The next morning, He Lingchuan planned to be discharged from the hospital. It was inconvenient for him to stay in the hospital alone, and the laboratory still needed him, so he planned to ask the doctor to just change his cast and get it done once and for all.

He Lingchuan, leaning on his cane, awkwardly walked towards the door.

As soon as he opened the door, he saw Cao Xue standing in front of him with a flower basket, looking at him with a surprised expression.

"Brother Lingchuan, why are you out of bed? Is your foot better?"

Cao Xue looked at He Lingchuan with concern. She took his hand and tried to lead him out: "Are you going to the restroom? I'll go with you."

"No, I want to be discharged from the hospital."

"Discharged from the hospital?"

Cao Xue immediately stopped in her tracks, and He Lingchuan had no choice but to stop as well.

He Lingchuan looked at the person next to him with a puzzled expression: "What's wrong?"

Thinking Cao Xue didn't know the way, He Lingchuan pointed in the direction of the nurses' station: "This way."

Cao Xue frowned, looked He Lingchuan up and down, and finally fixed her gaze on his feet: "Brother Lingchuan, you've only been here for a few days? You can't be discharged yet."

Cao Xue said with concern, "It takes a hundred days to recover from a broken bone. You'll need to stay in the hospital for at least a month before you can be discharged."

"There's no time."

He Lingchuan muttered, trying to push Cao Xue away and go to the nurses' station by himself: "I have to be discharged now."

"No, I won't let you go."

Cao Xue clung tightly to He Lingchuan's arm, preventing him from leaving. He Lingchuan looked helplessly at the little girl beside him.

He dared not push Cao Xue too hard, for fear of hurting her, but his foot had been suspended in the air for too long and was now starting to hurt.

He Lingchuan frowned, enduring the pain, and discussed with Cao Xue, "I'll go ask the doctor; maybe the doctor will suggest I be discharged."

"There's no way he'll agree to your discharge."

Cao Xue firmly refuted him, but when she heard that He Lingchuan wasn't so determined to leave, she felt relieved and agreed to take He Lingchuan to the nurses' station.

Upon seeing his attending physician, He Lingchuan was interrupted by the doctor after only uttering one word: "You definitely won't be able to leave the hospital anytime soon. Where are your family members? It would be best if they came to take care of you."

Upon hearing the word "family," He Lingchuan lowered his head, a hint of disappointment flashing in his eyes.

But he quickly composed himself and said nonchalantly, "I have no family, which is why I'm thinking of being discharged as soon as possible. For me, being in the hospital is the same as being at home; I'm all alone."

The doctor looked at He Lingchuan with surprise: "You don't have any family? Then who was that woman who came yesterday? Wasn't she your wife?"

He Lingchuan paused, surprised that the doctor knew so much.

Somewhat embarrassed, he said without hesitation, "My ex-wife."

Upon hearing those two words, Cao Xue immediately looked at He Lingchuan: "Brother Lingchuan, you two are divorced?"

He Lingchuan then realized that he hadn't told Cao Xue about her and Shen Yanxi yet.

Every time he saw Cao Xue, Shen Yanxi would react as if he were on fire, even harboring a strange hostility towards her. Therefore, he never told Cao Xue about his divorce, hoping to keep her away from him.

Cao Xue is so clingy to him. It's good that she knows he's married. If she didn't know, she would definitely keep asking him out.

He Lingchuan frowned, never expecting that the secret he had kept hidden for so long would be revealed at this moment.

He smiled somewhat awkwardly: "I'll talk to you when we get back to the ward."

He Lingchuan gave Cao Xue a simple answer, then turned to the attending physician: "Can I really not be discharged?"

"No, you need to call your family members over as soon as possible."

The doctor glanced at He Lingchuan's foot: "You definitely can't take good care of it on your own. If you can't, you'll have to stay in the hospital for another month."

After hearing what the doctor said, He Lingchuan felt his foot start to hurt again.

He dared not do anything reckless, fearing that he would become completely disabled, so he had no choice but to return to his ward.

Back in bed, He Lingchuan tried to lift his leg to get into bed as usual, but found that his foot was hurting more and more, and he couldn't even lift his leg.

"ah……"

He couldn't help but call out, and Cao Xue's heart skipped a beat when she heard it. She quickly stepped forward and supported his leg, saying, "Let me help you."

"No, no need."

He Lingchuan felt a little embarrassed and immediately refused Cao Xue, saying, "I'll be fine on my own."

"Let me help you."

He Lingchuan couldn't refuse Cao Xue's kindness. He wanted to stop her, but he couldn't reach her at all, so he had to give up.

Cao Xue carefully helped He Lingchuan move his leg, not daring to use too much force for fear of hurting him.

Seemingly to distract him, Cao Xue deliberately asked him, "Brother Lingchuan, are you really divorced?"

Cao Xue secretly glanced at him, her eyes full of doubt.

"Um."

He Lingchuan did not deny it, but judging from his expression, he probably didn't want to say more.

Cao Xue, seemingly oblivious to his expression, continued, "Have you ever thought about remarrying? You must be quite lonely all by yourself."

"No."

He can't even handle Shen Yanxi right now, how can he have the energy to find another woman?

Cao Xue thought He Lingchuan hadn't forgotten Shen Yanxi, so she couldn't help but advise him: "Brother Lingchuan, although Sister Xixi is very good, she's not the only woman in this world. You really don't need to stay single forever. You're still so young and so capable. Don't be ashamed that you're divorced. If you want to find someone, you can definitely find someone better."

At this point, Cao Xue looked at him with some regret: "If I had known you were divorced earlier, I could have introduced you to my good friend. She is a very nice person, very family-oriented, and a good woman."

He Lingchuan smiled awkwardly, but ultimately did not interrupt Cao Xue.

Although he didn't like hearing it, it was, after all, Cao Xue's heartfelt wish.

Besides, she had been helping him ever since he entered the room, so He Lingchuan felt embarrassed to refuse her kindness and could only smile and brush it off.

Seeing that he wasn't too opposed, Cao Xue became even more excited: "Brother Lingchuan, if you want to find someone, I can introduce you to a few nice girls."

"I think you don't need to introduce him, you can just get together with him directly."

As soon as Cao Xue finished speaking, Shen Yanxi pushed open the door, her eyes full of displeasure.

Zhou Mingyan stood beside her, a look of schadenfreude on his face.

Cao Wei was standing next to her. Upon seeing Cao Xue, Cao Wei grabbed her arm with some displeasure: "I was wondering why you disappeared without me noticing. So you were here. Have you forgotten that you're still undergoing chemotherapy? What are you doing here?"

Upon hearing Cao Wei's words, He Lingchuan remembered that Cao Xue was currently looking for a suitable donor.

He hadn't noticed before, but now that he looked at Cao Xue, he realized that she was pale and looked very weak, as if she might faint at any moment.

"Cao Xue, hurry back with your sister."

Cao Xue frowned, her gaze shifting between the three of them before finally settling on He Lingchuan: "What will you do if I leave?"

“I will take care of him.”