Chapter 21: Ah Si, it hurts so much

After the ordered medicine arrived, Xu Si'an found a pen and wrote down the corresponding symptoms and dosage on the medicine box.

Besides the medicine, there was also a bottle of sweetened milk in the bag.

Xu Si'an took it to the kitchen to heat it up.

Qiao Xu stood in front of the bathroom mirror, lost in thought. It was almost four in the morning, but she wasn't sleepy at all.

The wounds on my palms and knees stung and turned red after getting wet.

She had just turned the doorknob when she bumped into the man standing in the doorway: "You still—"

"I told you not to get it wet, is this how you take care of yourself?"

Qiao Xu, who had been hugged several times that night, snapped: "Can you keep a safe distance? We're exes, you know?"

"don't know."

"Our safe distance is a trap."

Qiao Xu: "Fuck you, how come I never realized you were such a perverted person before?"

Xu Si'an placed her on the bed, his tall body squatting beside the bed, lifting Qiao Xu's feet and placing them on his knees.

"You used to call me a pervert a lot, but you've forgotten it because it's been so long."

Xu Si'an disinfected her knees with saline solution before applying the medicine.

"Reach out your hand."

He was wearing only a white shirt, which outlined his lean and powerful shoulders and back.

It stung a little when the medicine was applied, and Qiao Xu instinctively tried to dodge.

"Don't move."

"When we were dating, I never had the heart to let you get hurt in the slightest."

"You should break up with that useless boyfriend of yours as soon as possible."

Qiao Xu snorted coldly: "Do I need to remind you why I got hurt?"

He released her hand: "Okay, don't get it wet until it scabs over."

Xu Si'an threw the cotton swab into the trash can and went into the bathroom to wash his hands.

When I came out, I saw that Qiao Xu was still sitting in the same spot.

He crouched down and looked up at her: "Qiaoqiao, it's been four years. Have you missed me?"

Qiao Xu clutched her nightgown tightly: "No."

Xu Si'an chuckled softly, looking down: "See? Our Qiaoqiao is still so well-behaved, she can't even lie."

"You subconsciously bite your lip when you lie, a habit you may not even be aware of."

He reached for the milk on the bedside table: "I'll leave after I finish this."

Qiao Xu gently pushed his hand away: "I don't drink milk before bed anymore."

"I'll leave after I finish drinking, or I'll stay here and sleep."

She snatched the cup and downed it in one gulp.

He placed the glass heavily on the bedside table: "Let's go."

"It's very inappropriate for a married man like you to be staying at a single woman's house late at night."

Xu Si'an, who had only gotten halfway up, squatted back down.

"I still don't understand why he dumped me after we agreed to get married?"

"Qiao Xu, can I ask you for an explanation?"

Qiao Xu threw back the covers and pulled her feet back under them: "Don't you already know? What's the point of me explaining?"

"Because of money?"

Qiao Xu kicked him in the chest: "Because of your mother."

"I know."

Qiao Xu: ······

Xu Si'an reached under the covers to hug her waist: "Didn't you take a million yuan dowry from my mother? How come you've shrunk so much?"

One million.

One million, one million.

Qiao Xu grabbed the pillow next to her and threw it at his face.

"So what if you're rich? A million? I don't care about your million. As for the bride price, I'll give it to you."

Xu Si'an grabbed a pillow, climbed onto the bed with one leg, and pulled the other person into his arms: "You didn't ask for money?"

"I want your mother."

He lowered his head and gently licked her ear: "Qiaoqiao, baby, what do you need my mom for? You need me."

Only then can I let you *.

He gently patted her back, and Qiao Xu felt a fleeting moment of longing.

She composed herself before speaking: "Xu Si'an."

"Um?"

Are you married?

Xu Si'an turned her around to face her: "What did I do to make you keep thinking I was married?"

"I've lost my wife, who am I going to marry?"

Qiao Xu pursed her lips: "Your mother said so."

Xu Si'an was so angry he laughed: "My mom, my mom, I don't have a mom. She's been gone for four years."

He threw back the covers, got out of bed, and left her room.

Not long after, Qiao Xu heard the door slam shut.

Qiao Xu turned off the light and lay down to sleep, covering her head directly with the blanket.

The person under the blanket was trembling slightly, and soft moans of pain could be heard in the dark room.

Qiao Xu knew that the familiar pain in this body had returned.

She was also glad he was gone.

I don't want her to see me in this disheveled state, or she'll laugh at me for not living a good life.

The pain, more intense than ever before, caused Qiao Xu to curl up into a ball.

I didn't even hear the sound of the combination lock being opened outside.

Xu Si'an, who re-entered the room, still looked bewildered. The door password? His name?

He's so stupid, why didn't he think of that before?

He slammed the door and left ten minutes ago because he was afraid he wouldn't be able to resist doing something to her.

He had no intention of leaving after arriving at the underground parking lot.

He's done shameless things before.

Qiao Xu is soft-hearted; at worst, she'll just get slapped a few times.

Although he has a house here, he cannot let Qiao Xu know for the time being.

He took a change of clothes from his car, smoked two cigarettes, and then went upstairs.

He has been a heavy smoker for the past few years.

Especially late at night, and especially on important days.

When Xu Si'an returned to Qiao Xu's house, a string of numbers flashed through his mind.

He hesitated for a moment before typing: 987426.

The door lock is open.

Qiao Xu's door access code is the alphabetical order of his name when typed using a nine-key keypad on a mobile phone.

In the living room, Xu Si'an took out a pair of black slippers from the shoe cabinet.

His yardage.

Xu Si'an, you're a fucking beast.

They even tried to take the dog from her.

They deserved to die.

He deserved to be dumped.

No wonder you don't have a wife.

He heard crying as he walked into the bedroom carrying a bag of clothes.

My heart sank completely.

"Qiao Qiao".

On the 1.8-meter-wide bed, only the middle section is raised; if he doesn't turn on the light, he wouldn't even notice there's someone on the bed.

When Xu Si'an lifted the blanket, he felt as if his heart was about to stop beating.

The pain was so intense that my lips lost all color and I couldn't breathe.

"baby."

The man's hoarse voice choked with sobs: "Qiaoqiao, where does it hurt? Tell me, okay?"

As her shivering, icy body fell into the man's warm embrace, the last thread in Qiao Xu's mind snapped.

She clutched his clothes, saying, "Ah Si, it hurts so much."

"It hurts here, it hurts so much."

She took Xu Si'an's palm and placed it on her heart.

He could feel her heartbeat was faster than normal.

"Qiaoqiao, be good, let's go see the doctor."

Qiao Xu nestled in his arms: "No, the doctor can't cure it."

"Ah Si, it hurts so much, can you hold me tighter?"

Qiao Xu's eyes were closed, and Xu Si'an assumed she was asleep and dreaming about him.

Only she knows how lucid she is at this moment.

Perhaps because she hadn't been in her arms for a long time, Qiao Xu's pain from the physical transformation gradually subsided.

Xu Si'an slowly released her only after she felt that she had stopped trembling.

"Qiaoqiao, did I hurt you in my dreams?"

He brushed the stray hairs from her cheek: "Why? The password to open the door is my name."

"Qiaoqiao, can we make up?"