Just as Yan Kai was about to nod in agreement, he saw Xu Jingyan's coughing become more and more urgent. As if she had used all her strength, she weakly reached out and tightly grasped Lu Yanting's wrist, saying in a tearful voice, "Yanting, I don't want to go home. My parents get so nervous whenever they see me cough, as if I have some terminal illness. They won't let me do anything or go out. I don't want to be restricted like that, please."
Looking at the pitiful Xu Jingyan in front of him, Lu Yanting hesitated for a moment before asking, "Where are you going?"
Xu Jingyan pursed her bloodless lips, hesitated for a moment, and said softly, "Go to Shuiyue Huating."
Lu Yanting froze, his eyes wide with astonishment: "What?"
A pale smile appeared on Xu Jingyan's face, as if mocking herself, and her voice grew weaker and weaker: "Yanting, I bought the house across from yours. I... I want to live there."
Lu Yanting felt a throbbing pain in his temples, as if countless tiny needles were pricking him. He opened his mouth, about to say something, but was interrupted by Xu Jingyan's increasingly weak call: "Yanting..."
Lu Yanting frowned slightly, his face full of helplessness. After pondering for a moment, he said, "Then I'll call Aunt Wu and have her come over to take care of you."
Xu Jingyan shook her head, then looked up at Lu Yanting, her eyes filled with worry.
“Wu Ma has always been your family’s maid. If you call Wu Ma over, your aunt will definitely find out. Your aunt and my mother are close. I’m afraid my mother will find out and then she’ll nag me endlessly. I really don’t want that.”
Lu Yanting's expression hardened, and his tone became firm and steady, "Don't worry, Aunt Wu is very tight-lipped. She has worked in our family for many years and knows what she should and shouldn't say. Besides, my mother has been engrossed in playing cards all day lately, and her mind is completely on the game. She won't even notice whether Aunt Wu is home or not."
Seeing Lu Yanting's certainty, Xu Jingyan could no longer refuse. After hesitating for a while, she had no choice but to nod in agreement.
Afterwards, Lu Yanting took Xu Jingyan back to Shuiyue Huating.
Standing at the door, Xu Jingyan looked at Lu Yanting and said, "Yanting, open the door! The password is the same as yours."
The man was somewhat taken aback, but quickly entered the room by pressing the code.
Lu Yanting originally planned to hand Xu Jingyan over to Wu Ma when she arrived, and then go to find Qiu Mang himself. However, he received a call from Wu Ma saying that there were important guests at the old house today and that she was quite busy, so she could only go there the next day.
Upon hearing this, Lu Yanting felt somewhat troubled. He glanced at the sickly Xu Jingyan beside him and couldn't help but worry about her, so he decided to stay and keep her company.
On the other side, night quietly fell, and Qiu Mang, having finished a tiring day, lazily lay on the bed after taking a shower.
But she couldn't fall asleep no matter how much she tossed and turned, so she simply reached for her phone and idly browsed through it.
As she swiped her finger, she inadvertently came across the message Lu Yanting had sent that afternoon: "I behaved so well today, can we stay up all night? Wait for me!"
Just from reading that short line of text, Qiu Mang's cheeks flushed instantly, and her heart began to race uncontrollably, like a deer that had lost control.
Her fingers trembled slightly as she couldn't help but read the message several more times. Each time she read it, her mind began to conjure up all sorts of alluring images, like a slideshow playing in her head.
The scene is filled with Lu Yanting's deep eyes, sexy thin lips, and the faint scent emanating from him when he gets close.
Qiu Mang felt extremely ashamed. She buried her head in the quilt as if that would hide all those embarrassing thoughts.
Qiu Mang felt that she must be going crazy, that she must have been infected by that guy, otherwise how could her mind be filled with such messy things.
Her fingers trembled slightly as she hovered over the chat window with Lu Yanting. After hesitating for a long time, she gently typed, "Are you coming over tonight? Should I leave the door open for you?"
But as soon as she finished typing, she felt that the words were too direct and seemed ambiguous no matter how she looked at them.
She bit her lower lip, deleted the message again, and edited it: [You told me to wait for you, are you still coming? If not, I'm going to sleep.]
Looking at the newly edited message, Qiu Mang felt it was a subtle way of urging him to come over, and she was filled with conflicting emotions. She shook her head, as if trying to shake away these chaotic thoughts, and muttered, "Fine, come if you want, don't come if you don't!"
Finally, she added another sentence: "Ali is asleep, don't come over tonight."
Just as her finger was about to press the send button, the scene at the hospital earlier that day suddenly flashed through her mind—he had promised to take Qiu Li home, and she was standing right there, but he acted as if he hadn't seen her and resolutely chose to leave with Xu Jingyan.
Thinking of this, Qiu Mang felt as if a bucket of cold water had been poured over her, chilling her to the bone.
She pursed her lips, deleted the last edited text, tossed her phone aside, turned off the light with a "snap," turned her back, and forced herself to sleep.
Lu Yanting called the five-star hotel and asked them to send some dishes suitable for the patient.
Not long after, the doorbell rang.
Lu Yanting brought the groceries into the room. Xu Jingyan weakly got up, ate the meal, and then lay back down.
Lu Yanting glanced at her and said gently, "Jingyan, you should rest well. I still have some work to do. I'll go back to my place first. Call me if you need anything."
Xu Jingyan weakly propped herself up. "Yan Ting, I'm a little scared. Can you stay with me?"
Lu Yanting looked at Xu Jingyan, who was pale, and finally nodded. He gave her the medicine and said, "Take the medicine first, and I'll leave after you fall asleep."
Xu Jingyan nodded obediently, then slowly lay down. Lu Yanting sat on the chair by the bed, picked up a magazine from the table, and began to casually flip through it.
"Yan Ting, are you familiar with Qiu Mang?" Xu Jingyan asked casually as she lay down.
Lu Yanting paused, then turned to look at her.
Xu Jingyan quickly smiled and explained, "I saw that little boy call you big brother, so..."
Lu Yanting took a deep breath. "That little girl was a patient at our hospital. I ran into them when I went to see Dean Fang that day. They looked familiar, so we chatted for a bit."
"So that's how it is..." Xu Jingyan nodded.
After saying that, she continued, "Yanting, do you have Qiu Mang's phone number? I told you last time that I wanted to be friends with her, and it's true, but I kept forgetting to ask her for her contact information."
Lu Yanting was about to refuse, but after thinking about it, he finally gave Qiu Mang's contact information.
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