Chapter 125 Strawberry Candy
In the VIP ward on the top floor of the hospital, it was so quiet that the only sound could be the regular ticking of the medical equipment.
Ruan Yao lay on the snow-white hospital bed, her sleeping face serene, though her brow was slightly furrowed, as if she were not at peace even in her dreams.
Huo Yanzhi sat on the edge of the bed, motionless, like a silent statue.
His left shoulder was wrapped in thick gauze, and his expensive shirt, soaked with blood, had been changed out; he was now only wearing a simple black T-shirt.
He held Ruan Yao's hand; his palm was warm, but that warmth couldn't reach her cold fingertips.
The doctor just came and concluded that Ruan Yao was only temporarily unconscious due to excessive fright and a slight impact to the back of her head. She is otherwise fine and just needs to rest.
Everyone breathed a sigh of relief.
Only Huo Yanzhi remained completely relaxed throughout the entire process.
He was exposed.
He himself tore open a fatal hole in the perfect facade he had carefully built up.
In the moment when he was engulfed in flames and on the brink of death, he thought he was going to die too. All his rationality and pretense turned to ashes, leaving only the deepest instincts from his past and present lives.
Before she lost consciousness, he saw the momentary shock, understanding, and... overwhelming sorrow in her eyes.
She'll find out.
She will know that he was also reborn.
She would know that he knew her secret from the beginning, and that she approached him with guilt.
She would know that he had been acting all along, playing the role of a perfect husband whom she had won over, and then comfortably enjoying the boundless tolerance and love she gave him out of guilt.
He took advantage of her guilt and kept her firmly by his side.
He is a despicable, controlling liar.
The thought of how Ruan Yao would look at him, this monster, with disgust and fear when she woke up made Huo Yanzhi feel suffocated.
He couldn't face it.
There was a gentle knock on the door of the ward, and Qin Feng walked in.
"Boss, the Shen family is completely finished. Shen Yu died on the spot, and the evidence against Shen's father for embezzling public funds and falsifying financial records is conclusive. He will spend the rest of his life in prison."
Qin Feng's voice was calm as he reported the final outcome of this business war.
Huo Yanzhi listened, feeling no sense of satisfaction from revenge.
His gaze never left Ruan Yao's sleeping face.
He simply nodded numbly, his gaze never leaving Ruan Yao's face.
"Boss, your injury..." Qin Feng looked at the gauze that was oozing a little blood and was somewhat worried.
“It’s alright.” Huo Yanzhi’s voice was terribly hoarse. “We’ve arranged for the best medical team and psychologists to be on call 24/7. Her emotions might be unstable after she wakes up.”
"Upgrade the security system to level three. Everyone around her, from the nanny to the driver, should be re-screened. I don't want any more accidents to happen."
"At Lexing Island, she will be temporarily suspended from her duties and will take a break. Huo Jing will take over all her work."
He made the arrangements one by one, calmly without a trace of emotion.
Qin Feng wrote them down one by one, and then he heard the instruction that surprised him the most.
"Prepare a private jet for me, the fastest flight. There's an emergency at the European branch, and I need to go there immediately to handle it." Huo Yanzhi looked out at the night sky, his tone calm. "Return date is uncertain."
Qin Feng was stunned.
Is there an emergency at the European branch?
But he was not notified.
He seemed to understand the command, which carried a sense of evasion, and did not immediately answer "yes".
He couldn't help but speak up, and this was the first time he had ever tried to interfere with his boss's private decisions.
"Boss, Miss Ruan will be very sad if she wakes up and doesn't see you. You are the person she needs most right now."
Huo Yanzhi slowly raised his head and looked at the person on the bed. In his deep black eyes, there was a vulnerability that Qin Feng had never seen before, a vulnerability that was almost desperate.
His lips moved, and the words he uttered were so soft they almost shattered in the air: "The cruelest thing is that she wakes up and sees me."
He didn't want to see the fear in her eyes, and he didn't want her to feel that she had just escaped one danger only to fall into another, even more terrifying cage.
Qin Feng choked up, unable to say anything, and could only lower his head and reply, "Yes."
After Qin Feng left, the ward returned to silence.
Huo Yanzhi walked back to the bedside.
He bent down and greedily traced Ruan Yao's eyebrows and eyes inch by inch.
This is the girl he has loved in two lifetimes.
In his past life, he pushed her too hard and lost her.
In this life, he learned to pretend and to scheme, thinking he could keep her by his side forever, but he still destroyed everything with his own hands because of his loss of control.
He reached out his slightly trembling hand and gently brushed the stray strands of hair across her forehead with his fingertips, his movements as tender as if he were handling a priceless treasure.
Finally, he placed a kiss on her forehead that was both deeply cherished and filled with boundless despair.
It's like saying a final goodbye to one's only god.
He stood up and gave her one last, deep look.
As if remembering something, he reached into his trouser pocket.
There was a small package there.
This morning, Ruan Yao smiled and handed him a few colorful hangover candies.
He fumbled around and took one out.
It was the orange-flavored candy that she had peeled and fed to him herself.
wrong.
He explored again, and his fingertips touched another one with a different shape.
He took it out.
It was a round candy wrapped in pink candy wrapper.
Strawberry candy.
He gently placed the strawberry candy beside Ruan Yao's pillow, right next to her curled-up fingers.
After doing all this, Huo Yanzhi never looked back. He opened the door, strode out, and completely shut out the world that contained her.
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