Chapter 315

Qiao Muting lowered his head, looking down at Shu Xia in his arms, "Have you fallen in love with me?"

Shu Xia's back stiffened instantly, and she pulled away slightly from Qiao Muting.

These past two days, her relationship with Qiao Muting...

And she clearly felt that she had begun to be moved by him.

Facing Qiao Muting, it was hard to believe any woman could remain unmoved.

It was just that, remembering when they first registered their marriage and the agreement made not long ago, she cast her gaze toward the sunset glow in the distance, "We aren't supposed to talk about love between us, right? I have always kept that in mind."

Upon hearing this, Qiao Muting's already bottomless pupils grew even darker, and the smile at the corners of his thin lips receded inch by inch, "Right, we don't talk about love between us."

Shu Xia's curled eyelashes trembled slightly; a spot in her heart felt as if it had been tugged, and a wave of pain washed over her.

She secretly took a deep breath, putting on a facade of calm.

In that very moment, the distance that had originally closed between them was pulled apart again.

The boat soon returned to the pier.

After docking at the pier, the two got into a car and returned to the hotel, and for dinner, they had the hotel send something up to eat.

After showering, Qiao Muting changed into casual clothes and was putting on his wristwatch when Shu Xia walked out of the bathroom.

Qiao Muting swept a glance at Shu Xia and said in a flat tone, "I'm going to the hospital."

Shu Xia nodded, "Okay."

She held a towel in her hand, gently drying her hair.

As Qiao Muting left, Shu Xia glanced at the closed door.

Then she calmly withdrew her gaze and took a hairdryer to dry her hair.

Twenty minutes later.

The hospital.

Song Ziqi was looking at the messages of encouragement her classmates had sent to her phone.

The concern and greetings from these people were not that important to her.

The person she wanted to see most was Brother Mu Ting.

But...

Brother Mu Ting went out to sea with Shu Xia today; perhaps he wouldn't come to see her.

The caregiver was taking care of her very attentively on the side.

She glanced at the caregiver, "I will be resting soon at this time, Auntie, you go and rest."

"No need, no need, I'll wait until you're asleep before I leave." The caregiver auntie liked the young girl before her very much; hearing that the young girl's parents were both gone, she wanted to take care of her even more attentively.

Song Ziqi said thank you sweetly.

The caregiver auntie couldn't stop smiling as she listened, "If my future daughter-in-law could be as thoughtful and cute as Miss Song, that would be great!"

Song Ziqi had known how to get along with people since she was small; no matter who she met, she would be pleasant and approachable. She smiled sincerely, "Auntie is a kind person, so your wish will definitely come true."

"Hahaha, good, good, good, I'll take your kind words." The caregiver auntie tidied up even more attentively on the side.

Perhaps she really would have a sensible daughter-in-law in the future!

Just at this moment, Qiao Muting walked into the hospital room.

Hearing the laughter in the room, Qiao Muting's expression softened slightly.

The moment Qiao Muting appeared, the caregiver auntie became nervous all of a sudden; this brother of Miss Song possessed a natural aura of authority that made someone like her, who had lived for more than half a lifetime, afraid to look him in the eye.

"Brother Mu Ting!"

Song Ziqi was incredibly excited the moment she saw Qiao Muting.

If it weren't for the fact that she had undergone surgery and couldn't move around, she would have definitely rushed over to hug him by now!

However, this thought had just emerged before she suppressed it; he didn't like being too close to people, and even though he had watched her grow up, he didn't like her being too intimate—for instance, linking arms or hugging were all off-limits.

She had hugged him before, and as a result, she was scolded by him.

At first, she would be sad, but later she saw that he was the same way with everyone else.

Especially that Shen Anran, who had previously tried every possible way to get close to Brother Mu Ting, claiming to the outside world that she was good friends with Brother Mu Ting, and even trying to use Jiang Tu to get close to Brother Mu Ting, but what was the result? In Brother Mu Ting's eyes, Shen Anran was no different from a stranger.

And she was very important in Brother Mu Ting's eyes; Brother Mu Ting would arrange many things for her.