Chapter 3 An Unsuitable Ring Is Like a Marriage

When Shen Zhichu woke up again, she was in the empty ward and she was the only one there.

The cell phone ran out of battery. Shen Zhichu didn't know how long he had slept. He glanced out the window and saw that the sky was still dark.

Chen Zhichu stood up, put on her shoes, picked up her bag and walked out. When she passed Xia Mingyue's ward and saw the half-open door, she couldn't control her feet and stopped.

The person living here is Xia Mingyue, and the one accompanying her is her nominal husband Li Jingshen.

Xia Mingyue had a face that looked like a first love. Even the blue and white striped hospital gown couldn't hide her clean and elegant temperament. Her fair skin made her almond eyes look bright and clear. Shen Zhichu thought that maybe Li Jingshen just liked Xia Mingyue's inner innocence. In comparison, he felt that he was a vicious person who wanted to break up a couple.

Xia Mingyue was a little jealous of Li Jingshen's kindness to her, and her gums felt sore after watching him for too long.

People who don't know Li Jingshen think that he is born with a cold temperament, but Shen Zhichu knows that he actually gives all his tenderness to Xia Mingyue and is reluctant to share it with others.

Of course... I was nice to her a long time ago, but now there is nothing left.

Her "voyeurism" eventually attracted the attention of the two people inside. Xia Mingyue glanced at her and her body trembled like a little white rabbit, hiding behind Li Jingshen.

His face showed fear and his eyes were red, as if he had seen an unforgivable villain.

Li Jingshen patted Xia Mingyue's shoulder gently and looked over with cold eyes. When he saw Shen Zhichu standing at the door, he felt annoyed.

The irritation turned into disgust, rising to his face without disguising it, and he scolded: "What are you standing there doing, pretending to be mysterious?"

Shen Zhichu stood at the door and looked at the two people who were so affectionate inside. She felt it was very dazzling for a moment. She didn't want to look, but she really couldn't help it, because that was the Li Jingshen she had never seen before, the Li Jingshen she longed for.

If I look at it too much, my eyes will become blurry... It hurts a lot and my heart feels dead.

Li Jingshen blocked Xia Mingyue behind him and stared over. Seeing Shen Zhichu's pale and bloodless face, a complex emotion suddenly arose in his heart and he frowned.

"Now that you're awake, go back."

Shen Zhichu hesitated for a moment, then asked in a hoarse voice, "Are you coming back tonight?"

Seeing the defensiveness in Li Jingshen's eyes, Shen Zhichu was too lazy to explain to him. She couldn't figure out what heinous crimes she had done over the years that made Li Jingshen guard against her like a thief.

People are all made of flesh and blood. Although she caused him not to be with Xia Mingyue, during the four years of their marriage, she, Shen Zhichu, took care of his daily life and meals like a nanny.

Although she couldn't have a harmonious family and a happy marriage, she never asked about his relationship with Xia Mingyue over the years.

In the past, Li Jingshen was wary of her and knew to act in secret. But after the Shen family declined day by day and faded out of the rich list, she was no longer a threat to Li Jingshen.

She had never mentioned the things he and Xia Mingyue had done behind her back, but was she saying she didn't care? How could she possibly...

Being with Li Jingshen, Shen Zhichu has nothing left. Not only is she dying of stomach cancer, but she also has to help others prolong their lives. Her own life is almost gone, but who can think of helping her prolong her life?

Shen Zhichu's heart suddenly felt as if it was being pricked by thousands of needles. The pain spread through his blood vessels to his limbs and bones, and even his fingertips were shaking with pain.

Shen Zhichu had no objection to Li Jingshen's orders. Over the years, he had gotten used to them. He had gone from trying to please Li Jingshen in the beginning to being quiet and self-imprisoned now.

The moment he turned around, Shen Zhichu heard Xia Mingyue's voice coming from inside.

"Is Shen Zhichu okay with losing so much blood? He looks so ugly..."

"It's okay, she's always in good health."

Look, this is the man she loves. Even her rival can see that she is unhappy, but he doesn't.

Li Jingshen is not a careless person. He can see the problems at work at a glance and know what happened to Xia Mingyue at the first time. However, he has no patience and care towards Shen Zhichu, whom he has known for six years.

Shen Zhichu took a deep breath and left the place without looking back. The rain outside was getting heavier.

She walked back slowly with her head down. She didn't have an umbrella in her bag, and she was soaked in the rain in a short while. Shen Zhichu was afraid of the cold, and the coldness seeped into her bones. Her lips, which were originally lotus-green, were now dry and cracked from the cold, and her black eyelashes were also covered with water droplets.

Shen Zhichu was so cold that her head and eyes were swollen, and her stomach was also aching from the cold. She reached out to cover her stomach but accidentally knocked the ring off her ring finger.

Shen Zhichu followed with a dull look in her eyes. The ring she had worn for four years had lost its original luster and was even blackened. She recalled the time when she and Li Jingshen signed the marriage contract. She said casually, "Since we're getting married, we should have a ring anyway."

When Li Jingshen heard this, he spent 30 yuan to buy the single ring from a roadside stall and threw it to her.

He said sarcastically, "Take it. You're only worth this much."

Shen Zhichu just smiled at the time, with an indescribable desolation in her eyes. The ring was a size too small, so she forced it through her finger. Her ring finger was rubbed red and bleeding, but she still insisted on wearing it.

Shen Zhichu stubbornly thought at the time that the ring would eventually fit after wearing it for a long time, but she didn't expect that it would eventually come loose from her finger.

Just like his relationship with Li Jingshen.

Shen Zhichu curled up in the heavy rain, her stomach burning with anger. She quickly covered her mouth and retched twice. Her eyes were red with pain and tears flowed uncontrollably.

It was still raining, and pedestrians on the street opened their umbrellas one after another. Shen Zhichu squatted on the ground, picked up the ring, and put it on his chest. He waited until his stomach felt less uncomfortable before standing up.

She was like a wandering soul in the rain, bumping into someone in a trance. Shen Zhichu was brought back to her senses by the collision, and hurriedly lowered her head to apologize. The other party was a young mother and child. The woman held the child's hand and said gently: "It's okay."

The child raised his head and looked at Shen Zhichu's red eyes, and asked softly: "Sister, are you crying?"

The woman patted the child's head, looked at Shen Zhichu apologetically, and took the child away.

The mother and child had their backs to her, and Shen Zhichu heard the child ask his mother: "Why is my sister crying? Is it because she is scared?"

"Why is Big Sister afraid..."

The sound of rain was so loud that Shen Zhichu gradually couldn't hear what the mother and son were saying.

Chen Zhichu gently covered his stomach, tilted his head back and forced back the tears. How could he not be afraid? He was afraid when he went to the hospital alone, afraid when he had a gastroscopy, afraid when he was called to the diagnosis room alone by the doctor, and finally when he was given a terminal illness certificate, he was so scared that the blood flowed backwards and his whole body was cold.

But what Shen Zhichu feared more than all these was dying alone, with no one around him.