Ji Feining came over specially, not to visit the sick.
Inside the ward, Ji Yanchen was laboriously peeling an apple and talking warmly to Chi Qiu.
Ji Feining stood calmly in front of the window. Only after repeatedly confirming that Chi Lanyan and Auntie Su had walked out of the hospital door did he slowly walk to Ji Qiu’s bed.
Chi Qiu raised his eyes gently. He opened his lips with a gloomy expression and his voice was bitter: “Ning ge?”
Ji Yanchen put the apple that was peeled to little flesh into his hand: “Don’t worry about my brother. You eat some fruit to moisten your throat.”
Ji Feining was not in a hurry. He found a chair to sit down on and raised his hand: “No hurry.”
Chi Qiu obediently lowered his head and took a bite of the apple. The sweet juice made his bitter mouth feel a lot better.
Seeing that Chi Qiu’s frown had relaxed a bit, Ji Yanchen put down his hanging heart. He complained: “Look at you, your eyes are swollen from crying. It’s not worth it to cry for this bastard. Don’t worry, once I see Lu Ming, I’ll beat him up. I don’t believe I can’t kill this Lu Ming bastard! He is just like his uncle, not a good thing.”
“Yanchen.” Ji Feining stopped Ji Yanchen’s nonsense, “How many times have I told you, don’t do anything to help. Your temper really needs to be changed.”
After that, he apologized to Chi Qiu in a serious manner, “Last night, it was my lack of consideration.”
Chi Qiu looked at him in confusion. The juice of the apple went down his throat and the touch of coolness smoothed out his inner agitation and cleared his muddled mind.
Ji Feining asked him, “What are you going to do next?”
“…”
“I mean, the relationship between you and Lu Ming, what are you going to do about it?”
Chi Qiu was stunned for a while. There seemed to be only one answer in his heart and that was divorce. Other than that, he had no other ideas.
In front of Ji Feining, who had been helping him, Chi Qiu did not hide anything.
“I want to sort it out first, and after that, I will divorce him.” After Chi Qiu calmed down, he was not a fool. “Ning ge, about Lu Ming instructing Jin Chengjun to pursue Ji Xia, I don’t…want to tell others yet.”
Ji Feining knew this and he also had the same idea. He didn’t recommend Chi Qiu to tell the truth now: “Don’t worry, I’ve done something. They can’t find anything.”
Chi Qiu lowered his head for a long time, staring at the apple that had begun to change color in his hand thoughtfully.
Ji Yanchen did not understand why they had to hide Lu Ming’s ‘evil deeds’. He opened his mouth, but was interrupted by Ji Feining in advance: “Since you have decided to leave this mess of the Lu family, then wait until you completely end your marriage with Lu Ming. After the relationship ends, you can talk about this matter, everyone’s attitude will be much more relaxed.”
“Otherwise”, he said, “If you can’t solve the divorce matter first and delay it again and again, with Chi Xia’s current state and prejudice against you, she will inevitably think wrongly.”
He was considering the discord between Chi Xia and Chi Qiu. Once this incident was exposed at this moment, Chi Qiu would be in an awkward situation.
With Chi Xia’s character, no one knew how much of a resentment Chi Xia would have towards Chi Qiu, even if Chi Qiu had been helping her, even if Chi Qiu was also one of those who were innocently implicated.
Chi Qiu nodded: “I know.”
“Another thing you should be clear about is that Lu Ming is marrying you on purpose, so it shouldn’t be very easy for you to get a divorce.” Ji Feining had already preconceived a bad impression of Lu Ming through these investigation materials.
He deliberately put the document bags in his hand to the side of Chi Qiu’s bed: “In here, except Chi Xia and Jin Chengjun, is the evidence of the rest of Lu Ming’s investigation of you. If he refuses to divorce, you can go directly to Elder Lu. These things are enough to make Elder Lu not want to give him a penny of his property.”
The lesser of the two, Lu Ming would definitely agree to divorce Chi Qiu.
After all, it also contained an investigation of Elder Lu.
As long as Elder Lu canceled the promise of the marriage contract, everything Lu Ming did was useless. This marriage, too, could easily end.
Ji Feining put the decision in Chi Qiu’s hands. His intention of coming today was very clear. After expressing his thoughts, he got up and said, “It’s up to you when you want to talk about this matter, or not to talk about it. You decide it yourself, my advice only goes so far.” He hooked his lips, “Of course, I’ll keep this secret, you can rest assured of us.”
He still had work to do so he didn’t stay long, leaving only Ji Yanchen to accompany Chi Qiu.
Around ten in the morning.
Chi Lanyan didn’t return to the hospital yet and Ji Yanchen sat in front of the hospital bed, scrolling his phone in boredom. He didn’t want to eat in the hospital cafeteria, so he swiped left and right on his mobile phone, and finally decided to have his aunt come over to deliver meals.
“Steamed pork ribs with corn, tofu carp soup, stir-fried baby peas, yam and radish puree…She said that these were prepared for lunch today. Is there anything else you want to eat?” He reported the menu, clearly disliked the menus that were too light.
Chi Qiu said with a good temper: “It’s okay, I’m not picky eaters.”
Ji Yanchen didn’t like Chi Qiu’s casual attitude and said loudly, “Then add another plate of cold coriander salad.”
Seeing Chi Qiu’s face changed, Ji Yanchen was happy: “I’m teasing you, I know you don’t eat coriander. I asked her to make some sweet and sour meat. It’s sweet and sour, and we’ll have an appetite to eat.”
In the meantime, the nurse came in and removed today’s infusion for Chi Qiu as well as taking his temperature.
Chi Qiu was very cooperative. Then, he sullenly nestled in the hospital bed, still in a daze.
Looking at Chi Qiu, who seemed to be wilting, it was useless for Ji Yanchen to tease him. Ji Yanchen aggrievedly reached out and poked him in the arm, “How about a chat?”
Chi Qiu was not in the mood: “If you feel bored, go back first. I’m fine alone, I’ll call the nurse if something happens.” He explained, “I’m not seriously ill, don’t worry.”
“I’m not leaving, I’ll play the game for a while.” Seeing that Chi Qiu had driven him away, he stopped talking about boredom and started playing Xiaoxiaole1A game similar to Candy Crush. I think internationally it’s called Anipop on his mobile phone. As he played, he looked up and found that Chi Qiu had fallen asleep in a daze.
Ji Yanchen knew how uncomfortable Chi Qiu was now and couldn’t help but touch his head.
At this time, the door of the ward was knocked lightly twice.
Ji Yanchen put away his phone and took a few steps forward to open the door: “Who is it?”
Outside the door, Lu Ming stood straight up, looking neatly dressed but with a wretched and haggard look. His voice was as if it had been burned by fire; dry and unpleasant to listen to: “It’s me.”
Ji Yanchen blurted out, “Get out.”
Lu Ming, with a thick skin, whispered, “I’m looking for Chi Qiu.”
Seeing that Lu Ming’s tone was still indifferent as usual, Ji Yanchen’s anger went up. He grabbed Lu Ming’s collar and pushed him a few steps away, making sure that the distance was far enough for Chi QIu to not hear it before he punched Lu Ming hard and said in a fierce and suppressed voice. “You still dare to come?!”
A young nurse passed by them with a frightened face: “Please don’t fight in the hospital!”
Ji Yanchen gritted his teeth and had no intention of letting Lu Ming go. He stepped forward and grabbed Lu Ming’s collar again. Seeing that the nurse was about to call the security guard, Lu Ming forcefully broke away Ji Yanchen’s hand and apologized to the young nurse.
Lu Ming, who was still being polite after being beaten up, really made Ji Yanchen uncomfortable.
Ji Yanchen originally thought that Lu Ming would fight him back, but Lu Ming did not. He was like a dog in distress.
Before he could taunt, Lu Ming took the lead and opened his mouth: “Second Young Master Ji, can I see Chi Qiu?”
Lu Ming’s tone towards Ji Yanchen was not as tough as usual, and there was a hint of weakness in his words. He looked as if he was pleading with his hoarse throat: “I have something I want to say to him.”
Ji Yanchen said disdainfully, “What if I say no?”
Lu Ming nodded his head and bowed slightly: “Please.”
Ji Yanchen had never seen such a Lu Ming before.
Honestly, even if Ji Yanchen hated Lu Ming, he could not stop Lu Ming from meeting with Chi Qiu. This matter was, after all, a problem between Chi Qiu and Lu Ming. No matter how much he, Ji Yanchen, ‘protected the cub’, he couldn’t control Chi Qiu’s heart that missed Lu Ming.
Just now, when Chi Qiu was in a daze, occasionally his eyes were filled with haze. Ji Yanchen didn’t even have to think about it. He knew Chi qiu must be thinking about Lu Ming again.
Ji Yanchen felt a sense of powerlessness in his heart.
“Chi Qiu just fell asleep. It’s inconvenient for him to see you. You can come tomorrow.”
“I’ll wait for him outside.”
Ji Yanchen said harshly: “Wait? What are you waiting for? What exactly are you here for, what is your purpose? Lu Ming, it’s not that I speak harshly, don’t you know how nasty things you’ve done yourself?”
Lu Ming pursed his lips. A dull face in the bright day and the helpless expression was infinitely magnified.
Ji Yanchen was a little bit irritable.
“I’m going to go downstairs to stroll for a while.” He turned sideways and said, “Chi Qiu is not in a good state, if you dare to make him cry again, I can’t spare you.”
Lu Ming paused in his steps. When he heard Chi Qiu’s condition was not good, his face turned pale: “Okay.” He thanked Ji Yanchen and gently pushed open the door of the ward.
The moment he saw Chi Qiu, the sun was shining brightly outside the window, washing away the tiredness after the heavy rain.
Lu Ming, however, was in a trance like yesterday.
He sat quietly beside Chi Qiu’s bed as he looked at Chi Qiu’s restless sleeping face. His mouth seemed to have chewed a piece of rock and the gravel filled his stomach, choking him hard.
He took hold of Chi Qiu’s hand, the action was so light that it didn’t even wake Chi Qiu up.
After about half an hour, Chi Qiu woke up.
As soon as he opened his eyes, he was blinded. At some point, the person in front of him had changed from Ji Yanchen to Lu Ming.
The person who was supposed to disturb him in his dream suddenly crossed the dream and appeared in front of him, which made Chi Qiu very uncomfortable. After a long time, he had a little reaction.
Different from last night’s anger and sadness, today’s Chi Qiu gave him a dumb look, avoiding his gaze and pulling out his hand: “What are you doing here.”
Not a question, but a simple statement, as if Lu Ming shouldn’t be here.
“I came to apologize to you.” Lu Ming’s sullen face looked like a gloom that couldn’t be melted.
Chi Qiu clenched the quilt in his hand, while the hand held by Lu Ming was faintly hot. He stabilized his emotions and spoke hoarsely: “I said, I don’t need your apology.”
If you made a mistake, then you made a mistake. Lu Ming’s mistakes were irreversible. No matter how many apologies he made, it was useless.
Knowing this, Lu Ming still said, “I’m sorry.”
Chi Qiu suddenly thought of something. He pulled the corner of his mouth and said coldly, but his voice was mixed with some sadness: “Why, came here to apologize, are you afraid that I will divorce you?”
After a moment of silence, Chi Qiu was running out of patience.
In the next second,
“Yes.” Lu Ming made no secret of it and answered frankly, “I…”
He paused for a moment: “I don’t want you to leave me.”
T/N: No excuse for not updating the past two weeks. Anyway, daily update for the whole week as I’ll not be updating next week (from 12/12 to 17/12). I’m going for a short vacation with my friends for that week.
