Chapter 397

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 gotten out of the car and was walking toward the inside of 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 toward Qiao Muting.

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

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

"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 broke into a bright, radiant smile, her eyes curving as she said, "I slept for most of the day at the hotel and took my medicine, and I found 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 was 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 was clearly as good as nothing to Qiao Muting.

Seeing Qiao Muting's obvious skepticism, Shu Xia thought, fine, believe whatever you want; anyway, there's no harm in a girl being a little 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; 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 gripped his hands tightly, his eyes filled with disbelief.

That man!

That man is Qiao Muting!

She really was with another man, and it was Qiao Muting at that!

——

Back in the hotel suite, after the two of them had dinner, Shu Xia was urged by Qiao Muting to take a shower.

The young master didn't stay idle either, opening another room to take a shower.

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

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

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

Qiao Muting ripped off his bath towel, his excellent physique fully exposed without concealment, his muscles well-defined; the whole man was seductive to the extreme.

Shu Xia stared, eyes wide.

In the end, Shu Xia still cried and played the victim; Qiao Muting stopped, then held her and fell asleep, fully satisfied.

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 amidst the sound of Qiao Muting's calm and steady breathing.