My Ex-husband Asked Me to Remarry Him Every Day
Chapter 167: Can’t You Just Say You’re Worried About Me?

Chapter 167: Chapter 167: Can’t You Just Say You’re Worried About Me?

Qiao Xi couldn’t help but speak up, "Shen Dang, are you alright? Should we rest for a bit? I’ll call you when we get home."

Shen Dang hummed softly from his throat, but he didn’t move an inch.

There were no more words between them.

The street lights outside flickered on and off, occasionally illuminating his body as they slid past the car, trimming his handsome, elongated figure into a mysterious silhouette that only became more obscure when it plunged back into darkness.

The two of them returned to Yingyue Bay in silence.

Qiao Xi parked the car and got out only to see Shen Dang still sitting inside, motionless. She opened the back seat door and peered in, "Can’t walk anymore?"

Shen Dang looked up, his dark eyes meeting hers, and said hoarsely, "If I can’t walk, can you carry me?"

"..."

What nonsense is that?

Qiao Xi’s expression showed a trace of displeasure as she tapped on the car window, "Get out."

Shen Dang slowly got out of the car and sluggishly followed Qiao Xi into the house.

He trailed behind her like a submissive spouse.

Qiao Xi pushed the door open, stooped to change her shoes, her voice carrying a trace of crisp coolness, "We can talk about whatever it is tomorrow, you should rest first."

Actually, Shen Dang was fully alert by now, "I plan to acquire Qiao’s and then break it up, isn’t that surprising to you?"

Qiao Xi mockingly laughed, casually saying, "They brought it upon themselves; what could possibly surprise me?"

It was the fact that they dared to drug Shen Dang that surprised Qiao Xi.

Weren’t they afraid of getting exposed?

But when people are desperate, they dare to do anything.

Now that their plan had failed, they could only suffer Boss Shen’s wrath and retaliatory strikes.

As for that, she had nothing to say.

Shen Dang was silent for a few seconds, then clicked his tongue before asking, "Qiao Xi, have you really decided to give me your shares?"

If he had Qiao Xi’s shares, his plan to acquire the Qiao Group would be much easier.

Previously, he only had that idea about Qiao’s, but now he wanted to implement it precisely.

Qiao Xi noticed his complexion was still off, "Boss Shen, are you sure you want to discuss this with me now?"

Shen Dang smiled, half teasing, "Are you afraid I’m talking nonsense?"

Qiao Xi studied him, "No."

Shen Dang lifted his hand and rubbed his face, "I’m not out of my senses right now."

"Alright then." Qiao Xi looked at him and nodded, "Then I can’t just give you my shares for free."

Chen Jiayan had put in a lot of effort.

Without him, acquiring the shares might not have gone so smoothly.

"Of course." Shen Dang chuckled dryly; his smile seemed sickly sweet due to his pale face, his eyes fixed on her face, "Would I ever take advantage of my ex-wife?"

Boss Shen did have some integrity.

She said, "Boss Shen naturally wouldn’t, but some things need to be made clear."

Shen Dang nodded, "Once the asset evaluation report of the Qiao Group is out, I will offer a 3% higher price to acquire the shares you hold in the Qiao Group, you won’t lose out."

Qiao Xi smiled, "Boss Shen is domineering."

Initially, she thought of supporting someone else to the position, to dismiss Qiao Zhenbin’s idea of continually using her.

Let him taste the bitterness of loss.

But he was getting more and more outrageous.

Since Shen Dang was now keen on acquiring Qiao’s, comparatively, Qiao Xi felt a bit more at ease.

After all, with Boss Shen’s eminent reputation, Qiao’s in his hands, no matter what it turned into, would still be better than in Qiao Zhenbin’s.

Qiao’s would be destroyed in his hands.

"The acquisition isn’t that urgent, we’ll wait for the right moment to make the commercial and equity changes."

Shen Dang pinched the bridge of his nose.

He was a bit tired now.

His complexion still pale.

Qiao Xi looked at him, hesitant to speak, "Do you... do you want to eat something first?"

He probably hadn’t eaten anything at the Qiao family’s house.

Shen Dang lazily lifted his eyelids to look at her, "What kind of food can you make?"

That condescending tone...

Qiao Xi suddenly exploded, "Noodles, take it or leave it!"

She didn’t even want to cook.

"That’s fine."

Although Fairy Qiao’s cooking skills weren’t great, noodles should still be manageable.

"Okay, then wait for me a bit."

Qiao Xi went to the kitchen and took tomatoes and eggs from the fridge.

With these two ingredients, even if her cooking wasn’t great, the noodles wouldn’t taste too bad.

And she thought her noodles were quite decent; they weren’t undercooked or mushy.

After about fifteen minutes, Qiao Xi brought a bowl of noodles out.

"It’s ready."

She scanned the room; the living room was empty, not a soul in sight.

Where is he?

She made noodles, and now he’s disappeared.

Was he playing with her?

Qiao Xi pursed her lips, opened her phone, and saw a message from Shen Dang.

[The scoundrel: Upstairs.]

Carrying the noodles, Qiao Xi went upstairs and stood outside the door and knocked.

When she received no reply, she pushed the door and entered.

Except for that one time when she had entered Shen Dang’s room drunk, this was her second time here.

Entering someone else’s territory made Qiao Xi uneasy, let alone Shen Dang’s sleeping quarters.

Just as Qiao Xi had placed the noodles on the coffee table, she heard a "click," and Shen Dang walked out of the bathroom.

He was wrapped in just a towel from the waist down, and Qiao Xi inadvertently glanced over before immediately averting her gaze.

In that brief moment, she still caught sight of the droplets of water on his body and the mermaid line that trailed endlessly downward.

Even his six-pack abs were bursting with hormones, full of wild charm.

This was completely unlike the image he normally presented.

Could this really just be the difference between being clothed and unclothed?

"... Can you be a bit more careful?"

Qiao Xi felt her ears growing hot.

She shouldn’t have come in.

Seeing her evasive gaze, Shen Dang let out a husky laugh, "How much more careful should I be in my own room? I’m not even fully undressed."

He said this as if it were only natural.

Qiao Xi was rendered speechless; annoyed, she said, "I’ve made the noodles; eat and clean up after yourself."

As she spoke, she tried to leave. But as she passed by Shen Dang, he suddenly grasped her wrist.

Qiao Xi nearly jumped.

His hand was moist and warm, just out of the shower, their skin touching made Qiao Xi feel as though she had been burned.

She looked up and glared at him, "What are you doing?"

Shen Dang’s dark eyes focused on her fair face, "Qiao Xi, why did you come to the Qiao family to find me?"

She arrived even before Assistant Gao, and he hadn’t called her.

The only explanation was that Qiao Xi was worried about him, which is why she had gone to the Qiao family’s house.

This realization swayed a pleasant emotion in Shen Dang’s heart.

So, she wasn’t entirely indifferent.

Though the words were quite common, Qiao Xi feared he might say something next that she couldn’t bear.

Qiao Xi broke free from his grasp, looking straight ahead, not daring to meet his eyes, "Was I just too free, okay?"

Without waiting for his reply, she turned and fled.

Shen Dang watched her retreating figure and softly, faintly laughed.

"Why can’t you just say you are worried about me?"