Ye Ningwan's words suddenly stopped, her tongue tied, and she couldn't utter a single word for a long time.

"You...you...you..."

She swallowed hard, and after a long while, she managed to utter a nonsensical sentence.

"Didn't you go to make a phone call?"

Pei Fengzhi narrowed his phoenix eyes slightly, and the slight shock on his face was replaced by a smile. He looked at Ye Ningwan gently and whispered to her.

"I was on the phone, but just now in the hallway..."

When he said this, he looked towards a spot not far away, but he didn't see Little Star.

Pei Fengzhi's gaze swept around the KFC. He frowned slightly, a hint of doubt flashing in his eyes before he quickly regained his composure.

Ye Ningwan, however, keenly noticed it.

She laughed along, as if she hadn't noticed anything.

"Then what?"

Pei Fengzhi shook his head.

"Nothing, I'm just hungry."

Ye Ningwan raised an eyebrow, looking back at the table that was too big to fit anything.

"I never expected someone like you to eat junk food."

Pei Fengzhi moved a little closer to Ye Ningwan, his thin lips almost brushing against her earlobe.

There are many things about me that you don't know, and I'll tell you them slowly.

As he spoke, his fingertips gently brushed across Ye Ningwan's palm, and then they intertwined their fingers.

That was a very intimate and possessive gesture.

Ye Ningwan felt a strange sensation in her heart and subconsciously tried to dodge, but her hand was tightly held by Pei Fengzhi. She couldn't escape and was instead pulled into her arms.

A feeling of anxiety rose in Ye Ningwan's heart.

Her gaze went over Pei Fengzhi's shoulder and towards the back door of KFC, continuing to look in the direction where Xiao Xingxing was dragging Ye Jingyu away.

The two children had vanished without a trace from the streets there.

They... should have gone back by now, right?

Although Ye Ningwan comforted herself in this way, she was still uneasy in her heart, afraid that little rascal Xiaoxing would suddenly cause some trouble again and run away from home with his brother!

Ye Ningwan exerted a little force and finally broke free from Pei Fengzhi's grip on her hand, but when she tried to pull away, her wrist was grabbed again.

"What's wrong?"

Pei Fengzhi looked at her intently. Although his voice was still gentle, it carried an unyielding determination.

After all, he was once a man who was high above others. Even though he has fallen from grace, he still retains the imposing aura of a superior in his bones.

Ye Ningwan shook her head and suddenly said to Pei Fengzhi.

"Can you walk now?"

She was referring to Pei Fengzhi's legs.

Pei Fengzhi's attention returned to himself. He looked down at his long, straight legs and said calmly.

"I just have muscle weakness from sleeping too much for years, not that my legs are ruined. The doctor said I can still walk a few steps. You're a doctor too, you should know that."

Ye Ningwan blinked and gave a soft "hmm".

"Um."

Pei Fengzhi suddenly leaned most of his weight on Ye Ningwan, and his long arms naturally wrapped around Ye Ningwan's slender waist.

Ye Ningwan looked up and met Pei Fengzhi's weak and apologetic smile.

"I've been out for too long, and my legs are a little sore."

Ye Ningwan said immediately.

"Then sit here for a while, and I'll call someone over for you."

Pei Fengzhi held her waist, not giving her a chance to pull away from his side, and whispered weakly, almost touching her earlobe.

"Don't call anyone over. I don't want people to think I'm so weak that I need help all the time."

His face was deathly pale, devoid of any color, even his thin lips were frosty white, his long, thick eyelashes trembled gently, and a few strands of his loose hair fell onto Ye Ningwan's shoulders as he leaned towards her.

He did indeed look like a frail, stunningly beautiful woman, like a delicate porcelain vase, translucent in the sunlight, as if she might be shattered at any moment.

Ye Ningwan was helpless.

Every time she faced this person, she seemed unable to resist softening her heart towards him.

"All right."

She agreed, and even offered herself a word of comfort, almost as if talking to herself.

"Anyway, the hospital is just a few steps away from here."

Ye Ningwan supported Pei Fengzhi as they pushed open the KFC door.

But at that moment, Ye Ningwan keenly saw two very faint reflections on the sliding glass door. Although they were just two blurry outlines, Ye Ningwan, as a mother, immediately recognized the outlines as Xiao Xingxing and Ye Jingyu.

Ye Ningwan quietly glanced back.

Sure enough, Little Star and Ye Jingyu peeked out from a corner, one above the other, secretly watching Ye Ningwan's back.

Just then, Ye Ningwan turned around and looked at them, meeting their eyes.

The two little ones immediately scurried back in a fluster, their heads bumping together, and they squatted on the ground, clutching their heads.

Ye Ningwan couldn't help but burst out laughing.

You two little idiots!

Ye Ningwan's commotion was so great that Pei Fengzhi finally couldn't help but glance back.

Unfortunately, he saw nothing. The place where Little Star and Ye Jingyu had been was now empty, with only a patch of sunlight filtering through the shadows of the trees and casting dappled light onto the bluestone path.

"why are you laughing?"

Ye Ningwan then realized that she had been completely unaware...

She immediately stopped smiling, her mind racing faster than a spinning top.

"It just suddenly occurred to me that it's like you're my little wife and I'm your husband."

Pei Fengzhi withdrew his gaze, staring at Ye Ningwan's smiling face, and couldn't help but laugh out loud.

"It really does look...very similar."

Ye Ningwan looked up, smiled, and leaned close to Pei Fengzhi's ear.

"From now on, you'll call me husband, and I'll call you wife?"

Pei Fengzhi smiled, but it was no longer the gentle, distant smile of the past; instead, it was more genuine.

"When no one is around."

"You're so weak and easily hurt. From now on, your husband will protect you, my dear wife!"

The two of them slowly walked out and back to the hospital.

The atmosphere between the two was much more intimate than before.

At this moment, Little Star and Ye Jingyu peeked out from around the corner again.

The two little ones looked at each other and saw surprise in each other's eyes.

Little Star said to Ye Jingyu in a childish voice.

"That handsome uncle is actually our new dad?"

Upon hearing this, Ye Jingyu's delicate, doll-like face wrinkled, and he remained silent for a long time.

His dark, obsidian-like eyes gazed in the direction Ye Ningwan and Pei Fengzhi had left.

After a long while, Ye Jingyu muttered something to himself.

"I don't like that person, and I don't want him to be my new father."