Zhou Qiqi's fingertips brushed against the plastic buttons on her hospital gown, her movements as light as a swallow skimming the water.
One, two, three...
When she untied the first two beads, the tips of her ears were still flushed, but when she saw the tightly wrapped gauze on his chest and the brown blood scabs seeping from the edges of the gauze, that shyness instantly turned into a deep bitterness.
After removing the dozen or so layers of gauze wrapped around his ribs, his chest was covered with newly scabbed wounds, brownish-red scabs layered on new pink flesh, with almost no patch of intact skin.
"Why are there so many wounds..."
She lowered her head and leaned close to his chest, her eyelashes casting dappled shadows under her eyes, her voice muffled.
Shen Huaichuan's throat bobbed. Seeing that her nose was almost touching his chest, his heart suddenly started pounding, and he hurriedly explained.
"Most of them are just superficial injuries; they only look serious, but they don't actually hurt. If you don't believe me, touch them..."
No sooner had he finished speaking than a soft, warm mass covered his chest.
This wasn't the first time Zhou Qiqi had seen Shen Huaichuan's body, but it was the first time she had ever touched it.
But she had no romantic thoughts in her heart, and began to trace the lines from her ribs downwards.
As she touched him, she came across the hideous old scar on his side. She had seen the scar the first time they met, but hadn't looked at it closely.
Only when you touch it do you realize how deep the scar is.
She tried to measure how long the scar was, but just as she touched the waistline, he suddenly grabbed her wrist.
"That's fine."
His Adam's apple rolled beneath his pale skin as he turned his face to look out the window, his ear tips burning red.
Zhou Qiqi looked up and saw him frowning, his fingertips unconsciously curling. "Does it hurt?"
"A little bit."
Shen Huaichuan's face turned pale, his Adam's apple bobbed involuntarily, and he quickly changed the subject.
"Don't worry, the doctor said that my rib fracture is non-displaced and not serious. I will be fully recovered in a month or two."
Zhou Qiqi pouted.
"I don't believe what you're saying. I have to ask you myself."
This man kept his hospitalization a secret from her; he's completely lost credibility with her, his credit score is negative.
Seeing that she was about to leave, Shen Huaichuan quickly tugged at her again, "It's already midnight, the doctor has already left work."
She glanced at her watch, then suddenly turned around as if remembering something.
"You've been so busy talking that you haven't eaten yet, have you? I'll go to the state-run restaurant to get you some food."
"No need, just have Shi Tou fetch it from the cafeteria."
Zhou Qiqi, of course, disagreed.
"That won't do. You have a fracture, so you need to eat something nutritious."
Her eyes darted around, and she poked Chen Huaichuan's chest, a mischievous glint in her eyes.
"Or are you saying you're already full from drinking chicken soup, duck soup, turtle soup, and the like?"
Her tone carried a hint of threat, and Shen Huaichuan quickly waved his hand.
"No, I haven't drunk a drop of the soup Lin Yao brought. You can ask Qin Lei if you don't believe me."
"Okay, I'll reluctantly believe you."
Zhou Qiqi was just joking, but now that Lin Yao was mentioned, she asked a question.
"Oh, by the way, you said Lin Yao came to see you before, what was it about?"
Upon hearing this, Shen Huaichuan's face immediately darkened, and he said...
"For the work of the Provincial Military Region Hospital."
Lin Yao comes from a family of doctors and studied at a medical university, but her grades were always at the bottom, so she couldn't get a good job.
When it came time for job assignments last year, Lin Yao specifically sought him out about this matter.
He said he would marry her if she got into the provincial military hospital.
Shen Huaichuan didn't agree, but his mother doted on her daughter-in-law and, without telling him, specially contacted the director of the military hospital he had previously saved, and added an extra internship spot for Lin Yao.
By the time Shen Huaichuan found out, Lin Yao's work relationship had already been transferred.
Military hospitals are different from regular hospitals. They generally only select talents from various schools and have confidentiality requirements. Basically, those who go for internships can be directly retained.
As a result, at the end of last month, Dean Zhai made a special call to the military region, saying that Lin Yao's grades were all at the bottom and she often took leave. Based on her performance, it was impossible for her to stay, and she could only be assigned to the most basic health clinic.
Ask Shen Huaichuan for his opinion.
Zhou Qiqi immediately asked, "What did you say?"
Shen Huaichuan shrugged and said it casually.
"He just said one sentence: follow the rules."
When the list came out, Lin Yao was naturally anxious. She made many phone calls to Shen Huaichuan and somehow found out that he was hospitalized here, so she came directly to his door.
They kept bothering him for days, carrying chicken soup, duck soup, and the like.
Zhou Qiqi frowned as she listened; Lin Yao was no pushover!
Judging from how intimate she was with Xu Shu before, and how he even used his hair tie to assert his dominance in front of her, I guess this scumbag and bitch have been together for a long time.
One of them had a fiancé to whom she was betrothed since childhood, and the other had a childhood sweetheart who was raised as a child bride.
Nobody wants to be criticized or insulted behind their back.
She deliberately orchestrated a situation where she and Shen Huaichuan were caught in the act of adultery, so that she could openly annul their engagement and be together with him.
But before that, they don't forget to take advantage of the last bit of value the target has.
Now that the available spots for hospitalization are gone, Lin Yao has come looking for him again.
Recalling what Lin Yao had said in the ward, Zhou Qiqi couldn't help but sigh.
Truly, when people are shameless, they become invincible!
Fortunately, Shen Huaichuan was smart enough to know to move to a VIP ward.
There were soldiers guarding the entrance, so Lin Yao couldn't come in and cause trouble.
After exchanging a few more words, Zhou Qiqi quickly called Qin Lei in to look after him, while she and Zhu Yingying talked at the door.
She briefly recounted the events and concluded with a single sentence.
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