie Zhaozhou’s suit jacket draped over his shoulders looked especially empty.
The sea breeze blew, making the hem of the jacket sway.

He looked like he might melt into the deep sea.

But now, with the night deep and the coastal lights shining on him, those beautiful eyes were lit up by the lights.
Like clusters of stars flickering within them.

Ning Shixue crouched down, grabbed Xie Yaoyao’s chubby little hand, and told him,
“The film set is just like your kindergarten. You go to kindergarten with lots of other kids, but they don’t come home with you.”

Xie Yaoyao the Great Demon King blinked aggrievedly.

So that’s how it was?

Ning Shixue lowered his head and kissed his soft cheek.

And he had to admit, it was really nice to kiss.

Xie Yaoyao’s eyes sparkled.

The baby had never kissed him before.

He wasn’t going to wash this cheek.

He Miao went over to apologize to Ning Shixue.

She had taken Xie Yaoyao and messed around all day.

Her little pigtails were now a mess.

Her whole little self looked dirty too.

Her eyes red-rimmed, she said,

“Sorry, Little Ning Gege. I shouldn’t have made little brother lose weight.”

Ning Shixue just wanted to say that he hadn’t lost any weight anyway.

He had even gained a bit.

But He Miao looked very aggrieved.

She was also very envious.

She wanted to be kissed by Little Ning Gege too.
She really did like Ning Shixue very much.
It was just that this kind of like was very pure.
Just like she wanted to kiss her dad, she also wanted to kiss Little Ning Gege.

Because they were all people she liked.

Ning Shixue didn’t mind.
But he always felt it wasn’t quite right.
He hadn’t spent much time with little girls.
And he was only a little over ten years older than He Miao.
Maybe he shouldn’t do this.

But He Miao looked at him with pleading eyes.

In the end, Ning Shixue reached out and hugged both her and Xie Yaoyao.

Even so, He Miao was very excited.
She wasn’t washing this dress either.
She was going to treasure it.

That night, the guests recorded another interview by the sea.
Then the filming for the third stop was over.
They could go back to Yan City tonight.
Yan City wasn’t very far from here.
It was only a two-hour flight.

Ning Shixue slept on the plane.
A driver picked them up at the airport.
They finally arrived home at ten that night.

Xie Yaoyao was so sleepy he was swaying.
The old butler took him to sleep.
Ning Shixue also went to take a quick shower.

Steam filled the bathroom.
Ning Shixue suddenly, inexplicably, remembered the night he went to the movies with Xie Zhaozhou.

The tips of his pale ears instantly flushed red.
Warm water streamed down his shoulders, from the small of his back to his ankles, soaking him completely.
He didn’t dare close his eyes.
He uncontrollably remembered the scorching temperature of lips and tongues, and Xie Zhaozhou’s deep, dark eyes.

Always staring at him gently, yet like a predator eyeing its prey.
He didn’t look away until Ning Shixue’s face was red enough to bleed.

Water droplets still clung to the tips of Ning Shixue’s eyelashes.
He couldn’t help biting his lip.
He should be cured, right?

Ning Shixue decided to try himself.

…

Half an hour later.

Ning Shixue barely suppressed his embarrassment.
His toes curled up.
His whole body was as red as a boiled little crab.
He reached out of the shower and grabbed Xie Zhaozhou’s jacket.
When he lowered his head, he could still smell the faint perfume on it.

Anyway, no one would know.
Xie Zhaozhou wouldn’t know either.
Ning Shixue tried hard to convince himself.

But his hands were still shaking.
In the end, he couldn’t bring himself to do it.
He left himself in a state of suspension.
Water was still dripping from his hair ends.
He hugged Xie Zhaozhou’s jacket and threw himself onto the bed.

Ning Shixue clamped the blanket between his legs.
His whole body seemed enveloped by that cold rose scent.
But instead of feeling cold, he grew hotter and hotter.

He tried hard to fall asleep.
But he was completely awake.

Until his phone suddenly rang.
His sleepiness vanished completely, and he was even startled.

Ning Shixue scrambled to grab his phone.
Unexpectedly, it was a call from Xie Zhaozhou.
The tips of his ears suddenly burned.
He was red from the tips of his ears down to his collarbone.

This bastard better have something important to say to him, or he was dead.

Ning Shixue took a deep breath and answered the phone.
But he felt a bit guilty.
His voice was very small.
“Second Brother?”

Xie Zhaozhou paused.

The driver had messaged him, saying he had taken Ning Shixue and Xie Yaoyao home.
He estimated that Ning Shixue would have showered by now and be about to sleep.
That’s why he called.

He wanted to ask if his stomach still hurt.

But Ning Shixue’s voice was trembling, soft as water, and his breathing was a little rapid.

Xie Zhaozhou was very familiar with this state.
He held back, but in the end, he couldn’t help it.
He chuckled softly, with that lazy, annoying tone, and asked him,
“Baby, what are you doing?”