Chapter 13
With this thought in mind, she mustered up the courage to ask, "You must be very busy normally."
"I've been quite busy lately, mainly rotating through departments and preparing for my doctoral studies."
Jiang Zhinian could imagine how busy it would be, so she quickly said, "If you're busy, you don't have to accompany me. I can actually take care of myself."
In the past twenty years that she has lived alone, she has always taken care of herself. She really doesn't want Shi Ye to affect his work because of her, which would make her feel guilty.
Afraid that Shi Ye wouldn't believe her, she clenched her fist and made a cheering gesture.
Shi Ye glanced at her, opened the lid of the hot pot, and the heat and fragrance wafted out.
"knew."
He always has a clear plan for himself, and even if there are some small difficulties, he can solve them quickly.
Jiang Zhinian and the child were an accident and an episode to him, but they were not a burden.
He took the meat and vegetables out of the pot and put them in a bowl aside to cool down a little.
Jiang Zhinian prepared the seasoning himself and waited eagerly for the meat.
"That's enough. The hot pot won't taste good if it's too cold." Shi Ye didn't let her eat the food that had just come out of the pot, saying that food that was too hot could easily damage the oral mucosa and esophagus.
Shi Ye took a look and said compassionately, "That's fine."
Jiang Zhinian immediately dipped his food in the sauce and showed a happy expression.
A long time ago, she watched a cartoon. In one episode, the protagonist and his family of three were sitting at home eating hot pot. While eating, they talked about the happiest thing that happened to them this year. At that time, she felt very envious.
In her mind, the family sitting together to eat hot pot became synonymous with happiness.
And she really wanted Shi Ye to feel this feeling of happiness.
"Shi Ye, what is the happiest thing that happened to you this whole year?" He asked cautiously but with anticipation.
Shi Ye swallowed the food in his mouth and thought for a moment: "In June, I participated in a heart surgery with my mentor. The operation was very difficult, and there are very few successful cases in the country. I am very fortunate to have been able to participate in the whole process and learn from him."
The answer was standard and perfect, as if the person sitting opposite him was an academic journalist.
But Jiang Zhinian felt that this response was very Shi Ye.
When they were in college, they were in different colleges, but whenever she went to the library, she would always see Shi Ye on the medical floor.
Sometimes she would sit not far from him and study with him, so that she would be surrounded by the aura of the academic master and become very motivated to study.
When he packed up and left in the evening, she would follow him.
Their dormitories were located on the east and west sides of the school. Apart from a short distance in the square, there wasn't much distance they could walk together.
But it also made her happy.
It’s like the light that you are chasing, at a certain moment, hits you.
"What about you? What makes you happiest?" Shi Ye rarely continued the topic.
Jiang Zhinian thought about it and realized that all her happiness seemed to be related to the students in her class...
for example……
At the moment when too many memories filled her mind, that night appeared clearly in her mind. She was pressed against the wall of the corridor by Shi Ye, and his big hands with long fingers and distinct joints roamed over her body...
Wait, stop!
Jiang Zhinian swallowed and said nervously, "It should be the children participating in the Children's Day performance."
"That's a coincidence. The happiest things for us all happened in June." Shi Ye spoke in a flat tone. Jiang Zhinian couldn't tell whether he was just saying it casually or if he really found it interesting.
She could only bury her face in the bowl and eat the food in silence.
She felt that something was wrong with her, and that she should have stuffed all the memories of that night into the trash can and cleared them out with one click.
Absolutely, absolutely never look back at this again.
…
After dinner, Shi Ye came to help him pack up.
Jiang Zhinian had put away some private things in advance, which made her less shy.
"You don't need to pack up these boxes up there. They contain my college stuff. I moved in after graduation and never opened them."
"Then move it down and put it in the living room."
Shi Ye took off his outer coat, asked Jiang Zhinian to stand further away, and then he raised his hands to move the things down from the cabinet. However, before the things touched the ground, all the things inside fell out.
Jiang Zhinian was dumbfounded, covering her face with her hands, and she almost wanted to roll around in the bed with the quilt in embarrassment.
Why did he swear so solemnly to make a fool of himself in front of Shi Ye?
"The sealing tape must have lost its stickiness."
Shi Ye checked the box, but didn't react too much to the accident. He just squatted down and picked up the things on the ground.
Jiang Zhinian turned around to get the tape and prepared to reseal the box. When he looked down, he found something very outrageous among the pile of messy items.
A volunteer ID card was tucked away in her college photo album.
"Wait, that thing..."
Jiang Zhinian's brain was completely unable to think at that moment. She instinctively took a step forward and wanted to hide the photo album.
Sometimes the gears of fate like to turn towards a stuck place.
In her haste, she didn't pay attention to her feet and happened to step on a small ornament. The sharp protrusion stung her skin, causing her to almost fall into Shi Ye's arms.
Shi Ye was slightly knocked back by the impact of her pounce, but he usually had the habit of exercising, and his core strength in waist and abdomen was good, so he easily caught the person and held her in his arms.
"I'm sorry, are you okay? Did I crush you?" Jiang Zhinian tried to sit up in panic, but Shi Ye held her down with one hand, making her unable to move.
"Don't move yet."
Jiang Zhinian remembered that she was still pregnant, and she was not sure whether her fall just now would cause any harm to the baby.
Doesn’t it always happen in TV dramas that the heroine gets pushed by the villain and then has a miscarriage?
"Shi Ye, child, child." She was a little flustered, but Shi Ye calmed her down very well.
"Don't worry, you'll be fine." He picked Jiang Zhinian up and gently placed her on the bed. "Lie down and don't move. Rest for a while. If you have any stomach aches or abdominal pains, be sure to tell me."
"Don't you need to go to the hospital?"
"Not for now, let's observe first." Shi Ye touched her hair and comforted her, "Don't be too nervous, it will be fine."
Like a gentle doctor, comforting his patients.
Jiang Zhinian moved uneasily.
Shi Ye's gaze shifted slightly, and he saw what Jiang Zhinian had just grasped in his hand.
"What's this?"
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