This was concentrated vodka, and Huo Tingyun was drinking it straight from the bottle. So many empty bottles were scattered on the table. A normal person would be drunk and unconscious after one bottle of vodka, perhaps forgetting everything for three days. Yet, he had drunk so much.
He truly wasn't treating his body as his own, just ruining himself.
"Leave me alone! Get out!" Huo Tingyun tried to snatch the bottle back from Lin Te, but he was clearly too drunk to do so. He couldn't even reach out to grab it, missing entirely and flailing in another direction.
"Sir, no matter what you say, I cannot give you this alcohol. You can disregard your own health, but everyone will worry about you. Drinking like this will ruin your body sooner or later, and that's not worth it!"
Having been by Huo Tingyun's side for so many years, Lin Te had never seen him in such a state of despair.
He didn't know why. Was it because of work, or because Huo Qingrang had two children outside the family, or perhaps because…
Lin Te called several bodyguards and forcibly carried Huo Tingyun away.
Huo Tingyun's will was strong, and although he tried to resist, it was completely useless. He was directly carried away by two burly men and put into a car.
Lin Te drove Huo Tingyun back to the Huo residence and called the family doctor.
Ever since Qin Xue moved out of the Huo residence, only servants were left to manage the household, making it very desolate. Lin Te carried Huo Tingyun out of the car, and only a maid came to open the door.
Lin Te placed Huo Tingyun back on the bedroom bed. After drinking, the man's body felt heavier than usual, and he started to feel hot all over. His condition did not look good.
The family doctor arrived half an hour later and examined Huo Tingyun, his brows furrowed throughout the examination.
Lin Te watched, trembling, "Doctor, what's wrong?"
Back at the company, as soon as she entered, Yang Tianhao saw her and followed her into the office. He closed the door before speaking, "Sister Su Qi, people from the Huo family came this morning looking for you. They said they had something to discuss with you, and they wouldn't leave if you didn't accompany them."
Su Qi frowned. No wonder she saw so many men in suits standing guard at the entrance; they were Lin Te's men.
"Then let them wait here. As long as they don't block the way."
Su Qi put down her handbag and sat in her chair, flipping through the day's documents, appearing completely unconcerned.
It must have been Lin Te who sent them.
Huo Tingyun was sick, so he found her, wanting her to see him, simply because Huo Tingyun had been calling her name.
Why should she?
She had been humiliated by Huo Tingyun, treated coldly by him. When she was sick and taking medicine alone, why hadn't anyone taken care of her, why hadn't anyone pitied her?
Huo Tingyun had power and wealth. Was Huo Tingyun pitiful?
Su Qi curled her lips and let out a scoff.
Huo Tingyun was not someone to be pitied by others.
There were plenty of pitiful people in this world.
The most pitiful person was definitely not Huo Tingyun.
Su Qi devoted herself to her work. After a busy day, when she got off work, Qin Yusheng drove to pick her up. This time, Su Qi did not refuse. As she walked towards the car with Qin Yusheng, she opened the car door when footsteps approached quickly. Then, Lin Te pushed the car door open, blocking Su Qi's path.
"Miss Su, please come with me. Master Huo has a high fever and refuses to take medicine. He's been calling your name all day. If you don't show up soon, Master Huo might become an idiot from the fever!"
Become an idiot from the fever?
Was there such a good thing?
Su Qi raised an eyebrow. "Then let me ask you, what is my relationship with Huo Tingyun?"
Lin Te was speechless. After thinking for a long time, he replied, "Ex-wife?"
"You see, you know yourself that Huo Tingyun is just my ex-husband. I have no right to be here. You should go find Miss Li Caiyi. She is Huo Tingyun's wife. Perhaps Huo Tingyun is just dreaming of humiliating me. If he doesn't take his medicine, won't you force-feed him? Won't you knock him out and force-feed him medicine and give him injections? This has nothing to do with me. I'm sorry."
After speaking, Su Qi walked around Lin Te and sat in the passenger seat.
Qin Yusheng smiled, "You heard her. Please move aside."
Lin Te wisely moved aside. Qin Yusheng got into the driver's seat, and the car gradually drove away, disappearing from sight.
Lin Te stared blankly in the direction the car had gone.
He had always known what Su Qi had sacrificed. After all, having been by Huo Tingyun's side, he had witnessed Su Qi's efforts, her humility, her sacrifices, and her compromises.
Before, he only thought his master was cold, and Su Qi was pitiful.
Su Qi's refusal to help was simply normal human behavior.
After all, no one would empathize with a man who had humiliated and neglected them for over a year.
Su Qi had always been a perceptive woman, able to let go and move on, daring to love and hate. When she no longer loved, she no longer loved. After the divorce, they lived their own lives, without disturbing each other.
It was perfectly normal for Su Qi not to want to get involved in Huo Tingyun's affairs.
Lin Te returned to the hospital. As the door opened, Li Caiyi hurried over and looked behind Lin Te. "Where is she? Where is Sister Su Qi?"
"She didn't come. She said she doesn't want to get involved, that you should live your own lives and not disturb each other!"
She still didn't come!
Looking at the hospital bed, the man's wrist was connected to an IV drip. He was feverish and seemed to have lost most of his consciousness. His chapped thin lips were murmuring a name, his voice weak, but if one listened carefully, they could still hear it clearly.
Li Caiyi's eyes suddenly reddened, and her nose felt sour as if it had been dipped in vinegar. "Tingyun loves Sister Su Qi, doesn't he? He suddenly started drinking heavily and smoking, his temperament changed drastically, and the light in his eyes disappeared. Although he doesn't say it, he hides it very deeply, but I still know that Tingyun loves Su Qi, loves her very, very much, to the bone.
No one knows why the man didn't say that one sentence, the 'I love you' that he didn't get to say.
The man had a fever for three days and three nights. Since he couldn't be fed medicine, he had been on an IV drip for these past few days, receiving many infusions. On the morning of the fourth day, his temperature was measured, and the fever had subsided considerably.
Li Caiyi breathed a sigh of relief, finally feeling somewhat at ease.
She turned to go buy some breakfast, estimating that Huo Tingyun would wake up soon. Just as she stood up, the man on the hospital bed moved his eyelids. Li Caiyi held her breath and then saw Huo Tingyun slowly open his eyes.
"Tingyun…"
Li Caiyi covered her mouth and let out a low cry, her eyes almost welling up with tears. She leaned over the bedside, her eyes immediately feeling hot and moist, looking down at the man on the hospital bed.
Even though he was sick, his face was as pale as a blank sheet of paper. The man's chiseled face and thin lips still looked incredibly pleasing to the eye.
"You're awake!"
"Su Qi…"
A low murmur, unable to contain his emotions, escaped his lips.
When Li Caiyi heard the man's murmuring voice, she tightly pursed her lips, and the smile on her face disappeared.