He draped his denim jacket over Lin Zhenzhen.
An oversized denim jacket draped over her body, reaching all the way to her knees.
"Can you walk by yourself? Do you need me to carry you?"
Lin Zhenzhen blushed and shook her head.
But Yu Jiamu still forcefully put his arm around her shoulder, and from behind, it looked like the two of them were embracing tightly.
On the street outside the hospital, a black car with its hazard lights flashing was parked, but the windows were tightly closed, making it impossible to see who was inside.
"It's Chen Xinji. He's afraid I'll beat him up, so he doesn't dare to see me."
Yu Jiamu tidied up Lin Zhenzhen's long hair at the back, naturally gathering the stray hairs that fell across her cheeks behind her ears.
He said gently, "I have urgent business to attend to at home. You go back with him first, and I'll come see you later."
Lin Zhenzhen nodded, placed her hand on her coat, and made a gesture as if to take it off and return it to him.
Yu Jiamu held her hand down, laughing smugly: "Wear it, you look great in it."
Under his gaze, Lin Zhenzhen walked step by step closer to Chen Xinji's car.
She opened the car door, smiled gently at him, and then got into the car.
Yu Jiamu stood on the deserted street corner, one hand in his pocket, and slowly waved to her.
As the car started, Lin Zhenzhen watched the person in the rearview mirror grow smaller and smaller, and Chen Xinji beside her seemed to finally breathe a sigh of relief as if a seal had been broken.
His mouth rattled off a whole bunch of words like he was launching marbles.
"Why did you go to the hospital? Is it serious? It's not that I don't care about you, but I had already sneaked out of the house and didn't know you hadn't come back, otherwise I would definitely have asked you."
Lin Zhenzhen originally wanted to write, but seeing that he was driving, she thoughtfully typed what she wanted to say into a translation app and then played it back.
"My stomach problem flared up, it's just a minor issue."
"Eek!" Chen Xinji made a sharp turn.
He muttered, "Why is Yu Jiamu so fierce! He looked like he was going to eat me alive. I thought something had happened to me!"
As he spoke, his eyes kept glancing at Lin Zhenzhen.
An ill-fitting size, an understated yet expensive logo, and a faint scent of men's cologne permeating the cramped space.
It's obvious that these are Yu Jiamu's clothes.
Chen Xinji was getting a little frantic. Yu Jiamu had done something to his sister while he was away!
Even rabbits don't eat the grass near their burrows! You bastard!
Chen Xinji is clearly an experienced driver, making the steady sedan feel like a supercar.
He only took forty minutes to drive from the hospital to the Chen family home, a journey that used to take an hour.
As soon as the car came to a stop, Lin Zhenzhen was about to get out when Chen Xinji reached out and stopped her.
"Um, how about we take our clothes off before we go in?"
Lin Zhenzhen looked up at him, puzzled.
Chen Xinji scratched his head in frustration and replied, "If Tian Tian sees this, she'll start arguing again. Once she starts making a fuss, it'll never end."
Lin Zhenzhen lowered her eyes, took off her denim jacket, and handed it to him.
Her cooperation made Chen Xinji the one who felt uncomfortable.
He opened his mouth, but the words stuck in his throat and he couldn't say them.
Lin Zhenzhen smiled, her eyes curving into crescents, brighter than the stars in the sky.
She patted the little tuft of curly hair sticking up on Chen Xinji's head.
He shook his head and silently said: It's okay.
Her smile was so pure that Chen Xinji lowered his head, too ashamed to look into her eyes.
The lights were still on at the Chen family restaurant. When Lin Zhenzhen entered, she happened to run into Chen Houwen having a late-night snack.
Seeing that Lin Zhenzhen was only returning at this hour, he frowned, seemingly displeased: "Why are you out so late? As a girl, you should know how to take care of yourself."
Wen Hongying sat in her seat, silent, but her eyes were full of smugness. She was right; what good could there be in hanging out with a playboy like Yu Jiamu?
Well said, she could be his "girlfriend" for a while. But if things go wrong, like Ling Zhen is now, she might have already been taken advantage of and left without even a proper title.
Sensing the awkward atmosphere, Chen Xinji, who entered after her, quickly spoke up.
"My sister was hospitalized because she wasn't feeling well, which is why she was delayed for several hours."
Upon hearing this, the smile in Wen Hongying's eyes vanished instantly, replaced by fear.
When she saw the hospital bandage still hanging on Lin Zhenzhen's wrist, she couldn't help but stand up abruptly.
"Why are you so easily startled!" Chen Houwen turned around and scolded her.
Wen Hongying forced a stiff smile and said, "I... I was just worried about Xiaozhen. Is she feeling unwell? Why did you suddenly go to the hospital?"
The other person's clumsy acting was so bad it was almost painful to look at, and Lin Zhenzhen couldn't help but turn her head away.
Chen Xinji readily took on the role of her spokesperson: "It's an old problem, my sister's stomach was uncomfortable, but it's much better now."
Upon hearing that she had gone to the hospital because of an upset stomach, Wen Hongying's expression softened noticeably.
With this explanation, Chen Houwen automatically interpreted Lin Zhenzhen's head-turning gesture as a sign of grievance and resentment.
They felt wronged by being reprimanded and resentful of being ignored.
Unable to express her feelings verbally, she could only convey her emotions through small gestures.
Chen Houwen felt a pang of pity and self-reproach.
"How can you have such a problem at such a young age?" Chen Houwen looked at Lin Zhenzhen's thin body and sighed, "It's because no one took good care of you when you should have been growing. In the end, it's my dereliction of duty as a father."
He turned to Wen Hongying and instructed her, "Go and get some traditional Chinese medicine for Xiaozhen to regulate her body. See how weak the child's body is."
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