"Actually, when you don't smile, you're also cold and aloof, like a piece of wood. Every time I saw you before, I felt like you had no emotions. Shu Yan even said my expression was harsh, but she probably hasn't seen you before. If you wake up, no one will say I have a sour face anymore."

She gently rubbed her cheek with one hand: "You have no idea how many people I met today, people I knew and people I didn't know. I had to smile at them all day long, and my face is almost stiff from smiling."

As the saying goes, you can't hit a smiling face. She's not the kind of person who's naturally outgoing and doesn't know how to strike up a conversation. So she just smiles along with whatever people say, which is better than having a blank face.

After she finished massaging Xie Zhiyan's legs, she gently rubbed his arms to relax his limbs before turning off the light.

The already quiet ward was plunged into darkness in an instant. Shu Ying could not see her own hand in front of her face, and only then could she finally be herself again.

She sat in a chair, one hand resting on the edge of the bed, her voice very soft.

"Xie Zhiyan, I was actually very nervous when I came here today. I didn't know if you would welcome me and the child, or if you had any other plans, but I really had no other choice."

She thought of Shanghai. The Shu family was no longer a place to stay. If it weren't for Shu Yan, she wouldn't have known that Xie Zhiyan was still alive.

"Fortunately, the journey here went relatively smoothly. I ran into Sister Song again, and then I successfully found your workplace. Actually, I was quite scared. I was worried that if I said or did something wrong, it would make others dislike me even more."

Even though she hadn't done anything wrong, her bad family background couldn't overcome the prejudice in people's hearts.

Having arrived in the capital, she had to consider an extra layer of things. She had to plan for her child and also find a way not to hold Xie Zhiyan back.

"When I went back today, a few of the women looked at me strangely. But I'm new here and don't know them well, so I couldn't just go up to them and ask why."

She had heard on the train that the military family compound was the most harmonious, because everyone basically worked in the same unit, and they saw each other all the time, whether at work or in life. If anyone had any difficulties, they would go over to help without even asking.

Shu Ying longs for this kind of life.

But after arriving, I found that it wasn't entirely like that.

She has been on edge ever since her rebirth, and the tension in her mind has never been able to ease for a moment.

The events of the past few days felt like a dream, leaving her in a daze.

It was as if an invisible rope was hanging over her body, forcing her to keep moving forward without any slackening.

Although my physical condition improved a lot after drinking the spiritual spring water in the space, I couldn't stop feeling mentally exhausted.

She has to take care of Li Qingqing, look after the two children, and now she also has to come to the hospital to take care of Xie Zhiyan.

All these things piled up on her shoulders, and she felt like she couldn't breathe.

Shu Ying lay face down on the hospital bed. The moonlight outside was bright and shone through the window, making it easy to see Xie Zhiyan's face.

She stretched out a hand and gently traced Xie Zhiyan's eyebrows and eyes with her fingertips.

"Actually, you are very good-looking. It seems like I've always been reflected in your eyes. You don't know, Yangyang is starting to look more and more like you now, except his face shape is like mine."

Her long fingers traced from Xie Zhiyan's eyebrows to his eyes and then to his nose.

Xie Zhiyan's facial features are very smooth, and his high nose bridge makes his eyes appear even more deep. Some people say that they are a perfect match, and Shu Ying wholeheartedly agrees.

Shu Ying was so engrossed in staring at Xie Zhiyan's face that she didn't notice Xie Zhiyan's hand, which was resting on the cup, shift slightly.

She got up to get a cup from the cabinet, Xie Zhiyan's fingertips brushing against the hem of Shu Ying's clothes.