"So, you always just go through the motions, never willing to behave obediently."
Li Yuntang reluctantly completed her sentence, gently placing her on the bed, bending his fingers to brush under her faintly dark circles, "If you can't sleep well here, why not come back with me, hmm?"
"Just... had a nightmare, that's all."
Unwilling to mention Li Beicheng's name in front of the man, Yan Xiaye glossed over last night's terrifying ordeal, stubbornly and obstinately shaking her head, "Father's health is not great; both emotionally and logically, I should stay here."
After a pause, a hint of complexity appeared in her clear eyes as she softly added, "If my mother were still alive, perhaps she would hope for me to do the same."
Li Yuntang nodded slightly; he understood the importance of family to Yan Xiaye and pondered without saying more.
But Yan Xiaye staying alone in the Qin Family really made him uneasy.
