Chapter 131 Difficult to Coax

Bian Xiaoxiao still couldn't give up, so she made dumplings and went to Zhou Xiye to try and win him over.

But I never expected to see this scene.

Zhou Xiye sat on the hospital bed, and Jiang Zhizhi sat beside him. He half-embraced her, his hand running through her hair, kissing her tenderly.

His heart was bleeding, and he turned and left with hatred in his heart.

...

Jiang Zhizhi sobbed, tears of emotion welling up in the corners of her eyes.

Zhou Xiye released her, his forehead pressed against hers, and chuckled softly: "Is it bitter?"

The tip of her nose gently brushed against Jiang Zhizhi's nose.

Jiang Zhizhi was about to cry. Her mouth was full of bitterness, and even the saliva she had just swallowed was bitter. Now her throat felt bitter. She took a slight breath and said, "Zhou Xiye, you schemed against me."

Zhou Xiye laughed and let go, then reached out and pinched her nose: "Why did you add more Coptis chinensis to the Chinese medicine?"

Jiang Zhizhi licked her lips, picked up the teacup and gulped down more than half of it before she felt the bitterness in her mouth lessen considerably, her eyes still red and glistening with tears.

She gave Zhou Xiye a coquettish glare: "You... that Coptis chinensis was for treating an illness."

Zhou Xiye pinched her cheek again: "I asked Dr. Wen, and it seems like it was a bit too much."

Jiang Zhizhi's eyes widened; she hadn't expected Zhou Xiye to be waiting for her here! She couldn't quite remember how much Coptis chinensis she had put in, but it really wasn't intentional.

This old man is too calculating.

He muttered under his breath, "I didn't remember. You're a man, you can't be so petty."

Zhou Xiye smiled slightly, took out a piece of fruit candy from his hospital gown pocket, pulled Jiang Zhizhi's hand, and placed it in her palm.

Jiang Zhizhi snorted: "Did you see someone come to the ward door just now?"

She had her back to the ward door and could only hear the sounds.

Zhou Xiye didn't care: "Don't worry about it."

He said not to worry about it, and Jiang Zhizhi really didn't care. Anyway, Zhou Xiye wasn't afraid of being seen, so she didn't care either.

He happily peeled the candy and stuffed it into his mouth, then leaned over and kissed Zhou Xiye: "I'll give you a sweet taste too."

After making a scene, Jiang Zhizhi said she was going out to find something to eat, but she planned to go see Bian Xiaoxiao first.

Bian Xiaoxiao is rather quiet, and you don't often run into her on the street.

Just now, Zhou Xiye said not to worry about it. After analyzing it, Jiang Zhizhi concluded that only Bian Xiaoxiao would make Zhou Xiye so indifferent and unconcerned.

I went to the doctor's office but didn't see Bian Xiaoxiao. I then chatted with a few nurses at the nurses' station for a while.

Still waiting for Bian Xiaoxiao, I decided to go home and cook first.

Jiang Zhizhi is now very experienced in life. If she goes to queue up early to buy meat, she can get two free big bones.

In the morning, I made a pot of soup with pork bones, and then cooked a pot of braised pork with the meat that Shang Xingzhou sent and the meat she bought, and also added potatoes.

Half of it was given to Tian Aiqin's family.

At this time, there's no need to worry about eating light meals while hospitalized, because we already eat light enough normally, and we're taking advantage of the hospital stay to recuperate properly.

Jiang Zhizhi cooked noodles in bone broth, bought some steamed buns, and served them with braised pork.

She discovered that Zhou Xiye preferred noodles, so she had been eating noodles with him for the past few days. And with such good food, why would she want rice?

When the food was brought to the hospital, Li Zhuo returned and was talking to Zhou Xiye.

Upon seeing her enter, the two stopped talking.

Li Zhuo rushed over to help, and looking at the food Jiang Zhizhi had prepared, he felt a little embarrassed: "Sister-in-law, you're eating better every day than during the New Year. If we keep feeding ourselves like this, we're afraid we won't be able to run anymore."

Jiang Zhizhi laughed: "I need to recover from the physical damage I suffered earlier so that I can keep up with the training later."

Li Zhuo was still embarrassed: "I'll give you the grain coupons later too."

Jiang Zhizhi replied, "Okay, then you can eat without worry."

After serving Zhou Xiye his meal, I realized something was missing: Shang Xingzhou hadn't come today.

"Shang Xingzhou didn't come today?"

Zhou Xiye shook his head: "He didn't come."

Jiang Zhizhi was a little puzzled: "That shouldn't be the case. He's about to leave, he would definitely rush to see you as soon as possible, why didn't he come?"

Zhou Xiye thought for a moment: "After we eat, let Li Zhuo go and take a look."

Jiang Zhizhi was still a little uneasy. She took a couple of bites from her bowl and then put it down again: "No, I have to go check on him now. He's all alone here. I hope something has happened to him."

Li Zhuo naturally couldn't let her go alone, so he quickly put down his bowl and said, "Sister-in-law, I'll go with you."

Jiang Zhizhi couldn't refuse, so she told Zhou Xiye to eat first and that they should hurry back.

After leaving the hospital, Li Zhuo comforted Jiang Zhizhi, "Shang Xingzhou is smart and knows some martial arts, so he won't be bullied."

Jiang Zhizhi nodded: "Yes, it'll be more reassuring to go and take a look."

When I went to the guesthouse to ask, they said that Shang Xingzhou had left in the morning and hadn't returned yet.

Jiang Zhizhi was surprised: "Do you know where he went?"

The staff member shook his head: "I don't know, maybe they should go to the hospital?"

After all, Shang Xingzhou had practically spent the last two days in the hospital.

As Jiang Zhizhi and Li Zhuo left the guesthouse, Li Zhuo thought, "Did they run off somewhere to play? Kids are so playful, they forget about the time."

Jiang Zhizhi shook her head. Although she hadn't known Shang Xingzhou for long, she still knew him a little. He was a person with a strong sense of time and was very focused when doing something.

He couldn't possibly be leaving tomorrow and not go to the hospital to see Zhou Xiye today.

The more I thought about it, the more worried I became: "Could something have happened?"

Li Zhuo looked around and said, "It shouldn't be. The guesthouse isn't far from the hospital, and there are a lot of people along the way. It's impossible for something to happen in broad daylight."

He still felt that Shang Xingzhou must have been running around having fun and lost track of time.

Jiang Zhizhi checked the time: "Go back and eat first, and tell Zhou Xiye that I'll go look for it by the river we went to before."

Li Zhuo refused: "Let's go together. If anything really happens, I'll help you."

The two headed straight for the riverbank. It was evening, the autumn wind was chilly, and there were hardly any people around.

You can see the whole thing at a glance, but there's no sign of Shanghangzhou.

Jiang Zhizhi was still not giving up and walked along the riverbank. She remembered that there was another river beach ahead where she and Shang Xingzhou had seen people secretly fishing.

If Shangxingzhou has been here, perhaps someone saw him.

As a result, it was cold and windy, and no one was fishing on the other side of the river.

Li Zhuo comforted Jiang Zhizhi, saying, "Maybe you've never been to the river before. Why don't we go to the movie theater again?"

There are only a few places to visit in the city, so let's go check them all out.

Jiang Zhizhi shook her head, stared at the riverbank for a while, and suddenly pointed to a spot: "Li Zhuo, look over there, isn't there something there?"

Li Zhuo had excellent eyesight. Following the direction she pointed, he saw a pair of white sneakers on the riverbank.

These shoes look like they're from Shangxingzhou.

Jiang Zhizhi ran in that direction. Shang Xingzhou's shoes were here, so where could he have gone? Could he have fallen into the river?