Chapter 45 Everyone's gone, still pretending?

Shen Yichen didn't expect that the pretty boy's first words wouldn't be to ask him for a high price, but rather to say something like this.

But that's not the point. The point is, who is he calling "wife"?

Shen Yichen, leaning on his cane, stormed to the bedside and angrily demanded, "What right do you have to call her your wife?"

In contrast to his furious glare, Shi Yuanxing leisurely threw off the covers and got out of bed.

Standing in front of him, looking him in the eye, she spoke slowly and clearly, "Do I need to remind you again? Zhizhi and I are married."

Before Shen Yichen could erupt in fury, he coldly retorted, "If I'm not qualified, then do you, someone who doesn't even have the most basic respect for her, have the right?"

"..."

Shen Yichen never expected that this male mistress would be such a sharp-tongued person.

Xiao Zhi hired him to annoy her because of his sharp tongue.

Shen Yichen looked at him with disdain, "The wealth and comfortable life I can give her are beyond the imagination and reach of a gigolo like you who just popped up out of nowhere. You're saying I'm not qualified?"

Do you think Zhizhi is the kind of person who covets power and money?

Shi Yuanxing looked down on the person in front of him even more, and glanced at him with disdain, "Zhizhi was right to leave you. Trash like you doesn't deserve someone as good as her."

Rubbish?

It's one thing for Qin Shuzhi to say such things to him, but who else would dare to speak to him so disrespectfully?

Enraged, Shen Yichen glared at Shi Yuanxing with a sinister look. "Pretty boy, you'd better know your place. Not everyone is someone you can mess with."

Shi Yuanxing raised an eyebrow. "Really?"

"Do you believe that I can make you disappear from Jiangcheng tomorrow with just a flick of my finger?"

Shi Yuanxing nodded nonchalantly, "Oh, I'll wait."

"you……"

"Let's talk about tomorrow tomorrow, but right now... I'm sorry, my wife told me to get some rest before she left."

He gestured towards the door as if to say "see you out," and said, "So I'm going to sleep now, Mr. Shen, please go ahead."

Shen Yichen was furious at his irritating attitude.

He found the word "wife" particularly grating when it came out of his mouth.

"court death."

He couldn't hold back and clenched his fist, swinging it at her.

Shi Yuanxing wasn't going to tolerate him. He raised his hand to block him, and then used the force to push him away.

Apart from throwing a punch with all his might, Shen Yichen's entire weight was on his cane. Suddenly, he was pushed by a force, lost his balance, and stumbled backward.

With a "bang," the sound of a body hitting the ground and a cane falling to the ground echoed in the quiet ward.

Qin Shuzhi pushed the door open and came in just in time to see Shen Yichen fall down in a sorry state.

?

She paused by the door.

Shi Yuanxing noticed her immediately.

Seeing her gaze directed his way, he was about to explain when he saw her drop what she was holding and run straight toward him.

Are you alright?

Hearing the concerned inquiry, Shi Yuanxing's eyebrows twitched, and he immediately hugged her, resting his head on her shoulder, and said weakly, "I feel a little dizzy."

Shen Yichen, who was so badly injured he couldn't even stand up, watched this scene: "..."

He stared wide-eyed as Qin Shuzhi whispered words of comfort, then carefully helped Shi Yuanxing to sit down on the edge of the bed, before finally turning to glare at him angrily.

What's gotten into you now?

? ? ?

Seeing her accusing face, Shen Yichen was both angry and aggrieved. He angrily pointed at Shi Yuanxing and loudly accused him, "He was faking it. He was the one who pushed me."

"You came to our room to cause trouble, and then you tried to accuse us first?" Qin Shuzhi frowned at him.

“My husband is gentle, refined, kind and friendly. Even if he did push you, it must have been you who provoked him first.”

Her string of high praises left both the man sitting on the bed and the man lying on the floor speechless.

The former was so embarrassed by his wife's praise that he became a little shy.

The latter was both heartbroken and jealous of Qin Shuzhi's obvious favoritism, and for a moment, she was speechless.

“Shen Yichen, let me tell you, if my husband gets hurt in any way because of you, I will not let you off the hook.”

Hearing her defend that pretty boy in every word, Shen Yichen's eyes reddened with anger.

"I'm injured too, didn't you see?"

His pitiful voice was tinged with a trembling quality, almost like a sob.

From the moment she arrived until now, all her concern has been directed towards that pretty boy, without uttering a single word of care for him.

"Xiao Zhi, my foot hurts a lot..."

He tried to appear weak so she would pity him.

Looking at his affected manner, Shi Yuanxing really wanted to kick him.

But he promised his wife he would try not to fight with this jerk; he had to be a good husband.

"If your foot hurts, go see a doctor. My wife can't help you."

Upon hearing his voice, Shen Yichen's anger flared instantly, and he glared at him fiercely, "Shut up, what's it to you?"

As soon as he yelled, Shi Yuanxing reached out and wrapped his arms around Qin Shuzhi's slender waist, resting his head against her. "Wife, I'm dizzy again."

He was yelled at until he was dizzy.

Shen Yichen: "..."

Damn it, he's never seen such a green tea bitch.

Qin Shuzhi gently patted Shi Yuanxing's back before looking at Shen Yichen.

“My husband is right, if you’re sick, go see a doctor.”

Shen Yichen's eyes were filled with hurt, "Xiao Zhi..."

"Just as you said, this is none of our business, and it won't do you any good by staying in our ward and making a scene."

After she finished speaking, she walked to the bedside and pressed the call button, asking two people to come over from the nurses' station.

Shen Yichen watched her actions, struggling to stand up, when suddenly a cry of surprise came from the doorway:

"Yichen".

Qin Shuzhi looked towards the door and saw Zhou Siyan running towards Shen Yichen in a panic.

"Yichen, how did you fall? Are you alright?"

While asking him questions with concern, Zhou Siyan tried to help him up.

Because she lacked strength, she subconsciously looked around for help, and when her gaze fell on Qin Shuzhi, she was suddenly stunned.

"Qin Shuzhi? You, what are you doing here?"

While struggling to help Shen Yichen up, she subtly provoked him, "Shuzhi, even if you're still arguing with Yichen, you can't just ignore him when he falls down. You're going too far."

Just as Qin Shuzhi was about to retort to her, footsteps sounded at the door again.

Upon seeing two nurses enter, Qin Shuzhi quickly asked them to help remove the person.

I find those two annoying to look at.

During this time, Shen Yichen did not want to leave, but because of his foot injury, he was forcibly "asked" to leave by the nurse.

The ward finally returned to quiet.

As soon as Qin Shuzhi approached, Shi Yuanxing clung to her waist again.

Qin Shuzhi found it amusing and reached out a slender finger to tap the gauze on his forehead. "The person is gone, and you're still pretending."

Shi Yuanxing tilted his head back and blinked. "You figured it out?"

"Hmm," Qin Shuzhi commented, "The acting is a bit clumsy."

Shi Yuanxing asked with a smile, "Why did your wife cooperate with me back then?"

"Because you're my husband."

Qin Shuzhi looked down at him, her gaze gentle yet firm. "I've said it before, no matter what you do, I will stand by your side."

Shi Yuanxing felt a warmth in his heart and couldn't help but gently tighten his arms around her waist.

"My wife is so good."

"Did you really push him just now?"

Qin Shuzhi asked curiously.

Shi Yuanxing clarified, "He attacked first, and I acted in self-defense."

It was his own weakness that caused him to lose his footing, not that he did it on purpose.

He wouldn't stoop to fighting a cripple.

Qin Shuzhi paused for a moment, then asked, "Should we change to another ward?"

She didn't want to be harassed by Shen Yichen again while Shi Yuan was hospitalized.

“No need,” Shi Yuanxing said. “If the test results come back tomorrow and everything is fine, we can be discharged and go home.”