Shen Keqin’s brows furrowed tightly. “What do you mean by that?”
Jian Mubai: “Ye Jingqiu confessed to you, didn’t he?”
Shen Keqin: “…”
Jian Mubai: “I saw you hugging last time, and I saw him kiss you.”
Shen Keqin: “When did he kiss me?”
Jian Mubai lowered his gaze, looking quite wronged. “When you brought me food last time, I saw him kiss you.”
Shen Keqin was completely bewildered. Suddenly, she remembered something. That day, Ye Jingqiu had confessed to her. After she rejected him, they had hugged.
But it was only a hug, no kiss.
And from the angle of Jian Mubai’s hospital room, it must have looked like Ye Jingqiu was kissing her.
Hmph, no wonder that guy was acting so strange that day, saying her face was dirty. So it was a misunderstanding.
“Jian Mubai, listen to me clearly. If I really wanted to be with Ye Jingqiu, there would be no room for you, Jian Mubai, and I wouldn’t give you any chances.”
Jian Mubai nodded obediently. “Then you should eat your breakfast first.”
“I will eat. I’m not afraid of anyone seeing me here.”
Shen Keqin sat on the sofa and started eating breakfast, not noticing the fleeting smile on Jian Mubai’s lips.
For the next few days, Shen Keqin would come to the hospital to accompany Jian Mubai whenever she wasn’t busy.
Jian Mubai, taking advantage of his injured status, would go all out to get favors from Shen Keqin, sometimes a kiss, sometimes a sweet hug.
Especially when Ye Jingqiu passed by, he would deliberately hold Shen Keqin and refuse to let go, declaring his ownership.
As Jian Mubai was about to be discharged, Lin Zhuyin, the busy person she was, finally found time to visit him in the hospital.
Since Shen Keqin had forgiven Jian Mubai, she wouldn’t do anything to Lin Zhuyin. A thought suddenly crossed her mind about what Shen Liubai had told her to do.
So, she sent a WeChat message to Shen Liubai, then picked up her tablet to make a call.
A moment later, her phone suddenly rang. Seeing it was Shen Liubai calling, Shen Keqin ordered Jian Mubai, “Jian Mubai, I’m playing a game. Please answer the phone for me and turn on the speaker.”
Jian Mubai saw it was Shen Liubai’s call and instinctively glanced at Lin Zhuyin.
Shen Keqin snorted lightly. “If you two think my taking calls is disturbing you, I’ll go out to take it.”
She made a move to put down the tablet. Jian Mubai and Lin Zhuyin said in unison, “No.”
Shen Keqin ignored them and shouted into the game, “Jungler, aren’t you ganking? Are you still picking mushrooms in the jungle? Hurry up and join the team fight!”
Then she yelled at Jian Mubai, “Hurry up and answer the phone!”
“Okay.”
Jian Mubai pressed the call button and turned on the speaker.
“Where are you? What have you been doing lately? I heard from Mom and Dad that you haven’t been home for several nights.”
Shen Keqin: “…”
She asked him for help, yet he exposed her shortcomings. He was indeed her biological brother.
“I’ve been busy, haven’t I? How about you? I ran into Brother Jin last time, and he said your lab hasn’t been that busy. Yet you come home at two or three in the morning every night, or don’t come home at all. Is Sister Gao that charming that she makes you not want to come home?”
Lin Zhuyin’s heart tightened when she heard Shen Liubai’s voice. She tried not to care, but she couldn’t help but prick up her ears.
She was even more curious about how Shen Liubai would answer Shen Keqin’s question.
Then, Shen Liubai’s pleasant voice rang out, “It’s only right that she’s more charming than you.”
“Hmph… As expected, love is blind. Some people forget their own sister once they have a girlfriend. By the way, Mom and Dad asked me to ask you, when are you and Sister Gao going to settle down? They’re eager to have grandchildren!”
Lin Zhuyin’s face instantly turned as pale as paper.
Settle down…
Was it time for Shen Liubai and Gao Ruolan to settle down?
Were they getting married?
“You’re just a child, mind your own business. Don’t worry about adult matters. I’m coming home for dinner tonight, and you have to come home too.”
“Ah… Are you bringing Sister Gao home?”
Shen Keqin’s answer was a series of beeping sounds. Shen Keqin snorted, “You’re blinded by love and forgot your sister!”
She gave Jian Mubai a look, and he immediately hung up the phone.
She continued to focus on her game, as if she hadn’t even noticed her former sister-in-law was in the room.
Lin Zhuyin’s face was ashen, her mind filled with Shen Liubai bringing Gao Ruolan home for dinner.
What it meant for a single man to bring an unmarried woman home for dinner didn’t need to be guessed.
“Um… Mubai, since you’re okay, I’ll leave now.”
Lin Zhuyin said, and before Jian Mubai could reply, she left the ward.
Jian Mubai glanced at Shen Keqin, seeing she was engrossed in her game and having a “friendly” exchange with her teammates. He walked over and whispered in her ear, “Be good, I’ll go see Zhuyin off.”
His way of reporting made Shen Keqin feel good. She responded absentmindedly and continued playing her game.
Jian Mubai caught up with Lin Zhuyin at the elevator entrance. “Zhuyin… Wait…”
Lin Zhuyin composed herself and looked back at him. “Why are you here? Go back quickly, or Qinqin will be unhappy.”
“And you? Are you really planning to give up on Shen Liubai like this?”
The mention of Shen Liubai made Lin Zhuyin’s heart ache. Her nose stung, and she wanted to cry but dared not shed tears. “We’re already divorced.”
Jian Mubai sighed. “I’ll ask you one question: do you still love Shen Liubai?”
“Of… Of course, otherwise I wouldn’t have divorced him.”
Jian Mubai pressed further. “Are you sure you divorced him because you love him, and not out of guilt?”
They had grown up together, how could Jian Mubai not understand Lin Zhuyin?
Her thoughts exposed, Lin Zhuyin couldn’t help but shed tears. “But what can I do? He’s so good, and I hurt him… I’m too ashamed to love him anymore…”
If it were in the past, Jian Mubai would have certainly hugged Lin Zhuyin for comfort. But now that he had Shen Keqin, knowing she would be jealous, he wouldn’t have any physical contact with other women.
Not even Lin Zhuyin.
“You’re wrong. Since you still love Shen Liubai, you should love him even more and make up for everything that happened before. We made mistakes, but our love is not wrong.”
“Make up…”
Lin Zhuyin stared blankly at Jian Mubai. She thought of something and became sad again. “But he already has Gao Ruolan.”
“How long has he been with Gao Ruolan? Can it compare to your nearly ten years together?”
Lin Zhuyin was pained and conflicted. “But…”
“There are no ‘buts.’ As long as you still love him, you should chase him back instead of giving him to someone else. Life is too short, we’ve already lost too much, we can’t afford to lose the one we love anymore.”