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Chapter 231: Chapter 231: Lin Qi, Can I Take Care of You? Chapter 231: Chapter 231: Lin Qi, Can I Take Care of You? The narrow hallway was dimly lit, every room tightly shut. As Lin Qi passed by the corner of a room, she suddenly heard the sounds of a man and woman engaging in intimate activities.

She immediately flushed red.

Huo Tingdong watched as her blush spread to the root of her neck and asked, “What’s wrong?”

He had also heard the noises but found her reaction quite amusing.

Lin Qi said, “Nothing, what’s wrong?”

Huo Tingdong raised his hand, his cold fingers against her burning cheek: “Then why is your face so hot?”

Lin Qi said, “I just think that the soundproofing in these motel rooms is really bad!”

Huo Tingdong remarked, “It just means that the woman is a good actress.”

Lin Qi retorted, “You seem to know a lot.” Could this man be an old driver?

Huo Tingdong: “…”

Upon reaching their room, Lin Qi swiped the key card to enter, and just as Huo Tingdong walked in, he smelled a musty odor.

The room faced north, on a lower floor, slightly gloomy and damp.

Huo Tingdong asked, “Why does the room smell musty?”

Lin Qi said, “All motels in small towns are like this. Don’t act so sheltered, okay?”

No sooner had she finished speaking than she suddenly thought that someone like him, a young master from a prestigious family, indeed wouldn’t have stayed in such a shabby motel nor would he have the imagination to picture that a room for 98 yuan could have cockroaches and mice in it.

Huo Tingdong turned on the light and saw a room of just over a dozen square meters, with a spring mattress bed, a wardrobe missing half a door, two bedside tables, a TV cabinet, a television, and nothing else.

The bathroom door’s lock was also broken.

Huo Tingdong bowed his head and walked into the bathroom; there was a toilet, a shower, a sink, with cracked and broken tiles, and even the toilet seat was damaged.

He couldn’t have imagined that such a rundown motel could exist in this world.

Lin Qi said, “Let’s go to sleep early, we have to get up early tomorrow.”

Huo Tingdong returned to the side of the bed and saw somewhat dirty sheets and quilt covers. He frowned and grabbed the quilt, sniffing it, his expression growing increasingly grim.

Lin Qi asked, “What are you doing?”

Huo Tingdong said, “These sheets haven’t been changed.”

Lin Qi asked, “How do you know?”

Huo Tingdong said, “There’s still the smell of the last guest’s sweat.”

Lin Qi: “…” Was this man a dog? His nose was so sensitive.

It seemed his germaphobia was not a trivial matter; it was truly severe.

Lin Qi said, “There’s no helping it; if we’re sleeping in this kind of motel, we just shouldn’t undress.”

Huo Tingdong said, “I don’t want to sleep.”

Lin Qi: “…”

Huo Tingdong said, “The sheets look dirty as well, have someone change them.”

Lin Qi said, “Forget it, it’s too late now, the owner won’t care. Besides, this isn’t a big hotel, there aren’t specialized linen rooms. In a motel this size, there’s usually just one cleaning lady, and naturally, the hygiene will be barely passable.”

Huo Tingdong stated, “I have allergies, I’m allergic to dirty things.”

Lin Qi said, “You have allergies? Impossible, Momo wouldn’t be that prone to allergies.”

Aren’t allergies hereditary?

Huo Tingdong said, “He isn’t? If I sleep on this bed, my skin will become red.”

Lin Qi suddenly realized something, “That’s because you’ve been in too clean environments since you were young, with little contact with dirt, so your body hasn’t developed the immunity to resist bacteria.”

What to do then?

Since he had this kind of allergic constitution, he couldn’t possibly just not sleep the whole night, could he?

They had already checked into the room; if they canceled it now, wouldn’t that be wasteful?

Lin Qi was pained by the thought of wasted money and decided to make do with the situation for the night.

“Let’s sleep, this room is 500, it’s too expensive to waste the money.”

Huo Tingdong said speechlessly, “You’re worried about these 500 yuan?”

Was 500 yuan more important to her than he was?

Did she care more about the money than about him?

Lin Qi said, “I’m not you; I can’t be so delicate. And besides, isn’t 500 yuan money? You really are the big young master, oblivious to the suffering of the common people, unaware that 500 yuan is a year’s subsidy for a family on social welfare.”

Huo Tingdong asked, “How can they live on 500 yuan a year?”

Lin Qi replied, “They just do. Maybe you’ve never encountered poor people before; you have no idea to what lengths they would go for 500 yuan.”

She took off her coat, took her own toothbrush and towel from her bag, went to the bathroom to wash her face and brush her teeth, then lay down on the bed.

Huo Tingdong frowned and sat down on the bed.

His sense of smell, hearing, sight, all his senses were especially acute. As soon as he sat down, the sweat smell from the blanket grew even stronger, and just thinking about what the previous guest had done in this bed made him feel nauseated.

Huo Tingdong took out his phone, opened the map, and looked around, but there were no hotels nearby; there were, however, a lot of small motels.

The per capita consumption in the town was not high, which is why most of the motels were of this standard.

Huo Tingdong had no choice but to sleep fully clothed.

Before long, he heard light breathing from next to him; he turned his head and saw that Lin Qi had fallen asleep.

The lengthy car ride must have exhausted her.

Huo Tingdong suddenly thought that perhaps he was being too sensitive.

It wasn’t that she valued money too much, but perhaps, after seven years of poverty, raising a child on her own, it had been tough on her.

After all, Momo he saw was so outstanding and healthy.

As far as he knew, Momo had spent a significant time in the neonatal ward when he was born since he was not well; now he was so well-nurtured, which meant she must have exerted a great deal of effort. Within her limited income, she had given all the best things to Momo while being extremely frugal with herself.

To say that she was greedy for money was perhaps unfounded, because if she agreed to marry him, he could provide her with endless wealth for generations.

If not for raising Momo, she might have become a successful businesswoman.

But because of Momo, she truly sacrificed a lot.

Huo Tingdong felt a pang of pity; he stretched out his hand and gently embraced her.

“Lin Qi, let me take care of you, alright?”

He wanted to compensate for the hardships she had endured over the past seven years.

But she was asleep and would not respond to his words.

Huo Tingdong leaned in and gently kissed her brow, knowing she was too proud to willingly be a full-time housewife. Offering to “take care of her” had become a somewhat extravagant notion.

He held her like that, listening to her steady breathing, and buried his face in her neck.

Her scent of shower gel soon masked the other odors from the blanket.

Gradually, his own sleepiness crept in, and holding her like that, he felt strangely at peace, falling asleep quickly.

Early the next morning.

Huo Tingdong was awakened by the light piercing through the window onto his eyes.

He opened his eyes to see the sun high in the sky, the thin curtains doing nothing to block the sunlight.

The chirping of birds and the hustle and bustle of human voices made him slightly uncomfortable.

Huo Tingdong looked down, and the woman in his arms was still sleeping peacefully.

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