The moment the milk tea fell into the trash bin, Gong Chen burst out of the guest room and swiftly picked up the bag.
He glanced at Sang Ran, his face expressionless, as cold and hard as if he were looking at a stranger. freewebnøvel.com
But he said nothing, carrying the bag and walking towards the room.
He even calmly reminded her, "The guest room has been tidied up, you should rest early."
Sang Ran leaned incredulously against the table, her eyes quickly reddening.
"Why aren’t you angry at me? I’m not that fragile; if you’re upset or uncomfortable, you can vent your anger on me."
Instead of being emotionless like this.
It felt like her marriage was merely to Gong Chen as a person and his family, but she never truly had his heart.
With an almost pleading tone, she looked towards Gong Chen, hoping he would give her some reaction.
Gong Chen remained restrained, his dark eyes undisturbed.
"Don’t overthink it, your health is what’s important."
Then the sound of a door closing came from the end of the hallway.
Sang Ran slumped onto the chair, silent tears falling.
She saw it, the couples’ milk tea cups, one with a straw stained with lipstick.
After an unknown amount of time, her phone vibrated a few times.
It was a message from Wen Qing.
Staring at the text, she clenched her fists tightly.
In the room.
Gong Chen sat beside the floor lamp, slightly tilting his head, his somber eyes gazing at the milk tea cup on the coffee table that had been washed clean.
On the rim of the cup, besides the straw, he had also placed two knit roses.
As he stared at the flowers, something came to mind and he dialed Li Huan’s number.
"How’s the recovery of her hand?"
Li Huan paused for a moment: "It’s fine. Why do you ask?"
"She didn’t dare to use much force when resisting."
"Resisting? Are you a brute?" Li Huan joked, "Her hand just healed, of course, she wouldn’t dare use much strength."
"Got it."
After putting down the phone, Gong Chen was thoughtful.
...
After Lin Zhiyi got home, she collapsed tiredly onto the bed.
It was a feeling of having an empty head yet being very exhausted.
As she was about to go to sleep, she received a treatment plan from Li Huan.
In order not to affect her work, she had to go to the hospital for treatment early every day.
"It’s just between us two, right?" Lin Zhiyi asked with uncertainty.
"Yes, I’ve already spoken to my colleagues, we’ve deliberately chosen less busy times to treat you."
"Thank you."
"But Third Young Master just called me, he might be getting suspicious."
"Be careful. Anyway, I’ve submitted my school application, and once that’s done, I’ll resign. He’ll probably be preoccupied with the wedding by then and won’t pay attention to these details."
On the other side of the phone, Li Huan typed for a long time.
In the end, he replied with a simple ’Mm’.
Lin Zhiyi knew what he wanted to say, and she also knew why he ultimately held back.
With a thousand words in her heart, she replied with just two.
"Thank you, Huanhuan."
"Huanhuan your head."
Lin Zhiyi smiled softly, reassured, and fell asleep.
Early the next morning, she went to the hospital, and she was the only one in the entire therapy room.
After the treatment, she wasn’t sure if it was an illusion, but she felt a tingling sensation in her fingers, not as numb as before.
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