Chapter 122 I'm a dog, what are you?
Mu Yan didn't ask him about the origin of the ring. What difference did it make whether it was or not? In any case, even if the ring Young Master Lu was wearing was actually made from a broken piece of Xiuyan jade bracelet, people would guess that it was a new gemstone.
When Mu Yan was twenty, he would be secretly pleased that Lu Chong would immediately use the phone case he made for him and use it for a long time.
But perhaps it's true that getting older makes one more worldly, because Mu Yan no longer feels the same way he did back then.
He sat quietly next to Lu Chong, watching the people coming and going, searching for the shadow of Lu Chong's somewhat familiar assistant from Country A.
Lu Chong's gaze fell on his profile, just as his gaze had always fallen on Lu Chong's profile in the past.
His assistant arrived quickly and insisted on accompanying him to the hospital entrance, where he called a car to take him home.
The villa was quiet, with only the entrance hall light and the kitchen light still on.
He pushed open the door and went in. There was a winnowing basket containing some small wontons on the dining table. Xie Chen sat in the chair closest to the door, and his phone screen showed the screen of Candy Crush.
"Brother, you're so tired today, why aren't you going to sleep yet?"
On the way to the hospital, he sent a message to Xie Chen explaining that he was going to accompany Lu Chong to the hospital.
Xie Chen stood up and turned off the game he was about to win: "I was afraid you'd be hungry when you got back, so I cooked you some wontons."
Mu Yan could sense that he was a little unhappy, so she went over and quietly tried to explain something.
"Brother, are you unhappy?"
Xie Chen shook his head: "Who you want to be with is your choice. I do have a strong desire to control, and if it makes you feel like I'm restricting your freedom, then I'm sorry."
Mu Yan shook his head vigorously, meaning no.
“I’m not quite sure what happened between you two before… but based on what I know of Lu Chong, he’s not an emotional person. He wouldn’t give you all his possessions for no reason. The way he acted today, he probably really felt guilty and had really done a lot of things to wrong you.”
Mu Yan lowered his head and did not answer.
"I don't like him, and I don't want you to be with him. That's my judgment," Xie Chen said calmly. "Who you're with is your decision. As long as you like him, that's fine. Even if you meet a bad person, I'll support you. As long as it's not..."
He paused, still too embarrassed to say the name: "It doesn't matter who you're with, even if you want to have three or four, that's fine too."
Xie Chen probably felt that his tone had been a bit too serious, so he suddenly made a not-so-funny joke.
However, since the joke was made by Xie Chen, Mu Yan found it particularly difficult to laugh.
Once the wontons were cooked, Xie Chen poured boiling water into a soup bowl that had already been sprinkled with soy sauce, seaweed, lard, and salt, then scooped out the wontons and put them in.
The wontons were very hot from the pot, and Xie Chen, worried that Mu Yan would get burned, put the bowl of wontons on the table.
"You just took Lu Chong to the hospital. Was he faking it, or did the tests really find something?"
"It seems to be a stomach hemorrhage," Mu Yan said.
Xie Chen was slightly taken aback. Based on his understanding of Lu Chong, he felt that it was more likely that Lu Chong was faking it.
"That's quite serious. Are you going to see him tomorrow? If you don't want to go, I can go in your place."
Mu Yan shook his head. Lu Chong's illness wasn't his fault. As a friend, he had already taken Lu Chong to the hospital, so there was no need for him to visit him again.
He ate his wontons with his head down, and after a while, he suddenly looked up at Xie Chen: "...He had an accident at your house. Is it really okay for us not to go?"
Xie Chen chuckled upon hearing this. He raised his hand as if to ruffle Mu Yan's hair, but then withdrew it.
"You don't need to worry about that."
Anything you don't want to do, you don't have to do.
Xie Chen was always very kind and understanding towards him. Anything he didn't want to do was treated as a huge deal.
But for Mu Yan, making things easier for Xie Chen and reducing his worries is also a very important thing.
The matter between Lu Chong and Xie Chen was originally his own business. If it weren't for him, Lu Chong wouldn't have had an accident at Xie Chen's hotel.
...
It was already two or three in the morning when Lu Chong finished the gastroscopy and simple endoscopic hemostasis.
He will have other tests and treatments tomorrow, so his assistant arranged a private room for him to rest.
He didn't even tell Lu Zhi about being hospitalized. He only said that he had booked a hotel room to rest and that he planned to stay in Country A for a while longer, so that Lu Zhi could go back to China first.
He had no relatives or friends in Country A, and no one should have come to visit him while he was sick. However, that afternoon, someone he never expected came.
"Addicted to being a voyeur?" Lu Chong looked at the newcomer coldly, not wanting to give him a friendly look. "You even have spies planted in the hospital? As soon as they heard I was in trouble and hospitalized, they came running over like dogs?"
Although he had lost a lot of weight, clothes make the man, and Shang Qiyue was dressed smartly, which contrasted sharply with Lu Chong's hospital gown. He looked more like a troublemaker than a visitor.
Compared to their last meeting, Lu Chong sensed something had changed about him, and after a moment's thought, he realized it was his hairstyle.
He kept a short, neat wolf tail, which just covered the scar left by the rumored removal of his glands.
Lu Chong wanted to make a sarcastic remark about how old he was and why he was still trying to look young like Little A with a wolf tail, but he was afraid that someone as confident as Shang Qiyue would think he was praising him for being young.
"If I'm a dog, what is Young Master Lu?" Shang Qiyue smiled meaningfully, already dominating the ailing Lu Chong in terms of imposing manner.
"You know perfectly well that Mu Yan isn't with me, and you can't take him away even if you wanted to. What are you doing here? You're not just here to gloat, are you? You heard I was hospitalized and you wanted to come and laugh at me, right?"
Lu Chong hit the nail on the head, and Shang Qiyue, whose thoughts had been exposed, was not annoyed at all: "You really know me. No wonder they say that the one who understands a person best is often their enemy."
Lu Chong was already thinking of calling security to kick this person out, but Shang Qiyue was just being verbally aggressive. Calling for help now would make it seem like he couldn't out-argue Shang Qiyue.
"...You're so boring."
"That's all your fault. If you hadn't interfered, I wouldn't have had any time to waste on someone like you."
Lu Chong was furious with him. Shang Qiyue saw that his face had turned pale, so he pretended to be calm and picked up the cheapest apple among the gifts he had brought to comfort the sick.
"Seeing you like this makes me feel quite relieved. I've been in a bad mood these past few days. I heard you were sick and hospitalized, which was awful. I finally got my first good night's sleep in so many days. I should thank Young Master Lu. As a way of thanking you, let me peel an apple for you."
As Shang Qiyue spoke, he actually started peeling an apple for him. He had a simple peeler in his fruit basket. In the past few days, Shang Qiyue's dexterity had improved. He admired the apple peel he had peeled in one continuous strip, and only handed it to Lu Chong when the apple had slightly oxidized and turned yellow.
Even if Lu Chong starved to death, he would never want to eat the apple that Shang Qiyue had peeled. He suppressed the urge to roll his eyes and coldly told Shang Qiyue to take the apple away.
Undeterred, Shang Qiyue took the apple and ate it in a few bites. Feeling right at home, he found the trash can at the foot of the bed and threw the core in.
Lu Chong glared at him, then glanced at the fruit and gifts on the bedside table: "The house is much cleaner now that you've tidied it up."
"Yeah, trash should stay where it's supposed to be... By the way, what illness does Young Master Lu have? My people said you saw an internal medicine doctor. Could it be that you've developed kidney problems at such a young age? Kidney problems are really troublesome. Look at the mess this has made, I even feel a little guilty. I cursed you with impotence before, you wouldn't actually... "
Shang Qiyue has always been outspoken and doesn't hold back when he's in the mood to rant. He didn't notice the light footsteps outside his private ward, which was usually free of outsiders.
"Shang Qiyue, is it really that interesting to say something like that?"
Mu Yan looked into the ward. Lu Chong was leaning against the bedside, still on an IV drip. Shang Qiyue was sitting on a chair by the bed. When his gaze fell on him, he was almost completely stunned.
This was the first time Mu Yan and Shang Qiyue had met since Mu Yan escaped from Shang Qiyue's villa.
There was no sense of déjà vu; on the contrary, the dream of almost being strangled by a python felt like it had happened just last night. When Mu Yan heard Shang Qiyue's voice outside the ward, his legs went weak involuntarily.
Why did I have to appear in front of him again? Why did I have to come to Country A...?
I helped him get better and also accompanied him to his 27th birthday.
Being his lover and a miracle drug, Mu Yan clearly owed him nothing...
But why does he still haunt me like a ghost, refusing to let me go?
Even though Shang Qiyue's illness has clearly improved and Mu Yan's life is getting better, you go your way and I'll go mine. As long as we don't see each other, we can both live well.
"If you think this is wrong, I won't say anything more, okay?" After nearly a minute of silence, Shang Qiyue said hesitantly.
"It's wrong to belittle others, it's wrong to disrespect others, it's wrong to lock others in your house. Don't you know these things yourself? Do I need to tell you that these things are wrong?"
"Why are you still staring at me like that?" Upon seeing Shang Qiyue, Mu Yan could barely contain his emotions. "Do you want to kidnap me again? This is Country A."
"No, no..." Shang Qiyue lowered his head, defeated. "Don't send me away. Let me see if you're okay with Yan Yan. He's okay with it, why can't I? I'm sorry, I really know I was wrong. You can hit me, you can scold me, you can..."
[Author's Note]
Shang Qiyue: I have no interest in being a third party.
He Fan: It would be even better if Brother Lu Chong changed. As long as he treats you well, that's fine. We're just worried that you'll be bullied.
Lu Chong: No need. Go and be with your family. They are all more important than me, including that brother you just recognized. Go and be with them. Don't worry about me.
Xie Chen: It doesn't matter who you're with. Even if you want to find three or four, that's fine too.
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