Chapter 102 What am I to you?
Shi Yang pushed his shoulder, but was met with an even tighter embrace.
Suddenly, she froze, unable to move.
She actually felt a slight tremor.
It came from him.
The passionate kiss stopped, and the man looked up.
Her slightly reddened eyes startled her.
We haven't seen each other all night.
The man had stubble on his chin, dark circles under his eyes, and the red at the corners of his eyes was impossible to ignore. His once cool, jade-like, flawless face now bore a handsome, disheveled look.
Shi Yang couldn't bring himself to say the words he had prepared.
He spoke, his voice hoarse, as if he were suppressing something: "Why didn't you tell me?"
"I asked Chu He to investigate for me. Shi Yue had contact with a gang while she was abroad. Officer Li also told me that the people who kidnapped me were from that gang. I feel that things aren't that simple. Shi Yue hates me so much, that gang will definitely make another move. But they are too cunning and have too strong counter-surveillance capabilities. The police have no breakthrough. I presented my plan to the police, and they gave me a miniature locator. As soon as Shi Yue makes a move, the police will catch her red-handed. I didn't mean to hide it from you. I just hadn't had time to think about how to tell you before they made their move."
As she spoke, her voice grew softer and softer.
I lack confidence.
When Shi Yang first decided to cooperate with the police, she hadn't figured out how to tell Ji Peiheng, thinking he definitely wouldn't agree. Besides, before she could even say anything, things took an unexpected turn, so she had no choice but to play along.
Ji Peiheng stared at her intently, his dark eyes deep and unfathomable, as if he had suppressed a raging storm, yet a few traces of it still leaked out.
"Is this your reason for not telling me?"
Would you agree if I told you?
"I won't!"
The man's strong hand gripped her wrist firmly, the pressure gradually increasing, his gaze fixed on her without blinking: "You are my wife, my lady, I will never let you be in danger!"
His gaze was too intense, and Shi Yang, feeling guilty, dared not meet it. She hastily looked away, trying to ease the situation with a coquettish tone: "I know I was wrong. This time there really was a reason, I..."
What am I to you?
He suddenly asked.
Shi Yang suddenly looked up.
The storm in Ji Peiheng's eyes had subsided, flowing into a calm river, its obscurity meandering along its course.
"I……"
"Forget it, I don't want to hear it." Ji Peiheng withdrew his gaze, closed his eyes, rubbed his temples wearily with his wrist, and instructed Liao Nan, "Drive."
Upon hearing this, Liao Nan hurriedly started driving.
Sensing the tension in the atmosphere, he kept his eyes straight ahead, not daring to look around, and even his breathing became lighter.
He didn't give her a chance to speak.
Shi Yang felt as if a heavy stone was pressing on his heart.
Along the way, she wanted to speak several times, but looking at the man who was pretending to be asleep with his eyes closed, she hesitated.
She didn't know how to bring it up.
For a fleeting moment, she seemed to recall the time when they had just gotten married, when they were sitting in a car together. He had his eyes closed, pretending to be asleep, and exuded an aura of unapproachability. She was pressed against the car door, with a great distance between them, feeling both unfamiliar and distant.
It was her mistake to keep it from him, but telling him would ruin the plan. She knew exactly what she was doing; she felt guilty but didn't regret it.
"Mr. Ji, Madam, we've arrived."
Shi Yang came to his senses and realized they had arrived at the hospital.
He looked at Ji Peiheng with a questioning expression.
Liao Nan opened the car door for her: "Madam, you're injured, come in for a full check-up. The doctors have all been arranged."
As she got off the bus, Shi Yang couldn't help but turn back and ask, "Will you come with me?"
The man's cold voice came: "I have other things to do. Liao Nan will stay with you."
"oh."
Shi Yang entered the hospital feeling dejected, and the doctor who had been arranged in advance gave her a comprehensive examination.
Apart from a few abrasions, there were no major problems.
The nurse disinfected and applied medicine to her.
The moment the purplish-black iodine touched the skin, a stinging sensation came.
Actually, she could have endured this pain. After a whole night of running for her life, and then being met with cold words from the person she most wanted to see, this pain was magnified infinitely. Countless grievances came over her, but she didn't know who to talk to, as if she was suffering the consequences of her own actions.
His eyes filled with mist.
My eyelashes are wet.
The nurse, who was applying the medicine, immediately said, "Hey? Don't cry. It will hurt a little, but just bear with it and it will pass."
Shi Yang turned her face away, trying to open her eyes wide to keep the tears from falling.
But as he turned away, he caught a glimpse of a black hem of clothing flashing past the doorway.
Outside the door.
Ji Peiheng carefully examined each medical examination report.
Liao Nan sighed, "Since you're worried about your wife, why don't you go in and see her? She looks very sad."
After confirming that there was nothing wrong with her, Ji Peiheng turned around, leaned on the railing, and looked at the bustling crowd in the lobby on the first floor. He asked leisurely, "Liao Nan, how long have you been following me?"
Liao Nan thought for a moment. He had met him when he was in college and had been following him ever since: "It's been almost ten years."
"Have you ever seen me care this much about anyone in the past ten years?"
"There's no one except my wife."
Over the years, he had grown accustomed to Ji Peiheng's calm and collected demeanor, his ability to strategize with such composure. But he had also seen him often lose his composure and become tense because of Shi Yang.
"I liked her, I admired her, it was a secret I kept to myself. Later, when everyone knew, I cherished her even more, seeing her as the apple of my eye, the one I loved most. We finally got together, but only I knew that my marriage to her was something I forced from the very beginning. That rainy night at the temple, I thought a lot. I swore that if we were together, I would treat her well and love her dearly. But she..."
Ji Peiheng paused for a moment.
Liao Nan heard a slight sob and thought she had misheard.
The man continued, "But even if she's with me, she'll still be in danger. Liao Nan, I know she has her own reasons, but I don't understand why she won't tell me, why she doesn't trust me to solve this, why she won't try to rely on me?"
His voice sounded somewhat confused.
Liao Nan could only say, "Perhaps his wife has her own ideas."
Ji Peiheng gave a bitter smile: "But she was in danger and injured, and all I felt was that I was incompetent."
Looking at his desolate figure, Liao Nan deeply felt his silent yet deafening love for his wife.
The depth of love.
Self-reproach for loving.
Love is uncontrollable.
When Shi Yang came out of the clinic, he only saw Liao Nan.
She lowered her eyes in disappointment: "I'm all better now, let's go."
Just as she expected, she didn't see Ji Peiheng when she returned to Xijiuyue.
Aunt Cui looked at her with bandages and felt extremely distressed: "What happened? You need to take good care of yourself."
Shi Yang comforted her, "It's alright, Aunt Cui, it's just superficial injuries."
"You still need to take good care of it, otherwise it will leave a scar."
"I'll stop talking now. I've made some soup to warm myself up."
After being hungry all night, everything tastes delicious.
He wolfed down several plates of food and even drank two bowls of soup.
After eating and drinking my fill, I felt sleepy.
Shi Yang is too tired.
She hasn't slept a wink since last night, and she's long since reached her breaking point.
I fell asleep as soon as I lay down on the bed.
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