Guo Ziming's face turned ashen as he complained, "Then why didn't you stop me?"

Ye Feixu remained silent, as if to say, "Do I look like someone who likes to meddle in other people's business?"

Guo Ziming was extremely upset.

Judging from Su Yan's attitude just now, she would never accept his feelings.

After much deliberation, he decided that he should still catch up with them.

But as soon as he made a move, Ye Feixu said, "I advise you not to go."

"Why?!" he asked, puzzled.

Ye Feixu didn't know why, but he blurted out, "She probably doesn't know how to face you."

If Su Yan knew how to deal with this, she wouldn't have run away just now.

Guo Ziming closed his eyes, his mind filled with the image of Su Yan's frightened expression, and he couldn't help but sigh.

...

at the same time.

Su Yan did not leave the hospital, but absentmindedly went to Zhong Jinghe's ward.

Su Yu isn't here right now.

Zhong Jing called her several times before she heard him, "Huh? What's wrong?"

Zhong Jinghe reminded her helplessly, "The water has already been poured out."

Upon hearing this, Su Yan looked down and realized that she was holding a kettle in one hand and a cup in the other, with the water in the cup overflowing onto her fingers.

My fingers were scalded and blistered instantly.

"ah--!"

She couldn't help but scream, quickly put down her things, and rushed into the toilet to rinse herself off.

Zhong Jinghe walked over and asked worriedly, "Are you alright? I'll go get a nurse to take care of you."

"No need, Sister Jinghe. There are acupuncture kits and gauze on the bedside table. I can handle it myself."

Zhong Jinghe didn't press the matter, but she was a little puzzled. "Did something happen? If you trust me, you can tell me."

Su Yan shook her head, her smile somewhat forced, "It's alright, Sister Jinghe, I've figured it out myself."

"Oh well."

Zhong Jinghe was so perceptive that she immediately sensed that the other woman was unwilling to talk about it.

After rinsing the wound and treating it, Su Yan discovered that all four fingers on her left hand, except for her thumb, were covered in blisters of varying sizes, and they were still a little numb.

She disinfected the silver needles, heated the needle tips with a lighter, and then quickly punctured the blisters.

Zhong Jinghe was stunned; it looked painful.

After the blisters were popped, a commotion was heard from the outer door.

A moment later, Su Yu and Ye Feixu appeared at the door.

The two men immediately noticed the wound on her hand.

Su Yu rushed over and, upon seeing what was happening, raised his voice several decibels, "What happened to your hand?!"

Su Yan glanced behind Ye Feixu and, seeing that Guo Ziming hadn't followed, breathed a sigh of relief before saying, "I accidentally got burned, it's nothing serious."

"What do you mean 'not a big problem'? Your fingers are rotten!"

Su Yan's hands were fair and slender with delicate skin. After the blisters were popped, the wounds were indeed quite frightening at first glance.

Su Yu immediately looked at Ye Feixu, "Dr. Ye, is there any way to make it heal faster?"

Ye Feixu glanced at Su Yan's wound, his brows furrowing as he said, "Applying some medicine will make it less painful. I'll go get it."

Before Su Yan could stop him, he had already left.

Soon, Ye Feixu returned with a small white bottle, unscrewed the cap, and found it contained a powdery substance.

He lay directly on Su Yan's wound and said, "It stings a little, bear with it."

Su Yan hummed in agreement, but when the powder was poured onto the wound, she could hear a sizzling sound.

The pain made her gasp, "Hiss—!"

Su Yu couldn't bear to look at him and turned his face away.

Ye Feixu's peripheral vision fell on her slightly trembling eyelashes, and his calm eyes, as still as a lake, were stirred by a few ripples.

He screwed the bottle cap on and said, "Apply it for ten minutes, and it will scab over tomorrow. Don't get the wound wet for now."

"good."

Su Yu said, "Ayan, let me take you home first. You have a wound on your hand, so you won't be able to learn anything."

Ye Feixu thought for a moment, "I'll take her home. I've finished what I was doing."

Su Yan also said, "Brother, you stay here with Sister Jinghe, and let Second Senior Brother take me home."

Su Yu did not refuse; he had complete confidence in Ye Feixu.

In his eyes, Ye Feixu was just a medical idiot with no desires or ambitions, and such a person was quite steady in doing things.

"Okay, then be careful on the road."

...

On the way back.

The car was very quiet.

It was so quiet that the only sound was Ye Feixu turning the steering wheel.

Su Yan slumped into the passenger seat, her neck hunched, as if she wanted to bury her head in her cotton-padded coat. Her face turned red, but she remained motionless.

Ye Feixu glanced at her briefly, his voice clear and cold, "You don't need to be so nervous, I don't like you."

Su Yan: ...Why bring up something you shouldn't have said!

Seemingly sensing the ambiguity in his words, the man added seriously, "I meant in terms of love."

Su Yan couldn't pretend to be dead anymore. She sat up straight and said awkwardly, "I know, my mind is just a little confused."

“It’s because Third Junior Brother is being immature. He shouldn’t like you.” Ye Feixu’s tone was flat. “Even if he does, he should keep it a secret. I’ll have Senior Brother give him some psychological counseling later.”

Upon hearing this, Su Yan felt her face turn as red as if it had been fried to a crisp.

She pleaded, on the verge of tears, "Second Senior Brother, can you please stop talking? Just pretend you know nothing about this."

If she avoids him for a while, perhaps it won't be so awkward when she meets Guo Ziming again.

Ye Feixu: "Oh."

Fortunately, Su Yan didn't make any difficult requests; he could just pretend to be mute.

After hesitating for a moment, he suddenly asked, "Then we don't need to tell our senior brother and master?"

"……Need not."

"Um."

Just as she was about to breathe a sigh of relief, the phone in her pocket suddenly rang.

She took the phone and held it to her ear, and Tao Yue's tearful voice came through, "Ayan! My brother was beaten and hospitalized. Could you please ask your senior brother to come and see him? He vomited a lot of blood, waaaaah..."

"What?!" Su Yan's brows furrowed, and she said in a deep voice, "Which hospital are you in? My second senior brother and I are coming over now!"

"At the First Municipal Hospital!"

"good."

After hanging up the phone, Su Yan met Ye Feixu's questioning gaze and quickly asked, "Senior brother, do you know how to get to the First Municipal Hospital?"

Ye Feixu nodded slightly. "I know."

After saying that, he turned the steering wheel.

Su Yan was extremely anxious, wondering how Tao Jin, who was usually cautious and rarely offended anyone, could have been beaten so badly all of a sudden.

Besides, it was on the day of Chinese New Year!

Due to the slippery roads caused by the snow, Ye Feixu drove slowly for safety reasons.

What should have been an hour's journey took nearly two hours to reach the First Municipal Hospital.

During this time, Tao Yue called twice more, crying her heart out.

As soon as the car stopped, Su Yan immediately got out, followed closely by Ye Feixu.

As the two of them came out of the parking lot, they saw Tao Yue anxiously pacing around on the steps at the hospital entrance, waiting for them.