Chapter 110 Take off your clothes
Zhuang Bieyan immediately clenched his palms, took her hand, and pulled her to sit down on the edge of the bed.
Qu He looked at his weak appearance and then looked down at their intertwined hands.
“There will be no more farewell banquets like this. I need to know everything, good or bad. I share your fears, but trust isn’t built on hiding things.”
"Okay, there will definitely be no next time, I promise."
Qu He leaned obediently on his uninjured shoulder, "If there's a next time, I really will leave, so you'll never find me again..."
Before she could finish speaking, he lifted her chin with one hand and sealed her lips with a kiss.
This kiss was not as gentle and tender as usual; instead, it carried the eagerness and unease of something lost and then regained. It was as if Zhuang Bieyan was using this method to confirm her existence.
When the kiss ended, their foreheads touched, their breaths mingling.
"Ahe, don't leave me..." he gasped, a hint of paranoid vulnerability in his voice, "I'll go crazy..."
Qu He looked into his eyes, carefully avoiding his wound, wrapped her arms tightly around his waist, and buried her face in his chest.
A hug silently conveyed her compromise and the unease hidden in her heart.
Outside the ward, Yan Shu could clearly see the two people embracing inside through the small glass window in the door.
Her hands gripped the wall so tightly they turned white, then her eyes darkened, and she turned and left.
The sound of high heels hitting the floor was exceptionally clear in the corridor.
Zhuang Bieyan's injury was clearly unexpected by everyone.
The production team of the program "Chengqi" quickly issued an official apology statement on Weibo.
Although the production team immediately cut off the live broadcast, the scene where Zhuang Bieyan was injured while protecting Qu He was still recorded and uploaded to the internet.
Public opinion was in an uproar. Yan Shu's fans angrily denounced the program team for dereliction of duty in security, while Yan Qu's fans felt sorry for Zhuang Bieyan while also trying to find some sweet moments amidst the shattered glass.
No one noticed that a group of spectators with 8x scopes then raised sharp questions:
Am I the only one who noticed that Qu He was pushed out? The angle and force were clearly wrong.
[I watched the replay ten times! At that time, only Yan Shu was behind Qu He. If President Zhuang hadn't appeared, Qu He would have run headfirst into the broken porcelain wall, and the consequences would have been unimaginable.]
[Stop with the conspiracy theories! Why don't you say it was Qu He's mistake? Look how quickly she reacted by pulling Yan Shu; she must have noticed something was wrong with the man a long time ago. Why didn't she warn her sooner?]
Wow, you're spouting such nonsense you could be a fortune teller! It was clearly Qu He who saved Yan Shu!
[Stop arguing! Didn't you guys notice when Yan Shu threw herself at Zhuang Bieyan before the live stream ended? I've always felt that the way Yan Shu looked at Zhuang Bieyan was unusual; there's definitely something between them.]
[Speaking of which, on the day Zhuang Bieyan officially announced their relationship, Yan Shu even posted "I'll grant your wish" in the fan community. Could it be that the two of them...]
[The banquet music lingers! Stop making noise here! Zhuang Bieyan loves Quhe the most! I'm taking it away, no more dates.]
The online uproar did not affect the peaceful life in reality.
After Zhuang Bieyan was injured, Qu He put aside all her other commitments and stayed with him in the hotel to recuperate, changing his dressings every day. She had a lot of free time.
Fortunately, the show has already finished recording, so Qu He is taking a vacation and plans to return to Beicheng after he has recovered enough.
He didn't know if it was her intense reaction last time that scared him, or if the injury made him unusually clingy. These past few days, whenever she left his sight for a short while, he would accurately find her. She was practically a walking, giant accessory.
Just now, Tang Tian, a college student she met on the show "Chengqi", messaged her, saying she wanted to give her a gift before she left and that she had arrived downstairs at the hotel.
Qu He didn't want her to wait any longer, so she told Zhuang Bieyan that she was going downstairs to see someone and then went out.
The little girl was innocent and kind-hearted, so Qu He came over to give her a farewell gift, and then took her to eat dessert at the hotel.
In just a short while, Zhuang Bieyan made several phone calls.
Qu He had no choice but to turn off Do Not Disturb mode, but after only taking two bites of cake, Tang Tian was called back by the production team.
She saw Tang Tian off at the hotel entrance, and when she turned around, she saw Zhuang Bieyan leaning against a pillar in the lobby, staring at her intently.
Qu He was still upset about his repeated calls, so she deliberately walked past him without looking at him and headed straight for the elevator.
Zhuang Bieyan knew he was in the wrong, so he quickly followed her and squeezed into the elevator doors that were about to close.
He took the gift bag from Tang Tian's hand and softened his voice, "What do you want for lunch?"
After returning to the room, he put down what he was holding and immediately wrapped his arms around her, speaking in a flattering tone, "Ahe, please pay attention to me."
“I’m just going downstairs to meet someone, I’m not going to run away,” Qu He said curtly.
"I know." He still held her tightly.
"Don't do that again next time."
"Okay," he agreed quickly.
"The show sent me a message asking me to take some additional promotional photos this afternoon, and I might have dinner with them tonight."
Qu He still reported it to the authorities.
"Then I'll go with you..."
"no!"
Qu He immediately nipped his idea in the bud, saying, "You stay in the hotel. If you dare to follow me, I'll fly back to Beicheng right away."
"...good."
Zhuang Bieyan was unwilling to compromise, so he settled for second best, "Then send me a message when it's almost over, and I'll come pick you up."
"Um."
Qu He thought about the way he had supported his back when he came downstairs, and her gaze fell on his back. "Turn around and lift up your clothes so I can see your wound."
Zhuang Bieyan obediently turned around and simply took off his shirt, revealing his broad shoulders and narrow waist.
Normally, Qu He would have been delighted to see the sights, but now all she could see were the large medical patches stuck to her back.
The skin around the edges has scabbed over and looks much better.
Qu He gently tapped the area without the medical bandage, "Okay, put it on."
Zhuang Bieyan was surprised that she finished reading so quickly. She slowly put on her clothes, wishing she could slow down her movements tenfold.
"The wound looks like it's healing well, so I don't need to help you take a bath today, right?"
As soon as he finished speaking, Zhuang Bieyan gasped and hissed.
He turned around and grabbed Qu He's hand, which she hadn't had time to pull away. "It's not completely healed yet. It still hurt when I turned around just now. Ahe, can you help me for a few more days?"
Qu He glanced at him. The doctor had clearly said yesterday when the bandages were removed that the wound was healing very well and that it no longer needed anyone's help.
But seeing the expectation in his eyes, she was too lazy to call him out and simply hummed in agreement.
After lunch, the production crew's car arrived downstairs.
Qu He had told Zhuang Bieyan she was going downstairs ten minutes earlier, but he kept her there, using the excuse that "you can't be with me this afternoon, and you won't let me make a phone call," and then pressed her down on the sofa and kissed her for a long time.
"I have to go downstairs, or I'll be late."
"Hmm..." he mumbled in response.
"Take your hand out of my sight!" Qu He grabbed his misbehaving hand.
"...good."
Zhuang Bieyan verbally agreed, but his actions were slow and leisurely.
In the end, Qu He gained the upper hand with a ruthless kick and managed to escape.
The door opened and closed again, and before leaving, she didn't forget to say, "Don't follow me," before departing.
The room became quiet.
Zhuang Bieyan rubbed his calf, which she had kicked, and smiled helplessly.
He just couldn't help wanting to stick close to her; ultimately, it was his insecurity and fear of losing her that were causing the problem.
He got up and was about to tidy up the sofa when he heard a knock on the door.
Thinking Qu He had left something behind, Zhuang Bieyan strode towards the door, a smile still playing on his lips: "Did you leave something behind? I knew you were walking too fast..."
The words stopped abruptly the moment the door was opened.
Upon seeing the person standing outside the door, Zhuang Bieyan's smile instantly froze, gradually fading, and his gaze became distant and cold.
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