"Yan Xi, listen to me..."
Snapping back to reality, Wan Yunting quickly put down his chopsticks and hurried to explain, "I really did explain it to her at noon, I refused her very clearly, but I don't know why she's still like this now, really..."
"Mhm, I know you explained it to her."
Following that, Fang Yan Xi's eyes softened slightly, her expression becoming much gentler. She pushed the food box on the table and said calmly, "Eat quickly, don't let it get cold."
But Wan Yunting's expression was stunned. Looking at the woman's calm demeanor, he found it extremely unusual. "You, you don't blame me?"
"Why would I blame you?"
Fang Yan Xi looked up, her eyes meeting his as she smiled.
"It's her, she brought me food."
Wan Yunting pointed at the doorway, then at the food brought by Su Ke'er on the table. He was puzzled that the woman wasn't angry.
"Then let me ask you, do you still like her?" Fang Yan Xi looked at him and asked with a smile.
"I do like her, quite a bit, but not the romantic kind of liking you're thinking of!"
Wan Yunting's eyes widened as he emphasized this point, saying, "When I was just released from prison and started working at the hospital, everyone looked down on me. Only Ke'er treated me like a normal person. She's lively and cheerful, so I liked her quite a bit at first, and thought of her as a sister.
"But then she confessed to me, and for some reason, I agreed to her. We didn't end up together for long before she disappeared.
"Although I later found out her family forced her to go back and marry Gao Zhe, I was with you at the time, so now I only think of her as a younger sister."
"You really think of her as a sister?"
Fang Yan Xi's eyes narrowed slightly as she gazed at him and smiled.
"Really."
Wan Yunting nodded and said sincerely, "I have no improper thoughts about her now."
"Alright, then eat."
Fang Yan Xi's jade hand pushed the food brought by Su Ke'er, which was placed to the side of the table, suggesting he eat it together.
"You're not angry?"
Wan Yunting still looked at her with confusion. Fang Yan Xi smiled and said, "Why should I be angry? There are so many women who like you, can I get angry at all of them?"
Wan Yunting's expression was dazed, and he stared at her in surprise. He had thought she would get angry and give him the cold shoulder like before.
"Alright, eat quickly, so I can take the food box back," Fang Yan Xi gave him a sideways glance and said with a smile.
Actually, she had already figured it out, and she knew that Wan Yunting had no improper thoughts about Su Ke'er now, so there was no need to be angry with him.
After all, as she had said, there were many women who liked Wan Yunting. If Fang Yan Xi got jealous of all of them, wouldn't she be jealous every day?
"My wife is still the best," Wan Yunting chuckled.
"Who's your wife? Stop joking and eat,"
Fang Yan Xi gave him a charmingly reproachful glance, but her heart was filled with sweetness...
After they had eaten, Wan Yunting and Fang Yan Xi chatted about company matters. It was eight o'clock in the evening when Fang Yan Xi finally left...
Wan Yunting then picked up his laptop and began writing his thesis on the treatment of palmoplantar keratoderma. It was until eleven o'clock at night when there were suddenly two knocks on the ward door. Wan Yunting was engrossed in his thesis and thought it was a nurse, "Come in."
Then the door opened, and a woman walked in wearing a greyish-purple lace-patterned top, paired with a black pencil skirt, her long slender legs adorned with black stockings, and high heels clacking as she entered. "Yunting, are you alright?"
Wan Yunting looked up and was surprised to see Ruan Xingwen. "Why are you here?"
Ruan Xingwen walked over and sat directly on his bedside, her gentle eyes filled with concern as she looked at him. "I saw on the news that you were injured and in the hospital, so after coaxing Mo Yi to sleep, I came to see you. Where are you injured? Is it serious?"
"Oh, I'm fine, I can be discharged tomorrow," Wan Yunting closed his laptop and nodded with a smile.
"That's good."
Seeing that he was fine, Ruan Xingwen was relieved. Her phoenix-like eyes looked at him and she said, "Don't rush into danger in the future. Protect your own safety, okay?"
"Mhm, I know, you don't need to worry," Wan Yunting nodded and smiled, not expecting her to come and see him.
"When you're healed, come home, and I'll have the aunt make some medicinal cuisine to nourish you," Ruan Xingwen said gently with a smile.
"Okay, I'll come when I'm discharged and have time."
Wan Yunting smiled, then lifted the quilt covering his legs and prepared to get out of bed. Ruan Xingwen immediately stood up to help him. "What's wrong?"
"I drank too much soup today, I need to go to the restroom," Wan Yunting said with an awkward smile.
Ruan Xingwen couldn't help but laugh. "Did those girls who like you all send you soup?"
"Not at all."
Wan Yunting smiled bashfully and stood up. Ruan Xingwen supported his arm, "Then I'll help you go..."
"It's alright, I can walk..."
"No, your injury isn't healed yet, let me help you..."
Ruan Xingwen insisted on helping him, and Wan Yunting had no choice. Arriving at the door of the private restroom in the ward, Wan Yunting smiled, "I can go in by myself."
"Still, let me help you in."
Ruan Xingwen's phoenix-like eyes looked at him tenderly, making Wan Yunting's gaze falter. He seemed to understand the woman's gaze...
"Wan Yunting, time for your dressing change."
Just then, Nurse Xiao Ai, holding a tray in one hand and knocking on the ward door with the other, startled both Wan Yunting and Ruan Xingwen, who were standing at the restroom door. Their faces became unnatural as they turned their heads. Nurse Xiao Ai glared and said, "What are you two standing around for? Come and get your dressing changed."
"Ahem, I'm going to the restroom."
Wan Yunting, who had reacted, coughed lightly, feeling a bit awkward. He pushed away Ruan Xingwen's supporting hand and turned to enter the restroom, closing the door...
Ruan Xingwen also turned back somewhat awkwardly. Xiao Ai placed the tray on the bedside table and asked her suspiciously, "Miss, what's your relationship with him?"
"Oh, we're friends..."
Ruan Xingwen's expression was unnatural, and she smiled somewhat awkwardly.
"Friends?"
Xiao Ai sized her up from head to toe, while internally thinking disdainfully: Ambiguous friends, as expected of a scumbag, so many different women come to see him every day...
A moment later, the restroom door opened, and Wan Yunting walked out. Ruan Xingwen said, "Yunting, I'll be going back now. Take good care of your injury, and I'll come see you again later."
"Okay, drive carefully on your way, and text me when you get home," Wan Yunting nodded and smiled.
Ruan Xingwen nodded, then turned and left the ward.
"Time for your dressing change."
Beside him, Xiao Ai's face was stern. She had already prepared the medicine and was waiting for him.
Wan Yunting walked over and sat on the hospital bed, smiling, "Actually, my injury has almost healed, I don't even need a dressing change..."
"Whether the dressing needs changing isn't up to you to decide."
Xiao Ai glared at him and said impolitely.
Wan Yunting's expression stiffened, and he looked at her. "Xiao Ai, who offended you?"
"No one offended me."
Xiao Ai turned her head and glared at him fiercely, humming, "Come here, I'll unwrap your bandage."
Remembering the injection she gave him in the afternoon, Wan Yunting still felt lingering fear. "Then be gentle... Ouch! Why are you pressing on the wound?"
Before he could even finish speaking, his scream was heard.
"Didn't you say your injury was almost healed? I'm just pressing to test..."
Xiao Ai glared and said, unwrapping his bandage very roughly. Wan Yunting's face turned pale with fright, and cold sweat broke out. "Xiao Ai, I didn't offend you, did I? Can't you be gentler? I'm being discharged tomorrow."
"Hmph, a scumbag like you wants to be discharged tomorrow? No way!"
Xiao Ai glared, inwardly snorting coldly, then roughly unwrapped the bandage and deliberately touched Wan Yunting's wound again, causing him to cry out in pain. "I want a different nurse, I want a different nurse... Ah..."