"The surgery time hasn't been set yet, but if you're free these next few days, we can go together. If there's really no place I can get in, then I'll wait for you at the door and do the surgery myself. It's only sincere if you're there in person."
Jiang Tingzhou was more afraid of his surgery failing than anyone else.
He didn't really believe in these things before, but he believed that things could be accomplished by human effort.
However, he is now willing to admit that his past thoughts were due to youthful ignorance, and is willing to sincerely apologize for them.
The wheelchair was pushed to the bedside, and the man habitually grabbed the armrest next to him, intending to sit on the bed. Xu Wan reached out and helped him, saying, "Slow down, or the wound will reopen."
Knowing his own weight, Jiang Tingzhou was afraid of pressing down on the woman, so he tried to use his other arm to exert force.
After the man sat on the bed, Xu Wan undressed him again and applied the medicine.
Jiang Tingzhou had just hurriedly put on his clothes and hadn't put on a vest.
As the clothes were removed, large areas of new and old wounds reappeared before the woman.
Even though she had seen it once more than an hour ago, Xu Wan still found it shocking to see it again now.
She quickly applied the medicine and then wrapped the man's injured arm and shoulder with gauze.
Once everything was done, Xu Wan's fingertips unconsciously landed on the man's back, which was covered in old wounds.
The wounds on his back were too severe, especially the marks left by repeated cuts from a sharp weapon. Judging from the direction of the cuts, it seemed that the man himself had made them, one by one, for some reason.
Just by looking at him, she could guess the pain he had been suffering.
Knowing what his back looked like, Jiang Tingzhou picked up the clothes next to him and said, "It's ugly, isn't it? Don't look at it."
It's springtime now, and the outdoor temperature is quite low, but the house has a 24-hour automatic temperature control system, so it doesn't feel cold.
Xu Wan hugged the man from behind, gently pressing her face against his spine, and asked with a slightly nasal voice, "When did you start telling me about what's happened to you these past few years?"
"I'll tell you after I put my clothes on."
Jiang Tingzhou doesn't want Xu Wan to scrutinize every aspect of him now.
He also didn't want to talk about the past.
He had already lied back when he first met Xu Wan.
To lie is to tell one lie, and then you have to use countless lies to cover up the first lie.
The best approach is to avoid making the first lie.
Xu Wan let go of her hands, propped up the two pillows behind her, chose a comfortable spot to sit down, and left the seat next to her for the man.
After Jiang Tingzhou finished dressing, he moved to sit next to her.
Xu Wan leaned on the man's shoulder and began to ask, "Why did you disappear from the cruise ship?"
"I was kidnapped." Jiang Tingzhou smiled bitterly. "I was in such a good mood after bidding on the gem that day that I became careless."
As the eldest son of the Chiang family, he was professionally trained in matters such as kidnapping and negotiation.
Moreover, Jiang Tingzhou is no longer a child, but an adult in his thirties. It is unreasonable for him to be kidnapped in such a safe place as a cruise ship.
Jiang Tingzhou briefly recounted the kidnapping, which wasn't particularly sophisticated. It was simply that the kidnappers had tampered with his drink at the banquet, and when he sensed something was wrong, he called the butler and also contacted Ying Gan, who could answer the question the fastest.
When the butler arrived, he was already somewhat disoriented.
When I woke up again, I had already left the cruise ship and arrived at some unknown place.
Jiang Tingzhou said, "These wounds on my back were caused there."
Xu Wan was alarmed. "Didn't they kidnap you for a ransom? It seems no one here has been notified."
“No.” Jiang Tingzhou’s expression turned cold. “The people who contacted them have already paid for their lives.”
"Then...why didn't they kill you?"
“Because I told them that I bought the diamond on the ship that was named the Pink Planet, and that I could use that diamond to save myself.” Jiang Tingzhou paused. “People are always greedy. Even if they receive enough money, they are still not satisfied and want more.”
The man's tone was casual, but Xu Wan was so nervous that she almost dared not breathe.
“You know what? During the auction, there was someone who was competing with me the whole time. Although I didn’t have a budget in mind when I went there, a professional did a comprehensive calculation for the value of this diamond. In the end, the price exceeded the calculation result by a lot. I wanted to give it to you so badly that I competed to the end.” The man turned his head and kissed the woman beside him. “So, in a way, I am alive now because of you.”
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