Ni Hao swallowed hard and took a step back. Li Minglin pointed to the corner of his mouth and said, "Baby, there's still some dirt on the corner of your mouth."
Ni Hao wiped his mouth shyly. He wanted to hide away; it was too embarrassing. Dr. Li would definitely think he looked sloppy…
After finishing their meal, Li Minglin tidied up the table, and the two sat awkwardly on the bed.
"Why don't you go back first?"
"Baby, I'll boil some water for you so you can take your medicine in a bit."
"No need, I'll just take my medicine with this water." Ni Hao chuckled dryly, holding a mineral water bottle beside him.
"How can you give medicine with cold water? Baby, wait a little while, the fever will be over soon."
Li Minglin took the kettle to boil water and breathed a slight sigh of relief, because he usually didn't take the initiative to start conversations; it was Ni Hao who kept initiating contact and sending him messages.
Ni Hao rested his chin on his hand, gazing at Li Minglin with lingering interest, wondering what he would look like in a white coat.
Li Minglin diluted the boiled water with warm water and brought it to him.
"Baby, take your medicine."
Ni Hao took the water glass and swallowed the medicine. Li Minglin took the water glass from him and touched his hand.
*
He Muchen carried his crybaby wife home and stroked her head, saying, "Wife, I'll go get you a glass of water."
Zhou Rui grabbed him, hugging his waist tightly, not letting him go.
"Honey, why didn't you tell me you were sick?"
"I was just... relieved to see you, and I'd completely forgotten about you."
Zhou Rui's eyes welled up with tears again. "I'm sorry, honey, it's all my fault. That's why you got sick."
He Muchen gently kissed his hair, "Wife, I'm so glad you're back."
Tears welled up in Zhou Rui's eyes. If he hadn't called her "husband" in the meeting room, would none of this have happened? Would he have been able to love and spend his life with someone else?
He Muchen looked down at Zhou Rui, who was holding him tightly in his arms without saying a word. Was he overthinking things again?
"Honey, please don't disappear again, okay?"
"Yes, no matter what happens, I will never disappear. I will always stand by your side and love you."
He Muchen lowered his head and kissed Zhou Rui...
Zhou Rui was still worried about He Muchen. He was afraid something might happen to He Muchen, he was afraid of He Muchen...
"Honey, let's go see Dr. Li for a follow-up check-up in a few days."
"Okay, sure~"
As Zhou Rui mentioned Dr. Li, he suddenly remembered that Ni Hao seemed to still be injured and in the hospital.
Zhou Rui blinked at He Muchen and said, "Honey, I left Ni Hao at the hospital."
"I'm going to the hospital now..."
He Muchen pulled Zhou Rui back and said gently, "It's so late, the hospital is closed. Besides, Li Minglin shouldn't be ignoring us."
"But it seems that Dr. Li has something important to do."
"Honey, don't rush. Call your friend first and see where he is."
Zhou Rui, enduring the prospect of being scolded, picked up his phone and dialed Ni Hao's number.
Ni Hao was basking in the joy of having found a perfect match, waving his hands happily.
"Hey~"
Zhou Rui glanced at it in surprise, thinking he had dialed the wrong number. He checked again to make sure it was Ni Hao's number!
"Ni Hao, where are you now?"
"RuiRui, I'm in my hotel bed!"
"hotel?"
"Who took you there?" Zhou Rui asked guiltily.
"My boyfriend!"
Ni Hao excitedly said that her boyfriend was taking her to the hotel, but Dr. Li was actually his online crush.
"Oh, boyfriend, the one your online boyfriend took you to the hotel!"
"So, how is he? Handsome?" Zhou Rui asked curiously, gossiping.
"Could he be right next to you right now?"
Ni Hao's mind was filled with Li Minglin's gentle and warm image, and he shyly cupped his face in his hands.
"He's quite handsome; he's exactly my ideal type."
"He's not here now, he's gone..."
"Such high praise, he must be very handsome."
"Oh, seeing such a beautiful woman, you actually let her go? You're quite the gentleman!" Zhou Rui teased with a smile.
"He's a very upright gentleman, but he seems a bit slow-witted."
Ni Hao smiled shyly, thinking about their encounter at the airport this morning. He was so gentlemanly and gentle, and he even kindly carried him to the hospital for a checkup.
"stay?"
He Muchen looked at Zhou Rui, who had forgotten he was still beside him as soon as he started chatting, and kissed his lips with a hint of jealousy, preventing him from talking to others.
Zhou Rui pushed He Muchen away and gestured frantically, but He Muchen picked him up in one go.
Zhou Rui screamed in fright, pulling Ni Hao from his reverie on the other end of the phone.
She asked Zhou Rui with concern, "Rui Rui, are you alright?"
He Muchen carried him to the bed, laid him down, held his hand, leaned down and gently bit his ear, breathing into his ear.
"My wife is a little rascal. She's chatting and laughing with other people, treating her husband like he's invisible."
"I didn't ignore you, I... um..."
Ni Hao, on the other end of the phone, awkwardly listened to their ambiguous conversation and even heard the smacking sounds of their kiss. He really wanted to curse, so he took a deep breath and hung up the phone.
I was so angry I called Li Minglin. He acted like everyone has a partner, trying to provoke me. And that "little rascal with a wife," ugh…
"Hey, baby, aren't you asleep yet?"
Ni Hao said angrily, "I can't sleep, I'm so angry..."
Li Minglin asked nervously, afraid that he hadn't done something right. He had never been in a relationship before and didn't know how to date. His usual hobbies were watching romance dramas and reading novels.
He saw in romance dramas that the male lead always apologized to his girlfriend no matter what, saying things like, "Baby, I'm sorry, baby, you can hit me or scold me if you want..."
"What did you do wrong! It was clearly He Muchen's twisted jealousy that provoked him and you."
"It's like I don't have a boyfriend. But I do! Next time I'm going to give that pervert a passionate French kiss..."
Li Minglin couldn't get a word in edgewise, so he just listened quietly to him speak.
Hearing about the French kiss and imagining the scene of the two of them kissing passionately to provoke He Muchen, she blushed instantly.
"Where is he? Why isn't he making a sound..."
Could Ni Hao have been scared by his own incessant rambling?
"Baby, is a French kiss okay? I'm kind of looking forward to it..."
Ni Hao shyly put down his phone, patting his slightly flushed face.
"Hey, baby, what do you want for breakfast tomorrow? I'll buy it and bring it over to you."
Ni Hao said gently in a low voice, "Anything is fine..."
"Okay, does baby's foot still hurt?"
"I really want to massage my baby's feet..."
Ni Hao buried his face in the pillow shyly, the image of him gently applying a compress to his ankle flashing through his mind.
"Baby~"
"Baby, are you asleep?"
Ni Hao, holding her phone, said shyly, "Goodnight~"
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