Bai Ningshuang froze instantly.

Then she laughed and couldn't help but reach out and pinch Xiang Jin's little face: "How can you be so clever? I can't fool you at all."

Xiang Jin cried.

She burst into tears.

In the afternoon, Gu Feiyang came to the hospital. He looked solemn and asked Xiang Jin if he could go out for a moment because he wanted to talk to Bai Ningshuang alone.

Xiang Jin thought for a moment, then silently left the room.

She found a quiet spot to sit down, and before she could give the apple to Shuangshuang, she simply started eating it herself.

As she was eating, someone walked up to her.

"Madam, what are you doing here?" The other person seemed somewhat surprised.

Xiang Jin quickly recognized the person in front of her as one of the thugs who had helped her save Jiang Anqing last time, and who happened to be the one who was most unfortunate to be stabbed.

"It's you." Xiang Jin's eyes lit up.

"It's really amazing that you still remember me, Madam. Thank you so much for saving my life last time. If you hadn't kept my wound wrapped with your clothes, I probably would have bled even faster and gone to heaven to find my great-grandmother."

Xiang Jin chuckled. They were the ones who helped her, yet he thanked her instead. This man was incredibly sincere.

"I'm so sorry that your clothes are dirty, Madam." He said with some remorse.

"The clothes are a small matter. I also lost the knife you gave me, so we're even. By the way, how's your injury healing now?"

"It's fully healed, but the wound is a little itchy, so I came to the hospital today to get some medicine, and I happened to run into my wife." He smiled innocently.

"By the way, I've always wanted to ask you, why do you call me 'wife'?" When he rescued Jiang Anqing, he was the first person he called her 'wife'.

“We don’t call you ‘wife,’ but you are the boss’s wife of Fengrong. What else can we call you?”

"Are you Feng Rong's people?"

"Yes, is there a problem?"

Xiang Jin shook his head: "No wonder they are so well-trained and efficient in doing things."

Hearing her praise, the man blushed and smiled, looking rather embarrassed.

Xiang Jin made an excuse that he had something to do, said goodbye to the thugs, and turned to walk upstairs.

As she walked, her pace slowed, and a terrible thought began to form in her mind.

"What's wrong? Why is your face so pale?" Murong Xiao had just finished dealing with his work and came to the hospital to find her standing blankly at the stairwell where people were coming and going. He couldn't help but frown.

"Murong Xiao, not long ago, did Gu Feiyang borrow any manpower from you?"

"No. But he's close to those brothers, and Gu Feiyang often goes to see them. I rarely interfere." Seeing Xiang Jin's face growing paler, he frowned. "What, did he get into trouble?"

Xiang Jin shook his head vigorously, tears streaming down his face.

She finally understood the whole story.

Why did Shuangshuang get together with Gu Feiyang? It was for her! She wanted to use Gu Feiyang to solve Jiang Anqing's problem, and for that, she was willing to sacrifice herself and ruin her own happiness for the rest of her life...

How could she be so stupid!

Xiang Jin cried more and more bitterly, gradually losing control of her emotions, attracting frequent glances from passersby. Murong Xiao took her away from the hospital, to his car, and waited until she calmed down.

"Can you please not ask?" Xiang Jin wiped away her tears; she didn't want to talk about this.

Murong Xiao's expression was cold and stern. If she had rejected him like this in the past, he would have been furious. However, he was surprisingly calm now, and even a little worried.

He was just worried...

"Okay." After a long silence, he replied calmly. As long as it didn't involve her personal health, he would give her space and freedom.

Xiang Jin looked at him in surprise.

Murong Xiao... has changed so much lately that she hardly recognizes him anymore.

However, she was still very happy. He seemed less domineering than before, and he was trying to get along with people in new ways.

“But don’t hide important things from me, like the children.” He emphasized, “Xiangjin, we are husband and wife.”

Couples should share hardships and joys, rather than choosing to bear them alone.

Xiang Jin's heart trembled, and she lowered her head.

"Why didn't you tell me sooner? It was the Xiang family who threatened you." Ever since he learned the truth about the lost child, he had been blaming himself. At that time, he was blinded by anger and thought that she didn't want the child because she didn't love him. He said many hurtful things to her, and she must have been very sad.

She never rejected it; she never denied the child's existence.

She was more heartbroken than he was by the loss of her child, and she suffered both physical and emotional torment.

And what was he doing at that time? He was busy being jealous, always calculating gains and losses, and then constantly arguing and getting angry with her.

If only he had known this sooner...

Murong Xiao reached out and pulled her into his arms, wiping away the tears that hadn't yet dried on her face.

"I'm sorry..." he said heavily, his voice a little hoarse.

Xiang Jin stared at him with wide, bewildered eyes.

She quickly understood what he meant and couldn't help but reach out and hug him even tighter.

"It's not your fault, you did nothing wrong. I was too weak and failed to protect it..." She didn't want to cry, but perhaps she had been crying too much lately, and tears just started falling uncontrollably.

"It must have hurt a lot." That was back then.

Xiang Jin subconsciously shook his head, then nodded at the last moment: "They didn't use anesthesia. I felt like I was going to die. After I escaped, Fang Xinman saved me."

So this is what she said was the most difficult thing, even though she's not afraid of pain.

Murong Xiao hugged her tightly and buried his head in her hair.

Soon, a warm sensation came from her shoulder, soothing her skin through her clothes.

Murong Xiao... cried.

He, such a proud, aloof, and arrogant person, could actually cry.

Was he feeling sorry for her?

It turns out he really did have feelings for her.

…………

Murong Xiao took Xiang Jin out for a meal, and then packed a portion for Bai Ningshuang and Gu Feiyang. When he returned to the hospital, he didn't see Gu Feiyang, but only Sun Yanqing.

Sun Yanqing happened to come out of the ward, greeted the two of them, and then left.

Pushing open the door, Bai Ningshuang was lying on the bed, looking utterly hopeless. When she saw Xiang Jin, she looked at him as if he were her savior. Then, when she saw Murong Xiao behind her, she seemed to have suffered a huge blow and lay back down.

"Master Xiao, Master Xiao, Ah Jin has already married you, are you still afraid she'll run away? She comes to the hospital several times a day, aren't you busy?" She was melancholy, extremely melancholy.

She just wanted to be alone with Ah Jin and didn't want a third party to ruin the atmosphere.

Unfortunately, this third party's status was more legitimate than hers. What could she do but silently suffer in jealousy?

Xiang Jin laughed.

"Yan Qing just arrived. You two have made up?"

Bai Ningshuang covered her head with the blanket, peeking out her cunning eyes and glancing at Murong Xiao again and again. However, the man remained calm and thick-skinned, not moving an inch even after receiving the message.