"You don't need to do it yourself. I'll make them wish they were dead," Qin Si Ye said with a low voice, his eyes exuding bone-chilling coldness.
Shen Xi despised those two women. Last time, Xiang Yifei was drugged, and this time, they used the same method to harm her.
She knew Qin Si Ye had many ways to punish them, so she didn't ask further.
It would be best if they were thrown far away; she never wanted to see them again.
This is what they call "He who does evil will perish by his own hand."
As the sky outside gradually brightened, Shen Xi got up and went into the bathroom. After a moment, she opened the door again and asked Qin Si Ye, who was sitting on the sofa, "Did you take off the mask on my face? Where is it?"
Qin Si Ye handed her the mask that Zhao Ze had brought in, a slight curve lifting the corner of his lips. "I wouldn't touch that thing. You yourself, yesterday in the car, complained it was too hot and ripped it off. Don't you remember anything at all?"
"What? I took it off myself? Impossible!" Shen Xi's bright eyes darted back and forth, but she still couldn't recall.
Could she really have been that wild?
"Oh. You also pulled off all the buttons on my shirt. They're still in the cloakroom. That's ironclad evidence, want to see them?" Qin Si Ye's smile widened.
Shen Xi slammed the bathroom door shut with a "bang" and leaned against the wall, her heart pounding.
It seemed this man had been quite tormented by her yesterday.
Just now, when she woke up, without rhyme or reason, she had lost her temper at him so fiercely. It was truly regrettable.
After changing her clothes in the bathroom, Shen Xi saw her bag and phone placed on the coffee table. She immediately went over, picked them up, and headed downstairs.
Ignoring Qin Si Ye and Yin Zhe's attempts to dissuade her, she insisted on going home to see the two children.
Qin Si Ye, helpless, arranged for a driver to take her back.
Upon entering the main hall, she saw Xie Yifei and the children having breakfast.
As soon as the three children saw her, they all ran towards her quickly.
"Mommy, Mommy, you're back."
Shen Xi squatted down and hugged them all into her arms. When she saw the red and swollen corners of Chen Chen and Shuo Shuo's mouths, tears couldn't help but fall. She reached out and gently touched them.
"Does it still hurt?"
"It stopped hurting long ago, Mommy. How are you?" Chen Chen smiled, looking at her with concern.
"I'm fine too," Shen Xi said, taking their hands. She carefully examined them from head to toe with a pained expression. "Remember, if you ever encounter bad people again, you must stay calm. Don't confront them directly. First, protect yourselves, find a way to stall them, and then you can buy time for adults to rescue you."
"Okay. We know, Mommy," Shuo Shuo nodded. "We were very calm at first, but then two people came in and told us you were captured by them, and then Brother Chen got angry and bit one of them."
Hearing this, Shen Xi's heart ached. Her eyes instantly filled with tears, and she embraced them again.
So this was mother-child affection. When they learned the other was in danger, they would act irrationally.
Yet, it was precisely this irrationality that had almost led to an irreversible tragedy. Thinking about it now, her body still trembled uncontrollably.
When she discovered the two children were missing, she should have informed Qin Si Ye first, instead of obeying the captors' demands and going alone to rescue them.
And those three drinks, why didn't she suspect anything was wrong at the time? She actually believed that woman's words, that they would be released after drinking.
Qin Si Ye was right to scold her. Her mind must have been foggy then. Everything was a mistake made in a moment of irrationality.
"Chen Chen, Shuo Shuo, Yan Yan, after this incident, we all need to learn from our mistakes. The more anxious and flustered we are, the more we need to keep our minds rational. Otherwise, the more urgent it gets, the more chaotic it becomes," Shen Xi said earnestly to the three children.
In truth, these words were also for herself.
"Mhm," the three children nodded in unison.
At this moment, Xie Yifei also came over and hugged Shen Xi warmly. "Xixi."
"Yifei, thank you for staying here and taking care of the children," Shen Xi said, patting her shoulder with gratitude.
"What thanks are needed? We're sisters," Xie Yifei said, taking her hand and walking towards the dining room. "Come on, let's eat breakfast together."
"You eat. I've already eaten," Shen Xi felt not hungry at all. She pushed Xie Yifei's hand away and walked towards the sofa.
Xie Yifei looked at her retreating back, a smile playing on her lips. "It's only 7:30, and you've already had breakfast. Don't tell me Qin Si Ye made it for you personally?"