In the bright and magnificent hall, Xiao Wujie sat quietly on the sofa, with Ye Jinyu sitting beside him.
Chu Liyue had already left the hall and started her conversation with Gu Junci for the evening. Because she was worried about Xiao Wujie being alone here, she called Ye Jinyu to keep him company.
Since both of them were handsome and had a cool and aloof demeanor, there was a strange sense of harmony between them sitting together.
Each wore a faint smile and spoke softly, evoking the ancient saying, "The friendship between gentlemen is as pure as water."
After a long day of travel without rest, Xiao Wujie felt quite tired.
After exchanging a few simple greetings, she said no more, leaning back on the sofa with an elegant yet slightly languid air, gazing languidly ahead.
Unlike her usual aloof and indifferent demeanor, Ye Jinyu continued to scrutinize Xiao Wujie with great interest.
Entrusted by Chu Liyue, he would be responsible for Xiao Wujie's medical treatment for the long term. He was quite curious about this patient who required his long-term care.
Looking closely at the person in front of him, he had to admit that Xiao Wujie's appearance was truly as handsome as a demon, almost flawless.
His face was like a meticulously sculpted work of art, with distinct yet soft features, and skin as white as marble covered by the first snow.
The long, narrow eyelashes cast a light shadow under the eyes, and when they closed, they fluttered like butterfly wings.
What's most captivating is his eyes. They are deep and unfathomable, seemingly holding endless stories and memories, possessing a unique and mesmerizing charm.
It is no exaggeration to say that every feature on Xiao Wujie's face is in line with his aesthetic preferences, and even with the aesthetic preferences of most people.
Unlike the handsome men of everyday life, he exuded a sickly fragility in his eyes and brows.
This morbid fragility gave him a broken beauty, making people want to hold him in their arms and cherish him.
It's no wonder that even a cold and aloof person like Chu Liyue was completely captivated by him, raising and spoiling him like a son.
He first met Xiao Wujie when he was unconscious due to an illness. After a thorough examination, he only felt pity and regret.
This exceptionally handsome and charming young man suffered from illness at the prime of his life, and his life was nearing its end, with the possibility of him withering away at any moment.
Even after years of practicing medicine, he had never seen a patient of such age with such poor health.
In his condition, death wouldn't be so terrible; it's living that requires immense willpower and courage. The feeling of living in constant agony is even less pleasant than death.
Illness can erode a person's will to live. Many people are full of hope in the early stages of their illness, but gradually lose their will to live as they suffer day after day.
Later, he felt that Xiao Wujie was lucky; he was not alone in facing the dual threat of illness and death.
At least he had Chu Liyue who did everything she could to save his life, and who pampered and cared for him in every possible way, even without any limits.
Even if he gets a needle stuck in his hand, Chu Liyue will hold him in her arms and coax him for a long time, wishing she could present the whole world to him.
He was far luckier than those patients in hospital wards who were neglected, suffered alone, and died tragically.
But gradually he discovered that Xiao Wujie seemed like a completely different person when he was alone compared to when he was in front of Chu Liyue.
When Chu Liyue was by his side, he was as delicate as a flower in a greenhouse, as if he needed Chu Liyue's care and pampering in everything.
But when he is alone, no matter how painful the treatment or how great the side effects, he seems to be able to take it all in stride.
It's not that it doesn't hurt, or that it's not uncomfortable; it's as if it has been tempered by loneliness and pain, and is now able to silently bear everything on its own.
At those times, he always felt that he exuded a transcendent aura that seemed to belong to another world.
This temperament is neither arrogant nor aloof, nor is it self-admiring; rather, it is a kind of calm and composure that has settled down after the passage of time.
As the second young master of the Ye family, he naturally knows some secrets that are difficult for ordinary people to access.
Combining these secret messages and some clues, he felt that Xiao Wujie's shadow seemed to be behind several major events that had occurred in the capital in the past month or two.
On the night Chu Liyue summoned him to treat him, he detected several strands of blood on Xiao Wujie's clothes that were clearly inconsistent with his own blood type.
It was around that time that news broke that Chu Feihong had been attacked and seriously injured, and was admitted to the ICU.
Next, news broke that Chu Feihong was involved with Rong Guang and that Chu Feihong was suspected of engaging in the black market.
These events seem like coincidences, but upon closer inspection, they seem more like they were written into a script.
Every appearance was perfectly timed, and every outcome precisely maximized Chu Liyue's interests.
He didn't verify it, but he believed that if the bloodstains on his clothes were compared with the blood of Chu Feihong and his group of bodyguards who were hospitalized, there would definitely be some findings.
The person before me seemed to have a thousand faces, shrouded in mist, making it impossible to see through his true nature beneath layers of disguise.
Mysterious and unpredictable, that was the most direct and profound feeling Xiao Wujie gave him.
He had also witnessed some of the ambiguous actions he had just taken with Chu Liyue.
In the past, he might have thought, like others, that he was young and frivolous, and blinded by lust.
But now he thinks that this is just another layer of protection that Xiao Wujie puts on himself in front of others.
By disguising oneself as a child with no self-control, one makes it difficult for others to be wary.
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