Shu Yan glanced at the small bed placed not far from his sickbed. It looked hard, just a simple camp bed. How could she sleep on it?
Seeing her expression, Qin Tianyi immediately said, "If you're not used to staying in the hospital to take care of someone, then go back. It's too much to ask you to accompany me in a place like this."
Shu Yan immediately got off his sickbed and sat on the hard little bed. She smiled and said, "You are my fiancé, it's only right that I take care of you. How could it be too much? I'll sleep here tonight. Call me anytime you need anything."
Qin Tianyi hummed softly and lay down directly. He said, "I'm going to sleep. Turn off the light."
"Sleeping so early?" Shu Yan wanted to have a more intimate conversation with him, but she didn't expect him to want to rest so soon.
Qin Tianyi pulled the quilt over himself and repeated coldly, "Turn off the light."
Shu Yan reluctantly turned off the lights in the ward and had no choice but to lie down on the cold, hard little bed.
But she couldn't sleep at all. Now she truly understood how comfortable the princess bed in her room was.
She tossed and turned, feeling cold all over. She called out softly, "Tianyi, are you asleep?"
But Qin Tianyi on the sickbed not far from her didn't respond, as if he had already fallen asleep.
She was really too cold. She sat up and looked at her phone for a while, then quietly walked to Qin Tianyi's bedside. In the dim light, she gazed at his handsome face.
She still wanted to lie beside him. She carefully lifted the quilt, lay down beside him, and nestled into his arms, saying, "Tianyi, I'm cold, so cold."
Qin Tianyi, accustomed to Gu Susu snuggling into his arms when he slept, subconsciously pulled Shu Yan close in his sleep.
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Gu Susu sat on the long bench in the corridor. Every time she thought of Qin Tianyi and Shu Yan being intimate, her heart ached. She felt that such a night was colder than winter.
As the night deepened, no matter how much her heart ached, she was too tired and fell asleep.
"Xiao Gu, wake up, wake up quickly."
Hearing someone calling her, she woke up and saw that the sky outside was faintly lit.
The person who woke her was a nurse who came for the morning rounds.
"What time is it?" she asked.
The nurse replied, "Six thirty. Why aren't you in Mr. Qin's room looking after him? Did you sleep outside all night?"
Gu Susu ran her fingers through her hair and gave a bitter smile. "It wasn't convenient for me to stay inside last night."
"By the way, did you take Mr. Qin's temperature last night? The temperature record is empty."
Gu Susu just then remembered about taking his temperature. She took the thermometer out of her pocket. "Sorry, I didn't take it for him last night."
The nurse took the thermometer and said helplessly, "How could you forget something so important? Constantly monitoring Mr. Qin's temperature can help detect abnormalities like inflammation in time."
"I'm sorry." Gu Susu didn't know how to explain.
The nurse, holding a medicine tray, prepared to push open the ward door.
Gu Susu quickly stopped her and said, "Please come back to check in a moment. It might not be convenient right now."
The nurse said unceremoniously, "Miss Gu, you haven't worked as a caregiver in a hospital before, have you? Our ward rounds are fixed every morning. Don't delay my work, please move aside."
Gu Susu had no choice but to step aside and let the nurse enter for the rounds. After all, this was a hospital, not her own home.
When the nurse pushed open the ward door, she was a little surprised by the scene inside.
There was still a woman lying on Qin Tianyi's sickbed, and the two were sleeping in each other's arms.
The nurse directly pulled open the ward curtains, coughed twice, and directly called out to Qin Tianyi, "Mr. Qin, I need to take your temperature and check your blood."
Shu Yan was woken up first. She glanced at the man beside her, her face brimming with sweet happiness.
"Madam, please get up first. I still need to do some checks on Mr. Qin." The nurse looked at the time. After checking this room, she still had to go to other wards and submit the data before the attending doctor came to work.
Shu Yan said "Oh" and, still leaning into Qin Tianyi's embrace, nudged him. "Darling, wake up. The nurse is here for rounds."
Qin Tianyi opened his eyes and looked at the woman beside him sleepily. He felt something was wrong and asked, "Where did you sleep last night? How did you end up next to me?"
Shu Yan got out of bed and said, "The small bed was too cold, and I couldn't sleep. So I lay beside you. This way, it's also convenient to take care of you."
The nurse ignored their conversation and immediately took Qin Tianyi's temperature and measured various vital signs.
Qin Tianyi frowned and let the nurse take his blood pressure and draw blood without saying anything.
After the nurse finished examining him, she casually remarked, "Mr. Qin, it's good that your temperature is normal. The caregiver looking after you forgot to take your temperature last night."
"It's fine. She probably doesn't want to do it anymore. I'll have someone hire an experienced caregiver."
The nurse put down the pills he was supposed to take today and said curiously, "Xiao Gu doesn't seem like she doesn't want to do it. She probably didn't want to disturb you and slept on the long bench in the corridor all night. Is she still outside?"
"What?" Qin Tianyi was very surprised. He thought Gu Susu had already left.
The nurse said with certainty, "I saw her sleeping on the long bench when I came in just now. I was the one who woke her up."
Seeing the rare look of worry on Qin Tianyi's face, Shu Yan's expression changed slightly.
She knew that a shameless woman like Gu Susu wouldn't leave Qin Tianyi so easily and would only try to pester him by any means necessary.
Qin Tianyi immediately threw off the quilt, eager to go to the door to find Gu Susu.
This stupid woman was really annoying. She actually stayed outside all night and couldn't be driven away!
But he realized his leg was still immobile and he couldn't get out of bed at all.
The nurse said enthusiastically, "Mr. Qin, don't worry. I'll go and call her in."
Qin Tianyi nodded in agreement.
The nurse left the ward and looked at the long bench in the corridor. Gu Susu was no longer there. She didn't know where she had gone.
When Qin Tianyi heard that Gu Susu was no longer outside, his mood fluctuated. He just wanted to find her quickly, fearing she might do something foolish.
Upon hearing this news, Shu Yan breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Since she's not outside anymore, she must have left. We don't need to worry about her. I'll hire the best caregiver for you."
"No need. You've stayed with me all night, so you should go back, lest Mr. Shu and your mother worry." Qin Tianyi said with a stern face, wanting her to leave quickly.
The thought of him mistaking her for Gu Susu and holding her all night made him feel nauseous.
"It's alright. I told them last night, and they asked me to take good care of you."
Qin Tianyi patiently said, "But you haven't prepared anything, and you didn't bring any toiletries. You should go back first. Freshen up and come back when you're fully prepared."
Shu Yan couldn't stand her disheveled appearance either, so she agreed, "Then I'll go back and change first, and then I'll come to see you."
After Shu Yan left, Qin Tianyi took out his phone and dialed Gu Susu's number.
Gu Susu was in the hospital's first-floor lobby. Her phone started ringing. Just as she was about to take it out to check, she sneezed.
She first covered her nose with a tissue. Oh dear, she had caught a cold at this time.