The wound on Zhou Yushen’s calf was deep and required several stitches.
Compared to him, Shen Nanyue’s injuries were practically insignificant.
She didn’t even need to stay in the hospital and was discharged that very day.
Wu Jinshu looked apologetically at Shen Nanyue while holding Xiaogu.
She explained that she still had some work to handle in Fengcheng and hoped Shen Nanyue could take care of Zhou Yushen.
Naturally, Shen Nanyue agreed.
Xiaogu kept insisting that he wanted to play with “Pretty Auntie,” but Wu Jinshu grabbed him by the back of the collar and carried him out of the hospital.
Shen Nanyue couldn’t help but sigh.
“Does your family practice a rough-and-tumble style of parenting with Xiaogu?”
Glancing at the door that had just closed, Zhou Yushen replied calmly,
“He’s a boy. If he doesn’t get knocked around a little, he won’t grow up.”
Shen Nanyue twitched the corner of her mouth.
“What about girls?”
“The same.”
At least he was fair.
Smiling, Shen Nanyue finished peeling the apple in her hand.
She cut it into small pieces and handed some to Zhou Yushen.
Looking at her slender, fair hand, Zhou Yushen leaned forward and took the apple directly from her fingers, deliberately brushing his tongue across her fingertip.
As if shocked by an electric current, Shen Nanyue immediately withdrew her hand.
Meanwhile, Zhou Yushen leaned comfortably against the headboard, chewing the apple with obvious satisfaction.
“Sweet.”
Shen Nanyue’s cheeks turned slightly red.
Ever since she had agreed to be with him, he seemed to have reverted to the shameless rogue he used to be.
She shot him an indignant glare and angrily bit into a piece of apple herself.
“Nanyue, I want some water.”
Shen Nanyue placed the remaining apple on the bedside table and poured him a glass.
“My hands don’t have any strength.”
He looked up at her with innocent eyes.
“I seem to remember your leg was the part that got injured.”
“When one limb is hurt, the other three suffer too.”
“What kind of nonsense logic is that?”
Helpless, Shen Nanyue carried the cup over and held it to his lips.
Satisfied, Zhou Yushen took a drink.
“My wound hurts a little,” he said.
Immediately setting down the cup, Shen Nanyue looked worriedly at his leg.
“Why does it hurt? Is it infected? Let me take a look.”
Just as she was about to inspect it, he grabbed her wrist.
Looking down, she met his dark eyes.
“It won’t hurt if you kiss me.”
Shen Nanyue felt as if three black lines had appeared over her head.
How could someone be both so shameless and so clingy?
Following his lead, she leaned closer.
A playful smile appeared on her lips.
“Close your eyes.”
Obediently, Zhou Yushen closed them.
Her breath brushed past his lips and drifted toward his ear.
The faint fragrance surrounding her made his heartbeat quicken.
Then he heard her seductive whisper.
“Are you really used to eating vegetables without ever getting any meat?”
Zhou Yushen’s eyes flew open.
A strand of Shen Nanyue’s hair slipped across his lips.
“I’ll wait until your leg heals.”
After saying that, she straightened up.
Seeing the disbelief on Zhou Yushen’s face—and the faint desire now visible in his eyes—she smiled in satisfaction.
If she didn’t teach him a lesson once in a while, he’d become completely impossible to handle.
She turned to leave.
Suddenly, Zhou Yushen grabbed her wrist.
With a slight pull, she let out a startled cry and stumbled forward.
Wrapping an arm around her waist, he spun her around.
The next thing she knew, she was pinned gently against the hospital bed.
His warm breath brushed against her ear.
“Why wait until my leg heals? Do you doubt my abilities?”
Whatever thought crossed her mind caused Shen Nanyue’s face to flush bright red.
She pushed against his chest.
“What are you doing? Your injury hasn’t even healed yet!”
“Want to test that theory?”
Before she could answer, he kissed her.
At that moment, Shen Nanyue regretted provoking him.
She should have known better.
When the kiss finally ended, she found an opportunity and bit down on his shoulder.
“Hiss!”
Zhou Yushen winced in pain.
Then he laughed softly.
“What are you, a puppy?”
Grabbing his shirt tightly, Shen Nanyue glared at him.
“This is a hospital. If you try anything, I’ll… I’ll hire a caregiver to look after you. And I won’t come see you for a long time.”
“That heartless?”
His low chuckle sounded beside her ear.
Only then did Shen Nanyue realize he had never intended to do anything inappropriate.
Embarrassment immediately flooded through her.
Struggling, she tried to get up.
Instead, Zhou Yushen pulled her into his arms, and the two of them ended up squeezed together on the hospital bed.
“I’m a little sleepy. Stay with me for a while.”
“If you want to sleep, sleep by yourself.”
Shen Nanyue continued to squirm.
Zhou Yushen spoke calmly.
“If you keep moving around, I can’t guarantee what I might do.”
Shen Nanyue finally stopped struggling and obediently nestled in his arms.
She had always thought that, in certain ways, she was bolder than many men.
Yet whenever she faced Zhou Yushen, she somehow always ended up at a disadvantage.
It was honestly a little embarrassing.
And yet, she wasn’t angry at all.
For once, her competitive nature didn’t seem to kick in.
Was it because she instinctively knew she couldn’t outmatch Zhou Yushen?
Her thoughts wandered freely.
Beside her, Zhou Yushen noticed her silence and assumed she was upset.
“Are you angry?”
Shen Nanyue looked up but could only see his sharply defined jawline.
“No.”
Her voice was muffled and didn’t sound particularly convincing.
Chuckling softly, Zhou Yushen tightened his arms around her.
“Nanyue, I’m really happy.”
“What are you happy about?”
“I’m happy that you’re finally not avoiding me anymore. Happy that I don’t have to keep being a lovesick fool.”
A trace of bitterness stirred in Shen Nanyue’s heart.
“Again? So when you came to Fengcheng this time, it was because of me too?”
“Other than you, there’s no one in Fengcheng worth staying for.”
Resting against his chest, Shen Nanyue could feel the faint vibrations of his voice as he spoke.
The sound of his deep, pleasant voice and the steady rhythm beneath her cheek brought her an inexplicable sense of comfort.
“When I saw you going on blind dates with other people, I was furious,” Zhou Yushen admitted.
“But I had no right to interfere. So I thought that since the Zhou Group and Shen Group had plenty of business dealings, I’d use the same trick as before and get close to you again as a business partner.”
A soft laugh escaped Shen Nanyue.
“Why did it have to be me?”
“I don’t know.”
Lowering his head, Zhou Yushen pressed a kiss to the top of her hair.
“I only know that back in the capital, life was terrible without you.”
Every second felt suffocating.
The only way he could endure it was by burying himself in work, constantly keeping himself occupied so he wouldn’t have time to think about how painful every passing moment felt.
Beneath the blanket, Shen Nanyue quietly reached for his hand and intertwined their fingers.
Truthfully, her own life hadn’t been nearly as glamorous as it appeared.
Many sleepless nights, she had stared at the ceiling in the darkness while memories of Zhou Yushen replayed endlessly through her mind like scenes from a film.
“Back in that warehouse, when I thought I was going to die, do you know what I thought about?”
“What?” Zhou Yushen asked.
“I thought about you.”
She paused.
“People say that the last person you think about before you die is the most important person in your life. At the time, I kept wondering… why was it you? Why did it have to be you?”
“Why shouldn’t it be me?” Zhou Yushen complained.
A smile touched Shen Nanyue’s lips.
“Because I used to think there was someone else in your heart. I thought I was just a toy to you.”
Her quiet words landed heavily on Zhou Yushen’s heart.
A painful tightness filled his chest, as if it had been stuffed with cotton, making it difficult to breathe.
— The end of the Chapter–
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