Adored by Him: My Blissful Days as the Girl Next Door Chapter 50: I Missed You

That night, Shi Yang brought Zhao ii to the apartnt located in the city center.

The apartnt has a great location. There’s a big supermarket outside the neighborhood, and a shopping mall is just a street away.

Zhao ii held Shi Yang’s hand and turned to ask him, "Brother Yangyang, did you move here?"

Shi Yang explained, "No, I just co here occasionally to stay."

This apartnt was rented by Shi Yang’s father specifically for Shi Yang to have a place to study and live when he doesn’t want to stay at the teacher’s house.

The place is a new building, with rooms that are particularly spacious and bright, but it’s just a rental for study, so they didn’t do any special decoration.

It’s a one-bedroom setup with a living room that has a sofa and coffee table, no TV, and a bedroom with a single bed and study desk and chair.

After entering, Shi Yang took out the already cold dinner from his backpack, went to the kitchen to heat it up, and ate a bite of it with Zhao ii.

After dinner, Shi Yang cleaned up the table and started settling accounts with Zhao ii.

The two sat face to face on the sofa, Shi Yang squinted his eyes in mock threat, "Zhao ii! You’re getting bolder day by day, daring not to tell your family and just running over to find !"

Shi Yang took the night off from study with the teacher, skipped evening self-study, and led Zhao ii to call ho from a phone booth because Zhao ii’s house doesn’t have a landline. Shi Yang could only ask his mom to inform Zhao ii’s parents.

Zhao ii: "I just wanted to see you."

Shi Yang: "You want to see , but did you at least tell your family beforehand? Just ran over here suddenly?"

Zhao ii blinked her small eyelids playfully, "Wasn’t it because Peng Hui’s dad had a car to bring here?"

Shi Yang frowned, "Just because soone could bring you, you’d go along? Aren’t you afraid soone might sell you off?"

Zhao ii tilted her chin, her eyes filled with pride and confidence, "I’m so smart, who could sell ?"

Shi Yang laughed, "If you were sold off, you wouldn’t even find a place to cry about it! Besides, who told you to co see ?"

Upon hearing this, Zhao ii imdiately showed grievance, "If I don’t co to see you, you never ntion coming to see . I miss you."

Shi Yang’s anger dissipated with her sentintal words.

Shi Yang habitually reached out to ruffle her hair, his voice softening, "I’m really busy now, with the college entrance exam approaching. Never enough ti."

Zhao ii hears this from her mom every day and understands that the college entrance exam is pretty important. She asked worriedly, "Was coming over tonight delaying your studies?"

Shi Yang jokingly scolded, "Have you grown a heart? You just thought to ask now?"

Zhao ii beca nervous, "Then, should you start studying now? I’ll be here and not make a sound."

Shi Yang felt a warmth inside, lightly smirking, "I’ve been studying for so long already, it’s ti for a break, no harm in a night."

Zhao ii noticeably sighed in relief and quickly snuggled up next to Shi Yang.

Zhao ii snuggled into Shi Yang’s embrace as Shi Yang put his arm around her shoulder. They hadn’t seen each other for half a year, truly missing each other.

Shi Yang smirked and asked Zhao ii, "You miss that much? Running over from school at night just to see ?"

Zhao ii nodded eagerly, "Totally missed you. Today when Peng Hui said she could bring to see you, I couldn’t focus all afternoon. When the teacher called on , I would’ve stood there not knowing if my desk mate hadn’t secretly helped ."

Shi Yang’s smile widened, looking beautiful, "Not getting into trouble with teachers anymore?"

Zhao ii nodded honestly, "Yeah, we changed teachers. The new teacher is an old lady, always with a stern face, not good-looking and not gentle either."

Shi Yang reached out to ruffle her hair again, "With you being mischievous like a monkey, who can be gentle with you!"

Zhao ii quickly seized the chance to butter him up, "You! You’re very gentle with ."

Shi Yang laughed, "I scold you, and you still say I’m gentle?"

Zhao ii showed so conscience, pulling it out for Brother Yangyang to see, "You scold for my own good. I know you care about , or you’d never scold."

Zhao ii’s words hit the mark because Shi Yang always treats everyone politely and kindly, but inside, he keeps a cold distance. Anyone wanting to get close has to lt the coldness first to enter his heart.

Shi Yang, besides his mom, shows special kindness and care for Zhao ii.

Being called Brother Yangyang by Zhao ii for so many years, a deep sense of responsibility has grown within him towards Zhao ii, becoming more affectionate and protective of her. As he matures, their bond deepens, and he unconsciously adopts a caring approach, wanting to take Zhao ii everywhere.

Now, he’s bound by studies, otherwise, he’d already check up on Zhao ii, eager to see if the little troublemaker is misbehaving again, if she has her favorite snacks, or if anyone at school is bullying her.

Taking care of Zhao ii has almost beco an instinctive response for Shi Yang.

Before sleeping at night, Shi Yang helped Zhao ii squeeze toothpaste, watched her brush her teeth thoroughly, and then directed her to wash her face.

During foot washing, Shi Yang had only one basin, poured half a basin of warm water, helped Zhao ii roll up her trousers, and let her wash first.

Zhao ii joked with Shi Yang, "Brother Yangyang, put your foot in here too, let’s see whose foot is bigger."

Shi Yang laughed loudly, no objections, rolled up his trousers properly, touched the edge of the basin with his foot, making Zhao ii’s small feet stuck in the middle, "Look, yours and mine."

Zhao ii giggled, thrumming his foot with her toes, asking, "Brother Yangyang, when can my foot be as big as yours?"

Shi Yang’s laughter shook his chest, "You’re just a little girl, why grow a big foot?"

Zhao ii thought about it and laughed along, glanced at Shi Yang’s foot, noticing his fair skin, long slender toes, and neatly cut nails.

Zhao ii glanced at her own feet, aware that the constant running outside, even with socks, leaves a thin black layer of dirt under her nails.

Gazing at it, Zhao ii felt embarrassed.

Shi Yang asked, "What’s the matter?"

Zhao ii felt shy, "My feet are dirty."

Shi Yang peered over, "Hmm, the nails are a bit long, I’ll cut them for you once we finish washing."

After Shi Yang spoke, he bent over, grabbed Zhao ii’s little feet, helping her scrub off dirt. When he rubbed her soles, Zhao ii wiggled like a slippery eel, "Ouch, tickles!"

Seeing her playful laughter, Shi Yang tickled her twice more intentionally. Zhao ii shook like she’d been electrocuted, head back laughing loudly.

Playing around for a while, Shi Yang washed his own feet, poured out the water, and returned with nail clippers to trim Zhao ii’s nails, starting with fingers and then toes.

Shi Yang held Zhao ii’s leg, pinching her foot, earnestly trimming under the lamp light, chatting about school and life.

Shi Yang asked her, "In your class, you’re still closest with Xu Xu?"