My Little Ancestor Is Sweet And Wild ( Part-1 )

Chapter 50

𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗻𝘂𝗲

He stood at the door with one hand on the frame. While he showed no intention of coming out, he also had no intention of letting her in.

"Don't worry. Go back to sleep." he assured.

However, Ning Li did not move. A quick pause later, she said, "Second Brother, I remember that your master bedroom is connected to the study, right? May I...sleep here?"

Lu Huaiyu's thin eyes squinted.

The moment the words escaped her mouth, Ning Li realized how wrong it sounded. "I...I can't sleep in total darkness..."

Lu Huaiyu had a glance at the phone in her hand. She should be fine with the phone. It was not that he did not want to give the girl some comfort, but it was difficult for him to do so.

He was fine with Ning Li staying in the mansion. There were many empty rooms on the first and the second floors, so she was more than welcome to pick any one of those except his own room.

Did she realize how inappropriate it was to say those words to a young man in the middle of the night with no one else around?

Was it the blind trust she had in him? Or had she never taken him seriously as a man?

Finally, Lu Huaiyu said, "There's only a couch in the study, and you won't sleep well on it. I'll get you a lamp shade, then you can use your phone-"

Beep!

The last bar of her battery died, and Ning Li's phone went dark.

Lu Huaiyu was speechless while the air was silent.

Ning Li had been busy for the day, so she had forgotten to charge her phone. Even though she had the charger in her bag, they were experiencing a blackout. It might be a while before she could charge her phone.

Lu Huaiyu glanced at his phone at the tea table. He had flown all the way back from the capital and did not even bother to check his phone's battery.

His phone should also be down to the last bar and it would not last any longer.

A swift thought later, he said, "There should be candles in the house. I'll go look for them."

He then wanted to go back into his room, but Ning Li held him back by squeezing his arm.

Lu Huaiyu paused.

Ning Li let go of him swiftly and suddenly felt irritated. "Then... I'll wait for you, Second Brother."

Lu Huaiyu stared at her with a profound gaze. Her grip on his arm was strong and nervous as she reacted like a lost child trying to grasp onto something important. Was it really because she could not sleep in the dark?

"Hmm, wait for me here. I'll be back."

He then walked towards the study through his bedroom.

Ning Li stood at the entrance quietly. Everything was dark, so she could only see what was in front of her when the moonlight shed its soft glow through the window.

Meanwhile, Lu Huaiyu's footsteps were extra clear and crisp in the quiet night.

She sighed a heavy breath.

.......

When Lu Huaiyu walked past the tea table, he grabbed the folder with the documents and put it away. His fingers stroked the rough folder softly as he tied it together. The expression on his face turned serious.

The documents did not mention anything about her current condition.

He put the documents back in the drawer beside his bed and then headed to the study. He opened the drawer with a row of neatly arranged aromatherapy candles that he used as sleeping aids. He used to light them when he slept, but he recently stopped using them.