Chapter 19: White Rich Beauty (19)
After the three came out of Yue Ran's ward, they immediately heard laughter and clamors that only indicated joy.
Jiang Yi stiffly separated from both Rui Qin and Jin Yao after hearing such noises and watched as the two disappeared from his sight.
Rui Qin was following Jin Yao into his ward in the same hospital.
As soon as the two entered, the coldness on Rui Qin's face disappeared and instead changed into one of worry.
"Xiao Yao, are you unwell? When did it happen? Is it serious?"
Jin Yao sat on the hospital bed with a slight smile on his pale face, but he chose not to tell Rui Qin the truth. He didn't want to make Rui Qin any more worried than she already was.
"It's not a serious illness; I'm just a little shocked; it's nothing serious, Sister Qin; don't worry."
"How can I not worry? I heard that..." Rui Qin went on for a long time.
The smile on Jin Yao's face froze the more he listened to her words.
"Sister Qin, I really can't do anything about it." He shrugged his shoulders. "She is just really close to being mad."
Rui Qin's face also turned solemn. "Yes, I realized the state of Auntie early in the morning; I'm sorry, Xiao Yao, I'm just too worried about you."
Jin Yao's face warmed up. "It's okay, Sister Qin. I know that you always worry for me, but my mother... please pay more attention to her movements."
"I will. I will immediately inform you once Auntie has made any major moves. You don't have to worry."
"Okay, thank you, Sister Qin."
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"Why did you come back?"
Yue Ran didn't bother to get up from her bed.
She had just sent Mother Yue away and was a little exhausted now. She was just about to take a nap when she saw Jiang Yi through the glass window of the door.
"I... I just want to ask if you can continue to accompany Hao Hao; he has never had many friends, and, uh, I mean, he likes you very much." Jiang Yi suddenly felt very embarrassed for no particular reason.
"I see." Yue Ran let out a small yawn. Her eyes were blurred with mist as they met Jiang Yi's, appearing soft and gentle.
She was sleepy and now wanted this male protagonist out of her room. Thus, she just went straight to the point.
"You don't have to worry about it." She blinked slowly. "I'm just friends with Yang Chi and Jin Yao, and they don't have any control over my relationship with your brother."
"Well, I'm actually not asking about the relationship between you and the two men... I-I was just worried that Hao Hao had no friends, and..."
Jiang Yi's words trailed off, and he was at a loss for words. He felt that he was getting more and more wrong.
Yes, something was definitely wrong with him.
But what? He doesn't even know it himself.
"Uh-huh, I understand." Yue Ran hummed. She was rubbing her eyes from exhaustion.
Jiang Yi stared at her sleepy figure. The warm yellow light that came through the glass windows in the room was giving her black hair a golden luster.
Yue Ran's black twilight eyes, like the glare of city lights, stared straight at Jiang Yi in beautiful crescents. For a moment, he felt as if his whole heart, his whole being, had been seen.
"Jiang Yi's favorability +5"
"Jiang Yi's current favorability is 70"
But he didn't feel bad about it.
After a while, Yue Ran fell asleep. Jiang Yi's feet unconsciously walked forward until he was close to her slumbering face.
Reaching out, he touched her soft cheek with the back of his fingers.
"Jiang Yi…"
The sleeping person unconsciously called out his name. It was soft and intimate; even the corners of her mouth held a tiny smile.
His eyes widened, his heart sped up, his fingers curled, and then he ran.
"Jiang Yi's favorability +5"
"Jiang Yi's current favorability is 75"
Yue Ran opened her eyes when Jiang Yi left and smiled sweetly as she snuggled back into the sheets.
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Yue Ran stayed in the hospital for a month to completely heal her wounds.
Thanks to the female protagonist, Yang Chi and Jin Yao hardly came to the ward during this period. Instead, Yue Ran was free from answering the "Are you my girlfriend or his fiancee?" question.
Jiang Yi brought Jiang Hao to come and visit her a few times. In fact, Jiang Yi visits Yue Ran more frequently than Jiang Hao. And when Jiang Hao came, Jiang Yi would also stay inside the room to watch them play together.
But the most surprising thing was Mu Chen's sudden visit in the middle of the night.
When the nurse Mother Yue hired for Yue Ran was knocked out and dragged away from the door outside Yue Ran's ward, Ruan Ruan suddenly exclaimed, "Master, Mu Chen is coming!"
Yue Ran stirred and opened her eyes with a soft yawn.
"Mu Chen?" She inwardly frowned at Ruan Ruan's words.
"Yes!"
"Oh."
Yue Ran yawned again, and a stray tear slipped down her cheek. She covered herself with a blanket and slipped out of bed.
The moment Mu Chen slid the door open, Yue Ran was already standing in the middle of the room in question.
Her clear, pure-water eyes couldn't help but look a little confused at the strange man in the doorway.
"Who are you?"
Looking at Yue Ran's lost expression, Mu Chen couldn't help but laugh. But his eyes dimmed slightly when he spotted the tear line on her face.
Sure Mu Chen was surprised to see that Yue Ran was still awake, but he was more surprised that she did not recognize him. Was he no longer charming? Did he lose all his charm to be this unmemorable?
Mu Chen slid the door closed behind him, and the room descended back into darkness. His eyes quickly adjusted to the darkness because he had lived in a gloomy environment all year, and he could clearly see Yue Ran's expression.
She was still confused, but calm nonetheless.
And her small figure with a large blanket trailing behind her was just plain adorable.
She looked just as innocent as a newborn kitten—so innocent that she looked even more suspicious.
He had just been betrayed by two people he had trusted; what's to say that a little girl like her has no ulterior motives when approaching him?
"Don't you know who I am?" Mu Chen's voice was hoarse, like the hoarse voice of a traveler who hadn't drunk water for a long time—but not an unpleasant one; it was inexplicably provocative and inviting. "Don't you know that I am coming?" He closed in on Yue Ran's figure. "And aren't you afraid of me?"
"Am I supposed to—"
But before Yue Ran could finish her sentence, to her surprise, Mu Chen's hands suddenly enclasped over her throat, pushing her body against his and leaning back so he could gaze upon her face.
"Are you the person sent by Boss Hu?"
Gifts
-- Gift
received Weekly Power Status
-- Power
Ranking 
-- Power
stone