Befuddled, Shen Qi continued to nod. Right after that, she realized that there was something odd about the two questions just now. Then, the fog in her eyes started to lift, and she could finally see Ye Moxuan who was in front of her clearly. What did he ask just now?
Ye Moxuan was satisfied with the two answers he received. Although he refused to admit it, he was extremely delighted now and a perfect arch had appeared on his thin lips. “Miss Second-marriage, you’ve fallen in love with me.”
Shen Qi widened her eyes instantly and pushed him away with all her might. “Nonsense!”
With that push, Ye Moxuan fell back onto his wheelchair.
“Nonsense? Miss Second-marriage, you can’t hide your feelings. Admit it, you like me.”
Shen Qi covered her ears and shouted at Ye Moxuan angrily, “I don’t like you! Stop humiliating me! Why would I fall for someone like you?”
Ye Moxuan pursed his lips. “Really? Then who was it that admitted that she likes me just now?”
Shen Qi refuted, “That’s because you took advantage of the situation!”
“Did I? Or is it because you just couldn’t help but fall for me? Or—”
“Stop speaking!” Panicking, Shen Qi unwittingly shouted, “Why would I fall for a cripple like you?”
Ye Moxuan was initially smirking, but when he heard her words, his expression changed instantly, and tides of emotions billowed in his eyes like a sudden storm ravaging the ocean, where the largest wave could surge up to a few ten meters.
Shen Qi could sense the sudden drop in the surrounding temperature as well. Only then did she realize what she had said in her eagerness.
“I-I didn’t…” … mean what I said just now.
Ye Moxuan’s eyes were dark and unfathomable, and the gloominess in it was overwhelming.
He stared fixedly at her. “Looks like you have the same thoughts as them.”
Shen Qi bit her lower lip while shaking her head vigorously. I don’t! I never wanted to attack him!
She even went all out to defend him when the others mocked his disability, so why would she attack him with that? But… his legs were indeed crippled, and he was wheelchair-bound. This was something that pained him, yet she had rubbed salt into his wound with her words.
“Miss Second-marriage, is that why you have been refusing my touch?”
“That’s not it!” Shen Qi panicked and was extremely guilty for unintentionally hurting his sore spot. Feeling anxious, she explained to Ye Moxuan, “Please listen to my explanation. I was just too flustered just now so I spoke without thinking.”
“It’s the truth,” Ye Moxuan said in a certain tone while he put on a self-mocking smile. “Are you feeling aggrieved because the Shen Family told you to marry me in place of your sister? After all, marrying a cripple like me, who can’t move from the waist down, has destroyed the rest of your life. Is that why you’re so eager to be with Linhan? Are you planning for your future happiness?”
Shen Qi shook her head while her anxiety rose. “Ye Moxuan, don’t say that. I have never thought about things that way before.”
Ye Moxuan remained sneering; he obviously wasn’t convinced by Shen Qi’s explanation.
Ever since Shen Qi slipped out that she would never fall for a cripple like him, his opinion of her had clearly changed.
In the usual times, those women would always look down on him inwardly because he was wheelchair-bound. Although they pretended that they were eager to approach him, they were obviously aiming for the Ye Family’s property and business because the disdain in their eyes couldn’t be concealed no matter how hard they tried.
However, Shen Qi had quarreled and even fought with people who mocked his disability, so he thought that she might be different from the others. To his disappointment, she had admitted it herself today.
Feeling suffocated, Ye Moxuan believed that it must the poor air flow in this ward. Therefore, he wheeled out of the ward, looking indifferent.
The woman’s voice came from behind and she sounded extremely nervous. “Ye Moxuan, come back. Please listen to me. I really didn’t mean it!”
Didn’t mean it? Hmph! Even if it was a slip of tongue, it must be her real thought. Otherwise, why would she blurt out that sentence?
Soon, Ye Moxuan left the ward, his receding figure resolute as he left Shen Qi alone in the ward. She panted anxiously and called Ye Moxuan’s name repeatedly, but he ignored her.
Shen Qi looked down at the white bed sheet in a daze; she regretted her actions deeply.
She shouldn’t have said that out of impulse. She wasn’t sure what had gotten into her just now, but she just felt like he was about to humiliate her again after noticing his wicked smile.
If he figured out her feelings, he would mock her unceasingly.
Shen Qi didn’t want to be jeered at, so… she said that out of impulse.
He was right. Shen Qi had failed to suppress her feelings. All these years, Ye Moxuan was Shen Qi’s first true love.
Although she liked Lin Jiang in the past, she only admired him for his all-round excellence and thought that he might be a caring husband. Therefore, she agreed to marry him.
After that, their life was flat and dull, and Shen Qi only felt some friction between her and Lin Jiang when they divorced.
However, ever since she married into the Ye Family, Ye Moxuan had helped her a lot—he protected her from bullies and took revenge on behalf of her. Although she knew that he only did that to save his own face, she still couldn’t help but fall for him.
Shen Qi lay on the bed and under the covers, thereupon tears of despair trickled from the corner of her eyes. But, I’m not qualified to be his woman.
After all, she was a woman with a past marriage and was even pregnant with another man’s child. Even she hated herself for being dirty. But why couldn’t she control her heart?
For the whole night, Ye Moxuan didn’t appear again and it was the same even on the next day. She was alone in the empty ward with her ashen complexion and lips.
When the doctor asked about her family after examining her, she didn’t reply either. Having no other choice, the doctor could only call her other contacts.
After a while, Yan came. “What happened? Weren’t both of you on good terms before I left last night? Why did it suddenly…” Noticing her ghastly pale complexion, Yan was utterly shocked. “Did your body worsen again?”
“I’m fine.” Shen Qi shook her head. “I can be discharged from the hospital today, right? I don’t like staying here.”
Everything was sickly here, and no one was by her side. This made her feel desolated. Most importantly, she wanted to meet Ye Moxuan and explain what she had said last night.
“Yan, will you accompany me to complete the discharge procedure?”
“But your health…” Yan said with concern. “Are you honestly fine?”
“If I don’t feel well, I’ll tell you. Don’t worry.”
“Alright then.” In the end, Yan still couldn’t change her mind. After accompanying Shen Qi to complete the discharge procedure, both of them parted ways.
Shen Qi went back to the Ye residence right after. Ye Moxuan probably hadn’t departed to the office at this hour, so as long as she could find him, she could explain about last night.
