Chapter 289

When Song Ziqi was wheeled out of the operating room, she was still in a coma and was sent to the intensive care unit.

Once it is confirmed that there are no issues after the surgery, she can be transferred from the intensive care unit to a general ward.

Qiao Muting left Zhang Tezhu behind to keep watch, and he returned to the hotel from the hospital.

He had just stepped out of the car and was walking toward the hotel.

Suddenly, he saw Shu Xia ahead.

"Shu Xia." Qiao Muting called out in a deep voice.

Hearing someone call her, Shu Xia stopped immediately and turned her head to look at Qiao Muting.

In that brief moment, Shu Xia had thought it was Fu Chenyan following her to the hotel like a persistent ghost; she hadn't expected it to be Qiao Muting.

Shouldn't he be at the hospital? Was Song Ziqi's surgery over?

"Why aren't you resting in the hotel?" Qiao Muting looked at the somewhat disobedient Shu Xia with deep eyes.

Listening to Qiao Muting's questioning tone, Shu Xia felt like a child who had been caught doing something wrong.

She immediately beamed with an incredibly bright smile, her eyes curving as she said, "I slept for most of the day at the hotel and took my medicine, and I discovered that I'm already better—there's absolutely nothing wrong! My physical foundation is still quite good, so I went out for a walk."

"Good?" Qiao Muting raised an eyebrow, clearly not believing those two words.

If her body were good, would she have been crying pitifully and begging him to stop before even two rounds in bed?

Shu Xia nodded vigorously, "Of course! When I was little, I was a long-distance running champion at school! My athletic ability is especially good."

It was only after returning to the Lin Family and having to take care of Mother Fu that her body became a bit weak.

This explanation clearly meant nothing to Qiao Muting.

Seeing Qiao Muting's obvious skepticism, Shu Xia thought, fine, believe whatever you want to believe; anyway, there's no harm in a girl being a bit delicate—it's better than a man being delicate.

"Let's go, back to the room." Qiao Muting took a step forward and naturally pulled Shu Xia into his arms.

Shu Xia was already used to the intimacy between the two of them, and even when Qiao Muting put his arm around her shoulder, she would naturally lean her body into his embrace.

It was a habit she hadn't even noticed herself.

Sometimes, it only takes a few days to form a habit.

Just as the two of them stepped into the hotel elevator, a figure stood outside the hotel's transparent door, looking incredibly stiff.

Fu Chenyan clenched his hands tightly, his eyes full of disbelief.

That man!

That man is Qiao Muting!

She really is with another man, and it's actually Qiao Muting!

——

After returning to the hotel suite and having dinner, Shu Xia was urged by Qiao Muting to take a shower.

The young master didn't stay idle either; he opened another room to take a shower.

The moment Shu Xia came out of the bathroom, she was pulled onto the bed by Qiao Muting.

Their many past experiences made Shu Xia understand what Qiao Muting wanted to do.

"Exercising right after a meal causes indigestion; my gastroenteritis hasn't fully healed yet, and it will just add injury to injury..."

Qiao Muting pulled off his bath towel in one motion, revealing his unhidden, excellent physique with well-defined muscles; his whole person was seductive to the extreme.

Shu Xia stared, wide-eyed.

In the end, Shu Xia still cried and played the victim, causing Qiao Muting to stop, and then he held her as he fell into a satisfied sleep.

Originally, since Shu Xia had slept during the day, seven or eight o'clock was not her usual bedtime, but she was too tired, and she fell asleep to the sound of Qiao Muting's slow, steady breathing.