If You Could Hear My Heart
Chapter 1071 - Chapter 1071 Chapter 1071 Looks Too Much Like Shen Chi

Chapter 1071: Chapter 1071: Looks Too Much Like Shen Chi Chapter 1071: Chapter 1071: Looks Too Much Like Shen Chi “It can strengthen the body and benefit intellect,” Bai Man continued, “The child was very frail from birth, I’m really afraid he’ll be bullied as he grows up.”

Mrs. Wu agreed with Bai Man and glanced at the medicine bottle she held.

“Yes, this child looks thinner than other children; you’ve really gone out of your way, Miss Bai. However, the child is quite picky. He only eats when fed milk and millet porridge. If you try adding other nutritional supplements, he doesn’t touch them. To be honest, the last bottle of nutrients you brought–I fed it to him once, and he refused to take it a second time.”

Bai Man furrowed her brows, “He didn’t eat what I brought last time?”

“Yes, he just took one bite and cried the entire time,” Mrs. Wu explained, “I’m not sure if it tasted bad. I still have the medicine bottle in the cupboard, I haven’t thrown it out. I’ll feed it to another child some other day.”

“He refused to eat, and you didn’t try to feed him?” Bai Man appeared displeased, and her expression darkened, “That’s how children are; the more you indulge them, the naughtier they get. He’s so thin and not in good health; how can you let him refuse to eat?”

“Yes, you’re right, Miss Bai. I’ll try again next time. I’ll feed him whether he wants it or not.”

“Mmm, I hope he gains some weight by the next time I visit,” Bai Man said.

“Oh, definitely, I will take good care of him.”

“I’ll come to check on him another day; I’m going to check on the other children now,” Bai Man stated indifferently.

“Take your time leaving, let me walk you out.”

Mrs. Wu accompanied Bai Man, walking her all the way outside the dormitory building.

Bai Man did not let her walk any further, simply waved her hand, signaling her to go inside.

After leaving, Bai Man visited several other places to throw people off the scent, but the face of that little fellow kept reappearing in her mind.

Children usually look similar, but to her, this child looked strikingly like Shen Chi.

Bai Man felt a swirl of complex emotions inside her.

Xu Chaomu really was blessed by fate, sleeping around in Paris and even ending up with a child that resembled Shen Chi.

The vice president of Feili Group was indeed useless, failing to get even a woman.

Sometimes she truly couldn’t understand–could a woman be that lucky? Or was it arranged by someone?

Nonetheless, this issue wasn’t important anymore.

She visited a few more places to see children and then, after finishing her visits at the Little Red Flower Orphanage, she drove back.

On the way back, she pretended to know nothing and made a call to Shen Chi.

“Shen Chi, has the meeting ended?” Bai Man’s voice was soft and melodious, sounding affectedly sweet.

Shen Chi was lying on the bed reading a book, enjoying his rare leisure time, seated on the big bed where he and Xu Chaomu used to sleep, flipping through books bought by Xu Chaomu.

“Um.” Shen Chi responded vaguely, his brow furrowing.

“Have you gotten home? I’ve made some late-night snacks. Why don’t I bring them over? It must be tough to still be in meetings this late.”

“It ended long ago; there’s no need for you to come over, I’m too tired. I’m just going to take a shower and then go to sleep. You should rest early too.”

“Alright then, I’ll rest soon and visit you another day.” Bai Man suppressed the frustration inside her, “By the way, did the meeting go smoothly?”

Shen Chi hesitated slightly. It seemed that Bai Man had been inquiring about his affairs again–he hadn’t had any meeting that evening.

He responded casually, “Just reporting on a few agenda items. It was a video conference, quite simple.”

This time, it was Bai Man’s turn to be stunned, realizing it was a video conference?

No wonder Shen Chi had returned to Waterside Pavilion; a video conference didn’t require being at the group’s office. It seemed she had really misunderstood Shen Chi–luckily, she hadn’t called to confront him, or what would he think of her?

“What’s wrong?” Shen Chi asked softly, “Are you too tired? I heard that you’ve been busy these past few days. Rest early, I won’t bother you anymore.”

Before Bai Man could respond, Shen Chi had hung up the phone.

“Hello, Shen Chi!” Bai Man called out.

However, Shen Chi had already hung up the phone.

Bai Man realized it was her own overthinking. Maybe Shen Chi wasn’t too happy either?

Oh, she really should know better. When two people are together, they need to trust each other. Why was she overthinking?

All of Shen Chi’s kindness towards her, she saw it all; he genuinely cared for her. That commercial street project, others couldn’t sign it, but she could.

He was so good to her, yet here she was, worrying needlessly.

She shook her head in annoyance, then started driving home, reassured.

Her mood instantly improved, casting aside all the previous unpleasantness.

…

During those days, Bai Man still often invited Shen Chi out.

Sometimes Shen Chi declined, sometimes he didn’t, but Bai Man felt that he was somewhat different from before.

She didn’t know why she felt this way, maybe she was just overthinking, being too sensitive.

On this day, it was raining in C City, the sky was gloomy, and the temperature was much lower than usual.

At first, it was a drizzle, but gradually, the rain grew heavier and thunder rolled in the sky.

Lightning streaked, and torrential rain followed with thunder and lightning, pouring down from the sky, hitting the ground and high-rise buildings.

Bai Man sat in a coffee shop she often visited with Shen Chi, looking at the rain outside the window, feeling restless.

She ordered a cappuccino, took a sip, and frowned.

The coffee she usually loved now tasted completely joyless.

At this time, Shen Chi would definitely be working, and she couldn’t ask him to join her. Actually, during the rain, she really wished he was there with her, that she could hold him.

The rain wet the steps in front of the coffee shop, splashing up countless pearl-like droplets.

Bai Man stared out the window, lost in thought, feeling a persistent discomfort and unease in her heart.

She hadn’t felt this way in a long time. It didn’t make sense, Shen Chi was good to her, and her family was good to her, she had nothing to be unhappy about.

Maybe… it was the bad weather, she was overthinking again.

Feeling uneasy, she called Mrs. Wu at the welfare home.

“Hello, Mrs. Wu, has Xiaobao been good today?”

Since it was raining, Mrs. Wu hadn’t gone anywhere and was caring for the little ones at the welfare home.

“Yes, he’s been very good.”

“Did he eat his nutritional supplements?”

“It’s the same as always, he refuses to eat. Miss Bai, this little guy has such a keen sense of smell, I’ve even ground the pills into a powder and mixed them in his milk, but it’s like he can smell it and refuses to eat.”

“If he won’t eat, you have to feed him. How can you not?” Bai Man said, “If he doesn’t eat, his body won’t grow strong, and he’ll keep being sick. It’ll only be more painful for him to take medicine later on.”

“Yes, you’re right. But I fed him last night, and he ate,” Mrs. Wu said, “He was originally quite fussy, but after eating, he fell asleep, slept soundly, and didn’t make any fuss.”