Su Jin briefly recounted what happened during the ten-odd minutes she died yesterday.
Lin Shi's mouth never closed the entire time.
Although her expression betrayed her, she still stubbornly insisted that she believed Su Jin.
Su Jin leaned against the cold glass, as if that would help her stay awake.
"It says that in this life I am most like 'her'. Are 'her' and I two different people, or the same person?"
One sentence was enough to blow Lin Shi's CPU away.
"This...this question is too profound."
The system said that all his previous failures were due to a lack of courage and boldness.
The reason it tells her everything now is because it feels that this version of itself is most like her in this life.
In other words, is this person most likely to succeed in this lifetime?
Once Su Jin understood this, she seemed to regain her former energy and spirit.
She looked at Lin Shi and asked, "Where is Shen Yanxiu's hospital room?"
...
Su Jin knocked on the door of the ward in front of her.
"Please come in."
After Lin Shi pushed Su Jin inside, she closed the door and left.
Su Jin looked him over; Shen Yanxiu seemed to have lost weight again, and the oversized hospital gown hung loosely on his body.
Shen Yanxiu frowned and moved his body. "Ajin, why are you in a wheelchair? Where are you hurt?"
Su Jin felt helpless when this was mentioned.
"When the doctor was performing CPR on me, he broke my ribs. He told me not to move and to rest for a while."
Shen Yanxiu nodded and forced a smile, "That's good, I'm glad you're alright."
Su Jin looked at his hand with the IV drip in it, where she could see bulging blue veins.
"And you? Are you badly injured?"
Shen Yanxiu tried to raise his hand to say he was fine, but the movement pulled at the injury on his back, causing him to wince in pain.
After the pain subsided, Shen Yanxiu lowered his head and apologized, "I'm sorry, I'm so useless, I've become a burden to you."
Su Jin moved her wheelchair closer to him. "Don't say that. Let me see your back."
Shen Yanxiu hesitated, "It's ugly, don't look."
"I will make my own decision after reading it."
Shen Yanxiu couldn't refuse her, so he turned his back and lifted his hospital gown.
Su Jin held her breath and looked at the bruises and bloodstains on his back; it was indeed terrifying.
She thought back to the scene and realized that Shen Yanxiu could have easily abandoned her or used her as a shield, and he wouldn't have been injured like this.
Her silence made Shen Yanxiu even more uneasy. "Ajin? She's really ugly, don't look at her."
Su Jin pulled his clothes down, but still didn't say anything.
After a long pause, she finally asked, "Do you like me?"
Clang!
Upon hearing this, Shen Yanxiu kicked the corner of the bed.
At this moment, it was as if the last fig leaf had been torn off, leaving him completely naked in front of Su Jin.
His filthy thoughts were all exposed to the light of day, making him tremble uncontrollably.
Shen Yanxiu frantically tried to compose himself, "No...no, I'm sorry, I didn't mean it that way, I..."
As he spoke, tears welled up in his eyes. "I'm sorry, I shouldn't have... I know I shouldn't have done this."
Shen Yanxiu slowly bent down, completely ignoring the injury on his back.
Su Jin hadn't expected that his reaction would be so strong after she had only said one sentence.
"Calm down, I didn't mean anything by it."
Shen Yanxiu followed her advice and tried his best to calm himself down.
During the process, he didn't even dare to look at her, afraid of seeing disgust in her eyes, even the slightest bit of it would hurt Shen Yanxiu in his current state.
Shen Yanxiu looked down at the needle on the back of his hand. "Su Jin, I know I shouldn't do this. You already have a husband... but feelings are uncontrollable."
Su Jin was speechless; she had never encountered such a situation before.
But her silence had a different meaning in Shen Yanxiu's eyes.
"I'm sorry I've caused you trouble. I don't expect you to be my friend again, but could you... at least, not hate me?"
Su Jin leaned back in her chair and sighed.
"To be honest, I don't dislike you."
Moreover, if she hadn't married Gu Xingze, she would have liked to have a little man like Shen Yanxiu at home, which would have given her more motivation to go to work.
The way he quickly looked away when his eyes met hers really made her itch.
Su Jin tapped her head. 007 had also said he wanted to ride on Shen Yanxiu's luck.
Is this considered exploitation?
He really liked her, and Su Jin's conscience couldn't quite get over it.
She was in a very conflicted state, but Su Jin always said what she meant.
So she asked directly, "Shen Yanxiu, if I wanted to use you, would you agree?"
It was reckless, just like when she asked Gu Xingze: "Honey, can I keep a male model as a mistress?"
In some ways, she's quite polite. She'll ask if she can use someone before she even tries to use them.
Shen Yanxiu was bewildered, not knowing how the topic had shifted to this.
He nodded, his moist eyes filled with doubt and expectation. "Okay, how do you want to use me? What do I have that you can use?"
This caught Su Jin off guard. "Actually, I don't know how to use this, but it might affect your future. Do you... mind?"
Su Jin thought that since it concerned her future, anyone would hesitate or refuse.
Unexpectedly, after a moment of thought, Shen Yanxiu asked her bluntly, "Do you want me to steal our company's secrets?"
Su Jin was so startled that she almost stood up from her wheelchair.
"No! I wouldn't do anything illegal."
After denying it, she still couldn't believe it, "If I asked you to steal, would you really do it?"
"If this is important to you." Shen Yanxiu's expression was indifferent, as if he were going to his death.
Su Jin felt conflicted. "Why would you do this? We haven't known each other for very long, have we?"
Shen Yanxiu shook his head. "You don't understand. I've lived for twenty-eight years and never known what I wanted. I've just lived, aimlessly being my father's puppet, working for the company..."
"But you are different."
Shen Yanxiu looked directly into her eyes, which were like a calm lake.
"When I first met you, I thought you were a strange girl. Later I found that you were sincere and brave. Being with you is a feeling I have never had before in my life."
He pursed his dry lips and laughed, "Am I ridiculous?"
Su Jin tried her best not to show any abnormality, and her whole body was very stiff.
How embarrassing.
This is her only thought right now.
Listening to someone recount their past is such an embarrassing thing.
Especially since she's not very good at comforting people, how is she supposed to respond?
The air was deathly still.
Su Jin chuckled twice, "Thank you for the compliment."
"I... I have something to do, I'll be going now."
After she finished speaking, she spun around with both arms, and sparks flew from the wheels of her wheelchair.
Lin Shi walked over from the other end of the corridor and asked her, "Why do you look like you've seen a ghost?"
Su Jin was still shaken. "He's a complete madman. I wouldn't dare use him..."
Why do you say that?
"Just because he spent a few days with me, he liked me so much that he was willing to give up his future for me."
Su Jin's eyes trembled slightly. "Would anyone do that?"
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