Chapter 71

Another two weeks passed.

That night, Xia Ruirui was still asleep when she was woken up by an unfamiliar number.

She hung up the phone and wanted to go back to sleep, but the other party kept calling her.

Thinking that the other party might have something urgent to do, Xia Ruirui suppressed her anger and pressed the answer button.

Before she could speak, an anxious voice came from the other side.

“Excuse me, are you Shen Yuqing’s family member?”

Hearing this, Xia Ruirui suddenly woke up from her sleepiness and put on a coat while responding.

Thinking that something had happened to Shen Yuqing again, her heart was lifted high and her brows were furrowed.

"There was a car accident on XX Road, and the deceased signed a cornea donation agreement..."

The attending physician was still explaining in a formal way, but was interrupted cautiously by Xia Ruirui: "In other words, Shen Yuqing's eyes can see again, right?"

"yes."

After getting a positive answer, Xia Ruirui ran her fingers through her hair, feeling mixed emotions, including mourning for the deceased and gratitude.

The attending physician opposite him was no longer as serious as usual, and his voice was much gentler: "We are ready for surgery, but we still need the patient's family's signature."

Xia Ruirui nodded repeatedly and said that she would leave now and arrive soon.

After hanging up the phone, she called a special car and arrived at Ryan Hospital in less than 15 minutes.

To save time, she didn't even change into her pajamas, but just put on a coat and came out.

She trotted towards the operating room, but ran head-on into a transfer vehicle moving in the opposite direction.

Guessing that the other person might be the donor whose name and identity were unknown, Xia Ruirui bowed deeply in the direction of the transfer vehicle.

When he looked up, he saw the other person's face exposed outside the white cloth. It was Zhang Ye.

The culprit who caused Shen Yuqing's tragedy but was sent to a mental hospital because he could not be held criminally responsible was Zhang Ye.

Thinking that the cornea he donated would eventually be used on Shen Yuqing, she felt a mixture of emotions for a moment.

The previous hatred is gone, leaving only relief and a hint of gratitude.

She didn't waste any more time. After signing the family consent form, she waited outside the operating room.

Because it was too late, she did not call Gu Zijin, Shen Qingli and others, but just sat alone on the bench waiting silently.

The last time Shen Yuqing was sent to the operating room for emergency treatment, she was sitting in the same position.

But the moods were completely different the two times. One was despair, and this time it was full of hope.

The lights in the operating room went out, and the attending doctor walked out with a tired look on his face. But when he saw her, he smiled and said, "Congratulations."

He didn't say anything else, but just the word "congratulations" was enough to make Xia Ruirui burst into tears.

She followed the transfer bed and had been inseparable from Shen Yuqing since he entered the ward.

He was given anesthesia and hasn't woken up yet.

The nurse also asked her to go back and come back tomorrow morning, but Xia Ruirui refused: "I want to stay with him today."

The nurse also understood her excitement as a family member, so she stopped trying to stop her and went to check on the ward elsewhere.

She stayed with Shen Yuqing all night long, until dawn, when she felt sleepy and fell asleep beside his bed.

By the time dawn broke, Xia Ruirui was somewhat awake, but because she was so comfortable lying down, she kept her eyes closed to rest.

She hadn't intended to pretend to be asleep, but Shen Yuqing, who had woken up from anesthesia, mistakenly thought that she was still sleeping, so he came over and secretly kissed her.

His face was still wrapped in bandages that wouldn't be removed for a week.

Although he still couldn't see, he knew clearly that the person lying beside the bed was Xia Ruirui.

When he learned that he would be able to see again in a week, he felt a little elated.

For a moment he couldn't tell whether this was a dream or reality, until he felt Xia Ruirui's breathing beside him, he had a real sense of reality.

The reason why he kissed Xia Ruirui secretly was that he really couldn't help himself.

After the secret kiss, he did not disturb her anymore, but got out of bed quietly, picked up the blind stick at hand, and went to the garden by himself.

He desperately wanted to feel the afterglow of the sun shining on his eyelids.

After he left, Xia Ruirui, who was lying on the edge of the bed, slowly sat up straight, looking a little hurt.

She felt that Shen Yuqing had betrayed the relationship between her and him.

He clearly didn't know that she was Xia Ruirui, but he kissed her, which means he fell in love with the fake nurse she played.

But she also advised herself, who wouldn't fall in love with someone they spend months with day and night together?

Or someone you meet without even seeing them.

But if he fell in love with her, then what would she, Xia Ruirui, mean?

The two emotions kept pulling at each other, making her want to avoid it again.

She did not wait for Shen Yuqing to remove the gauze, but left Ryan Hospital before he could see again.

After leaving the hospital, she neither returned to her apartment in Beiyi nor went to see her best friend and his wife who were on their honeymoon.

Instead, she stayed alone in Shen Yuqing's apartment. She lay on his bed, covering her head with his pillow, and had a severe headache...

*

The next morning, Xia Ruirui slept until dawn and did not wake up until noon.

She lay lazily on the bed without stretching, got out of bed, went to the bathroom and then returned to bed.

As soon as I turned on my phone, I saw several missed calls, all from Shen Qingli.

She made another video call back and it was connected after a while.

Xia Ruirui yawned: "What's wrong?"

Looking at the background of the ward on the other side of the video, she blinked, a little surprised: "I deliberately didn't tell you, how did you know about his surgery?"

Because the two were still on their honeymoon, Xia Ruirui deliberately didn't tell them, planning to wait until Shen Yuqing had his stitches removed before telling them.

I didn't expect that the two of them already knew it.

"You forgot that Gu Zijin also happens to know the old professor in the department."

"I remember now." Xia Ruirui suddenly realized.

Shen Qingli looked at her on the other side of the screen and knew that she was staying in bed again.

She often overslept when she was studying, and it was common for her to be late for morning reading.

"Ruirui, when will you come to the hospital?"

Thinking of the kiss yesterday, Xia Ruirui didn't want to see Shen Yuqing at all at this moment. Hearing this, she made up an excuse: "Since you are all here, I won't go over."

"ah?"

"I had something urgent to take care of at work, so I couldn't come before he took off the gauze."

"Okay." Although Shen Qingli felt that something was wrong with her, she did not delve into it.

The two chatted for a few more minutes and then hung up the phone.

Meanwhile, Ryan Hospital.

In the ward, Gu Zijin and Shen Yuqing looked at each other through the gauze.

Shen Qingli went out to make a phone call. Although she didn't say who she was calling, both of them knew it.

Shen Yuqing looked in the direction of Gu Zijin and said calmly, "Why didn't she come?"

Gu Zijin played dumb: "Hasn't Xia Ruirui stopped coming since you got into trouble?"

“…” Shen Yuqing’s tone was still flat, “When you lie, your tone will pause for two seconds, and your knuckles will crack.”

Gu Zijin was silent for a while, then sighed, his tone somewhat helpless, "I was wondering how it was possible that you didn't notice anything."

He glanced outside the door. Shen Qingli was still video chatting with Xia Ruirui and didn't look at them.

He sat on the sofa, crossed his legs, and said casually, "Xia Ruirui should be at your house, but I don't know what she's doing."

Feeling a little guilty, Gu Zijin added, "Don't tell my wife that I said that."

Shen Yuqing remained silent, neither agreeing nor refusing.

Gu Zijin just took it as his acquiescence and started to talk to him about business:

"I've checked your eyes for you, and there shouldn't be any lasting effects. The precautions are the same old three things."

"Don't stay up late, and don't overuse your eyes. It's best to regularly apply moxibustion to the corresponding acupoints..."

Gu Zijin was still reminding him about his eyes, but after talking for a long time, Shen Yuqing still didn't react at all.

Thinking that he was worried about the sequelae, Gu Zijin was still thinking about how to comfort him.

After a while, Shen Yuqing suddenly said something nonsensical.

"She must be angry."

"..." Gu Zijin suppressed the bulging veins on his forehead, "Why?"

Shen Yuqing didn't look at him, but looked in the direction of the door, and said concisely: "Because she felt that I betrayed her and fell in love with the caregiver she played."

"What?" Gu Zijin felt that these two people were unreasonable more than once. "They are all her, Xia Ruirui. What's the difference?"

"You don't understand."

“…”

Gu Zijin's previous words were meant to mock him, but he didn't expect to hear this response.

He raised his eyebrows and snorted coldly. These two stubborn dogs are really a match made in heaven, one willing to fight and the other willing to be beaten.

He ignored Shen Yuqing's occasional "sadness" and turned around to look for Shen Qingli outside the ward.

After all, Shen Yuqing's operation was very successful, and when the gauze was removed, it could be seen.

Gu Zijin looked at the person sitting beside the bed and said, "We left and found a new caregiver for you."

Thinking of something, he emphasized again: "This time it's not a fake, it's a male caregiver I specially selected for you."

As if he felt it was shameful to abandon his friend, he coughed lightly and said, "We'll come back to see you after you remove the bandage."

Shen Yuqing waved his hand, signaling him to leave quickly: "Stop talking nonsense."

Gu Zijin: “…”

After he left, Shen Yuqing went to the window alone, still thinking about Xia Ruirui.

*

The week of waiting for the bandages to be removed was extremely agonizing for both of them.

Xia Ruirui didn't know whether she should tell Shen Yuqing that she had been the one who had been with him for the past six months.

But she also felt that his crossing of the line made her feel a little uncomfortable.

Even though she was the one he fell in love with both times, it was different.

Not only her, but Shen Yuqing in the hospital was also not doing well.

He had been struggling over whether or not he should tell Xia Ruirui that he knew Shotane was her.

But he was also worried that she might think he was teasing her.

But if he didn't say it and Xia Ruirui was still angry, what would he do?