Xie Huaiyang recalled many things.

Her profile as she focused on studying in high school, her parents' nagging when comparing her to others, their daily arguments...

That night in the greenhouse, the fragrance and touch of her body...

His pain was immense when she disappeared from his world because she disliked his confession...

Those thoughts that tormented him day and night, that drove him mad with longing...

His joy and heartache upon seeing her on his first night in Mu City...

And, their identities as mortal enemies, which they haven't yet revealed but are already inseparable...

Everything was jumbled and overlapping in my mind.

Ultimately, it solidifies into a real face.

Before him stood a worried, tearful face.

He was breathing rapidly, and a fatalistic buzzing sound filled his ears.

He saw her again.

He even kissed her.

The excessive impact stung his nerves.

Amidst the commotion and the gradually gathering crowd, Xie Huaiyang felt unbearably dizzy and completely lost consciousness.

...

When he woke up again, he was already lying in a hospital bed.

I heard the regular beeping of the monitor.

Xie Huaiyang slowly opened his eyelids, turned his head, and saw the face he had been thinking about day and night, the face that haunted his dreams of pleasure and nightmares.

“Shen Zhiyi.” His voice was terribly hoarse.

Shen Zhiyi sat down beside him, gripped her white cane tightly, and suddenly turned in his direction, "Xie Huaiyang, you're awake?!"

"I'll call the doctor right away."

She leaned over and groped for the call button on the bedside table.

But her wrist was grabbed.

"I'm fine." He looked into her empty eyes, his heart clenching. "Your eyes..."

Shen Zhiyi was slightly taken aback.

Following his force, I slowly sat down.

“My eyes have been like this for years, I’m used to it. But you…” She touched his hand, “The doctor said you hit your head twice in such a short time, you really need to take good care of yourself, and there’s also the injury on your back…”

She talked on and on about his illness.

Xie Huaiyang looked at her moving lips and heard her casual remark about how she had taken her blindness for granted, and couldn't help but feel even more heartache for her.

What has she been through all these years?

He blamed himself for not being more shameless and for abandoning his worthless pride in front of her. Even if she rejected him and disliked him, he shouldn't have let her disappear silently from his world.

If he had found her sooner, perhaps she wouldn't have gone blind...

It's all his fault.

Xie Huaiyang had bandages wrapped around his head, his face looked sickly, and his eyes were full of self-blame.

But then a resolute light slowly rose.

He will cure her.

No matter the cost.

From now on, even if she drives him away, scolds him, resents him, hates him...

He will never leave her again.

I would rather die than do that.

Xie Huaiyang closed his eyes, turned his head with difficulty, and looked at the mineral water bottle on the bedside table.

"precious……"

He suddenly stopped talking.

She turned her head, and a faint blush slowly crept up her ears.

What I used to call him yesterday now feels a bit too intimate, and I'm embarrassed to say it aloud.

Shen Zhiyi grasped his hand, "Are you thirsty?"

She fumbled around, raised the headboard a little, then slowly moved over, took the mineral water bottle, screwed it on, and placed it in his hand, her fingertips gently squeezing it.

"Can you move? Do you want me to feed you?"

Xie Huaiyang looked at their clasped hands and at her tender concern, which he had never seen before in his half-life, and his Adam's apple bobbed heavily.

"Baby," he said in a hoarse voice, holding her hand tightly, "I need you to feed me."

After saying these words, his neck turned red.

How awful.

I'm so looking forward to it...

"Okay, I'll feed you." Shen Zhiyi reached for the straw on the bedside table, unpacked it, inserted it into the water bottle, touched his arm, and brought it to his lips. "Drink slowly."

Xie Huaiyang watched helplessly as she touched his forearm, all the way up to his upper arm, shoulder, and chin...

All the muscles in my body couldn't help but twitch.

He put the straw in his mouth.

He drank while staring intently at her.

He swallowed the water slowly, his Adam's apple bobbing deeply.

But he knew perfectly well that this bottle of water was not what could quench his thirst.

But it was the woman right in front of me.

After feeding him water, Shen Zhiyi took out a tissue and gently wiped the water off his lips.

Xie Huaiyang saw her so close, her face only two fists away from his.

He saw her fluttering eyelashes and soft, full lips.

The image of them kissing flashed through my mind.

This intimacy and care was something he had never seen, and dared not even hope for, when they were mortal enemies.

Can this memory be recovered?

cannot……

Absolutely not!!!

As soon as Mingjie entered, he saw the giant wild dog wrapped in gauze. His eyes gleamed, and he was practically drooling as he stared at Shen Zhiyi with a greedy look.

A faint smile lingered at the corners of her mouth.

He slapped his forehead and rushed over.

"Oh dear! How could you ask your sister-in-law to do these things!"

They can't even see it yet!

He snatched the tissue from Shen Zhiyi's hand, shoved it haphazardly into Xie Huaiyang's mouth, threw it into the trash can, tightened the water bottle, and pressed the call button precisely.

"Sister-in-law, please sit down. The doctor will be here soon."

Xie Huaiyang: ...

"Brother, you really are my brother." He laughed through gritted teeth.

Mingjie was completely oblivious to the glare he was receiving, and patted his chest confidently.

Don't worry, bro!

"With me here, I guarantee your sister-in-law won't get tired at all!"

Shen Zhiyi suppressed a laugh and sat back down in her chair.

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