While Lu Li was lost in thought, he heard someone chuckle not far away: "Xing is really acting like this now. Can't he walk on his own?"

"If you ask me, women are spoiled. The more they are spoiled, the more they act."

He opened his eyes and looked up, and saw Qi Chenyan put Shi Xing down not far away, then half-knelt in front of Shi Xing.

It turned out that Shi Xing was clamoring to get down, not wanting to be held, but carried.

Qi Chenyan obviously couldn't do anything with her, so he could only carry her on his back again.

Lu Li's eyes moved slightly, and he turned to look at the person who had just spoken not far away: "So what if she acted up? If she acts up again, we San'er are willing to indulge her. What, do you have any objections?"

The two people who were talking changed their expressions instantly and shook their heads awkwardly, "No, no, I was just talking nonsense."

"Watch your mouths. Next time I hear you talking nonsense, I'll make you go to the swimming pool to clear your heads and wash your mouths."

Lu Li said this in a cold voice, then stood up and left.

Everyone was left looking at each other.

On this side, Shi Xing didn’t know what others said. Anyway, she happily climbed onto Qi Chenyan’s back and hugged his neck tightly.

She was still just dizzy at the moment, but not drunk at all. She rested her head on his shoulder and asked him softly, "Where are we going back to?"

Qi Chenyan held her steadily with both hands, "Where does Xingxing want to go back to?"

Shi Xing was quiet for a while, then said in a low voice, "I want to go home."

Qi Chenyan's eyes flickered and he turned his head to look at her. She had her eyes closed so her expression couldn't be seen, but the corners of her eyes seemed a little red.

At that moment, Qi Chenyan felt pity in his heart. He said to her in a gentle voice, "I'll take Xingxing home tomorrow, okay?"

Shi Xing did not answer.

After a while, she called him again: "Ayan."

He murmured, "Hmm," and Shi Xing asked him, "Is that man really my father?"

Qi Chenyan sighed softly: "Xingxing hopes he is, right?"

"do not know."

Shi Xing rubbed her cheek against his neck and said in a muffled voice, "I don't even know him. I don't know if he's a good person. I don't know if he abandoned me on purpose. I also don't know if he'll feel happy because of my existence..."

Qi Chenyan frowned, realizing that Shi Xing was really drunk.

Because only when she is drunk will she fully reveal her vulnerability.

"Actually, I think Xingxing doesn't need to think so much, because whether he is happy with Xingxing's existence or not, Xingxing's life will not change at all."

Qi Chenyan whispered, "Because I still love you the most, Xingxing can only love me the most."

He smiled and said, "No matter who appears again, Xingxing will always be with me."

Shi Xing followed his logic, but her muddled mind couldn't figure anything out. She just felt it was right, so she nodded and said, "Shall we go ride the Ferris wheel?"

Qi Chenyan was helpless: "Aren't you afraid?"

"There's Ayan."

Shi Xing opened his eyes and looked into the distance: "With A Yan here, maybe I won't be afraid anymore."

Qi Chenyan thought for a moment and said, "Okay, let's go ride the Ferris wheel."

He really wanted to know why she was afraid of the Ferris wheel.

But when we got to the Ferris wheel, it was almost half past ten in the evening.

The Ferris wheel is closed and no longer sells tickets.

Qi Chenyan called Lu Li.

After all, the imperial capital is the Lu family's territory, so it is most convenient to find Lu Li if there is anything.

Lu Li: "...Why are you riding a Ferris wheel so late at night?"

Qi Chenyan sat in the car, holding the already drowsy Shi Xing in his arms, looking at the Ferris wheel outside whose lights had dimmed, and said lightly: "My wife wants to ride."

"You guys..."

Lu Li scoffed: "Very innocent."

His wife was drunk late at night. Shouldn't she have gone home early to do something? Why was she going to ride the Ferris wheel?

He didn't quite understand.

But he still said, "Wait two minutes."

After that, he hung up the phone.

Shi Xing was dazed and rubbed Qi Chenyan's chest: "Can't I sit down anymore?"

Qi Chenyan lowered his head and kissed her forehead: "You can sit, I will take you up soon."

"Oh."

She became quiet again and lay motionless in his arms.

He looked like he was about to fall asleep.

In fact, because I was drunk, my head was dizzy and I couldn’t sleep at all. I just felt uncomfortable.

Qi Chenyan curled his lips helplessly, and gently rubbed her temples with his fingertips, "You knew it was wine, but you still dared to drink it all. You said a word to you and still thought I was mean. How can I be at ease with you like this?"

As for Shi Xing, Qi Chenyan felt that he couldn't afford to make a single mistake in his eyes, as a single mistake could get her into trouble.

"That wine is delicious. How did I know it was so strong?"

She has good reasons.

Qi Chenyan sighed secretly and was too lazy to talk to her.

He simply said, "Anyway, you're not allowed to drink when I'm not around."

After all, the little girl is so attractive that there are always shameless men who want to get close to her.

It's okay if you're drunk.

Shi Xing nodded: "I know, I know."

Lu Li said two minutes, and it turned out to be just at least one minute. After about a minute, the Ferris wheel, which had already gone dark, suddenly lit up.

The brilliant lights illuminate the night sky again.

Qi Chenyan carried Shi Xing off the car and followed the staff's guidance onto the Ferris wheel.

When they were on the Ferris wheel, Shi Xing closed her eyes and leaned in his arms without moving. Qi Chenyan patted her back gently and felt that she was nervous.

Until the Ferris wheel slowly started to turn, getting farther and farther away from the ground, and was about to reach its highest point.

She suddenly opened her eyes and looked straight out of the Ferris wheel. She felt as if she was suspended in mid-air and her body tensed up instantly.

Qi Chenyan stroked her hair gently, saying soothingly, "What's wrong? Are you scared?"

Shi Xing stared stiffly out the window of the Ferris wheel.

The night sky is clear, and in the distance are the bustling lights of the city.

She held Qi Chenyan's arm tightly, her voice a little weak: "Will it fall?"

Qi Chenyan laughed: "Of course not."

Then he bent down and kissed her cheek: "Besides, didn't Xingxing say that I was here? I'm holding Xingxing. Even if you fall, I'll be there to cushion your fall."

Shi Xing held his shirt tightly, but when the Ferris wheel reached its highest point, she seemed to breathe a sigh of relief.

The tense body suddenly softened.

She thought, maybe it was because she was numbed by alcohol that she became bolder.

Or maybe it's because he's there.

So it seemed that she really wasn't that scared, not as terrified as she had imagined.

Her heartbeat gradually calmed down. Shi Xing leaned against Qi Chenyan's chest and spoke softly, "When I was a kid, I went on a Ferris wheel with... the Shi family. When we were about to go up, they suddenly said they were not feeling well and asked me to go up alone."

Qi Chenyan frowned. He really didn't know about this.

“That was when I was about to start first grade.”

Shi Xing said slowly, "I was actually quite scared at the time. There was no one in the cabin I was in. But they encouraged me and told me it was okay, not to be afraid, to be brave, so I went up."

"But I don't know what happened. The Ferris wheel suddenly stopped when I reached the highest point and stayed there for several hours. I was trapped up there and was so scared. The slightest movement would cause it to sway. I felt like I would fall off at any moment, so I just huddled in a corner and didn't dare to move..."

Qi Chenyan's brows furrowed even tighter.

This sounds like an accident.

But it was enough to make him feel distressed.

How could such a little girl not be scared when she was locked in the cabin of a Ferris wheel for several hours, at the highest point?

If only he had been with her at that time.

Qi Chenyan couldn't help but gently stroke her back, as if he could see through her and comfort the frightened and helpless little girl who was trapped in the Ferris wheel at that time.

"Actually, I have a very beautiful memory. The Shi family couple used to be really good to me. At home, even Shi Yang ranked behind me. No matter what, they always thought of me first. At least before Shi Yue appeared, I always felt that way. I never doubted it..."

Shi Xing closed his eyes and talked about the past, and then he thought of the feeling on the Ferris wheel. He was still a little panicked and didn't dare to look outside.

She just leaned in Qi Chenyan's arms, breathing his scent, and said to him: "But now sometimes when I think about it, there were many strange details in the past. Maybe they were just acting. They didn't really want to be nice to me, but just pretended to be nice to me."

She had never doubted the Ferris wheel incident before. Just as Qi Chenyan thought, it really seemed like an accident.

What good would it do for the Shi couple to lock her up there for a few hours?

Besides, she was not the only one on the Ferris wheel at that time.

But on second thought, it didn't seem right.

Why did they suddenly feel uncomfortable just when they were about to go up, and let her go up alone?

Because it was a very scary experience, the memory of it is particularly vivid.

Shi Xing still remembers that when she was released after being locked up for several hours, she was so frightened that she was exhausted and lacked oxygen, and she fell into a state of fainting.

Perhaps, if she was locked up a little longer, she would suffocate to death due to lack of oxygen.

She bent her lip and said without emotion, "So, the Shi family couple actually wanted me dead at that time."

They wanted to kill her without leaving any trace.

Anyway, even if she died, in the end, it was just a problem with the Ferris wheel equipment.

But for some unknown reason they suddenly changed their minds and put her down.

Qi Chenyan's eyes turned cold.

"So, those two people from the Shi family have always known about your background?"

Shi Xing nodded. "Yeah, that should be the case. Otherwise, they wouldn't have kept wanting me to remove the birthmark. I've always felt that the Shi family must know about my background, but I didn't approach them or ask them because... I was always afraid."

She had thought about telling Qi Chenyan about this before, but she didn't say it because she was really uneasy about finding her biological parents.

Shi Xing said, "I don't know what my family is like. Will they love me? Or are they the same as the Shi couple, deliberately abandoning me and even wanting me dead?"

"Star……"

“So I actually don’t really want to find them.”

Shi Xing interrupted Qi Chenyan. She opened her eyes again and looked up at him: "What A Yan said before was right. I have A Yan who loves me, and I love A Yan the most. I don't need them anymore."

She has grown up and is no longer in need of her parents.

So whether she can find it or not is not important to her.

This is also the reason why she has not been very active in this matter and has never gone to the Shi couple to ask about it.

Qi Chenyan frowned deeply when he heard this. He touched her face which was red from drinking and said, "Okay, if Xingxing doesn't want to look for it, then we won't look for it."

Even if the appraisal report comes out tomorrow, even if it is confirmed, just tear it up.

If she doesn't want to find her parents to recognize them, then just pretend that this incident never happened.

He only cared about her feelings.

Shi Xing's eyebrows curved, she hugged his neck, and said with a smile: "But now I feel that the things I was afraid of when I was a child have actually disappeared along with my memories.

She raised her chin slightly and pressed her soft lips against his, "I have A Yan now, so I have nothing to fear."

When the little girl starts to speak sweetly, it can really kill people.

Qi Chenyan chuckled softly: "Baby, you're right to think so. With me here, you don't have to be afraid of anything."

As he spoke, his lips rubbed against hers, making her feel tingling and numb. Shi Xing couldn't help but bite his lips.

Qi Chenyan's breathing became slightly heavier due to the pain. He pinched her cheeks to force her to open her mouth, then reached into her lips and entwined his tongue with hers.

Kiss her on the Ferris wheel.

Turn all her bad memories into good ones.

The Ferris wheel kept turning slowly, round and round.

In the top-floor suite of the hotel where the banquet had just been held, Lu Li stood in front of the floor-to-ceiling window with a cigarette between his fingers and one hand in his pocket, watching the dazzling Ferris wheel turning.

Counting silently.

It didn't stop until the third circle was completed.

25 minutes per lap, a full 75 minutes!

Lu Li put out the cigarette butt in the ashtray and smiled.

It seems that she is not as innocent as he imagined.

but……

He raised his eyebrows slightly and brushed his chin with his fingertips.

Does the little girl like Ferris wheel so much?

Wait for the Ferris wheel's lights to dim again.

Lu Li turned around and lazily sat back on the sofa. He took out his phone and clicked on An Ran's photo again, looking at the woman's eyebrows and eyes in the photo, which were particularly similar to Shi Xing's.

A moment later, he sent the photo to his assistant.

Along with it came a voice message: "Bring this woman to me in the imperial capital."

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