Bigshot's Sweetie Is a Cat!-Chapter 1100: They Have Grown Distant After All
"Practicing calligraphy?" Brother Ye Qi looked incredulous.
"Yes..."
"So impressive, Xiao’ai even practices calligraphy."
Her face was cheerful, but her heart felt unsettled.
Wen Xiao’ai had changed a lot this time she came back.
Unlike before, when she loved to play and create a ruckus, these days she either spends some time outside the Clan Leader’s chamber or checks on the severely injured clan members, but mostly she locks herself in her room, and nobody knows what she’s doing.
She rarely comes to find him.
Instead, he comes to talk to her several times, and while they’re talking, she often goes into a daze, starts daydreaming, or says she’s tired.
Although everyone says the clan isn’t safe and advises her not to roam around, she seems to be behaving too well.
She truly has changed a lot, even smiles less, and especially doesn’t cling to him like she used to.
Ye Qi can sense that she isn’t happy.
He doesn’t know if it’s because of the clan’s changes, the Clan Leader’s injuries, or perhaps because of that person...
"You sit here."
Ye Qi led Wen Xiao’ai to sit down, then turned around to get a towel and soaked it in water.
After he sat next to Wen Xiao’ai, he wanted to wipe her face.
But Wen Xiao’ai reached out to take the towel from his hand.
"I’ll do it myself."
"Let me do it." Ye Qi held onto her hand that wanted the towel and gently began to wipe her face.
Wen Xiao’ai withdrew her hand, giving up, but lowered her head slightly, somewhat awkwardly.
Because she felt that if Jun Moyan saw Ye Qi wiping her face, he would be unhappy.
"Xiao’ai, how was your time in the Human Realm? Did you enjoy it?"
"... I enjoyed it."
"Was it more enjoyable than in the clan?"
"... Both were enjoyable."
Ye Qi smiled: "You grew up quite a bit after going on a trip, doing many things yourself now."
"Yes..."
"What’s wrong? You don’t seem happy."
"No, I’m not unhappy."
"Xiao’ai, is it because we’ve been apart for so long that we’ve grown distant?"
"How could that be? You’re still Xiao’ai’s Brother Ye Qi, always will be." Wen Xiao’ai immediately lifted her gaze to him, speaking with sincerity and certainty.
Ye Qi’s motion of wiping her face paused, his eyes filled with disappointment.
His lips twitched slightly, wanting to say something but ultimately choosing not to.
After cleaning her face and hands, Ye Qi asked her to drink the medicinal soup.
Unlike before, when she needed coaxing to reluctantly drink, she brought it directly in front of her and drank it obediently.
Ye Qi watched her for a while, then turned his gaze to the table filled with rice paper.
"Weren’t you practicing calligraphy? Where’s your writing?" he gently asked.
"Uh... it doesn’t look good, I’ve hidden it."
Ye Qi chuckled, thinking Wen Xiao’ai was genuinely embarrassed.
"Let Brother Ye Qi have a look. I want to see what you’ve written."
Wen Xiao’ai pressed her lips together.
"... Can we not look?"
"Then we won’t look." The disappointment in his eyes deepened.
Wen Xiao’ai lowered her head while drinking the medicinal soup, and Ye Qi sat quietly beside her.
For the first time, there was a cold silence between them; it was the first time they sat together without speaking, and it felt uncomfortable.
They really had grown distant.
Ye Qi picked up a piece of rice paper from the table, laid it in front of him, and took up a brush, dipping it in ink.
"Brother Ye Qi will teach you to write two words, will you learn?" he asked with a smile.
Wen Xiao’ai didn’t answer, just nodded.
Ye Qi then started writing on the paper.
In the eyes of ten thousand people, Ye Qi was ten thousand times excellent; he could do everything perfectly.
His written characters were as pleasing as his persona.
While watching him write, Wen Xiao’ai’s mind flashed to the scene of Jun Moyan teaching her calligraphy...
Ye Qi wrote each stroke seriously, and soon two characters appeared on the paper, but on the last stroke, his hand suddenly trembled, turning a dot into a messy black blot...
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