Qin Hezhou: "Uh..."

He had no complaints even when his face was covered in water, as if he was willing to sacrifice himself to save his wife. No matter how rough Pei Zhiyu's actions were, he accepted them completely.

Seeing him pretending to be calm and even trying to show joy, Pei Zhiyu couldn't help laughing and asked, "Are you a masochist?"

"..." Qin Hezhou's brows, which had been forced to relax, finally twisted a little.

"Why do you look so happy even though you were bullied?" she asked again.

“…”

Looking at his gradually distorted expression, Pei Zhiyu smiled like a villain whose trick had succeeded.

Amidst her laughter, Qin Hezhou's ghostly voice was heard.

He said darkly, "I can't guess it, I can't figure it out."

"What?" Pei Zhiyu paused squeezing the toothpaste and looked at him in confusion.

"You said sincerity..." As he spoke, he couldn't help but sigh, pursed his lips and was particularly conflicted. His left hand, which was slowly regaining consciousness, was raised and lowered several times.

Pei Zhiyu was getting impatient, his hand holding the toothbrush sore, "Then? Why don't you finish what you want to say at once——"

She paused.

Qin Hezhou's hesitant hand finally fell on her sleeve. He was originally heading for her wrist, but in the end, as if he was worried about something, he just pinched the corner of the sleeve.

Pei Zhiyu looked confused: "What do you mean?"

"I..." He only uttered one word and then fell silent again. His expression changed again and again, but he still couldn't finish his words.

Qin Hezhou twisted the silky soft fabric with his fingertips, and the corners of his lips slightly raised were full of helplessness.

"Forget it." He said.

But Pei Zhiyu refused. "Forget it? Your expression is as tangled as if I asked you, if your wife and mother fell into the water, who would you save first, and then you said -"

"Save you," he interrupted.

"?"

"My mother can swim and she even won a swimming championship."

“…”Changing the subject?

Pei Zhiyu was speechless for a moment. He threw his toothbrush onto the sink, folded his arms across his chest, and said sternly, "You're being insincere if you're unwilling to face the problem head-on."

"You want to ask me what I should do to show my sincerity, right?"

He nodded obediently, like a puppy whose fur had been stroked.

This reminded Pei Zhiyu of the bedtime story last night. Actually, she was not completely asleep at that time.

She heard everything Qin Hezhou said, without missing a single word.

"I want to ask you, but I think I should ask for the correct answer and then do it..."

“It’s very insincere.”

He was embarrassed and looked unnatural. He tried to divert his attention but accidentally scratched his head with his injured right hand.

"hiss--!"

Hearing his cry of pain, Pei Zhiyu felt anxious.

The words that were about to come out of her mouth were swallowed back. She held Qin Hezhou's injured hand and looked at it again and again. Fortunately, he did not use much force and there was no bleeding.

The conversation came to an abrupt end, and Qin Hezhou's question was not answered.

That's it.

Qin Hezhou thought that he had to figure it out on his own.

He thought the matter was over, and the two of them sat at the dining table to eat again after many days. This long-lost feeling of warmth warmed his heart.

"How are you going to the birthday party?" Pei Zhiyu asked suddenly.

He said puzzledly: "Didn't we agree that I would go with you?"

"What I mean is, are you going to go as my husband, or are you going as the president of Qin Corporation with the invitation sent by Pei Guangyuan?"

"Both." Qin Hezhou put down his spoon and said seriously, "When I accepted the invitation, I was thinking that I must find back everything you had lost in that house."

Pei Zhiyu was slightly startled: "You want to..."

"I'll tell everyone—"

"Pei Zhiyu is the wife of the president of the Qin Group and the granddaughter-in-law of the Qin family. She is someone they should never dare to harm."

She licked her lower lip lightly. She had a lot to say, but the last thing that came out was this: "Aren't you afraid of what others will say?"

"Heh." Qin Hezhou, with the air of a king, sneered in a cold tone, "They don't dare, nor are they worthy."

What he said was true.

In Jiangzhou, and even across the country, how many people dare to challenge the Qin Group?

Gossip behind his back would be spread out in fear of something happening, let alone in front of him.

Besides, there are many people who may not even be able to see him even if they want to.

Pei Zhiyu was thinking when he suddenly felt something warm on the back of his hand.

It was Qin Hezhou who came over with a bowl of hot porridge and touched her gently.

"You don't need to care about what others say. You just need to know that I love you, and your grandmother and aunt like you too. That's enough."

Pei Zhiyu took the hot porridge he handed to her, twisted the spoon in the bowl from time to time, and felt a sour taste in his nose.

Qin Hezhou saw it.

He didn't expose the truth, but just pushed the tissue in front of Pei Zhiyu and said, "No one in this world can judge you...including yourself. You don't know how good you are."

"Tsk, you talk so nonsense." Pei Zhiyu didn't touch the tissue. He put down the spoon and picked up the bowl of porridge and drank it in one gulp.

Qin Hezhou was shocked. When he wanted to stop her, it was too late. Not even a trace of her was left.

"Why are you drinking so quickly?"

Pei Zhiyu glanced at him and said with a smile: "Go fight!"

As soon as she finished speaking, she walked to the door under Qin Hezhou's astonished gaze.

Before leaving, Pei Zhiyu waved his hand and said to him, "I have already notified your assistant in advance to come to your home to take care of you. Take good care of your injuries and don't torment yourself."

"I'll be waiting for you at the hospital."

Half of her body was already outside the door, but seeing Qin Hezhou's increasingly dazed expression after hearing what she said, she felt inexplicably reluctant to leave.

"well……"

Qin Hezhou heard a sigh, and then a black shadow rushed in front of him.

And with lightning speed——

She cupped his head and placed a light kiss on his lips.

It stayed there for almost a second.

Qin Hezhou was still confused, and the rioters had already run away.

"Bang"--

The door was slammed shut.

He was still caught up in this sudden intimacy and couldn't recover.

Warm, wet, soft lips.

Qin Hezhou's gauze-wrapped hand reached out to his lips, and the gauze rubbed against his skin. The feeling was completely opposite to the previous one.

He realized more clearly that he was not dreaming.

Just now, Pei Zhiyu kissed him!

If the assistant had come earlier, he would have seen his boss sitting at the dining table early in the morning, grinning foolishly.

Like a love-brain gone mad.

Unfortunately, he arrived too late. When he arrived, Qin Hezhou had already changed his clothes, leaving him with only the task of washing dishes.

The assistant gritted his teeth and cursed in his heart:

Haha, capitalist.

On the other side, inside Hanfang Hospital.

Pei Zhiyu rushed over and found the ward empty. Even the sheets and quilt covers had been changed and tidied.

She stepped out and confirmed again. She was not in the wrong place. What happened?