Chapter 45 "Care about me?"

Xie Jinghe's gaze was as blazing as a raging fire. Chen Shuangli's heart trembled as she was stared at. She looked away at a loss and whispered, "Thank you."

Xie Jinghe's eyes dimmed, and he stared at Chen Shuangli, who lowered her head and drooped her brows, for more than ten seconds. He pulled his lips together without any emotion and said, "Oh."

Chen Shuangli clearly felt the air pressure around her drop, and the ward fell into an unbearable silence.

Xie Jinghe was upset and his face was cold. He glanced sideways at the bedside table, reached out to take the box of cigarettes and lighter on it, and took a cigarette from the box with his slender fingers.

With a "click", the flame licked the cigarette butt, and Xie Jinghe held the cigarette between his fingertips and put it into his mouth.

Seeing this, Chen Shuangli immediately reminded, “You can’t smoke while taking medicine.”

Xie Jinghe didn't listen, took a lazy puff, raised his cold white eyelids nonchalantly, and glanced at Chen Shuangli lightly, "Care about me?"

The tone is cold and thin, with a hint of muteness.

How could she possibly control someone of Xie Jinghe's status?

Chen Shuangli was silent for a few seconds, "...No."

"Heh." A light sneer escaped from Xie Jinghe's throat. He retracted his gaze and put the cigarette into his mouth again.

Chen Shuangli frowned slightly, stood up and reached out to grab the cigarette from him, "Don't smoke anymore when you take medicine."

Xie Jinghe raised his arm to the side to avoid Chen Shuangli's touch, and with his other hand, he frivolously hooked the necklace Chen Shuangli was wearing around her neck and pulled it towards him with force.

Chen Shuangli was pulled over, and their faces were so close that they could even see the soft hairs on each other's cheeks.

Xie Jinghe's eyes flashed with amusement, and he suddenly curled his lips into a wicked smile. He blew gently, and wisps of white smoke came out from his thin lips and sprayed all over Chen Shuangli's face.

Chen Shuangli subconsciously tilted her head, but was still choked, "Ahem..."

Xie Jinghe said coldly, "If you don't want to care about me, just shut up."

When he was about to put the cigarette to his mouth again, a delicate white little hand reached out from the side and snatched the cigarette from between his fingers. Xie Jinghe followed the hand and looked sideways.

Chen Shuangli threw the cigarette to the ground and stepped on the cigarette butt to put it out.

"How dare you snatch things from me?" His cold voice showed no emotion.

Chen Shuangli pulled out a tissue, bent down, wrapped the cigarette on the ground with the tissue and threw it into the trash can. She took out a lollipop from her trouser pocket and stuffed it into Xie Jinghe's palm, "Eat this."

Xie Jinghe lowered his eyes and glanced at the bouncing candy given by Chen Shuangli. His eyebrows raised slightly, and the corners of his lips couldn't help but curl up, but they flattened after two seconds, like water passing by without leaving a trace, hardly noticeable.

Xie Jinghe changed into a comfortable position, playing with the lollipop with his slender fingers casually, and looked at Chen Shuangli, "Chen Shuangli, what do you mean?"

"Here you go."

Xie Jinghe threw the lollipop on the table and said, "I don't want to eat it."

Chen Shuangli saw that he looked uninterested and really didn't want to eat the lollipop, so she didn't force him, "Then don't eat it, but you can't smoke."

"If I don't smoke, what do I smoke? You?"

Chen Shuangli: “…”

Chen Shuang frowned and said seriously, "Anyway, you can't smoke now." She looked at the table, took the lighter and cigarette box and held them in her hands.

Xie Jinghe's eyes sparkled with amusement, "They're quite strict."

"Give me my cigarettes."

Chen Shuangli said "hmm".

Xie Jinghe was in a much better mood and said nonchalantly, "Okay, if you don't want to smoke, then don't smoke. I'll listen to my girlfriend."

There was a knock on the door. Chen Shuangli got up and opened the door. It was Chi Yanzhou and Lu Chuanze.

When Chi Yanzhou saw Chen Shuangli, he enthusiastically called out, "Shuangshuang!"

Lu Chuanze said indifferently, "I came to see Xie Jinghe."

Chen Shuangli smiled and said, "Come in."

Xie Jinghe was staying with his brother. Chen Shuangli felt that she had nothing to say, so she chose to avoid him and said, "I'm going out for a walk."

Xie Jinghe looked at Chen Shuangli and said, “If you are injured, just stay here.”

"I'm not going far. I'm just going outside to get some fresh air."

Xie Jinghe finally relented, "Go ahead."

Chen Shuangli went out and closed the door gently.

Lu Chuanze asked, "Are you okay?"

Xie Jinghe's expression was indifferent. "What could be the problem?"

Xie Jinghe is very precious from head to toe. His parents protected him very well. From childhood to adulthood, he has only bled a few times, and the two most serious injuries were related to Chen Shuangli.

"This lollipop looks delicious." Chi Yanzhou's voice sounded beside him.

Xie Jinghe suddenly looked over in the direction of the sound and saw Chi Yanzhou had already peeled off the candy coating of the lollipop and was about to eat it with his mouth open.

A big hand suddenly came over and snatched the lollipop. The movement created a gust of wind, causing the loose hair on Chi Yanzhou's forehead to ripple.

Xie Jinghe said in a cold voice, "Mine." There was a morbid possessiveness in his tone.

The lollipop that was about to reach his mouth flew away. Chi Yanzhou still had his mouth wide open, looking a little confused. "It's just a lollipop, is that a big deal?!"

Xie Jinghe: "As for that."

Lu Chuanze solved the case in one second, "Chen Shuangli gave it to me."

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Chen Shuangli sat on a bench in the front yard of the private hospital. A tall tree planted next to her blocked the scorching sunlight.

There is a bit of coolness under the shade of the trees.

"Chen Shuangli."

Suddenly someone called her.

Chen Shuangli heard the sound and looked over, and saw Lu Chuanze.

Lu Chuanze sat at the farthest place from Chen Shuangli and asked, "Do you like Xie Jinghe?"

"Personal matter."

It means not to answer.

Lu Chuanze looked at her with a cold expression and sneered, "Do you know that when you abandoned Xie Jinghe and disappeared, Xie Jinghe went crazy looking for you and got into a car accident. It was very serious. It took three days and three nights in the emergency room to save him from the brink of death."

"I was in the hospital for three weeks before I woke up."

Chen Shuangli looked at Lu Chuanze with astonishment in her eyes.

Lu Chuanze continued, "Xie Jinghe asked his father to contract all the cafeterias at Ningcheng No. 1 Middle School and Jingda University, just to let you eat your favorite dishes."

"The sponsor behind the Tsurusu Lizhi Scholarship is Xie Jinghe."

The Tsurusu Rie Scholarship is a private sponsorship and is available to the top five students in the class, with a total award of 20,000 yuan per semester.

"After the college entrance examination, Ningcheng No. 1 Middle School sent a bouquet of flowers to all the college entrance examination candidates in the name of the school. Xie Jinghe was behind the plan and paid for it. He wanted to send flowers to you, so he sent flowers to all the college entrance examination candidates."

"On your birthday, the owner of the cake shop gave you a cake and a bouquet of flowers for free. He said it was an event, but in fact, Xie Jinghe paid for it."

"Because you didn't come to see him, Xie Jinghe was very upset and developed a severe bipolar disorder. His parents sent him abroad for treatment. Although he is abroad, he is always thinking about you back home."

"From Xie Jinghe's perspective, he is always a victim. You abandoned him. And he keeps saying he wants revenge on you, but in fact, he is unwilling to touch you at all."

"Xie Jinghe, I really like you."

"Why did you disappear back then?"

Lu Chuanze's words kept echoing in her ears. Chen Shuangli drooped her long eyelashes and her face was cold and dull, but her constantly trembling eyelashes revealed her emotions at the moment.

He touched the wrist of his other hand, and his fingertips gently stroked a bulge on the inside of the wrist bone.

That's a scar.