you are so nice lady

Chapter 65 When Did You Start Smoking?
Huo Shishen looked helplessly at the little woman who had fallen asleep in the bathtub, and reached into the bathtub to check the temperature of the water.

And some temperature.

Only then did his tense jaw relax a little, pulled a bath towel, and carried Ning Xiaoman out of the bathtub.

He hugged the wet little woman to wipe off the water drops, and put it directly into the bedroom, carefully tucked the quilt up, kissed her on the cheek, got up and went to the study.

Even Ning Xiaoman, who has always been nervous, noticed something was wrong, let alone Huo Shishen, who was always thoughtful.

At that time, the hour hand in the study had already pointed to nine o'clock, he and Ning Xiaoman came back from Angang at six o'clock in the morning, and it took three hours for the little girl to fall asleep, but he didn't feel sleepy at all.

On the desk are all of An Gang's accounting records for the past 20 years, Pu Zimo's personal account details, and the information that Ning Xiaoman was adopted by An Gang ten years ago.

Huo Shishen tapped these documents with his fingers, his temples were a little swollen due to the overwork of his brain and the exhaustion of the night.

He closed his eyes and leaned back. After a while, he opened the drawer and lit the cigarette he hadn't smoked for a long time.

……

Ning Xiaoman woke up from the scalding body temperature.

She seemed to have a dream. In the dream, she was in a scene of fire, and there was no movement around her, only the sound of the flames burning.

She kept calling for help, but no one answered. She wanted to run out of the fire scene, but a pair of hands suddenly protruded from the ground grabbed her ankle tightly.

She looked down and saw that the man's face was exactly the same as Pu Zimo's.

Ning Xiaoman gasped and sat up abruptly.

She was covered in cold sweat, and her back was still a little cold. She pushed her hand on her forehead, and it was hot.

"Huo Shishen?"

No one responded to her.

Ning Xiaoman sighed, lifted the quilt, and walked downstairs.

She went to the kitchen and poured herself a few glasses of cold water. After drinking it, her body's dryness and heat improved a lot, and her mind became clearer.

The door of the study room was closed, and bright light could be seen through the crack of the door.

Ning Xiaoman thought for a while, made a cup of hot tea, carefully held the cup, walked over and opened the door.

"Huo Shishen, shall I come in?"

She gave a small hello, and seeing the handsome back of the man in front of the desk, she smiled, walked over slowly, and put the cup on his desk.

The moment she bent down, she smelled a strong smell of tobacco.

"Cough cough..."

The nose didn't get used to it all at once, Ning Xiaoman covered his mouth and nose with his hands, and coughed a few times.

Huo Shishen looked away from the document, saw the little woman coughing with tears in her eyes, frowned, and pressed the cigarette on her finger into the ashtray without hesitation.

"Is it hard?" He stretched out his hand to wrap Ning Xiaoman into his arms, let her sit on his lap, and gently stroked her breath with the other hand on her back. Maybe he had just smoked a cigarette, and his voice was mixed with hoarse.

Ning Xiaoman shook his head, indicating that he was fine, but the tears left by the corners of his eyes made the man's eyes sink.

He picked up the hot tea on the table and handed it to Ning Xiaoman's mouth. He was relieved to see her face gradually recovering rosy after drinking it to moisten her throat.

"Sorry, I should have opened the window earlier."

"It's okay, I'm just a little uncomfortable."

Ning Xiaoman dodged slightly, sniffed, and laughed, "When did you start smoking?"

She didn't mind smoking second-hand smoke, but she had been with Huo Shishen for so long, and she hadn't seen Huo Shishen smoking.

Subconsciously, she thought that this man didn't smoke, and she was a little uncomfortable seeing him puffing and puffing.

The dense smoke has not yet dissipated, but the man's exquisite and deep facial features appear more three-dimensional and beautiful under the blur of white smoke.

He reached out and pinned a strand of hair hanging down Ning Xiaoman's cheek behind her ear, and kissed her forehead, "A long time ago."

"Why haven't I seen you smoke?"

Huo Shishen chuckled, pressed her forehead, and said hoarsely, "I haven't smoked since I met you. I'm afraid you don't like the smell of cigarettes."

"It's not that I don't like it. If you want to smoke, I can bear it." Ning Xiaoman looked up at him.

"I don't smoke anymore. I don't have any addiction to cigarettes. I only smoke occasionally when I am worried."

"Oh……"

Ning Xiaoman responded softly, and looked up at the man in front of him, "Then what bothered you just now?"

The man pursed his thin lips into a straight line and looked at her. After a while, he chuckled lightly and said lightly, "It's gone now."

"Ok?"

There seemed to be crystals in her eyes, shining brightly.

Huo Shishen said hoarsely, "Here, is it okay?"

(End of this chapter)