Episode 63 Miss You
When he woke up again, looking at the familiar ceiling chandelier, Lin Ying immediately realized that this was the private hospital in Gubei.
At this moment, she had a cooling patch on her forehead and an IV needle stuck in the back of her hand. The medicine in the IV bag was dripping slowly and evenly...
"Did you wake up Lin Ying?"
The person who came to greet him was Wang Duo.
She subconsciously asked, "Where is Ruxing?"
"When I was sending her home, I happened to run into your neighbor, Ms. Cheng, so I asked her to help look after her. How are you feeling now? Your temperature was over 40 degrees Celsius when I brought you here... I was careless and shouldn't have let you drink last night."
She has been overworked recently and has been on edge. She suddenly drank some wine last night and used the air conditioner all night. She had a fever when she woke up in the morning. She was already holding on. After returning home, she dealt with a lot of housework and didn't sleep well. Jiang Shu suddenly appeared again... Even an iron body couldn't bear it.
Thinking of the inappropriate arguments and affection between the two before falling asleep, Lin Ying felt regretful. He seemed to have lost his mind at that time, and he was also... really two lunatics.
She asked Wang Duo, "Did you send me here?"
"It's not me, it's your brother Jiang Shu."
He denied it frankly, and at the same time helped her raise the head of the bed and brought her a glass of warm water.
"He also arranged this ward. He was supposed to stay with you the whole time, but he received a call an hour ago. It seemed like something important, so he reluctantly entrusted you to my care while he went back to his work."
Hearing this, Lin Ying lowered his eyes in embarrassment. His eyes, plagued by illness, were not as clear as usual, and only showed fatigue.
It was like a dream, but those red, regretful, and questioning eyes left a scar in her mind - a scar that had actually been there for a long time, but she just didn't want to touch it.
Maybe after this, he should hear something from his parents.
Perhaps, when he knew that what he had hidden from him was not only the fact that Ruxing was his daughter, his obsession might not be so deep.
Being schemed against by the one you love, or even pushed to the center of public opinion, is not a respectable thing, nor is it something that can be easily forgiven. "I'm sorry to trouble you again."
Lin Ying apologized to Wang Duo in a hoarse voice, her eyes still red.
But Wang Duo sighed for the first time in a long time, with a hint of ridicule: "Didn't you agree to marry me? Why are you still so polite?"
Lin Ying's expression was about to become even more mixed, but Wang Duo suddenly stood up and pressed the nurse's bell - her IV bag was finally empty.
The nurse came in and took her temperature and heart rate again. Finally, the fever subsided temporarily. However, she had been affected by psychological stress recently, and her endocrine system had been unstable before, which led to a serious decrease in immunity. Although it was not considered the flu, a fever of 40 degrees was no small matter. If it was not cured, the symptoms would probably recur, so the doctor suggested that she be hospitalized for two nights of observation, receive a few more fluids, and go back after the condition was completely stable.
This time she had no reason to refuse stubbornly, because Wang Duo accepted it on her behalf and immediately paid the remaining medical expenses and hospitalization fees.
When he turned back, he didn't forget to tell her, "Don't worry. I just called. Miss Cheng is busy with work, so I won't bother her with taking care of the child for too long. I'll arrange for a driver to take Ruxing to stay at my house for two days. She and Jiaze get along well, so she shouldn't object."
"…Thanks."
As she said this, she already had her phone in her hand and sent a message to Cheng Xinran: "Sorry to bother you. Can you come to my house and help Ruxing pack up some of her belongings when you have time?"
Both of them kept spare keys to their respective homes in case of emergency.
After settling these things, she realized that Wang Duo was still standing by the bed, without moving a step, and seemed to be hesitant to say something several times.
In the past, she might not have mentioned it on her own initiative, but as he just said, since they were going to get married, why bother with too much politeness.
"Just tell me what you want to say. I feel better now and can listen to you."
After getting her approval, Wang Duo finally spoke:
"You promised me this morning to get married and quit your job. Were you forced to do so?"
"It was a helpless act, but it wasn't forced. Since you know my father and are a partner, he should have told you something about my marriage and even what happened after my ex-husband passed away, right?"
"You mean, the relationship between Jiang Shu and you? And the fact that he is actually Ruxing's biological father?"
He asked the question bluntly, causing Lin Ying to lower her eyes even deeper, barely able to see him even in her peripheral vision.
She nodded. "You've been secretly plotting how to use my daughter and me to plot against him, haven't you? You persuaded Cen Shuo to leave, not because you were jealous at all. You were just looking for an excuse to let Xu Yiwei in so that she would have the opportunity to get closer to Jiang Shu and take advantage of him."
"That's very logical, but you're only half right."
Wang Duo sneered and confessed, "Your father did tell me that you and your brother Jiang Shu had a close relationship, but he didn't reveal anything about Ruxing's biological father. I guessed this myself, and you should be aware of it. It's not difficult to guess. I did have selfish motives in persuading Cen Shuo to withdraw and Xu Yiwei to join, but the reasons behind both are not as...dirty as you might imagine."
"What else could it be?"
But Wang Duo didn't intend to tell her everything, he just promised her -
"It's not that dirty, but it doesn't mean it's very upright. At least I can assure you that what I did won't hurt you or Xu Yiwei. Even Cen Shuo... I gave him a decent place to go."
After hearing this, Lin Ying didn't intend to delve into the details behind it. She just felt that these people had either left her life or were about to leave. She was now busy with her own affairs and had no time or energy to care about the fate of others. Anyway, she had no regrets.
Her only regret was the deal she made with Lin Jidong five years ago—freedom at the cost of Jiang Shu's future reputation.
Now, she is fighting for greater freedom for herself and her daughter at the cost of Jiang Shu's emotions.
She recalled the questions Jiang Shu had asked her before she fell asleep—why did she always push him away? Why didn't she say anything? Yet, she allowed him to continue interfering in her life.
She was accustomed to feeling pitiful and felt that others owed her something, whether it was Lin Jidong, Jiang Yueling, or even Jiang Shu.
Perhaps they owed me a lot, but emotional debt is a bottomless pit. The more I stare at it, the more it will be swallowed up, and then I will be driven crazy by this self-pity...
Ultimately, her life could only run within her own orbit. Others couldn't enter. How could forcibly collide with each other's orbits? How could the positive and negative balance be offset? It would only lead to a bloody collision, leaving nothing behind.
"Lin Ying, you always feel that my feelings for you over the years are like charity, but it is obvious that your response to my words this morning is the real charity."
Wang Duo spoke again, bringing her back to her senses, "I've said before that you're sentimental. You don't love me very much, and you don't even love yourself very much.
Although people always call me an artist, after so many years in the industry, I've long felt like a businessman stained by the stink of money. I don't want the last piece of pure land in my heart to be just a mixture of calculated 'charity,' so you really should reconsider the matter of marriage. When I say I'm patient, I'm not trying to retreat in order to advance.
After saying that, he looked at his watch, said that he had to go back to have dinner with Jiaze, and then said goodbye.
The moment the ward door closed, Kong Yu Linying stared at the clock on the wall in a daze. The ticking second hand calculated the time and pressed the pause button on her emotions.
During the two days in the hospital, Lin Ying spent most of his time resting and sleeping. He didn't check his phone for long in his spare time because he felt the characters were confusing and his eyelids were drooping. So he simply stopped looking at it and enjoyed two days of peace and quiet.
She turns off all social media and stops watching short videos. Even if the nurse turns on the TV for her, she will only watch some mindless dramas to pass the time and does not do any brain-burning or in-depth thinking.
It was because she gradually realized that even a machine would become stuck once it was overloaded with information and would need to be repaired.
Besides, she was just a mortal. Although it was a bit sad to think so, it was a good opportunity to get sick, give my brain a break, and consider it a way to pamper myself.
Just like that, two days later, her body temperature finally stabilized and she felt much better.
When she saw Cheng Xinran bringing Ruxing into the ward, she was even more surprised.
"Why did you bring her here?"
"Your boss told me a long time ago that since you've just recovered from a serious illness, it would be more comforting to see me and the children, so he asked me to pick you up from the hospital."
Wang Duo is always very considerate in matters like this.
"Mom, mom! Uncle Wang said Jiaze is going to participate in a picnic summer camp before school starts. I want to go too. Can you help me sign up?"
Cheng Xinran said: "She kept talking about it all the way when she came here, and kept asking me if my mother would agree to her."
She waved her hands, feigning helplessness.
"Anyway, Xinran, I'm sorry to bother you these past few days. I'll cook for you when we get home tonight. I'll prepare whatever you want to eat!"
"Come on, come on. You're still sick. What if cooking tires you out and your illness relapses? Your brother and your boss won't let me off."
There was a hint of teasing in her words, but Lin Ying didn't feel offended. Instead, she felt relieved. She packed her things, took Ruxing's hand, and went to the front desk to complete the discharge procedures. The fees had naturally been paid long ago, so she, her daughter, and Cheng Xinran pressed the elevator downstairs...
Ruxing hadn't stopped talking, but at this moment, she suddenly said -
"Mom, did you know that your uncle is on TV?"
Before Lin Ying could digest these words, the elevator stopped and the door opened. The person standing in front of her was Jiang Shu wearing a mask.
Just because she was too familiar with these eyes.
However, their eyes met for only three seconds before Jiang Shu reached out to stop the elevator, indicating that—
"What a coincidence! I was just about to come up to pick you up."
I thought that after that day, he would stay at home to "calm down" for a while before considering making an appointment, but he remained unmoved.
Cheng Xinran had an expression as if she had known this would happen, and did not reveal too many inappropriate subtle expressions. She just casually took Ruxing's hand and sat obediently in the back seat.
Ruxing asked again, "Uncle, uncle, I saw you on TV a few days ago, but Uncle Wang quickly turned off the TV. Did you sign up for any competition?"
But Jiang Shu, who always responded to Ruxing patiently, not only did not give a direct answer this time, but also explained in a flat tone -
"This is not something Ruxing should be concerned about."
When Cheng Xinran saw this, she looked as if she wanted to say something but hesitated.
Lin Ying then realized that something was wrong, but she didn't want to cause trouble in front of the child. She comforted the child with light words, asking her not to disturb her uncle driving, while her fingers pretended to swipe the screen nonchalantly. Seeing some familiar words popping up in the local hot search terms... No wonder he had to wear a mask today.
When the car stopped downstairs, Lin Ying didn't rush to remove the seat belt. Instead, he instructed the people behind him:
"Xinran, why don't you take Ruxing upstairs first? I'll go up later."
Cheng Xinran understood immediately after hearing these words, and Jiang Shu's hands on the steering wheel also clenched for a moment.
After watching her daughter safely go upstairs, Lin Ying slowly spoke:
"With all this commotion going on, why don't you just stay out of the spotlight and come pick me up from the hospital?"
At this moment, the car windows were closed tightly, and even the sound of the locks was clearly audible...
This was not the first time the two of them were in such a space together, but Lin Ying still couldn't get used to this "suffocation".
"It's a bit risky, but I really want to see you and hear you... speak from the heart."
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