TL: Hua
After Qin Chaoyan left, Ye Rongxu cocked his head, thought for half a day, and made sure that he hadn’t thought wrong: his future enemy was showing goodwill to him just now.
But why?
He had just bullied the other party and asked him to massage his feet.
Ye Rongxu could not figure it out for a moment, but never mind. He looked down and saw the message on WeChat that the old Chinese doctor had just sent, and slowly replied, “Thank you.”
Then he switched the dialog box and sent a message to the bodyguard, Uncle Chen.
[Uncle, buy me a health-preserving thermos cup and some wolfberries.]
No matter what, he should take care of his health first.
…
After Qin Chaoyan left Ye Rongxu’s luxurious ward, he didn’t leave the hospital directly but went to buy a patient meal and sent it to an ordinary ward on the 3rd floor.
After Zhang Yun fell ill, she happened to receive chemotherapy in this hospital.
After delivering the patient meal to Zhang Yun, he silently packed up Zhang Yun’s clothes and prepared to take them home to wash, when Zhang Yun suddenly called him.
Qin Chaoyan stopped, slowly turned around, and looked at her expressionlessly.
He was thin but very tall, with black pupils. When he looked at people without any emotion, there was an inexplicable sense of oppression.
Zhang Yun was a little hesitant, but then she thought that she had raised him, and she became sentimental again, saying sadly, “Chaoyan, do you dislike your mom for being a burden to you?”
Qin Chaoyan retracted his gaze, still without any expression, and said softly, “Don’t think too much; just take good care of yourself.”
When he was a child, Zhang Yun was really indifferent to him and often left him at home. He didn’t starve to death, thanks to the help of his neighbors.
Later, when he grew up, Zhang Yun seemed to have regained her maternal instinct as a mother and began to treat him well, cook for him, and care about his academic performance.
Occasionally, when she was in a good mood, she would give him two or three yuan in pocket money.
They had a harmonious relationship until…
Qin Chaoyan withdrew his thoughts, looked at Zhang Yun lying on the bed, and asked, “Is there anything else?”
Zhang Yun was used to his indifference and asked carefully, “I heard that you pushed the young master of the Ye family into the swimming pool again. Is it to target Young Master Jingxu?”
Without waiting for Qin Chaoyan to answer, she said to herself, “Chaoyan, Mom knows you feel bad, but sometimes you have to accept your fate. Jingxu is the legitimate young master of the Qin family, and you are just an illegitimate child. How can you compare to him? Don’t always think about competing with him. Alas, it’s all Mom’s fault for dragging you down and making your identity shameful…”
Qin Chaoyan turned around and left the ward without waiting for her to finish.
Compete? He never thought of competing with Qin Jingxu, but Qin Jingxu didn’t let him go.
Seeing that he completely ignored her and left without saying a word before she finished speaking, Zhang Yun was stunned for a moment, and then her face looked a little ugly. She clenched the chopsticks in her hand and cursed in a low voice, “Little beast.”
*
When Qin Chaoyan walked out of the inpatient building, he happened to meet Qin Jingxu.
The other party seemed to have rushed over, and there was a bit of anxiety on his usually calm face.
Qin Chaoyan only glanced at him lightly, then retracted his gaze and left directly.
Qin Jingxu also saw him and suddenly took a few steps forward, grabbed his arm, and asked, “Were you with Xiaoxu when he called me just now?”
At first, Qin Jingxu was unaware of this matter. It was only when the Ye family had taken Qin’s bodyguard to the Qin family for Qin Qijiang to handle that he learned from Qin Qijiang’s phone call that Qin Chaoyan was in Ye Rongxu’s ward at the time.
“Did you tell Xiaoxu about what happened last night?” He grabbed Qin Chaoyan’s arm with a little more force and asked through gritted teeth.
Last night, when he and Shu Ming were leaving the Clear Water Bay Villa, they ran into Qin Chaoyan, who was in a mess after leaving the Ye family.
Today, Qin Chaoyan was forced to apologize to Ye Rongxu again. Given Ye Rongxu’s character, he would definitely take it out on him.
So Qin Jingxu had reason to suspect that Qin Chaoyan had outed him in order to please Ye Rongxu.
Qin Chaoyan looked down at his hand holding his arm and suddenly grabbed his wrist and twisted it in the opposite direction.
Qin Jingxu, who was in pain, immediately let go and uttered a low cry. His arm was twisted behind his back in an instant.
Qin Chaoyan said coldly, “I’m not that boring.”
After saying that, he pushed him away.
Qin Jingxu staggered forward a few steps, looking embarrassed. When he turned back, a trace of jealousy and hatred flashed across his usually gentle face: “You…”
Before he finished speaking, he noticed that Qin Chaoyan’s eyes suddenly fell on his chest, and he couldn’t help but lower his head.
He had just been shoved, and the lapel of his suit jacket was a little askew, revealing a jade pendant that had fallen halfway out of the lapel.
Qin Jingxu’s face changed slightly, and he suddenly covered the jade pendant with his hand, turned around, and left in a hurry.
Qin Chaoyan frowned, thinking that the jade pendant was familiar, but he couldn’t rush over and pull out the other’s jade pendant for a look.
Maybe he thought too much.
He stood there for a while, picked up the paper bag he had just put down, turned around, and left.
*
The thermos cup and wolfberries that Ye Rongxu requested were quickly delivered to the ward. He asked the nurse to help wash the cup and soak the wolfberries in it.
Lin Jiaojiao looked at him lying on the bed, holding the thermos cup. His expression was like that of those old men who exercised in the park. She was a little amused: “You might as well eat medicinal food instead of drinking this for health.”
“I will eat that as well.” Ye Rongxu blew a mouthful of white steam coming out of the edge of the cup, his expression leisurely: “But there must be a sense of ritual.”
As he held the thermos cup, he felt that his mentality was calm.
Soaking wolfberries in a thermos cup is worthy of being used for health. Is this for health? No, it’s for the mentality.
Just when he was relaxing, the door of the ward was suddenly knocked again.
Ye Rongxu blew another mouthful of white steam and asked slowly, “Who?”
Why does someone always come to disturb him every day? But he’s in a good mood now, and he won’t be angry no matter who comes.
Just after thinking so, the door of the ward was pushed open. Qin Jingxu, dressed in a suit, stood in the doorway, with a gentle smile in his eyes. “Xiao Xu, it’s me.”
Ye Rongxu: “…” Suddenly, he felt like vomiting.
His little face instantly turned gloomy, and he asked, “What are you doing here?”
No –
“How did you come up here?” he asked again.
He was the only patient living on the entire top floor, and there were bodyguards guarding outside the ward. Without Ye Boxuan’s consent, Qin Jingxu could not come in.
Qin Jingxu smiled, walked forward a few steps, and said: “Xiao Xu, let me explain to you what happened yesterday.”
After a pause, he added, “Uncle agreed to let me come.”
It’s unknown how he explained it to Ye Boxuan; in short, he got a chance to apologize and explain it to Ye Rongxu.
Ye Rongxu frowned secretly, not understanding why his father did this. Just when he was about to refuse, he looked up and saw the familiar jade pendant hanging outside Qin Jingxu’s white shirt.
He was silent for a while, then suddenly changed his mind and said, “Then tell me.”
Qin Jingxu breathed a sigh of relief and then smiled. Just now in the elevator, he deliberately took the jade pendant outside his clothes, knowing that this would work.
As if he had confidence and assurance, he did not speak directly, but looked at the nurse and Lin Jiaojiao standing next to them.
Lin Jiaojiao and the nurse knew what was going on and turned around to go out, leaving space for the two.
Ye Rongxu frowned, seeming to be more unhappy, but still endured it.
Qin Jingxu looked at him; his tone was helpless, and he explained in a good voice: “Xiao Xu, I don’t know what Qin Chaoyan said to you, but you really misunderstood. Shu Ming and I are just ordinary friends. We both studied abroad, plus we are from the same hometown, Jiangcheng. We just happened to return home together this time.”
“I ran into him by chance last night while he was sick. We were classmates, and it wasn’t good to leave him alone, so I sent him home. I was just afraid that you would misunderstand, so I didn’t dare to tell you the truth. But in the end, you still misunderstood…”
Ye Rongxu: “…” Here it comes again.
He said he came to apologize and explain, but in the end, he always tactfully blamed him.
Although Qin Jingxu hadn’t finished speaking, Ye Rongxu could already imagine that the other party would definitely say something like, It’s okay, I don’t blame you.
“… But it’s okay; I don’t blame you; you were also deceived by Qin Chaoyan.”
Sure enough, the familiar gaslighting routine.
Ye Rongxu took a deep breath. “What does it have to do with Qin Chaoyan?”
He tried to maintain a calm state of mind, but at this moment he couldn’t stand it anymore and said annoyedly, “If you come just to say this, you can leave. I believe I didn’t make a mistake, and you don’t need to explain it to me. I don’t like you romantically. The engagement was arranged by the elders in the family, and it will be canceled soon.”
Qin Jingxu’s smile froze, as if he didn’t expect him to be so difficult to coax this time.
He lowered his eyes, changed the topic, and spoke again: “Xiao Xu, do you still remember this jade pendant?”
Ye Rongxu looked at the jade pendant and said, “I remember.”
Actually, he didn’t remember it very clearly.
The jade pendant was custom-made for him by his mother when he was just born. It was engraved with his zodiac sign—a horse.
When he was three or four years old, he was taken away by human traffickers. An older boy, who was also abducted at that time, helped him escape by carrying him on his back.
He was too young at that time. In that vague memory, he only remembered that the road in the forest was very dark, and the dark shadows of the trees behind him were like monsters, ready to rush up with fangs and claws and devour him at any time.
He was so scared that he cried softly for his parents. The older boy who was carrying him covered his mouth and whispered comfort all the way.
He remembered that the other person’s back was very thin and warm.
He gave the jade pendant to the boy who saved him, and then he fell asleep with a high fever.
Later, he was rescued, and when he woke up, he only knew that the jade pendant was in Qin Jingxu’s hands and that the person who saved him was Qin Jingxu.
So when he saw the jade pendant just now, he softened his heart and changed his mind to let Qin Jingxu stay in the ward.
He thought Ye Boxuan also saw the jade pendant and remembered that Qin Jingxu had saved his son, so he let him come to the ward.
But Ye Rongxu really didn’t understand. The big brother who saved him was smart and brave when he was a child. Why did he grow up to be someone who lied and manipulated him?
Ye Rongxu endured it and said, “Do you want to return the jade pendant to me?”
Qin Jingxu was about to tell him about the past when his emotions were interrupted, and his smile froze.
“If not, then you can go out.” Ye Rongxu became more and more annoyed.
It was not good for him to ask for what he had given away, so he took it as repaying the other party for saving his life when he was a child.
Ye Rongxu didn’t want to listen to Qin Jingxu’s explanation anymore. Maybe because he was in a bad mood, his chest began to feel stuffy, and his breathing was a little difficult.
Seeing that Qin Jingxu was about to speak again, he directly pressed the bell at the head of the bed and said to the bodyguard who rushed in, “Uncle Chen, ask him to leave.”
Uncle Chen heard this and didn’t care that this man might be the future son-in-law of the Ye family. He stepped forward, twisted his wrist, and took him out.
Qin Jingxu’s expression was almost distorted. He had just been twisted by Qin Chaoyan a while ago and was twisted again by Uncle Chen when he entered the ward. At this moment, he broke out in a cold sweat from the pain and couldn’t utter a single word.
Ye Rongxu was repeatedly disturbed and didn’t want to stay in the hospital anymore.
He remembered that in his dream, although he was sent for rescue this time, he was fine after being rescued.
So when his grandparents came to see him at night, he begged to be discharged from the hospital.
“I don’t like the smell of the hospital. There are doctors and equipment at home, so it’s the same.”
The two elders couldn’t dissuade him, so they promised to let him leave the hospital tomorrow.
The next day, with the help of the nurse, Ye Rongxu got in the car and went home happily.
When the car drove into the villa yard, Butler Lao Yang was already waiting with a wheelchair.
When the car stopped, he hurried forward to open the door, muttering: “Young master, you have worked hard; this time you really suffered a lot.”
He bent down and wanted to carry Ye Rongxu to the wheelchair, but Ye Boxuan quickly got out of the car and said, “Let me do it.”
Ye Rongxu stretched out his arms and waited for his father to carry him.
After being put on the wheelchair, the family pushed him back to the villa, creating a harmonious atmosphere.
Lin Jiaojiao said that she would give him a birthday party, and the cake was ready.
Ye Rongxu was excited, but he held the thermos cup and pretended to be calm.
Lin Jiaojiao couldn’t help laughing: “Really keeping healthy?”
Ye Rongxu snorted and turned his head, just in time to see the servants at home cleaning the swimming pool.
After an autumn rain, some fallen leaves and gravel accumulated at the bottom of the swimming pool.
The servants cleaned up the fallen leaves and gravel and sent them to the garbage, along with a small, well-made wooden horse.
“Wait.” Ye Rongxu suddenly stopped them.
He remembered that this was the birthday gift Qin Chaoyan prepared to give him that day.
