Ye Qing and Xu Xiaoyue were talking and didn't notice Xi Yue's subtle change in emotion.
"Ye Qing, now that Xiaoyue is here, I'll be leaving now."
Hearing Xi Yue's words, Ye Qing snapped out of her reverie, glanced at Xi Yue, and said, "Okay."
Thinking about what Xu Xiaoyue had told Xi Yue before she came, Ye Qing said to Xi Yue, who had already turned around, "Xi Yue, think carefully about what we just talked about. Should the money be given to you in one lump sum, or should you take a share of the profits?"
"OK."
After Xi Yue left, Xu Xiaoyue asked Ye Qing, "Are you short of money again?"
"Your use of the word 'again' really leaves me speechless," Ye Qing joked with Xu Xiaoyue. "It's not about whether you have money or not, it's just something else."
Hospitals in the 1990s weren't very well-equipped to begin with, and soundproofing was a luxury. Besides, Xi Yue hadn't gone far; she had only closed the door to the ward.
So Xi Yue heard Ye Qing and Xu Xiaoyue joking around, and she clenched her hand slightly on the doorknob.
Xu Xiaoyue is a very easygoing person. Although she was worried about Ye Qing being hospitalized, she didn't notice the somewhat strange atmosphere between Ye Qing and Xi Yue.
He also followed his curiosity and asked Ye Qing what had happened.
Ye Qing then recounted the general events to Xu Xiaoyue. After finishing, seeing Xu Xiaoyue's mouth agape in astonishment for a long time, Ye Qing gave a wry smile: "Is it hard to believe, isn't it?"
Xu Xiaoyue always felt that she was unlucky enough to be born into a family that favored sons over daughters. Her parents passed away because of her younger brother. She was not old, but she had to take on the responsibilities of her parents, support her grandparents, and raise her younger brother.
But after gradually learning about Ye Qing's experiences, Xu Xiaoyue felt much better.
Not knowing how to comfort her, she hugged Ye Qing.
Ye Qing smiled and said, "I'm fine. Anyway, I didn't want to acknowledge any so-called powerful biological father."
Xi Yue still heard these words.
When Xi Quan returned from buying food, he saw Xi Yue standing at the door of Ye Qing's hospital room, her face extremely pale. Xi Quan quickly walked over and asked Xi Yue, "What's wrong?"
"It's alright. Xu Xiaoyue is here, so I'll be leaving now. Since you're here too, there's even less reason for me to stay."
This sounded like there was nothing wrong with it, but Xi Quan just felt a kind of unease that he couldn't quite put his finger on.
At the same time, Ye Qing also heard Xi Quan and Xi Yue talking outside, and she and Xu Xiaoyue stopped talking.
After Xi Quan came in, Ye Qing asked, "Xi Yue hasn't left yet?"
"She's gone." Xi Quan glanced in the direction of the door and said, "Has she been gone for a long time?"
They hadn't walked for long, but even so, it was a bit strange for Xi Yue to stay at the door the whole time. However, Xi Quan was Xi Yue's cousin after all. It wasn't that Ye Qing didn't trust Xi Quan, but she didn't want to ruin the relationship between the two siblings because of her.
After all, Xi Quan's relationship with his mother was already bad enough.
Although Ye Qing felt she didn't need family ties, it didn't mean she didn't yearn for them. She herself didn't have any, and she didn't want Xi Quan to become a "lonely person" like herself, so she didn't voice her thoughts. She shook her head and said, "No, Xi Yue just left too."
Xu Xiaoyue was about to speak when Ye Qing spoke first. Moreover, Ye Qing's words were somewhat different from the actual situation. Although Xu Xiaoyue was usually carefree, she noticed something and remained silent.
Xu Xiaoyue and Ye Qing shared a dorm room. After Liu Wei moved out, it was just the two of them in the dorm. Ye Qing was in the hospital and couldn't go back to the dorm for the time being. If Xu Xiaoyue didn't go back soon, it wouldn't be good if the dorm supervisor found out. So Xu Xiaoyue stayed for a while and then left.
With Xu Xiaoyue gone, only Ye Qing and Xi Quan remained.
Because Ye Qing had slept for a long time, she wasn't sleepy at all, even though it was late. Although she knew this was a hospital and Xi Quan wouldn't do anything, she still felt a little uncomfortable staring at him face-to-face. After a moment of silence, she said, "You can go now, I'm fine."
“I’m worried about you being alone,” Xi Quan said naturally.
That was the truth, but Ye Qing suddenly felt a little wronged when she heard this. When she was drinking with Xi Yue earlier, Ye Qing was still thinking about him. So Ye Qing said, "That sounds nice. If you're so worried, how long has it been since you showed up?"
The reproachful tone startled Xi Quan, who was quite surprised. As he had said before, Ye Qing rarely showed the girlish side of someone in love. But after the surprise, Xi Quan also became a little emotional: "You didn't contact me either. I used to be the one to take the initiative to contact you. If I didn't contact you, you wouldn't even remember me."
Ye Qing said, "Since you feel it's my fault for not coming to you, then you don't need to feel guilty. After all, no one expected this to happen, and it was me who didn't come to you."
These words were meant to comfort Xi Quan and prevent him from feeling guilty, but they also carried a hint of defiance.
People in love often argue over the smallest things, but most of the time these arguments don't affect their relationship. On the contrary, they can actually strengthen their bond through these little things.
However, Ye Qing and Xi Quan did not expect that they would now be like typical couples in love, each feeling that they had their own grievances.
This grievance wasn't actually Ye Shuwei's fault, but rather caused by the previous cold war between the two, or rather, by Xi Quan's one-sided cold war.
While it may be described as a one-sided cold war by Xi Quan, it cannot be said that Ye Qing is entirely without fault.
Although both of them were "dramatic," Xi Quan was the one who couldn't hold back, perhaps because he fell in love first.
So after Ye Qing's words shut him up, Xi Quan sighed helplessly: "It's my fault. I won't argue with you anymore."
Ye Qing didn't intend to do anything to Xi Quan when she said those words, but now that Xi Quan said it, Ye Qing couldn't help but feel a little smug and raised the corners of her lips: "You said it yourself."
"I said it."
"Since you put it that way, I was thinking of doing something to apologize, but now it seems I don't need to apologize at all. You've already calmed down, which is great." Ye Qing couldn't tell whether she said it on purpose or not; she just said it according to her feelings.
When Xi Quan heard Ye Qing say this, he instinctively felt that Ye Qing was being dishonest. He said, "No, there still needs to be a gift to apologize."
The gift doesn't need to be expensive; the key is that it's from Ye Qing, which is what matters to Xi Quan.
Ye Qing looked up at Xi Quan and said in a coquettish tone, "No, since you're not angry anymore, there won't be any gifts."
Xi Quan was delighted by Ye Qing's shameless act. Thinking back to how he felt when he saw Ye Qing sleeping soundly last night, Xi Quan lowered his head and covered Ye Qing's mouth with his own.
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