roccoschili Chapter 170: There is no possibility of walking together.
Chapter 170: There is no possibility of walking together.
After confirming that Ji Yubai was alright, Ji's mother pinched his cheeks in frustration, saying, "Look at you, so pathetic."
In front of his little girl, he dared not be presumptuous and could only chuckle as he faced his mother's wrath.
"Never mind him, let's eat." Ji's father and Fu Shengyang set out the packed food and invited everyone to eat.
As soon as the food box was opened, the aroma of the food wafted into the air.
"Ah~ I'm so hungry too." Ji Yubai smacked his lips and swallowed.
With his son's condition stable, Mr. Ji became a strict father again, saying, "The nurse said you are not allowed to eat or drink anything."
Ji Yubai could only face the other side, secretly swallowing his saliva as he smelled the aroma of the food.
After a simple meal, Ji's father told the three of them to go home, and that he and Ji's mother could look after Ji Yubai.
An Xiaoyue and Fu Shengyang knew Zhong Lingxi's purpose in coming, so they agreed.
After considering for a moment, Zhong Lingxi looked at the two elders and said, "Mr. Ji, Mrs. Ji, let me take care of President Ji."
The two elderly people looked at her in surprise.
Realizing the two elders had misunderstood, she quickly explained, "When I was sick before, it was President Ji who took care of me. I'm here to repay his kindness. Please let me do this."
Upon hearing this, Ji Yubai, lying in his hospital bed, felt a fleeting sense of joy, like bubbles floating in the air, before suddenly bursting and disappearing.
He wanted the girl to take care of him, but he didn't want to.
Taking care of him meant that everything between him and the girl was over.
Mr. and Mrs. Ji looked at each other, then nodded in agreement. "Thank you, Lingxi. Your uncle and I will go back and tidy up. It's hot, and we both smell bad. We're quite embarrassed."
Zhong Lingxi: "Okay, you guys take your time. I'll keep watch here."
When Mr. and Mrs. Ji left, they both looked at the person on the hospital bed and smiled so brightly.
Ji's mother glared at Ji Yubai, but instead of restraining himself, he laughed even more happily.
After seeing everyone off, Zhong Lingxi checked Ji Yubai's fluids and then sat down on the side sofa, casually flipping through a medical brochure on the coffee table.
Finally having some time alone together, Zhong Lingxi remained silent. Ji Yubai was unsure of her thoughts and dared not speak, fearing he might upset her and cause her to run away.
For a moment, the only sound in the ward was the occasional siren of an ambulance outside the window.
Zhong Lingxi watched for a while, and out of the corner of her eye, she caught Ji Yubai staring at her with his big eyes.
As soon as Ji Yubai noticed her attention, he grinned widely and grinned foolishly.
Zhong Lingxi stared at him. "Can't you sleep?"
"I've been lying in bed all day. If it weren't for these machines holding me up, I think I could have been discharged."
After Ji Yubai finished speaking, the ward fell silent again.
He couldn't help but wonder if he was talking too much and the girl didn't like it anymore.
Ji Yubai silently counted in his mind: the girl's question had four words, and his answer had twenty-seven words.
Six times? That's a bit much.
Ji Yubai bit his lip. When the girl spoke again, he wanted to be concise and to the point. She didn't like long-winded talk. He wanted to get to the point.
Just as he was silently reciting "get to the point," Zhong Lingxi spoke up.
"I heard from Xiaoyue that you got sick because you drank too much alcohol?"
"Yes." A single word, a perfect answer.
Zhong Lingxi pictured Ji's parents looking exhausted. Even though they were well-maintained, they were still getting on in years, and the damage from staying up late and emotional fluctuations couldn't be recovered with just a good night's sleep.
“Your parents are very worried about you. Your father stayed up all night to watch over you, and his eyes were bloodshot. Your mother was so anxious that she cried and went to Fuyuan to find Xiaoyue. She hoped that I could tell you to stop working so hard.”
Ji Yubai knew what she wanted to say, and his hand under the blanket unconsciously clenched into a fist, gripping the sheet tightly.
He didn't want to hear it. As long as the girl didn't say it out loud, he wouldn't be relegated to the sidelines. He could still deceive himself into thinking that since the girl hadn't rejected him, he still had a chance.
"Ouch~" Ji Yubai cried out in pain, "My hand hurts."
Zhong Lingxi asked suspiciously, "Does it really hurt?"
"It really hurts. This hand with the IV drip, please take a look at it."
Zhong Ling was pleased to see his face flushed red, which didn't seem like acting.
She got up to check and saw that a section of the transparent IV tube was filled with red blood, and Ji Yubai's hand was swollen.
"I'll call a nurse to handle it, just bear with it."
She turned off the IV drip and directly pressed the call button to explain the situation to the nurse in her bedside.
Three minutes later, the nurse came over and switched Ji Yubai's arm for the IV drip.
Zhong Lingxi crossed her arms and stared at Ji Yubai on the bed.
Ji Yubai was already feeling guilty, and being stared at like that made him even more afraid to open his eyes.
Zhong Lingxi saw through his trick and simply asked him lightly, "Are you going to take a nap?"
"Hmm." Ji Yubai kept in mind the principle that too much talk leads to mistakes.
"Okay, I'll lie down for a bit too."
Zhong Lingxi knew he didn't want to continue the previous topic, so she suggested they wait until the IV drip was finished before continuing the conversation.
She rushed back from her early morning flight to take the graduation group photo, and after a busy morning, she was indeed a bit tired.
I took off my shoes, pulled the air-conditioned blanket over myself, and went straight to sleep.
Ji Yubai only opened his eyes when he heard her even breathing.
He watched the liquid drop by drop, then drop by drop, and then drop by drop...
He had lost most of the liquid and still couldn't find a reason to keep Zhong Lingxi.
Ji Yubai knew very well that Zhong Lingxi did not love him, and did not even have the slightest affection for him.
She was there only because her sister-in-law was kind and told her about his illness, and coincidentally, she was a grateful person.
During the time she was sick, her attitude towards him was acceptable, but it wasn't love.
Zhong Lingxi only took advantage of An Xiaoyue because she didn't want An Xiaoyue to get pregnant and had to run around to get her pregnant.
During that period, their relationship could only be described as her using him, and him being willing to be used—nothing more.
He had no professional connection with Zhong Lingxi, and she was currently employed at Changfeng Group. Apart from their relationship as sisters-in-law, he had no reason to meet with Zhong Lingxi.
He was unwilling, but the time had come for him to face reality.
There is absolutely no possibility that he and Zhong Lingxi will end up together.
The thought of giving up on loving her made Ji Yubai's eyes sting, and a hot tear rolled from the corner of his eye to his ear, chilling him to the bone.
Ji Yubai turned to his side, hunching over, and wiped his tears on the blanket.
Tears streamed down his face, and he didn't even know when he fell asleep.
The sound of ambulance sirens could be heard from time to time. Apart from that, there was only a silent stillness and a suffocating feeling of not being able to breathe properly during my sleep.
"Son, Yu Bai..."
In his drowsy state, he heard his mother's voice.
"Son, wake up, did you faint from the pain?"
"She's still on an IV drip of painkillers, so she probably isn't in pain." It was the little girl's voice.
Little girl, yes, she was going to say some final words to him; he didn't want to hear them, he didn't want to wake up.
"Ji Yubai, I'm going to pinch your skin!"
His mother was clearly very worried about him, yet she spoke to him so harshly.
No one knows a son better than his mother; his thoughts were never hidden from her.
Under the watchful eyes of his mother and Zhong Lingxi, Ji Yubai "slowly woke up," looking as if a sweet dream had been disturbed.
"Haa~" he yawned widely, "Mom, you're here."
He pretended to be relaxed, his upper eyelids slightly swollen, but no matter how he tried to hide it, he couldn't escape his mother's eyes.
But Ji's mother didn't say anything, only saying, "If you didn't faint, then live well."
After she finished speaking, she called Zhong Lingxi and went to have dinner on the side.