Shen Qi returned to her senses and placed her hand on the table next to her to support herself as she tried to calm herself down.
“I’m fine.”
“But you don’t look fine at all. Do you need me to help you call someone up?”
Shen Qi did not reply to her. Instead, she took a deep breath to calm herself down. After a while, she raised her head and gave the salesgirl a forced smile. “Thank you for your concern, but I’m fine. I’ll take my leave now.”
After that, Shen Qi left the jewelry store as the salesgirl stared at her departing figure worriedly.
Along the way, Shen Qi walked aimlessly, not knowing where she was.
Before coming to this jewelry store, she had been trying to comfort herself and convince herself that the earrings were just of the same style; because if they weren’t, having the exact pair of earrings attached to Han Xueyou’s ears would have been too much of a coincidence.
She didn’t even dare to come and verify them, but in the end, she still came to the store. After knowing the truth, she realized that it was not something she could bear.
Ye Moxuan asked Xiao Su to send her back to the Ye residence and left the meeting to go out for the entire night. Today, Han Xueyou appeared in front of her wearing the same earrings.
What does this mean?
Shen Qi suddenly stopped in her tracks.
This means that the two of them were together for the entire day and night yesterday.
Ha!
Shen Qi, you are such a fool for waiting for him to come back the entire night!
I was even so worried that something had happened to Ye Moxuan that I even called Xiao Su.
Thinking about it now, this should be what Xiao Su wanted to tell me yesterday. No wonder he looked at me with such a pitiful expression.
It turns out that I was the only one who was kept in the dark.
“Liar,” Shen Qi muttered under her breath as she staggered forward.
Thud!
Then, she accidentally bumped into someone.
“Watch where you’re going! I’ll kill you if you do that again! Get lost!”
Someone scolded her as he walked away from her, but Shen Qi didn’t even look at who the other party was, and she didn’t even have time to apologize.
She continued to stumble forward, and after talking a few more steps, she accidentally bumped into another person. This time around, she was not that lucky anymore—she was knocked down until her buttocks hit the cold hard floor.
“What’s the matter with you? Why are you deliberately bumping into people? What are you sitting there for? Don’t tell me that you are going to scam me for my money!” the person said and left quickly for fear that she would blackmail him.
She sat on the floor for a long time. Even though she tried to get up, she found that there was no more energy left within her.
Shen Qi was incredibly angry. This is just a small matter! It’s not worth it for me to feel distressed and disappointed about it.
Shen Qi, when you divorced Lin Jiang and your parents cruelly chased you out, you didn’t crumble and fall. So, you can also do the same now.
She placed her hands firmly on the ground to get up. However, a pair of warm hands suddenly supported her arms and helped her to stand up.
A tall and thin figure stood before Shen Qi’s tear-filled eyes.
The man stretched out his hand and wiped the tears from the corner of her eye. More tears gushed out after that, and the blurry view in front of her gradually became clearer. Finally, Shen Qi saw the person who wiped her tears away.
Ye Linhan looked at her pitifully as he wiped away the tears from the corner of her eyes softly, and he sighed helplessly.
“Silly girl, he doesn’t even know that you’re shedding these tears for him.”
Shen Qi suddenly burst out crying.
Tears rolled down her cheeks as if a dam had broken. At first, Ye Linhan could still calmly wipe them away, but when more tears flowed down, the pain in his eyes became more prominent, and he suddenly reached out to pull her into his arms.
“Just leave him,” he said in a hoarse voice as he wrapped his hands on the back of her head, burying her face in his chest.
Her hot tears made his shirt wet.
“If it were me, I would definitely not let you cry all by yourself. Qi, give me a chance. Just once would be enough.”
After she was pulled into his arms, she found the unfamiliar scent on his body a bit repulsive; however, the warmth that he exuded made her crave for more. She was indeed exhausted—she had no strength left in her anymore. So, when she was enveloped in such a warm embrace all of a sudden, she had no strength to resist it at all.
Even though they were on a busy street, Ye Linhan hugged Shen Qi openly, not caring about how others would look at them.
After a while, when he felt that she had suddenly stopped responding, Ye Linhan pulled back a little, only to find that she had closed her eyes. It looked as if she had passed out.
Ye Linhan’s expression changed immediately. He hurriedly reached out and held her in his arms and quickly left.
…
Rumble!
The thunder roared as rain began to pelt down from the dark clouds, accompanied by the lightning that almost split the sky in half.
Several claps of thunder sounded continuously, waking Shen Qi up from her sleep. After taking another look at her surroundings, she found that she was actually lying in a cozy ward, no longer on the lively street.
“You’re up?” a gentle voice said. Shen Qi followed the source of the voice and saw Ye Linhan sitting in front of her bed, looking at her gently. “Do you feel any discomfort?”
Then, he came over and touched her forehead to check her temperature.
After checking for a while, he couldn’t seem to be able to tell what her real temperature was, so he leaned over and pressed his forehead against hers to feel her warmth.
His warm breath hit her face without any warning. At the same time, Shen Qi saw that Ye Linhan’s handsome face was very close to her, making her pupils shrink.
When she returned to her senses and wanted to use her hands to push him away, Ye Linhan had already retreated and smiled. “Fortunately, the fever is gone, or I would have to worry about you.”
Hearing that, Shen Qi’s lips moved. “I have a fever?”
As soon as she spoke, she realized that her voice was too deep and hoarse.
Ye Linhan smiled indifferently and didn’t speak; instead, he got up and poured her a glass of water before helping her to sit up. “Drink a glass of water to keep your throat moist first. We can talk after that.”
Shen Qi’s throat was very dry, so she did not refuse him and got up to take the glass from him. Then, she drank everything in a gulp.
“Don’t panic and take it slow. It won’t be good if you choke.”
When she finished drinking the water, Ye Linhan took the cup from her and stretched out his other hand to wipe off the water stains on the corners of her lips.
This extremely intimate movement made Shen Qi frown, and she subconsciously wanted to avoid his touch.
However, Ye Linhan’s movements were too fast. His touch came and left quickly, and there was no time for her to avoid him or to push him away.
“You really have a fever, and it is very serious. The doctor said you caught a cold. Qi, your body is too weak. You might need to be hospitalized for a few days.”
Hearing that she was going to be hospitalized, Shen Qi’s expression changed. “I don’t want to be hospitalized.”
She didn’t like the hospital, so she didn’t want to stay here for no good reason.
Ye Linhan heard her refusal and looked at her seriously. “You have to. Your body is very weak now, and I heard the doctor say that you were pregnant.”
Hearing that, Shen Qi widened her eyes in astonishment as she looked at him.
In an instant, the mixed feelings in her heart overwhelmed her entire being, almost suffocating her.
