Chapter 529 Can we still keep in touch often?

Shi Nian paused for a moment and looked at Huo Yanmo.

Huo Yanmo sighed deeply and told her what happened after she lost consciousness in the fire.

Throughout the entire process, Lu Yanzhi waited at the door.

Time passed slowly.

Shi Nian remained silent until Huo Yanmo finished speaking.

After a while, Shi Nian looked at Lu Yanzhi's legs again.

Finally, she nodded.

Lu Yanzhi on the other side also secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

Huo Yanmo adjusted Shi Nian's sitting posture again to make her more comfortable, and then put the bell in her hand so that she could press it if she needed anything.

He looked at her and said, "I'm right at the door."

Shi Nian nodded.

Huo Yanmo squeezed her hand again before turning and leaving.

As Huo Yanmo reached the door, he glanced down at Lu Yanzhi.

"Don't worry, I won't do anything to her." Lu Yanzhi looked up at Shi Nian and said, "I already knew a year ago...

Huo Yanmo lowered his eyes slightly, seemingly lost in thought. He turned his head, walked out, and gently closed the door behind him.

“哢”.

With a soft click of the door closing, Lu Yanzhi maneuvered his wheelchair to Shi Nian's bedside.

The lights were bright, and the two people stared at each other.

"A-Nian." Finally, Lu Yanzhi spoke first.

Shi Nian looked at Lu Yanzhi but did not respond.

This was the name they used to use, but now she has a new lover.

The air was silent, and the moonlight shone in, illuminating the two people who had once loved each other.

After a long while, Shi Nian lowered his eyes slightly and looked at his injured leg.

"Will your leg ever get better?" she asked.

“It can’t get better,” Lu Yanzhi replied. “I’ve had many surgeries, and this is the best I can do now.”

“She can get out of bed and walk, but it will be slow. She needs to use crutches. For daily life…” Lu Yanzhi paused slightly before continuing, “she can use a wheelchair.”

Shi Nian nodded, unsure of what to say.

After all, Lu Yanzhi's injured leg was to stop Li Yanqing and to save her.

A gentle breeze was blowing, and the moonlight outside the window was bright and clear.

"Let's find someone new," she said finally.

Lu Yanzhi looked at her with slightly reddened eyes.

She was looking at him too.

Under the light, she looked pale and weak after just waking up, but her words were firm.

She had said this to him many times.

He had always held onto a sliver of hope that if he could clear up the misunderstanding, she would come back and forgive him.

Until that day a year ago...

Shi Nian looked at Lu Yanzhi, feeling somewhat sad.

"There might have been some misunderstanding between us in the past," she said softly. "You've already explained it to me before..."

“I understand you, but Yanzhi,” Shi Nian looked at him and said softly, “we missed our chance.”

Lu Yanzhi's eyes were terribly red. He looked at her, his throat choked with emotion, unable to speak.

“Sometimes you have to believe in fate,” she said. “What’s missed is missed. I’ve already fallen in love with someone else. Between you and me… that’s all.”

The wind was still blowing gently, and Shi Nian suddenly felt a little cold and shivered.

Lu Yanzhi saw this and reached out to pull the blanket up a bit to warm her up.

But she held the blanket and turned her face away.

Lu Yanzhi lowered his hand.

"Is it really impossible to go back to the way things were?" he asked in a hoarse voice.

Shi Nian didn't look at him; the answer was obvious.

"Then..." he looked at her profile and said sadly, "will we still be able to see each other often?"

"Like, friends."

She still didn't look at him, but lowered her eyes slightly, her long eyelashes obscuring the expression in her eyes, making it impossible to see her emotions.

The room was completely silent.

Silence fell again.

He didn't know how much time had passed before he looked up at her again.

“I want to give Sisi something,” Lu Yanzhi said, and before she could say anything, he continued, “Don’t refuse.”

“I really like Sisi. I’ve always treated her like my own child for a long, long time, even though you’ve never agreed. But this is my true feeling.”

Lu Yanzhi spoke, his voice clear in the quiet ward.

“When we broke up, you didn’t take anything with you. Let Sisi keep this. It’s not compensation; it’s because I truly consider her my daughter.”

"Just consider it as me accepting it because of my injured leg."

Shi Nian tightened her grip on the blanket slightly, but she still didn't say anything.

"You should get some rest," Lu Yanzhi said, not giving her a chance to refuse. "I'll go back first, and then... I'll come see you again."

After saying that, he controlled the wheelchair, closed the window partially inward, and then went outside.

The door opened, and Huo Yanmo was standing in the doorway.

Lu Yanzhi didn't say much, just nodded to Huo Yanmo, and then drove away in his wheelchair.

Huo Yanmo didn't say anything. After watching Lu Yanzhi leave, he turned around and went into the ward, closing the door behind him.

Huo Yanmo came to Shi Nian's side and took her hand.

After thinking for a moment, he said, "Lu Yanzhi gave the tanzanite jewelry to Sisi. You were still unconscious before, so I thought about it and decided to let Sisi accept it."

Shi Nian turned her head and looked at Huo Yanmo.

Huo Yanmo sighed deeply and reached out to pull her into his arms.

“Lu Yanzhi asked me, and he said he wanted to be Sisi’s godfather,” Huo Yanmo continued. “I haven’t given him an answer yet.”

"Nian Nian..."

As Huo Yanmo spoke, he gently stroked her hair.

"Sometimes I think that the entanglement between the three of us may never end in this lifetime."

He hugged her tightly and said, "But now you are my wife."

Huo Yanmo didn't hear Shi Nian's response. He looked down and found that she had fallen asleep leaning against him at some point.

He smiled.

"You must be tired from talking to so many people right after waking up. Get some rest," Huo Yanmo said softly. "We have a very, very long time ahead of us."

He reached out and tapped her small nose, then poked her soft cheek, which dented slightly from the poking, but she still didn't wake up.

Thinking about it, Huo Yanmo felt a little amused.

"Your sleep quality is so much better than before," he said.

Thinking back to the countless nights she had been awakened by nightmares, and the days when she would wake up quickly from overthinking, things were completely different from now.

Thinking about it, Huo Yanmo felt a little sad again.

It's obvious that her body can't handle it anymore; this is different from her previous light sleep.

He thought for a moment, then laid her down and went outside to make a phone call.

On the other side, Lu Yanzhi had already gone downstairs and gotten into his car.