Chapter 58. They will love each other for a long time...
Qiao Shu burst into laughter through her tears and asked, "Are you daydreaming?"
“Unlike in a dream, your hands are cold, but your tears are warm.” Yu Zeheng’s lips twitched.
Qiao Shu licked her dry lips, wiped the tears from her face with one hand, and said, "Wake up, where did you get a wife from?"
The people in the ward chuckled softly, dispelling the heavy atmosphere from before.
The doctor and nurses arrived a few minutes later. The doctor performed a routine check on Yu Zeheng and confirmed that he was conscious and physically fine.
It takes a hundred days to recover from a broken bone; he will need to undergo a long period of recuperation.
While waiting, Qiao Shu was reminded by a nurse that she was also a patient who had survived a car accident and needed to rest. She repeatedly assured him that she was fine. In the end, Yu Xunli arranged a two-person ward, where the two of them lay on separate beds, so that they could see each other without disturbing each other's rest.
Let's talk about the car accident again.
The driver was injured in the rollover. After waking up, he tried to make an excuse that he couldn't see the road clearly because it was dark. However, when the police investigated his phone and found evidence of messages and calls, he realized that he had no room to deny it and confessed that he was instructed by someone to cause a car accident. He said he needed money and someone was willing to pay him a large sum of money.
The person behind it, Qiao Kaiyu, has been taken into custody by the police. He has been charged with hiring someone to commit murder, attempted murder, and embezzlement. Each of these charges is enough to make him spend the first half of his life in prison.
Yu Xunli would handle these matters. He hadn't been this angry in many years. If he really got into a fight, he wouldn't hold back and would be more than capable of dealing with a junior.
Not long after the car accident, Yu Xunli, for safety reasons, asked someone to guard the ward.
Everyone was exhausted that night. The elders were persuaded to go home by the two parties involved, as there were nurses and doctors at the hospital, so there was nothing to worry about.
After everyone had completely left, the two men on the hospital bed looked at each other, both with bruises on their faces, a bond that Yu Zeheng described as a life-or-death friendship.
Qiao Shu lay on her side, a slight smile on her face, and asked, "Do I still look like your wife to you now?"
Yu Zeheng corrected her: "It's not like that."
"You're starting to daydream again," Qiao Shu scoffed.
Yu Zeheng regained consciousness for a while, then fell asleep again. Qiao Shu looked at him, her gaze tracing his outline. For a moment, she truly thought it was over, that everything had come to an abrupt end just as it was about to begin.
I never expected to escape death and have my life saved.
"Thank you," Qiao Shu said silently.
There are so many people to be grateful for, especially his constant companionship and the hope that they will have many more years to come.
By the next day, Qiao Shu was almost fully recovered. She refused to lie in the hospital bed wearing a hospital gown. She changed back into her own clothes, put on makeup, and transformed from her thin and haggard appearance the day before into a look as if she had instantly been fully revived in a game.
She remained in the ward, staying by Yu Zeheng's bedside.
The ward gradually filled up with people. Jiang Wenxin and Yu Xunli had come and left in the morning, and Yu Zeheng's friends came to visit one after another.
Aside from Ji Changming, Qiao Shu didn't know many people.
Two other people came with Ji Changming. One of them was wearing a flight jacket, looking relaxed and casual, and was a sporty and handsome guy. He called her "sister-in-law".
"Hello."
"Hello, Lin Jinshen." He was dressed in a sharp suit and looked mature and composed.
Qiao Shu recognized the name. As she shook hands, she remembered his family owned hotels. She murmured, "You own a hotel..."
Lying in the hospital bed, Yu Zeheng had a feeling that her next sentence would betray him, so he preemptively said, "We've stayed at your hotel."
Qiao Shu and Yu Zeheng exchanged a glance, then Qiao Shu nodded: "Yes."
Lin Jinshen thanked Qiao Shu, then sat down by the bedside and asked him if he had damaged his brain.
"Let me take a picture first. The title is 'Former professional race car driver, tragically killed in a car accident.'" Ji Changming squeezed in, raised his phone, and took a picture of himself and Yu Zeheng lying on the bed. The face on the screen could no longer be described as just sour.
"Smile." Ji Changming made a smiling face.
Yu Zeheng gave him a cold glance: "Someone, throw him out."
None of them were very conscientious people. They didn't come to the ward for the patient's early recovery. They could say all sorts of hurtful things. In the end, they enthusiastically told Qiao Shu about Yu Zeheng's dark history.
Yu Zeheng, unable to bear it any longer, said, "Can you shut up?"
“When you two got divorced, he seemed indifferent and didn’t care, and we actually believed him. Once, he invited us out for drinks and got drunk. He said something like, ‘Actually, you still really like him. When he’s racing with his team all over the world, you send him messages to check on him.’ When we looked at the chat history on his phone, we almost laughed ourselves to death. It turns out that the chat history, which totaled less than a hundred words, was considered ‘checking on him.’”
The content seemed to be copied and pasted, asking him when he would return to China and have dinner at the Qiao family's house.
Upon hearing this, Qiao Shu went to see Yu Zeheng.
Yu Zeheng said, "Don't listen to their nonsense."
“I have video evidence.” Ji Changming said, reaching for his phone, but Yu Zeheng kicked him away.
Do these people want him to die even faster?
Qiao Shu found it amusing and said understandingly, "It's okay, you can send it to me separately."
"Okay, okay, sister-in-law, please check your mail."
In the afternoon, Yu Zeheng kicked all the patients out, citing that they were too noisy and disturbing their rest, and the ward returned to a rare quiet.
Only the two of them remained in the ward. Qiao Shu asked him with a smile, "I like you very much. I'm deeply in love with you and care for you constantly. Is there anything else I don't know about you?"
Yu Zeheng looked uneasy: "You really believe their nonsense?"
"Why don't you believe me? You seem capable of doing something like that."
"This constitutes defamation."
Qiao Shu smiled brightly as she leaned over his hospital bed, poking his stiff arm with her hand: "Now you're the fish on the chopping block, and I'm the butcher. I can bully you however I want."
Yu Zeheng looked helpless and feigned vulnerability: "Could you be a little nicer to me, considering I'm a patient?"
"No, that's not possible."
Qiao Shu lowered her head and bit the back of his hand: "Unless you get better soon, you'll be bullied by me for the rest of the time, and I'll bully you badly."
"Stop biting." Yu Zeheng's voice sounded strange.
Qiao Shu's eyes caught sight of a certain spot, and her ears burned. She lowered her voice and said, "Are you crazy? What time is it? The doctor said you need to abstain from sex for a long time."
Yu Zeheng was also helpless; his thin jawline and pursed lips gave him a somewhat ascetic air.
Qiao Shu's habit of biting people occurs at specific times; it's a physical instinct that he can't control.
"What do we do now?"
Yu Zeheng's voice was hoarse: "It'll be fine in a bit."
Qiao Shu rested her chin on her hand, realizing she couldn't ignore it either. She took out her phone to distract herself, and started playing a video. A female voice read, "If the heart is pure, one will not be alarmed even if the sky falls; one will remain calm amidst all changes; one's spirit will be serene and peaceful..."
It is a Taoist mantra for purifying the mind.
"Will it work?" Qiao Shu suppressed a laugh.
Yu Zeheng lowered his head and pinched his brow with his fingers: "Thank you, I feel much better."
Qiao Shu couldn't hide her smile and said in a professional tone, "You're welcome."
That night, the two of them squeezed into one hospital bed. Qiao Shu carefully avoided his wounds, resting her head on his arm. She smelled a familiar scent and nuzzled his chin like Xiao Xi.
As if by magic, a ring appeared on Yu Zeheng's finger, the diamond beautifully cut and shimmering with a soft pink hue in the light: "Qiao Shu, will you marry me?"
"Although it was a little late, thankfully, the ring wasn't lost."
That night, Yu Zeheng's original intention was to propose. The proposal scene was set up on a mountaintop, but none of the lines he had prepared and the scene of him kneeling on one knee were used.
Qiao Shu looked at the ring, her chest tightened, her eyes burned, and her nose stung. She thought she wasn't someone who was easily moved.
Yu Zeheng continued, "I originally wanted to wait until I was discharged from the hospital to give it to you, but I feel like I can't wait. I want to tell you that I love you, Qiao Shu. Will you marry me again? Let's start over."
The first result was not satisfactory. They were bound together by interests, and both of them were too proud.
This time, the ending will be different.
Tears welled up in Qiao Shu's eyes. She sniffed and her voice trembled as she said, "Proposing in a hospital room, you are the only one of your kind."
Having crossed the line between life and death, all I want to say in the end is that I love you.
“Yes, who proposes in a hospital room?” Yu Zeheng murmured as he held her and affectionately stroked her hair.
Qiao Shu suddenly thought of herself. She had also been in the hospital room before, relentlessly trying to persuade Yu Zeheng to marry her.
After going around in circles, they returned to where they started.
Qiao Shu pursed her lips and nodded repeatedly. She said okay, they would start over and rewrite the ending.
Yu Zeheng put a ring on Qiao Shu's finger, and the diamond sparkled on her finger.
A month later, Yu Zeheng was discharged from the hospital a week after surgery, and as soon as he was able to get out of bed, he went to the Civil Affairs Bureau with Qiao Shu to remarry.
It was as if she would change her mind if it were just one day later.
After finally getting the marriage certificate, he breathed a sigh of relief and told Qiao Shu that he would be a person with a status in the future. He posted on his WeChat Moments, but then felt it wasn't enough, so he took Qiao Shu's phone and posted the official announcement, as if to announce it to the world.
Yu Zeheng thought for a moment: "You haven't posted your Instagram account yet."
That account had been forgotten since Qiao Shu returned to China. She thought about saying that it wasn't necessary, but when she met Yu Zeheng's serious gaze, she picked up her phone and updated the latest status.
In the photo, the two people's marriage certificates are arranged in the shape of the letter V.
Friends saw the news and sent their blessings.
The happiest person was Yu Mingwu, who wanted to set off fireworks in the comment section of the two of them, maximizing the emotional value. Yu Zeheng generously gave her a large sum of pocket money.
Qiao Shu teased, "You look like a peacock spreading its tail feathers."
"A peacock spreads its tail feathers for only one purpose—to attract a mate." Yu Zeheng suddenly picked her up horizontally, and Qiao Shu, thinking of his health, struggled to get down.
"Stop messing around."
Yu Zeheng gasped.
Qiao Shu anxiously grabbed his arm and asked him where it hurt.
"If you really care about me, then don't move," Yu Zeheng said, feigning weakness.
Qiao Shu closed her eyes briefly: "You're a bastard."
Yu Zeheng confessed to all his crimes without reservation. He had been abstaining from alcohol for a month, and if he continued to abstain like this, he would break down.
When they hugged, their shoulders touched and they breathed softly.
Qiao Shu ran her fingers over the rough scars on his waist and abdomen, which were beginning to heal. There, shards of glass that had shattered after the impact were embedded.
She felt a pang of sympathy.
Yu Zeheng lowered his head, kissed her lips, and told her that it was all in the past, and that she no longer felt any pain.
"I'm sorry." She was the one who dragged him into this undeserved disaster, and although no one blamed her, she still felt guilty.
"Don't apologize."
Yu Zeheng pressed his forehead against hers: "Be more affectionate towards me."
Qiao Shu's gaze was blank until Yu Zeheng switched places with her. Her wound was still not healed, and it would hurt when she moved vigorously.
"..."
No matter what you say, he always manages to steer the conversation towards adult topics.
Taking a bath was also troublesome, as the wound couldn't get wet, and I had to ask Qiao Shu for help.
Qiao Shu held the showerhead, carefully avoiding the wound. She washed very carefully, without any distraction. The more she washed, the more something seemed off. She held the showerhead back and looked up at him. His lips were red and his teeth were white. His face and eyelashes were covered with water droplets. Because of his illness, he looked sickly and easy to bully.
Yu Zeheng could tell what she was thinking. He blinked his wet eyelashes and said in a low, husky voice, "Wife."
Qiao Shu ordered him not to call out like that, at least not at this time.
"What should it be called?" Yu Zeheng asked, looking like a good student. "Why don't you teach me, Teacher Qiao?"
He's completely gone mad.
After taking two proper showers, Qiao Shu's legs were weak when she came out.
That night, Qiao Shu had a very chaotic dream, a dream that seemed to flash by. She suddenly woke up, and her unease eased when she touched Yu Zeheng: "Aheng?"
Through the blur, Yu Zeheng grasped her hand: "I'm here."
"It's always been here."
In her dream, Qiao Shu was all alone in the darkness, unable to find Yu Zeheng.
Dreams and reality are opposites.
Qiao Shu and Yu Zeheng will love each other for a long time, like an endless dream.
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Author's Note: That's all for the main story. The rest is just pure sweetness in our married life.
Considering that some readers may not like watching the main story, it will be placed at the end and a bonus chapter will be added. This will not affect the full subscription status.
Finally, thank you everyone for following this far, there will be red envelopes dropping!
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Jiang Ruan and Chen Zexu have been married for three years.
No different from other couples who marry into wealthy families, they didn't know each other before marriage and had no feelings for each other, but because of mutual benefit, they were able to maintain a respectful married life.
Chen Zexu is the perfect husband candidate: tall and handsome, with both inner and outer beauty. Although he is a bit aloof, he is respectful and considerate to others.
The only unusual thing was that they didn't sleep in the same bed every night. No matter how passionate they were before, he would coldly withdraw and go back to his room, saying goodnight.
Barring any unforeseen circumstances, they will continue living like this.
Until Jiang Ruan unintentionally pushed open the hidden door to his bedroom, she saw that the walls were covered with her photos, from her student days to the present, and on the desk was an open notebook filled with dense writing:
Jiang Ruan ...
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