Chapter 20 Chapter 20
On the other side, Lu Yi returned to the dormitory, sometimes smiling foolishly, sometimes hitting his head. Bai Minmin sent him a message saying that she wanted to treat him to a meal to celebrate his complete recovery from illness, but he refused and even blocked her directly, leaving the people in their dormitory stunned, wondering what was wrong with him.
When asked, he said nothing. He tossed and turned all night and even sent messages to his three roommates at 1:30 in the middle of the night, begging them not to mention Bai Minmin in front of him again and not to make jokes about him and Bai Minmin in public. He has now completely given up on Bai Minmin and has found someone he really likes.
The fourth child had already moved out, but he also received this message. He didn't sleep, took a look at it, felt strange but didn't think much about it and didn't reply.
The other two saw him during the day, but when they asked him who Lu Yi was, he refused to tell them. He looked like he had been poisoned.
In order to see Ruoruo, he finished the first few classes, asked someone to help him answer the last class, and ran out of the school. He also bought a bunch of lilies at the roadside flower shop in front of the school.
After getting off the taxi, he walked into the Fifth Hospital with excitement and a beaming smile.
He had never thought that the air in a hospital could be so good before, but now looking at it again, he felt that this hospital was really a beautiful place with beautiful scenery everywhere, even the weeds in the corners looked neat and beautiful.
Today's sky is also clear and blue, contrasting with the white clouds, giving people the illusion that it is within reach.
He excitedly walked all the way to the door of ward 1605, then he began to hesitate and wander. He knocked on the door carefully, and the sound of someone opening the door quickly came from inside. Lu Yi was so excited that his heart seemed to be about to jump out in the next second.
"Ruo..." Ruo, the words that she wanted to blurt out stopped abruptly, and she had to hold them back because the person who came to open the door was not Ruo Ruo, nor was it the caregiver who was always by Ruo Ruo's side.
"Hello, I'm looking for Ruo Ruo."
The person who came to open the door was A Ke, one of the four bodyguards. She looked at the embarrassed man outside the ward door with displeasure.
The first time Ruo Ruo wanted to shake their hands, President Xia stopped her without a word. After Ruo Ruo had finally finished admiring the peace locket and was about to talk to them, someone else came to interrupt! And it was another stinky man!
A Ke wanted to just slam the door. But unfortunately, she was a bodyguard, not Ruoruo's friend...she had no right to do that. Her remaining professionalism made her look at the person in front of her expressionlessly, wanting to turn back and ask Ruoruo if he could come in.
But before she could turn around to ask, Xia Peizhi heard a voice coming over. Seeing who was standing outside the door, Xia Peizhi's eyes darkened slightly, and he walked out, closing the door behind him.
Lu Yi looked at the man who had just come out of the ward without saying a word. He didn't want to address him as "Senior Xia", nor did he want to admit defeat and do what was called "knowing when to get out of trouble". Xia Peizhi was very good, but as a man, how could he admit that he was not as good as another man.
"Ruoruo, if something happens in there, this... sir, you can tell me if you have anything. I can pass it on for you." Xia Peizhi said the word "sir", but his eyes were sharp, as if he was mocking the person in front of him, wondering if he could bear it. College students are said to be youthful and sunny, but compared with him, they are far inferior in momentum.
Even so, Xia Peizhi didn't want to gamble, and didn't want to give any other man the chance to appear next to Ruo Ruo. He liked Ruo Ruo, and could even say he loved Ruo Ruo, so naturally he couldn't restrain her, imprison her, and deprive her of her freedom.
Then the only thing he could do was to deal with the weeds on the roadside.
Not to mention that when you're in love with someone, you always feel like you're not good enough in every way. He's seven years older than Ruoruo, not as interesting, and on the contrary, I used to live a rather old-fashioned life. My emotions always seem to stay within a reasonable range, never too happy, never too sad. It wasn't until I met Ruoruo that I began to feel both anxious about gains and losses and full of anticipation for the future.
He had no idea whether there would be other men living in Ruo Ruo's heart. After all, no one could predict matters of the heart.
Therefore, those who can avoid showing up should not show up.
Lu Yi had never hated someone so much before. Even when Bai Minmin said she liked Senior Xia, he had never felt such strong hatred.
But now he felt it, and along with the hatred came a strong sense of shame. This sense of shame was even greater than the feeling he had felt many years ago when his father's wife suddenly came to visit him.
He lowered his head, gritted his teeth, and only raised his head after a long while to look directly at Xia Peizhi. He was considered tall among his classmates, but he had never expected that the gentle Xia Peizhi, who had seemed so refined from a distance, was actually almost as tall as him.
"I'm here to give Ruoruo some lilies." He held the bouquet of flowers with care, as if they were some rare treasure in the world.
At this moment, a smile flashed across Xia Peizhi's eyes, as if he had breathed a sigh of relief. "Well... don't you know that Ruoruo never likes any kind of bouquet? If I have to choose, it has to be..."
"What is it?" Lu Yi was skeptical.
"It couldn't be a lily anyway." Of course it was a gardenia. Not only did Ruo Ruo have a faint gardenia scent, but she also avoided other flowers and only stopped to admire them. The boy in front of her seemed unaware of this.
This shows that he has not had much contact with Ruoruo. If he has had a lot of contact but still doesn't know what kind of flowers Ruoruo likes, then this person is even more unworthy of appearing in front of Ruoruo.
Of course, Xia Peizhi didn't think this person had much contact with Ruoruo. He came to the hospital almost every day, so if he was someone who had frequent contact with Ruoruo, he would have heard of her. To put it bluntly, this person was absolutely irrelevant.
Thinking of this, Xia Peizhi was even happier than when he had signed contracts for several small goals.
"Whether Ruoruo likes lilies or not is not up to you to decide. It's up to her to decide. Move aside, I want to go in." Lu Yi still insisted on himself.
Xia Peizhi remained motionless. "I'm sorry, Ruoruo is very busy today, so it's not inconvenient. If you don't have anything else to do, you can go back first. As for lilies, Ruoruo really doesn't like them. I won't refuse a bouquet of flowers she might like just to deceive you. So she really doesn't like these flowers at all, so there's no need to send them in. She has a weak immune system and won't be able to accept all flowers."
Lu Yi's eyes were bloodshot and he was furious. "You!"
Xia Peizhi still had that calm expressionless look on his face. "Your decibel level has exceeded the limit several times. I think you should know that Ruoruo has a heart disease, but you are still making such a fuss. If you can't control your emotions well, it's not appropriate for you to appear in front of Ruoruo.
Before doing something, don’t just think about whether you want to do it or not, but also think about whether you are worthy of it…”
Lu Yi couldn't stand this kind of condescending preaching, but since it concerned Ruoruo, he had to listen to it and didn't even dare to shout loudly.
But he still couldn't help but said, "Senior Xia, you'd better repeat what you just said a few more times."
What qualifications does an old man who is seven years older than Ruoruo have to say such things to him?
He casually threw the lilies that he had just treasured into the trash can in front of the ward, then turned around and left quickly.
He was afraid that if he stayed any longer he would lose control of his emotions and scare Ruo Ruo.
But he didn't know that his words "Senior Xia" made Xia Peizhi suspicious of him.
Xia Peizhi had a good memory and knew that this was the person he occasionally met when he was taking a walk with Ruoruo. He also knew that he had met him last time at the corner in front of Ward 1605. The possibility of meeting the same person in the hospital was not small. Although Xia Peizhi had slightly noticed that this person appeared too frequently, he did not have any doubts.
After all, the old lady next door appears more frequently than he does.
But when he was addressed as "Senior Xia", he couldn't help but feel strange. Perhaps only students from A University could address him like that, and most likely they were students currently studying at A University, because only students at A University would honestly blurt out the three words "Senior Xia" to him.
Did this person come specifically to visit Ruoruo? University A is not close to the Fifth Hospital. When did Ruoruo meet him? Aren't his relatives hospitalized here?
Xia Peizhi thought about it and pushed open the door of the unoccupied ward opposite. From the window of this ward, he could clearly see the scene at the hospital gate.
Sure enough, the man left directly through the gate after a while.
Xia Peizhi couldn't help but order someone to investigate. He didn't investigate Ruoruo because he was afraid she would be upset. After all, most people don't like to show everything about themselves to others. He could pretend in front of Ruoruo, but there was no need, and he didn't want to do that at all.
As for the man who left below, it was different. He would not give up the initiative he deserved just to respect his potential rival.
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