She was anxious and flustered as she stayed behind him.
She didn't need anything in return from Qi Mo, she just wanted him to care about her more.
"I'm fine now. Go check on her; she's pretending when she says she's okay." Qi Mo spoke slowly, his hoarse voice laced with urgency, even a hint of pleading.
Especially the way Qi Mo looked at her, a mist had gathered in his blue eyes.
Qi Mo's gaze made Ai Mi uncomfortable.
What she had stubbornly pursued for years, Mu Yin Yin had easily obtained. Was it because Mu Yin Yin's personality, playing both sides, attracted Qi Mo?
"Alright, I'll go see her. Stop talking, and focus on your medicated bath, okay?"
Ai Mi turned her eyes away, the tears welling up were something she didn't want Qi Mo to see.
Indeed, obscured by the steaming mist, Qi Mo didn't see them.
Since she had promised him, Ai Mi would fulfill it.
She never lied to Qi Mo.
Getting up, she wiped away her tears and left their hospital room.
...
"Creak."
The sudden opening of the door startled Mu Yin Yin.
She opened her eyes, but she wasn't panicked.
Since she was sitting in the bathtub, the medicinal water submerged her shoulders, and she had no fear of exposure. Moreover, she was in the infectious disease ward, and Ai Mi had stationed people around. Those who wanted her dead wouldn't appear for now.
Therefore, she assumed it was Luo En.
However, to her surprise, the person who walked in was Ai Mi.
"Did something happen?" Mu Yin Yin couldn't help but frown, assuming something had happened to Qi Mo and Fu Si Ye, as Ai Mi was watching over Qi Mo.
Ai Mi was instantly displeased, her dark eyes fixed on Mu Yin Yin with fury. "Besides the trouble you've caused Brother Qi, what trouble could Brother Qi be in? Mu Yin Yin, if it weren't for you, would Brother Qi have been poisoned this time?"
"I apologize for this situation."
Mu Yin Yin felt very uncomfortable being reprimanded by Ai Mi like this.
She had rejected Qi Mo on the phone, but he had still come, even saving her and Fu Si Ye, and ended up being poisoned in the process.
"Apologize?" Ai Mi became even more agitated. She took two steps and stood before Mu Yin Yin. She wished she could smash the chair in front of her onto Mu Yin Yin.
Ultimately, she restrained herself.
"Mu Yin Yin, you'd better pray that the prescriptions you've written are effective. If Brother Qi's body suffers any aftereffects, I'll make you experience being a test subject!"
As she said this, a glint of ruthlessness flashed in Ai Mi's eyes.
Mu Yin Yin understood Ai Mi's affection for Qi Mo and stated clearly, "Ai Mi, I never intended to harm Qi Mo, nor did I ever wish to be with Qi Mo."
She didn't love Qi Mo, but Qi Mo was a friend worth befriending.
Ai Mi let out a cold scoff. "You never intended to, but everything about you shows that you're harming him. You never intended to, but Brother Qi does, and you haven't managed to stay away from Qi Mo."
Mu Yin Yin had no rebuttal to these words.
But in the next second, Ai Mi continued to threaten her, "Mu Yin Yin, I've found out this time that if it weren't for Brother Qi, you and Fu Si Ye would have died in the elevator. If you're truly grateful to Brother Qi, please stay away from him from now on and stop harming him, can you?"
"I understand," Mu Yin Yin pursed her lips and slowly agreed to Ai Mi's words.
She could understand Ai Mi's feelings.
"Then you'd better keep your word. If I find out you can't, Mu Yin Yin, really, even if I die, I'll drag you down to hell with me!"
Ai Mi spat out the threat fiercely, then turned and left.
As she departed, her eyes glared at Mu Yin Yin maliciously.
Mu Yin Yin didn't reply; she didn't know what to say.
Forty minutes later, Mu Yin Yin finished her medicated bath and changed into her hospital gown. As she walked out, her gaze met Qi Mo's at the doorway.
Qi Mo's blue eyes were filled with concern. "Yin Yin, are you alright?"
Ai Mi followed behind Qi Mo, her dark eyes seeming to bore holes into Mu Yin Yin.
She shook her head. "I'm fine. Are you alright?"
Qi Mo scanned her from head to toe, and seeing that she was generally okay, he finally relaxed a little, nodding. "I'm also quite well. Was it your prescription again this time?"
Qi Mo's tone held a hint of surprise, yet it seemed to confirm many things. He gazed at the person before him.
Mu Yin Yin didn't want to hide anything, nor did she dare to take sole credit. "Yes, but the most important thing was Ai Mi bringing the three of us to the infectious disease ward in time."
Without Ai Mi's timely intervention, where would she have had the chance to write the prescription?
"Fu Si Ye... hasn't woken up yet?"
Since Qi Mo and Fu Si Ye were in the same room, and she didn't see Fu Si Ye, she asked instinctively.
But upon mentioning Fu Si Ye, she immediately regretted it.
Her words sounded as if she was worried about him...
However, Ai Mi had already misunderstood her. Ai Mi retorted, her voice filled with palpable hostility, "Whether he's awake or not, you'll know if you go check yourself!"
Qi Mo's first action upon waking was to look for her, yet she, of all people, was asking about Fu Si Ye!
Sensing the weight of Ai Mi's tone, Qi Mo immediately scowled and rebuked her, "Ai Mi!"
Ai Mi instantly retracted her words and fell silent.
She pursed her lips, knowing she shouldn't have, but in that moment, she couldn't control herself. She lowered her head, trying her best to manage her emotions.
Where did Mu Yin Yin get the nerve?
Noticing Ai Mi's hostile gaze, Mu Yin Yin didn't take it to heart. She smiled at Qi Mo. "Have Ai Mi take you to another room. Fu Si Ye might have inhaled too much. I'll go check on him."
At this moment, she couldn't just stand by and watch Fu Si Ye die from poisoning.
Qi Mo didn't follow her or try to stop her.
The bystander sees clearly what the participant does not.
During Mu Yin Yin and Fu Si Ye's three-year marriage, Mu Yin Yin was the one who had given the most of her heart.
After being husband and wife, how could she remain indifferent?
As she left.
Qi Mo immediately changed his expression and sternly berated Ai Mi beside him, "Ai Mi, haven't I told you, my matters, you should interfere less?"
Qi Mo's face was clouded with gloom, his eyes filled with rage.
Anyone could tell that Ai Mi was speaking up for him.
But he didn't need it.
What he wanted was Mu Yin Yin's willing affection, never the impositions and moral blackmail from others!
Ai Mi was unwilling, and a sense of grievance surged through her. Her eyes instantly misted over. "Brother Qi, I just couldn't stand it anymore, which is why I said those things to Mu Yin Yin. Why? I hate people like her the most. She doesn't accept others, but she still keeps them hanging on!"
Ai Mi did not know that Mu Yin Yin and Fu Si Ye had been married before, and Qi Mo had no intention of telling her.