Fan Shengnan's face turned pale, not only because of Shao Jingque's suddenly cold tone, but also because she had ruthlessly exposed her disguise.
The flash of contempt in Shao Jingque's eyes hurt her. Her pride and self-esteem would not allow others to question her most basic character.
Fan Shengnan's inner anxiety instantly turned into anger. She tried to defend herself by attacking, and her darkest thoughts burst out:
"I admit that I said one thing and meant another, but so what? I never intended to hurt anyone!"
"No matter how sad I was, no matter how many tears I shed, I never took it to others to seek sympathy!"
"Lu Zhan and I have known each other longer than you did. I was the first one to appear beside him, but I chose to deliberately avoid him to consider your feelings. Why should I be questioned and criticized by you?!"
"Why do you mock me with your hypocrisy?!"
“…”
The more Fan Shengnan spoke, the more aggrieved she felt. She no longer looked as calm and composed as usual, and her pale cheeks trembled slightly with excitement.
Compared to Fan Shengnan who became more and more excited as she spoke, Shao Jingque's eyes became colder and colder.
She patiently waited for Fan Shengnan to vent all the grievances she had been pent up in her heart for a long time before she slowly spoke her last words of the night:
"It's true that everything should be based on first come, first served... but you've never entered Lu Zhan's heart, so how can you be considered the one who came first?"
After Shao Jingque finished speaking, he looked at Fan Shengnan steadily, watching her look at him in disbelief, watching her armor of pride shatter in an instant, watching the light in her eyes instantly disappear.
Shao Jingque had anticipated the current situation, but did not want to face it, so he planned to ignore Fan Shengnan from the beginning and avoid the possibility of this situation.
But Fan Shengnan is like every person who gets stuck in a dead end in love. She only focuses on filling the emptiness in her heart and venting the grievances in her heart, but ignores the repeated concessions and tolerance of others.
The sound of leather shoes stepping on the steps was heard again, but this time no one called out to her.
The blisters on the heels have long since scarred over, and the gauze that was originally bandaged on the wounds has been changed several times.
Dr. Fan may really be a good person in the traditional sense, but unfortunately, they are destined not to be true friends.
The lights in Ward 502 were turned off, and the cold moonlight poured through the window lattice onto the foot of the bed and the floor.
Shao Jingque gently pushed open the door. In the dim light, he could only vaguely make out a figure lying on the hospital bed, but he couldn't tell whether Lu Zhan was awake or asleep.
She pricked up her ears and listened carefully, only to hear a slight, even breathing sound coming from the direction of his bed.
Shao Jingque pulled the corner of her mouth in self-mockery. She had just been crying heart-wrenchingly on the terrace and shivering with cold, while others had already turned off the lights and gone to sleep without distraction.
She secretly felt lucky that she had managed to stay calm and not cry in front of him, otherwise he might have criticized her for being too noisy and disturbing her rest.
She silently warned herself not to act stupidly again. All those behaviors that tortured herself were nothing but meaningless self-admiration, and in the end, she would be the one who would get sick and suffer.
The only thing that surprised her was that the simple bed in the corner had been set up at some point. She guessed that the kind-hearted person was one of those familiar nurses.
Unfortunately, it’s late now and I have to travel early tomorrow morning. I’m afraid I won’t have time to say thank you and goodbye to them.
She climbed onto the bed quietly, reached into the pillow and fumbled around for a while, then pulled something out - it was Lu Zhan's household registration booklet.
Ever since Shao Jingque mentioned that Lu Zhan's household registration booklet was in her hands, Lu Zhan had tried to ask her for it many times these days. However, Shao Jingque was worried that he would become even colder towards her after she took it back, so she never returned it to him.
At this point, she thought about it and felt that her previous behavior was too ridiculous. She actually tried to win people's hearts by controlling something that did not belong to her. The result was of course in vain.
This household registration book should have been returned to its original owner long ago.
Lu Zhan was not asleep. He closed his eyes, but his ears were always paying attention to the movements at the door of the ward.
When he heard the faint sound of the door, his heart finally settled down.
Earlier, a nurse came to check on the ward and remembered that Shao Jingque had not gone to the nurses' station to borrow a stool today, so she asked casually.
Lu Zhan, who was sulking, originally didn't want to care about Shao Jingque's affairs, but when he thought about it, he didn't know when she would come back. What if she came back too late and couldn't borrow an extra stool to make a bed, wouldn't she have to sit on a hard bench all night?
In the end, Lu Zhan couldn't bear it any longer and could only shamelessly ask the nurse for help. The nurse seemed to see at a glance that the two must have had another quarrel, and she readily agreed to help, but while setting up the bed, she spoke to him in a sarcastic tone.
Lu Zhan needed help from someone, and he felt embarrassed to act as distant as usual, so he could only speak one sentence after another.
The nurse, seeing that he was rarely willing to talk, immediately started talking non-stop, praising Shao Jingque and urging him to be nicer to his wife.
At first, Lu Zhan just nodded in agreement perfunctorily, but later he listened to her unconsciously and learned from the nurse how much Shao Jingque had done for him silently on a daily basis. He couldn't help but feel touched.
Thinking about how he had just been mean to her and how she looked like she was about to cry when she ran out, Lu Zhan felt a surge of regret in his heart and his brows unconsciously frowned.
Seeing his increasingly serious expression, the nurse guessed that he must have taken her words to heart, and finally kindly reminded him:
"Captain Lu, although you are a great hero with great military achievements and who has saved countless lives, I have to say something nosy. We can't just be nice to outsiders, we should be even better to our own people!"
"A girl as beautiful and outstanding as Jingque is so devoted to you. You should cherish her even more. You should repay her kindness with kindness, but you can't always hurt her!"
"People are made of flesh and blood. Who can withstand repeated hurt? If the hurt is serious, there will always be a day when the heart will give up. If you really make her angry and drive her away, where will you find such a good daughter-in-law?"
The nurse's question reminded Lu Zhan of the quarrel that had broken out before.
He vowed to let her go whenever she wanted and he would never stop her, but now he felt a faint sense of unease in his heart. A thought he had never thought of before appeared in his mind, and his heart suddenly hung in the air -
What if she really doesn't come back this time?
He lay in bed, waiting from dusk till nightfall. Every time the door of the ward was pushed open, he couldn't help but hope to see that familiar figure, but his hopes were dashed time and time again...
Fortunately, Shao Jingque came back in the end.
Hearing the door being gently pushed open and a slight rustling sound against the wall, Lu Zhan, who had been nervous all night, finally felt relieved.
He had a slight smile on his face and thought to himself that maybe he should take the initiative to apologize to her tomorrow.
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